Alex Dowson :printersrow:
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bigshoulders.city is a :chance: Chicago-focused Mastodon instance with a friendly local timeline and simple rules.

DM me for an invite if you're a current, former, or future Chicagoan (suburbs included :ctapurple: :ctayellow:).

I'm shouldering all costs right now, so if you like what we're doing, you can also buy me a coffee :darkmatter: at ko-fi.com/dowson.

Thanks! We :pizzaheart: you.

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Alex Dowson :printersrow:  

The fundraising goal on my ko-fi page would recoup the cost of my American citizenship application, which was ~very expensive~. I'm currently in pending status with USCIS with an estimated case completion date of November 2019. Thanks for helping!

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Alex Dowson :printersrow:  

I updated bigshoulders.city's Terms at bigshoulders.city/terms to include the following language:

"Whatever the intentions behind it, unsolicited advice—especially involving a user's health and wellness—is often indistinguishable from harassment and will be treated as such."

If you're unsure if a user is soliciting advice, best practice is to ask that user it's ok to give a recommendation.

Only You Can Prevent Reply Guyism!*

*Also, I can, because I can ban you. :pizzaheart:

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@alex Which flag is this? It's seriously hurting my eyes right now :s

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Alex Dowson :printersrow:  

@trwnh Chicago’s, of course!

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infinite love Ⴟ  

@alex Well... much love for the city, but unfortunately, when scaled down to emojo size, the red and blue starts to blend together and look more like chromatic aberration than a flag!

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bigshoulders.city

bigshoulders.city is a Mastodon instance for Chicagoans current, former, and future.1 Its name comes from Carl Sandburg, who once compared ships pulling out to “mastodons, arising from lethargic sleep.”2

Our goal for bigshoulders.city is to build a community of friends and neighbors across the Windy City. Toot your pho place recommendations, meet-up ideas (like at the mastodon exhibit at the Field!), pothole gripes, creative dibs, and cross-town baseball taunts—whatever you want, as long it abides by our short and sweet content policy.

For now, membership in bigshoulders.city is subject to approval. if you don’t have an invite or referral, email our admin with a Toot-length intro.3

Membership is also free: hosting, administration, and domain registration are provided by our admin. Right now that runs about $100 a year, not counting labor. You can buy him a coffee if you like.

Boundless credit to our sister instances in Portland and Philadelphia for inspiration.

1. For the purpose of inclusivity, bigshoulders.city includes greater Chicagoland in its definition of "Chicago," though you personally should never do that.
2. From “Docks,” in Chicago Poems, 1916. Rejected URLs included noketchup.dogs, woptheb.am, dibs.team, and malort.report.
3. No more than 500 characters.

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