Brutkey

evacide
@evacide@hachyderm.io

Planning to film ICE? Wired has a guide for that: https://www.wired.com/story/how-to-film-ice/

𝓑𝓻𝓸𝓷𝓼𝓸𝓷 🐐
@PaoloParti@snowfan.it

"Una delle prime cose che ho notato nel Fediverso è che c'è un grande silenzio. Un silenzio che all'inizio non capivo, ed era quasi fastidioso. Ci ho messo un po' a capire che quel silenzio era lo spazio lasciato vuoto dagli algoritmi. E ci stavo bene".
(Simone Viaggiatore @simone@s.quiete.eu)

That Frisian Girl-ish
@thatfrisiangirlish@blahaj.zone

We need to understand something really basic about the #queer community as a whole that pretty much sets us apart from pretty much most other minorities: we are by our very nature fractured, diverse, and spread thin.

That is because we do generally not grow up among members of our own community. Gay guys don't often have two dads, the trans kids don't just come from trans parents. Discovering who and what we are is an often painful, generally harrowing look into ourselves that those around us are not confronted with, and commonly, an isolated experiece at first. Our self discovery is part of who we are. At best, there's a family member instead of growing up with a shared culture and tradition among peers.

Culture and tradition? We come from all walks of life. Our commonalities are being reduced to "pervy sex stuff", generally at best tragic, often vilified, and mostly grossly misrepresented role models in media, and the struggle for either to not happen anymore, plus getting on par with the cis-het-allo-mononormative majority. Not ahead, no privileges, just on par.

In this light, easy access to the internet has been a blessing. The words, the ideas, the communities could grow an equivalent to a locality that by definition, we couldn't have before, apart from the handful of other weirdos wherever we lived, and there was no guarantee that you'd get along with any of them - if they showed themselves, even, because often, who we are is also completely invisible, or at least hidden behind shibboleths that discovering yourself on your own, you simple wouldn't know.

Queer identity is one of being born into a secret society that you as a member have to discover as rite of induction. If you fail, misery tends to visit you again and again, without having a good explanation for it, dissatisfaction, and shame from an unknown source.

In this light, the push to #AgeVerification for social media and internet access is especially awful. With "queer" being equated to sex stuff exclusively, queerness is effectively banned in the era of life where teens are supposed to discover love, and have first, clumsy experiences. But while the cishets generally experience queerness from porn and get their fingers sticky to what they view as fetish, it is so much more. Especially for trans kids, research on who and what they are is postponed to a time when devastating damage is already taking place, and a lot of it in fact irreversible, or a huge effort and cost to correct.

It will deprive queer youth of finding greater community, and put them at the mercy of parents that generally at best often have no clue, and at worst are openly hostile. For the queer community, the "little gay people on the phone" that they often won't be able to meet ever in meatspace can in fact be their closest peers, and a lifeline. Isolating people is a common tactic in indoctrination. Isolating queer youth is an attempt at conversion therapy.

Antonella Ferrari
@ferrante@poliverso.org

*Da Minneapolis a Milano. Perché Ice è un modello repressivo che piace anche qui*



@giornalismo@feddit.it
articolo21.org/2026/01/da-minn…
“Who speaks English? C’erano diversi giornalisti con il badge delle Olimpiadi invernali che fendevano la folla per avere un’intervista a

eslam94🇵🇸🍉
@eslam94@mastodon.social

I need your donation today so we can continue. Any help—even a small amount—makes a big difference in our lives.
https://gofund.me/7da7202d8

Informa Pirata
@informapirata@poliverso.org

@DigiDavidex@mastodon.uno ma infatti la cosa interessante è che la IA diventa la scusa per quello che da sempre è stato un comportamento di "consolidamento" finanziario: il licenziamento di massa

Accessibility Awareness
@A11yAwareness@disabled.social

Vestibular disorders affect people's balance as well as their visual perception of their world around them. Don't make animations, sliders, videos, or rapid movement start automatically, as autoplaying elements could trigger a bad reaction in people who have vestibular disorders.

Abeer Ehab(om zeyad)🍉
@abeerabed22@mastodon.social

@aral@mastodon.ar.al
@fabio@manganiello.eu
I am Ehab, husband of Abeer.
The war has not stopped, and our suffering continues.
Every day we wake up to fear, hunger, and displacement.
My children and I are still crying and in pain.
Today, the bombing continues, and there are still martyrs and injuries
We are exhausted, but we still have hope.
Even a small donation can mean life.
Please don’t forget us. Help us
https://gofund.me/f6e9cc9d
#Palestine #Gaza #Genocide #MutualAid #SaveGaza #FreePalestine

save To Cat
@save_tocat199@mastodon.social

Look at her joy while eating meat 🐱❤️… I wish I could bring the same happiness to all the cats in need. Your support will help me feed and care for them despite the difficult circumstances. Even the smallest donation makes a big difference.
https://chuffed.org/project/140831-support-rewaa-her-family-and-the-cats-of-gaza?fbclid=PAT01DUAPNq5JleHRuA2FlbQIxMABzcnRjBmFwcF9pZA81NjcwNjczNDMzNTI0MjcAAacG6T7TW_rezguW7Q5KvyBhq3XWeHm1YPoflFhDeBjKSnVRoAM45WjEDBhowA_aem_oDmZMUJsgjQRaRIbn5Wh8A

Francesco Bruno
@scobru@livellosegreto.it

🥁 Vi presento TUNECAMP!

Un mix tra Spotify e Bandcamp, ma self-hosted & decentralizzato. Pubblichi sulla tua istanza, ti ascoltano nel network globale. 🌍 Non sei un artista , no problema usalo pure come media library.

È in BETA! Giratelo ai vostri amici musicisti nerd. 🤓
📡https://tunecamp.vercel.app
🎧 https://tunecamp.scobrudot.dev/ (mia instanza)
💻 https://github.com/scobru/tunecamp

#selfhost #music #spotify #bandcamp #freedom #gundb #shoguneco #decentralized #p2p #tunecamp #artist #label #opensource #server