Notices by Suzanne she/her (drsuzanne@ohai.social)

Are there any experts out there who can speak to whether protests have any positive affect of any kind. Really interested in the evidence one way or another.

If you're using AI images in your business that's a definite no for me. I'm sure there are a lot of people who don't understand the problematic nature of AI, but we're responsible for the content we use even if it's just an image in our presentations.

“Woke just means you give a shit about other people.” Jane Fonda

Ryan demanding attention in the only way he knows how.

Now that I only follow about two people I haven’t muted because they are being inconsiderate with their political posts, I need more people to follow! Any recommendations?

Because I live in a tiny house, it’s necessary to make use of every inch of space. For example, the space underneath the stairs makes a nice cat cubby for storing your cats. #CatsOfMastodon #TinyLiving

So it turns out I really don’t like living in a community. The hard part about community is that it’s made up of people.

@dalias I don’t live in a standard house, but rather a tiny house, so no drains in the floor for that reason. When I did own a townhouse, there was a drain in the laundry room. It’s fairly common where I grew up in the Midwest.

My washer wasn’t draining, so I did the thing my brain was telling me was a very bad idea, and I pulled the drain to see what would happen. What happened was exactly what one would expect when you open a drain on something that is holding water. I stood there watching water gush out onto my floor paralyzed by thoughts of how I was going to clean this up. The happy ending is that the flood spat out all the cat hair that had been clogging it for so long. Cleaning up wasn’t fun though.

@FromTheRostra My doctoral research on trauma indicates and if you are not concerned about care for others then you are actively or passively contributing to the traumatization of others.

@sand thank you. This is the one I already downloaded. It’s quite complicated but maybe I’ll pick it up slowly over time.

@sand good question. I want to design my own characters, which I do in another app, to add to text to and then make t-shirts. Canva was great for the last two parts, but I dislike their business practices.

Anyone have good suggestions for an open source graphic design program?

@pluralistic I very much felt this about Twitter. It was my main source of social support when died. I’ve learned the hard way how these online tools can just disappear overnight on the whim of someone who is incapable of caring. Never again.

@youronlyone No one could give a withering look like Maggie Smith.

As someone new to teaching kids, I’m looking others to follow who post about public school teaching. Please help!! #education

Could use some moral support in catching the elusive forest kitten. #CatsOfMastodon

If I ever start wearing the US flag as a fashion statement, you have permission to put me out of my misery.

Toxic systems depend on you following their rules, and trying to do the right thing, as a tool for control and manipulation.

Good news! We are recruiting participants for research on trauma-informed practices. We are looking for college instructors or academic administrators who are interested in participating in a survey about how institutions of higher education are implementing trauma-informed practices. 1/2 #AcademicChatter #Academia #HigerEd