Here's what I've been missing on social networks, and how I wish this place to be different:

Being approached with displayed curiosity and open-mindedness, shining through open-ended questions. The ability to disagree in compassionate ways, if temporarily necessary. Encounters with human beings on eye-level. Instead of opinion-despensing 'somethings'.

That others' words and actions are not only influenced by whatever I deem to be highest priority or urgency at this very moment in time. Last not least, that even face-to-face communication is more likely to fail than succeed (how I love these: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiio%27s… )

Ultimately: acting from an understanding that life on this rock is a massive multiplayer co-op game. That every word and every action by everyone at every point in time shifts the balance between building a mental bridge or a wall. And that the only time we can actually do something is, has always been and will always be: NOW.

Choose your words wisely, you're more responsible than you think you are. I'd like to invite you to think about it. Nothing more, nothing less. Because imho - the first step to change is awareness. Despite often feeling like 'not enough' or worse: nothing.

Supporting Felix with this Friendica instance and whatever things to come, this is the common ground on which I'd like to connect to you. To me, it's implicitly filed under 'common sense': the understanding that I can not, neither want to, sustainably exist in a vacuum. Personally, I'm also trying to stick to non-violent, non-judgemental communication: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nonviole…

It's already challenging to wrap this up in a way serving this instance as set of whatever you want to call it. I certainly regard calls-to-action and living-by-example more promising than not-to-do-lists.

Any thoughts, ideas, comments?

Otherwise: have this happy bird :)
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cockatiel Poko singing Totoro | 1 hour

11:20 30:13 😂

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Post your dance videos in the comments..

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OVERWERK - 12:30

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Moin Felix, könnte hier eventuell beim Design helfen. Find die Idee hier echt Supergut - aber ein Erlebnis ist was anderes. ; )

Man muss ja nicht gleich übertreiben - aber hier und da etwas polishing könnte nicht schaden, denke ich.

Ich komm auch gern mal mit meinen Skates bei Dir rum. Würd Dich eh gern mal besuchen - weil sieht gut aus bei Dir da und auch ewig nicht gesehen.

Lieben Gruß.

Tim

Colleague just recommended this "infographic" urrghhhh it's so bad in so many ways. Why do people like bad things.

7 days jail for cynically suggesting an effective protest against "freedom from covid" beverage in a supermarket

The Bad News:
With Things Still Not Being Quite Normal, there is no #Evoke this year, as you all may have already heard.
The Good News:
We still can't sit still, so once again we have decided to basically run a social experiment on you, our favorite people.
So here's our question: If everything goes, as long as you (as in: You, our favorite people!) apply enough peer pressure on your friends, and (as always) make some things happen... Will it be wild?
Will you please surprise us? Will you make us laugh?
Will you force us to watch things we usually would never consider for our party?

WIll your contribution to the "In The Mix" Compo break the H0ffman and make us dance?*

We really want to know.

Stay tuned, get creative and go check out the website to see what i'm talking about!
nevoke.eu/

*I'm honestly way too hyped for all your breaks already.