Marc Madness @marcmadness@librem.one

If you say “F* Elon” it spells something Trump soon will be.
Coincidence?

For the last 12 years the Jåhkågaska Sami community has been defending its grazing lands by resisting this iron-ore mine. By doing so they have been safeguarding what keeps us all safe: biodiverse forests, intact carbon stock, clean water and air.

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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/nov/22/greta-thunbergs-charity-donates-to-sami-campaign?CMP=twt_a-environment_b-gdneco

It’s good to see engagement and use growing here. It would be healthy to have a social platform free of the billionaire oligopoly and the corporate ad folks, don’t you think?

Artemis I – Flight Day Six: Orion Performs Lunar Flyby, Closest Outbound Approach https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/2022/11/21/artemis-i-flight-day-six-orion-performs-lunar-flyby-closest-outbound-approach/

This feels appropriate for the second thing I've ever posted to mastodon.

I find myself not very excited to share things lately, but need to get over the Twitter-depression hump and get back in there. Here's a butt orange from my backyard.

Without any binding commitments to rapidly and immediately reduce greenhouse gases, the world stands no chance to deliver on the 1,5°C limit, and by doing so minimising risks of uprooting the life supporting systems we all depend on and endangering countless human lives.
#COP27

I don’t remember where I first found this, but here’s how the #mastadon feeds work 💙

There is a statue of St. Ignatius of Loyola (The founder of the Society of Jesus) outside of the Borgia chapel in the Jesuit Curia.

One of his mottos was "Ita Inflammate Omnia", which translates into "Set the world on fire!"

It's a beautiful statue that we see every time we leave the chapel.

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Of course, once a year, when we need to inspect and recertify all of our fire extinguishers... we can't help ourselves! 😇

Today is #TransDayofRemembrance when we honor and remember trans lives taken by violence. How horrifying that a deadly attack upon the LGBTQ+ community in Colorado Springs should occur right before this solemn day.
Hate isn’t born in us. It is taught. It must end.
This starts with our political leaders, who must cease their cynical attacks against our community before another attack occurs.
Call out the hate. Remind them of its consequences. Hold them to account.

Hello to all our new members!

Before your first toot, and definitely before you start tooting questions about how to use this site, please read this:

https://mastodon.help/

TIA! And welcome!!

I’m nearing 80K fans already here. I’m feeling the love, and not regretting spending some of my time here. Folks seem very nice, very supportive.

I wonder if I can hit 100K by my third day here. That would be something. Follow along to be part of this new adventure!

Dear Space Karen,
No thanks.

Now that we're learning this lesson that centralized silos are brittle and operate in the interest of the owners not the users...

...please note the move toward centralizing podcasts into apps from Amazon/Audible, Spotify, iHeart, YouTube, TikTok etc.

If you like podcasts, use an RSS-based podcast player. Support the open ecosystem. We can only survive if you clearly see the threat and act supportively.

Friday Evening Incident Response Advice from GovCERT.ch

“The critical vulnerability called #ProxyNotShell is being actively exploited and abused by cybercriminals. We are aware of 2,800 exposed Microsoft Exchange servers in CH🇨🇭Businesses and administrations are being urged to install security patches 🚨

👉 https://www.ncsc.admin.ch/proxynotshell-en

#infosec

18 November 1913 | A Czech Jew, Walter Pollak, was born in Prague.

He was deported to #Auschwitz from #Theresienstadt ghetto on 18 December 1943. He did not survive.

#history #Holocaust

The #fediverse is a fleet of interconnected ships, many of which were built by the #mastodon shipworks and in the past two weeks the fleet has doubled in size while going warpspeed.

The interstellar wind is shaking the whole place up tonight. Hold on. Hold fast. We're gonna get through this.

Tip your server admins, and be kind to newcomers.

Thanks! (boosts ok, paying it forward preferred)

“I alone can fix it” didn’t work in the White House, and it didn’t work at #Twitter.

Which browser do you use?
Thanks for any boosts! I wanna know!

I will give big points to the first news organization, big or small, that:
* Sets up an instance for its newsroom,
* Sets up an instance for the community it serves,
* Enables rel=me for staff,
* Creates a boost-on-Mastodon sharing function,
* Enhances that function so headlines/images (with alt-text) appear in the toot,
* Covers the Fediverse as more than a geeky curiosity or alt-Twitter,
* Listens to and joins in the conversation here.