Goldkin @Goldkin@awoo.space
Dragon. Agender, otherkin, occasional artist and writer, infosec engineer, in about that order. Avatar by Xeirla. Singular they/them preferred.
Also on @Goldkin (meow.social) for follow requests that don't work here.
Joined Aug 2017
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The dragon clung to the high branch, whimpering loudly.
The knights were perplexed; this is not what they had expected when called out to deal with a Dragon Problem. But it explained why they were instructed to bring a sturdy ladder.
Sir Gwen volunteered, removing her armor and climbing up to coax it down.
The rest stretched out a net in case they fell.
She inspired just enough bravery that it climbed down by itself.
The ladder helped.
tiny computer, hamshield mini
My only complaint about this little ham radio experiment is it looks like what the movies think an explosive device might look like. (It’s just a radio.)
Reposted to mark media sensitive, given that.
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Shout out to the house on my bus route that has inflatable yard dragons for every time of the year.
holiday planning
Instead of hiding it in private posts: if any locals would like to hang out for low-impact things during the holidays, my schedule is looking pretty light this year.
food porn, vegetarian
Mixed pasta dishes this evening (pesto and Alfredo):
soldering tin
As it turns out, $15 Pokemon card tins make surprisingly good soldering kits.
re: some thoughts about "OK Boomer" from a GenX perspective
@troodon Thank you for writing this. 💜
I don’t know if you follow her, but Xeni has also been writing a lot about this on birdhellsite lately, and it’s been balm for the soul.
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It’s a lovely afternoon in the hillside, and you are a fine drake.
helping not helping
@mawr https://inductivetwig.com/products/hamshield-mini
I miiiight already have one of these on order.
with minor psa about older internet fora
@thamesynne @wigglytuffitout @melissasage Saaaaame, and I got a chuckle out of this.
The drama is legendary. But it was a hell of a lot easier to swallow without regular injections of bot-campaign-pushed, bad faith nihilism that I do not miss from corporate media. And I’m grateful to instance admins for not letting that fly here.
with minor psa about older internet fora
@melissasage I mean, we still had interpersonal strife, but not monetizing eyeballs solves so, so much.
with minor psa about older internet fora
@melissasage This is also how things used to work in the age of fora before social media. Especially for newer generations of folks that didn’t get to experience it, it’s worth a reminder that the bizarrely toxic, enforced-by-bots, nihilistic social media context is the anomaly, not the norm.
Local admins can just ban the shitlords. No appeals process. No zillions of extra accounts if their instances are configured properly. It’s that simple.
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I'm seeing a few new people cautiously say things like "let's enjoy this place before the bad people get here" and I just want to say:
Don't worry! They're already here! But thanks to the heroic work of your instance moderators and admins, you will never see them. And if they do show up then your mods will get rid of them: unlike Twitter, the reporting functions here are reviewed by real people who don't care about turning a profit, and instead focus on enforcing community guidelines
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Link to the Past Randomizer - Fall Festive Randomizer Spoilers
@salameleon@snouts.online I really want to know how they managed to make the Wart fight work. It was amazing.
@Taylor All of the old 1-2am information got written to the new 2am when clocks rolled back one hour, because that’s how this particular time series handled going back in time.
Dragon. Agender, otherkin, occasional artist and writer, infosec engineer, in about that order. Avatar by Xeirla. Singular they/them preferred.
Also on @Goldkin (meow.social) for follow requests that don't work here.
Joined Aug 2017
