Am I supposed to introduce myself and #introduction ?..I confess I have never known how to use the social internet properly and the Fediverse confuses me a bit, but I feel strongly in the need to carve out alternative social spaces on the Internet.
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Am I supposed to introduce myself and #introduction ?..I confess I have never known how to use the social internet properly and the Fediverse confuses me a bit, but I feel strongly in the need to carve out alternative social spaces on the Internet. So excuse any social faux pas on my part. I am an educator and musician in New Zealand with a passion for writing complaint letters, bringing the social sciences into everything and dreaming of a world where we radically take care of each other.
@Torithom Was in a bookshop today and saw a book on the effect of music upon us. So often education systems marginalise the arts with no research to back that attitude.
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@pinky I will! I've seen some of those posts and NZ isn't actually this cute quaint utopia (especially as someone who has never lived in a small town). But I appreciate the musings.
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@Torithom Was in a bookshop today and saw a book on the effect of music upon us. So often education systems marginalise the arts with no research to back that attitude.
@NicelyManifest yes, I've seen a few books about that lately which I've been trying to get hold of! Especially where I am right now, as an arts educator advocacy for the arts existing at all is so prevalent. And yes, not evidence based grr.
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Am I supposed to introduce myself and #introduction ?..I confess I have never known how to use the social internet properly and the Fediverse confuses me a bit, but I feel strongly in the need to carve out alternative social spaces on the Internet. So excuse any social faux pas on my part. I am an educator and musician in New Zealand with a passion for writing complaint letters, bringing the social sciences into everything and dreaming of a world where we radically take care of each other.
@Torithom welcome.
The world is better for your expressed ambitions.
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@gardencat cool:) ... You might like my stuff since it kind of crosses over those. What's some good local jazz where you are? I don't do live much because of health but keen to see Waypeople -Jack Baxendale (alternative/ experimental jazz)
@Torithom
I volunteer at our jazz festival in the summer and at a local jazz space in the rest of the year. I also go out to concerts as much as I can. I hear a lot of great music, both local and international.This summer I will have the pleasure of putting both Bob James and Hiromi on stage on the same evening this summer at the festival. That should be quite an evening! (I volunteer as stage manager at the festival.)
My favorite concert in 2025 was a tribute to Oscar Peterson with two grand pianos and four pianists in a small intimate listening space to celebrate his 100th birthday.
I am sure I would enjoy your music.
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Am I supposed to introduce myself and #introduction ?..I confess I have never known how to use the social internet properly and the Fediverse confuses me a bit, but I feel strongly in the need to carve out alternative social spaces on the Internet. So excuse any social faux pas on my part. I am an educator and musician in New Zealand with a passion for writing complaint letters, bringing the social sciences into everything and dreaming of a world where we radically take care of each other.
@Torithom lovely introduction and welcome !
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@Torithom
I volunteer at our jazz festival in the summer and at a local jazz space in the rest of the year. I also go out to concerts as much as I can. I hear a lot of great music, both local and international.This summer I will have the pleasure of putting both Bob James and Hiromi on stage on the same evening this summer at the festival. That should be quite an evening! (I volunteer as stage manager at the festival.)
My favorite concert in 2025 was a tribute to Oscar Peterson with two grand pianos and four pianists in a small intimate listening space to celebrate his 100th birthday.
I am sure I would enjoy your music.
@gardencat
Canada by the way, I volunteered at Victoria BC Jazz festival a while back. I've added those to my listen list, the Oscar Peterson tribute sounds pretty amazing! My stuff is at linktr.ee/torithom but I'm releasing a parody of Paper Doll/ It's only a Paper Moon in a couple of weeks... A bit controversial in NZ with our copyright law but yeah it's jazzy 
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Am I supposed to introduce myself and #introduction ?..I confess I have never known how to use the social internet properly and the Fediverse confuses me a bit, but I feel strongly in the need to carve out alternative social spaces on the Internet. So excuse any social faux pas on my part. I am an educator and musician in New Zealand with a passion for writing complaint letters, bringing the social sciences into everything and dreaming of a world where we radically take care of each other.
@Torithom
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Am I supposed to introduce myself and #introduction ?..I confess I have never known how to use the social internet properly and the Fediverse confuses me a bit, but I feel strongly in the need to carve out alternative social spaces on the Internet. So excuse any social faux pas on my part. I am an educator and musician in New Zealand with a passion for writing complaint letters, bringing the social sciences into everything and dreaming of a world where we radically take care of each other.
@Torithom The Covid conscious people are active on the fediverse, helping each other deal with the world. Hashtags are free! Example hashtags are #CovidIsNotOver, #LongCovid, #COVIDisAirborne, #covid, #disability.
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@Torithom The Covid conscious people are active on the fediverse, helping each other deal with the world. Hashtags are free! Example hashtags are #CovidIsNotOver, #LongCovid, #COVIDisAirborne, #covid, #disability.
@Pollinators that is very cool! I've just been discussing the way the CC movements get fragmented as people boycott various platforms as they get messed up by billionaires, while others are to sick and tired to be bothered to move again. It's got a way to go but the Fediverse seems to offer a solution.
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Am I supposed to introduce myself and #introduction ?..I confess I have never known how to use the social internet properly and the Fediverse confuses me a bit, but I feel strongly in the need to carve out alternative social spaces on the Internet. So excuse any social faux pas on my part. I am an educator and musician in New Zealand with a passion for writing complaint letters, bringing the social sciences into everything and dreaming of a world where we radically take care of each other.
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@gardencat
Canada by the way, I volunteered at Victoria BC Jazz festival a while back. I've added those to my listen list, the Oscar Peterson tribute sounds pretty amazing! My stuff is at linktr.ee/torithom but I'm releasing a parody of Paper Doll/ It's only a Paper Moon in a couple of weeks... A bit controversial in NZ with our copyright law but yeah it's jazzy @Torithom
I volunteer with the Ottawa Jazz festival. It has been 32 years. Time flies when you are having a good time. I hope you enjoyed the Victoria festival!I see that there is a big risk that Victoria will lose Herman's. That would be very sad. It is so hard to keep live music venues alive.
I will check out your music. Thank you!
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Am I supposed to introduce myself and #introduction ?..I confess I have never known how to use the social internet properly and the Fediverse confuses me a bit, but I feel strongly in the need to carve out alternative social spaces on the Internet. So excuse any social faux pas on my part. I am an educator and musician in New Zealand with a passion for writing complaint letters, bringing the social sciences into everything and dreaming of a world where we radically take care of each other.
@Torithom Welcome to Mastodon. Yes, the platform is clunkier to use than others. So, I would suggest following @FediTips
FediTips posts lots of helpful things about using Mastodon, and there is a website where you can look things up.
Other tips:
- You can follow hashtags. It's a good way to get posts on your fave topics to show up in your feed.
- You have easy access to 3 different feeds (listed on the right side your screen). A) Home -- posts from accounts that you actually follow. B) Trending - popular posts from across the Fediverse. C) Live Feeds -- posts from accounts on the same server/instance your account is on.
If you post polite questions about hos to use anything, usually some nice person out there will step up with an answer. -
@Pollinators that is very cool! I've just been discussing the way the CC movements get fragmented as people boycott various platforms as they get messed up by billionaires, while others are to sick and tired to be bothered to move again. It's got a way to go but the Fediverse seems to offer a solution.
@Torithom There are people sharing access to long covid studies. You can follow people with one click!
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@Pollinators that is very cool! I've just been discussing the way the CC movements get fragmented as people boycott various platforms as they get messed up by billionaires, while others are to sick and tired to be bothered to move again. It's got a way to go but the Fediverse seems to offer a solution.
@Torithom An example is @tomkindlon
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Am I supposed to introduce myself and #introduction ?..I confess I have never known how to use the social internet properly and the Fediverse confuses me a bit, but I feel strongly in the need to carve out alternative social spaces on the Internet. So excuse any social faux pas on my part. I am an educator and musician in New Zealand with a passion for writing complaint letters, bringing the social sciences into everything and dreaming of a world where we radically take care of each other.
Welcome. If you find something confusing, just ask.
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@Torithom Welcome to Mastodon. Yes, the platform is clunkier to use than others. So, I would suggest following @FediTips
FediTips posts lots of helpful things about using Mastodon, and there is a website where you can look things up.
Other tips:
- You can follow hashtags. It's a good way to get posts on your fave topics to show up in your feed.
- You have easy access to 3 different feeds (listed on the right side your screen). A) Home -- posts from accounts that you actually follow. B) Trending - popular posts from across the Fediverse. C) Live Feeds -- posts from accounts on the same server/instance your account is on.
If you post polite questions about hos to use anything, usually some nice person out there will step up with an answer. -
@MrAndrewD I was writing letters to the government to stop ignoring Long Covid but then I ran out of energy (ironically). In reality all I can do as little chips away at things rather than achieve concrete results on my own, but I did manage to get my building to put a bench in the foyer for people to sit on rather than the floor. A small win but a tangeable one!
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@Pollinators that is very cool! I've just been discussing the way the CC movements get fragmented as people boycott various platforms as they get messed up by billionaires, while others are to sick and tired to be bothered to move again. It's got a way to go but the Fediverse seems to offer a solution.
@Torithom @Pollinators
There's also a Long Covid group,
!@longcovidIf you add that user id to your post (remove the ! in front) that post will be sent to folks following that group.
You can browse posts here (hope I got this link right):
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Am I supposed to introduce myself and #introduction ?..I confess I have never known how to use the social internet properly and the Fediverse confuses me a bit, but I feel strongly in the need to carve out alternative social spaces on the Internet. So excuse any social faux pas on my part. I am an educator and musician in New Zealand with a passion for writing complaint letters, bringing the social sciences into everything and dreaming of a world where we radically take care of each other.
@Torithom I dream of that world, too.
