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So, SNAP is officially cut off for this month so I've launched a GoFundMe. Even if you can't donate, if you can boost, it would mean the world to me. gofund.me/c5cfea96f

Husbeard is going: "NO. JEN NO."
But this is *my* zine and he has no power here.

The final icing on the monsterfucking cake.

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Battle Greg, the newest greg in the teen girl squadverse

Don't let his rank go up carelessly

Realization that Slogra and Gaibon fell to second place in my favourite yaoi boss couples after Silksong

Silly crossover fics spawned from dreams that nobody else in their right mind would ever write? Let's go

@adhemara @amin I made my profile and set up the project! writingmonth.org/~elfi/

It seems the synopsis for Fugue of Flealia doesn't show up yet, so here it is if you're curious: "After an airship attack drops the Taranis into the Sea of Clouds, Malt Marzipan awakens in a strange subterranean land where his golden fur earns him some awkward associations."

So over on dice camp I mentioned the other day that I'd noticed there is now on the market from a few sources a d16. To which my thought was then, "That's nice, but if it's a d16 it should be available numbered 1 through F to roll hexadecimal values for games like Traveler." Friends, I should not have doubted the dice makers. I only see one offering it, but you can get hexadecimal dice. My inner dice dragon is demanding I get some for its dice hoard.

Seems my quassel VPS detonated catastrophically, and I never migrated my remote backup setup from my old desktop.

Mostly water under the bridge at this point after I shut down Clever Pun, but I really hope my old correspondences with my mom are still backed up...

Three days until November!

If you were planning on doing #NaNoWriMo or have in the past, you may have just recently found out that the organization officially closed down earlier this year.

With amazingly good timing, I actually launched my own alternative site a year ago, #WritingMonth:

https://writingmonth.org

Writing Month allows you to set your own goal with various types and tracking method and work in any month while placing a strong emphasis on community and writing with your buddies. Feature development is a little slow as I'm currently finishing up my senior year of uni (🤞) but y'all's community support has been fantastic and I know things will only get better from here.

If you'd like to write a bit with us this November—with whatever goal you find feasible—I'd encourage you to give it a try! Feel free to send me a buddy request: https://writingmonth.org/~amin/

(Boosts are very welcome.)

Huge kudos to the PSF for standing on principle and making a difficult decision.

> "Ultimately, however, the value of the work and the size of the grant were not more important than practicing our values and retaining the freedom to support every part of our community. The PSF Board voted unanimously to withdraw our application."

With so many orgs going "no politics" or straight up obsequiousness to those in power, #Python stewards and community continue to impress.

pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/10/N

I was just looking at my webserver logs while sipping coffee (as one does) and I noticed that one of my websites was receiving requests for a js file which I had prototyped but never actually deployed.

The script tag is present in the page, but it's commented out. I investigated, and it seems that scrapers see that tag and are trying to grab it even though it's completely non-functional. I guess they just want every bit of code they can find to help train an LLM.

This seems like a promising pattern for catching scrapers that pretend to be normal browsers.

EDIT: I wrote a blog post about it: cryptography.dog/blog/AI-scrap

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terfs, call for help with counter-protest, London, November 1st 

📢 COMRADES NEEDED NEXT SATURDAY 📢

On the 1st of November, TERFs are gathering in London to mandate legal enforcement of the wildly transphobic UK Supreme court interpretation to the Equality Act

Why does this demo matter specifically❓

In the UK is at an all time high, and violence against trans people is on the rise. This will be the first demo by this TERF group in months. We need to show them that their hate is not welcome in London, nor anywhere in this country.

📍 WHERE IS IT? 📍
Victoria Embankment Parks
Fleet Air Arm Memorial
SW1A 2EX

⏰ WHEN IS IT? 🗓️
Please be there by 12pm on the day
We won't move off immediately, but please allow time to form up a bloc.

Safety:
There will be people on Welfare, and multiple medics.
Wear a mask, and drink plenty of water.
Try to bring a friend, and leave with someone else.

Please share this graphic and forward this message to comrades. Join this groupchat if you intend on coming.

signal.group/#CjQKIEcCc8A9zgHl

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