Right. You're scared as fuck, you want to resist, you don't know what to do.

Start here.

Find someone here, on mastodon, someone who makes your life better.

Send them a post. Not a fave, not a boost, a post, and thank them for making your life better.

*Nothing* to you. *Gold* to them.

If you can't be the rockstar who fixes all the things, you can still be the base that makes people strong.

You can change the world. Right now. Tonight. One fucking post.

Go do the thing.

This one is for the allies. Please boost to get wider reach.

I know you're upset about what's going on. Me too. And, like me, I bet you frequently have that feeling of wanting to throw your hands up and say, "But what can I do about it?"

Let me give you one of the most powerful tools you can use to help fight bigotry. And it's a tool that only you can use, because any marginalized person who uses it will be seen as aggrieved and immediately discounted.

What is this amazing tool? I call it

Dude. Not cool.

This phrase. Commit it to memory (or something like it that's more in character for you). Use it when someone around you is being a bigot. It's not an angry phrase, it's more one you deliver with bafflement, like you're confused the bigot just said what they said.

Simple social disapproval, particularly coming from peers, friends, or coworkers at the same level, is powerful. We all want to belong. Clearly but subtly voicing your disapproval (it has to be clearly understood by the bigot, for this to work) makes a real difference.

For it to really be effective, we need everyone to be doing it. If every bigot out there always caught shade every time they said some bigoted thing, they would stop doing it. So spread the word.

Use this simple tool to tap into millions of years of evolutionary social training.

Racism? Dude, not cool.
Misogyny? Dude, not cool.
Homophobia? Dude, not cool.

It works. It's low-risk (please don't use it if it feels dangerous to do so, though). It can change the world.

Saying that mastodon is "losing" to twitter or has "failed" to break into the mainstream is like saying that kids playing basketball in the street are "losing" to pro hockey teams, or that a 5th grade chess club in Japan has "failed" to break into American pro baseball.

Buddy, these things are not remotely the same. Mastodon exists in an entirely separate universe from Twitter. Mastodon is an *explicit rejection* of mainstream social media. We can't lose because we were never playing.

I've made a new blog post about what you can use and do to stay #private and #secure in 2025. Some of this is simple, and some can be more advanced. Either way it's worth checking out if you are starting your privacy journey, or already in it and want a different perspective.

https://th4ntis.com/guide/2025/09/08/Privacy-and-Security-in-2025.html

Phishing is still one of the most common and effective cyber attack methods—contributing to over 34% of confirmed breaches! 🎣 👀 Layering defenses and improving detection and response can dramatically reduce your exposure.🛡️🔎

To help you with this, here are 5 essential strategies to consider:
1️⃣ Correlating events across multiple sources
2️⃣ Monitoring email authentication in real time
3️⃣ Detecting anomalous user behavior
4️⃣ Automating Response Workflows
5️⃣ Measuring and improving #security awareness

Get more details in our latest blog: https://graylog.org/post/five-essential-strategies-to-combat-phishing-threats/ #cybersecurity #phishing #cyberattack