Katherine Villyard @kvillyard@librem.one

Someone fired a round through the window of The Taproom in Renton WA today around noon. No one was inside so no one was harmed. This is where RWers on fb have threatened to protest a Drag Story Hour. Sign was put up by employees.

When I hear about the coup attempt in Germany & the desire of these violent extremists to insert Prince Heinrich XIII of Reuss as the leader after a planned execution of the German chancellor, it sounds ludicrous, laughable. But that's the thing: These people are deadly serious.

Because the plots of these anti-democratic extremists often seem so ludicrous, they can succeed because the public--& too many leaders--don't take them seriously enough. This tendency is how Trump got as far as he did.

Get a chance to win my friend’s excellent new collection of short SF/F fiction. https://www.katherinevillyard.com/2022/12/06/win-a-paperback-copy-of-love-stories/

RT @FondaJLee@twitter.com

The @locusmag@twitter.com fundraiser has 10 days left to raise about $18K meet their goal. There are still plenty of cool rewards available including a signed, personalized hardcover set of the Green Bone Saga. Please donate and keep Locus going! https://igg.me/at/locusmag

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/FondaJLee/status/1600212224563621889

Who is going to tell the Texans that kids don't become queer by seeing drag shows? Kids become queer by seeing Linda Hamilton do pull-ups in Terminator 2.

So let’s see if Mastodon can be used to find jobs. Please boost for visibility! 🙏

Irina Truong is one of the best senior #Python developers I know. Her work is always outstanding and polished. She also contributes to open source: https://github.com/j-bennet. You want her in your team, trust me.

Unfortunately she was part of the 13% recently laid off by #Elastic. This is your luck! She’s now open to work: https://www.linkedin.com/in/irinatruong

For those that joined #Mastodon and grabbed the first server they could find, but would prefer to #migrate to a different one, I created a short guide on how to do this quickly and easily.
It also allows you to easily move any followers across to your new profile and leaves a redirection on your old profile for those that find it to help them get to your new one. 😁👍

I'd love if you could share it among your networks to help those that will invariably need it later on.
https://youtu.be/BpI-SplOXVE

Boosting for #WisCon, which is looking for donations (need to raise about $30k) and volunteers! 2023’s GOHs are Martha Wells and Rivers Solomon so let’s make this happen! https://www.instagram.com/p/Clh4H55jkEA/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

Hi all! Trying to get some of our content going here for people who like SF/F/H/YA books. :) #sciencefiction #fantasy #horror #shortfiction

Good morning! A post just rolled across my fedi-timeline saying not to post about politics on Mastodon, so I'm here to remind you that:

1 "politics" refers to decision-making about how to live together in groups
2 choosing to not participate in political discussion is saying you support the status quo, and is a political stance
3 abstaining from politics because you feel safe from its impacts is a privilege and a choice to abandon your more vulnerable neighbours

These are the Biden holiday decorations, just unveiled by our first lady, Dr. Jill Biden.
My first thought was, “What, no blood red scary trees, symbolizing the blood of our enemies?!”
It’s sure nice to have normal back. In so many ways.

I like #OaklandHistory and I like cats, so this #Caturday -- you get historical #Oakland cats.

Henry Nourse was an amateur photographer who grew up in Oakland. Along with cats, his photos document early 1900s life in Oakland and the Bay Area, including some photos of SF after the 1906 earthquake.

https://oaklandwiki.org/Henry_Nourse

Elon Musk plans to reinstate nearly ALL previously banned Twitter accounts — to the alarm of activists and online trust and safety experts. The decision will have dangerous consequences, particularly for vulnerable communities. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/11/24/twitter-musk-reverses-suspensions/ #twitter #twittermigration #tech #technology #elon #TwitterMigrate

50 WAYS TO LEAVE YOUR TWITTER

You just pin your last tweet, Pete,
Request your archive, Clive,
You don’t need a blue tick, Vic,
Just get yourself free.

Hop on the tusk, Gus,
You don’t need to delete much,
Except your DMs, Jen,
And get yourself free.

Use Debirdify, Di,
Provide some alt tags, Mags,
Add a content warning, Tim,
To post sensitively.

Remember to boost, Ruth
You don't need to deny truth,
Just drop off the perch, Dirk,
And get yourself free.
#VerseThurday #TwitterMigration #FediTips

Here is the thing you have to understand about VCs (and therefore, companies and websites that have accepted VC money), always and forever. Repeat it like a mantra.

--- Venture capitalists do not invest in the company. Venture capitalists invest in the exit. ---

Eventually any site, app whatever has a Sell Out Moment. They get bought by a big established corp, they go IPO, something. There is an "Exit". If you accept VC money, you are *promising* that Exit day is coming and it will be *big*.

It was pointed out that the shitstain who murdered people at Club Q attacked as Trans Day of Remembrance started.

Cis people reading this need to figure out what they are doing to stop this terror.

I suggest that they confront the transphobes in their families this week and make it clear that continuing to be a transphobe will have material consequences.