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Experienced the Southwest Airlines debacle last week, and now back home for the big California storm...whee! Charged up my phone and backup battery packs, not much else to do but wait

@Museek my version of pessimistic is to be ready for things to not go well, but then often to be pleasantly surprised

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Wishing everyone a very happy new year in 2023! 🥳🎉🎆 🥂

Bonne Année
Feliz Año Nuevo
Blwyddyn Newydd Dda
Buon anno
Frohes Neues Jahr
Gelukkig Nieuwjaar
Gleðilegt nýtt ár
Mutlu yillar
Stastný nový rok
Godt nytår
Hyvää uutta vuotta
Godt nytt år
Feliz Ano Novo

Finishing off the last of the holiday eggnog tonight

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Just in case...

If you ever post your pain or struggle, and no one replies--especially if you are very new--it is very likely that folks saw you but didn't have a chance to reply before the firehose flowed on.

This is hard to remember. It is. But low response rates do not mean you don't matter or people don't care.

I dearly hope people mostly receive comfort when they need it.

But if there is a miss, it doesn't derive from indifference. Not here.

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It's a Christmas miracle! Warriors over Grizzlies without Steph or Wiggins! Muahahaha!

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I have no idea why I didn’t think to post this earlier.

Bookmark this

Fairly comprehensive list.
But check you local city or county

National warming shelters

hud.gov/findshelter

@th3j35t3r Thank you for building and protecting the best community online

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For your heart I offer a tempting tidbit of happiness. A because I love spending eve with you!

Time for a warm beverage and some seasonal music...happy holidays to all!

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Many folks have mentioned that they dread the Christmas holiday--maybe they will be alone, grieving, or with family that hurts. So many reasons to struggle that day. Christmas Eve is often a loaded day as well.

Can we start talking about a unique CoSo hashtag that folks could use/pin a column to organize connection?

# joinin is a wider Mastodon offering, but something cozy here would also be nice

CoSo truly is a place for support and connection--let's aim to

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sound ok?

@Arrens @corlin Peter Thiel has come very close without quite crossing that line

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Mastodon: Can block people, but people can just make a zillion new accounts on any instance; you can also be easily impersonated on other instances

Post: Can 'mute' people but not block them, I guess? Very limited features.

CoSo: juuuuuuuust right. No harassment or trolls to begin with, blocking works, can set accounts to private...

I'll try them all, but I like it here the best, I even went pro... ❤️

Warriors actually won an away game? Color me pleasantly surprised!

@GreenCheese Oh no! What an absolute clusterf#uck it is over there

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A partial list of journalists who were suspended today. This spreadsheet also has links to alternate forums for five of them. I’ll keep checking for updates.

docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d

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CounterSocial is the first Social Network Platform to take a zero-tolerance stance to hostile nations, bot accounts and trolls who are weaponizing OUR social media platforms and freedoms to engage in influence operations against us. And we're here to counter it.