Quick message to all fediverse newcomers:
Moderation in the fediverse is done by humans. There are no bots that shadowban you based on detecting certain keywords. This has some important consequences:
1) If you see a rule-breaking post, click the "report" button and write a report. The actual living, breathing creatures who run your instance will review the report.
The location of the report button varies depending on your client/app software: it's usually near "reply" or "boost."
2) The text you write in a report matters, because it will be read by an actual person. The mods are not just counting the number of reports.
3) If you're talking about a sensitive topic like suicide, you should not bleep it out like "sui-de". You won't be banned for typing the actual word out. You should instead use a content warning for your post to warn your readers. Some users who don't wish to see certain topics can voluntarily apply word filters to their own timelines, and bleeping words is rude because it bypasses their filters.
#FediTips
Quoting so I can pin this post.
Blind fediversians, which of these pages is more accessible?
1) Old version of Pandora's Tale Wiki (Character page):
https://pandorastale.miraheze.org/wiki/Characters
2) New version of PTW (Character page):
https://pandorastale.wiki/Main/Characters.gmi
3) (If you have a gemini client installed) New PTW Gemini Capsule (Character page):
gemini://pandorastale.wiki/Main/Characters.gmi
And here's another example:
1) Old version of Pandora's Tale Wiki (Chapter page):
https://pandorastale.miraheze.org/wiki/Chapters
2) New version of PTW (Chapter page):
https://pandorastale.wiki/Main/Chapters.gmi
3) (If you have a gemini client installed) New PTW Gemini Capsule (Chapter page):
gemini://pandorastale.wiki/Main/Chapters.gmi
#Accessibility #a11y #ScreenReader #PandorasTaleWiki #Geminispace
Autism implies the existence of homotism, heterotism, bitism, pantism, polytism, and demitism.
#Autism
Autism implies the existence of homotism, heterotism, bitism, pantism, polytism, and demitism.
#Autism
If we boost this enough we can expand out from queer fedi and invade fossbro fedi.
New account, new introduction!
I'm Beth. I'm a queer mathematician who loves musical theater, webcomics, teaching math, and my cat.
Favorite areas of math: Topology, geometry, and combinatorics.
Favorite musicals: Chess, Into the Woods, Next to Normal, Sunday in the Park With George, Sweeney Todd
Favorite webcomics: this is long enough to get its own post:
https://transfem.social/notes/a1ryogrga5qu00g9
#Introduction #Queer #Mathematician #Math #Musicals #MusicalTheater #MusicalTheatre #Webcomics #Teaching #TeachingMath #Cat #Cats #SillyGoose #Topology #Geometry #Combinatorics #Chess #ChessTheMusical #IntoTheWoods #NextToNormal #SundayInTheParkWithGeorge #SweeneyTodd #PandorasTaleWiki #RainverseWiki
Quoting so I can pin this post.
Blind fediversians, which of these pages is more accessible?
1) Old version of Pandora's Tale Wiki (Character page):
https://pandorastale.miraheze.org/wiki/Characters
2) New version of PTW (Character page):
https://pandorastale.wiki/Main/Characters.gmi
3) (If you have a gemini client installed) New PTW Gemini Capsule (Character page):
gemini://pandorastale.wiki/Main/Characters.gmi
And here's another example:
1) Old version of Pandora's Tale Wiki (Chapter page):
https://pandorastale.miraheze.org/wiki/Chapters
2) New version of PTW (Chapter page):
https://pandorastale.wiki/Main/Chapters.gmi
3) (If you have a gemini client installed) New PTW Gemini Capsule (Chapter page):
gemini://pandorastale.wiki/Main/Chapters.gmi
#Accessibility #a11y #ScreenReader #PandorasTaleWiki #Geminispace
Quick message to all fediverse newcomers:
Moderation in the fediverse is done by humans. There are no bots that shadowban you based on detecting certain keywords. This has some important consequences:
1) If you see a rule-breaking post, click the "report" button and write a report. The actual living, breathing creatures who run your instance will review the report.
The location of the report button varies depending on your client/app software: it's usually near "reply" or "boost."
2) The text you write in a report matters, because it will be read by an actual person. The mods are not just counting the number of reports.
3) If you're talking about a sensitive topic like suicide, you should not bleep it out like "sui-de". You won't be banned for typing the actual word out. You should instead use a content warning for your post to warn your readers. Some users who don't wish to see certain topics can voluntarily apply word filters to their own timelines, and bleeping words is rude because it bypasses their filters.
#FediTips
Two years ago someone special entered my life.
#Cats #CatsOfFediverse #CatsOfSharkey #CatsOfMisskey #CatPictures #Caturday #Tabby #TabbyCat
[Little Miss Allison Blue](fellowesin.neocities.org/lmab) is an adorable historical drama webcomic about a girl who involves herself with trying to crack the enigma during World War 2.
Webtoons and [https://tapas.io/series/Little-Miss-Allison-Blue](Tapas) have the original version along with the recent reboot. The main site only has the reboot.
There is also an official wiki, maintained by the artist. The wiki has now been added to the [Webcomic Independent Wiki List.](gemini.envs.net/~bcb16999/wciwl.gmi)
#LittleMissAllisonBlue #EsinComics #EsinComicsWiki #WCIWL
Pro-natalism
What I always find really jarring about the "declining birth rate" "crisis" is that so many of the pro-natalist arguments might make sense if you were talking about a different species. A declining birth rate among Hainan Island black-crested gibbons would be *really really bad.* The trouble is that pronatalists talk about humans as if we were a critically endangered species.
When I was a kid and I played a video game that let me choose my character's gender, I wouldn't always choose to play as a female character.
In games where your character's gender has no effect on the gameplay, I'd think "Well, I want to play as a girl, but I'm a boy, so I'm 'supposed' to play as a boy." Then I'd end up playing as a boy even though I didn't want to.
On the other hand, in games where you can choose between characters with different stats, some of whom happen to be girls, I'd have internal arguments with myself about whether I had a sufficiently "good reason" to choose the girl character.
For example, in the first three Mario Kart games, I mentally assured myself that I was definitely choosing Peach for her stats, and definitely not because she was the only playable girl.
Complaining about Gmail
Twice in two days now I've failed to find an email in my inbox when searching on Gmail's website or Android app, but found it immediately searching in Thunderbird Android or Gnome Evolution.
If only Google made a tool to make finding an email among a whole bunch of other emails easier.
This is a #FediHire post, but it's not about technology, so I don't know how helpful the fediverse will be.
I have a PHD in math and nine years of experience teaching university students. I want to leave higher education and become a high school math teacher, but I am not certified.
I'm in the U.S. and have no easy way to leave. I also can't go four years without an income or health insurance.
What states would be the easiest for me to get at least provisionally certified to teach in?
Also keep in mind that I'm trans, so I am only willing to move to a state where it's legal for me to interact with teenagers and get health care.
#Teaching #Math #MathTeacher #GetFediHired
Autism implies the existence of homotism, heterotism, bitism, pantism, polytism, and demitism.
#Autism
If we boost this enough we can expand out from queer fedi and invade fossbro fedi.
Autism implies the existence of homotism, heterotism, bitism, pantism, polytism, and demitism.
#Autism
