Deborah Pickett (inactive)

Um, hi, um. So

In the three weeks (three! I checked a calendar) during which aus.social grew by some large factor, I reckon 20, I've spent much too much time here, not just moderating, but trying to foster a much bigger, much more diverse, community. I like to think we've succeeded. But

This city just feels too big now, and I'm neglecting my other hobbies, so I'm moving to the country, onto my own little instance by the sea.

Not that I'm deserting you! I'll keep this account open so I can check out the local timeline here. But you should consider @futzle@old.mermaid.town to be my main account from now on.

With that in mind, it's right that I step down from my moderation role at aus.social. This server needs and deserves moderators who are present more than I will be. Harry, Josh and Kat are staying on, and I'll hang around long enough to be a mentor to any new mods that Shlee should appoint. I love and respect you all, teammates.

This won't all happen right away, but quite soon. I'm itching to get back into my music, my quilting and my other pastimes. Meanwhile, please come over and say hi to me at Old Mermaid Town. I'll make cookies.

"But I'm a leftist like you, why should I CW my politics?"

Sit down, child. What's your preferred party? Has it got a terf problem? Of course it does, every party has a terf problem. Every party has had to form an uneasy (or easy) alliance with its terfs.

I found a space which doesn't have a terf problem. You're soaking in it. And by bandying about party-political stuff you're reminding me of the dirty reality of the people who would contemplate trading my existence for a hospital in their electorate.

So yeah, I do expect you to CW your party-political posts.

s/politics/journalism/g and s/trans/disabled/g, and other substitutions which I am not qualified to speak for but others here are.

Anyway, please enjoy this cat pic as compensation. #cats

I just don’t think we’re going to get that album cover shot today. #cats #dogs

Followers of my account: I’m going to be doing some housekeeping of who follows me. If your account has no bio and no posts, I will softblock you (i.e., remove your follow). Thanks for your understanding.

Language tip! aus.social does not have an official language, so if you see a language you don’t understand and want to filter it from the timeline, go to Preferences > Other > Public Timelines, and select the languages you want to see.

I'm spinning up a Hometown instance at old.mermaid.town! It's live-but-not-live yet; first I have to sort out my VPS being blocked by fastmail.

Terms of use will be very similar to cathode.church. I may copy text wholesale.

It'll be invitation-only until I figure out what the heck I'm doing. Priority to users who are now finding aus.social too big-city.