Firefox is officially and directly fucking with Google and I am here for it!

X has taken its stance. Nazis on the platform are allowed. Pro-Hitler posts are allowed. Holocaust denial is allowed.

If you stay on a platform like that, you can't escape this creeping normalization. Even if you think you can.

"Oh, there goes another Holocaust denier. Just part of being online, I guess."

"Oh, another transphobe calling people dehumanizing slurs. Well that's the Internet for you."

Creeping normalization is like advertising. Even if you think it won't influence you, it will.

“It is just over,” journalist @caseynewton told The Post.

“If you wouldn’t join Gab, or Parler, or Truth Social, there’s no reason you should be on X. I think it’s time for journalists and publishers, in particular, to acknowledge the new reality and to get the heck off that website.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/11/19/antisemiticism-interent-elon-musk-israwl-war/

Summer dance

#birds #nature #wildlife #photography

Due to popular demand, here is a list of the fedi-services that are part of the infosec.* family:
1 - https://infosec.exchange - Glitch-soc fork of Mastodon (this instance does not block threads.net)
2 - https://relay.infosec.exchange - Activitypub relay
3 - https://video.infosec.exchange - Peertube instance (like youtube)
4 - https://infosec.press - WriteFreely blog*
5 - https://pixel.infosec.exchange - Pixelfed instance (like instagram)
6 - https://matrix.infosec.exchange - Synapse (with sliding sync) homeserver*
7 - https://infosec.place - Akkoma instance (like mastodon)
8 - https://infosec.town - iceshrimp instance (like mastodon)
9 - https://infosec.pub - Lemmy instance (like reddit)
10 - https://fedia.io - General interest mbin instance (also like reddit)
11 - https://fedia.social - General interst Iceshrimp instance
12 - https://elk.infosec.exchange - Elk web interface for Mastodon
13 - https://books.infosec.exchange - Bookworym instance (like goodreads)
14 - https://meetups.infosec.exchange (mobilizon)
15 - https://infosec.space - Glitch-soc fork of Mastodon (this instance does
block threads.net)

*indicates the instance authenticates against Infosec.exchange

Nembrotha Megalocera!! Another gorgeous sea slug to add to the list, hopefully will get to draw a few more!!

#MastoArt #PixelArt #FediArt #creature #AnimalArt #illustration

Another crow friend framed by some fencing this time.

#Nature #NaturePhotography #Birds #Wildlife #NatureCommunity #Photography #BirdsOfMastodon #BirdPhotography #BirdWatching #Canon90D

*Slime mould appreciation post*

Slime moulds usually live as single celled organisms, but will occasionally perform an astonishing feat of cooperation - gathering together as a collective ‘organism’ to form structures such as fruiting bodies. They may resemble fungi, but are really a unique group of amoebozoa.

#Macrophotography #microbiology #slimemould #soilbiodiversity

About a year ago, we were experience peak migrations from Twitter to mastodon. For those that stuck with it, I’m glad you’re still here. It’s been quite a year.

Happy Halloween!

Tranquil Light, Steady Me, 12"x12" oil on canvas (2021).

https://tishamark.com/product/tranquil-light-steady-me/

#MastoArt #halloween #art #painting

there’s a multiverse timeline fork wherein the #ProudBoys, #Threepercenters, & other assorted #january6 putschers successfully merked #pence - & I gotta say, I’m not sure it’s a worse one

I gotta say - given those dynamics, it seems pretty IMPERATIVE that journalists who have built such relationships of trust with people IMMEDIATELY STOP USING #TWITTER to boost news items which they deem worthy of attention.

To me, the option of switching to a (preferably #opensource) #protocol -driven system like #activitypub seems like obvious choice, but at the very least GET THE FUCK OFF of a site that is being actively manipulated to further the spread of disinfo. Bring your audience to a more trustworthy space and stop exposing them to the (frankly fascist) disinformation campaigns which inevitably are boosted alongside your recommendations on twitter.

also tbc the other one ive been chilling on while getting familiar with the software is quite nice & full of very nice people. it’s also 16bit video game themed, not anime!

you are faced with a wild bullshitter!