Hello Fedi! I'm finally writing my #Introduction post after being a lurker for years (2022 is when I made my first account). I've never really been active on any social media, but Mastodon is unique and I'd like to experience the sense of community that it offers.

A bit about me! I live in a fairly small town in #Saskatchewan on Treaty 4 land. I enjoy #gardening, #walking, and playing #guitar. I am collecting and digitizing CDs which I enjoy through a modest, self hosted Jellyfin server. I gave #Linux a shot several years ago and have since been in love with the principles of #opensource and #FOSS. Recently I've been working to improve #OpenStreetMap in my area to make it a more viable option for others in my community.

I'm a proud democratic socialist, and I believe in the project of universal liberation. I support the rights of #workers, the #LGBTQIA community, and #immigrants. I oppose #fascism and believe that we once again find ourselves at the crossroads of #socialism and barbarism. Despite how grim everything looks now, I see enough good in the world to remain optimistic for the future. This is one place in particular that brings me hope. Y'all are cool here 👍

Hello Fedi! I'm finally writing my #Introduction post after being a lurker for years (2022 is when I made my first account). I've never really been active on any social media, but Mastodon is unique and I'd like to experience the sense of community that it offers.

A bit about me! I live in a fairly small town in #Saskatchewan on Treaty 4 land. I enjoy #gardening, #walking, and playing #guitar. I am collecting and digitizing CDs which I enjoy through a modest, self hosted Jellyfin server. I gave #Linux a shot several years ago and have since been in love with the principles of #opensource and #FOSS. Recently I've been working to improve #OpenStreetMap in my area to make it a more viable option for others in my community.

I'm a proud democratic socialist, and I believe in the project of universal liberation. I support the rights of #workers, the #LGBTQIA community, and #immigrants. I oppose #fascism and believe that we once again find ourselves at the crossroads of #socialism and barbarism. Despite how grim everything looks now, I see enough good in the world to remain optimistic for the future. This is one place in particular that brings me hope. Y'all are cool here 👍

Today at 17 - 18:30 UTC / 18 - 19:30 CET we'll have an open video call in the internationalist union hall of tech workers' cooperatives and folks who want to start tech workers' cooperatives.

Come on by!

https://meet.jit.si/techcoops

#coop #cooperative #democracy #workers #cooperativa #solidarity #union

Today at 17 - 18:30 UTC / 18 - 19:30 CET we'll have an open video call in the internationalist union hall of tech workers' cooperatives and folks who want to start tech workers' cooperatives.

Come on by!

https://meet.jit.si/techcoops

#coop #cooperative #democracy #workers #cooperativa #solidarity #union

"What Jesse was doing was really recognizing a clear political truth. The same people who will hurt the LGBT community will vote against voting rights. The same people that vote against voting rights vote against living wages. The same people that vote against living wages vote against healthcare. The same people that deny healthcare normally promote war."

~ William J. Barber II

#JesseJackson #MoralFusion #LGBTQ #VotingRights #workers #wages #healthcare
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https://ourmoralmoment.substack.com/p/moral-fusions-power

The attack on working from home reverses a trend towards fuller participation in the UK's work-force by people with a range of disabilities.

A key advance for many disabled workers has been the ability to perform jobs remotely, fitting in with their care needs & combatting workplace discrimination based on appearance.

If the Govt. is keen to keep the disabled working if possible, then supporting home-working is a key element of any strategy!

#disability #workers
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/feb/21/decline-in-remote-jobs-risks-shutting-disabled-people-out-of-work-study-finds

"What Jesse was doing was really recognizing a clear political truth. The same people who will hurt the LGBT community will vote against voting rights. The same people that vote against voting rights vote against living wages. The same people that vote against living wages vote against healthcare. The same people that deny healthcare normally promote war."

~ William J. Barber II

#JesseJackson #MoralFusion #LGBTQ #VotingRights #workers #wages #healthcare
/4

https://ourmoralmoment.substack.com/p/moral-fusions-power

The attack on working from home reverses a trend towards fuller participation in the UK's work-force by people with a range of disabilities.

A key advance for many disabled workers has been the ability to perform jobs remotely, fitting in with their care needs & combatting workplace discrimination based on appearance.

If the Govt. is keen to keep the disabled working if possible, then supporting home-working is a key element of any strategy!

#disability #workers
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/feb/21/decline-in-remote-jobs-risks-shutting-disabled-people-out-of-work-study-finds

attention to all #blind people using bsid-js. the overhaul from #gemini to #cloudflare #workers #ai is complete. the model we are using is@cf/meta/llama-3.2-11b-vision-instruct . this is more of an emergency overhaul because Gemini was not only taking too slow, but was pushing the limit of cloud flare workers, as cloud flare workers have time limits that must be met. also, if you see a command called /agree, don't worry about it. that was a one-time command I had to run to get it to agree to the meta licensing agreement. this is more of a beta. please test it, and make new commits if you find any problems. I'll be a bit active on this one. because, as promised, I have overhauled over to CF workers AI, and I will work on emergency patches. but overall, I want you (the devs) to be able to fix things yourself or add whatever features you are thinking of. like I said in a previous post, I will not be katering to your suggestions unless you add them yourself and then contact me to get your feature tested. but, as said earlier, I will fix things that keep the bot from running, and Gemini just so happened to be one of them fter a while. also, I'm keeping the /agree command just for people who want to run the bot with the same model. because you are required to agree to the licensing agreement meta has, and /agree is the only way to do so. so there ya go. overhaul complete. #cloudflare #cloudflareworkers #developers #ai public bot : https://discord.com/oauth2/authorize?client_id=1459622381961220110&permissions=1126176932350976&integration_type=0&scope=bot+applications.commands or https://blindsoft.net/apps.html

attention to all #blind people using bsid-js. the overhaul from #gemini to #cloudflare #workers #ai is complete. the model we are using is@cf/meta/llama-3.2-11b-vision-instruct . this is more of an emergency overhaul because Gemini was not only taking too slow, but was pushing the limit of cloud flare workers, as cloud flare workers have time limits that must be met. also, if you see a command called /agree, don't worry about it. that was a one-time command I had to run to get it to agree to the meta licensing agreement. this is more of a beta. please test it, and make new commits if you find any problems. I'll be a bit active on this one. because, as promised, I have overhauled over to CF workers AI, and I will work on emergency patches. but overall, I want you (the devs) to be able to fix things yourself or add whatever features you are thinking of. like I said in a previous post, I will not be katering to your suggestions unless you add them yourself and then contact me to get your feature tested. but, as said earlier, I will fix things that keep the bot from running, and Gemini just so happened to be one of them fter a while. also, I'm keeping the /agree command just for people who want to run the bot with the same model. because you are required to agree to the licensing agreement meta has, and /agree is the only way to do so. so there ya go. overhaul complete. #cloudflare #cloudflareworkers #developers #ai public bot : https://discord.com/oauth2/authorize?client_id=1459622381961220110&permissions=1126176932350976&integration_type=0&scope=bot+applications.commands or https://blindsoft.net/apps.html

🚨 The #GhostFlights: #Deportation Flights #Disappearing Thousands Arrested by #ICE

By #BrendaNorrell, #CensoredNews, Feb. 6, 2026

"We've been tracking the Ghost Flights, disappearing migrants, moms, asylum seekers, and others arrested in Minneapolis, who are quickly grabbed and taken away at a private terminal at Minneapolis international airport.

"The charter airlines are making it harder to track them, but here's what we found: #GlobalX, #Eastern and #Omni based in #TulsaOK, have operated most of these, with Sun Country also operating some of the flights.

"These secretive flights take those arrested to deportation hubs in isolated areas, where they are sent to prison, deported to other countries, or constantly shifted on flights. These secretive hubs are in #DadeCollier in the Florida Everglades; Alexandria in central Louisiana; and Harlingen on the Texas border.

"Those arrested are boarded shackled in chains from their wrists to their feet, and often denied water and food, and abused. While these secretive flights disappear people, their families desperately search for them.

"The flights out of #MesaAZ in the #Phoenix area are deporting hundreds on each flight to #Venezuela. A recent flight out of Mesa deported those arrested to #Russia and #Iran. The past flights show the men were immediately given #Draft notices for military service when they arrived in Russia. Protesters and political #AsylumSeekers face worse.

"As for the chartered airlines, the main contract is held by #CSI in #AlbuquerqueNM, who contracts out the other airlines.

"Yesterday, a Ghost Flight landed in #Guantanamo and then #Haiti. These are #moms, #workers, asylum seekers, #LegalResidents, and most are whisked away and denied due process. More than 2,000 have been deported from #Minneapolis.

"Other major hubs for deportation flights are #ElPaso, #Miami, #SanAntonio, and #TacomaWA. The deportation flights are arriving in every region of the world, the Americas, Asia, and Africa." 😱

Read more (includes flight maps):
https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2026/02/the-ghost-flights-deportation-flights.html

#ReaderSupportedNews #DefundICE #StopTheDeportations #DefundDHS #BorderPatrol #MurderPatrol #ICESucks #KristiNoemSucks #USPol #SilencingDissent #Disappeared #Orwellian

Twin Cities #Unions Planning ‘Largest US Rent Strike in 100+ Years’ as ICE Occupation Drives Eviction Crisis
“Tenants in Minnesota are in a crisis,” said Minneapolis City Council Member Aisha Chughtai. “The federal invasion forced many of our neighbors to stay home and devastated our local economy.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/minnesota-rent-strike-ice

from #CommonDreams
Feb. 17, 2026

Tenant and #LaborUnions in Minneapolis and St. Paul have announced plans to carry out what they said would be the “largest #RentStrike in the United States in the last 100 years.”

Beginning on March 1, if Democratic #Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz does not meet their urgent demands for an eviction moratorium and rent relief, a coalition of nearly 26,000 #workers has pledged to withhold rent, which they said could create a massive economic disruption.

#news #politics #USpol

Twin Cities #Unions Planning ‘Largest US Rent Strike in 100+ Years’ as ICE Occupation Drives Eviction Crisis
“Tenants in Minnesota are in a crisis,” said Minneapolis City Council Member Aisha Chughtai. “The federal invasion forced many of our neighbors to stay home and devastated our local economy.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/minnesota-rent-strike-ice

from #CommonDreams
Feb. 17, 2026

Tenant and #LaborUnions in Minneapolis and St. Paul have announced plans to carry out what they said would be the “largest #RentStrike in the United States in the last 100 years.”

Beginning on March 1, if Democratic #Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz does not meet their urgent demands for an eviction moratorium and rent relief, a coalition of nearly 26,000 #workers has pledged to withhold rent, which they said could create a massive economic disruption.

#news #politics #USpol