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Peter J Fullagar has moved

Hi!
I thought I’d do an post, as I’ve now moved server!

I’m Peter (he/him), cis man, ally.

I work in English Language Teaching as an , and consultant, mainly focusing on representation which is woefully lacking. I self-published a resource book called Existence, which I believe is the first and only LGBTQIA+ ELT resource book. I also started @notataboo .

Interests include:

Trans Rescue<p>if you have tech skills and are trying to figure out how to get to Europe, drop us a line at annie+tech@transrescue.org<br>If you have positions open in the EU and would like to meet some fine candidates, also drop us a line at annie+tech@transrescue.org</p>
Peter J Fullagar has moved<p>Well, no answer to this. I think I know what that means. <a href="https://toad.social/@peterjfullagar/113504986053661469" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">toad.social/@peterjfullagar/11</span><span class="invisible">3504986053661469</span></a></p>
Koen Hufkens, PhD<p>Notes on starter packs: what I like about Mastodon (and previously on Twitter to some extent). I like the community building as an active process. That is, discovering people by reading hashtags and interacting with them (or hoping to learn from them). This is an active process, which runs counter to the parasocial influencer stuff you get elsewhere. In this context, people are free to follow, but not free to expect interactions with me if they are not constructive.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/socialmedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>socialmedia</span></a></p>
Bishop Greer Godsey<p>Facebook has launched an all out war in the <a href="https://mastodon.myocci.social/tags/LGBT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LGBT</span></a> community and those who are religious but progressive. They removed post of mine a couple of months ago that was against the <a href="https://mastodon.myocci.social/tags/deathpenalty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>deathpenalty</span></a>. Now this one calling out LGBT abuse in their platform. My account is restricted from using groups and going live. I cannot reach out to anyone via messenger either. This is untenable.</p>
Jim Flanagan<p>Goofing around a little on bsky this morning, just to see what’s going on. The UX is a hot mess. It conflates hashtags and feeds in a confusing way. They have NAILED the absolute uselessness of list feature just like mastodon. </p><p>One nice thing, you can tap a hashtag, and mute it immediately. So, if you want to follow a Cryptography feed, you don’t have to see <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/bitcoin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bitcoin</span></a> or <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/blockchain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>blockchain</span></a> tripe</p>
mekka okereke :verified:<p>I said what I said about Mastodon moving too slowly to matter for the US midterms, so BlueSky being our best bet.</p><p>I said what I said about me being wrong about thinking that Mastodon would get it together by now. </p><p>I said what I said about BlueSky making it okay that Mastodon moves slower, and it not necessarily being over in the long run. We're watching people leave Twitter at a rate of 1 million a day. If BlueSky does go bad, and a better option is available, I anticipate a similar exit.</p><p>2/N</p>
Peter J Fullagar has moved<p>Actually - who gives a fuck if I change instances again? It’s my choice, isn’t it?</p><p> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/MastodonNewbie" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>MastodonNewbie</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/MastodonHelp" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>MastodonHelp</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Fediverse</span></a></p>
Peter J Fullagar has moved<p>Hi all,<br />I have another newbie question. </p><p>With the change of government in the US looming, do you think it’s best to stay away from it instances based in the US? </p><p>I have literally just changed, and I think it’s based in the US, but as a queer person, I don’t know how safe US instance hosting will be. </p><p>And also - is it ridiculous to think of moving instances yet again??</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/MastodonNewbie" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>MastodonNewbie</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/MastodonHelp" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>MastodonHelp</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Fediverse</span></a></p>
Peter J Fullagar has moved<p>I am over the moon that the Argentinian Journal of Applied Linguistics has published a review of my <a href="https://toad.social/tags/LGBTQIA" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>LGBTQIA</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/ELT" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ELT</span></a> resource book, Existence. Huge thanks to Vanesa Polastri for taking the time to write such a lovely review. <br /> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/IAmNotATaboo" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>IAmNotATaboo</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/AppliedLinguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>AppliedLinguistics</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Linguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Linguistics</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Education" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Education</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/ESOL" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ESOL</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/TESOL" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>TESOL</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/QueerEducation" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>QueerEducation</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/QueerEd" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>QueerEd</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Queer" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Queer</span></a></p><p><a href="https://ajal.faapi.org.ar/ojs-3.3.0-5/index.php/AJAL/article/view/378/252" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">ajal.faapi.org.ar/ojs-3.3.0-5/</span><span class="invisible">index.php/AJAL/article/view/378/252</span></a></p>
Clare<p>Two trips out to the cabin today. I went out at lunch time to get the heat on for after work. Very cold ride, but a gorgeous full moon floating through the Belt of Venus. Rising here to grace the cabin. <a href="https://mas.to/tags/CabinLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CabinLife</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Nunavut" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Nunavut</span></a></p>
Peter J Fullagar has moved<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://toad.social/@davetroy" class="u-url mention">@<span>davetroy</span></a></span> I’ve recently joined toad.social - and enjoying it, thanks. <br />Is it hosted in the US? I’m wondering, what with the incoming change of government, whether instances hosted in the US will remain safe - and what this means for toad.social. </p><p>(I don’t know very much about all of this, so just asking - I want to remain safe as a queer fediverse user)<br /><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Queer" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Queer</span></a> <br /><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Fediverse</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Safety" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Safety</span></a></p>
Dr Pen<p>Some thoughts on Bluesky, Mastodon and issues around Big Tech</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mastodon</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bluesky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bluesky</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fediverse</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bigtech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bigtech</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/regulation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>regulation</span></a></p><p><a href="https://penworks.net/blog/big-tech-and-social-media" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">penworks.net/blog/big-tech-and</span><span class="invisible">-social-media</span></a></p>
Erik Svensson<p>Friends and colleagues on <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/Mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mastodon</span></a>: let's make this our new platform instead of replacing one commercial site (<a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/X" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>X</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/Twitter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Twitter</span></a>)<br>for another one ( <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/bluesky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bluesky</span></a> ). <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fediverse</span></a> and community-owned social media is the future!</p><p>Besides, what is the point of replacing a toxic far-right platform full of antivaxxers with a liberal bubble filled with hysterical <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/facemask" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>facemask</span></a> fetischists and <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/ZeroCovid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ZeroCovid</span></a> fanatics?</p><p><a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/twittermigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>twittermigration</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/twitterexodus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>twitterexodus</span></a></p>
AWI<p>Happy <a href="https://helmholtz.social/tags/PolarPrideDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PolarPrideDay</span></a> 🏳️‍🌈❄️ Das Überwinterungsteam der Neumayer-Station III in der <a href="https://helmholtz.social/tags/Antarktis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Antarktis</span></a> schickt Grüße zum Polar Pride Day!<br>&nbsp;<br>Selbst hier am Rande des antarktischen Schelfeises hat die Bedeutung von Vielfalt und Inklusion in der Wissenschaft einen hohen Stellenwert. Polar Pride erinnert uns daran, dass dass jeder in der Polarforschungsgemeinschaft willkommen ist.</p>
Damian Ó Dúnlaing<p>Today, the United Nations voted 170-6 on "The Right of the Palestinian People to Self-Determination".</p><p>Those voting against: </p><p>🇺🇸United States <br>🇮🇱Israel<br>🇦🇷Argentina<br>🇵🇾Paraguay<br>🇫🇲Micronesia<br>🇳🇷Nauru</p>
Freya Blekman<p>Spotted in my bakery in the morning and I thought it was very suitable considering today is <a href="https://sciencemastodon.com/tags/lgbtqstemday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lgbtqstemday</span></a> <a href="https://sciencemastodon.com/tags/lgbtqiastemday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lgbtqiastemday</span></a></p>
EGU<p>What are the specific challenges for <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LGBTQIA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQIA</span></a>+ people doing fieldwork? How can we reduce or remove them? In the 2nd in this <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EGUwebinar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EGUwebinar</span></a> series exploring barriers to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fieldwork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fieldwork</span></a> and for <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LGBTQSTEMday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQSTEMday</span></a>, join us TODAY, 18 Nov, at 16:00 CET to learn how to navigate this uneven ground.</p><p>Join: <a href="https://www.egu.eu/9VW3IU/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">egu.eu/9VW3IU/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Pete Carr<p>Alright social media. Let’s do this again one more time.</p><p>I’m here on Masto but also here on Bluesky because possible clients… <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/petecarr.net" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">bsky.app/profile/petecarr.net</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Fedi.Tips<p>If you want help with using Mastodon and the Fediverse, feel free to ask!</p><p>FediTips is an unofficial tech support account, it exists to help people use this place. I am a human being, not a bot 😁 </p><p>I'm especially keen to help non-technical people, please don't feel nervous asking about something. There is no such thing as a stupid question!</p><p>There are also lots of beginner's guides at <a href="https://fedi.tips" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">fedi.tips</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> and new people may find the "Quick Start" section especially useful.</p><p><a href="https://social.growyourown.services/tags/FediTips" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FediTips</span></a></p>
Peter J Fullagar has moved<p>I know there’s probably too much on here about <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Bluesky" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Bluesky</span></a>, but I just posted this over there:</p><p>Seeing what happened with Twitter, and all the hate speech on Meta, and Bluesky growing so quickly - if it all goes tits up here, find me on <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Mastodon</span></a>.<br />It’s a different experience and I’m really enjoying it. </p><p>And one reply at the moment: ‘I doubt it will go tits up here.’</p><p>Where’s the scepticism? Where’s the intelligence about what’s gone on before?</p>
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