starless @starless@pixie.town
- 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
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remember that time a north african merchant(?) named constantine was in italy and a guy in the hostel was sick and they called a doctor and constantine was like "uhh aren't you gonna take a urine sample" and the doctor was like "a what" and constantine was like "…" and the doctor was like "…" and then constantine africanus moved to the monastery of monte cassino and spent the rest of his life translating arabic medical texts into latin,
because i think about this probably every single week
more: https://constantinusafricanus.com/2017/12/22/ego-constantinus-africanus-montis-cassinensis-monacus/ 🐘
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a few years ago, i started thinking "you know, it would be pretty cool if somebody took seriously the idea that G-d has no gender and came up with a third-gender system in Hebrew and used it to make a de-gendered siddur. i would love to see what that looks like"
and then i was introduced to the Nonbinary Hebrew Project and i was like "wow! i hope somebody uses this to make a siddur! that would be really neat!"
and then i was like "...oh, i'm somebody, huh"
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Hello Monday!
It's a new week, and the clowns will soon be back to their usual shenanigans in the #CircusInPlace video chat.
Come join us tonight starting at 8pm UTC-6:
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These are the kinds of CyberMonday deals I'm interested in.
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It's Cyber Monday!
A/S/L? What are you wearing?
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One Last Call To Makers Of Collage!
I've successfully whittled down many, many boxes of old magazine clippings and booklets over the last year or so. In large part thanks to artsy types on here who took many of them off my hands.
Is there anyone left out there who'd still like a box shipped to them, gratis?
DM me & we'll set it up. (Yes, if you're outside the U.S., we can still try it. I can check postal rates & then get back to you if they're not fatally high.)
Boosts welcome.
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The Straights, minor lewd word, mild trans ignorance
My straight friends are pretty good, except they didn't know what 'bussy' meant. I guess they heard it on twitch?
They're trying to use it properly now, but it's, uh, imperfect.
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one of them is that you can never go wrong by making the player characters dress up and go to a fancy party
Food, recipe, vegetarian, alc, sous vide
2 T butter
2 T brown sugar
About a shot of French brandy
6 cardamom seeds, three pods lightly crushed
2 t the best vanilla extract ya got
2 pears, kinda under ripe
Slice the pears and remove seeds (I used my mandoline because it's easier than a knife)
Put all ingredients into sous vide bags (zip locks with air squeezed out is fine)
Immerse fruit in 150°\80c water for 1 hour 20 minutes
Save the liquids and serve over anything, it's great.
Put the pears on a salad or something, I don't know. Have them with ice cream? Brag to your friends or family?
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if you are not american indigenous this thanksgiving day and some indigenous person is observing the day differently than what you think we should, stop. open their cashapp before you open your mouth.
you're not owed an explanation or education by any of us, especially not today or tomorrow.
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I just heard an old friend might be joining us for #CircusInPlace tonight! I'm excited, despite them knowing too many stories from my early performing days. :)
Hang out with with old friends and new in the video chat tonight starting at 8pm UTC-6, with clown shenanigans running into the wee hours:
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Habe es ins #inkscape übertragen. Jetzt habe ich hier auf einem Blatt 4 Vorlagen zum Malen per Hand.
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Remember my quest for a #collaborative #whiteboard? No?
Anyways, I just stumbled upon https://tldraw.com #tldraw and „tiny little #drawing app“ is understatement!
✔ self-hosted
⌨ written in #TypeScript
📜 #MIT-licensed
✔ real-time collaboration via share link
✔ export to #SVG, JSON, #PDF, image files (#JPG, #PNG) and re-editable format
👍 doesn't try to reinvent the whee (no chat/no video), there's other tools for that
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whats wrong with this picture
And, as if to rub it in, because this is of course a group for blind people, the image came with a description. “[Image shows Seeing the ***Ability North West in red letters... The blue *** replaces the Dis to show Ability]
So there can be no doubt about the intent of the logo. (And it’s just a terrible logo anyway, you know if it is if you have to explain the semiotics of it.)
But the hilarious thing, the way I really know this is a “tell me your organization for blind people is run by sighted people without telling me…” situation, is that this is not only a garbage idea but no one thought to take screenreaders into account. You know, that thing that the target audience is disproportionately going to use for this group.
Because with a screenreader, the name of the group is Seeing the Asterisk Asterisk Asterisk Ability.”
Not only does this make it weird and tiring to try to follow (imagine hearing that without seeing it!), it calls so much more attention to the asterisks! Wanting to draw attention away from the “dis-” and towards the “ability” is a terrible goal but if that is your goal, this is actually really counterproductive!
That makes me laugh a lot.
So let this be a lesson to you: don’t shy away from terms like “disability,” don’t do terrible graphic design, and don’t forget about screenreaders especially if blind people are your audience. And if you do all these things at once, the results are literally going to be laughable.
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Had smooj for the first time, it's awesome. Carbonated boozy smoothie. https://drinksmooj.com/
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Well, friends, if you know of any opportunities at your company that are looking for tier 1 or 2 tech/software support, network monitoring, or entry level security operations monitoring, do let me know.
I'm hardworking, ethical, intelligent, self-directed, outgoing, and just weird enough to be having a real hard time.
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Whoops @neauoire my partner and I accidentally acquired an 18th century style upright harpsichord with robotic electromagnetic hammers and unleashed Orca on it
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oh hey #dev nerds
black socialists in america is working to design a better online meeting platform and could use help with money but also coding!
Trans awareness week, gender liberation stuff
Trans people exist and are fucking rad! They're just normal people! Who often do stuff with gender!
If you're a normal person who might want a little extra (or less or different) gender, you can be trans, too!
You're allowed to do as much or as little as you want, and to choose how and where you express yourself according to your safety! You don't need to present one way all the time if you don't want to! Your gender is yours, not everyone else's.
Let's claim this week for celebrating gender discovery instead of just 'trans awareness'. Maybe do a little something to express your gender today, or experiment with one you're curious about. Happy gender discovery week! 💙
- 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
