Fenris Lorsrai @FenrisLorsrai@awoo.space

#SilentSunday
#PhonePhotography #Sunrise #Light #flowers #mosstodon

On this #SilentSunday, I'd like to remind you of the importance of using alt text, especially since there'll be no other commentary to go with your pictures.

It's been a few Sundays since I shared some thoughts behind #silentsunday hashtag. First, you are encouraged to do whatever you want, but the original intention, started elsewhere, was to share a photograph capturing some interesting moment or perspective, with no text in the post (but please please definitely add alt-text for screen readers). Some folks have asked for location information, so you can add that if you want. Or you can just enjoy the wonderful flow of visuals. It's always lovely!

#SilentSunday

It is not dishonorable to ask for help. A true warrior recognizes when they need help, is brave enough to seek it, and strong enough to accept it.

NEW: Philadelphia city OTIS Deputy Managing Director Mike Carroll said the chemical spill "included ethyl acrylate, MMA (methyl methacrylate), and butyl acrylate — which was also found after the recent train derailment in #EastPalestine, Pa." (source: https://billypenn.com/2023/03/26/philadelphia-water-advisory-chemical-spill-delaware-river/ )

BREAKING: In an emergency alert, #Philadelphia residents (~1.5M people) have been warned to not drink the city water due to a new chemical spill upstream into the Delaware River.
All over the city people are rushing to stock up & stores are limiting purchases.

#StarTrek

Made a new ref sheet for my centaur boy!

Dragon getting a drink from a mall vending machine. Nothing to see here.

Calls for civility are often weaponized by abusers, by bigots, by those who would oppress you. If it is considered impolite to speak out against dishonor, then it is time for a true warrior to be rude.

A constant issue that comes up in IT at .edu sites is abandoned student-created services.

The nature of it is, students, usually grad students, have a project that involves building some sort of website or service. They do so, get their grade, and eventually graduate, but the service is useful to one or more faculty or staff members and continues to be used for a long time after the student leaves.

Inevitably the service goes down, or breaks because no one is maintaining it, and we receive a ticket,

"Hey, this _service_ on _hostname_ isn't working. could you look into it?"

And we have no freaking idea what the service is, what it does, how it's set up or any of that. We respond to the effect, only to be told they're depending on it for some class, so we end up going in blind and trying to get something we have ZERO INFORMATION ABOUT working again.

This is especially fun when it's running on an outdated OS release on a virtual machine that hasn't been maintained or touched in years.

Now, we can easily say "We don't know anything about this and can't maintain it" and be morally and legally in the right, but you see, we're IT people. We LIKE a challenge. It's hard to say no rather than dig in and give it a good ol' fashioned try.

So how's your morning? :)

The trans and nonbinary choir I am in is still selling tickets and taking donations in advance of our fundraiser show this Friday. If you can be here in person or watch our online show, that'd be great! If you can't make it and just want to donate to the group, that'd be great too!

https://givebutter.com/c/STANCEtalent/members/fluffycritter

If you want to support a charity for youth literacy and writing, or just buy yourself a tin of fear, like I did, there's a Monster Supply shop that needs supporting:

https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/bring-our-monster-shop-to-life

I do see this one recirculate quite a lot, which is kind of depressing seeing as I drew it in 2006. About the Iraq War.

The gender of the day is an anxious naga in a hunt.

Genuine question: Anyone have a mid-week TTRPG session they're looking for players for? Or some movie get-togethers on Discord, preferably during the day?

I can't physically socialize and it's going to kill me, eventually.