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- 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
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Haha that taxi driver is way too willing to back off when asked, I wish I ever encountered any like that. ;)
Of course she's not using her white cane in the new place. Turns out I can't see now either because I'm rolling my eyes too hard.
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The voting period has officially started, and will run from now until saturday afternoon.
Precise closing time will follow.
Voting works by mentioning this bot and writing "vote xxxx" where xxxx is the four letter code for the song you want to vote for.
The four letter codes can be found in square brackets in the playlist:
https://fedivision.party/
A description of the voting process is also available here: https://fedivision.party/how-does-voting-for-fedivision-work/
Let the voting begin!
@joepie91 murderbot diaries and the long way to a small angry planet/wayfarers series stand out to me, then.
@joepie91 I have more suggestions too, but would maybe need more detailed ask
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trying to follow this instruction:
talk about the things you love, even if you think nobody cares.
people won't ask for it at least at first, but some of them will care
and it's attractive to see someone talk about the things they love.
let go of the notion that it's worthless if you don't get a minimum number of listeners, reactions, replies.
practice caring publicly about the things you care about.
I think this is a good reminder for me. I never liked being shy anyway
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#CuratorPrompts #CuratorPrompts36
Some #ArtReference pics! Sketch, re-create in your own style, or find inspiration for some #SmallPoems , #MicroFiction , #PixelArt, #GlitchArt, or #Music :)
Optionally, try a #2MinuteSketch or #5MinuteSketch for something more focused! 
Anyone is welcome to join in, from any instance! :D
Sources:
https://www.pexels.com/photo/woman-in-white-floral-tank-top-with-white-and-pink-flower-on-her-ear-5990180/
https://pixabay.com/photos/assisi-city-italy-house-castle-7150594/
https://www.pexels.com/photo/drone-shot-of-a-cliff-by-the-seaside-4976399/
https://www.pexels.com/photo/orange-flowers-in-brown-vase-beside-sliced-orange-fruit-954551/
@jakimfett I don't know, but it's easy to export. The wav is about 120 Mb.
@jakimfett audacity project file, so it could kinda go anywhere
I have a 15-minute long ambient audio recording of a storm rolling in with me practicing some harp over it and some occasional airplanes.
I'm sure the file export for this thing is huge. Any suggestions for how to share it?
@forestjohnson aww, thanks! I set up a new travel palette and this was my first run using it. :)
Painted a little window scene. 3"x2" on Stonehenge heavy paper. #mastoart
Uspol, very bad vibes
@thegibson@hackers.town
I don't think so, personally. I think an open-source manufacture of abortificants is maybe more important. And birth control for men.
Remember, most forms hormonal-acting birth control act as depressants and lower the libidos of folks taking them. Plus, lack thereof is likely to impact mens' sex lives. Lack of abortificants, ostensibly, might not.
Look for how the power is moving, IMO. Maybe watch for adoption surrender fees/increased penalties for seeking reproductive care elsewhere, tracking of abortificants, restrictions around plan b/emergency contraception, and possible tightening of 'proof' for cases of rape/paternal obligations.
Things (aside from medical assistance/rights) that might help are legislation around free/tax-funded childcare for all, more navigable/accessible adoption systems, and consequential systems for fatherhood obligations, especially in the case of forced motherhood.
IMO, it all comes down to some asshats wanting a herd of pregnant, exhausted women. Anything at all that helps soften that blow would be great.
See some resources here, maybe consider donating/buying a dose or two:
https://jewishcurrents.org/how-to-give-yourself-an-abortion
Have some little watercolor doodles. I've been mostly exploring clouds lately.
Any tips on painting dramatic clouds with watercolor?
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PSA: To everyone who is #NewHere, and those who are not.
When you use hashtags it can help those using a #ScreenReader to use #CamelCase. Screen-readers can then find and pronounce the constituent words, rather than trying to pronounce the whole thing.
It's not essential, but it's one way we can make the Fediverse more welcoming.
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Yesterday I went to a really neat art workshop about drawing trees. Learnt some new techniques for masking with watercolours, and had a fun time playing around with mixed media. This one is a mix of watercolour, oil pastel, tissue paper and acrylic pen.
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https://vincent.callebaut.org/category/projects/ This architect is doing some of the wildest solarpunk shit I've seen in my life! I don't know what to think about this?! Everything seems completely impossible :D Lots of cool designs though! Especially I've been wishing for an airship comeback, for many reasons, but vertical ones?! wild
@lyncia cricket works okay for me, many people like mint
@joepie91 echoing previous. 1 I would call relationship anarchy, 2 I might call a comet, though those are usually more romantic than platonic.
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I'm seeing a lot of proclamations that there should be no exceptions to describing your images or that there's no reason to interact with any that aren't described.
I know these mean well, but they are themselves ableist.
Disabled people know that access needs can clash. I benefit from described images, but I know some people struggle to write them because of their own disabilities.
And that's okay! The culture of image descriptions is great here but it should never be absolutist.
- 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
