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Hey you

Keep being a good person

you are the dreams of dead stars

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When a marginalized person voices their lived experience, like a chronically ill person talking about their condition or a racialized person talking about the bigotry they face, they are often inundated with unsolicited and frequently inane advice, like have you tried this or that treatment, why don't you move to a better instance etc. etc.

This is not helpful. The "helpful" comments really voice a wish for the problem to go away so the speaker doesn't have to be uncomfortable. It's also really, really condescending, like why assume the other person is helpless or ignorant, and presume to be an expert on other people's lives? (Because bigotry, that's why.)

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i think "overmorrow" and "ereyesterday" should be words again

so many other languages have words for "the day after tomorrow" and "the day before yesterday" respectively, english not having them is kinda awkward in comparison

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Writers are taught not to write wish-fulfillment—it's too easy, boring, or low stakes. But that reasoning is wrong. It only seems that way because we've all already read thousands of wish-fulfillment stories about cis het able-bodied white males, so they're very... predictable.

For every other demographic?

Readers actively, desperately crave wish-fulfillment stories about themselves, because they rarely if ever see them.

#writing #craft

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Comrades, if you’re able, please help our unhoused neighbors in #Minneapolis. We are in a deep cold patch (air temp & windchills below 0F) w/blizzard forecast for next 2-3 days. Our soul-less smug piece of shit mayor has destroyed encampments, displacing many during this time the NWS has called life-threatening conditions. Here’s a link where you can help. 🙏🏻
linktr.ee/sanctuarysupplydepot

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Dinking around with a loom made entirely of an IKEA BEKVÄM spice rack (+ 7 screws, 4 bolts, & 4 wing nuts). Used all but one niblet of the crossbar and the hardware.

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Coddling someone's bad behavior is contemptuous not only to those they harm but also to the person doing harm. Saying they can do no better, cannot take accountability or make amends, and are only suited for putrid, harmful behavior is an odd way to be in fellowship with someone.

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Assume for sake of discussion, "play" is...

1. It is Self-Chosen and Self-Directed
2. It's Done for Its Own Sake, Not an Outside Reward
3. It's Always Structured
4. It Always Has an Element of Imagination
5. It's Conducted in a Very Alert Frame of Mind

I would love to hear about the last time you enjoyed "play", and what form it took.

#Play
#ClownWisdom

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Hi I'm Piotr.

I design, manufacture and sell #electronics #pcb

I love #opensource #fpga, #embedded and increasingly #asic. I am a fan of @kicad

I have a #pnp (pick&place) machine in my garage.

I am the founder of @1bitsquared and maintainer of black-magic.org debugger and docs.icebreaker-fpga.org/hardw FPGA dev board.

I am in the process of manufacturing Glasgow (crowdsupply.com/1bitsquared/gl) Digital Interface Explorer.

Welcome all new and old friends! :)

A belated #introduction ;)

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Does anyone know of any small queer or POC-owned game card printing businesses?

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Now imagine if Mastodon didn’t exist and this was happening.…

Aren’t we lucky that some guy in Germany decided to spend his own time, money, and effort to build it?

Hopefully we’ll get lucky again…

Or, you know, maybe we can finally consider supporting tech that’s in the common good from the common purse. And fund organisations and long-term development, not just ad-hoc academic “projects” that get abandoned the moment the money is gone.

ar.al/2019/11/29/the-future-of

#funding #tech #eu #commons

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Is there anyone from the #SanFrancisco #SlowStreet movement on here to talk to? I'm very interested to learn more.

Telraam data has been cited a lot recently and am keen to understand the context.

(would appreciate boosts for reach all the way to the Pacific)

Non-vegan food 

My morning cappuccino has a little heart in it!

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I went to my social club this morning for an event, and when I got there, this white dude was already opening the door, so I figured I would walk in after him. I know he saw me, but he basically just let the door close, so I had to catch it.

When I get in there, he stops and says, "Hey can you sign in?" Not hello. Not good morning. Not how long have you been a member here? He just assumed I *wasn't* and acted on that premise.

I kind of just gave him a stern look and kept walking, and he looked stunned. I half expected him to snitch to the owner, but he saw me start talking to other members and got embarrassed.

People always wonder why I'm so adamant about dealing with racism and hate, and it's because white people do not take breaks from their aggression. The way they just
assume we don't belong in specific spaces is a constant microaggression we have to deal with.

And to keep it real, today's experience reminded me a lot of how the fedi has been since the big migration.

We all need to choose what kind of environment we want to be a part of and the kind of communities we want to build.

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Someone I know is looking for housing in San Antonio, Texas. They are a queer person who creates multimedia art pieces. They're concerned about finding a safe place to live where they can continue their work.

Does anyone know where I can start looking for roommates for them?

#trans #nonbinary #lgbt #signalboost #sanantonio #texas #housing

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"Out of 100 avatars I generated, 16 were topless, and in another 14 it had put me in extremely skimpy clothes... I have Asian heritage...My white female colleague got significantly fewer sexualized images. Another colleague with Chinese heritage got results similar to mine."

Incredibly important story from Melissa Heikkilä about how the viral AI avatar app Lensa repeatedly undressed her without her consent, and its grotesque fetish for Asian women.

technologyreview.com/2022/12/1

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The MN historical society union is having a rally this Saturday at noon! It will be fun! I'll be there!!! Come support us in our quest for a fair contract!

Our union has an Instagram and a brand new Facebook page where you can keep up with our events, media coverage, and more.
instagram.com/mnhsunion?igshid

m.facebook.com/MNHSUnion/

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