Notices by Laura "Tegan" Gjovaag ⛈ (realtegan@wandering.shop)

So my note about bridging to BlueSky went sort of viral, as much as anything on Mastodon goes viral... and BlueSky couldn't handle the sudden load.

https://github.com/snarfed/bridgy-fed/issues/1520

I'm sure it had nothing to do with my post. Anyway, they're getting it sorted, and supposedly the bridge will work again "sometime this weekend" for posts from Mastodon to BlueSky.

My original post with 453 boosts as of this writing: https://wandering.shop/@realtegan/113501306895638621

If you're on BlueSky and want to bridge to Mastodon, follow @ap.brid.gy

That's it. Nothing to install, no terms of service to sign, no complicated garbage. If you want to stop, just block @ap.brid.gy

Details here: https://fed.brid.gy/docs

If you want to bridge your account to BlueSky, simply follow this account: @bsky.brid.gy

Why am I encouraging this? Because when BlueSky inevitably goes bad, people there will have friends in the Fediverse to help them move here.

@cstross
I've known I was a writer since I first learned my letters and started immediately writing stories during recess.

I'm still not a particularly successful writer, but I am a writer and will always define myself that way.

It's good to read someone else who felt that way, and who understands the struggle.

A good thing to do today is check on a friend who hasn't said much since the election.

Don't ask if they're okay. They're probably not.

Just let them know you're thinking of them

Spread the word. And give out many virtual hugs.

I really didn't expect this to take off.

I generally do not condone violence. However, there are exceptions. If someone is threatening rape with that statement and makes any move that indicates they might follow-through, people need to understand THEY SHOULD FIGHT BACK.

I was taught as a child to just endure. That's fucked up.

Fight back any way you can: leave the room, tell a reasonable authority figure, or... beat the living snot out of the scumbag.

Stop teaching girls to be submissive.

Girls, if a boy says to you, "Your body, my choice." They've implicitly given you permission to kick them in the balls.

Or as my husband said, "My knee, your nuts."

In short, you are allowed to defend yourself from a rape threat, which is what that first statement is.

@mekkaokereke
Yup. While I respect a narrow set of actions she took to get white women the vote, I abhor her generally because she was a piece of shit.

It's the same with the founders. They compromised with people's LIVES to get it done. An entire nation, built on blood and pain and hate.

I love the promise of America, but there is SO much crap to clean up and so many wrongs to fix.

Thank you for the reminder. The heroes of the past aren't always heroes when you learn the true story.

#VoteEarlyDay #USPol
I voted on Oct 18th, had my hubby drop my ballot in the local dropbox on the 19th, and had it reported as accepted on the 24th.

When I go to votewa.gov, this is what I see:

@feld @RickiTarr
There's a reason men in the past died from "mysterious ailments" more often. If poison was the only way to escape an abusive husband, some women turned to it.

@CptSuperlative
When you read primary sources from the time, you can see just how true this statement is. And I agree with you completely.

Despite its flaws, it was better than the alternative.

People who expect perfect and decide to allow evil to prevail if their idea of perfection isn't met are passively evil themselves. They seem to forget that burning it all down and starting over doesn't mean the survivors will get it right on the second try. It just means a lot of pain and death.

@mastodonmigration @KamalaHarrisWin
I've said before, and I will no doubt say again, unless every single poll says Harris is up 90-10 over the orange stain, I'm still going to consider Harris behind in the race.

I remember 2016.

It has to be overwhelming. Clinton won the popular vote. She won the polling. But the orange stain was allowed to be president anyway.

We haven't won until Harris is safely sworn in. Even then, I expect shenanigans from the Gross Old Perverts.

Another lesson in "Don't Use An App for things that should be a Website":

https://news.patreon.com/articles/understanding-apple-requirements-for-patreon

Basically, Apple is going to steal 30% of Patreon's money that's supposed to go to creators. Because... Apple. If it's an app and it's in their store, they will squeeze you for every penny they can get.

Note: Android isn't innocent in this, either. Use the website whenever you can.

"Fascism feasts on violence."

https://archive.ph/ueh7A

The Gunman and the Would-be Dictator
Violence stalks the president who has rejoiced in violence to others.

#USpol #uspolitics
By David Frum

#uspol Do these fans of the orange stain even pay attention to their own rhetoric? They actively support political violence! They cheer on the Jan 6th traitors who violently assaulted the Capitol.

Now they are pretending horror when some sick idiot does exactly what they constantly fantasize about?

Whatever. Fascists gonna fascist I guess.

I wish this story would spread more than the original lies...

https://apnews.com/article/drag-performer-defamation-blogger-idaho-c0f3188081e17843059b27d19d5be980

For Americans looking at people posting in Celsius temperatures: don't try to convert, just remember this...

Zero is freezing,
Ten is not.
Twenty is warm and
Thirty is hot
(And forty is DAMNED hot)

@StillIRise1963
When I was a community newspaper reporter, we got a change in management, and a new editor.

He completely changed the meaning of a co-worker's article by switching a few paragraphs around.

She quit. I quit soon after.

If it's one article, I'll accept it might be the editor's fault. If it continues, it's on the writer. Always.

@babe
Inkwell says hi.

"Your beliefs should not make other people suffer."

It's a simple enough request. But it's constantly defied by people who think their view of the world is more important than other people's lives.

This was, by far, my most popular post on Mastodon, and I still think about how it struck a chord with so many people. And how true and valid it is, especially now. https://wandering.shop/@realtegan/111075503153042023