Satsuma @Satsuma@cat.family

Over on #MetaFilter, I am a member of the MeFi Global BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Color) Advisory Board. We just posted a summary of our mandate, perspective, activities, scope, plans, etc.

https://metatalk.metafilter.com/26210/What-The-MeFi-BIPOC-Board-Does

Please reshare this with people who used to be #MeFites, especially those who left because behavior on the site kept making them feel unwelcome.

#MeFite

Unfortunately I have to stop actively working on #Metatext for a while due to health issues. I really wish I could implement Mastodon 4 features and squash every bug, but it's not possible for me to do so right now.

I know the app has become important to a lot people, so I'm open to a new maintainer who can carry on its values of privacy and accessibility taking it over if there's interest and a fit. Email info@metabolist.org if you (or your organization) are interested

The GlitchCat #SundayPost offers news and updates from our corner of the fediverse to yours.

Short post today because I’m exhausted after a long weekend with family, but I wanted to at least get the holidays and observances in.

§ Instance News :—

• @aescling finally played Breath of the Wild meaning the amount of Zeldaposting on this server may increase. Or it may not, because they really only played it to critique Sonic 🤷🏻‍♀️.

§ Holidays and Observances :—

• 🪨 November 28 is Thingstaken, a counter·observance to American Thanksgiving. It is also co·incidentally Cyber Monday, making it a good time to reread The Cybre Manifesto, I guess, or not, I’m not a cop.

• 👿 November 29 is Witchnight, a day marking the beginning of the darkest time of year, in which vampires, demons, ⁊·c are said to thrive. This is a great opportunity to put up your winter lights, tell spooky stories, and generally wish the fall a fond goodbye.

• 🌐 November 30 is N·30, a day of remembrance for those dead or debilitated as a consequence of globalist economic policy. N·30 commemorates the 1999 Battle of Seattle; for background and further context, Kit Oldham did a history of the event in two parts (Part Ⅰ; Part ⅠⅠ).

• 🩸 December 01 is Aidsmas, World Aids Day, or Day With(out) Art, a day of remembrance for those dead or debilitated as a result of the aids pandemic. As December 01 is also the day that the covid “Patient Zero” first began experiencing symptoms, I also endorse using this day to think about globalist responses to pandemic and illness in general.

• ⛓ December 04 is Barbiemas, a day of disguise and secret‐revealing, because Halloween and Witchnight evidently just weren’t enough for me. The name of this day comes from the Catholic St Barbara, but she wasn’t a real person so it might as well be the plastic doll instead. This is a great time to be unflinchingly honest with your loved ones before we hit Yuletide and you might be expected to spend all kinds of time with them. It’s also a great day for DnD campaigns.

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