Posts by elonjames@mastodon.art
 (DIR) Post #APXKScPOl8F6SDYu3c by elonjames@mastodon.art
       2022-11-12T18:18:23Z
       
       0 likes, 1 repeats
       
       I was part of the folks who were on the ground back in #Ferguson in 2014. Twitter didn’t spawn that movement. It was the people on the ground that used Twitter to start that movement. We literally changed who voices that were trusted. All of a sudden news accounts became noise. It was that person who you saw live-streaming from the protest that you trusted. We literally shifted power w/ no check marks. I think that can happen anywhere. Including #Mastodon.
       
 (DIR) Post #APXKShVxm9SsI1fiU4 by elonjames@mastodon.art
       2022-11-12T18:30:09Z
       
       0 likes, 0 repeats
       
       My goal on #Mastodon is to find community like many of us did on the bird site. Once we adapt to this platform a bit & start connecting with each other I think amazing things could happen. But it’s going to require culture shifts. I would hope that some orgs would invest in instances to help create an infrastructure that facilitates community and rapid messaging. I plan to start a server soon and invest in what I think is a genuine chance for something new and even better than what we had.
       
 (DIR) Post #APXdoNOd9atTOUI7aS by elonjames@mastodon.art
       2022-11-12T18:13:52Z
       
       1 likes, 0 repeats
       
       @mekkaokereke I believe it’s possible. The bird site didn’t create BLM. It was the folks on the street who took their passion and fight to the site. If more and more voices arrive here on #Mastodon this place could absolutely be a platform of social change. But it will also require changes in the culture here. If The Fed servers that are pro social change are all linked up and all the folks migrating here engage like on the bird site? Amazing things can happen. I believe.
       
 (DIR) Post #APbUGDV5JmY3twmpLU by elonjames@mastodon.art
       2022-11-12T20:29:41Z
       
       0 likes, 1 repeats
       
       #RealTalk: Until there’s punishment for calling the cops on Black folks simply existing, they will keep calling the cops. Had the nerve to mention she was wearing a hoodie. 😤“There’s a little Black woman, walking, spraying stuff on the sidewalks and trees, I don’t know what the hell she’s doing; it scares me though.” - A 9-Year-Old Girl Whose Neighbor Called The Police On Her For Catching Lanternflieshttps://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/stefficao/new-jersey-girl-spotted-latternfly-police