gr0k @gr0k@gr0k.net

There is no honor in making others struggle solely because you did. Persevering through difficulty is worth celebrating, but is often worth even more if you can lessen the burden for those who come after you, especially those less fortunate, less privileged. That way lies glory.

Curious about the demographic of fedi: Which of these regions are you on?
[Original question was "What continent are you on?" but that has some issues]

(Ordered alphabetically in case you're wondering)

Please boost if appropriate, I want to reach as many users as possible.

#fedi #fediverse

Oceania is defined as in https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oceania - it is not a continent, but instead a geographic region consisting primarily of Australia and New Zealand. I had to collapse those into one to avoid needing more than 8 options.

#asabiyyah #coalitionalBehavior #coalitionalPsychology #groupIdentity #inGroup #socialStatus #outGroup #tellAStory

“What’s money? A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and goes to bed at night and in between does what he wants to do.” — Bob Dylan

The Dutch government is now running their own Mastodon server

In translation, it talks about "value-driven alternatives to social media"

The message I'd like to see governments adopt is a little different: "digital communications is a critical part of civil communication and the government should not be running on corporate platforms"

https://social.overheid.nl/@avhuffelen/110700825255524685

Normalize this

#Twitter #Threads #Fediverse #News #Media

Digital sundial

When using Twitter (or any algorithmic social network), you subconsciously learn to please the algorithm.

You stop expressing yourself and start writing for the machine.

On Mastodon, you are forced to either write for yourself or for other humans.

https://solarbird.net/blog/2023/07/04/performing-for-the-machine/

by @moira

I didn't think they'd raise the walls on *my* garden, sobs the woman who registered at the walled-garden website.

Here, have a less scuffed and jpeg fragmented version of the meme.

Deeznuts. Wow.

https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2023/05/jonas-frei-walnuts/

Wow, Instagram is blocking the #joinpixelfed hashtag

I just discovered this while checking to see how they handle post count description and yeah, this was surprising to say the least.

https://mastodon.social/@pixelfed/110338112401101688

See for yourself https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/joinpixelfed/ while logged in to IG

The question isn't determining whether Bluesky, Mastodon, Twitter, etc is the better platform.

The question is why are we obsessed with emulating centralized corporate experiences that do not care about us or our communities?

It's a lack of imagination leading that convo, not innovation.

Screw "this meeting could have been an email".

What about "this YouTube video could have been a blog post"?

Does anyone know any #Khmer speakers, any #Cambodians, or anyone living in #Cambodia?

I have found a few people, but we can't be the only people on the Fediverse!

Reblogs much appreciated

How can we use each other's differences in our common battles for a livable future? - Audre Lorde

My prose poem "A Dream of Mirabella" is featured in the Surrealist Journal Peculiar Mormyrid Issue #4. The theme of this Issue is Surrealism and the Sea.
My piece appears under the section Nudibranchia.

Artwork by Alex Januário

https://peculiarmormyrid.com/arthur-david-spota-issue-4/