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Pro-audio engineering, bass-playing, lefty-snowflake veteran. Actively avoids: Gardening. Actively encourages: Informed debate, facts, tolerance, swearing.
Thursday 23 Nov #Dublin
If you’re new to Mastodon, you may at some point find that you’re being pressured to put your posts behind a content warning (CW). Although CWs make sense for things like images of violence or nudity, some people are bullying others to put CWs on discussions of politics, racism, etc.
Please know that you should not feel pressured to obey these individuals. They do not speak for all. If someone does not want to be exposed to these topics, Mastodon gives them all the tools they need to avoid them, such as keyword filters and the ability to block or mute people who are posting things they don’t like.
Mike Pence is an example of toxic Christianity. We should have freedom of religion, yes, but we must also ensure freedom *from* religion. Your religious freedoms don’t give you the right to deny freedoms or civic participation to others. Period.
PICTURE QUIZ: Chancellor of the Exchequer or undead fiend sucking the life from the vulnerable?

Neil Young has no regrets after pulling his music from Spotify over vaccine misinformation.

"Why would I keep it on there when it sounds like a pixelated movie?" http://cos.lv/x08n50LGrIT

Neil Young on Spotify: "Why would I keep [music] on there when it sounds like a pixilated movie?"

"It sounds better at the other places. Why would I want to keep it on Spotify when it sounds like a pixilated movie?”

Consequence
Here's some scary guff regarding birbsite: https://www.platformer.news/p/elon-only-trusts-elon
Elon only trusts Elon

Employees and advertisers keep warning him about the risks of changes he’s making to Twitter — but he’s not listening

Platformer

@stephenfry

Stephen - I don't think people care much what you post...

We just want to see you happily chatting away here... prattling even... all eccentricities unleashed - and enjoying your comfort in this new place with friends around you.

To borrow from Dory in "Finding Nemo": Just keep posting.

Share, chat, and be merry - and the community will rejoice with you. ♥️

Brexit
All three journalists arrested last week for covering the #JustStopOil protests were arrested for “suspicion of conspiracy to commit a public nuisance”. A new crime under the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act passed by the Tory government. It carries a penalty of up to ten years in prison. It’s part of a government assault on our human rights, freedoms and ability to hold government to account. Time to take a stand.

AM I right in thinking the Home feed is people I follow, the Local feed is my server/instance and the federated feed is everything my server is federated to?

Asking for about 500,000 bird site refugees...