Andy K S @andy@dads.cool

Welp. Here's my piece: https://medium.com/@jomc/we-dont-need-corporate-social-media-f93ba128ebb5

this is also the bit where I say I'm pretty proud of dads.cool's code of conduct and if you're thinking of starting a mastodon server, or even you're just not sure about best practices as a user, take a look https://dads.cool/about/more

#introductions #introduction 1/2

I'm Alex (he/them), a dad in my 30s. I've been a mastodon user since the summer of '18.

Since 2019, I've run dads.cool, a small masto server that offers features not available on .social, like lists for accounts that don't show on your home tl, and the ability to make posts that are only visible to other dads.cool users—features are from #hometown, by @darius.

This is a personal acct, but if I know you from twitter/you're returning and used to follow, lmk.

Hey there's a new #hometown server for STS / critical tech folks, https://assemblag.es !

@mistertim is admin

dads.cool is hosted on spacebear (@support).

hosting is $𝟮𝟳 𝗮 𝗺𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗵 and includes a CDN and daily backups; i will update this post if our increased membership requires me to bump us to a higher tier.

renewing our domain is $𝟰𝟰 𝗮 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿.

i moderate and administrate dads.cool on my own and have done so continuously for 3 years now.

I have a ko-fi where you can support the above if you wish—I also have a goal there representing the cost of my US citizenship.

Thank you!

https://ko-fi.com/dadsfm

Today's #recommendedradio A show from a the always amazing Monica on WFMU: https://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/114447 Lovely luscious sounds!

Mastodon/fedi server recs (because literally blocked me from posting it lol)

General-purpose: octodon.social, mas.to, weirder.earth

Lefty/social justice-oriented: rage.love, kolektiva.social, social.wxcafe.net, eldritch.cafe

Scientists/academics: fediscience.org, scicomm.xyz, scholar.social

Creatives: wandering.shop, photog.social, mastodon.art, pixelfed.social

Techy: cybre.space

Black-run: ubuntu.buzz

Geographical: cloudisland.nz (NZ), mspsocial.net (Twin Cities, MN), 438punk.house (Montréal, Punklandia)

It would be great if we did actually have more organizations devoted to this topic (and amply funded) instead of say, a dozen orgs that seem to serve as retirement communities for ex-Big Tech execs to pretend they care about cleaning up the mess they made

gentle reminder i put out an hourlong mixtape of yacht rock covers on bandcamp yesterday 🌊 https://dadsfm.bandcamp.com/album/y-sides-vol-2-covered-under-sail