The Boston University School of Public Health is withdrawing from Twitter.

The dean’s thoughtful, nuanced explanation raises the question: Why are other institutions still there?

https://www.bu.edu/sph/news/articles/2022/reconsidering-our-engagement-with-twitter/

A woman a week on average continues to be murdered in Australia.
This is a mens issue.
Almost every woman killed is at the hands of violent men.

So what can we do as men?

Challenge gendered roles. Call out sexism and misogyny whenever we see it. Role model to boys respect for women and girls. Speak out against male violence against women.

Hey y’all in AusSocial land, we have a new change in instance policy. The rule around CW of party and geo political content will be updated.

CW is still a great option, and allows for more descriptive posting, but new updates to Mastodon 4 allow new opportunities.

As of today, if you are posting about such topics you are only required to use appropriate hashtags such as #AusPol, this will allow people to filter out such things if they choose to, with the new option in settings people can choose to put an auto-warning on them.

If you can’t hashtag appropriately you require a CW.

We hope this makes aus.social a better place for all users as we grow - all other rules and the code of conduct remains in place.

Imagine you're a visually impaired Mastodon user and your screen reader encounters a post that says something like "A stunning view I saw this morning" or "This is hilarious." But the image is the equivalent of what you see below: a blank. Wouldn't it be frustrating to encounter post after post like that?

Describe images. It's an act of love. Describe them as you would to a dear friend you were talking to on the phone.