Seattle: Call for Mutual Aid Donations!
Hello friends! I'm here to talk about a Mutual Aid effort going on in Seattle that's directly helping a lot of homeless: The Thomas Street Mini Park Mutual Aid Pop-up. They're on site every Saturday from 11am-4pm.
Every dollar spent here will go directly to the homeless. No charity can do that.
They have an Amazon Wish List: http://tinyurl.com/tsmpwishlist
And also take donations (recurring monthly would be great if you can spare it!) http://donorbox.org/tsmp
I feel like a lot of folx we know would be delighted by this shark girl who is a shark controlling a robot body https://mobile.twitter.com/WMDiscovery93/status/1368654231004061696
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activate the BIG STRETCH
(not yet happy with body shape but I definitely got the face right lol)
vrchat
https://plumpphilomena.k8s.chcl.se/public/tf.mp4
(linking because my instance is having significant issues with video uploads right now)
uspol-adj ++, computers, a little schadenfreude
"Why are you loyal to NearlyFreeSpeech.NET?" because their response to a sudden burst of signups this month begins with this and gets better from there:
"So, a bunch of people suddenly discovered they care deeply about free speech immediately after a handful of racists faced even mild consequences for plotting a literal insurrection.
That does not reflect well on those people."
https://blog.nearlyfreespeech.net/2021/01/19/free-speech-in-2021/
this is the face of a man who has just gotten a professional like 40-50 year old chess commentator to say "he started with king e2, aka the bongcloud, what would you have done against that"
to explain this: the bongcloud is a joke opening where you move your king forward within the first 3 moves of the game. this is basically never, ever a good idea, it's called the bongcloud as a joke
however, some of the best chess players in existence like to play stuff like this just to kinda. flex on their opponents and make the game harder for themselves because they're just that fucking good
uspol, snark, amazing infographic
Parler's poor API design, lack of scrubbing EXIF data, and swift action by archivists prior to its removal from AWS have led to something amazing: https://gizmodo.com/parler-users-breached-deep-inside-u-s-capitol-building-1846042905/amp
For anyone who missed it, the Celeste all C-Sides with a dancepad VoD is up now and it was one of my favorite GDQ event this year
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_3f3q1bybQ&ab_channel=GamesDoneQuick
re: uspol, screencap, twitter, text description of violence
Note that much of this raw aggregation is certain to be bots, but the fact it has real engagement at all, and enough to top trending, is alarming.
uspol, screencap, twitter, text description of violence
Just going to screencap this for posterity, since it tidily explains why deplatforming is so essential, and why you don't let fascists use your platform.
(For those looking to corroborate this screenshot, since Twitter retains no visible history of trending topics, this is what is trending near Seattle, WA as of 10:30PM local time today.)
Dragon. Agender, otherkin, occasional artist and writer, infosec engineer, in about that order. Avatar by Xeirla. Singular they/them preferred.
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