Yeah, and honestly the only reason I'm comfortable even just talking about all this publicly is that -- I want Mastodon to be thing thing, including, and perhaps especially for black folks, and if you're a public-ish face of blackness here, I have to call it out.
(Had a bad feeling about him when he did a real childish thing when we were discussing something else; he did a "hey everyone, look at the sellout!")
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