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
uspol, epiphany, musing about news of the day
I think this may be one of the reasons the wheels are coming off now, as opposed to two years ago. With power on the other side of the aisle, soliciting silence just became much more expensive. And it seems they didn’t update their corruption to cover for it.
Huh.
uspol, epiphany, musing about news of the day
Y’know, it never occurred to me that these folks would just... try to rely on a system of bribes and hush money payments to keep their empire duct-taped together.
I get the control over the narrative. But the numbers seem weird: they value silence at an annuity of $15k/mo (source: some of the earlier court filings, plus Corsi court filings). And that... doesn’t seem scalable, when insights into DC corruption are generally on the order of millions+.
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An illustration for Lizard Shack on FA! It's rare I get to do 2 character pieces with a background so this was really refreshing to work on.
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If Hbomberguy's stream touched you in a meaningful way, consider supporting @QuestForTori and her game 'Secret Little Haven' available on itch and Steam ! It tells the story of a trans girl living on the internet in the turn of Y2K.
https://ristar.itch.io/secret-little-haven
https://store.steampowered.com/app/827290/Secret_Little_Haven/
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thoughts about hbomb and the fundraiser
cool. seeing lots of takes. and i'm fucking tired and burnt out on this place. my only take about the hbomb stuff?
it shows that there's a groundswell of people who care enough about trans people to throw money, the lifeblood of our capitalist society, at helping trans people in a far more direct way than posting shitty thinkpieces.
as trans people, we tend to condemn cis people who don't understand, noting understanding is their work, not ours. then, when they try to understand, we tend to default to criticizing that as performative. this is fucking bullshit imo.
i really can't bring myself to believe, logically, that this whole thing is performative. for me, as a trans person, this whole fundraiser is giving me an amazing feeling. it seems like, maybe, random people are just starting to not default to hating us.
it's not ideal – ideally, it wouldn't be necessary. but it's setting up a strong precedent for 2019. a really fucking strong one.
We reinforced the gaming table, and it is now unexpectedly acoustic. I didn’t know drum tables are so saaaatisfying.
starting Warframe over on the Switch
I missed the transfer window for my old PC profile, so I’m starting over fresh on the Switch version. And, holy heck has everything gotten polished and extremely pretty since I last played.
Time to go out to the plains and have a blast.
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Sigh. That extension that lets you tag social media profiles as trans-friendly so they appear as a different color in your browser to you is 95% assuredly a data mining operation.
Please don't use it. If you do, don't tag me in it.
Please don't use it. If you do, don't tag me in it.
warframe, old hardware
Update: it’s just barely playable. On the other hand, it plays _great_ on one of our Wavebirds, so that’s going to be a thing.
warframe, old hardware
(Pictured: Warframe being played on a neon-green N64 controller.)
warframe, old hardware
Just because we have the technology does not mean we should.
https://awoo.space/media/X2R7GXtDCaBYaAQYGMs
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question for folks at the intersection of LGBTQIA+, disabilities, and tech, interviews
For reasons, I’m interested in things interviewers have done for you to help you feel included, especially things that pierce way-too-common misogyny and ableism in tech interviews.
This isn’t a request to have folks interview where I work, so please understand I’m not in that position. But if you know of things that have helped you feel more comfortable with being interviewed, please throw them my way?
silly about the dd article, slightly more serious take
Also, bad takes from opinion writers are one of the best signs a technology is succeeding outside of the mainstream.
For folks that remember when Second Life was new and trendy, bad takes about the inevitable collapse because “these kids aren’t paying attention to the REAL issues” were common. And like Masto, the leftist queer and queer-adjacent communities did just fine, despite ownership of the platform being problematic.
So, yeah.
silly about the dd article
I’m kind of hoping someone posts a delicious Mastodon crumble recipe, because I will totally make it.
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niss@chitter.xyz 
appreciate-a-dragon day, kobolds
Reminder to also appreciate all of the kobolds today. Their tireless work behind the scenes ensures your dragon is happy, fed, groomed, and well-polished to meet each day.
do not call registry outage, minor vent (-)
Hello, I’m oncall for work while the Do Not Call registry is down, and I just love receiving 5-7 robocalls every day from forged caller ID. I would like to place an order for a very large slingshot, so I can jettison both the people responsible and this administration into the sun. ☀️
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
