Hrefna (DHC)

Yes random text message, I am sure that your claim to be representing the Colorado Government and directing me to a DNS entry that: 1. Was registered yesterday. 2. In Peru. 3. Connecting to an IP address in Russia. Is completely legit and 100% definitely from the Colorado government.

Me: "Sure, I'll take your cider." Barkeep: "Turns out we just rotated to a different one, would you still like it? <provides sample>" Me: "Oh! This is good! Yes please" <time passes> Me: "Huh, what brand did you say?" Barkeep: "hmmm, I think it is wild cider, but let me check" Barkeep, coming back: "so, uh, it is wild cider, and it is supposed to be served in 4 oz glasses. I'm not going to charge you anything different, but you should probably know it is 8%" That is, in fact, good to know

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Emelia 👸🏻 (@thisismissem@hachyderm.io)

I've been working on a few tools to improve the Moderation UI in Mastodon: - Allow searching for reports from a given instance/user: https://githu...

If you deliberately misgender someone and think it is okay because you don't like them, or because they hurt you, or any other reason: That. Is. Transphobia. I don't know why this is hard for people. That. Is. Transphobia. If you see this and you are in the person's trusted orbit and you _don't_ call it out or call them in (even privately) that is also transphobia. Having trans friends or trans people who agree with you does not obviate this in any way, shape, or form. It is dehumanizing.

One toxic manager—including tech leads, project managers, etc—causes significant harm to the people around them and below them. They destroy people's lives, derail careers, and can kill companies before anyone who doesn't report to them knows what is happening. One is all it takes. But companies pretty much always and very consistently side with the person who has power. Giving them the benefit of the doubt, giving them grace, and providing second chances. While they destroy.

Positions I have actually seen people take in the last week on here: 1. Harm reduction doesn't count because not everyone is saved. 2. Harm reduction is privileged because how sad that you suffer a fraction of the harm you "gleefully inflict on others." 3. Harm reduction doesn't count because there's more work to do. Next time someone comes in with "no one is saying" I have a stack of these to throw at them. I just. am so. tired.

Something important that @npub1g909...r22m is talking about here: It's going beyond blocklists. There are so many things we can do that aren't blocklists, and certainly aren't consensus blocklists. Quarantine is such an obvious and simple step and a time honored tradition for tackling these sorts of problems. As is a keyword embargo: require moderator review before posts with certain keywords make it through from people who aren't being followed, or equivalents thereof.

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My own quick brainstorm for faster, better moderation: - Reply controls already, like yesterday - Default to allowlisting for new/unknown instanc...

* #Kink belongs at #pride * Cops do not. * #Ace and #Aro belong under the LGBTQ+ umbrella. They have not universally historically been included under the "A," but they have _always_ been there (sometimes under the A, sometimes under the B, but they've been there). * #Queer is a reclaimed slur. As is "gay" and many of our other terms. * Yes I am "not #gay as in happy but queer as in fuck you." (/magneto was right/insert the culturally appropriate variant here).