| Unions | MAPE, MFT |
| Colors | Black and Red |
| Tree | Birch |
| Flower | Snapdragon |
Transphobia is driven heavily by misogyny. It's also driven by gay panic bullshit.
But sometimes I think these people just miserably hate anyone who feels even a scrap of happiness compared to them.
OK, well, to hell with this instance and Eugen. That was the final straw for me.
I'm likely going to move instances.
Fuck this.
@veirling @bmacDonald94 Yeah, I hear you. I'm sorry you're feeling that. š
These betrayals are such a regular thing when I can bring myself to pay attention to the larger world, that I've become rather numb.
But really, being numb is just another face of dissociation that flows along with depression.
I hear you.
- The fact we have a flagship instance and that mastodon.social didnāt close signups ages ago is a huge part of the problem. They could have set a social precedent (large instances are a no-no) ā they didnāt.
- When Threads federates, it will become the flagship instance.
- Eugen is basically handing the crown to Mark.
- The fact there is a crown to start with is a shortcoming of the federated model with instances that can scale indefinitely. (How else could things be done? See #SmallWeb)
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Iām right in the middle of the move so I donāt have time to write anything at length on the whole āmastodon.social rolling out the red carpet for Threads/Instagram/Meta/Zuckerbergā thing.
In a nutshell:
- The *only* leverage the fediverse has over a trillion-dollar corporation is social legitimacy.
- That is exactly what the flagship instance is providing to Meta.
- It matters less whether your tiny/personal instance blocks them; given their size, youāre effectively blocking yourself.
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I've just watched Violent Night.
What a filmšš
Shades of Shaun of the Dead, Die Hard and Home Alone all jumbled up in a Santa Sack of over the top comedy action. Great fun.
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