green's questionable musical tastes
no it isn't okay if you brighten my day with some cut and pasted hackneyed Hallmark poetry (Weird Al, "Stop Forwarding That Crap To Me") https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCSA7kKNu2Y&index=102&list=PL1A0956E790C7EBA2
green's questionable musical tastes
(evidently I really like music that on some level sounds like somebody abusing an industrial stapler?)
(also I should probably be CWing these I guess)
and then immediately follow it up with this... (Skrillex, "Kill Everybody") https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F21aifX0lZY&list=PL1A0956E790C7EBA2&index=119
gawd I love Glitch Mob. (Demons) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VkvOLB7Yzhs&index=79&list=PL1A0956E790C7EBA2
@Leucrotta oh wow, that is gorgeous and magical!
pet health (---)
@Austin_Dern I just went through that with a cat, less than a month ago. many condolences and much empathy.
"We assumed that all fertile females are XX. However, we now have proof that fertile XY females exist -- and we have no idea how rare or common it is, because it's not something we usually test for." https://twitter.com/FierceMum/status/1019750137361559554
@Jacel oh hon. *holding you in my thoughts with gentle hugs and pets*
Iguana photo, eye contact
@hummingrain soft-focus glam shot! :D
@kobold I know that feeling so, so well. it is scary, and strange. I hope you can find something to distract yourself with at least part of the time. I'll be thinking of you and him with kind thoughts today. *sends much caring gentle hugthoughts*
@kobold no worries, hon. I know how it goes. I hope the week goes reasonably well for both of you. *sends many well-wishing hugthoughts*
We're seeking visually impaired or blind people with coding experience who want to help ensure solid screen reader behavior in a new iteration of the CodeMirror in-browser code editor. Accessibility in the previous iteration is terrible, and I want to do better this time around.
If you're prepared to answer questions about coding while blind, or to test-drive the current prototype of the editor, please get in touch here or via marijn@haverbeke.nl
@thephooka aigh, I usually hold off until Monday morning so I have something to look forward to, but I had to go read it and eeeeee! everything, the cat, the pride flag, Vlad... eeeeeeeee!!
mood
@zebratron2084 yeah... that feel, I know it. *headbump*
Trans actress Nicole Maines will be playing TV's first transgender superhero, Nia Nal, on the next season of "#Supergirl": https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/22/arts/television/transgender-superhero-supergirl.html
twitter is not easy to use
twitter et al are « easy to use » now because we have been using them for years and years.
have you ever seen someone use twitter or facebook for the very first time? it’s fucking confounding.
« what am i supposed to do »
« following? why would i do that? »
« why can’t i get to your uncle’s photos »
usability isn’t a secret UX sauce. it’s years of acclimation and the formation of communities that can bootstrap that acclimation for each other.
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pronouns: they/them
location: Seattle
phenotype: dracosaur
alignment: chaotic well-intentioned
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aka Sprackraptor, Rasha, elynne, Yahvahzensil, & etc.
40-something ace/aro
an identity under construction in a badly-fitting human suit.
~follows welcome; followbacks not guaranteed~