Sven Slootweg @joepie91@pixie.town

There's this common advice for activism in particular, but also politics in general, that goes something like: "people are imperfect, so you should learn to work with people even if you don't completely align with them".

And in a vacuum, that is true.

But what gets missed here is the *context* in which this advice often gets used. That context is very often "some marginalized person frequently calls out bigoted behaviour from their supposed allies, and now nobody wants to work with them".

In that context, the advice *technically* still works. The marginalized person *could* decide to let it slide, and work on the common interest instead.

But consider the implications of that, and what is actually being asked of whom. A marginalized person, who already gets the short stick most of the time, is expected to let bigotry slide... while zero expectations are placed on the *other* allies, particularly the privileged ones, who *could* take off some of the load by calling out their peers every once in a while at basically no risk to themselves. But nobody is expecting them to.

And just like that, all the emotional work and responsibility are pawned off on the people who can least afford it.

I can arbitrarily recolor the plane now, without having to redo the gradients!

Next step is to have a separate 'shading' layer and 'surface' layer for each component, so that instead of a fixed white-based gradient of gray, it uses a partially-opaque-gradient black overlay to apply the depth illusion to *any* color choice (or even texture!)

Today, I'm practicing with mesh gradients in Inkscape. Which are cool but damn, Inkscape doesn't exactly make them easy...

(Original silhouette by Andreas 06 on Wikimedia Commons; the cutting up into parts and 'texturing' is my work)

Uh oh, apparently Atari bought the IP for Transport Tycoon in November of last year. I sure hope that isn't going to result in problems for the #OpenTTD folks...

To my surprise, I actually kind of like GDScript? It's very rare for *any* kind of DSL to pass my first evaluation successfully...

So it turns out that soy-sauce-fried leftover noodles with a sauce of pan-fried banana slices and some fruit jam and lemonade syrup mixed in is actually really nice, and pretty easy to make

#AskFedi: It's recommendations time again! :boost_requested:

I'm looking for games that are high in simulation and strategic complexity, but that are not *obtuse*; ie. I should be able to learn and discover the complexity through gameplay, rather than through reading hundreds of pages of manuals.

Good examples are Factorio, Rimworld, Project Hospital, Workers and Resources, Software Inc., Airport CEO, and so on (but those games I obviously already know about).

I prefer games that also involve some kind of layout/design/building process, where the design choices meaningfully affect the outcome. Also especially interested in more obscure games, including indie ones and graphically unpolished games!

Also, no war-themed games please. And preferably no turn-based, as I tend to find those too slow for my liking.