#im on mastodon

[professorjordan]

swear to god this website is run by some of the worst people you could think of. really dont think i want to be on here anymore

i love you trans folks. please stay safe.

#catch me on the fediverse or somethin #im on mastodon #and discord #seeing tumblr staff going scorched earth on avery twice in succession is enough to make me physically sick to my stomach #im done here

[apas-95]

it's really funny when people try to say the child sexualisation in Made In Abyss is just artistic expression， or western projection, or whatever, when the author also just straight up draws lolicon hentai.

it's just the funniest and most blatant example of how absurd these defenses actually are, once you get through the obfuscation; and seeing those arguments applied to other things makes it that much more clear that they're just rationalisations. it's just absolutely tiring to be recommended like, a mahjong anime, then to not be able to get through the first episode, because it has multiple panty-shots of a 14 year old, which nobody thought to mention; or to watch people engage in a continued 30-year long debate over which of two other 14 year olds they'd rather have sex with.

it's one thing when the average type of reactionary who defends that sort of thing tries to defend it (being easily-dismissible reactionaries, generally of the exact same political stance as the ones who maintain the legality of creepshots and child marriage while in power) but then it's another thing to see that exact same sort of thing come from nominally ideologically-opposed people. a lot of vaguely-leftist people seem all but ready to re-enact the french postmodernist petition against the age of consent, if only they had any meaningful social base - 'leftists' taking the scenic route to holding the same positions on child sexualisation as those reactionaries. the way the average would-be child abuser nowdays, framing being a 'minor-attracted person' as somehow akin to being lgbt (definitely a positive association to make!), dresses up their desire to exploit children (a desire conforming entirely with the historical premises of class society) in the language of 'youth liberation' and vague defenses of 'deviance', or 'grossness', or 'ickyness', or whatever, is genuinely maddening. the sexualisation and sexual exploitation of children goes hand in hand with fascism everywhere, and was the hallmark of imperialist invasion when Japan did it, when Germany did it, and when modern US or IDF troops do it. it is not revolutionary, it is old and entrenched.

'finding circuitous philosophising that lets me justify reactionary behaviour as communist' is incredibly common, but it's just so incredibly depressing to see it applied to child sexualisation in such an essentially broad and pervasive way.

#if nothing else it's incredibly depressing to see a million mastodon accounts with the description of like #'im the gross tranny they warned you about!!!' and then a dozen posts about the age of consent being statism

[modmad]

sooo.... inkblot. is it good? anyone?

(if you could reply to this post not inbox that'd be super my inbox has been a bit weird lately and some asks don't get through)

#im sick of twitter and twitter 2.0 Bluesky already I might just #ditch both #it might be the only thing to do at this point #but I don't like having all my eggs in one basket #oh and mastodon. I have that but man I just don't use it tbh #inkblot #please reply to this not my inbox it gets full as it is

[librarycards]

trans disabled scholar-activism needs to start engaging seriously with alterhuman work NOW, & understand on a fundamental level that we will never achieve collective liberation while appealing to (and thus reifying) the notions of human personhood (medical, legal, social, and otherwise) that by turns exclude us, violate us, & grind us to dust

#mine #i said this on mastodon today and needed to share here #also im just going to start rejecting the label of human now for myself and #esp when people are like ‘this nonbinary human uwu’ like no rip main tear kill &c&c #trans #disability #alterhuman #madness

[jimroott]

Gojira and Mastodon in Bogota, Columbia 11/22/2023

#gojira #mastodon #bill kelliher #brann dailor #joe duplantier #mario duplantier #im loving their school field trip photos

[edgyrodeoclown]

genderfluid not in a "my gender changes every day" sort of way, but genderfluid in a "the way I comprehend and feel about my gender changes regularly and the way I wish to embody it is forever evolving" sort of way

#posted this on my mastodon account originally and now im sharing it here #genderfluid #nonbinary #transgender

[seankinney]

#guys im not going to their concert :(( #absolutely devasted ripping off my skin and boiling my guts #mastodon #mastodon band #cd post

[everchased]

if you want to argue that "people can like really varied genres of music" then at least keep it age appropriate. gerry never listened to emo music.

but there's a non-zero chance he liked ska.

#statement ; #gerry might've had a the specials vinyl hiding between the mastodon and opeth #is all im saying

[foxpunk]

In one of your recent posts you mentioned mastodon. I've been thinking of trying it out but I'm a bit overwhelmed by the amount of different servers. Which one would you recommend? Preferably ones that are trans and autistic friendly?

oh wonderful! always glad to help someone try something new.

some general info, before we start. for you and anyone else who may be reading this:

mastodon servers aren't isolated from each other. it's like how t-mobile and verizon are different phone networks but can call and text each other. it's also harder for larger servers to moderate their user base well, since the vast majority aren't run by businesses/professionals, just individuals. this aspect is similar to forums and discord. and so, pick whichever server you want based mainly on the server's rules and moderation! to be clear, i DO NOT recommend mastodon.social for the above reasons.

with that out of the way, here's my server recs!

if you take my word for it, you can assume they're all well moderated, LGBTQ+ friendly, and staunchly anti-fascist lol. that being said, always be sure and read the about and rules pages on any server before joining! i recommend reading through the rules of multiple servers even if you decide on just one, so you can get a better feel for how things work.

first, the three servers i have accounts on:

tech.lgbt / on the larger side, but really nice. main user base is lgbt people in the tech field (shocker) and a significant amount of furries (the overlap in this venn diagram is Huge) but you do not have to be one of those things or post that content to sign up there whatsoever!

cutie.city / smaller and super chill lgbtq+ run server, lots of general posting, cute pics, artists, etc. very easy to talk to, and very friendly! highly recommend this server if you are just starting out and feeling things out.

urusai.social / cool and friendly fandom focused server, mainly focused on animanga, light/web novels, e. asian dramas, video games, etc. it has a sister server (sakurajima.moe) you can also check out.

here's a few servers i'm not personally on (yet) but that i have friends on, have read the rules for, and have seen are well moderated:

mastodon.art / on the larger side, and is the main mastodon server artists and creators of all kinds join! friendly, with lots of fun events run by the main mod.

strangeobject.space / super small instance, really chill.

fandom.ink / another fandom focused server, but much more general and not so heavily focused on e. asian media.

honorable mentions that i have mutuals from but dunno much about personally: floss.social / mstdn.games / socel.net / queer.party

if you want to follow people who aren't on your server, all you have to do is place their account url into the search bar of your server and follow from there. (there's other ways to do this, but that's for another post, this one's long enough already). for accounts to follow after signing up, i recommend:

FediTips / nice account with tips for new users

FediFollows / run by the same person, they post follow friday lists of cool accounts to follow.

Curator / the admin for mastodon.art. boosts cool art a lot and has events (run through hashtags) that lots of people join, so you can find new artists

Hashtags / this isn't a specific account. on mastodon you can follow entire hashtags, similar to the way you can here, but better. it's one of the easiest and best ways to find new content and new people to follow.

Also, after signing up, your server will have a /directory page where you can easily find more people to follow!

once you're signed up, be sure to set up your profile, make an introduction post (and tag it with #introduction, hashtags are the best way to find people, remember), and have fun!

if you'd like to learn more about mastodon (either casually, or in depth) AllThingsTech and Fedi.Tips are great sites to do so! and you're free to ask me whatever you'd like about it as well, even if it's a "small" question.

P.S. - sorry for the long response, i hope it wasn't too overwhelming! i wanted to give more info not just for you but for anyone else who may be interested or confused.

TL;DR: the instances i linked are great to join! just look at the links, lol

#ask #ky speaks #mastodon #fediverse #im viralvulpes on those three instances btw feel free to follow me as well!

[dy3rs3v3]

Troy Sanders not looking even remotely awkward posing in studio, 2006

Mastodon Group Shots

#relatable king #i love him its true #gentle giant #hes so beautiful im sorry but that face??? #troy sanders #mastodon #2006 #q

[fyrets]

so... theres a petsim i found out about some time ago called Pastry Cats. they are in very, VERY early development, with just a couple of news posts detailing their plans for game mechanics, some art they've worked on, and some other stuff. you can sign up to be invited to their beta and to get sent news updates and i was like, ok, i'll bite. and then i sort of just forgot about it but today i got an email!

its just a general update email with a refresher of their plans along with some new stuff but it came with a little extra something!!

A custom bakery sign with my chosen bakery name!!! They said this was an “early cat” special for newsletter subscribers and I'm so endeared by it.

I really don't know what sort of expectations I have for this project, but like, aw! So cute! I hope it can get far enough for me to play at least.

#meow.txt #pastry cats #pet sim #pet site #cats #cat game #today was so rough for stupid stuff that happened in a game and coming home and checking my email to find this cute thing makes me so happy #the email saiid it was ok to share on social media so im doing that but i dont think they're on tumblr #i think their only social media is a mastodon account in a game dev instance #i dont want to fuck with mastodon bc i dont really get it but i wanted to share this somewhere... #so why not the catsim blog? i think i wanted this to be a general cat media blog anyways #so if this turns out to be something then expect more sweet cat treats i guess :P

[gummyworm]

I have a bluesky now :D

a wonderful and amazing and very cool oomf got me a code yaaaayyyy yippee woohoo!!! tysmmmm anyway i am here now too!!

i'll still post here bc I know my main twt is a ghost town & unless you follow my priv you probably arent ever going to see my art lol... and this place is still locked behind codes but I'm definitely going to try and be on there lot too for anyone who does have an account and would like to see more of my work :3c

#not art #i like it so far its very mastodon but with a little less complexity and more quality of life bits added #id shout out oomf btw but idk if people try and hound ppl who might have invite codes...? if u want a shout out or smthing lmk #appreciate............. im so happy to have somewhere more active to go that isnt the imploding twitter dot com #or the slowly rotting corpse of tumblr were all trying very hard to weekend at bernies despite the current management decisions

[morninkim]

Rise of the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers - Dino Megazord

Story/Background stuff under the cut, design notes + commentary in the tags!

When needed, the Power Rangers can summon colossal machines known as Zords from their Power Coins. The form a Zord takes is dependent on their personal thought of what could be most powerful at the time of bonding to their coin. For Zordon's originally chosen Power Rangers 10,000 years ago, it was mythical creatures significant to each of their alien cultures, similar in appearance to a Dragon, a Unicorn, a Griffin, a Stone Lion and a Phoenix.

In this team's case, upon finding the coins, Billy posits that the coins could potentially date back to the Ice Age, or even the time of Dinosaurs. Zack and Trini latch on to the Ice Age comment and eventually manifest the Sabertooth and Mastodon Zords, while Jason, Billy and Kimberly think of a Tyrannosaurus, Triceratops and Pterodactyl, respectively.

While the five Zords don't appear as physical contructs until some time into the team's struggle against the Dark Green Ranger, once they do, the Rangers are able to combine them into the great Dino Megazord.

Armed with the powerful Mastodon Cannon and the Triceratops Saber, the Dino Megazord is easily a match for Rita's Dragonzord, eventually gaining the ability to combine with it when Tommy reclaims the Green Power Coin and summons her own purified version.

#rotmmpr #mmpr #mighty morphin power rangers #power rangers #my art #dino megazord #i am... not good at drawin robots. so the rise!megazord is part combining mecha and part fusion ala omnimon/omegamon from digimon adventure #hence the sword and cannon #i imagine also that the triceratops and mastodon heads can shrink and recede their weapons (kinda like the storm megazord's lightning mode) #to allow for more hand-to-hand combat #or to summon other weapons based on the other zords #like a set of daggers for the sabertooth and a buster sword for the tyrannosaurus #and a bow for pterodactyl #idk what the dragonzord looks like yet but. im thinking about basing the dark dragonzord on m*tt's dzord from the comics bc like #i feel like that design could work as inspiration for it with it being more monstrous and agile #while when tommy summons hers its more lumbering and classical godzilla (rise tommy ABSOLUTELY is a fan of showa era godzilla movies) #once again recurring theme in stuff i do being dark dzord is an unstoppable force while tommy's dzord is an immovable object #kinda if that makes sense lmao #anyway. also wanted to mixup the formation a bit so mastodon forms upper arms and left forearm #triceratops is right forearm #sabertooth is lower legs (kinda splits in half diagonally) and pterodactyl is chest head and shoulder joints #tyrannosaurus is main body that the others kind of clamp onto #ALSO each zords placement is significant to each member of the team's place in the group #with billy being everyone's right arm and always wanting to help #zack's the shoulders because he lifts everyone up on them and keeps hold #jason's the main body and core because he's mostly the leader and wants to keep everyone together #trini is the legs because she keeps everyone grounded and moving forward whenever she can #and kim forms the head and chest because she's the heart of the team (being told as much by everyone when she first summons her zord)

[mechawolfie]

orrin doodle + trying to imagine what hed look like in his younger years when he didnt quite have his human form down

#smudgy.png #oc drawing #oc: orrin #lxh oc #(his monster form has horns now) #i wanted to hold off on posting my art here but. i realize idk what communities im a part of r like outside of tumblr -_-' #so im. scurred. just a little #ive been considering trying mastodon but. god. #it is. So Much !! #anyway. sighhhh

[bumblingdragon]

i made a mastodon account a couple of months ago in an attempt to divorce myself from Elon-Musk's-Midlife-Crisis site twitter and it's like, surprisingly quiet in the way of fandom spaces (at least the fandom spaces i live in). its nice its just quiet

but i feel like im filling an ecological niche. the whump tag over there is just me and like two people who haven't posted in three years. like

thats just me lol

#not art #text posts #i need to make a pinned post to link to my mastodon #unless im doing something wrong? im pretty sure thats all the tag activity from all our federated servers #i feel like i've moved into an empty new house. ive gotta rebuild what im used to having here with my curated dash

[the-shepherd-of-fire]

The best EP ever released.

Cold Dark Place // Mastodon

2017

#mastodon #mastodon band #metal #sludge metal #prog #prog metal #progressive metal #stoner #stoner metal #dark #cold #darkcore #dark aesthetic #why are you booing me im right #so so good