Notices by Trisha Lynn 🇵🇭 🇺🇸 🇨🇦 (trishalynn@mastodon.sandwich.net)

Hello, all current #Discord users! They're changing their Terms of Service at the end of September, which means you have 30 days to opt out of the Agreement to Arbitrate in Section 16 of the new ToS:

https://discord.com/terms#16

All you need to do is send email from the one you used to register for Discord to arbitration-opt-out@discord.com and let them know you would like to opt out. Why?

Because binding arbitration is only good for large corporations, not individuals.

Please boost! #BoostsOkay

Howdy #fiberarts and #crafting folks. I have a question about repairing a knitted item. I bought this knitted long cardigan a long time ago and after time, the collar is separating from the body of the garment because it used to hang up on the hook of a coat rack. What is the best way for me--a basic hand sewer who does not have access to my yarn stash or my knitting tools--to fix this?

Hello #canada! I live in BC, and I'm looking to buy more locally-made or sourced goods. What are your favourite Canadian-made brands, what do they make, and why do you like them? Boosts appreciated.

Discord just announced a change to their Terms of Service, which restarts the clock on when you can opt out of binding arbitration. All you gotta do is read the "Opt-out" paragraph of Section 16 & send an email to arbitration-opt-out@discord.com from the email address you use to log in which states something as simple as this:

I am confirming that as of the date of this email, I am choosing to opt out of binding arbitration to settle disputes with Discord.

https://discord.com/terms

Boosts pls.

@siege I like this thread and I agree with many of its points. I wish, though, that you hadn't used the walrus as the focus animal for this metaphor. All walruses really want to do is lie around on the beach! They are not interested in debate; they just want to rest up (and/or mate) before they go back out foraging in the ocean.

Sea lions, though....

@inthehands @grimalkina Responding with curiosity is something that my therapist is always attempting to convince me to do because I was raised with a binary-thinking mindset. Doing so has really defused some of the tensions I have in my interpersonal relationships (I hope).

@VioB That is something I did not know about turtles before, and that's cool!

@VioB Oh, he is adorable! Poor little angry turtle! 🐢

@clacke @mentallyalex @mekkaokereke Oh Dang, I hadn't considered that angle before, the one where the parental concern is mixed in with an acknowledgment that they're not going to do anything to right the wrong over which they are expressing concern. Another thing to add to my list of things to research for my Master's project.

@Yukari I am looking forward to back-reading for context on #1. Speaking as a former journalist, it's just plain rude not to credit people. As an academic, it's worse than rude; it's criminal.

@Yukari I get it! I get the reference!