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In response to a post in the Toronto Non-Monogamous BIPOC Facebook group (direct link only works if you're a member). It is a graphic of a Jeff Brown quote: We have nothing to hide, and nowhere to hide it. It just takes so much energy to bury our truth, and what can we reveal that hasn't been other's experience anyway? Our secrets aren't that unique. They are intrinsically human. Let's practice the arts of radical transparency & shameless self-admission. Imagine truth circles in every com...

The Fediverse is 'the federated universe', which is a network of interconnected software. "Federated" means that even if we have accounts on different servers, we can still follow each other, talk to each other, etc. Email is federated, so a Gmail user can email a Yahoo user, for example. By contrast, Facebook is not federated, so I'd need a Facebook account to communicate with others on Facebook. So, in this vast network, we don't just have Mastodon, an alternative to Twitter. There are altern...

On a daily basis (literally), I listen to and read about how Facebook does sneaky shit without our consent, silently buries posts, deletes groups for whatever reason, aids in manipulation of political outcomes, etc., etc. Whether or not a lot of that is intentional, they straight-up don't see that the road to hell is paved with good intentions and will deny any culpability on their part. Facebook is full of dark patterns made to trick people into giving consent as well. Oxymoron, I know. And, ...