Goldkin @Goldkin@awoo.space

@Taylor And if you’re wondering if that sounds like a hellscape for bad actors, it kind of is. It was only a decade ago when that market blew up in what we now know to be the subprime mortgage crisis.

@Taylor In the US, loans are sold on an open market. It’s common to have it split up between who holds the security (usually immediately sold to a federal agency) and who services the loan (often sold as an annuity between creditors).

I can’t speak to why it’s legal, but it happens because the value of assets fluctuates depending on the value of the dollar. So when the offering price EvilCorp™️ provided up front exceeded the time value of the payments, it sold.

“Hi, we’re transferring your loan servicing from KindOfOkay Credit Union to EvilCorp™️ beginning July 1st. Don’t worry, no other changes will be made to your loan.”

*Googles EvilCorp™️, finds consistent one star reviews and multiple BBB complaints*

Welp, I guess I’m paying this off earlier than I’d planned this year.

We’re pretty sure a raven has moved in with our local crow population. They seem pretty chill around our local crows, too, and vice versa.

This tiny friend decided to web around my work monitor this morning (they’ve since been politely moved outside to the garden):

@chr On the other hand, I’m not sure how I would feel about having my gender expression only intelligible by wizards and cats.

@chr The agender flag distinctly needs more octarine.

@zetasyanthis Trilingual! :D

Someone figured out that old Pokémon cards work well with button makers. Can confirm:

@blackcorvo @roguecnidarian ... this toot is unexpectedly brilliant, because:

1. undef and inf are supported values
2. precision errors frequently lead to unexpected results
3. even experts admit they have no idea how the type is supposed to work

We should all agree to stop going after small misfit communities that care about each other and hurt no one, and instead band together against the rich plutocrats that invest everything into getting us to hate each other so they can stay rich and divide and conquer.

Just saying.

BLFC was very good to me this year.

I am incredibly grateful for the old and new friends I got to see again this year. You all are the best part of the con for me, and there's too much I could write here about why.

Instead, just this: thank you. ❤️