💞 This week's #MercherMindful falls on #InternationalWomensDay with the #EmbraceEquity theme.

Equality is what strive for; embracing equity is how we are #mindful that not everyone starts with the same opportunities.

Check out the 100 #Welsh #Women list, created to mark the contributions of women who have made brilliant contributions to life in #Wales

https://www.100welshwomen.wales/

#IWD #WomensDay #MidweekMindful

See my next toot for inspirational women you can follow right here on Tŵt!

good morning ☕
#midweekmindful #coffee

💞 This week's #MercherMindful falls on #DyddGwylDewi - #StDavidsDay - a day of cultural celebration in #Cymru #Wales

"Gwnewch y pethau bychain mewn bywyd" is a maxim of #DewiSant and means "do the the little things". David was a teetotal vegan ascetic who taught that it's the little things day to day that matter most.

One of the small things you can do today is #PlantATree with a free tree from @CoedCadw https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/plant-trees/wales-tree-giveaway/

#MidWeekMindful #Mindful #Community #DyddGwylDewiHapus

💞 This week's #MercherMindful is a reminder that if you see something you like, click that ⭐ favourite button.

This lets the author know you saw it, you read, and you liked it. No need to reply, no need to tell the world, just a little nod to say thanks for speaking up.

Let 'em know 🙏

#MidWeekMindful #Mindful #Community

💞 This week's #MercherMindful falls on #ThroughTheirHands - International Childhood #Cancer Day

Today is dedicated to helping raise awareness for childhood cancer and to help show support for young people that have been diagnosed.

This year, the #ICCD plan for action pays tribute to the positive impact of families and caregivers on the lives of children and adolescents with cancer.

Add your handprint of support to the 2,700 messages of support here: https://iccd.care/en-us/viewglobal

#MidWeekMindful

💞 This week's #MercherMindful falls on #Imbolc so you'll be seeing a lot of #snowdrops today!

This is a reminder that to help raise awareness for folks with vision issues, February will see images with no description temporarily blurred on Fridays 😱

Some servers are running on #FuzzyFridays, others for a week, others all month on what is being called #Feblurari

Read more about #AltText or join in here: https://blogs.toot.wales/toot/fuzzy-fridays

#MidWeekMindful #MastoMods #Blind #VisuallyImpaired #a11y

💞 This week's #MercherMindful falls on #DyddSantesDwynwen - a day to express love!

#AltText is wonderful way to show love to your Fediverse followers, but it's a new habit for some.

So, in Feb we will be starting #FuzzyFridays to help raise awareness - images with no caption will be temporarily blurred on Fridays 😱

If you'd like your server to participate hit reply and @ your admin

Read more about #AltText or join in #FuzzyFridays here: https://blogs.toot.wales/toot/fuzzy-fridays

#MidWeekMindful #MastoMods

💞 This week's #MercherMindful is @darth_mall 's review of their experience learning how best to use the CW feature when tooting.

"I’m not here to tell you how you should use content warnings. This is just an explanation of how I think about content warnings and how I use them."

https://darthmall.net/weblog/2022/mastodon-content-warnings/

#MidWeekMindful #MastoMods

💞 This week's #MercherMindful is a shortlist of how to approach social media without letting anxiety or insecurity creep in.

Nine #Mindful Social Media Practices That Will Make You a Happier Person

It's a five minute read that might help you reevaluate your relationship with doom scrolling:

https://tinybuddha.com/blog/9-mindful-social-media-practices-make-you-happier-person/

#MidWeekMindful #MastoMods

💞 This week's #MercherMindful is a follow-up to a message I posted yesterday describing how to report and block any toxic male behaviour.

As I am in no way the expert on this, I want to share some easy to read guidance on how to approach interactions with women online.

Here's a simple five minute read that seems to to do a great job:

How to Treat a Lady On the Internet – Since Some of You Need Instructions

https://everydayfeminism.com/2016/10/how-to-treat-women-online/

#MidWeekMindful #MastoMods

💞 This week's #MidWeekMindful is a day late but nonetheless, we're going to talk about describing images in your toots.

For this week's #MercherMindful I'm sharing some thoughts from @ppatel - a blind technologist, humanist, a voracious devourer of books.

His thread describing how best to add alternative text to images makes the Web better for everyone and can be found here:

https://mastodon.social/@ppatel/109371145817187752

This week's #MidWeekMindful is a day late but nonetheless, we're going to talk about describing images in your toots.

For this week's #MercherMindful I'm sharing some thoughts from @ppatel - a blind technologist, humanist, a voracious devourer of books.

His thread on adding alternative text to images makes the Web better for everyone and can be found here:

https://mastodon.social/@ppatel/109371145817187752

💞Trying something new:

Every Wednesday I'll post a little something using the hashtags #MercherMindful #MidweekMindful and I'll use it to share thoughts and spread some love from around the #Fediverse on what makes the community here so much more considerate and engaging than some other places.

For my first share, here's a fantastic five minute read from https://artisan.chat/@Curator on why CWs exist and how they can benefit you as a reader and as a writer:

https://wirebird.com/artidocs/content-warnings