news for us trans people
@heatherhorns_lite Everyone, remember to check state and local laws since those supersede federal, no matter what the orange pissbaby thinks
selling a UPS 850VA
@retrotechtive Don't suppose you've got any business out west any time soon? That looks like a good replacement for my aging one but I'm out in the WDG area and can't travel
@deejvalen it's the fucking arirals again
Today when explaining open source and free software for the first time to a student, I also had to explain that Richard Stallman is NOT safe and any organization that hosts him is also not safe.
It pains me that so many organizations enabled Stallman for so long, more interested in protecting abusers than advancing software freedom.
The Free Software movement didn't have to be Omelas, and many good people fought for it to be better, but that's what the FSF chose. 😢
@natematias Thanks for fighting the good fight and spreading the word. The more people are aware of his actions, the less they'll accept him and his enablers.
Morning chat! It's snowing a lot outside. I wish I could just sip hot chocolate and relax, but I still have packing to do!
Thankfully I have @ManaMistwalker to help me~
...Assuming she stops playing with the boxes.
Oh nice, Mastodon is getting an alt text reminder.
Curious if a correlation I've noticed would appear in a poll, so:
SiIvagunner is a YouTube channel known for uploading what appear to be video game OST tracks per the titles and thumbnails, but are almost exclusively bait-and-switch jokes that start as the song you expect but quickly morph into something else, usually another song in that game's soundfont and often some kind of meme (most infamously the Flintstones theme, but there are many such gags)
How do you feel about this?
i know it’s a long shot but if anyone is in southern ontario and has a wood stove pls hmu. or like send me some money to put toward buying one if u got it, even though i know it’s just a buncha queers passing the same $20 around on this corner of the fedded verse
update this one looks to be about $600 in canadian monopoly money https://www.canadiantire.ca/en/pdp/us-stove-company-cast-iron-wood-stove-epa-2020-certified-small-900-sq-ft-0641923p.html
so let’s say uhhh
$50/500 usd raised
i will make you a drawing if you donate!!
thoughtless AI thought
@misnina The best mechanical turk
of course if the AI craze just died altogether and we went back to paying real people for real work directly that'd be even better
Bookshop, the anti-amazon that gives $$ to local bookstores with every sale, now has ebooks. That’s a big deal: https://bookshop.org/info/ebooks
hi chat i'm opening for comms as part of my February batch!!
if interested, here's the links to each form
Full body: https://forms.gle/vUracPyWo9wNBJ4n8
Portrait: https://forms.gle/yPJeMeTLCGCQKYGt7
forms will be open for about a week-ish!
additional details:
- you may notice some of my usual options are missing (character sheets for example). they are not available this run
- please check my ToS and Pricing, they have recently been updated
- any other questions feel free to DM me here and i'll respond asap
#commissions #CommissionsOpen #furry #furryart #art #mastoart
Y'all, if you're aged 16–25, are not employed full-time, and are interested in learning rare trades, then there are scholarships available¹ at the Australian Centre for Rare Arts and Forgotten Trades in Ballarat (Vic, Aust)
Courses include blacksmithing, silversmithing, longbow making, bobbin lacing, leadlight restoration, stoneworking, leatherworking, weaving, coopering, armour making, and LOTS more²
#Melbourne #Narrm #Ballarat #RareTrades
¹ https://www.raretradescentre.com.au/youth-scholarship-program/
I'm Elfi! I'm a fair folk, magical moth, greyace girl, greenhorn gamedev, part-time dream dragon, in my thirties and , and ADHD+ASD+EDS. Disclosure: white
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