Returned to my workbench recently, and tonight I finished sanding on the largest staff I've made yet-- it's an inch or two taller than I am (5 foot 11) and is as wide as a soda can at the head end.
I've decided I'm going to inscribe references to as much of the knowledge I've gained in my Druidic pursuits on its surface as possible. I'm hopeful I can do enough to submit images of it, with explanations, as my Druidic review to formally finish the grade with OBOD.
Got a #report about a user saying things that were upsetting people, noticed it was from another instance, realized that I had access to the actual account that had sent it. Not sure what this is or why, didn't even realize #ActivityPub supported signed reports (I'd honestly like to get more), but obviously that's a risky thing if they didn't know it was happening and didn't know why.
Just wanted to point out, with the ongoing #spam attack on #fediverse / #misskey / #mastodon, this kind of happens on every social network. The only reason you are hearing about it is because #moderation#staff is normal users who use the normal channels to talk about it, and we actually take it way more seriously than the corporate social networks do.
Like, this represents most of the traffic on #Twitter, and they don't seem to care, so it speaks volumes about the fact that you can see us talking about how we don't want that here.
The Vanguard community centre for the #blind.
We are supporting them this week with the supply and installation of a new #electrical catering #water#heater.
This will be totally #free, and it will help them to provide a more comfortable service for their many users and #volunteers/#staff.
Working together with cross agencies to support the #public.
“Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten.”
― Neil Gaiman, Coraline
As great scientists have said and as all children know, it is above all by the imagination that we achieve perception, and compassion, and hope. --Ursula K. Le Guin
What are people's feelings on using the FediBlock tag for calling out individual accounts? Personally, I find it mildly annoying at best, in that most of these accounts are already acted upon by staff, but potentially harmful at worse if people are going there instead of immediately clicking the report button, or even worse, using it to call out a user by finding one of their worst out of context posts and putting it on blast.
Honestly, I'm using it as a tool to scope out instances that we need to block because they are literal Nazis, literal pedos, literally attempting to harass people off of the network, or otherwise bad faith. I would rather it not come into play for individual accounts, but be advance warning for when the actual staff of a server is the problem.
What do people think though? Is there a perspective I'm missing?
The tax shall be repeated in the following year, regardless of #layoffs. If more layoffs follow, it is extended until a full fiscal year without layoffs passes.
The proceeds are split 50/50 between government and the laid-off employees.
“Brave eliminated some positions as part of our cost management in this challenging economic environment. Several departments were affected, amounting to 9% of our staff.”
#Trump continued his attacks against #James hours before he returned to court for the 2nd day of arguments in the #civil#fraud#trial that the #NewYork AG brought against him & his company.
In 2 posts on his social platform this morning, Trump used derogatory terms to #attack James while denying any wrongdoing against allegations that he #inflated his #assets.
Court resumed at 3PM, after delays, once it did, #Engoron noted #Trump’s #socialmedia#post about his #LawClerk. The post was also emailed to millions of people.
Engoron said he ordered the post to be taken down & that #PersonalAttacks on his #staff were unacceptable & would not be tolerated. He said that he previously warned the parties about such #attacks yesterday. He finished: “Consider this a #GagOrder on all parties w/respect to posting or publicly speaking about any member of my staff.”
Donald Trump likes to put his name on everything — except his #TaxpayerFunded, post-presidential office here on N Flagler Dr.
Trump’s website doesn’t list the address, which is about a 10-min drive from his #MaraLago club. The nameplate on the hallway wall is blank. There is no seal, official or unofficial, on the frosted-glass door. & the name #Trump — a brand TFG estimates to be worth billions of dollars — is nowhere to be found.
Under the #FormerPresidentsAct, the federal #GSA provides #funding for post-presidential offices, including #money to pay #staff. There are reasons — including security — that some ex-presidents choose to shine less light on their offices….
What stands out about this suite is that it has played a little-noticed role in Trump’s affairs….