mcneely @mcneely@librem.one

for the next 8+ hours and perhaps longer, remember:

Social platforms are BY DESIGN are the opposite of "calm technology."
I think the Fediverse has the chance to change that.

"Humans are not made to spend their entire life wrapped up in devices and systems, they are meant to be human. Calm Tech is technology that doesn’t scream for a users attention, it’s created with care and a lot of thought. #CalmTechnology allows people to achieve their goals with a low mental cost."

https://medium.com/@monsemaell/what-is-calm-technology-45fe0266251c

Seriously though, fedi was *built* by furries, trans and queer folk, disabled neurodivergent people.

This is *the reason* the culture here is what it is. Why CWs are a thing. Why image descriptions are a thing. Why privacy matters here. Why moderation tools not only exist, but are usable — and used.

If you had joined and asked yourself "wow, how come this place is so chill and kinda… nice?" — that's thanks to all the nice people from communities some people call "weird".

So #KeepFediWeird.

What a beautiful, necessary book.

Thank you, Dr. Sami Schalk for writing #BlackDisabilityPolitics, which explores how Black people have long engaged with disability as a political issue deeply tied to race and racism.

You can read it online: https://read.dukeupress.edu/books/book/3091/Black-Disability-Politics

#Disability #BlackHistory #DisabilityRights #BookRecommendation

hey US friends. please take the time to vote today. as someone who used to skip voting and believed that I could “stay out of politics” — I was wrong

there’s an active campaign underway to strip rights away from people we care about. voting helps us protect them. please vote 💜

⚠️ IMPORTANT ⚠️ If you're going to be an #ElectionWorker tomorrow, first of all-- thank you!

Secondly, make sure to read this important whistleblower guide: https://whistleblower.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Election-Workers-Guide-6.pdf

VOTE LIKE YOU WANT YOUR CHILDREN TO LIVE IN A DEMOCRACY.

🗳🗳❤️❤️🗳🗳❤️❤️🗳🗳

Maybe enough #Linux geeks around here to get a good answer to this:

It’s time to consider a new laptop. I’ve been using exclusively ThinkPads running Debian for nearly 20yr now, but I’m wondering if there are other options.

Is ThinkPad still the best bet? What about Juno?

There are so many awesome people and creators in the #fediverse now it's making my head spin. This has gone _way_ beyond programming/FLOSS/data nerds.

It feels like one huge party where people making cool shit are just bumping into each other and giving each other high-fives. I love love love it. 😍

Hey, so, we've hit 1,028,362 monthly active users across the network today. 1,124 new Mastodon servers since Oct 27, and 489,003 new users. That's pretty cool.

One lesson from moving between social networks is that we should maybe stop using phrases that are part of a brand. "Tweeting" or for that matter "Tooting". How about "writing" or something else non-brand related?