Amy (she/her)

Last Boost: I have no plans to try Bluesky or Threads, but that doesn't change that we got some clean up we need to do here in the Fediverse. Being "not $_corporation" isn't good enough. How are we better? How can we *be* better? That's what's important.

Doesn't matter if we're "technically" better, what matters is what people use. I don't mind if masto stays small, but I want all my friends to feel welcome here, not just my white ones.

@theotherbrook@sunny.garden @theruss@mstdn.social I believe their employees are also given co-op membership, but that dilutes their voice among the customers. So it's our responsibility to stand with the employees to ensure they get their union.

I just wrote my email to the board, and I signed it with my member number so they know that I am a co-op member. They'll also be able to see that my spending stopped around the time they started union busting.

@Radical_EgoCom@kolektiva.social I would love to boost this if you could edit in an alt text, please? Here's one you're welcome to copy and paste:

Four panel comic featuring a spiky toothy eyeless monster in all four panels. From Left to right: Unbridled Capitalism is just the monster; Socially Responsible Capitalism monster is wearing a hat with a stick figure on it; Sustainable Capitalism monster is carrying a tote with recycling logo; Capitalism with a human face monster is wearing a smiley face mask.

@Jaden2@mstdn.social Other side of the coin: frustration and pain aren't a contest. There's room to feel your feelings and also care for others. Just keep perspective, and make sure that your feelings aren't taking the space someone with more struggle needs. It's normal to get upset thinking you lost something expensive and worry about replacing them if you have.

@theotherbrook@sunny.garden @theruss@mstdn.social I've seen among their union busting lies that part of the reason they claim the employees don't need a union is the co-op.

So, if they're going to leverage that bullshit, we need to leverage it back to support the union, obviously.

I'm excited: #Lackadaisy has decided to crowdfund more animation instead of putting their fate into the hands of big studios, and it's already passed their initial funding goal and halfway to the stretch goal that'll give us a full season. Go check it out!
https://www.backerkit.com/c/iron-circus-comics/lackadaisy-bookset-and-plushes

>.> It's like playing whack a mole to keep the word game auto-toots out of my feed. People who I otherwise enjoy reading toots from participate in these things, and because there's never a consistent pattern and unique hashtags, they're always a fight to get them filtered out of my feed.

Am I the other one who gets irked by this?