@petergleick “On Tyranny” by Timothy Snyder. #1 Rule!

Do Not Obey in Advance.

Just a reminder:

#NonMention

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Linda's 400 Mile Right to Fight Cancer
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#fightcancertogether

You can support my ride by donating at:
Linda's Official ACS fundraising page: https://bityl.co/HcbY
Facebook fundraising page: https://fbook.cc/4M8c

I'll be using a virtual journey from Jefferson City, MO to Emmetsburg, IA (my hometown) to visualize how many miles I've ridden on the Katy Trail in Missouri. Stay tuned to the various pages to keep up with my journey.

(Tell all the Northwest Iowa people that there's no way that I'm really riding to Iowa in April. Snow. Cold. Wind. That's why!)

Trying a new thing:

I'll be posting videos of my rides on "Linda's American Cancer Society Fundraisers" YouTube page. https://ytube.io/3bhm

Follow my page for "Linda's 400 Mile Ride to Fight Cancer - April 2023": https://fbook.cc/4Lp8 .

Hey, Mastodonites,

I've been silent for awhile.

I've been planning #americancancersociety fundraisers.

#RealMenWearPink is coming up in October.

AND!!

Starting in April (or in March, if the weather cooperates), I'm going to ride 400 miles on the Katy Trail to raise money to support the American Cancer Society of Missouri's mission.

My official ACS fundraising page that keeps track of all donations to "Linda's 400 Mile Ride to Fight Cancer - April 2023" : https://bityl.co/HYZ0

Mobilizon is a Fediverse platform for organising events. You can find out more from their official website at:

➡️ https://joinmobilizon.org

Their official account is:

➡️ @mobilizon

Organisers can create accounts on existing Mobilizon servers, or start their own server. They can then create event info pages where participants can sign up.

Mastodon users can follow Mobilizon accounts to be notified about new events (for example @peppi_guggenheim_live_music is a Mobilizon account in Berlin).

If an internet post is public, anyone can see it. To control who sees your posts, you need to use a non-public visibility setting.

On Mastodon, the non-public visibility settings are:

🔒 "Followers only" - Only your followers can see this post. If you use this, it's important to also switch on follow requests. Otherwise anyone can follow you to instantly see your followers-only posts.

@ "Mentioned only" - Only people you @ within the post will see it.

More info: https://fedi.tips/how-to-use-mastodon-and-the-fediverse-basic-tips/#WhoCanSeeMyPosts

If you're @-ing someone on here, it's really important to make sure you've chosen the right person.

Account addresses on Mastodon and the Fediverse always have two parts, the username and the server. Both these parts have to be correct for it to reach the right account.

This is similar to email addresses: you can't just put the first part, you need to include the server at the end too.

To see someone's full account address, look at their profile page. More info at https://fedi.tips/how-to-use-mastodon-and-the-fediverse-basic-tips/#WhatsMyAccountsAddress

Dear Rest of the World,

We citizens of the US think it looks awfully stupid, too.

On a positive note, C-SPAN (https://bityl.co/GWFv, the nonprofit public TV channel televising proceedings of the United States federal government) is rebranding but can't decide if it wants to be a comedy channel or a political intrigue channel.

Two thoughts:

1. Somebody has to provide comic relief; might as well be US (get it?)

2. Gotta go make more popcorn for binge watching.

https://bityl.co/GWFB

Amazing things your GPS unit can do.

“People thought I was crazy when I started talking about these applications,” says Kristine Larson, a geophysicist at the University of Colorado Boulder who has led many of the discoveries and wrote about them in the 2019 Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences. “Well, it turned out we were able to do it.”

https://bityl.co/GWBt

Wild & crazy NY Eve:

Watching a British show, b/c, let's face it, British shows are better than US shows.

Anyhow, the characters are having high tea & eating yummy looking goodies.

Not many US shows have this caliber of yummy looking goodies.

And now, I'm hungry for yummy looking British treats.

But, it being the US, there aren't any British treats within ~4300 mi.

Store-brand Fritos, it is then.

Just say it, you're jealous.

It was about exactly 7 years ago I got my 4th #AA #sponsor, S., and I want to keep her forever 💕💕💕 which might require #magic coz she's 75.

Today I was telling her someone in my life seemed to be expecting me to keep track of things for them like that was a power that came with my #vagina and she said "I would never have thought of that" yeah S. coz you're A BETTER PERSON THAN ME THAT'S WHY I NEED YOU.

Love it

Reminders for 2023:

People not devices
Compassion not convenience
Board games not apps
Nature not newness

Enjoyed a #bike ride on the #KatyTrailMO today.

It was a tad bit cold &, due to weather/traveling/laziness, this was the first time I've been able to ride in ~2-3 wks.

My body was all, "WTH is happening, here? Why are we not lounging on the couch eating bonbons? You're going to pay for this!"

Consequently, in spite of my best efforts to be a #partying fiend, there is a 100% probability that I'll be asleep long before midnight so #HappyNewYear #Mastodon!

#2023 is gonna be GREAT!

New year goals set to achieve. ✔️

Happy New Year’s Eve all! 🥂🎆🫶
Wishing you love, light, and happiness!

Have a #customerservice issue?

Don't scream at the wage earner who job it is to answer the phone.

Instead, politely but persistently make life hell for the #CEO whose wants you to give your money to their company but doesn't care about delivering #qualityservice or #qualityproduct in return.

Elliot Advocacy maintains a public database of CEO #phone numbers and #emails. https://www.elliott.org/company-contacts/