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Transgender
LGBTQ
SocialMedia
TERFs
Stop Gatekeeping Queerness Like You're Auditioning for the Conservatives You Hate
A lesbian writer who used to be a mutual of mine on several social media sites back in the 2000s turned up in a Gmail search. (I’m currently going through gigabytes of old emails and mass-deleting in preparation for shutting the account down …
Media
Transgender
LGBTQ
SocialMedia
Still the Same, Thirteen Years Later
Photos
SocialMedia
Taming my Camera Roll
I’ve decided to get rid of my iCloud and Google accounts. One of things that I’ve done is bring all the photos from Google and iCloud and my personal library, and put them together. I’m currently sitting at 4,894,576 pictures, …
Transgender
Podcast
SocialMedia
Fediverse
Blogging
My Blogs on Micro.blog
I have four blogs here on micro.blog. My main site: Martiabernathey.com Tpartypodcast.com Stillnottrans.com.
Martiabernathey.com is my personal website. Tpartypodcast is set up to be like my own Linktree to social media sites.
StillNotTrans is an …
Transgender
Feminism
SocialMedia
TERFs
Andrea Dworkin had a Penis
What defines a woman? The common assertion from the “(trans)gender critical” crowd is that a woman is an “adult human female.” If we take that at face value, we are reducing individuals to their genitalia. Consider Andrea Dworkin—how can anyone …
SocialMedia
Facebook/Meta, you’re grim. Rebecca died in 2021. I think I’m good.
Transgender
SocialMedia
I’ve been thinking a lot about the growth I’ve had in the past 20 years. Then I saw Parker Molloy’s BlueSky account being retooted. Molloy once told another trans woman to “go drink bleach.” Seeing her account, it seems like she’s not grown at all. …
SocialMedia
Is Your TikTok Feed a Platform for Israeli Propaganda?
Israeli state propaganda has found a cozy new home on TikTok, infiltrating our For You Pages like a sneaky guest at a party. 🎭🤔 This trend raises some eyebrows, especially when you consider how it ties into the IHRA definition of antisemitism. …
Transgender
SocialMedia
So apparently it’s content violation on TikTok to hashtag #stillnottrans highlighting the fact that trans people aren’t the threat, but your father, boyfriend, or pastor is.
SocialMedia
SelfHosting
Postiz is a good idea, in theory...
As a side note, I tried Postiz on Elest.io, and while it’s a great idea in theory, it’s not ready for prime-time. Think of Postiz like a self-hosted version of Hootsuite. Bluesky was the only app worked out of the box. I looked at their …
SocialMedia
Fediverse
SelfHosting
Homelab Realities
During my journey through POSSE driven social media with a focus on open source/federated applications, I’ve picked up a few insights. As a homelabber, I was curious about running my own social media apps on my private NAS.
While I know it’s …
Transgender
MentalHealth
SocialMedia
Watching the TikTok from Victoria Derbyshire talk about puberty blockers and see the comments of cis people more worried about a child’s future ability to reproduce, while ignoring the mental health repercussions for #transgender children makes me …
SocialMedia
Fediverse
So, I’ve moved from Mastodon, to Micro.blog. I was hosting my own Mastodon server, it just isn’t worth $20 a month (it was raised last month from $9 to $20) to have my own domain/instance. Micro.blog is limited in what it can do, but my …
SocialMedia
Fediverse
Post by @galacticstone@mastodon.social
Folks, if you have favorite TikTok or YouTube accounts that you follow, send a comment or DM to that account and tell them about PeerTube and Loops.Progressive voices are not welcome or safe on those broligarch …
Transgender
Reflection
SocialMedia
UKPolitics
Religion
The Death of the Open Internet in the Upside Down
I posted yesterday about Bluesky suspending #transgender authors. This type of nonsense will continue as long as people insist on algorithm based, centralized (no, Bluesky isn’t decentralised) social media. I feel like a grumpy old person …
SocialMedia
SelfHosting
DeGoogling Expectations
In the past year and a half, I’ve been trying to de-google or to extract myself from algorithmically based social media apps. I’ve had a revelation in doing that. You’ve probably heard it before, but, if you do not pay for an app, you …
Activism
Capitalism
SocialMedia
Books
FarRight
War
The Trading Game and Gary Stevenson
I just finished reading Gary Stevenson’s book The Trading Game 📚 and I wanted to offer some thoughts about the book.
I watched this interview with Gary on Novara Media:
and it’s what pushed me to buy the book. I thought that the book …
SocialMedia
Fediverse
Leaving Another Social Media Account Behind
With the coming TikTok ban, I’ve realised that I’m doing something that I’ve done since 1997, which is leaving another social media site.
My online social media prepense since 1997: AOL community (1997), Livejournal (2001-2004), …
Podcast
SocialMedia
Fediverse
Blogging
Books
Abbey Asks a Very Good Question! What is POSSE?
My mutual Abbey (OpenBookShelf), asked on TikTok what “POSSE” is. POSSE stands for “Publish (on your) Own Site, Syndicate Elsewhere”. You start with your website. For me, I start with my blog on Micro.blog, but you can use WordPress too. You can …
Family
Reflection
MentalHealth
SocialMedia
Fediverse
Blogging
2024 You Were Mostly Shit, But I Learned A Few Things
I don’t really like doing New Year’s resolutions, for a few reasons. A. I don’t see the new year as the beginning of something. Yes, it’s a chance to reflect, but there’s nothing “new” about the year apart from the year …
Family
SocialMedia
USPolitics
Religion
Books
Music
Book Favourite: A Demon Haunted World
The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark by Carl Sagan 📚
This is one of my favourite books. So much of what is wrong with the world is within the pages of this book. Nostradamus would have been proud of Sagan.
“I have a …
SocialMedia
Fediverse
Keeping My Posse Local: Working on Social Media Workflows
I’m working on new social media priorities, using the POSSE (Post on your Own Site Syndicate Everywhere) scheme.
You can read about it …
Elections
SocialMedia
UKPolitics
USPolitics
FarRight
The Rise of Far-Right Leaders in Western Democracies: British Politics is Driving me Crazy Edition
Hi, my name is Marti Abernathey and I’m an American that’s settled in the UK. I’m happy here, but lately British politics and the thinking around it from the general public is gas-lighting me. From Davie Moo’s TikTok:
SocialMedia
Humour
USPolitics
Fediverse
Mastodon Reports
I’m quite amused at the moderation of my Mastodon instance. I’ve been reported by exactly two different factions: Zionists, and Democrats. That just about tracks. Silencing, for having opinions contrary to the narratives of both factions, …
Media
SocialMedia
USPolitics
Fediverse
SelfHosting
Who Owns Bluesky and Why it Matters
My initial reservations about Bluesky were that it is algorithm-based, it is a closed platform (you can’t run your own Bluesky server), and it was first created by Twitter’s founder Jack Dorsey.
Reading Cory Doctorow’s Bluesky and …
Activism
Transgender
Feminism
Elections
SocialMedia
USPolitics
TERFs
The Rise of the 4B Movement Post-USA Election and How it’s Transphobic
Since the election of Donald Trump in the USA, there’s been a resurgence of the 4B movement online. From Wikipedia:
4B (or “Four Nos”) is a gender critical, radical feminist movement. It first emerged during the South Korean …
Elections
SocialMedia
USPolitics
Healthcare
The Future of American Politics: Moving Beyond Party Lines
I woke up yesterday morning in my bed in Southeast England. I realized the country of my birth has elected Donald Trump again. I wrote this post in 2016 talking about the many reasons the Democrats lost to Donald Trump. Over the four years after the …
Activism
Transgender
SocialMedia
Fediverse
Blogging
SexWork
Debating Sex Work: Centering Real Experiences
I see countless videos on TikTok and YouTube saying things like “is sex work, work” or “is sex work empowering?” without platforming sex workers themselves. If sex workers respond in comment sections, content creators often block them. If they make …
Transgender
Capitalism
LGBTQ
SocialMedia
SexWork
SWERFin' and TERFin'
When it comes to the sex work industry commentary on social media, it seems like the critics are big on speaking about the dangers of trafficking (many times conflating trafficking and sex work) but very quiet when it comes to the underlying causes …
Media
Podcast
SocialMedia
USPolitics
Books
The Deprogram: S1 E2
I just started listening to a podcast called The Deprogram. You can find them on Twitter too. This episode of the podcast is about American Exceptionalism.
American Exceptionalism
Many Americans have never travelled outside of the United States …
Podcast
SocialMedia
Fediverse
Twitter is a Choice, Don't Opt Out
I see a lot of people I follow say they are going to leave Twitter, and I think that's a bad idea.
Something I realised listening to Chelsea Manning on the It Could Happen Here podcast, that the "pay to play" internet has been in the works for a …
SocialMedia
Blogging
Reflections on Blogging: Lessons Learned Since 2008
This blog is back to where it was around 2008. I actually lost the domain because I forgot about it and someone snatched it up and basically wouldn't let get until the SEO rankings dropped.
Needless to say, a lot has changed since I owned this …
Activism
Racism
SocialMedia
USPolitics
Who Is To Blame for Trump's Win?
I've seen many Facebook/Twitter friends post this story from Newsweek:
The implication is that if not for Sanders supporters, Hillary Clinton would be POTUS, not Trump. It wasn't Bernie Sanders supporters that sunk the Clinton campaign. It was …
Podcast
SocialMedia
WTF Comedy, Twitter Mobs, and the End to the Everlasting Podium
If you listened lately to people who have well established media outlets to speak from, pitchforks and torches are out of style. They would have you believe that the @ and # of Twitter are the new implements of mob justice.
Concerning the Twitter …
SocialMedia
Public Trials, Free Speech, and the Right to Name Your Rapist
Recently I was involved in a discussion with Twitter user @schnookiekins concerning people who publicly name people they say raped them. He supports Michael Nugent’s statement that:
“allegations of rape should be reported to the police, not to …
Activism
Wisconsin
Family
Transgender
MentalHealth
MyStory
LGBTQ
SocialMedia
Religion
Midwest
TERFs
Suicide, Leelah Alcorn, and Living Openly Trans*
I’ve kept quiet much for the last few months because I’ve been mourning a loss, the equal I can only compare losing my father at age 11. I’m not going to share the particulars of this loss because it doesn’t really matter in …
Media
SocialMedia
UKPolitics
Why I'm Angry at Conservative, Corporate Media
In a Twitter discussion with LBC radio presenter, Julia Hartley-Brewer asked me:
@Martiabernathey that's a LOT of money and a BIG %. What are you so angry about? — Julia Hartley-Brewer (@JuliaHB1) October 29, 2014I AM angry. I'm angry because …
Media
Elections
SocialMedia
UKPolitics
Healthcare
Scroungers, Benefit Cuts, and the Tory Media
This morning I was listening to LBC radio and the radio presenter, John Stapleton (who was sitting in for James O’Brien), took a call from someone that said the Tories don’t care about benefit cuts and people in poverty: [soundcloud …
Activism
Transgender
Feminism
SocialMedia
Religion
TERFs
BodilyAutonomy
SexWork
Renee Zellweger, Abortion, and Trans Bodies
Wading through all the comments on Facebook about Renee Zellweger’s “new look” have made me think a lot about a common thread between abortion rights, trans bodies, and body modification through surgery. The common issue is between …
Indiana
Racism
Family
Transgender
MyStory
SocialMedia
USPolitics
Books
Midwest
My Klansman Poppy Taught Me How To Love Republicans
Growing up in a super dysfunctional household, I had very little in the way of nurturing. Between working full time and regularly engaging in marital battles, my mom had little quality time with us kids. I spent a lot of time with my …
Indiana
MyStory
LGBTQ
SocialMedia
Midwest
MYSPACE: The New AOL
Sheesh. Let’s go to the Ole Myspace mailbag, shall we? “hey babe,
my names john, i am a 22 yr old from chicago. I am very outgoing and willing to try anything once. I am a chef and curently going to culinary school. I have pics, but …
SocialMedia
Blogging
Radiology
The Rumors Are Not True... Elvis and I LIVE!
Hey there! Long time no see! :) You may have wondered why I’ve become silent for so long… or maybe you don’t give a shit ;) … but you’re gonna hear about my life anyways!
First of all, there’s Nik. Nik moving in …
