It’s #STFUfriday!

Remember, when cops ask you questions, ask for a lawyer and then STFU:

- I am not interested in discussing how I’m doing or where I’m going.

- Am I free to leave?

- I am not answering any questions.

- If they ask to search your bag (or anything else): "I do not consent to a search."

- I want to speak to a lawyer.

If you talk to cops, Mr. Kim will be very disappointed in you.

My refusal to participate in the reboot of Mark #Zuckerberg as the internet's Cool Friend should not be taken as support of Elon #Musk in any way, but can we not fall for another smirking fascist with his shirt off?

I’M GONNA YELL A LOT.

https://catvalente.substack.com/p/mark-fking-zuckerberg-is-not-your

If you're not aware of the Black Game Developer Fund (I wasn't!), hey, now you are. This is rad! https://blackgamedevfund.com/apply/

Yo #GameDev folks, maybe spread this one out a bit? I know very little about the fund itself / I can't vouch for it or anything, but more options to choose from is better than less when it comes to funding.

PSA

If you're looking for a trans-affirming barbershop or hair salon, I recently learnt about Strands For Trans  
https://strandsfortrans.org/

They currently list businesses in US, Canada, Mexico, UK, netherlands, Czechia, Finland & Australia.

#trans #transgender #enby #NonBinary #agender #genderfluid #genderqueer #GenderNonConforming #intersex #queer #LGBTQ+ #LGBTQIA+ #LGBTQIA2S+ #hair #hairdresser #HairSalon #HairStyle #barbershop #salon #TransRightsAreHumanRights

Here’s the fucking thing.

I’m #transgender.

It’s a part of who I am.

It’s the way I was born.

But if I could go back and choose to have been anything else?

I’d still choose to be trans.

There’s a joy to it. A freedom that I would never give up, for anything.

Being Trans isn’t easy. That doesn’t mean it isn’t a wonderful thing.

I love who I am.

Meta’s new app “Threads” is up pre-order in the App Store. Let’s do a quick check on what data they want from you compared to the official Mastodon app, Mammoth and Ivory.

Spoiler: Meta wants to know and track everything about you, and Mastodon doesn’t want anything.

#threads

🚨 Kolektiva.social SECURITY ALERT 🚨

This is an alert for Kolektiva.social users. Please read this post in its entirety!

In mid-May 2023, the home of one of Kolektiva.social's admins was raided, and all their electronics were seized by the FBI. The raid was part of an investigation into a local protest. Kolektiva was neither a subject nor target of this investigation. Today, that admin was charged in relation to their alleged participation in this protest.

Unfortunately, at the time of the raid, our admin was troubleshooting an issue and working with a backup copy of the Kolektiva.social database. This backup, dated from the first week of May 2023, was in an *unencrypted* state when the raid occurred and it was seized, along with everything else.

The database is the heart of a Mastodon server. A database copy such as the one seized may include any of the following user data, in this case up to date as of early May 2023:

- User account information like the e-mail address associated with your account, your followers and follows, etc.
- All your posts: public, unlisted, followers-only, *and direct ("DMs")*.
- Possibly IP addresses associated with your account - IP addresses on Kolektiva.social are logged for 3 days and then deleted, so IP addresses from any logins in the 3 days prior to the database backup date would be included.
- A hashed ("encrypted") version of your password.

🚨 👉 As a precaution we highly recommend that all users on Kolektiva.social *change their password immediately* to a new, unique, and strong password.

We sincerely apologize to all our users and regret this breach. In hindsight, it was obviously a mistake to leave a copy of the database in an unencrypted state. Unfortunately, what would otherwise have been a small mistake happened to coincide with a raid, due to bad luck and spectacularly bad timing.

We understand that our users and other people on the Fediverse will have a lot of questions. We will try to answer them as best we can, but please be patient and bear in mind that we may be overwhelmed with messages, and may be delayed in responding or unable to provide answers to certain questions for legal or technical reasons. As a security culture reminder, it can be extremely harmful to the individuals charged and to our community to openly speculate on the Internet about alleged criminal activity or about what law enforcement may be able to do with seized data. Our present awareness is that the seized Kolektiva data is unrelated to the federal investigation and prosecution and we are exploring legal avenues to have the seized data returned and copies destroyed.

Thank you for your understanding and solidarity  

👇 Please see our replies to this post for additional information (1/?) 👇