#HappyNewYear from me and this itty bitty arboreal #salamander!

When full-grown, this lil' tyke will be 6 to 7 inches long with powerful jaws. Square toes make them GREAT climbers, and they like to get into trees to hunt. Fierce!

(Ruler = inches)

#CAnative #salamanders #herps #winter #Napa #California #NaturalHistory #HappyNewYear2023

Is there anything more indicative of the hold religion still has over our lives than the media outpouring of grief & praise for a man who opposed contraception as well as abortion (thus condemning women to a life of child-bearing, disadvantage & poverty)?

Just fuck off already.

2022: The Year Trade Unions Came Back

In 2022, trade unions responded to the cost of living crisis with a wave of strikes – the biggest fightback waged by the organised working class in decades.

https://tribunemag.co.uk/2022/12/strikes-industrial-action-labour-movement-2022/

I'd unscientifically say 50/50 odds for a #GeneralStrike this year. 97 years on, the working class could win this time.

‘Exhausted, broken, at risk of heart attacks’: UK headteachers quit as cuts push them to the edge | Schools | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/education/2022/dec/31/heart-attacks-headteachers-uk-quit-cuts

@Blackfist

Is that the new rule? "Talking about personal experience is allowed but without attacking all kind of people" ? Still feels... off. I'm very troubled by "taking about racism in public timeline is not good" as a response from an admin. Preventing talk of racism keeps racist systems intact.

Even if the intention is keeping things peaceful. Polite isn't the same as Safe.

(I sent a very cordial message to one of the admins, they have not responded.)

#blackmastodon @BlackMastodon

I decided to take some time to reflect on some of the #QuoteBoost discourse, from the lens of moderation and community development. I expect these are not new thoughts since there's a lively discourse to which I'm largely oblivious.

Special thanks to @futurebird, whose posts have been especially illuminating for me.

https://write.as/collisiondomain/some-thoughts-on-quote-boosts

#QB #QBs #QT #QTs