[-] ada@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

I haven't banned a single person over 196 changes. I don't moderate 196 and I haven't banned anyone from 196 (except as a side effect of banning them from the whole instance).

I don't know what you think happened, but community or instance banning folk for community specific events is not something I do.

[-] ada@lemmy.blahaj.zone 19 points 21 hours ago

You're not going to end the oligarchy on a VC funded social media platform.

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submitted 1 week ago by ada@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/birds@lemmy.world

Auckland, New Zealand - February 2024

#bird #birds #sparrow #PasserDomesticus

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submitted 2 weeks ago by ada@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/birds@lemmy.world

A turkey in a tree! This guy was settling in for the night as I came along with my camera

Image description: A scrub turkey, surrounded by leaves, sitting in a tree

Kedron Brook, Brisbane, Australia - January 2025

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The current mods are long term inactive. I'm looking for one or two new mods to take over the community. Bonus points if you have a blåhaj account.

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For those who don't want to follow the existing 196 community move, some community members have made an alternative community on blahaj.zone

I am not directly involved in the new community, but I'm happy to share it for those looking for a blahaj based alternative.

!onehundredninetysix@lemmy.blahaj.zone

[-] ada@lemmy.blahaj.zone 160 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

I thought this was meant to be on good terms? What about your post is fostering good will? It's nothing but trashing on me...

To be clear, every post and user I removed was due to queerphobia, transphobia, trolling or spam, issues that broke the instances rules. Some of that bigotry was was implicit rather than explicit, like dog whistles, tone policing etc. Some of it was the "just asking questions" transphobia that pervades most corporate owned social media spaces.

This is the way I have moderated this instance from before the time I handed this community to moss. When lemmy was just taking off, I asked for people to mod the 196 community after it was abandoned by its original creators, and passed it over to moss when she raised her hand.

So if the goal is for this to be civil, maybe don't paint me as the bad guy for moderating in a way I have done from before your community was created here. What feels like "moderating by vibes" to you, is lengthy experience with community development, and a decade navigating queer and gender diverse communities, and knowing what I want from them. As moss said, this is ideological differences in how low grade transphobia and queerphobia should be dealt with. moss is ok with community pushback for the low grade stuff rather than moderation, whereas I'll just remove it.

That's what I wouldn't compromise on, and that has been the way the instance has run for years now.

It feels like every time I extend 196 a hand, you bite it. I gave the community to moss and started this whole thing. I told another instance admin no when they asked 196 to remove their banner. moss then went and leaked the DMs from said admin, forcing me to remove the post, and then had a public complaint session about me for removing the post.

I have asked 196 for years now to have an active blahaj.zone mod so that someone can deal with the blahaj.zone reports that constantly come through and build up, but still, the best we got were mods with alt accounts that get checked every couple of days, leaving me to deal with the build up of reports on 196. Sometimes they would hang around there for days while I waited for a 196 mod to log in and look at them. And because you don't like the way I deal with them, you drag me over the coals for my moderation style, despite no one from 196 stepping up to deal with those reports on a regular basis.

I was told that you were thinking about moving to another instance. I offered my support if you decided to stay or to leave. And that was the last I heard of it, until one of your mods (possibly you if I remember correctly) told the community you were organising something with lemmy.world, and I had to hear that second hand. And then, when things were finalised and the decision to move was locked in, once more, I heard about it second hand, after your team made a public post, because no one from 196 could be bothered to tell me before posting.

So no, you don't get to paint me as the unreasonable admin who moderates by "vibes". If you want to point the finger at me, at least own your own mistakes, rather than asking for good will and civility and then dumping on me when the chance presents itself.

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Neopronouns are not trolling (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by ada@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/main@lemmy.blahaj.zone

I've been waiting until after Christmas day to make this post, but some of our communities recently have had a lot of noise and upset over someone that uses neopronouns that most people are unfamiliar with.

So I want to make this clear. A persons pronouns are to be respected. This is true when the user is using neopronouns that you're unfamiliar with. It's true even if you think someone is trolling. Pronouns are not rewards for good behaviour. They aren't only to be respected when you like the person you're interacting with, or if their pronouns "make sense" to you. Trolls, spammers, twitter users, it doesn't matter who they are, your options are to respect their pronouns, or to not engage with them.

I really want to re-iterate the importance of this. Gender diverse folk are undermined, invalidated and questioned at every step of our lives. As a community, we need to be working to undo that, not creating more of it, and that means there is no space for treating pronouns (including neopronouns) as a reward for good behaviour.

This isn't a free reign for trolls and spammers. The rules still apply. Trolling, spamming, etc will continue to be dealt with, but it's not an excuse to act as if respecting someones pronouns is optional.

[-] ada@lemmy.blahaj.zone 170 points 2 months ago

Trans people

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submitted 5 months ago by ada@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/pics@lemmy.world
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Nicolás Mihanovich [OC] (live.staticflickr.com)
submitted 5 months ago by ada@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/pics@lemmy.world

Nicolás Mihanovich, an abandoned cruise ship sits moored on the bank of Rio Iguazú, Puerto Iguazú, Argentina, at the apex of the borders between Argentina, Paraguay and Brasil.

It was originally designed as a luxury ferry between Argentina and Uruguay, but plans were made to turn it in to a floating Casino. The plans stalled, and now the ship sits, largely abandoned

Image description: An abandoned cruise ship sits moored on the bank of Rio Iguazú. The riverbank is steep, and covered with greenery. The ship itself is 6 stories in height and white in colour, but discoloured by water stains and rust

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submitted 5 months ago by ada@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/pics@lemmy.world
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Meanjin [OC] (live.staticflickr.com)
submitted 5 months ago by ada@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/pics@lemmy.world

Image description: A long exposure of the Brisbane River of an evening, just before Riverfire. The photo is taken from near the base of the Kangaroo Point side of the Captain Cook bridge, showing the curve of the river, with Brisbane City on the left bank, and the Kangaroo Point cliffs visible on the right bank.

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submitted 5 months ago by ada@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/pics@lemmy.world
[-] ada@lemmy.blahaj.zone 116 points 6 months ago

No Flash, No Java, No Websocket, No Bullshit.

No Australia

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submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by ada@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/trans@lemmy.blahaj.zone

For those of you who don't know, the Blahaj Zone admin team runs a matrix space for gender diverse folk. Similar to lemmy, it's designed with a few "official" channels, but is otherwise a community curated space, with channels run by our members. You don't have to be a blahaj zone user to join.

If you're already a matrix user, you can head straight to our application room https://matrix.to/#/#gv-apply:chat.blahaj.zone, or by searching for #gv-apply:chat.blahaj.zone from within your matrix client.

If you're new to matrix, you can find some more details and an instruction video on how to get up and running here https://chat.blahaj.zone/c/genderverse/

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Mine! [OC] (live.staticflickr.com)
submitted 6 months ago by ada@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/pics@lemmy.world

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/15145486

A Silver Gull (Larus novaehollandiae) catches a chip from mid air at South Bank, Brisbane, Australia, August 2024

[-] ada@lemmy.blahaj.zone 119 points 11 months ago

Trans people

[-] ada@lemmy.blahaj.zone 121 points 1 year ago

I don't know about beautiful data. That's scary data :/

[-] ada@lemmy.blahaj.zone 113 points 1 year ago

Artificial scarcity (invites) and VC funding

[-] ada@lemmy.blahaj.zone 114 points 2 years ago

I'm the admin :P

[-] ada@lemmy.blahaj.zone 100 points 2 years ago

I feel like I need to do more than just post a picture. In this case, the picture really does tell the story in a lot of ways, but still, there was a lot of pain and trauma that led me to this point.

I started off depressed and angry, lost in life, knowing what I needed to do, but feeling like it wasn't something I could do. And when I finally accepted that I could do it, years went in to it. A quick photo makes it look like a magical transformation, but there was close to 10 years between those photos, and a lot of self discovery, self exploration and pain. As well as joy, and surprises.

[-] ada@lemmy.blahaj.zone 135 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Where I started

Where I started

Where I ended up

Where I ended up

Image descriptions

1st image: - A heavy set person who appears to be a man, in baggy jeans and a t-shirt, leaning against a wooden handrail, holding a laser skirmish gun

2nd image: A curly haired woman in makeup, wearing a teal coloured dress

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