misfiled as "Keet, Electric" @ElectricKeet@awoo.space

It’s a garbage *can*, not a garbage can’t

Thread on practical uses for black holes from an astronomer
https://scholar.social/@alstev/108409479198355356

Evidence that you are a fictional character: / 1. Regular and implausible outlandish coincidences / 2. Obvious plot holes in the worldbuilding / 3. Unusual gaps in your memory, as if periods of low narrative interest were "timeskipped" / 4. Branded or trademarked items in the environment seem lazy, hastily constructed or self-parodic, such as a social network whose posts are called "toots"

So, the thing about learned behaviour, is that it can be hard to unlearn it because you may not encounter the situations where the behaviour would appear very often.

I wanted to write this about ableist language, and tropes and jokes etc, but I realized it applies to pretty much any thing you want to unlearn.

It will be so ingrained in you, that you don't know you're doing it, before you start. Once you see it though you can't unsee it, but it might take time to dismantle all the issues within you.

Jokes from your childhood, maybe rife with racism, sexism and ableism, but you haven't thought about them since then, so not until you're about to say the thing do you realize there's an issue. And heck it may actually come out of your mouth before you do.

It's okay, it takes time, and you may keep encountering these for your entire life. Just be patient with yourself. And apologize or don't hit send, when you need to.

Like, if you have a tool you really like, and Adobe buys it, you are never seeing any improvements made to it ever again. Unless someone outside them finds a way to tweak it that they can buy, embed, and sell to you in a new version.

At some point I feel like we gotta adress that Adobe, the largest seller of art creation software, doesn't actually MAKE any software.

Like, they have some really great tools and they just sit on them because they bought nearly their entire library from other companies, just as a means for more income, they don't know how to work on the code.

I'm from the era of the internet before real name policies, when we called ourselves something silly on some godforsaken website when we where 15 and now have more of an affinity for that than whatever nonsense is printed on our ID card.

All I ever wanted
All I ever needed
Is here in my arms
Words are very unnecessary
They can only do harm

🔊🎵 #OPL3MIDI

my blinds are z-fighting

So Seattle seems great compared to whatever you're dealing with in your neck of the country. Queer friendly, protections for bodily autonomy. You've heard its expensive but you'll make do, right?

Unfortunately I've run into multiple situations in which folks coming to Seattle have ended up sleeping rough. That's not great. The cops will take your stuff and run your camp off its land if enough Karens get tired of not helping you. I've decided to write a general guide on preparing yourself before you come here.

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1. Consider your needs
Before beginning your apartment hunt, consider:
- How many bedrooms will you need to house everybody in your group
- How much can you afford monthly for rent and pay for all the other things you'll need like utilities, internet, groceries, etc.
- Where will you need to commute to do your work
- Do you need in-unit/on-site laundry or can you take your clothes to a laundromat
- If you have a car, parking in a garage or on-site will cost extra (like $100/mo minimum)
- When must you move in

This is Minor Tom to Ground Control
I snuck in through the vents
And I packed a Lunchable and Sunny D
And I'm pressing all the buttons that I see

This is Ground Control to Minor Tom
You're still in seventh grade
And you're showing off the Lego car you made
We're not allowed to send a kid to space