Hello everyone. I know that these are tough times for many people. If you derive value from the fediverse and have the means to do so, please consider donating to support your instance. Most instances rely on donations to pay the bills (infosec.exchange and friends cost over $3000/month to host).

Instructions on how to donate are generally available on your instance's "about" page (for example: https://infosec.exchange/about)

Also, I firmly believe that access to the fediverse should not be tied to one's ability to pay, and I think it's even more important for those in difficult situations to maintain the social connections that the fediverse provides, so (at least in my view) donations are welcome, but not required in any way.

And for those people who already donate, my hats off to you. You make the fediverse possible. ​

Welcome to the public domain, STEAMBOAT WILLIE (1928)! https://archive.org/details/SteamboatWillie

#silentSunday

I am on a crab drawing binge and want to point out that this is an amazing resource and a place of astonishing beauty: https://www.crabdatabase.info/vedecka-galerie

babe, you good? you haven't touched your lorem ipsum dolor & cheddar wrap

#DailyBird 🤖
Yellow-eyed Junco, 11st November 2022
Coronado National Forest, Madera Canyon, Arizona
Hohokam, O'odham Jeweḍ, Sobaipuri & Tohono O'odham traditional territory
Canon EOS Rebel T8i, Canon 70-300mm @ 278mm, 45% crop, 1/320s, f/6.3, ISO 2500
#YellowEyedJunco #Birds #BirdPhotography #DescribeYourImages

Today I’m walking off the job with hundreds of my Washington Post colleagues for 24 hours to demand a fair contract. It's the postguild's first strike in 48 years.

To support us, avoid all Washington Post journalism today, Dec. 7.

You can read more here: https://actionnetwork.org/letters/workers-at-the-washington-post-deserve-a-living-wage

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