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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.

hearing something rustling in another room and looking up just in time to see a flash of butt and crooked tail streaking around the corner

yet another surprisingly work-safe Oglaf (assuming your workplace is okay with a little gore and a lot of dark humor)
oglaf.com/safety-signs-hell/

uuggghhh... *stares at weather prediction for the week* uuuugggggghhhhhhhh

okay, need to go to the store, gonna get my stuff together and go before it gets too horrible out there

How to tell if somebody is a furry without asking: show them a Vornado brand fan and see if they snicker

I find it remains one of the English language's worst shortcomings that "I empathize with you" and "I did something wrong and wish to apologize" both take the form of "I'm sorry".

PokemonGo/bird nerding 

oh sorry should have ended that with (2/2) but now there's this one so it's (3/3) and done!

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PokemonGo/bird nerding 

nearby--last year there were three fledglings, so I wouldn't be surprised if there's another three this year--and just as I was leaving that patch of forest I was buzzed by an adult hawk, probably checking up to make sure I wasn't going after the kids! :D then I got thoroughly scolded by a parent crow--I could hear the juvenile crow nearby, the adult was warning me away. because apparently I was a Cooper's hawk! XD

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PokemonGo/bird nerding 

took a brief walk down to one of the nearby gyms for a "raid" on a Magicarp (spoiler: I won), and on the way there heard whistling in the tree of a juvenile Cooper's hawk. :D so on the way back I paused to play Cooper's hawk calls on my Merlin app, and spoofed it down close enough that it was perched literally right over my head as it tried imitating the adult call in its cute whistling voice. SO CUTE. XD as I was leaving the area, I heard another juvenile whistling (1/?)

uspol + tech 

"If you work at Amazon, Google, Twitter, Facebook or Microsoft, know that your labor is being used to fund large donations to Republicans..." This website has examples per company: donationsfrom.tech

i am human and i need to eat lunch
just like everybody else does

foodcrime 

6 ice cubes
1 banana
1 tbls canned pumpkin
1.5 cups vanilla ice cream
1 cup orange juice
sprinkle salt, cinnamon
=
something that tastes remarkably like a mango lassi. it tastes more like a mango lassi than the time I actually used the ingredients to try to make a mango lassi. I AM CROGGLED. but pleased!

ok, if I'm going to go to stores I need to get my tail in gear and go now. and I do need to go to stores. so... yay.

uspol, 2020, lol 

The Republican National Convention in 2020 will be held in Charlotte, NC - because they literally couldn't get any other cities to even submit bids. 🙃

Hey, I’m looking for people who work in IT in Seattle for a paid focus group I’m recruiting for. DM me if you know anyone and are interested!

Did You Know? (TM)

human body temperature is warm enough to melt kittens! at room temperature kittens are usually a hyperreactive plasma, but if confined to a lap or arm cuddle for more than two minutes, they will quickly liquefy into a puddle. it usually takes some time afterwards for them to regain their energetic properties.

I love when one of my posts makes the rounds and I get to see like:
Inflatable Fox Pool Toy boosted your status
Linux Kobold boosted your status
Johnny Normcore boosted your status
Xenomorph (horny aspect) boosted your status

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