#MLKDay #BlackHistory #BlackMastodon #Marvel #LukeCage

A pre-MCU Luke Cage celebrates Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birthday.

(liberated from a Bluesky post)

Did I read right?

Lawrie Phipps got bounced from scholar.social because they're a military veteran? (Not because they're being militaristic... but because they USED TO BE in the military?)

This will exclude a lot of people (me too), regardless of one's current political leanings or qualifications as a scholar.

Here's Lawrie's version of events, with receipts:

https://lawriephipps.co.uk/account-suspended-you-are-not-welcome-here/

If anyone needs me to explain how Groucho Marx applies, I'll be glad to.

#SocialNetworks #SocialMedia #metaphor

Current status of our social media spaces. "Liberated" from Bluesky. Alt text added.

#TechAndSociety #Inevitablism

I think Bluesky has bugs in Safari, so I'm including a screenshot as well as the direct link to a "share-worthy" post over there.

https://bsky.app/profile/courtneymilan.bsky.social/post/3k4djwevd4c2p

#JuxtaposedToots

@BenPatrickWill & @annaleen I can't stop laughing at this "top of mind" overlap and I hope you are at least amused...

I just found the image file size limit of 4MB. Consider that boundary tested and coming loose a bit at one corner. ;-)

https://mastodon.social/media/15339