Zia @ZiaMacPine@awoo.space

First #RaspberryPi earned a shitstorm by hiring an ex-cop specialized in hidden surveillance.

Now they accept an investment by Sony for their propr. AI engine to be included in the next Pi. Which "only sends metadata to the cloud".

Edit 2024: They went IPO.

Here's a list of alternatives:

- https://beagleboard.org/
- https://www.banana-pi.org/
- https://www.hardkernel.com/
- https://www.friendlyelec.com/
- https://www.olimex.com/
- https://rockpi.org/
- https://libre.computer/
- https://www.starfivetech.com/en

Bork ! 🐶

#mastoart #furryartist #furryart #mastoartist

Wolf!
#wolf #bot

Hello, here's a #wolf!
#wolf #bot

#Wolf
#wolf #bot

Spring Break Vibes

It’s back to work for me, but I had a nice weekend in Vegas. There was animals and merchandise and meow wolf and here’s a sketch from Orlando_fox!

… I dunno if they have a Mastodon.

"No," the swordmaster said.
"But you teach people how to handle swords."
"I do, yes."
"Is there a difference?"
"I... am not an master at handling people."
The swordmaster picked up the talking sword.
"But I know someone who is."
"A peoplemaster?" the sword said.
"A witch."
#MicroFiction #SmallStories #TootFic

Here's a picture of a wolf!
#wolf #bot

You know you can vote for Act III Audible adaptation of Sandman in the Webby awards, don't you?

If you heard it and loved it, please vote. If you haven't heard it yet, its so good and waiting for you...

https://vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting#/2023/podcasts/general-series/scripted-fiction

@mutualaid #mutualaid

Hello, I’m in quite a lot of financial trouble atm:

I’m going to have to start paying the second part of my student debt because I made the mistake of getting into a private school in 2015 (it was split into two as a former agreement so it would be easier on me since I changed where I was studying and would take longer to not be a student anymore). The loan I have calls for monthly installments of 389€, which I cannot affort at the moment. I called them to revise the installments so I can pay less every month, but they told me I need to pay at least one installments before that can be adjusted. So I’ll have to shell that out at least next month

In addition, social security has overpaid me for 391€ for three months last year and is asking for that money back. They’re going to hold it from my payment next month and I’ll only get 12€ or so from them, so the timing is extremely bad

The financial strain of all this is way too much for me and my current income as I’m still an apprentice and I’ll be until June − I’ll have to line up a job then, and I really need any help I can get.

Any amount is welcome, but if you can’t donate, boosts go a long way too

https://paypal.me/SiphonayAV

Look at this #wolf!
#wolf #bot

Today's Oh Joy Sex Toy comic is all about trauma - the various forms and degrees of severity, how it can manifest, and, how it can persist.

https://www.ohjoysextoy.com/trauma-lux-alptraum-and-erika-moen/

It finishes: "Instead of beating ourselves up for being 'stuck in the past', we can recognise that trauma is a natural part of surviving something terrible - not a sign that we're broken."