Satsuma @Satsuma@cat.family

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

§ Current Events :—

• cybre.space has switched into read‐only mode, as was the plan for the new year.

• The American Dialect Society has announced the 2022 Word of the Year, and it’s -ussy. A·D·L writes “now everything is either a cat or a cavity”, but of course we all know which of those is the affix’s usual referent.

§ From Our Users :—

• @aescling is playing Pokémon Scarlet and enjoying the poképussy so far (Meowscarada).

• @Satsuma is now in a different time zone, so expect favs from them to come a few hours offset from when they were before.

§ Holidays and Observances :—

• ⏳ 11 January is Carmentalia. This is a Roman festival we know very little about, except that it was celebrated on two dates (the other was 15 January), observed primarily by women (Carmenta was a goddess of childbirth and prophecy), and invoked Postvorta and Antevorta, aspects of Carmenta pertaining to looking back (into the past) and forward (into the future). As a date near the new year, it’s a good opportunity for reflection and resolution; I really couldn’t care less otherwise regarding the original Roman meaning.

I wrote up a brief summary of today's #OTW board meeting: https://runpunkrun.dreamwidth.org/972062.html

The OTW Board meeting starts in TEN MINUTES and they take questions! Come join me in the cheap seats: https://discord.gg/e7StHgTA

RMT calls out government for "blocking" rail resolution ahead of strikes starting tomorrow

40,000 workers on Network Rail and 14 train operating companies will take action on 3,4,6 and 7 this week, shutting down most rail services across the country.

Despite the union's best efforts over the Christmas period, rail employers have not arranged any formal negotiations with RMT to resolve the dispute.

https://www.rmt.org.uk/news/rmt-calls-out-government/

Okay, #Hometown v1.1.0 is coming out tomorrow! There are so many changes (and I will explain them all in the release notes) but I think I am most happy with the tweaks to the Mastodon v4 mobile layout.

* Removed giant header
* Retractable right hand menu (click the top right hamburger icon)
* Reduced margins overall for a more compact layout

Attached pics: before, after, and after with retracted menu. Note you see a whole extra post in the 'after' screenshot due to all the removed elements.

SUBMISSIONS ARE OPEN!!!

Please boost

The #LesbianHistoricMotifProject Podcast is accepting submissions for our 2023 fiction series throughout the month of January. See our #CallForSubmissions for full details.

#Lesbian/#Sapphic #HistoricalFfiction to 5k words, $0.08/word. First publication rights for the podcast and website.

https://alpennia.com/lhmp/essays/call-submissions-2023-lesbian-historic-motif-podcast-fiction-series

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

This update covers the past two weeks, since I didn’t bother with one last Sunday!!

§ Current Events :—

• It is Public Domain Day here in the United States, and there are some very cool things which are now unencumbered with copyright here!

§ From Our Users :—

• @Lady continued work on her shrine-xslt static site generator, giving it rudimentary support for generating Atom feeds.

• @Lady also published a playlist of her favourite songs released in 2022.

• @aescling came out to her family and, semi‐relatedly, is in the process of moving, so be tolerant of any disruptions on the sysadminning side of things here.

§ Holidays and Observances :—

• 🍻 05 January is Twelfnight. In the Catholic tradition, this is the night before Epiphany, but in the English tradition, it is a night of partying to close out Yule. Great time to use up any partying leftovers from the holiday season!

• 👼 06 January is Twelfday, if you need a day for eating your king cake 🍰.

hi!! i have questions for #matrix homeserver administrators!

i have a private homeserver for friends and members of a community i run. a good number of people don’t wanna join it because i have federation disabled, and their client of choice doesn’t support multiple logins

what consequences might there be to enabling federation in this case?

is there anything i should take into account to retain the privacy of my users and prevent unintended room joins from external users?

this is something i’ve put off researching for a good while, and i figured, well, maybe one of y’all kind, smart individuals might be able and willing to help a catgirl out~ <3

#fediverse #sysadmin

- thought spent in introspection
- skills practiced in social media literacy
= skepticism brought to bear when needed
= energy brought to bear when needed
= harassment recognized and opposed
= bigotry decoded and opposed
- support given to friends who need it
- support given to strangers who need it
- space created for black safety and joy
= for BIPOC safety and joy
= for disabled safety and joy
= for queer safety and joy
- space denied to bigotry and harassment
- resources created, found, shared, and employed
- news made, shared, analyzed, and responded to
- lessons learned and taught
- ideas bandied about
- creations shared and delighted in

- identities tested
- selves found and fostered
- passions found and fostered
- passions allowed to dissipate in peace
- friendships made

- free time spent doing something else