I'm going to repost some really nice things people are saying about my XOXO talk, which feels a little out of character but also I want people to see it, so mute me for a but if you hate that?
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Erin Kissanereplied to Apple Annie :mstdn: last edited by
@anniegreens It was a huge gift to be able to finally do a talk about what happened, honestly. Wildest times. Lots of hope for better things in the future.
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Oh, I also want to say—HUGE appreciation to entire auditorium of people who masked up *in good masks* and took tests and generally just acted like people who didn't want to give anyone covid. I have been a caution monster since March 2020 and had never imagined I would be able to take off a mask for a talk.
(And biggest appreciation to @andybaio and @andymcmillan for running such a tight ship and making outdoor spaces to watch the talks for any attendees who wanted not to go in buildings.)
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Erin Kissanereplied to Erin Kissane last edited by [email protected]
And also huge respect to Ed Yong who declined the (very polite) request to unmask on stage bc he just doesn't do that and delivered a TOTAL BANGER, cannot wait to link to it when it's up
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@mattly eeeee ty Matthew!
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@kissane I have a massive amount of respect for speakers who are normalizing masking that way. I've seen @pluralistic doing that as well.
After picking up a relative recently from the hospital who was receiving antibody infusions for a condition, and observing less of the staff seems to mask now because "personal choice" apparently applies in medical settings, I thank anyone who sets a responsible example.
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@jbaggs @pluralistic Same! I hugely appreciate it. (If I were speaking on the reg I would definitely be masking up, for everyone's sake.)
Hospitals are incredibly bad about it now—even, as you say, in the wards and departments that used to observe basic infection control rules. It's so bad.
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@luis_in_brief @gb Even acknowledging that people liked a thing is *so hard* lol. I do really well talking up other people, I would prefer to stick to that.
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@kissane Just watched. It was phenomenal. You should rightly be bragging here
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@glyph Thank you!! I was so glad to have the chance to tell the story and make those connections.
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@kissane I really appreciated your talk. I'm 26, and really only became a part of the social internet around the time that things started to transition into the hell hole we have today. I've only ever heard the way people talk about the old internet, I was never really a part of things before everything got so corporate and exploitative
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@kissane I'm so happy your voice exists in this space, your being involved in these problems gives me hope that people will build better things, and makes me think about the space I inhabit online
I hope that someday I can play a role in building a better internet, but for today I take great pride in being someone who says kind things to the people who I interact with on the fediverse, and gets excited about people's art or cool projects
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@CrisColor I hope (and believe) we can make something at least as good as the old days, and I appreciate your encouragement so much!
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@kissane Ed Yong is such a legend.
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@boby_biq Just the best human
