Olamina Free @olamina@eweg.be

Hope some people pushing back on the attack on abortion in the u.s. keep in mind that birthing autonomy is an intersectional privilege on a global level. Just like there are many people in the u.s. whose access to free & safe abortion (& pregnancy) has never really existed, there are even more people worldwide who don't have these things even on paper - & in many cases the u.s., nato, & five eyes send hundreds of millions of dollars a year to these governments. This also means that there are many people who have been fighting back under incredibly repressive conditions who deserve equal support & attention

@bhaugen @emi @dazinism @Matt_Noyes @bonfire @lynnfoster @disco_coop @GuerillaOntologist @datatitian @ntnsndr @aral @FreeScholar @Framasoft @tierra_comun

I wrote about quitting Google a few years ago - I've using several different tools now, but this was my take back then - https://thenextweb.com/news/how-i-fully-quit-google-and-you-can-too

Instagram adding NFT support means gargons pull request for it in mastodon should go live anytime this week right?

After thorough testing, I can wholeheartedy recommend lesbianism.

Optimist: The glass is ½ full.
Pessimist: The glass is ½ empty.
Excel: The glass is January 2nd.

I need to take some time to write a piece about how there is a direct line connecting the States' obsession with criminalizing abortion and limiting birth control directly to the capitalist practice of taking away one's bodily autonomy that was perfected during the slave trade.

Politics in the US has always revolved around maintaining control for the sake of profit. Sexism, racism, homophobia, transphobia, etc are all constantly pushed because the expansion and normalization of different modalities of the human experience are a direct threat to capital.

The more we embrace our shared humanity, the less likely we are to participate in capitalism for individual gain.

The nonsensical attempts to push back the rights of women in a desperate attempt to violently force us back into that myopia show they are terrified of the conversations we are having.

While my immediate reaction is disgust, I'm also encouraged because there is a deep fear that is guiding these deranged policies. People have spent their lives trying to harm us for being more human.

Their rage is because they know they are losing.

They are trying to legislate what humanity is and they can't. They've already lost. Violence is the only option bigots have left.

🎥 Título: Que som tem a distância?
🎬 Direção: Marcela Schild
📅 Ano: 2018
📜 Sinopse: Depois do cárcere, Isaura tenta se reconectar com o mundo. Na prisão, participou de uma iniciativa literária – e, hoje, ao reencontrar as companheiras que também se envolveram no projeto, discorre sobre suas angústias. As dificuldades de se reconfigurar como mãe, como mulher e como ser humano são constantes.

https://www.itaucultural.org.br/que-som-tem-a-distancia-mostra-curtas-premiados-2019

why are they filming a tom hanks movie at the toledo train station. there wasn't a world war 2 battle here

Please, please, please set your Twitter repost bots to not repost your retweets or quote tweets. #FediTips

Bom dia para quem é de bom dia

I have encountered more image descriptions on Mastodon in 24 hours than I have in Twitter in a couple of years. Seriously. I'm not exaggerating.
As a blind person, this means a lot to me. If you read this and you describe your images, thank you so, so, so much on behalf of all of us. If you don't, now you know you'll be helping random Internet strangers make sense of your posts by typing in a few more words than usual.

Bonjour, je suis heureux d'être ici et de découvrir une nouvelle manière d'être dans (ou de pratiquer) un nouveau réseau social.

Je suis auteur, spécialisé en audio (encore que..).

J'aime l'écriture (si, si), la poésie, la fiction sonore et tout ce qui touche à la créativité.

Dans un premier temps, je ne sais pas ce que je vais vous partager ici. Tout ce que je sais c'est que ce sera personnel.

a mastodon instance for people who like dodgeball

Indigenous Open Educational Resources: Respectfully Uplifting Community Voices with UBC's Kayla Lar-Son Indigenous programs and services librarian at the Xwi7xwa Library and the program manager librarian for the Indigitization program. Free & open webinar. More details & registration at https://bccampus.ca/event/indigenous-open-educational-resources-respectfully-uplifting-community-voices/?instance_id=3488

Hi folks. Looking for a recommendation of a friendly instance that is into any/all of the following:

-writing/composing/creating video game music
-contemporary classical music
-writing about music

For someone I know in real life who wants a new place to go. Any suggestions?