Five hours of sleep... 😴 Not bad, in the end, I guess. Just to share what finally helped me to fall asleep - a white noise stream on my radio app. 📻
I've heard of it before - people using white noise machines and such, but I've never tried it before. I guess I can put this on my list of life hacks that actually work ☑️
I got pushback on #kbin for saying this, but I think that the fact many #leftist or #socialjustice content creators and influencers continue to use #twitter is hypocritical, and undermines their integrity. I might create a larger blog post explaining my thoughts on this. But I guess I would like to hear from #mastodon what you think of this take. I can understand users who still need to use it for their job or livelihood, but not creators who encourage their audience to follow them there.
@Roundcat I do agree with what you're saying to an extent, although I've also heard from many people of colour (especially #Black) that the mass #TwitterMigration is very white dominated, because we have the privilege of running when things become dangerous or undesirable for us. #Mastodon still has a white-dominated issue, and unfortunately there have been #racism problems due to many instances not yet having gone through the growing pains of the various communities on #Twitter, or worse that some of them are actively run by bigots and/or their enablers.
For many people of colour, Twitter was NEVER really safe but it gave them a platform to widely share their existence and protest where they otherwise couldn't. They arguably have to work harder than anyone else to build their online communities and supportive networks, so I personally don't blame them for being hesitant to completely abandon it. For them, Twitter is more than a social media platform. It's a lifeline, a fundamental source of human rights information, resources and support networks. Twitter, even today, simply has an unmatched level of accessibility, popularity and influence on society. #Reddit has a similar problematic history yet is also a crucial source of information for various marginalised groups.
I personally chose to jump ship since it was getting too toxic for me as a #LGBTQIA+ and #neurodivergent person, but I also acknowledge that I had the privilege of being able to do that with only the slightest amount of inconvenience; I never particularly liked Twitter, and had other outlets available to me so it was an easy choice to make. Twitter did majorly help advertise my #YouTube content when I was first starting out in early 2018, so I can empathise with why many #leftist and #progressive content creators still use it.
It's one thing to try and rigidly comply with our principles, but reality is that we all live under a broken system, and those of us who are marginalised often have to play that system in order to survive, share our stories and resources on how to implement systemic change. If we waited for the perfect circumstances/platforms to do this (free of moral contradictions, compromises and sacrifices), our voices would just fade into obscurity. For many, abandoning ship is letting the bigots win - I wouldn't be surprised if silencing progressive and/or marginalised groups was THE reason Elon bought Twitter in the first place. Ultimately, it's a very personal choice whether someone decides to remain on Twitter or go elsewhere. On the surface the former is hypocritical, but the rhetorics used against it are full of privilege and purity politics which have their own air of hypocrisy to them.
There are no easy answers, except that we're all just trying to get by in this hostile, rigged system and turning on each other only serves to benefit and perpetuate that system.
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People wrongly assume that Autistic people are asocial or anti-social. In my book "The New Normal" I make the case that we are AuSocial with our own cultural and social practices.
I can't remember where I read this. But telling mentally ill people to eat well and exercise to boost their mood is like giving someone a new pair of scissors that is still in the packaging. The person needs scissors to open the new scissor packaging. This is not a helpful thing to do at all.
Hey all! Here for my #introduction, I'm new to this instance, but not to Fedi.
I'm Ashkenazi, my parents and I belonged to a Reform temple growing up. I currently am a member of a non-denominational synagogue near me that has conservative roots. Most of social media online is antisemitic and exhausting. Happy to see a Jewish server on here and have been meaning to join for a while.
Still seeking decent sources of bagels near me as a New York-to-Boston transplant, have been ordering bagels as gifts for my equally transplanted parents straight from NYC. Goldbelly has saved us all. I did manage to find a very good Jewish deli near me whose bagels are pretty tasty, although not quite the same.
I'm writing a paper on deconstructing neurodiversity. I'm looking for archival copies of the Autism Network International newsletter published in either 1992 or 1993. Any help much appreciated !!!!!!!