mcneely @mcneely@librem.one

I don't dislike Eugen. You have to give him credit for building Mastodon, which has turned out to be a catalyst for introducing decentralized to the masses.

If I had to name a feeling, it would be disappointment. Mastodon represents a massive opportunity to make different decisions about engaging and building community.

Unfortunately, he has chosen time and time again to stick to a myopic view of the fediverse that makes people unsafe and replicates the issue of significant platforms because of his juvenile sense of fairness.

Where is the centralized database of bad actors that instances can integrate into their platforms to check and warn people at the server level? Where is the support for instances that prioritize safety over engagement? Where is the input from targeted communities that could diversify the experience?

Time and time again, he has shown he does not want Mastodon to be an example of what social media could be because he is captivated by his vision of what he feels should be.

And as any non-white man will tell you, his decision-making has left every community that does not look like him vulnerable.

He is simply replicating an open-source version of the social media platforms we are trying to escape.

🇺🇳 💰 #UN #Democracy Fund #grants are open. $100k - $250k for 2-year projects improving peoples' lives in various areas:

youth engagement, law & human rights, media & freedom of information, strengthening civil society, gender equality, and electoral process

Deadline to apply is 30 November.

https://www.un.org/democracyfund/apply-for-funding

I wish I could attach a CW to someone else's post when boosting. I often find interesting Ukraine content without a CW and end up favouriting instead, which limits a post's reach. #Mastodon #CW

An intro to designing accessible data visualizations https://fossheim.io/writing/posts/accessible-dataviz-design/ #a11y #design #dataviz

Morning in New York City.

We use alt-text here folks. I’m on @pixelfed, too. #nyc #photo #sunrise #empirestatebuilding

*PLEASE BOOST*

Hey phone #photography and #iOS #app folks:
I’m trying to de-Google my life as much as practically possible. While I like the UI and end results of Snapseed, it’s owned by Google and therefore has to go as well.

Any suggestions for apps that could fit the bill instead?

CSS :where() :is() the difference?

🔗 https://helloanselm.com/writings/css-where-is-the-difference

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":where() ignores specificity;
:is() respects and increases specificity"

#CSS

@aurynn

Hello. How can I find and follow more BIPOC conversations here?

#MastodonNewbie

Feels very meta that twitter itself is the main character on twitter this week

#Twitter vs #Mastodon

Does anyone know of a unions-centric Mastodon instance? Please boost for reach.

Looking for an Instance that is a good home for a Black queer feminist scientist who cusses and talks politics. I’m seeing a lot of places with what I would consider to be excessive content warning requirements 😵‍💫 And other instances where I simply don’t know what the admin considers to be racism. Like, are we allowed to talk about whiteness?