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tortie<p>Three Good Things </p><p>1. I was in the right place at the right time and had the right knowledge to help a complete stranger (while his little grandson watched). It felt really, really, good. <br>2. See number 1<br>3. See number 1</p><p><a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Gratitude" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gratitude</span></a> <br><a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/3GoodThings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>3GoodThings</span></a> <br><a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/ThreeGoodThings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ThreeGoodThings</span></a> <br><a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/3GuteDinge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>3GuteDinge</span></a><br><a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/DreiGuteDinge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DreiGuteDinge</span></a><br><a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/PositiveDinge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PositiveDinge</span></a><br><a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/PositiveThings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PositiveThings</span></a><br><a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Kindness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kindness</span></a><br><a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Strangers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Strangers</span></a></p>
LisaH<p>A nice story about fish and the random people online who help them migrate </p><p>I needed this today! <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TimelineCleanser" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TimelineCleanser</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ecology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ecology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/humankindness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>humankindness</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/kindness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kindness</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/technology4good" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>technology4good</span></a></p><p><a href="https://apnews.com/article/fish-doorbell-netherlands-internet-streaming-f09da0435a61e88a1d7b0372920bb7da" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/fish-doorbe</span><span class="invisible">ll-netherlands-internet-streaming-f09da0435a61e88a1d7b0372920bb7da</span></a></p><p><a href="https://visdeurbel.nl/en/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">visdeurbel.nl/en/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Wen<p>Well some good news for a change. People are generally kind, and even if it took Covid to remind us all, we continue to try to do the best for our communities.</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2025/mar/20/covid-benevolence-bump-endures-kindness-10-higher-before-2020" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2</span><span class="invisible">025/mar/20/covid-benevolence-bump-endures-kindness-10-higher-before-2020</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Kindness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kindness</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Optimism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Optimism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/RealHumanity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RealHumanity</span></a></p>
Neil Brown<p>I guess that "bare minimum" alt-text is better than no alt-text.</p><p>But giving people who can't view images high quality alt-text - a chance to enjoy an image properly - is (to me) just part of treating people kindly.</p><p>It takes but a few seconds to type an extra sentence or two.</p><blockquote><p>Bad alt text: "Cat"</p><p>Good alt text: "A tabby cat sitting on a windowsill, looking out the window with its tail curled around its body."</p></blockquote><p><a href="https://www.rnib.org.uk/campaign-with-us/alt-text-campaign/how-can-i-write-alt-text/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">rnib.org.uk/campaign-with-us/a</span><span class="invisible">lt-text-campaign/how-can-i-write-alt-text/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.neilzone.co.uk/tags/accessibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>accessibility</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.neilzone.co.uk/tags/kindness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kindness</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.neilzone.co.uk/tags/alttext" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>alttext</span></a></p>
Ian Kremer<p>Although they often are a struggle, positivity and empathy are vital in <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/caregiving" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>caregiving</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Alzheimers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Alzheimers</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/dementia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dementia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/kindness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kindness</span></a></p>
Valerie Roney<p>Pharmacist just delivered my meds. ...and a hug. <br>Kindness is real, yo! <br><a href="https://disabled.social/tags/kindness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kindness</span></a></p>
Sarah | Time for Kindness<p>“We misjudged how long it would take us to get to Birmingham but the Travelodge receptionist let us check in early for free so we could settle in and relax before going out to the event we were there for.”</p><p>What a great example of kindness in business - have you experienced anything like this recently?</p><p><a href="https://kind.social/tags/Birmingham" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Birmingham</span></a> <a href="https://kind.social/tags/Kindness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kindness</span></a></p>
Melinda J Kelly<p>Kindness - let it break out everywhere.<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/kindness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kindness</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/thoughtfulness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>thoughtfulness</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/others" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>others</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/better" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>better</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/real" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>real</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/affection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>affection</span></a></p>
Will 🏳️‍🌈<p>I was watching the State of the City 2025 presentation for Fort Collins, Colorado yesterday. I was very impressed that they repeatedly said that kindness is a major value point that they use when deciding priorities and projects. And the City Manager and Mayor both went out of their ways to celebrate the city workers, each other, and the community as a whole.</p><p>Can't say I've ever heard that from a government before in my neck of the woods.</p><p>My kind of place....</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73Bo90oI_kQ&amp;list=WL&amp;index=25" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=73Bo90oI_k</span><span class="invisible">Q&amp;list=WL&amp;index=25</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Colorado" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Colorado</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/FortCollins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FortCollins</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Kindness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kindness</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/CivicPride" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CivicPride</span></a></p>
Valerie Roney<p>This is your random reminder all this mastodon awesomeness happens because of volunteer admins/mods, and donation-funded server costs. </p><p>So take a moment to toss some coin to your server if needed. ✨🪙</p><p>Or you can donate to smaller instances representing more marginalized groups that need an extra bump to get through. </p><p>Like the very awesome well cared for instance I do all my tooting from: </p><p><a href="https://www.patreon.com/disabledsocial" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">patreon.com/disabledsocial</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> </p><p><a href="https://disabled.social/tags/disabledSocial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disabledSocial</span></a> <a href="https://disabled.social/tags/mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://disabled.social/tags/kindness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kindness</span></a></p>
Quercus ⚫🟣⚪🟡<p>The family group/tribe is built on mutual support, but the modern conservative version is transactional, based on membership and loyalty. Actions that look like kindness are in reality actions to reinforce tribal loyalty. I think this is why so many people in conservative communties, who are trapped in entirely conservative information spaces, have a hard time breaking free. They see examples of community support as affirmations of their community goodness, and this narrative is drummed into them constantly. Conservative leaders have the advantage of labeling any disruptive people or ideas as 'foreign' and a threat, even if from within the community, so that they never even have to engage with new ideas on merit.</p><p>Kindness isnt a relevant trait to their tribal functioning, because the ability to be unkind and cruel to people who arent toeing the tribal line is necessary to upholding 'family law'. Kindness in others undermines their attempts to police peoples behavior (this is why its so important that men are in charge). Therefore, not only is kindness devalued, it is actively persecuted as a threat to conservative values. And that is only treatment of your in-group. If you reject kindness internally, imagine how easy it is to subject an out-group to cruel inhumanity. You can literally justify anything. What is horrifying is the degree to which everyday members of conservative communities have become willfully blind to the terrible treatment of others in order to hang on to an image of community goodness. I have witnessed far too much of this in my life.</p><p>Its worth stating that the left has its own, different kind of tribalism. They embrace kindness but there is a lot of pressure to prove the right kind of worth. It has a distinctly multicultural, anti-authoritarian tribalism, where the rules of the tribe are under constant negotiation. This makes communicating a platform challenging. Its a lot simpler for conservative platforms whose rules come from demagogues and an old book.</p><p>The flaw of designing a system without compassion is that the cruelty eventually becomes impossible to hide from the tribe, and the cruelty comes for everyone. <a href="https://beige.party/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/disability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disability</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/sociology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sociology</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/anthropology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>anthropology</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/kindness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kindness</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/geopol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>geopol</span></a></p>

Hello Lovely Peeps! 👋

One way or another, connection & community has been pretty much ever-present on my mind lately.

Please know how much I love every single one of your stories - even the friendly interactions between mutuals on my timeline. 🤩

Some are downright awe-inspiring! At the very least, they are heart-warming, & so often I also realise 'Oooh, I / we could do something like that here!' 🥰

*Please* keep sharing them!

Wherever you are and whatever your circumstances, may you find that connection, community, and kindness. 🙏

May you have enough, and may you pass it on. 💛

Much 💕 to you all and may you have a good week. 😊

“I went to London on Friday 14th Feb, and purchased 1200€ in cash from the foreign exchange bureau at Victoria station. I then went for a lovely lunch in Farringdon. We got the train home to Brighton early evening.

On arriving home I checked my handbag and realised that the money was not in my bag. Panic set in, after a sleepless night, I called the foreign exchange bureau first thing. They hadn’t heard anything but I left my contact details.

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What did you do today to resist cruelty and help make the world a little better?

(Choose as many as you like, but doom-posting on social media doesn't count.)

Thank you all for participating in last nights meaningful poll!

Each of the words you chose holds such deep significance and speaks to the goodness we all can bring to the world. Whether it’s Kindness, Morality, Responsibility, Honesty, or Tolerance, these values have the power to create positive change in our communities and beyond.

The word that resonated most with you all here is “KINDNESS”– a beautiful reflection of how many of us strive to make a difference in the lives of others.

Today, I’ll teach you how to say this word in Hebrew. It’s inspiring to see so many of us sharing these gifts of goodness. Let’s continue to spread kindness, morality, responsibility, honesty, and tolerance in everything we do.

Stay tuned for today’s lesson, and thank you again for sharing your thoughts! 💫

Continued thread

Similarly, I wonder about posting when we **experience** kindness… not just being kind but also receiving kindness

When was the last time a stranger, neighbor or loved one unexpectedly did something kind for you?

For me: A friend started emailing me her thoughts of “If we were together right now, here’s what I would say or ask you…” Very deep sharing, not usually done over email

Tell me one kind thing that has happened to you recently; or maybe it’s a memory