Folks, you don't know what other people are going through.

Let's be kind to everyone.

Via Scott MacFarlane:

#DOJ will seek 15+ years in prison for #Jan6 defendant Markus Maly, who allegedly deployed chemical spray at police, stole police riot shield as trophy, confronted police in tunnel & "sent a Facebook message to his wife telling her “we took the f*** capital"

RICH PERSON: One McFlurry please

POLITICS: Just saddle on up to the machine here and we’ll pour it into your mouth like a baby bird. Just give a tap when you’re done, but take as much time as you’d like

POOR PERSON: One McFlurry please

POLITICS: Ice cream machine broke

Twitter just suspended the account for Washington D.C.'s public transit system, maybe for posting the buses' real-time assassination coordinates

https://www.washingtonpost.com/transportation/2023/01/10/dc-metro-twitter-account-suspended/ @faizsays

I think the biggest thing about Mastodon that I'm enjoying is the normalizing of dialogue. Questions aren't dunks, they're inquiries to understand better. A perhaps not the best stated phrase is still taken with positive intent. And the atmosphere really does focus on uplifting voices, rather than finding the next target.

All of the above has exceptions, of course, but after all exceptions prove the rule.

Grateful for this growing Mastodon community. I appreciate you. ❤️✊🏽