lilygecko @lilygecko@mastodon.xyz
i work with kids. i like words. i give many fucks.
Instagram: My life is a party.
Snapchat: My life is a quirky TV show.
Facebook: My life turned out great!
Twitter: We're all going to die.
Mastodon: Don't worry, while we are on a quirky, meandering path towards an inevitable apocalypse, we might as well enjoy the ride and show eachother some love in an unorthodox, yet irresistible manner, not in any way hindered by considerations of style, identity or consistency.
Here's a playlist of my #mentalhealth videos: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyyCiIW5mTkdzUmLVj8I5DdYhhSl4qa1h
Here's all my videos on #Feminism and other #SocialJustice Issues: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyyCiIW5mTkfJqiE83fQaJmXt-zwnBKbV
If you are into that sort of thing. :nerd:
trying to plan d&d for tonight but my players are so unpredictable that im just like well here are combat stats for anyone they might wanna fight and some items they can find let's see what they do i guess
boost this toot if capitalism is garbage
i hope all my good trans friends here are havin a transmagical day
In almost every company I have worked for, I have fought to get pay rises for the Customer Service team as they are so critical to operations. In every single company, it was a long, drawn out battle and never a given. When you train and retain the best, you get passionate customers. The best products in the world are easily undermined by a bad customer experience, so if you aren't the best you REALLY can't afford to disregard your customers.
Being a part of a marginalized community doesn't make you an automatic expert in the struggles of all other marginalized people. Be nice, listen and learn from each other, and build a stronger coalition for fightin oppression imo :hugging:
my coworker brought his adorable dog to the office and it's one of those dogs with the messed up lil snoots so he constantly makes these snorfle noises which make me nervous bc i always think he is growling at me but he is just noisily breathing
Mastodon Bechdel test: Does your instance have:
- A non-bot talking to
- Another human about
- Something other than Mastodon?
Realizing this might be a great space to find fellow education nerds: any other #teachers or #educators out there wanting to talk #pedagogy?
for teachers and students the day before spring and christmas breaks is a liminal space. discuss.
I work in tech support & research shows that when something doesn't work, people blame themselves rather than assuming a bug even though it's rarely user error. But just now my mastodon wasn't working and I got this panicky feeling of oh no did I violate a norm and get banned!!!! before realizing that the platform is still a hiccuppy lil baby
DOG IN THE OFFICE
This object has lived in my partner's car for as long as we've been dating and it's so bizarrely pointless and nice to fidget with
I seem to be really good at catching The Discourse™, but totally missing whatever kicked off The Discourse™ in the first place.
Having moderated a large online community for about a decade now, I'm finding the collective arguing about CW protocol and kindness vs. freedom interesting and familiar and tiring and valuable all in a mix.
Community self-identification is a weird process, and I think I am mostly glad that mastodon doesn't by its very structure require the answer to be monolithic and universal.
But I will tip my hand a little and say that erring on the side of kindness is pretty much always defensible.
Haven't yet got my head around toot visibility, at least not completely. Think I might have to work on it (;* Especially when I'm replying to people (:*
Cutie Patooties ❤
= MASTODON =
WHAT THEY EXPECTED: a VC backed startup intending to destroy twitter
WHAT THEY GOT: a bunch of cyberpunk kids hanging out behind the mall
@erinT I threw together ones I already have some familiarity with & have a section on stuff that will take more research: https://geckomastodonhybrid.tumblr.com/post/159281044296/help-people-directly-online
LET IT BE SAID that I don't believe all the world's problems can be solved by chatting online, BUT if I can help someone realize they don't deserve abuse & strategize with them how to get out; or help one person figure out how to access mental healthcare, well, then, I did that.
