Sven Slootweg (soft-deprecated) @joepie91@pixie.town

I wonder why #37c3 doesn't have an indoor weather network. We get nice graphs for c3noc, but I want CO2, PM10, RH% and °C. Would help people with COVID-19 awareness and how mediocre the ventilation here at CCH really is.

Can we at least get this like next year, as COVID-19 won't be gone.

The most insidious thing about racism on Mastodon is how it is done in such a way that the majority-white user base never sees it. I don't think that it's simply a matter of white people not seeing what they don't want to see - at least in the vast majority of cases.

So when a non-white person discusses the racism they see as a user of Mastodon, it must feel like gaslighting when white people respond with "What do you mean? I've not seen anything like that here."

trans people are so cool. you could be hanging out with a trans guy and his cat, and their names are Gregory and Lucifer Nightshadow. And Gregory's the cat. And there's lots of meowing and purring but none of it's from Gregory. And if you're reading this and trans, this is just a normal-ass post

dont feel bad for using your local library and its services if you have a good local library system. literally use the hell out of its services if you can, it gives them justification to keep getting funding

this post is sponsored by Big Library

The problem with this form of democracy:

The ultrasonic humidifier I use when my lungs get gnarly sent a push notification with a look back at our household's special moments of 2023, I am going to do a crime

"Het risico voor journalisten is enorm. Het gaat dan vooral om journalisten die niet werken voor een grote krant of nieuwszender. Denk aan freelancers, of journalisten met een eigen blog, of zelfs activisten die zich richten op nieuwsvergaring, zonder zich journalist te noemen. Hoe duidelijk is de grens te leggen tussen activisme en journalisme? En hoe sterk staan deze mensen in hun schoenen als aangifte tegen ze wordt gedaan, of als er een schadeclaim op de mat ploft?"
https://www.doorbraak.eu/waarom-demonstranten-politie-binnenkort-niet-meer-kunnen-filmen-en-waarom-journalisten-op-hun-hoede-moeten-zijn/

laptop of the magi: an annoyed iMessage antitrust anecdote: https://maya.land/monologues/2023/12/26/laptop-of-the-magi-apple-antitrust.html

A PSA, do you have an old hard drive? Was that hard drive used at some point to play #RuneScape? A project needs your help. Help them find old versions and preserve it https://www.reddit.com/r/pcgaming/comments/18p6ufp/comment/keni57j/ #retrocomputing (Idk if you have images or hard drives that old) #videogames

Guess what? ​​ Neocat v1.1 now available

➡️ https://volpeon.ink/emojis/neocat/

This release introduces the same variants as Neofox v1.3.

There are 3 downloads: The regular one, an archive for use with the Mastodon Admin CLI, and a high-res one for printing or inclusion in other graphics.

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I got a letter from the Origami Association this morning. I don't know what to make of it.

Ok this caught me off guard...

I was having an internet search for "adult tinker toys" and came across this online shop. Ah! Pro tinker toys. Cool. I look around, and it's not what I want - mostly memorabilia.

And then there's the **FAKE MASKS** section.

Ummm, what? This is something people are doing? They're PAYING for a pretend mask?

Just... what?

https://protinkertoys.com/en-ca/collections/fake-masks

#covid19 #covidIsReal #germsAreReal #covidDenial #whatTheFuckHaveWeBecome

Sentences should have two punctuation marks at the end. One for grammar and one for intent. Like how when you put on a hat and look towards your friend saying "This one fits.?" as an expression but with a questioning tone to incite a response. If both puntuation marks are the same only one is provided, so it's minimally invasive and fits right in between language norms!.