salith @salith@computerfairi.es

Because this has come up on mastodon discord, more advice for other white dude server admins:

You need to believe the victims when blocking servers.

If trans folks tell you a server is transphobic, block it.

If black folks tell you a server is racist, block it.

Don't wait until you see "evidence". Harassers and bigots are only going to show you their good side.

Hi folks! Quick tip on what those 'post level' terms actually mean because it's extremely unclear even with descriptions

🌎Public: Shows in Local and Federated timeline for any instance that's relayed with yours or knows about you. Any.
🔓 Unlisted: the least clear. This is still bootable/sharable to others but you only show up on the feeds of people who follow you OR who follow people that boosted you OR direct link.
🔒Followers only: only they can see at all, no boosting

Unlisted is good.

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The Phone Co-op is a cooperative phone company in the UK. They have helpful customer service, offer discounts to pensioners and never try to upsell people stuff.

I used to have vodaphone and a bunch of extra "packages" that were crap, like an add on for cheaper roaming in the EU, which they didn't when the EU got rid of roaming charges.

Anyway, cancelling vodaphone was easy for me because I'm still alive and not vulnerable. Tkae advantage of this while you can. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/jul/28/sadmin-mother-death-vodafone

live fourth and may you prosper!!!!! just a little fourth of may fun for all you star fans out there today 🙂🙂

please stop using blue LEDs as indicators

If you're a UK citizen or resident, you can add your voice for a real conversion "therapy" ban that doesn't leave out trans people. (Current tally just under 90,000 in one weekend)

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/613556

Does anyone on the #fediverse have any job contacts in West Texas?

A trans woman on my team is looking for new work and she's struggled to find jobs because, well, West Texas. I'm trying to help her find remote or local gigs related to 3D modeling or animation.

Boosts welcome and encouraged

#Synthesizer #ROM #archive

"I noticed that firmware dump for vintage synth can be incredibly hard to come by unless you know exactly where to look. Most of the time, if you are looking to upgrade or repair your favourite synth, you might find some firmware buried deep in synth forum's while some other seems to only be available by buying very overpriced preprogramed EPROM chip from sellers on eBay. This is my attempt at resolving the situation and making as many firmware dumps as possible freely available for everyone."

http://dbwbp.com/index.php/9-misc/37-synth-eprom-dumps

attention:

i made blobhaj shonks

Calling in: sending an email or talking in probate to someone about something they did/said
Calling out: doing it in public

Which one should you choose?

Before you call in or call out, ask yourself:
- Who has the power in this situation? If you, call in
- Am I calling out a person or a systemic behaviour? If the system, call out
- How much energy and emotional labor can I share? If not much, call them in with someone who does
- Will they probably change their problematic behaviour? If no, call out
- Who is in the room?
- What do I want to accomplish?

From This book is antiracist by Tiffany Jewell and Aurelia Durand

"I feel like this holiday season, it's important to remember the true meaning of christmas: ghosts terrorizing rich people in the middle of the night until they agree to pay their employees more"

protip: you don't need to be a ghost to haunt someone