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David Gerhart
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Childless cat herder. Tiny Farmer. Tone Junkie.

Tech refugee. Emancipated Entrepreneur. Analyst.
KK7WXV

Fair weather rider, all weather friend. Recovering […]

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Reposted by David Gerhart
"If any of the work, that any of us do, contributes to the stretching of culture, the stretching of boundaries of empathy that’s expected of an audience… that’s the holy grail."

—Riz Ahmed

#Acting #coaching #inspiration #actingcoach #actingcoaching #actorslife
December 26, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Reposted by David Gerhart
Anyway, I'm shaken by this, as are many of my academic friends and colleagues. Not just for the horrible violence and senseless death on our campuses, but also because we all know someone who Claudio Neves Valente reminds us of.
December 20, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Gave again. And since #kamalaharris became a candidate? It's adding up!

Y'all? Keep giving to @heidilifeldman's #mastodonforharris ActBlue page.

#election2024 is the most important ever. #democracy is on the ballot.

#harriswalz2024 #voteblue

https://secure.actblue.com/donate/mastodon-for-harris
October 14, 2024 at 3:54 PM
October 1, 2024 at 1:37 AM
Couple of ideas...

#paywall functions behind social media links. Aggravating #clickbait

A #mastodon feature that can sense the popup and report it in the UI first -- label the embed expressing the existence of the paywall in the content?

And another thing.

An #activitypub #socialmedia […]
Original post on fosstodon.org
fosstodon.org
August 21, 2024 at 3:16 PM
Reposted by David Gerhart
I continue to reach out to individuals at Harris for President to urge them to heed the Mastodon for Harris Walz fundraising and establish a presence on Mastodon. Today, I realized I could message the campaign’s account on LinkedIn. See the photo for what I wrote. cc @kamalaharrisforpresidentnews
August 20, 2024 at 7:55 PM
Gives me pleasure to know that every mailing I get from the #nra and from #tfg is an opportunity for me to waste #gop time and resources.

Several strategies that entice the correspondence.

Also, I get an inside view.

#harris #harriswalz2024
August 20, 2024 at 7:18 PM
Reposted by David Gerhart
I keep hearing that both the convicted felon/child rapist candidate for the GOP has to stick to polilcy and that Kamala Harris has to tell us more about policy.

Call me crazy, but I do believe I know what the policy directions are for both.

Trump: Keep me out of jail so I can keep grifting […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
August 20, 2024 at 4:00 PM
@davidtoddmccarty

Watched the #DemocraticConvention

Like:

A multi-course, family style meal with with many friends.

Coming home after a too long absence, like a great evening conversation with colleagues, dogs at our feet and cool drinks under the stars.

A welcome change in the weather […]
Original post on fosstodon.org
fosstodon.org
August 20, 2024 at 3:18 PM
Reposted by David Gerhart
I had no idea how much I needed the catharsis that tonight’s Democratic Convention provided in its build up and thank you for Joe Biden’s unselfish sacrifice for the good of our country.

It rekindles hope.

What an incredible night. What a chathartic moment of history we are living in and […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
August 20, 2024 at 4:35 AM
Reposted by David Gerhart
Watching #harris speak in Pittsburgh. She said about democracy: “There’s a duality about it. It is incredibly strong when it is intact. It protects the freedoms and liberties of its people. But it is also fragile, because it is only as strong as our willingness to fight for it.”
Exactly right […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
August 18, 2024 at 7:13 PM
Reposted by David Gerhart
The lawyers on the #harriswalz team will not charge for all the hours they put in. But the young lawyers especially cannot write off their time - they have student loan debt, young families, mortgages - all the usual expenses that have to be met. We have to help #harriswalz2024 pay for the very […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
August 18, 2024 at 8:46 PM
Okay, so bulk mail comes to the PO Box, mass marketing. These images are front and back of the invitation to a "Seminar and Meal."

I'm asking the designer - are you sure this is appealing?
August 18, 2024 at 3:50 PM
Reposted by David Gerhart
Have now opened 7 Mastodon PRs in the last week for improvements to the Moderation UI, plus started two drafts.

Whew! There's a lot of low hanging fruit in the reported issues for moderation, and it just takes time to process, triage, and get to implementing all those things and plug the […]
Original post on hachyderm.io
hachyderm.io
August 17, 2024 at 10:44 PM
August 17, 2024 at 7:33 PM
#2amoderates should think about what it may mean to protect their communities from domestic enemies.

Police and government agencies cannot be trusted to do their duty...

#harriswalz2024 #mastodonforharris

https://www.propublica.org/article/inside-secret-ap3-militia-american-patriots-three-percent
August 17, 2024 at 3:23 PM
Reposted by David Gerhart
I'm trying to find the owners of these domains:

- socialweb.org
- activitypub.org

if you know who they are, please dm me!

i do not need generic instructions on contacting the owner of a domain, thank you.
August 16, 2024 at 5:41 PM
@exvangelical

18 minutes to re-encounter actual Christianity.

James Talarico on the wrongness of Christian Nationalism

https://youtu.be/Blph_2RSBno?feature=shared
August 16, 2024 at 7:08 PM
It's no use, I tell them. "I'll just jump to a new domain, so discontinue your interest in my musings."

This is how I've been able to record content to my #webpresence and avoid most notice. Indexing off.

Since 2004, #wordpress has permitted me to domain hop with my content in tow. Some I […]
Original post on fosstodon.org
fosstodon.org
August 16, 2024 at 6:09 PM
@gfarrell Huge thanks!

"Cockwomble" Scottish word for...

Noun: A person, usually male, prone to making outrageously stupid statements and/or inappropriate behavior while generally having a very high opinion of their own wisdom and importance.

So desperately appropos...

#harriswalz2024 […]
Original post on fosstodon.org
fosstodon.org
August 16, 2024 at 4:59 PM
#4:20

😉
August 14, 2024 at 11:21 PM
Reposted by David Gerhart
Deleting my old tweets, 4,400 down, of 53,000 or so.

elon won't be able to run ads against them anymore.

#socialmedia
August 14, 2024 at 11:18 PM
August 14, 2024 at 12:11 AM
August 12, 2024 at 9:57 PM
Intentionally Deplorable.

#indep

#hrc drank the #jfk cool-aid:

"Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country."

Indeps: Those who are: Disposed to deliberately offensive, selfish confrontation.

This goes both ways, doesn’t it?

Whatever we protest against? […]
Original post on fosstodon.org
fosstodon.org
August 11, 2024 at 6:09 PM