one thing Masto doesn't have that I love about it compared to Twitter is no trends. I really dislike feeling like someone else has decided what I'm vitally interested in (even when it's what I'm vitally interested in) and I think trends make our political situation look worse than it actually is. This is one of those crummy things that pre-dates the present leadership.
D's Memories/Chase https://youtu.be/oiGJ6dzV9RA via @YouTube
this pretty much starts with CHRISTMASTIME
also, similar music cues to Danny's Spider Man soundtracks again suggest that Spidey and the MiBs exist in the same fictional NYC and know about each other.
music link, religious (sayings of the High One) in all caps
Immigrant Song Cover in Old Norse 700 A.D - 1500 A.D (Bardcore or Skäldc... https://youtu.be/Ia0vVQnNGcc via @YouTube
NEVER GO ABROAD FROM HOME
AHEAD OF YOUR SWORD AND YOUR AXE
YOU CAN'T FORTELL A FIGHT
NOR FEEL A BATTLE IN YOUR BONES
Born to darkness part 1 https://youtu.be/kI1nNZuJDac via @YouTube
O, my accursed soul in this eternal night! Naught can know the depths of my anguish beyond having four dots in Celerity!
this eternal HUNGER can only be sated with the pumpkin jam that Trader Joe's has these days. Trust me it's good.
ethnic/art rant
Okay most “race” stuff is pointless but complaining that an artist portrays only Black people is EVEN POINTLESSIER;
* how often have artists portrayed only Caucasians, so why *not* only Black people?
* by definition there have been centuries of African art with nothing but Black people
* similarly I can walk into parts of Oakland and be the only pale skinned person there, so why would art work different?
* most importantly if someone is stoked to draw *anything*, why stop them?
I like Mastodon, but it’s greatest strength is Twitter’s greatest weakness and vice versa. Centralization means I can blunder into say, herpetologist Twitter, which I absolutely adore, instead of having to know liz.ard exists and then if awoo federates with it; but centralization means it’s always easy to encounter ultra rightwing Twitter AND if Twitter goes, say because new management is completely in love with an unviable business model, all of it goes.
Before this takeover, I thought of Twitter’s employees as basically hostile; people making incomes better than I could dream, enjoying lifestyles I’ll never enjoy, the sort of people the Bay Area wants, not shit like me; yet helping make the last Administration so much personal hell.
But all that was needed to make me really sympathetic to Twitter employees was instituting a legitimately toxic boss. I hope *they* land somewhere nicer.
Uspol, gun control opinion, -
Also Oregon passed an ordinance limiting magazines etc and now every pro gun leftist in my feed is screaming about this, not exactly enjoyable reading. It’s shitty that there’s no right answer here; no gun control measures mean people get shot all the damn time, but any gun control measures mean enforcement, and enforcement means police letting their ultra right buddies off while eagerly harming and killing whoever they want.
WOE - Czernobog (2022) FULL ALBUM https://youtu.be/TAoIy05XKnY via @YouTube
wow these guys sound *awesome*, I really hope they're not nazi assholes
Lots of random gunk, but some drawings and cooking talk too. Obsesses about DnD and related topics. Left-leaning/profoundly frustrated politics. Black lives matter; trans rights are human rights.
Occasionally NSFW art and discussion, please do follow if you're 18+.