I’ve now had nearly this exact conversation with four different people from four separate social circles:

Them: "Yeah, the politics are so bad right now. I just hope when the pendulum swings, it doesn’t go too hard in the other direction, y’know?"

Me: "And what do you think that would look like? Going in the opposite direction of whats happening right now?"

Them: "…I— uh," followed by the dawning realization that they've not actually considered that before saying it anyway

#uspol #USPolitics

The charter means the river is valued with intrinsic rights, and means the river’s right to flow, maintain biodiversity, remain free from pollution, regeneration, to be supported by a healthy catchment, and have representation in decision-making processes are specifically protected.

— Eva Cahill, “UK river granted rights in landmark move”

That’s the stuff ❤️‍🔥

#Oceanographic #News #GoodNews #UK #Rivers #Law #Rights

I welcome replies to my posts, and I will engage with thoughtful replies even if you’re disagreeing with me or pointing out something I may not have considered.

However, I write about the sort of things that attract reactionary trolls and I know it. If it’s clear from your reply that you didn’t spend the time or energy to read or seriously consider what I wrote, I won’t spend the time or energy necessary to correct you. If your argument is in bad faith, I won’t argue. I’ve spent enough time arguing with trolls on the Internet to know how that goes. No one “wins” there. I won’t get through to you, and you certainly aren’t going to change my mind with your bullshit.

If you drop into my replies with some thoughtless reactionary shtick, expect to be blocked without comment. No warnings, no second chances, just a silent block and—poof—I never have to think about you ever again.

@FediTips hoping you can help me understand Mastodon notification and mute behavior:

I want to be notified of a particular account’s new posts, so I turned on notifications for new posts from that account’s profile page (i.e., toggled on the little bell icon). However, I don’t want to see that account’s posts in my home timeline, so I also muted the account—but I made sure to uncheck the “Hide from notifications” option.

I thought that would do the trick, but no:

Even with with “Hide from notifications” unchecked, muting the account also prevents Mastodon from notifying me of new posts from that account.

Do you know of some way to do what I’m trying to do? Did I miss a step somewhere?