I DON'T WANT SELF DRIVING CARS!!!!
✔️ I want boring things like public transit that comes so regularly I don't need to check a schedule.
✔️ I want fast passenger rail so accessible and easy it's preferable to suffering airports.
✔️ I want cities that aren't built around cars-as-default
✔️ I want the country to own it.
Now that I can edit this post, to more accurate info: please
avoid using a LOT of hashtags in the body of your posts. (Not just for users of screenreaders but also for ND folks who have trouble with visually busy text. )
Do be sure to CamelCase your hashtags for screenreaders.
Here's a great discussion on the topic: https://legal.social/@krisnelson/109351256065488083
Also some screenreaders (and a lot of ND brains) can skip a block of hashtags at the bottom:
#VisuallyImpaired #blind #accessibility
As someone who regularly uses screen readers and works with blind colleagues who rely on screen readers to access the internet, please let me assure you that using #hashtags within the body of a post is not a problem. You don’t need to move them to the end! It is helpful to use #CamelCase to avoid gibberish for many word combos, but the extra # is so minimal as to disappear given how much else screen readers say & how fast they speak to experienced users.
Dua Lipa who’s bisexual and muslim shuts down rumours that she will be performing at the #WorldCup2022 opening ceremony in Qatar:
“I look forward to visiting Qatar when it has fulfilled all the human rights pledges it made when it won the right.”
Way to go, @fifacom
New to Mastodon? Here are some guides I've found useful for figuring it all out.
Top 10 tips: https://axbom.com/mastodon-tips/
Longer guide: https://axbom.com/mastodon-guide/
Feditips 🦣 for beginners: https://fedi.tips/mastodon-and-the-fediverse-beginners-start-here/
Nikodemus' Guide to 🦣: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1D9gfeKg_-hlsU66R-dLEvUeyMsqEfyIx2pnfUeX0t_E/edit#
Notes from a Data Witch: https://blog.djnavarro.net/posts/2022-11-03_what-i-know-about-mastodon/
#feditips #TwitterMIgration #Twexit #IrishTwitter #IrishMastodon
There has recently been a huge rush of people trying out Mastodon. This is also noticeable in the number of people reading my earlier Mastodon Guide. I wanted to take this opportunity to provide a brief list of usage tips that I wish I had at hand when first setting
#Pittsburgh area flu cases are 1) rising weeks before prior years and 2) matching that of severe seasons pre-COVID.
Masking at an all-time low in public places, probably almost nil. Curious why folks don’t opt to mask when such measures could keep it at bay.
Data from our county health department. #influenza #publichealth
To this extent I'm really interested to know how the age breakdown of people on the #Fediverse. On one hand it would seem to make sense to me that most people here remember the "old internet" before the centralization and they're here to rekindle that flame of independence. On the other hand the youths are generally pretty up on this whole technology thing. I grew up on the internet and since then smartphones have become even more ubiquitous.
(Please boost for reach)
1. Most Black folk in the US experience frequent racism, and have to navigate racist systems daily. It's an important part of our lives.
2. Many white folk are very uncomfortable even hearing about racism.
3. People often talk about the most important things in their lives, with their friends.
4. Most white folk in the US (~75%), have no Black friends. Zero. None.
https://www.prri.org/research/poll-race-religion-politics-americans-social-networks/
Mike W
Zeb Larson
annaraven
Dr. Lucie Fremlova 
Karlin Lillington 🦇
Alex Sundermann, DrPH
mcneely
Mekka 
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Gwdihŵ 🦉
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