We're defederating from newsie.social, because they're deliberately ('we don't silence 'different opinions') not moderating a transphobic user that's been reported from several instances and is actively harassing people.
We'll lift this suspension if newsie.social decide that maybe they shouldn't provide a platform for that kind of bigotry and that transphobia is not a 'difference in opinion'.
It's not "Mastodon" unless you're being hosted in the Mastodonte region of France, otherwise it's just Sparkling Federated Instance.
#MastodonMemes
To the entire Jewish people, Orthodox, Conservative, Reform, secular, and every other Jew: I love you.
Just found this picture of me on my Uncle Bill’s ranch circa 1970. He was a Shoshone Indian who taught me what little I know of traditional practices. He raised buffalo, one of the primary foods of the NW band of Shoshone, who were hunters and trappers. This was near Idaho Falls.
On Holocaust Remembrance Day a terrorist murdered people coming out of Shabbat services in a synagogue in Jerusalem.
I am reminded that the hate that led to the Holocaust has not gone away. It is rising in the world once again. I have lost all optimism, despite trying to hold onto it. I believe there will never be safety for us in this world. But we must hold onto our joy in life, and our communities must stay brave and hold together. I love the Jewish people. Am Yisrael chai.
I’ve been doing some research and looking into a PhD in Jewish studies or Holocaust/genocide studies. Obviously given my disability, my memory issues, this would be a real struggle for me. I would have to take it very slowly.
It might take me many years to achieve. I would need to take one course or two at a time. I would have to work four times as hard as a nondisabled person. I might never even be able to get it done. But I’m looking into it.
#Introduction - I'm Congress member Ritchie Torres from #NewYork , The past few days here have been great, I want to keep building our platform here on #Mastodon to make sure we can continue our conversations on a public social media platform.
Can you please BOOST this post and FOLLOW our account and encourage your followers to do the same? Thank you.
Happy Martin Luther King Day!
Anybody else find it ironic that the star of The Handmaids Tale belongs to a cult in real life?
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Rep. Ritchie Torres