“Wearing [Trump’s #shoes] becomes a private act of submission — particularly if he’s guessed your size wrong, and you’re forced to walk around with clown shoes, or your toes curled up in the tips.”

"UPDATE: Trump's cabinet officially becomes a cabal of cowardly clowns.
A photo resurfaced of #MarcoRubio wearing oversized shoes the day after a story broke that Trump is "scaring" his staff into wearing his favorite footwear. We wish we were making this up."

https://www.defiance.news/p/update-trumps-cabinet-officially #Trump #clowns

A bit spammy, maybe, but not intended to be:

In Germany, a company that makes brooms and other cleaning utensils called Andreas Bürsten @buersten is very active on the #Fediverse. During the many discussions here, they listened to the wishes of our weird and wonderful community. May I present: The "Regenbogen". Clean your house and patio in style. With a statement of inclusion :) (They only ship to Germany and no, I am not getting paid. I just *love* their approach)

https://buersten.de/Saalbesen-400-mm-Regenbogen-PET-Farbmix-Universalstielhalter-mit-Ueberwurfmutter-O-24-mm

Verzorgingsstaat. Cartoon voor Trouw: https://www.trouw.nl/cartoons/tjeerd-royaards~bcb45712/

#verzorgingsstaat #schulden #incasso #overheid

My evening thought:

ActivityPub/Mastodon works best for groups of people that share some common interest. People with a "we" attitude. Where we talk eye to eye, not from top to bottom.

Centralised social networks however have made many of us believe that all social networks focus on people with a "me first" attitude. The more egoistic people that base their value on metrics like followers and reach.

That's a fundamental dilemma that pops up every time people move from "there" to "here".