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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I think the most important thing I can say is:
If there are kids/teens close in your life that might be Having Gender Feelings, or have expressed that they're trans -- acceptance is good but not remotely enough. Don't just be 'cool' about it. You need to be actively loving and supportive. Because they are trying so so hard, and being met with casual acceptance may be less than they need even if they don't know it. They are dealing with grief, and fear, and confusion, and new joy, and so, so vulnerable. Talk about that with them.
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as someone born w/o the organs that produce primary sex hormones, I continue to be aghast that you’re not allowed to stock up on the stuff that, y’know, *lets you continue to have bones*
you’re just expected to continuously pay doctors for the right to be okay for a few months
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the Vibes Difference between having christmas lights strung up around your workspace and having Gamer LEDs on things
Vegetarian, non vegan food
I put hoisin sauce on my egg and peppers hash this morning. It was a good idea.
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The Unicorn Express is a (U.S-based) community-supported effort established in response to the widespread banning of books that are written by LGBTQ+ authors, feature LGBTQ+ storylines, and/or discuss gender and sexuality. The Unicorn Express sends free LGBTQ+ titles by mail to LGBTQ+ youth living in states and/or districts where bans have been put in place.
Use the links below to request books or support our efforts.
xo, the unicorns
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1scQKIx7w8pgSEdLPqJYwlhcQh-r9lHtK0__hHs1yuJE/edit
Food, gifts, children/babies, weird
For the holidays a friend of mine was given a bag of tiny plastic babies. This bag of babies has now drifted amongst the bachelors for the last few months.
Today, they're discussing making pastries together and it took me a little while to realize that they're optimizing baked good recipes for hiding plastic babies in.
I love my friends.
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Help with COVID-19 vaccinations and testing for people with disabilities
"The Disability Information and Access Line (DIAL) is available to help people with disabilities get vaccinated and access COVID-19 tests. The DIAL's trained staff is standing by to:
— Help find local vaccination locations
— Assist with making vaccination appointments
— Help connect to available testing options, including help with ordering free at-home test kits through the program announced by the White House on January 14.
— Connect callers to local services – such as accessible transportation – to overcome barriers to vaccination and testing.
Call 888-677-1199 Monday-Friday from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. (Eastern)
or email DIAL@usaginganddisability.org "
https://acl.gov/DIAL?fbclid=IwAR38NAznvab3WDbLw9S_b_X59Dnxjyno6v68-RDcFQAyLAUsfjhiRSUtX38
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Join the clowns in #CircusInPlace as they start another week of acrobatic training. You'll get to see some cool stuff, and we'll be grateful for the company.
It's a weird-win and a win-win. Possibly a weird-weird too.
The fun starts at 8pm UTC-6, and runs all night:
Wordle
I did really well at today's!
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the whole "you don't need to do [x] thing to be trans, u can just BE trans" like, came from a pretty good place but i feel like is way too often used to shut down trans people who Want to be able to do [x] thing
Valentine's day, asking for music submissions, please boost
Hi fedi friends! I'm looking for music I haven't heard before, can you help?
My fembyfriend and I are planning a lovely romantic dinner for valentine's day, and I was hoping to fill the soundtrack with what folks on mastodon are writing and making. Here's my plan:
1. Ask for track submissions from y'all lovely folx
2. Pay/donate $2 USD per track for submitter's time and trouble (maybe like up to 3 tracks per person?)
3. Screen none of the submissions in any way, just download them and set up a play list
4. Have a lovely dinner with my partner and enjoy the strange, wild, wonderful art of mastodon
All genres are welcome, all instrumentations, etc, no need to try to make it romantic. We're expecting a little adventure. No need for perfect sound, a cellphone microphone in a quiet room is fine quality-- I'm hard of hearing, so my speaker setup isn't terribly high fidelity.
The music/sound does need to be something that you created, or helped create, and that legally, I can download. Happy to give money to mutual aid recipient of your choice if you'd rather. Links to specific tracks of yours on bandcamp etc welcome, but please suggest tracks rather than albums or discographies. 💙
Tech (goofy), Cyberia, mask mention
So we gave up on media over temple, and instead set some wifi (wled) enabled lights and changed them via plan 9. Successfully, eventually. All six of us cheered when we got it.
Tech (goofy), Cyberia, mask mention
Layer Zero, our physical space, has craft night tonight. We're all in very good masks, etc, and are up to date on our security patches.
We're working on setting up a media station, but realized we needed an os. Someone had temple downloaded as a joke, but that's all we had. We're trying to get it on the media laptop now, just because.
We are delighted, joyful children in a sandbox and this feels silly and fun.
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Covid poll (not pol), boost for viz
As of January 20th 2022 have you:
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always remember that being able bodied is a temporary state of being. able bodied people better start caring about the disabled quickly because you'll be one of us soon enough be it by illness, injury, or age 🤷♀️
Link to a survey on compersion for polyam folks
Y'all wanna talk poly? For science?
Here's a link to the announcement tweet:
https://nitter.net/AllyRoseSOC/status/1483862137982365696#m
Here's a link to the 10-15 minute survey:
https://uofsc.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_42g2mvB0Ihbf5oq
1930s animation, racism, video games, link to article
Have a link to an article about the intersection between classic 1930s cartoons, racism, and the game Cuphead. It talks about the harms of sanitizing art built on racism, and touches on the utter dearth of racial diversity in modern big-budget video games.
I found it helpful and fascinating.
https://unwinnable.com/2017/11/10/cuphead-and-the-racist-spectre-of-fleischer-animation/
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Hello there,
I'm new here, so thanks for having me.
I like to think I make music but you'll be judging that.
I live off-grid and record on solar powered equipment.
Here's a little taste of my new concept album:
Cheers!
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then-3YO's impression of me on my laptop:
*mashes keyboard* "I have to update something! I have to update something!"
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Hey, @scoots needs about $150 to cover the cost of a nerve test they need and their insurance won't cover. The nerve issue the test is meant to address (as I understand it) causes pain in their back and drawing arm, makes it very difficult to get things done, and measurably reduces their quality of life.
Would you please help out, by donating and/or boosting this post? Their art is beautiful and their commissions are open, if you'd like to get something back for your donation: https://ko-fi.com/bugpaws
- 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
