Ello sweet and lovely Friendos

#GoodNight and #TZAG everyone

I am back at the gym. Have been here for a bit, but checked up on some bits here and there. My night could have been better, but I didn't have too bad dreams, so I guess it wasn't too bad. It's just hard when you wake up every 1½ hour because your leg needs some attention. I really can't wait for the bruise to heal more... It's been almost 12 weeks since the last surgery... It's taken it's time already...

Trying to get my exercises in today. I need to remember that I have my boost shot this morning at 9:30. Hope all will go well. I still hate needles but I wanna do right, especially by dad. 😊

This afternoon, the doggy sitting will begin! 🫣 The two choccy galls will be brought around 14, so let's hope all will go well. I have met them before but never been alone with them, so these next few days will be a challenge. Especially since it's been a while since I had to care for two labs...

I hope I can get the exercises in today, and that I can find the location for the boost without too many issues. I'll probably be the youngest there, again, but I don't really care. Just wanna do what's best. 😊

I am riding the bike. But I'm not really into it at the moment. I still feel a tad tired and also a bit sad for some reason... 😔 But, I'll keep riding and after that, I shall hit the treadmill again. I can do this!

💜 🍀 🐾

#PixysJourney

As the person that founded the most high profile Black instance in the fedi and still develops safety tools for this environment, there is still a lot of resistance in the fedi in accepting how massively it failed Black and Brown internet folks.

I don’t mind the technical discussions between ATProtocol and Activity Pub because they both have stuff to learn from each other, but the fedi damaged reputation isn’t due to technical concerns.

The fedi has a *terrible* reputation to the point people are choosing a corporate option they know is bad over a free one.

Folks really need to think about what that means.

I regularly talk to folks who left the fedi and they *consistently* say the bigoted harassment they faced on the fedi is the *worst they’ve experienced* online. These aren’t people that are unfamiliar with how digital communities work. These are veteran digital citizens that are accustomed to bad faith engagement on the web.

Fortunately, the rise of Blacksky and other independent installs are rendering Bluesky irrelevant as it continues to enshitify, but the fedi needs to accept its utter failure in regards to safety and moderation is a central reason why we are talking about Bluesky at all.

I do believe it’s possible for the fedi to still be a major player in social media.

But it has to be real about why many people believe Bluesky is the lesser evil.

Borrowed from fakebook.

My daughter came home from school and said,
“Mom, you’re not going to believe what happened in history class today.”

Her teacher told the class they were going to play a game.
He walked around the room and whispered to each kid whether they were a witch or just a regular person. Then he gave the instructions:

“Form the biggest group you can without a witch. If your group has even one, you all fail.”

She said the whole room instantly lit up with suspicion.
Everyone started interrogating each other. Are you a witch? How do we know you’re not lying?
Some kids clung to one big group, but most broke off into smaller, exclusive cliques. They turned away anyone who seemed uncertain, nervous, or gave off even the slightest hint of being guilty.

The energy shifted fast. Suddenly everyone was suspicious of everyone.
Whispers. Finger-pointing. Side-eyes. Trust dissolved in minutes.

Finally, when all the groups were formed, the teacher said,
“Alright, time to find out who fails. Witches, raise your hands.”

And not one hand went up.

The whole class exploded. “Wait! You messed up the game!”

And then the teacher dropped the bomb:
“Did I? Were there any actual witches in Salem, or did everyone just believe what they were told?”

My daughter said the room went dead silent.

That’s when it hit them. No witch was ever needed for the damage to happen. Fear had already done its work. Suspicion alone divided the entire class, turning community into chaos.

And isn’t that exactly what we’re seeing today?
Different words, same playbook.
Instead of “witch,” it’s liberal, conservative, vaxxed, unvaxxed, pro-this, anti-that.
The labels shift, but the tactic is the same.

Get people scared. Get them suspicious. Get them divided.
Then sit back while trust crumbles.

The danger was never the witch.
The danger is the rumor. The suspicion. The fear. The planted lies.

Refuse the whisper. Don’t play the game. Because the second we start hunting “witches,” we’ve already lost.