How to Social Media, a Guide

1. If someone is obnoxious then block them.
2. If someone is wasting your time then mute them.
3. This is community building as it also helps prevent them attacking or distracting your allies.
4. If you want to monitor obnoxious people then get a burner account.

As Auntie Toni said, and this also applies to -isms other than racism:

“The function, the very serious function of racism is distraction. It keeps you from doing your work. It keeps you explaining, over and over again, your reason for being. Somebody says you have no language and you spend twenty years proving that you do. Somebody says your head isn’t shaped properly so you have scientists working on the fact that it is. Somebody says you have no art, so you dredge that up. Somebody says you have no kingdoms, so you dredge that up. None of this is necessary. There will always be one more thing.” - Toni Morrison

#antiracism #praxis #CultureWars #ToniMorrison #quotes #quote #quotation #quotations

🥹 Timmy, a 20-year-old cat, is looking for his 'retirement home' through the RSPCA

Timmy is described as a "very special boy who, at the age of 20, might not have long left but certainly has enough love to give in the meantime"

https://www.nationalworld.com/news/offbeat/cat-rspca-oldest-age-20-home-4046088

#UK #News #Adoption #Pets #Cats #RSPCA

COVID isn’t over, not that you could tell from most peoples behavior.

it truly blows my mind how completely the pandemic has vanished from most people’s radar, barring the exceptionally vulnerable. which i guess includes me! hooray!

if i got #LongCovid on top of the already existing “mild” #MECFS i’d be in really big trouble.

"There is no epidemic of trans teens being rushed through medical transition by overly permissive doctors; trans people struggle to access healthcare at every age, and it has never been easy, let alone too easy, to be a trans child in the U.S. The articles claiming otherwise are recycling talking points that recognizably and overtly originate from anti-trans groups."

https://xtramagazine.com/power/what-went-wrong-at-the-new-york-times-246409

Wow. The NYPD are trying to criminalize wearing a mask.

https://pix11.com/news/local-news/police-want-nyc-businesses-to-require-customers-show-their-faces/

#COVID

Welp... if NYC gets rid of outdoor dining half the year, that's going to mean me visiting NYC a lot less, and only in the warmer months. I love the Big Apple, but I don't love covid.

https://slate.com/business/2023/02/new-york-city-outdoor-dining-streets-cars-pandemic.html