The Reluctant Diesel Mechanic

@crswa
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Busy being a good husband, dogfather, and son
Busy advocating for social justice
Busy being a good ally and partner
Busy fighting for democracy
Busy trying to keep an old, tired Land Cruiser alive for one more trip
Just busy
The Reluctant Diesel MechanicNov 8, 2022
Show threadDavid RothschildNov 8, 2022
if you don't vote, you are no longer my friend.
The Reluctant Diesel MechanicNov 8, 2022
Greta ThunbergNov 7, 2022
Hi, this is Greta. You are welcome to follow me here, if you prefer planet earth to planet mars.
The Reluctant Diesel MechanicNov 8, 2022
Show threadDavid RothschildNov 8, 2022
Cool when you list Republican priorities their trolls call if fear mongering https://twitter.com/TruthBites55/status/1590007793766920192 Republicans know these priorities are dangerous & unpopular.
The Reluctant Diesel MechanicNov 8, 2022
Evan MintoNov 7, 2022
Mastodon/The Fediverse now has over 1 million monthly active users, approximately the same as Twitter's estimated active user count in 2008, when I joined. People forget that Twitter also started as a weird, confusing new thing.
The Reluctant Diesel MechanicNov 8, 2022
Steven BeschlossNov 8, 2022
Vote. Vote like your democracy depends on it. Because it does.
The Reluctant Diesel MechanicNov 7, 2022
Erik MoellerNov 7, 2022

The collapse of Twitter is a system breakdown. Mastodon and the fediverse represent something different: _system change_. From for-profit "Big Tech" to nonprofit, open source, community-owned public spaces.

System change is always harder than you think. It always incurs short-term costs, with hoped for long-term benefits.

The next few weeks will be really tough for the fediverse. Stick around, vibe with it, and you just might help us put a huge part of the web back in community hands. <3

The Reluctant Diesel MechanicNov 7, 2022
Laura ThompsonNov 7, 2022

Good evening 300 followers.

Nice to see you.

The topic for this evening is for me to ask which of the following topics is of most interest to you:

1. Employment Law case analysis
2. Commentary on current topics in Employment Law
3. A bit of a mixture

Toot! Freely

The Reluctant Diesel MechanicNov 7, 2022
Kathy GriffinNov 7, 2022
Hooboy! Elon just tweeted me on Maggie’s Twitter account. @tipitmaggieg on twitter. He tweeted a joke that he stole from literally hundreds of other posters prior to him, putting it out there. The bros are coming for me! 😆She’s irrelevant! I thought carrot top was dead! You know, the usual.
HE’S SUCH A DRAMA QUEEN 😂
The Reluctant Diesel MechanicNov 7, 2022
Joshua MarshallNov 7, 2022
To be clear, when I said the transition wasn't smooth, that wasn't meant as a criticism. Purely informational. But if you're thinking of moving might make sense to wait a bit till things calm down. Have to imagine every instance mod is struggling to keep up with new people coming over from Elonville.
The Reluctant Diesel MechanicNov 7, 2022
Joshua MarshallNov 7, 2022
I'm only starting now to get a feel for how the multi-instance ecosystem works. Got an update for our instance admin noting how they can block instances that tend to drive trolls/hate speech, whatever. Fascinating to see how this all works in practice. the approach of your instance admin clearly is pretty key to how you experience the broader Mastodon ecosystem.