starless @starless@pixie.town

When it snows overnight, there is a muffling of the morning sounds. The effect is as if you've moved cities while sleeping and have woken up somewhere much calmer-- where the morning rush never quite hit, traffic noises all swallowed by the fluffy snow.

Unfortunately, this blissful calmness is often counter to what the demands of the world want: you need to get up early to clean off the car of snow and account for traffic to get to work on time, rather than sit cozy inside, bustling away at indoor work. But don't worry, I didn't need to do that today.

Have a little photo of my alley this morning.

With the lovely Twitter influx, it seems like there's a renewed search for BIPOC users from two groups: BIPOC users themselves and white people wanting to diversify their daily experiences/the content they see.

It seems a bit silly that white people are asking after this, since I get the impression that there really isn't a very large community of BIPOC users anymore, due to white users harassing BIPOC users (especially black authors) off the platform. In light of this, it seems like it'd be good if white people gave nascent BIPOC communities a little space for a couple weeks, at least?

I don't want to isolate people who want to find each other, but I also don't want to put anyone on the spot/tokenize people, either. IMO, communities form best with a little bit of privacy, and that it's kind of rude for white people to expect to consume a list of BIPOC creators when it doesn't seem like there's really a large, underlying community yet.

I haven't really been sure of how best to address this situation, so I've stayed kind of quiet when I've seen requests come through my feed, but that also hasn't felt quite right.

So, two-ish questions, primarily for BIPOC users here, if you have the energy for it:
1. Does this seem like a legitimate problem to you? Is there a simple solution I'm missing?
2. Would you like me to tag/mention you, personally, when I see requests come in? Would you rather be mentioned in response to another BIPOC user, or would you like white followers just as much (idk, if they 'seem cool')? Feel free to reply via DM if that feels better.

And apologies in advance if I've gotten something super wrong. I haven't navigated a situation like this before but I think that this might be important and I would like to do a good job of it, if I can.

I also help moderate the matrix server at cyberia.club, as well as help out with Layer Zero, a physical hackerspace in Minneapolis.

If you'd like to be involved with either of these spaces, please reach out! We're not elite-- it's just more fun to do this stuff together and you're welcome to join us. :)

#Minneapoils #HackerSpace #cyberia #LayerZero

I realize I don't think I introduced myself.

Hi, I'm Starless. I am usually a soft human who likes building things, spaces, and worlds. Sometimes I paint, sometimes I program, and sometimes I do leatherwork. When my hearing is behaving, I'll sometimes make music, too.

I've built a few technical projects. Lately, I've been working on getting portable receipt printers to make cool stuff (like fortunes and quests). I have some background in manufacturing and medical devices.

#introduction

Are there any food humans on fedi that could help? My psychiatrist says I should eat more liver (long story...) and the only kind locally available is beef liver. I don't eat beef, but it's at least a bit of a consolation that the animal isn't being killed for its liver. I can handle the ethical quandary myself.

But, how do I cook this thing? I don't like handling meat, but I do have a sous vide machine.

I made some liver puree (soak liver in milk, drain milk, fill sous vide pouch with liver and diced onion and garlic, cook ~130f for an hour, then whip), but I suspect two things:
1. This is undercooked
2. This tastes way too rich for me

Are there other good options here? I don't mind the metallic taste, but it just feels like I'm eating whipped butter, which is pretty gross?

Every liver recipe I see involves browning the thing or searing it or whatever and, like... I'd just prefer something easy that I can mix into rice and not feel like I'm eating lard. I don't want to feel like I'm eating beef, I'd just like something I can choke down without my body screaming 'why are you eating butter' or similar. Is it worth fighting this, or should I just try to put it on potatoes or other places I might put butter? Totally at a loss here.

Any advice? Boosts appreciated.

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?

Painted a little window scene. 3"x2" on Stonehenge heavy paper. #mastoart

Have some little watercolor doodles. I've been mostly exploring clouds lately.

Any tips on painting dramatic clouds with watercolor?