Notices by Kristin (vis.social Admin) (kristinhenry@vis.social)

I guess the whole point of this thread is to communicate how using built-in tools of Mastodon will help everyone sift through the crapti-fasctist-flood that is intended to overwhelm us all.

Use CWs as 'headlines' or 'subjects'. Use hashtags that will allow us all to limit the flood when we need to rest and rebuild, before coming back again.

#visSocialTips

We also have hashtags, which are integral to Mastodon!

Using hashtags in your posts not only helps folks finds you and your posts, but they also help others filter out topics they want to avoid.

So, do use hashtags in your unlisted/quietpublic posts. So, your followers who love your art, but don't want to see food? Use a hashtag like 'food' so that they can see all of your posts except for your food posts.

#visSocialTips

But in the end, the whole point is to be thoughtful of others, and making it easier for others to sort through their timelines and help them decide what they want to read now and maybe read later, or just filter out.

We are all living through...ummm...a lot. Right now.

We all need to conserve energy and carefully choose how we spend it.

When we use CW's, we help others to manage what they read/see. We help them maintain energy for when they might need it. To maintain hope and resistance.

Seriously, if Mastodon would just rename 'CW' to 'Subject' or 'Subject/CW', it would alleviate so many hassles and conflicts while helping folks adjust to Mastodon norms.

As an Admin of a Topic Based community instance, in the years since the Twitter takeover, the biggest challenge our moderation team has faced has been to get dudes (yes, it's almost always dudes), to add CWs to certain topics.

Just calling it 'Subject' would have helped in maybe 50% of conflicts over our asking for CWs.

So, a great many of us have been quietly sending beautiful hand made treasures as gifts to each other, over the years.

I think that we maybe need to share more publicly about the making and gifting. The joys in all of this are needed by so many beyond the recipient!

The whole world needs the joy of our creations and our gifting!

Now, more than ever, we need to share joy and creativity, over destruction.

Does 'verklempt' imply positive emotion? If so, I am very verklempt right now.

I just made my post about these sticky notes and my #StickersAndStamps project public.

The idea is that I send some of these out to folks who request them as part of my #StickersAndStamps project, and they stick them up in places where people can see them.

https://www.patreon.com/posts/101665552

#art #womensrights #healthcare #CitizenScience #stickers #ectopic

Some cute little mushrooms for today's #inkyDays drawing.

#ink #drawing #art #fungi

Seemed appropriate to draw virus particles for today's #inkyDays drawing.

I also finished a couple of medium sized drawings today. As a whim, I decided to draw a few ants on this floral pattern. I've posted photos for my supporters.

https://www.patreon.com/posts/119112327
https://ko-fi.com/Post/InkyDays-January-2025-X7X018BMT2

#ink #drawing #art #SciArt #GenerativeArt

I went with intramembrane proteins as the inspiration for today's #inkyDays drawing.

#ink #drawing #art #SciArt #GenerativeArt #ProceduralArt

Playing with patterns from a cell in today's #inkyDays drawing. These are mitochondria and rough ER, with little ribosomes.

#ink #drawing #art #SciArt #Biology

Going with a comforting floral pattern for today's #inkyDays drawing, but a purple one this time.

You probably can't tell, but that cup in the photo is one of my favorites cups. And it's made by @nervous_jessica and @nervous_jesse

#ink #drawing #art #flowers #GenerativeArt #ProceduralArt

Seems like a good day to share this quilt, made by the wonderful @inarticulatequilter

"Don't Panic! Organize!"

#quilting #art #ProtestArt

Who's up for getting one of my Art stickers? All I ask is that you let me know when the envelope arrives.

Together we can share a little joy, and collect data on USPS delivery times.

How it works:

1. You sign up
2. I mail a sticker to you
3. You tell me when it arrives

#dataviz #CitizenScience #indiedev #USPS #penpal #art

#CreativeCoding #indiegame
https://forms.gle/7YQSub2WfpG1vYjs7

It's a new year, and I felt like drawing a sunflower. It turned out looking more like a sunflower crossed with a dahlia. Oh well. Happy new year!

I've started new posts for this coming month of #inkyDays drawings:
https://www.patreon.com/posts/119112327
https://ko-fi.com/Post/InkyDays-January-2025-X7X018BMT2

#ink #drawing #art #flowers #GenerativeArt #ProceduralArt #MastoArt

Playing with an iteration of "resistance is NOT futile", in today's #inkyDays drawing.

Here's an in-progress shot.

#ink #drawing #art #wip #MastoArt

Today, I'm playing with some different blues and this floral-diagram pattern.

Here's an in-progress shot.

The finished drawing is now posted for my supporters on patreon and ko-fi:
https://www.patreon.com/posts/119112327
https://ko-fi.com/Post/InkyDays-January-2025-X7X018BMT2

#inkyDays #ink #drawing #art #SciArt #GenerativeArt

While working on today's #inkyDays drawing, I was thinking about the coming year and years.

#ink #drawing #art #ants #RadicalJoy

Playing with a different pattern for today's #inkyDays drawing. This one is an abstraction of one of my imaginary city drawings.

Here's an in-progress shot.

https://www.patreon.com/posts/119112327
https://ko-fi.com/Post/InkyDays-January-2025-X7X018BMT2

#ink #drawing #art #GenerativeArt #ProceduralArt #MastoArt #wip

For today's #inkyDays drawing, I'm playing with a different color combination, including one of my new inks, in a turkey tail mushroom inspired pattern.

Here's an in-progress photo.
The finished drawing is now posted for my supporters on patreon and ko-fi:
https://www.patreon.com/posts/119112327
https://ko-fi.com/Post/InkyDays-January-2025-X7X018BMT2

#ink #drawing #art #wip #fungi #GenerativeArt #SciArt