Moving this account
I am going to use the "Move to a different account" feature to move to my current account, @crash.
I'm pinning this toot so as to hopefully mitigate confusion should anyone see they are following a username and avatar that they have not seen before.
Hopefully this won't break anything, as both accounts in question are admin accounts for this instance....
I apologize for the inconvenience.
Reasons I might not accept your follow request:
1. I have no idea who you are, AND one of the following...
2. Your account does not have enough content for me to have a sense for the kind of person you are.
3. Your account has enough content for me to get a sense of who you are, but our interests do not align at all, making me think you decided to follow me by accident.
#Introduction / #Introductions
I'm Aaron, a Media Arts / Technology teacher for a K-8 Creative & Performing Arts Academy.
Before I did this, I was a Visual Arts teacher.
I'm very much into #DIY, #STEM, #STEAM, #DnD, #photography, the #Maker movement, and the idea that artists should be fairly compensated for the work they do (vs reposting said work without even attribution).
My politics lean left, but I don't talk about that much here.
I'm a widower.
I talk about games on @Crash.
Things I Try To Not Do (A non-comprehensive list)
*"Follow-for-follow." Life's too short to clutter my timeline.
*Post, boost, or favorite profanities. Yes, even the ones included in super-insightful posts. My students can find me.
*Post, boost, or favorite copyright infringement or endorsements of the same. Copyright law needs reform, sure, but it is still used to protect artists. If you're punching down and up at the same time, You're still punching down.
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Moving this account
I am going to use the "Move to a different account" feature to move to my current account, @crash.
I'm pinning this toot so as to hopefully mitigate confusion should anyone see they are following a username and avatar that they have not seen before.
Hopefully this won't break anything, as both accounts in question are admin accounts for this instance....
I apologize for the inconvenience.
This is just to confirm that @crash is, in fact, me.
I'm playing around with having a 2nd account on this instance.
instance blocks
some new #fediblock candidates for your consideration, all sourced by showing up in a list of mentions in a hellthread full of instances already blocked, and all now blocked in the toot-lab:
kitty.social
valkyrie.world
enigmatic.observer
smuglo.li
gamers.exposed
pech.tech
lizards.live
live to block, block to live
Our #Minetest Android client had a short cameo in a Linus Tech Tips video today! As a "cheap Minecraft clone", we take pride in the community and engine we've built (even if it comes without RTX support 😉).
instance block
new #fediblock from the toot-lab going out to rawr-xd.club due to the admin having an edgelord neckbeard.xyz account
I also went so far as to block jasonl8446 on any other instance I saw, because yeah, nah.
Today I hooked a Raspberry Pi up to a $20 Thrift Store TV (Purchased before the lockdown, I assure you...) for the sole purpose of playing hours long videos of static cameras pointing at bird feeders.
It's the first time in over a month that I've managed to record a lesson for my students without having my cat interrupt me mid-recording.
Flattening the online education curve
https://edtechfactotum.com/flattening-the-online-education-curve/
uspol, COVID-19, kind of a hot take based on personal experience, widower
And based on the ones this vitriol is being directed towards, you know they're going to be stacked among the "haves" as opposed to the "have nots." Their experience with COVID-19 is less likely to kill them than it is to sap resources away from others who also need treatment.
Because 'murica.
uspol, COVID-19, kind of a hot take based on personal experience, widower
As someone who lost his wife due to a serious illness and came darned close to it more than once (including a 10 month hospital stay due to pneumonia that cost her a kidney transplant) before the end came, I do not wish COVID-19 on anyone.
No, not even [person].
No, not even after [horrible thing person did].
You do you, but don't expect me to ever agree. There's enough hatred in the world without me adding to it.
My school system is running a digital film festival and several of my students have videos featured in the Middle School categories!
Voting is open to everyone, and anyone can vote once per category per day.
Please share. Voting ENDS on TUESDAY, April 14 at 11:59pm.
he/him
Media Arts & Tech #Teacher, Gamer (@Crash), Social Justice Paladin, Widower. 📷 🎥 🎙 🕹
Support Public #Education