Elfififififififi... @elfi@pixie.town

So, here's my recommendation: don't use Ventoy.

The community will threaten you if you ever leave.

The patron
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The alien came to the library again, shortly before closing time, and quickly found a book.

"May this entity borrow The Complete History of Knitting?"

They always return the book they borrow after five minutes, but the ritual of checking it out seems important to them.

"Of course. Did you bring your card?"
1/5

And
it
IS
LIVE!!!

Foxblade Fable Demo early preview build is now available for Roll 10 patrons and above!! Go check it out!!!

https://www.patreon.com/posts/its-here-fable-1-109479916?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link

#gamedev #indiegame #rpg #jrpg #furry #foxbladefable #patreon

Me watching Patlabor with my GF

My entry to Assembly Summer fast graphics, which unfortunately didn't qualify this year.

The local Blues Brother cover band absolutely understood the assignment. #vermont

A large number of my mutuals will be amused by this.

'tis the season for spooks and ghouls

Okay, story time. I was asked for the tale of my laser eye injury, so here you go. I'm fine. Customers were fine. No children were harmed. The only victims were me and Bob's career. https://www.funraniumlabs.com/2024/07/how-i-got-my-laser-eye-injury/

Just remembered that this is the last day of July 🤯

First a summary, jump to the bottom for action steps

In recent days, folks such as @ErickaSimone, @KimCrayton1, @timnitGebru (lmk if you want to be untagged from this post) and many, MANY more have been speaking out about how toxic fedi culture is for Black folks and how the tools we have access to just aren't enough.

In response, we've been seeing an outpouring of antiblack harassment directed towards them and others from a wide range of instances on the fediverse. This is nothing new, although it has meant a lot of extra work for mod teams who are trying to keep their users safe from this harassment.

This always happens when Black folks, particularly Black women and Black queers, speak up about their experience on the fediverse and Mastodon specifically. They get met with straight up denial, minimization, victim blaming, you name it.

After @are0h spoke up about how the team at Mastodon does not prioritize safety and someone offered to contribute $10k per year and fundraise more specifically for safety features, here was a response from one of the official team members at Mastodon:

https://oisaur.com/@renchap/112879553557675787

It's clear what their priorities ARE and ARE NOT. They know what it's like for Black folks on here, and it's just not that big of a problem for them. Suggestions and offers for assistance are ignored and urgency is met with admonishments for patience. Clearly, us going to them ain't making a difference, so I won't advise we dogpile them about it (not because it would be "wrong" necessarily but obvs it won't work).

So, what can you do about it?

At this point, I am joining a growing chorus of Black folks on this platform who are seeking a better alternative. A project that takes safety seriously and builds infrastructure with the needs of oppressed folks CENTERED rather than MARGINALIZED.

We need a hard fork. And it just so happens that some folks are already hard at work cooking one up, but they can't do it alone. Along with general support, they need funding.

You can see @are0h's March blog post about it here:

https://h-i.works/2024/04/a-case-for-community.html

Or, if you prefer a simple donation link, you can go here:

https://www.gofundme.com/f/a-new-way-to-social-media

We're getting tired of playing whack-a-mole with white supremacists on the fediverse. We need something better. We need your help.

If what you've been seeing upsets you, if you are anywhere near as fed up as I am, if you want to be part of the solution rather than part of the problem, here is something simple and concrete you can do.

Thanks for reading.

I fucked up my repo so bad

@Usernamereserved is in South Africa, and could also use an oscilloscope, if someone is closer to there than I am (not a high bar to pass) and feeling generous.