@thomaslord Every time you visit a site with googleapi stuff embedded it phones home to the mothership. Google conducts a large amount of spying that way.
Also on a mesh which isn't connected to the internet, web systems which have googleapi references just hang until they time out.
@kevie I think it is possible to change the settings so that you can only receive direct messages from accounts that you're following. This can reduce the nut job quotient. #battlehardenedtwitter
Ways to find people to follow, aside from reading the local feed:
1. write an #introductions post, and hashtag the things you're interested in. You can't search by keywords, you can only search hashtags.
2. search for hashtags of things that interest you.
2a. your instance will only search hashtags on federated toots, so to find more, go to a large instance and search their hashtags. Edit this URL: https://mastodon.social/tags/knitting
@vfrmedia@Shamar Yes. The societies that we live in are fucked up but in our spaces we can work out so at least we can all feel safe because as a community we are keeping each others back.
1) not building up the "superhero" ego in our communities 2) keep people accountable 3) believe women when they speak up 4) set up mechanisms and spaces in the organizations (like one for CCC) to not allow known perpetrators in the space, have a way to report problems
@susannah I think this observation is a key insight for anyone wanting to understand what the economy is about. There is lots of work to be done, but typically only the people who are directly or indirectly serving or protecting the interests of the powerful can get paid to work and therefore survive as proletarians. Powerful people create the money supply and the rules of the society, and so this is a completely logical outcome. Another way of putting it is that the interests of Capital are not necessarily always the same as the interests of people.