Danny Ockilson - he/him @danny@justweb.dev

Hi everyone,

there are a number of people in this category who want to migrate to Mastodon and have questions about safety, security, etc. Are there any resources that you recommend?

I think the cats approve of my new OnePiece fluffy Puppy jumpsuit, which arrived today. They tested it for quality with their paws before settling down! #CatsOfMastodon #Catstodon #cosy #clothes #jumpsuit #onesies

Project Include is working on a blogpost/articles on nonbinary workers and on transgender workers in tech. We are looking for resources we can highlight, and experts and workers we can interview. We're eager to get many perspectives of people from a diverse set of backgrounds. We are willing to pay people for their time, too. Please reach out if you have ideas or can otherwise help!

picking a mastodon server to join is easy -- just think of it like you're allying with one of many families in a war-torn medieval land, each with their own histories, feuds, laws, blood rituals

i wrote this! first time publishing elsewhere.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/nov/14/why-did-one-of-the-worlds-biggest-cryptocurrency-exchanges-just-collapse

So it's happened, I caved in and set up my own instance so here's a quick #introduction toot about my and the kinds of stuff I'll be putting here.

I'm Danny Ockilson (nee Wilson), live in Aberdeen with my wife Soph (_jumpingjuniper_@instagram.com) and our cat Zelda #HRHZeldaTheCat (hrh.zelda@instagram.com).

We're vegan (cept the cat) and alcohol free so expect occasional #vegan #foodPorn and #alcoholFree drink recommendations :) 1/5

So, if Twitter goes to hell and just becomes defunct, we’re going to lose entire chapters of recent history — including evidence of war crimes, human rights violations, and more. I hope we’re all paying attention to this and considering what we need to do to ensure that a billionaire can’t decide which parts of history to retain — and which parts to erase forever.

Daily reminder to use Tusky instead of the main Mastodon app, because it supports:

- Being able to tap the name of someone who has reblogged something to go direct to their profile
- Adding a profile banner from the app
- Critically, access to the Federated timeline

If you're in the #TwitterMigration and you just made your first #Mastodon/#Fediverse account on mastodon-dot-social, note: it'll be hard for its maintainers to keep up, and that leads to 2 big risks

https://www.harihareswara.net/posts/2022/mastodon-fediverse-warning-mastodonsocial/

consider watching out & consider migrating elsewhere

My quick #introduction: I'm Molly White (she/her) and I'm a software engineer who's been doing a lot more research and writing lately than software engineering.

I research and write about the cryptocurrency and blockchain industry with a critical perspective, and I run https://web3isgoinggreat.com/ (also on fedi at @web3isgreat). I also write https://newsletter.mollywhite.net/.

When I am writing software, it's mostly on that website, or various Python tools to help me with analysis of hacks/etc.

Feels like only a matter of time before news orgs jump in on the #fediverse directly, can see {insert news org here} running an instance, integrating with existing moderation/publishing tools and shoving all their journos on a custom domain. Instant credibility for them... If you see a "anne@theguardian.com" you know it's a verified source (whether you agree it's a good source or not is a different issue). Is this happening already? #journo #journalists #mastodon #futureOfFedi

Federating yourself https://grumpy-learning.com/blog/2022/11/12/federating-yourself/

Happy #caturday