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

A lot of white people look at the mountain of work it takes to become a reliable accomplice and nope out. Which is a shame. Like fighting toxic masculinity is something we can all do to help anyone with gender, fighting racism helps everyone, even the people noping out.

Another thing white people do is they look for algorithmic rules and rule books to try to memorize and learn how to be antiracist. But I need to tell you, those rule books don't exist. They can't be written. White supremacy makes sure by changing the rules, by existing at almost all layers of social intercourse, by living also in myth and religion and oral history.

One thing I do think works is developing a practice. Making it a priority to Do the Work.

It's easy to hear a BIPOC or advocate/activist saying that being careful of language helps. But actually being careful? Looking up the etymology of words and phrases in your parlance before using them with strangers? Doing the work every time you aren't sure or can't remember? Being responsible and responsive when you misstep and someone calls you on it? That's gold. That's where the better future lives.

Do the right thing and Do the Work. Don't just consider it done by knowing about it. Do it.

Beginning of a Journey

#PixelArt #MastoArt #animation

I love bitrot. You find things on Wikipedia, you click the references, you get a page which links another relevant article, you click that one, it's a Google+ post that redirects you to Currents or whatsitnow and that one redirects you to the obituary for the platform.…

Ah, here's that original post! Or at least a screenshot of someone else posting it...

Reminder to y'all that:

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Are not descriptive content warnings and are a waste of everyone's time.

machines should never be economically productive. technology belongs where it can't be sold, like in free health care

It's been a really fascinating experience, watching every tech CEO that I've worked with (or for) over the last few months be reduced to an incoherent shill, incapable of talking about their company or mission without constantly singing the importance of "adopting AI to stay competitive."

It's really replaced "virtual property/NFTs/Crypto/Blockchain" etc as something you sprinkle onto a shareholder meeting to convince 65 year old hedgefund managers that barely touch computers you're making the Next Big Thing and deserve their money. It's a whole new tech bubble just waiting to burst, again, lol.

I just got an email saying that shitpost 28K words vampire novel I wrote in December of 2020 might get turned into an audiobook and I will pass away if this is how I peak. I literally spent 30 days of effort on it and it's the mostly popular thing I've made, and it was a shitpost

Sega Swirl is such a shareware-ass looking game.

I mean come on...

Owlbears are terrifying but Owls are so incredibly silly, I'm sorry, Owlbears should one hundred percent be little doops, angry birbs who would rip your house apart but also will not get up, is naptime, leave alone, go away, no time for rip and tear, hibernation has been officially extended.

Me, 20 minutes ago:
Ooh, I'll take that pastry out of the freezer to defrost and make those custard tarts again.

Me, 2 minutes ago:
Huh? What the fuck is this doing on the counter?? Oh well.. what was I doing again?

Me, in 2 days time:
"Alexa, how to clean dried up pastry dough off benches"

Me, in 2 weeks time:
Weird.. why do I have so many unopened cleaning products under the sink..

#audhd #autism #adhd #disability #neurodiverse

I am now officially declaring this thread as closed.

What started four years ago as a thread on Twitter when I started looking into NBNCo's Community Switch and Technology Choice programs has ended with my house receiving the Internet connection we were all promised all those years ago.

I want to thank and acknowledge everyone who replied and offered advice, tips and insights. I want to thank the fabulous people at Aussie Broadband who put up with my persistence and doggedness.

Its been a journey.