US Politics, Net Neutrality (+++)
@mawr DANG. unexpectedly good! :D
@Jacel that is definitely something to be proud of! :D congratulations!!! *hughughug*
@cute_weeds although we frequently force them into actions that end up destroying or severely injuring them.
... now I'm thinking of those "pick your parts" junkyards and kind of shuddering...
@cute_weeds and they can't reproduce without us (yet)...
@cute_weeds that's an interesting line of thought... are we car parasites?
discourse ™ and fandom thoughts
so I found this where someone else put it and I have Thoughts
mostly that while capitalism commodifies it because it commodifies EVERYTHING, storytelling has been a massive part of human cultures since we invented stories
it's been a huge part of how we understand and contextualize the world and a huge part of how we entertain ourselves for a very long time
@kelseyhusky *sends many, many goodthoughts to you*
@Leucrotta *sends much gentle empathy and wards against brainworms*
birdsite
https://gizmodo.com/twitter-says-it-will-start-hiding-tweets-that-negative-1826046495
"its algorithm will mute certain users so their tweets fall behind a “see more replies” link and their content will no longer be searchable. Del Harvey, vice president of trust and safety at Twitter, said to Slate that the primary factors will be how many complaints, blocks, and mutes an account receives"
nope, no way that will be weaponized against women, POC, queer folx....
no way at all
folk music, trance/hypno
@Soreth oh *that's* who you were namedropping earlier! :D :D
old resentments (+)
@zebratron2084 the end of the first paragraph made me burst out with this hyena-like laugh. "extrapolated to raccoons" oh lordy
@anthracite LET THE ELECTRONS FLOW (once you get the porn unclogged)
folk music, trance/hypno
@Soreth .... I *thought* that name looked familiar! yeah, I've gotten that feeling from a lot of the artist's earlier stuff, too. :)
AND NOW an nb, furry, marine biology joke.
@Leucrotta *pffffhahahaahahahahahah* thank you! I learned a thing! :D and am giggling!
today's task list
@Thaminga it's this preloaded turntable thing we got from Costco a couple of years back. at the time it was a great help; now, we have all the spices we need in the cupboard and the turntable thing is just taking up valuable counter space. so--ker-chuck!
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location: Seattle
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40-something ace/aro
an identity under construction in a badly-fitting human suit.
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