Notices by Wil Wheaton isn't here. (wilw@mastodon.cloud)

I know that I'm well-off, well-known, and as a CIS white hetro dude in America, I live life on the lowest difficulty setting. I know that I have very little to complain about.
But I still have feelings, and I really do care about the world and the people in it. What I see is a lot of anger and cruelty directed at the IDEA of me, from people who I just hope don't realize that it really does hurt me, in my heart, to be accused of being someone I am not, and to be the target of a hateful mob. 5/x

This lie that I am anti-trans, or anti-LGBQ, is deeply hurtful to me (I know it's nothing like the pain LGBTQ people deal with every day, as they simply try to *exist* in a world that treats them so badly, but it is still hurtful in its own way to me). I just want to make it extremely clear: that is a lie, and the people spreading it are misinformed.

So I'm leaving the Fediverse, which has treated me with more cruelty, vitriol, hatred, and contempt than than anyone on the birdsite ever did. 4/x

I have been notified by an Admin here that they are getting 60 reports a day about my account. As far as I can tell, I'm not breaking any rules, and I've done my best to be a good person here. But this admin is going to suspend my account.

It's the Admin's instance, so I fully support their choice to eliminate a source of frustration, but something to consider: a person who is doing nothing wrong can be run off one instance by a mob from another instance. That seems ... not cool. 1/x

I did a lousy painting that left me frustrated and annoyed, so I grabbed another canvas, and decided that I was just going to practice mountains. The mountains aren't very good, which is okay, because I am learning and I've only done mountains five times, but I *love* the happy little evergreen on the right, which I made with the fan brush (I can't do them with a 1 or 2 inch brush to save my life).

I'm pretty happy with the sky, too. I had a lot of fun with the clouds.

#BobRoss #Art #painting

Ugh. The squirrels have eaten ALL of the heads off of ALL of the sunflowers I planted, front yard and back. Those little fuckers.

Please consider this: you have choices all day long about how you treat people. Every interaction can be kind, or it can be cruel, and the choice you make will have an effect on people you’ll never meet. Make a choice that you’ll feel good about.

I just wanted to take a moment and thank those of you who reached out with #painting advice and suggestions. Your kindness was awesome, and you were genuinely helpful.

I'm still climbing the learning curve, but I did my 4th #BobRoss painting today, and I like more about it than I don't like.

"Hi1 I'm @wilw on Mastodon."
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I've been using it since ... 2000? 2001? Something like that. It's still my primary desktop environment, and my favorite distro. Happy 25th birthday, #Debian!