For all the Seattle folks who don’t have air conditioning: https://alert.seattle.gov/2021/06/25/excessive-heat-warning-cooling-centers-open-across-seattle/
If you use a Western Digital "My Book Live" device for data storage, power it down and unplug it immediately: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/06/mass-data-wipe-in-my-book-devices-prompts-warning-from-western-digital/
dont be like me, kids. if you're prone to heat migraines/ heat sickness and you gotta go out, take tylenol before you go. hydrate. eat something light. wear loose light colored clothing. wear sunglasses. wear a hat with a brim.
if you start feeling bad, hydrate. find somewhere to cool down. ice packs or cold water bottles behind your head, neck, and ears. peppermint candy, oil, or tea helps calm nausea. so does lemon. be safe out there.
CW: weed and poetry coming in hot.
Did you cut a ticket for it yet?
i’m already figured inside the machine
statistically profiled by distance from means
Didn’t ask to be born under regime’s routines
But it taught me to read, and say what i seen
Stream's currently looping quarters's quarterly -ession
Channel 2: PR News, Channel 1: Your Repression
3 to whatever: BUY AWAY YOUR DEPRESSION!
and If you can afford it, toss in an election!
and its driving the fucking headshrinkers to drink
apes addicted to winning, and it hurts when we think
tribe fighting tribe, oldest story we know
bicameral brain atop lizard plateau
safety recall on several BIPAP, CPAP, and mechanical ventilators
Heads-up via https://twitter.com/madblqscientist/status/1406979791425789954 on Twitter, who has further commentary: several breathing assist devices manufactured by Philips under various brandnames used a sound abatement foam material that can degrade and release carcinogenic compounds into the air the user is breathing.
The official recall page is https://www.usa.philips.com/healthcare/e/sleep/communications/src-update and describes which devices are affected and the claims process.
An open letter to software developers. (micro-rant)
Dear software developers,
If you work on a product that insists on requiring a networked login yet doesn't provide a way for the user to mark multiple IP addresses and/or systems as valid to remain logged in, good news! You have found the next feature that needs developing and everything else should stop until it's done.
If that's not your decision, find whose it is, and hire bouncers to make sure they have to enter their full password every time they try to open any door in their house, personal vehicle, or office.
Sincerely and with all love,
An Actual User of Software Who Is Tired of Logging In Yet Again Just Because They Brought Their Laptop into Another Room in ihe Same Damn House.
-, body, furry meta
Ik this isn't healthy, but I feel resentment when I notice an artist only ever draws slim and "normal" body types, especially if they're an experienced artist who has a very refined personal art style
Even if the artist themselves haven't done anything wrong, it just bugs me
I don't intend to kinkshame by saying this ofc but: fat people exist outside of kink, outside of fatfur. I want to see art where fat people are allowed to exist and be people
one time i got all the way through character creation in a tabletop game with a bard who died years ago but channels the adoration from his fans as a form of prayer to retain his form and weave energy into devastating magic attacks
but then the DM noticed me writing the character name "spellvis" and i had to start over
robot/AI hot take (1)
i don't think that fully humanoid simulacra, like Replicants, will ever be either fully realized or accepted by humans. robots that need to relate to humans might eventually have animated LED screens for faces, but never rubbery masks or vat-grown flesh. a century's worth of Hard and Soft SF has poisoned that well for good, and i think that's actually okay, for two reasons.
NESert Golfing can now be played on the Famicom Disk System.
(free download)
Furry is incredibly important to my identity, because it gives me a way to define myself that isn't impacted by the real-world prejudice I deal with. Nobody is going to strip-search me at an airport because I have 'tanuki-esque features.'
This is something that gets missed when discussing furry culture, but one of the main things that attracts people to it in my experience is the chance to set your own terms for how you want to be seen and treated for people who don't otherwise get that option.
I 💖 @orrery
I 🕹️ retrogaming
I 🔊 chiptunes
I 🦄 ponies
I ☁️ cannabis
I � Unicode
and yes to 🤖 but #nobot
avatar art by Dana Simpson (danasimpson.com)