Gentle reminder, when someone is sharing some small piece of resistance they have done, DO NOT SHIT ON IT. Do not tell them it isn't enough or it's still bad because blah blah other stuff...

Everyone is tired and overwhelmed and trying to find some accessible way they can push back. Cheer that!

Celebrate the small; celebrate the imperfect.

No single action is gonna solve everything, but a whole bunch of small actions start the sea change.

Don't punch down when we all need lifting up.

Things I miss:
Reading academic texts on film and gender
Making fine art
The Reading Room
#BlackWomenInFilm

24 August 1871 | Pole Józef Kopijasz was born in Brzeszcze.

He was a Roman-Catholic priest in Straconka. He was arrested for conducting a procession with Polish religious songs.

In #Auschwitz from 10 August 1942
No. 57784
He was probably murdered with a phenol injection into his heart on 30 August 1942.

One of at least 464 priests, seminarians, and monks, and 35 nuns incarcerated in the Auschwitz camp. Our podcast about the fate of Christian clergy at Auschwitz: https://youtu.be/pS0LQoQ4YLk

#Puffin #Iceland #PhotoMonday #FotoMontag #BloomScrolling #LichenSubscribe #Birds #BirdPhotography #Nature #Wildlife #WildlifePhotography

I don't care how good or useful the code of the Nazi/racist/fascist is. It has no room in my infrastructure.

A “very special” summer bonus episode of Alberta Unbound, on satellite debris, satellite congestion, and Canadian space launch sovereignty, starring Mastodon’s own @sundogplanets! Sam Lawler is joined by Aaron Boley and Daniel Munro as we take the podcast boldly where it’s never gone before - to space! #cdnpoli #Canada #astronomy #SpaceJunk #SpaceX #Starlink #SenateofCanada https://open.spotify.com/s/MyeQuzo

We've got a special Knowledge Quest this week, because it involves a few different side quests!! 🗺️

Choose your own adventure to earn this week's badge: join our webinar tomorrow, create or edit a group or site, or upload to KCWorks! The opportunities are endless. Get started now: https://hcommons.org/groups/commons-room/forum/topic/knowledge-quest-week-three-community-connections/

"I’m known as The Minnesota “Spiderman”, and I’m asking for help after a violent incident in downtown Minneapolis on August 22. That day, racist supremacists invaded our streets and threatened the peace of our community. I tried to block their trucks’ path with a police barricade, but police removed it and let them through. As the vehicle moved toward the crowd, I jumped onto the moving truck because I felt I had to do whatever I could to protect the people around me. I was pushed off, punched in the face, and trampled by police who, in that moment, protected the real threat instead of the community. After I was already off the truck and on the sidelines, about five police officers came from behind, tackled me onto the concrete with full force, and took me into custody without reading my rights."

https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-the-minnesota-spiderman-recover

RE: https://mastodon.online/@tomstafford/117149061292344445

Maybe the :fedi: #fedivers is a solution?

Have I told you about the onions from my garden yet?
This is the biggest one I harvested this year: 13.6 cm in diameter and the weight is 1,056 grams. Not too bad... 😉 good for Zwiebelkuchen!

#garden #gardening #growyourown #vegetables #onion

@tante It's a fascist roll call

Soon after an account is suspended, I take it off the community reports. So if you report an account that's already suspended I might retract the report, but only because it's no longer an actionable threat.

The day Microslop OneDrive became NoneDrive.

The Quiet Decision Microsoft Made That Devastated Thousands of Nonprofits
https://slate.com/technology/2026/08/microsoft-software-nonprofit-data-delete.html

24 August 1871 | Pole Józef Kopijasz was born in Brzeszcze.

He was a Roman-Catholic priest in Straconka. He was arrested for conducting a procession with Polish religious songs.

In #Auschwitz from 10 August 1942
No. 57784
He was probably murdered with a phenol injection into his heart on 30 August 1942.

One of at least 464 priests, seminarians, and monks, and 35 nuns incarcerated in the Auschwitz camp. Our podcast about the fate of Christian clergy at Auschwitz: https://youtu.be/pS0LQoQ4YLk

Our "50 Shades of Modern" exhibition is now open and I just got my first look. My favorite things are often the ones with special physical qualities--here, an abandoned early American edition of Fanny Hill used as wastepaper in binding, an erasable ivory pocket calendar, a trompe l'oeil drawing of letters in a notebook, and an instruction book on sewing with a miniature model shirt. https://library.harvard.edu/exhibits/50-shades-modern

“Attacks on LGBTQ+ health are a threat to all”: A new Lancet Editorial.

www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

An Ancient Shark Graveyard Has Been Found in The Egyptian Desert
https://www.sciencealert.com/an-ancient-shark-graveyard-has-been-found-in-the-egyptian-desert?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into Nature @nature-ScienceAlert