As promised, a blog post on why and HOW I'm leaving Facebook and other Meta services: https://blog.riley.pub/walking-away-from-facebook/In it, I share the steps I'm taking to unwind my Facebook dependence in an orderly fashion, what alternatives I'm using, and how I'm getting settled in.I hope someone out there finds it useful.#Facebook #Meta #Privacy #IndieWeb

Woo! My blog is back up and running at https://blog.riley.pub, and I've got my old posts migrated over.Now I've got somewhere current to publish my post about why, and more usefully, HOW I'm leaving Facebook Not trying to persuade, though it might provide useful talking points for like-minded people, so much as offer some tips for people who don't have as much experience with social network migrations.Should be live soon!

Good stuff from @OpenArchive, who has just updated their Citizen Journalist Survival Guide for 2025: https://www.open-archive.org/guides/citizen-journalist-survival

Just finished reconstituting my data on my new BookWyrm instance over at @[email protected], including my lists of poetry.If you're interested:* Poetry: https://books.riley.pub/list/2/s/poetry* Black Poets: https://books.riley.pub/list/4/s/black-poets* Indigenous Poets: https://books.riley.pub/list/5/s/indigenous-poets* Queer Poets: https://books.riley.pub/list/3/s/queer-poets* Disabled Poets: https://books.riley.pub/list/6/s/disabled-poetsAs always, suggestions greatly appreciated! My Indigenous and Disabled Poets lists need a lot of love.#Poetry #BookWyrm

How do you feel about the fact that in the United States people with disabilities can be paid a sub-minimum wage?Today is the last day to submit a comment to the Federal Register asking for an end to this practice. Right now, people who profit off the back of this exploitation are flooding it with comments.Allies: please don't miss the opportunity to even the score. It takes less than 5 minutes.https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/12/04/2024-27880/employment-of-workers-with-disabilities-under-section-14c-of-the-fair-labor-standards-act#Disability #USPol #EqualRights

Huge thanks to @OpenForumEurope and @EclipseFdn for their leadership on the Cyber Resiliency Act.We at @matrix have had to be laser focused on the UK's Online Safety Act, so it's a relief that, as we emerge from that and start assessing the CRA's impact to our work, there's already a body of expertise for us to draw on.Great things are possible when FOSS foundations work together!#FOSS #OpenSource #Compliance

@robin Delighted to still be following you!

@miah Also has helped my sleep. You can see it clearly on my sleep trackers. Not a cure-all (chronic insomnia is a PITA still), but _definitely_ helpful.Fun fact: This is partly because with oral progesterone it produces above-typical levels of metabolites like allopregnanolone and pregnanolone, and a lot of these have sedative effects.@jenniferplusplus @robin @thisismissem

One of my favorite things: FOSS founders/BDFLs transferring a project's trademarks over to a communally governed nonprofit.It's an act of selflessness and visionary leadership that gives a project the opportunity to become a truly public good.Good on ya, @Gargron #FOSS #OpenSource #Governance #Mastodon

Woke up to see that the Good Place Shirtposting meme group on Facebook is now setting shop on Reddit Reddit is no panacea but I'll take what I can get. This is the first time any large FB group I'm in has made such a move. At the same time, scores of friends are coming to the fediverse and deactivating their FB accounts.Migrations like this are lossy and painful, but it's always worth celebrating when one draws a boundary and refuses to accept more toxicity.#Meta #Facebook

All the name change related infra updates gave me a great excuse to finally, and fully, get settled in with @thunderbird.And wow it has come a long way! I've got it on my laptops and desktop as well as my phone, and it's playing nice with all my inboxes and calendars.Huge thanks to everyone who contributes #Thunderbird!#OpenSource #FOSS