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I wonder if the LEGO Group realizes that if you switch their hair they become lesbians

can we declare "real name" policies on social media to be an unmitigated disaster and an utter failure at every possible level from start to finish yet

re: [1.Ch.] Orthocosm 

@orrery [animated gif of nathan fillion you know the one]

overheard:
"That's no lurker; that's sixty red flags in a trenchcoat."

GEB Quote 

“Numbers as realities misbehave. However, there is an ancient and innate sense in people that numbers ought not to misbehave. There is something clean and put in the abstract notion of number, removed from counting beads, dialects, or clouds; and there ought to be a way of talking about numbers without always having the silliness of reality come in and intrude”

- Douglas Hofstadter channeling Terry Pratchett

Just one today. These nice characters are definitely not a thieves’ guild. I don’t know why you’d think that.

re: a sudden thought (spoilers for 2012 videogame FTL: Faster than Light) 

@packbat This reminds me of the game "Tonight We Riot" (it's in the itch BLM bundle!) which has a great concept and fun gameplay (but horrible sound mixing).

In it, the player controls one person in a group of rioting protestors. More folks join along the way, but the cops are out in force so it's practically guaranteed some won't make it.

If/when the "lead" dies, another one of the group is randomly assigned and the player keeps on going. As long as one remains, the mission continues.

I figure FTL is like that, and I kinda love it as a change of pace from the usual "chosen one" single hero narrative most games have. And it's not that just anyone could fill the role, but there are plenty of folks who can step into it when needed.

re: therapy, forms, literal-mindedness 

@packbat I've grumbled about this so many times to basically anyone who'll listen. Every week, I have to fill out three different questionnaires (QIDS SR-16, PHQ-9, GAD-7) spanning two double-sided pages:

  • early in the day when I haven't encountered most of the day's challenges;
  • but late enough to be properly up on my daily meds;
  • while navigating bizarrely worded questions and multiple-choice answers that don't really explain what I've been feeling;
  • as if I can remember a damn thing about the previous twenty-four hours let alone the previous day aside from "world going to hell but also ponies are nice".

This leads to chronic underreporting, even though the tests themselves add a little more to my anxiety. I'm sure these numbers are doing somebody some good, though....

Heavenly Nostrils heading to Nickelodeon! 

"We hear that Nickelodeon has won the rights in a competitive situation to Dana Simpson’s comic strip Phoebe and Her Unicorn, a property that the Viacom studio is eyeing as a multi-platform franchise across an TV animated series, movies and more. The final deal points are being hammered out at this moment, we hear."

deadline.com/2020/06/nickelode

:boost_ok: On Friday June 19 (Juneteenth) BandCamp is donating their cut of all sales to the NAACP Legal Defense Fund: daily.bandcamp.com/features/ba

If you need shopping inspiration, here's a list of excellent Black musicians from the PNW to check out: artisthome.org/great-pnw-black

@kelseyhusky Can't show because of lack of sufficient means of communication (can't draw or describe it) or because it's too personal or secret?

Black lives matter.
Trans women are women.
Trans men are men.
Enbies are valid.
No person is illegal.

Science is real.
Humanism is for everyone.
Love is love.
Self-care is important.

Defund the police.
Defund the military.
Abolish ICE.

Build resilient community support networks.
Be a helper, if you can.

Someone told me that Mr Bean is a parable about white privileged, and I haven’t been the same since

@fluffy@queer.party I do, in fact! Though it's registered to a name I no longer use. (Could have sworn I had that updated....)

What'd you have in mind, anyhow?

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