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i like kind machines. pro-people-not-dying. anti-nazi. anti-colonizer. pagan, but lazy about it.
I am #HardOfHearing, #nonbinary, polyamourous, into ttrpgs and #tech. Hobbyist #leatherworker, hobbyist scifi author, community builder, and artist.
I like to build #whimsical things that help people to #dream better and form meaningful connections. If you wanna hang out with friendly computer weirdos in Minneapolis, lemme know.
Profile image description: a watercolor painting of a person with pale skin and brown and blue hair laughing. They have a side cut and an audio processor is visible behind their ear. The art style is loose and the eyes are squinched into little crescents.
Joined Jul 2020
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Wasabi keeps breaking into my roommate's bedroom at all hours so she put up a sign. It's not going well #DailyCatPic #CatsOfMastodon #MastoCats #cats
@brianna This makes some sense, though, IMO. Colorway is how the rest of the world outside of tech would describe a set of colors on a product.
Not all Firefox users need to be technical.
I think that re-name is maybe kinda cool. I hope it gets more folks off chrome.
The idea of 'beyond browser' movement is a little concerning, though.
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psa: diwali 🪔 tw: caste violence
friendly reminder that not all indians celebrate diwali. it is specifically celebrated savarna/upper caste hindus but is rooted in violence toward dalit, bahujan, and adivasi/indigenous peoples both in its traditions and scriptures and its societal impact on these communities for the last 1000+ years.
it’s also often a time of violence toward muslims and religious minorities (much like other savarna holidays).
so proceed with a little care, leave your assumptions, and bring the desire to unlearn/relearn when you are faced with a holiday like this from a place/region/culture you probably don’t know much about to begin with.
for more info, check out content from @dalitdiva and @other_collective on twitter or instagram. or ask me and we can talk about it resources.
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mental health
@aurynn 🖤
Tympan Nya prototype update
Figuring out component placements. How the hell will I get stuff to stay? Who knows!
Cat ear hearing aids get one step closer to reality.~
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Hey!
What's the best game development method/platform/etc. for creating 2D, 8-bit-ish games, as quickly as possible?
My go to is always Pico-8 or tic-80 or Love2D if I think they are asking from a "I want to learn how games work" perspective, but the question was asked of me today from a new perspective.
Basically, I have a competent computer user (and artist) who is not a developer and has no interest in becoming one, who wants to create a (very simple) computer game Fast.
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still thinking about how I asked lil guy to write an I'm sorry letter to someone and he closed it with 🥺
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He's 7. Internet culture is wildly powerful
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if youre in computer science and you dont hate computers i dont trust you
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ok the results of a longer trial for covid-19 vaccines in 5 to 12 year olds has come out
and i think i have a new top "adverse event that has to be reported for vaccines" https://twitter.com/jbenton/status/1453375910695026700
"ingestion of a penny" might even top my two favourites from the adult vaccine trials, "genital herpes" and "pregnancy"
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ps if i'm your only indigenous mexican friend and you see white people making dia de muertos altars with cutouts from coco like its a fucking party game its your duty to kick that shit over and eat the candy. i said its okay.
Tympan Nyaa Update
The hearing prosthetic project continues!
Ran into some delays in getting the miniaturized board ready before a conference, so I'm building out a very big hearing rig!
I'm almost done with the skeleton: a large, wide fabric covered plastic headband and a pair of felt ears with some heavy gauge gardening wire attached. I've glued the ears to the band and am in the process of sewing them down.
It's very important to me that the ears feel like one solid object, so I want to create as stable of a base as possible.
The tympan model d sound processor will fit in one ear, and a spare battery and amplifier will fit in the other. A transducer speaker will be attached to the headband, resulting in bone conductive hearing via cat ears! (though these are big enough they could pass for bat ears)
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someone should write a book titled "aging gracefully into the apocalypse: a guide" because I'd read it
@Mara@mstdn.social @hoernchen72@chaos.social so cute!!
Image appears to show a baby forest creature (fox?) hanging out inside of a compartment in large padded case. It seems to be for photography equipment. The cute creature is sitting in one compartment with all four legs in the air and making a cute face for the camera.
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i don't think we talk enough about how CS has unreasonably cute units.
nibbles! flops! these are real units!!
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Idea make your legal middle name the eicar test string so any file trying to digitize records about you gets flagged as a virus.
@June@kitty.town
I tend to listen to an audiobook when my brain is not at its most Capitalism, for lack of a better way to put it. A show in the background sounds pretty good, but I found that I just couldn't follow it as well. I felt like I needed to be looking at it, which didn't really help me as much. Audiobooks are better for me.
Printing and filing sounds like a great choice. I also like to focus on things with pretty simple, reliable steps, rather than things I need to really figure out or strategize around. Folding laundry or making something I've already made before are usually pretty good options.
Following recipes or pre-selected tutorials can be okay, but only if they're pretty straightforward. Following a process with good illustrations can feel somewhat grounding for me.
You might also want to go on a short walk outside, maybe with a little quest to pull your attention on something other than yourself. A quest like 'find a leaf that is both red and yellow' or something can be nice.
As is, I try not to sink more energy into feeling bad about being a little ephemeral that day. I'm probably ephemeral because I'm tired, so resting up is an important part.
I'm sorry today is That Kind of a brain day for ya. 🖤
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americans love Disney World because it's a walkable city
- Pronouns
- She/They
- hangs out with people on
- https://cyberia.club
- Gender/orientation
- Demi-femme/Novi gender, demisexual/panromantic/polyamorous
- Hackerspace
- https://layerze.ro
i like kind machines. pro-people-not-dying. anti-nazi. anti-colonizer. pagan, but lazy about it.
I am #HardOfHearing, #nonbinary, polyamourous, into ttrpgs and #tech. Hobbyist #leatherworker, hobbyist scifi author, community builder, and artist.
I like to build #whimsical things that help people to #dream better and form meaningful connections. If you wanna hang out with friendly computer weirdos in Minneapolis, lemme know.
Profile image description: a watercolor painting of a person with pale skin and brown and blue hair laughing. They have a side cut and an audio processor is visible behind their ear. The art style is loose and the eyes are squinched into little crescents.
Joined Jul 2020
