Hi new Twitter expat friends! It seems like a good time to revise my #introduction:
I’m Lilith, a #transgender #webDesigner in her mid-40s. I live in south #Minneapolis with my partner and two #cats. I’m a #CarletonCollege grad and currently work at #MPR. I grew up in #SouthBend.
Hope to connect with #rollerDerby/#derbyTwitter folks; #feminist, #queer, and/or #antifascist #blackMetal fans; #TwinCities residents; and #CVG types.
in my machine version, a small meter reads 0-5. It starts at 5, and each time you pull its chain, the number goes down by 1. The number is only replenished by waiting. It goes up every 4.8 (24/5) hours, so you get 5 "spoons" a day.
Here it is seen before and after some weathering. I want this machine to reflect both the durability of the spoon theory idea, as well as the hard-earned experience of those practicing it.
Where tf are more Black and POC mastadon users?! This is so exhausting! Is there a magic hashtag I don’t know about? These hashtags are NOT working. I seem to be the only one using them. Wyt ppl share this, so Black POC users you know can find each other! Thats if you follow any on here lol! #BlackFedi #BlackMastadon @BlackEnbys #qtibpoc #blacktransmagic
This is glorious. These are rotary LTE cell phones, USB-C charged, with mechanical ringers.
https://skysedge.com/unsmartphones/RUSP/index.html
h/t @RussSharek
Mastodon/fedi server recs (because literally blocked me from posting it lol)
General-purpose: octodon.social, mas.to, weirder.earth
Lefty/social justice-oriented: rage.love, kolektiva.social, social.wxcafe.net, eldritch.cafe
Scientists/academics: fediscience.org, scicomm.xyz, scholar.social
Creatives: wandering.shop, photog.social, mastodon.art, pixelfed.social
Techy: cybre.space
Black-run: ubuntu.buzz
Geographical: cloudisland.nz (NZ), mspsocial.net (Twin Cities, MN), 438punk.house (Montréal, Punklandia)
Dear new users:
It's alright to take your time and get up to speed on here. You don't have to hit the ground running. You might have picked up the habit of interacting with social media as it it were naturally a competitive performance--we all did--but the best thing about Mastodon and the fediverse beyond it is that it's not like that. Take some time to decompress.
It took me about six months to fully drop the armor that I'd been wearing from being on other sites. That was three years ago. This place changes lives.
Also, it's okay to be picky. Sign up at a new instance, if the first one you pick isn't the best fit possible. You'll find your home, and folks here understand it takes trial and error.
Above all, take a deep breath. What feels weird now will make sense pretty quickly.
Glad to have you.
#rollerDerby #webDesign #typography #vegetarian food #feminism #trans issues & #queer folks #cats #blackMetal #DnD #DS9 #MST3K ・ #genX #transfem #enby #grayAce #pan ・ she/her