Happy Migration Day, Alberta Mastodonians(?)

I'm pulling together a list of #Alberta #abpoli #ableg #yyc #yeg etc voices (and there's talk of #ABextweeters for an ongoing hashtag) so we can find one another in this strange but interesting new land. Either comment on this post or send me a DM if you'd like your handle added.

Parts 1-7 are here: https://mastodon.social/@TheGentYYC/109338658725587906

Part 8-13: https://mastodon.social/@TheGentYYC/109366201147204602

A gentle reminder to folks who are new to Mastodon. In solidarity with those in the disabled community who rely on screen readers, we ask that you:

* Add alt text/image descriptions when you post media
* Capitalize the first letter of every word in a hashtag #LikeThis
* Avoid emojis in your display name

UPDATE: So many great questions! Please check the replies to see if your question has been asked and answered ❤️

#StrongerTogether #Accessibility #AltText #Disability #Solidarity #FediTips

Here's your irregular reminder that:

Twitter was a multi-billion dollar company with thousands of employees.

Mastodon is a niche hobbyist product run by volunteers

The fact that we're being seen as a viable alternative to them is an admission that a federated, decentralized future is not only possible, but desirable.

Mastodon is not one thing, or one place. It's a network of many things and many places. We don't have a spokesperson (I mean, there's me. I'm the official spokesperson for 💯 of the fediverse, but beyond me there is no spokesperson) we don't have consensus on moderation or blocking or tools or what is good and what is bad. Some of us are professional SREs and Sysadmins, some of us aren't. Some of our instances have been around for 5+ years, some won't be here in six months.

And that's good! All of it, every last bit of it is good.

We're wrestling power away from the billionaire class, in real time, and reclaiming it for the People.

My first post here may also be my last thread on the bird app:

I can’t help but see the parallels between a billionaire destroying our digital world here on Twitter and billionaires doing the same thing to our planet. Possibly my last 🧵 here?

I first heard of Twitter when climate activists were using it to organize & communicate at the UN climate summit COP 13 in Bali, Indonesia in 2007. To tweet with your phone at the time you had to send a text, the reason for the 140 character limit.

When I joined twitter in 2009, my first tweet was about a report we'd just published at
the Council of Canadians on why the #JustTransition needs to be Green, Decent, & Public. For me & many others this has always been an important space for organizing for peace, ecology, and human rights.

And now, Twitter is breaking down before our eyes as climate progress is being blocked by billionaires and corporations at the latest round of UN climate talks. Our digital and offline worlds are on fire and the 1% keeps fanning the flames.

At every turn since the billionaire grifter took over, Twitter engineers have said Twitter can't survive without this system, as he dismantled each one. Just as scientists and Indigenous knowledge holders have said of the many ecological systems billionaires are setting ablaze.

It may be too late to save Twitter, but it's not too late to save the world and win a future for our species and countless others that's free of the whims of billionaires and the injustices of this system.

I hope if nothing else, the end of Twitter is the beginning of the end of billionaires and the unjust system that gave rise to them. Together, let's keep organizing to win a just transition and a Green New Deal. Let's abolish billionaires so they can't Twitter the climate.

If you're looking for a way to get involved, here's one place you can start https://canadians.org/justtransition/

#AbolishBillionaires #GreenNewDeal #JustTransition #RIPTwitter #ClimateCrisis #COP27

We missed replacing MAGA Boebert by .16%. Remember this for 2024 when people claim your vote doesn’t matter.

I’m activating and organizing people for 2024 to ensure we save our democracy.
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Sign up with me or with anyone you like—but let’s get to work!✊🏽

This Twitter fiasco is a reminder of who is *actually* critical to the survival of our economy & society.

Twitter worked before the billionaire got here. Now that workers are gone, Twitter is collapsing. Workers made Twitter work—a billionaire broke it.

Workers > Billionaires