Dear followers, some of you may know that there is a state in Brazil suffering from a severe climate catastrophe. Well, this state is called Rio Grande do Sul, and I live here. We've been dealing with almost 2 weeks of heavy rain, which made many rivers and lakes to flood, one of them in my hometown, the capital Porto Alegre. Many of my friends had to abandon their houses and some of them lost everything. Since a decade ago we've been dealing with a extreme neoliberal agenda that promoved heavy economic austerity in the capital and in the whole state. Now, the government doesn't have resources to save and protect the people for the next calamities. We are on our own. So, I'll post here a link of a very respectable social organization from Brazil, the movement for homeless workers (MTST) which is accepting international donations. THIS IS A SERIOUS POST, NOT A SCAM, you can search the topic on your own if you want.

Link for donations:
https://apoia.se/enchentesrs

the usual game of telephone is afoot, but apparently:

• Tumblr flagged a trans woman's transition photos as explicit content and human moderation refused to overturn the decision
• predstrogen (the woman mentioned) posted a jokey death threat involving a car covered in exploding hammers
• Tumblr/Automattic CEO Matt Mullenweg, who is also a WordPress cofounder (and according to his Wikipedia article, "can type over 120 wpm") is having an ongoing and extended meltdown about said jokey death threat on his personal Tumblr, responding to anonymous asks from randos and spouting all sorts of bullshit
• queer ex-Tumblr staff weigh in to explain how much this guy sucks
• in conclusion, never trust a guy who keeps reminding you that he's a CEO. gullotine emoji.

further citations:

• Fedi
• Bluesky (more detailed but the details are screenshots not links)
• Tumblr: no link, idfk how anyone navigates that hellhole, i have an account but i only use it to read porn

#Tumblr

it's time to fork #Firefox and turn it into a cooperative-owned project.

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/02/mozilla-lays-off-60-people-wants-to-build-ai-into-firefox/

cooperative membership is the element missing from FLOSS.

fuck the non-profit's faux neutrality when in truth it's just a broke doppelganger of the top-down structure of the corporatist kleptocracy.

make the project a cooperative where members --users and developers-- get to vote on the future of the project with their paid memberships and contributed labor.

Totally-selfish tip from a guy on his brand new single-user instance...

When you make that #introduction post, PIN IT.

The way federation works, if someone from a new or small instance clicks on your name, your post history often shows up nearly empty.

Pinned posts (almost) *always* show up, though. So, *pin those intros* (or really anything you're proud of)!

#feditips #mastotips #mastodon