Satsuma @Satsuma@cat.family

Let me tell you a secret:

"kind" and "angry" aren't antonyms. One doesn't exclude the other.

A lot of folks these days will tell you otherwise. If they can be kind and angry, they open themselves up to an idea that terrifies them: "responsibility".

It's important for you to hold, in your heart and in your head, that "kindness" is a quality, and "anger" is a reaction.

If you're truly a kind person, avoiding anger should be damn near impossible.

Happy #Caturday! Please welcome my new foster cat, Buster!

I picked Buster up on Tuesday so that he could stay someplace quiet while waiting to be adopted - he doesn't do well with transitions & was overwhelmed and freaking out in the shelter. We're still getting to know each other but it's clear he likes people, even if he doesn't trust them right away. He tolerated me grabbing him & picking him up earlier today so that means he gets living room privileges, which he DESPERATELY wanted, his entire walnut brain for the past 48 hours has been devoted to the puzzle of my office door.

Buster is available for immediate adoption! I can answer questions about his personality but any actual adoptions need to start with an inquiry through his Seattle Humane Society profile: https://www.seattlehumane.org/pets/49691327/Buster/

cherry blossom solstice season is coming around again?

Can someone familiar with @gotosocial tell me how to turn on rss feeds? Idk if I’m missing a setting in the config or what…

Spring light and mossy boulders — the kind you see everywhere here in southern Sweden, but which never cease to enchant me — for #Mosstodon.

A tiny little friend from October 2020 for #Sporespondence & #Mosstodon.

Since Mastodon is a different audience -- who here needs to know about our #RomanceOfTheThreeKingdoms #BookClub on Discord? (Thanks to the Dream Foundry for hosting us!)

* Open to anyone! Invite: https://discord.com/invite/PrS5qAqbGZ

* We're using this podcast version: http://www.3kingdomspodcast.com/

* Transcripts available too!

* We're about 20 episodes in (out of 300) but it goes fast, join anytime & drop in and out as you like!

#ChineseLiterature #books #Bookstodon #literature #GlobalLiterature #classics

Okay.

If I offered SaaS managed Mastodon, similar to masto.host and others

Is this a thing you'd be interested in?

A gentle reminder to folks who are new to Mastodon. In solidarity with those in the disabled community who rely on screen readers, we ask that you:

* Add alt text/image descriptions when you post media
* Capitalize the first letter of every word in a hashtag #LikeThis
* Avoid emojis in your display name

UPDATE: So many great questions! Please check the replies to see if your question has been asked and answered ❤️

#StrongerTogether #Accessibility #AltText #Disability #Solidarity #FediTips

Blorbo.social is now open for applications yaaaay!!

If you apply to join, please tell us a little bit about your own blorbos.

Alternatively, you can join immediately with an invite from any current member.

Keeping Mastodon non-toxic & benevolent requires total community buy-in when it comes to moderation.

Yes, we have mods + admins. But we must also habitually practice individual moderation using the robust safety tools at our disposal.

This means blocking clear-cut trashbags AND reporting them to admins

This means also reporting trashbags to the trashbag's own home instance admins.

It means calling out bad actors early and often & sharing information via #FediBlocks & boosts.

So many people are having a bad first experience with Mastodon because they're using the official app which is lacking features, doesn't allow image uploads randomly, has random slowness, and doesn't give you easy access to the two most active feeds where you can find people (Local and Federated).

Please switch to Metatext, Tusky, or Tooot for a better mobile experience (or even use a browser).

Out of the >15k users that joined this week, over 11k are on the official apps.