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Thanks to Paws It Forward Dog Rescue and Jenn at Ragg Dogg Pet Photography for this awesome family Christmas photo! #christmaspets #whiskeythedog #pierrethedog #adoptdontshop

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I'm glad we're starting to have a wider conversation surrounding racism and especially anti-Blackness on the Fedi.

But I feel like a lot of it could be better.

I see a lot of white people partaking in the conversation in a way that derails it, centering themselves and their experiences, explaining racism to POCs, and the like.

So please, if you are not Black, don't have conversations with Black folks about anti-Blackness.

However, do call out your friends on their racist bullshit. Do not wait for us to point it out. I don't want to be the only one to say that shit is not okay. It must come from you people as well.

I would also appreciate if you boosted posts made BY POCs rather than by white people. I see a lot of this stuff. It signals that you don't value our feelings and opinions but rather our oppressors' opinions on our struggles

I would also like non-Black admins to take a stand on anti-Black racism by not just suspending racist accounts on their own instances, but also by defederating from pro-cop, anti-Black and generally racist servers.

@666k9s what a great catio - my cats would give anything for a catio like that! I don't know if that's the answer, our cats sit on the window ledge and the feeder is about two feet from them. But maybe the birds know cats can't get through glass! And it could be the wire feels less secure to them. I guess best thing would be to move the feeder.

@soyouSED I created a variety of magical fish - silver crisper fish. Sigh. Nothing really stays crisp underwater 🫧

@soyouSED my genre was fairy tale/fantasy. I'm not sure I really hit that on the head. My prompts were blowing bubbles underwater and the word Crisp. I had to really stretch for the word lol. I like the form of flash fiction a lot, although I'm actually a poet. Still learning a lot! #nycmidnight

@666k9s we don't get many in the summer. But now that it's getting cold they show up everyday. Maybe try having it up in the fall into winter and see what happens?

Sent in my 250 word #microfiction #fantasy #fairytale for #nycmidnight! Fingers crossed! #flashfiction #canadianwriters #womenwriters

Snack chat at the finch feeder #goldfinch #birdsofmasto #backyardfeeder

How to spend a quiet evening #pierrethedog #daisythecat

@deadtom thanks! I'm slowly figuring this out thanks to helpful people like you!

Photography by Lars Leber Meteor over Eleven Mile State Park, Colorado. Photographed in 2020. #Meteorshower #Meteor #Photography

Trans rights are human rights, click boost. :transgenderflag:

How can he sleep like this lol #pierrethedog #mexicanchihauhau

@deadtom so boosting is like retweeting?

@DARSB1 omg!