pete rorabaugh @allistelling@scholar.social
assistant professor of english focusing on digital rhetoric and culture, community building and activism, writing for the web, and labor organizing .. also #blacklivesmatter, parenting, atlanta, hammocks, frisbee, indie art projects, campaign finance and criminal justice reform, and mindfulness.
bill signed in #georgia today marking the censorship of education and an aversion to #teachtruth https://www.gpb.org/news/2022/04/28/kemp-signs-law-hefty-education-package-eye-on-conservative-voters
@natebowling still learning mastadon .. are there dm's?
For new people wondering why Mastodon is on thousands of servers instead of one:
-It helps protect us all against Elon Musk scenarios. It's very difficult for anyone to buy a network made of thousands of independently owned servers. (It's the same reason why no one owns the world's email network, because there are so many independent providers out there.)
-If your server misbehaves (or sells out to a malevolent billionaire), you can move your account to a different server, or even to a brand new server. Decentralisation means you're never trapped on a site you hate.
-Mastodon is an open platform where anyone can start their own server, and they don't need tech knowledge if they use a service like https://masto.host or https://federation.spacebear.ee
...and there are lots more good reasons too, to do with servers using alternative Fediverse software etc, but I'll save that for a future post 😁
@natebowling def want to connect re: your exp w podcasting and a semi academic project im starting.
@actualham also, ive missed catching up w you :)
any comments on the functionality of that link above are welcome.
trying out how mastodon renders other media .. my beautiful son killing it #atlanta #skateboarding https://photos.app.goo.gl/ZZD9o9nivaxTmvSw5
Shout out to Sopo Bike Co-op (not on the fediverse, but https://sopobikes.org/) for the great work they do helping Atlantans get around. If any #Atlanta folks need a bike or need their current bike fixed, head over there instead of buying an expensive new bike. #cooperatives
My fav show advertised on my fav mass transit in my fav city (and home) .. contemplating an edited collection of essays on #fxatlanta .. interested anyone?
@omololaogunyemi do you watch FX Atlanta? There was a lot of discussion of Jollof in the last episode.
Now, I did move away from Mastodon. I never got the critical mass of conversation from other parties that I craved from these type of platforms, and ultimately I remained on Twitter and worked with Twitter's limitations because I had the critical mass of conversation I needed there.
If this return is going to work, we need to build critical mass and we need more and better conversations with one another.
hey y'all, from #atlanta .. joined mastodon three years just to try it out but after today's twitter news, im moving over .. #introduction : im a digital rhetoric and culture scholar interested in community building, activism, and anti-racist education .. fan of diy web projects .. also parenting, frisbees, hammocks, and bike commuting.
quick question: has anyone set up/used mastodon on their own domain (essentially set up their own, self managed network) or do all/most mastodon users use pre-existing instances on others' servers?
i'm an assistant prof in an english department outside of atlanta, georgia -- interested in how the web impacts writing, civic engagement, activism, design, and literacies. also in indie film, music, and contemporary fiction. looking forward to exploring this network :) #introductions
assistant professor of english focusing on digital rhetoric and culture, community building and activism, writing for the web, and labor organizing .. also #blacklivesmatter, parenting, atlanta, hammocks, frisbee, indie art projects, campaign finance and criminal justice reform, and mindfulness.
