Notices by Cameron MacLeod (c_9@mstdn.ca)

@ScienceDesk You know who else glowed green in space…

This is an important thing to understand on Mastodon: you don't see all the replies to a post.

It's possible for evil people to propagate terrible hatred that only shows up for the person being attacked, but isn't visible to you.

See explanation from @mekkaokereke here: https://hachyderm.io/@mekkaokereke/111012743709881062

When Black users tell you there's racism, it doesn't matter that you didn't see it happen.

#Mastodon #MastoTips #Fediverse #Racism #Sexism #Misogyny #Homophobia #Transphobia #Hatred #Safety #Allyship

I just realized the lives of four different friends are currently threatened by unusually large and destructive wildfires *in three different countries*.

But definitely we should try not to upset the dirty energy sector’s owners, and constantly compromise. Cool cool.

🧵 1/5 If you've seen a headline about Mastodon & child abuse material (yikes!), some comments:

1. Mastodon is just software, not a company or a place, so this is like saying 'lots of child abusers use MS Office'
2. These sites appear in many blocklists and the admins of many Mastodon servers block them, so that crap never travels to your neighbourhood.
3. This is primarily in Japan.
4. Still bad, moderation and blocking are important areas to build up.

Link to article: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/07/24/twitter-rival-mastodon-rife-with-child-abuse-material-study-finds/

This. Is. Amazing.

Montréal suburb Brossard has a traffic light in a school zone that defaults to red, and only turns green when an attached speed camera detects a car driving under the speed limit.

The light is on a 90-day trial, on a 2-lane residential street. Similar signals are widespread across Europe.

Before it was installed, average vehicle speeds of 40 km/h. But in the past week, average speeds have dropped to 29 km/h.

https://mass.streetsblog.org/2023/05/05/steal-this-idea-in-quebec-a-new-traffic-light-only-turns-green-for-safe-drivers/

#Montreal #VisionZero #WalkTO #BIkeTO