Andreas. @antifuchs@awoo.space

I wish I could rapidly order a small potato snack via Mastodon so I could get Two Tots by Tooting, Tout Suite

New folks: CW your political posts, please. Political shitposting also qualifies. We have a culture here of voluntary participation with political content.

"What are your biggest weaknesses?"
"Whenever I enter into combat, I fall into predictable and easily counterable patterns. Also, all my vulnerable spot begins to flash bright red, somehow"
"I see"
"I'm also not much into small talk. I'm more of a grand proclamations about epic quests and the fate of the universe hanging in the balance kind of person"

I don't think we talk enough about how the backstory to Breath of the Wild is that Hyrule tried to fight Ganon with mechs and a drone army but then Ganon hacked them all with magic.

"Animals"
by Frank O'Hara

Have you forgotten what we were like then
when we were still first rate
and the day came fat with an apple in its mouth

it's no use worrying about Time
but we did have a few tricks up our sleeves
and turned some sharp corners

the whole pasture looked like our meal
we didn't need speedometers
we could manage cocktails out of ice and water

I wouldn't want to be faster
or greener than now if you were with me O you
were the best of all my days

Person: *calls helpline* HALP ISSUES NEED HALP

Helpline: we're sorry, you need the HALPLINE

Person: *calls HALPLINE* HALP ISSUES NEED HALP

HALPLINE: O HECK, WHAT TROUBLIN FREN?

Person: HECKIN' HECKED ALL UP IN HERE

HALPLINE: O NO! WE'RE SENDING HALP FREN, NO WORRIES. I'LL BORK WITCHU UNTIL THEY GET THERE

I do think we have an opportunity to re-establish *how* we talk about things here, though.
My style of speaking about news and politics on twitter grew very unconsciously. I was/am one voice in a torrent. 5-6 years ago I was still in the glow of a political awakening. The rawness of me and others going through that played to twitter's advantage - fiery proclamations and long arguments are the "engagement" that is an ad platform's lifeblood.

Did folks ask for cat pics

are there instances that specifically, in their rules, name "ableism" as a thing they disallow? disabled voices being involved in moderation are also a bonus.

to be clear, we do NOT mean any instance that uses a catch-all and includes ableism in that catch-all. forex "we don't allow racism, transphobia, etc" is not helpful in this request.

If you have a few minutes, it would be awesome if you would fill out the "2018 State of Rust Language Survey", whether or not you actually use/used rust this year:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeLPbkkdR0OsjqQ6mFrfeDQbrILvps-YbwO0Y_H4rzuta4yoQ/viewform

(boosts appreciated)

#rust

cryptid currencies

"The Tyranny of Structurelessness" by Jo Freeman should be required reading before setting up an instance of some decentralized platform for others
https://www.jofreeman.com/joreen/tyranny.htm