"There's something quietly beautiful about a place where people just... share what they know. No brand deals, no engagement metrics, no algorithm nudging you toward rage. Just someone who spent twenty years studying Arctic policy posting a thread at 2 AM because they think you should understand what's happening. It's the internet I was promised in 1996."

https://matduggan.com/boy-i-was-wrong-about-the-fediverse/

Message to all media commentators:

If you're now saying, 'well, of course, the Greens policies will now be subject to some proper scrutiny'.... let me suggest you subject Reform UK Ltd to the same rigorous scrutiny, not keep giving them a free pass on their various (and objectionable) policy stances!

But, lets be clear, attacking the Green Party of England & Wales while waving Reform UK Ltd through scrutiny, actually plays to the Greens' analysis of politics.

#politics #Greens

Rather beautiful between showers at Ladybower reservoir.

#Derbyshire

Tiny reminder that it's important
to boost posts on Mastodon!

Liking only will not help a post being seen more. Boosting will!  ✨

Boost the posts you want others to see. Add hashtags to your posts to help others find them.

This is the Fediverse way  

#Mastodon #Fediverse

we live in a time where we there are ever more attempts to divide people across racial, cultural, and other arbitrary lines that don't truly divide us as humans

those differences can just as easily be glue that holds us together

i believe that makes reaching out and learning more, meeting people, learning languages; effective acts of rebellion

its far more useful than posting about one party or the other on the internet, and more rewarding