The reason Mastodon and the Fediverse is spread out on so many servers is it protects it from being taken over by anyone. Not even the richest can buy this place.

Centralised services like Twitter are incredibly easy to buy out. If you move from Twitter to another centralised service, sooner or later that will get bought out too.

The point of the Fediverse is to break this buyout cycle, to let people be permanently in control of their accounts. More info here:

➡️ https://fedi.tips/mastodon-and-the-fediverse-beginners-start-here/#whyisthefediverseonsomanyseparateservers

New national survey shows implicit racial bias regarding Black women and handguns.
62% surveyed said Black women had experience using handguns when only 21% ACTUALLY did.
Read more: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/08862605221123300

#Research #GunViolence #Racism #Bias #Data #Survey #Sociology @sociology

I've created a small, incomplete, list of instances with moderators of color.

The list and suggestions became to much to keep up on my own, so here is a Google document, https://docs.google.com/document/d/12pTmSMpq8lMYyYlHT25DgTmdMmE6ysUyRHGiq-E4XdQ/edit?usp=sharingp

Here's how to move accounts and take your followers with you https://docs.joinmastodon.org/user/moving/

#BlackMastodon #BlackTwitter #BlackFedi #FediTips #TwitterMigration #MastoAdmin

Excerpt from Jessica Grose's forthcoming book on momfluencers.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/22/opinion/influencers-moms-parenting.html

@familyresearch @sociology #families