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New folks may notice that many people here are careful about their privacy—their names, locations, and images. Not all, of course, but many.

Some have learned hard lessons, some have learned that wisdom from the helpful infosec folks here.

Please don’t take it personally. Hearts are open, and to me, that’s what matters.

#welcome #cosolove

What's the way to get CS in french, please? Thanks

#jokeoftheday

Morning,

I am writing a book about all the things I should be doing in my life.

It's an oughtobiography.......

@Dbj972 “ Its continuing mission: to explore strange new worlds. To seek out new life and new civilizations. To boldly go where no one has gone before!”

Taking a quick second to welcome all the new folks, on this week that feels like a month full of Mondays.

Straight up, CoSo is different than the birb. I kind of view it as that long overdue country vacation you treat yourself to, vs the hustle & bustle and constant motion of city life.

There's a reason for that - "traditional" social media is about driving engagement, so you click more, so you view more advertisements... that's how they make $$.

CoSo don't got no ads, my frens.

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If you’re puzzled or irritated by the invitations to support this place with a small financial contribution

You can mute or filter out hashtags and terms

But it bears repeating that CoSo is devoid of ads and does not track your behaviors or preferences to be sold.

So consider supporting CoSo as an investment in YOUR PERSONAL privacy.

You won’t find that respect anywhere else.

#CoSoLifesupport #cosorocks

New Nauts
We have plenty of tools to help curate your CoSo experience.
My favorite is filters.
You can filter out certain words, hashtags etc.
Click on your profile then Filters 👍
That way if you're feeling bombarded with something you don't want to see, but don't want to mute the person then filters work great.
#cosotips

We needed a bigger boat, I think we got one!

#CoSoGoodNews

Basic income works. Pilot programs launched across the US and the rest of the world in the last few years have repeatedly shown that it pulls people out of poverty, improves health outcomes, and makes it easier for people to find jobs and take care of their children. The economic evidence is overwhelming. The political battle however, is only just beginning.

https://archive.ph/qAKg6

#CoSoGoodNews

We might be slowly getting a handle on the food waste problem. In London, grocers have stopped putting expiry dates on fresh produce, in California and France supermarkets are now giving away unsold food, and South Korea’s tough-love approach is working: between 2010 and 2019 food waste in the country declined from 3,400 tons to 2,800 tons per day.

https://archive.ph/DbwBH

#CoSoGoodNews

“The most astonishing and heartening coral rebirth the world has ever seen." In 2015/16, the strongest El Niño on record moved across the coral reefs of the Pacific Line Islands, killing half of them. Six years on the reefs are thriving, with more than 43 million colonies per square kilometre. Nature will recover if we let it.

https://archive.ph/DTQKa

#CoSoGoodNews

Earlier this month, the US federal government took a big step in repairing the harms of the War on Drugs, by pardoning thousands of people with federal offenses for marijuana possession, and initiating a review of its classification. The move lifts a burden on the roughly 6,500 people whose employment and housing chances are harmed by their past convictions.

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/biden-overhauls-us-policy-marijuana-pardons-prior-federal-offenses-2022-10-06/

#CoSoGoodNews

Slovenia's parliament has passed an amendment allowing same-sex couples to marry and adopt after a constitutional court ruling earlier this year made it the first country in Eastern Europe to do so. "With these changes, we are recognising the rights of same-sex couples that they should have had for a long time."

https://www.euronews.com/2022/10/04/slovenia-becomes-first-east-european-country-to-legalise-same-sex-marriage-and-adoption

#CoSoGoodNews

Ok it's that time again. For the new folks, every two weeks I do a Good News dump, a long thread of Good News you might or might not have heard about. If you wish to remain in doom scrolling mode, please mute this hashtag for a couple of hours. Ok. Here we go.

Hang on this is a long one.

All Newcomers…
Welcome to CoSo 😊
Here is the User Guide:
https://counter.social/userguide.pdf

Some suggestions: Check out the profile of @realDDGlover for lists of Hashtags for interests. Just click ID and it will open on right-hand column. Scroll down through lists. Hashtags are explained on page 7 of the Guide above. Page 5 of the Guide tells how to change your AVI from an egg to an image of your choice. Try # cosotips too.
Also, we love pet/animal pics. Here’s my cat saying”stop with the pics” 🤣💕🤣

CoSo Tip… the symbols at the bottom of posts

The Star = I read this, I heard you, and the post shows up in the original poster’s notification column.
The circular arrow or boost = I read this and I’d like all my followers to have a chance to read it, the original post will end up in your friends’ column.
The left arrow = reply… here’s my loving snarky 2 cents on your original post 🥰🥰🥰
#cosotip