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masto-history help please? 

@maloki I think I'm good for my current purposes, thanks! After this deadline is past, I'll find a moment to collect these into a blog post. Thanks again!

masto-history help please? 

@indi @sarahjeong Nope, you're the first! I can't believe how the memories are coming back as the items are named. Thank you!

masto-history help please? 

@kit Yes! I recall Hart's post now. Here is another that appeared on Medium, by Richard J. Anderson: sanspoint.com/archives/2017/04

masto-history help please? 

@thefishcrow For this project, I'm restricted to published sources (including non-peer-reviewed web pieces). But, wouldn't it be a good idea for someone to solicit interviews and write up a summary?

masto-history help please? 

(And if those of you with more followers could boost the request, I'd love it. Thanks again.)

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masto-history help please? 

Would you all point me to any cite-able links discussing Masto's relatively queer/furry/commie early community?

I want to refer to it in an essay, and can't simply offer my personal recollection as evidence.

Articles, blog posts all welcome. Anything with a stable URL.

Thank you so much!

Customer: "Two dozen Zippo lighters, please."

Proprietor, counting cash with relish: "Action heroes…"

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a reliable barometer for determining if a thing is good is if it contains the phrase "I turn your attention now to the very interesting situation in Akkadian"

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My girlfriend joined Mastodon and maintenant, nous créons des fursonas mignons dans une langue que nous ne pouvons même pas comprendre.

@cnc@cybre.space I don't know if I'll be able to find my copy of Dandelion Wine, but there's a wonderful bit somewhere in the first several pages about the Ticonderoga yellow number-two pencil.

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peter parker's dead uncle 

IT'S BEN

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You bring out the gay in me

🌈 🏳️‍🌈 🍍 🥑 🍬

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in a sense, we are all gay
we are part of this gay universe

@fireh9lly Or, in a completely different vein, Ryan Veeder's are funny and odd. Try Taco Fiction, or else Robin & Orchid. rcveeder.net/blog/interactive-

@fireh9lly I've found Astrid Dalmady's stuff pretty arresting. Try Cactus Blue Motel or Tangaroa Deep and you'll have a good sense. astriddalmady.com

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this just in 

Minecraft is good

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unoriginal joke 

thinking about using regex to parse dice rolls so now i have two problems

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