Activist | advocate for the homeless | #HarmReduction | #SafeSupply | LGBTQ2+ | feminist | reader/writer | runner | backpacker | INFJ | hopeful for no recurrence of breast cancer
Grateful to be living on the unceded, unsurrendered Territory of the Anishinaabe Algonquin Nation.
Around the city, I've been finding supportive, trans-inclusive stickers placed on swaths of public items - doors, poles, signs, bulletin boards, etc. 
If you're currently on a massive server like mastodon.social, you might want to consider moving your account to a smaller server.
You can keep your followers when you change servers, here's how to do it: https://mstdn.social/@feditips/107939441820299376
You can find reliable servers at https://joinmastodon.org/communities (all the servers listed there agree to the covenant at https://joinmastodon.org/covenant). Try to pick one with fewer people.
There are lots of good things about smaller servers:
-Better moderation, because there are more staff per member.
-Smaller servers tend to have more personality, with a village feel.
-The local timeline on smaller servers is much more readable.
-Smaller servers protect the Fediverse as a whole from being taken over, because lots of smaller servers are harder to buy than a few big servers.
-It's easier to make a difference on smaller servers. It's easier to discuss things with the admin and other members.
UPDATE: If you want to transfer your account to another server, here's how to do it: ➡️ https://fedi.tips/transferring-your-mastodon-account-to-another-server This guide is a bit longer than other guides as it includes moving your followers, follows and blocks/mutes/bookmarks. (By the way, sorry for people seeing notification of this post edit. I had to edit as the original contents were somewhat out of date. As this post now links to my website instead, you won't get any future update notices for this post.)
The convenient thing about fascists is that they'll always make sure you know who they are.
https://news.yahoo.com/republican-senator-push-arrest-abortion-004715754.html
Report on successful mobilization in defense of a reproductive health clinic in Manhattan, New York, which blocked a group of anti-choice protesters who for years have harassed patients. photo: @AshAgony On Saturday, May 7th, a large group of abortion supporters led by NYC for Abortion Rights (NYCFAR) successfully defended a Manhattan Planned Parenthood clinic and...
I identified six different bird sounds including cardinals, finches, a robin, crows/starlings/blackbirds (I get them mixed up), and the scream of a pigeon.
I heard the sound of cars passing in the next street, the occasional tintinnabulation of the wind chimes, and was very aware of my body.
#coffee meditation challenge from Ian: https://mastodon.online/@shojiwax
I got up at 6:30, made a mug of coffee, and took it to the backyard. I sat cross-legged on the deck of the gazebo wrapped in a shawl, drank my coffee, and listened.
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It's still unreasonably warm here in #ottawa (31C this coming Friday), our rain barrel is almost empty, and the cardinals on our verandah have lost a baby bird from their nest. She is the saddest mom ever. I hope they have more in the nest. I wish I could comfort her.
For refreshment purposes, here is a snow-bear in a bench we found this past winter.
The following report, submitted anonymously, details how a bulldozer, accompanied by off-duty police, destroyed part of a Dekalb County park, before being pushed out by land defenders. On Monday, May 9, around 9:15am, people inhabiting the Atlanta Forest witnessed a bulldozer accompanied by two Dekalb County cops bulldozing a path in Intrenchment Creek Park -...
This week we round up some news from International Workers' Day, or May Day. We also share news from the struggle against Coastal Gaslink. A mining company headquartered in Vancouver, BC, has left 8 workers stranded underground in their zinc mine in Burkina Faso for more than 20 days after a flood-related collapse. Trevali Mining...
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