starless @starless@pixie.town

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.

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

On #Tumblr @neilhimself recounts how he and #johnMastodon crossed paths.

#FriendofJohn

https://www.tumblr.com/neil-gaiman/704043133625942016/can-you-tell-us-a-story-about-how-you-met-john?source=share

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 https://black-magic.org debugger and https://docs.icebreaker-fpga.org/hardware/icebreaker FPGA dev board.

I am in the process of manufacturing Glasgow (https://www.crowdsupply.com/1bitsquared/glasgow) Digital Interface Explorer.

Welcome all new and old friends! :)

A belated #introduction ;)

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

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.

https://ar.al/2019/11/29/the-future-of-internet-regulation-at-the-european-parliament/

#funding #tech #eu #commons

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)

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.

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

it tried. it did its very best

"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.

https://www.technologyreview.com/2022/12/12/1064751/the-viral-ai-avatar-app-lensa-undressed-me-without-my-consent/

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.
https://instagram.com/mnhsunion?igshid=N2ZiY2E3YmU=

https://m.facebook.com/MNHSUnion/

"Parents of students with disabilities in Virginia public schools have won a major legal dispute, winning the right to require mask-wearing by teachers and students to help protect their children against COVID-19."

Yes! 👏👏👏

#COVID #COVID19 #PublicHealth

https://wtop.com/virginia/2022/12/students-with-disabilities-win-dispute-over-masks-in-va-public-schools/

Reminder that I collect weird, whacky, and bizarre form fields related to gender collection at https://genders.wtf and would welcome people submitting more

Via @encelado: Brain cell cultures were able to learn the arcade game Pong.

Losing my shit.

https://www.cell.com/neuron/fulltext/S0896-6273(22)00806-6

Dogument
#UnfortunateDvorakLayoutTypos

Can’t remember if I posted about my magnetic belt key clip when I designed it, but here’s it again after several months of use.

I got sick of using a carabiner that was tricky to undo with my off-hand dozens of times a day. So I designed this belt clip that’s easy to slot in or pull out one handed, but doesn’t fall out on its own unless you really try. Combined with a coiled cord that permanently keeps my keys clipped to my belt but with some slack, it means I can’t lose/drop them, they’re not weighing on my neck or getting caught on stuff, but I can get in doors while carrying stuff easily.
#tinkering

Fox on the fence