african wild dogs are like normal dogs, but with radars instead of ears
https://slime.global/media/XXMWyly1uLJrMyJJj28
about the dewhitelisting (meta)
Hey all.
Distinctions exist in community standards and attitudes between one instance to another. Sometimes this leads to an action such as our dewhitelisting of witches.town.
Dewhitelisting w.t is not the declaration of a feud or an indictment; it is an action @vahnj took to uphold our community standards. I still have an account on witches.town. I still like it. Awoo is just a different space.
Please be kind to one another.
this is true re: chickadees in my experience http://www.falseknees.com/277.html
(though I gotta say, black-eyed juncos are much worse jerks to their own species, jeebus they're mean little brids)
(don't even get me started on nuthatches)
(how did I become this person who has Opinions about small birds)
It means their messages won't show up in your federated timeline, unless someone else on your server boosts it.
If you follow that person, you'll still see their messages in your home timeline as usual.
(There are some nuances, but that's the main gist of it.)
(please do not interpret this as having any opinion on any aspect of the current Discourse; this is seriously honestly just this technical question)
Since I've been quiet for ages, here's another little thing (also for my game The Collage Atlas) #inktober https://mastodon.social/media/JfpAbt2kDCTiZFw0zgA
know me in 5: novels
1. Watership Down
2. Book of the New Sun (yes I know it's actually five books, but it's all one story, stfu Neil Gaiman said it all counts as one novel)
3. What's Bred in the Bone by Robertson Davies (about art, forgery, self-discovery, and the narrative structure of a life)
4. Guards! Guards! by Terry Pratchett (for the dragon parts obviously)
5. Call of the Wild/White Fang (which I originally read as a two-part book so it's one novel dammit)
US Politics, Video Essays
OMG Innuendo Studios is doing a series on the Alt-Right called the "Alt-Right Playbook" and it's already FANTASTIC.
I cannot recommend this channel highly enough. Everything is so well written and presented; with complex concepts spelled out masterfully. I always learn so much from every video posted to this channel.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xGawJIseNY
"The Alt-Right Playbook: Introduction" [7:48]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CaPgDQkmqqM
"The Alt-Right Playbook: Control the Conversation" [10:46]
An excellent explanation of privilege. http://time.com/4948371/white-privilege-metaphor/
music earworm, Catholic saints
I'm finally having some success dealing with the "Saint Elmo's Fire" earworm by making the lyrics about "Saint Vitus Dance" instead, which prompted me to go down the Wikipedia research hole about "Where Do Catholic Saints Come From," and yeeesh, humans are seriously fucked up. o______o
@djsundog one of Nuremberg's longest-lasting independent movie theaters screened Blues Brothers as its 8pm showing on its main screen for *eleven years consecutively*
California fires
So, uh. The two fires closest to where I live have consumed nearly 9,500 acres of land together.
If you can spare any cash and want to help, I urge you to donate to charities in the affected areas: Sonoma, Napa, and Mendocino counties. I personally can vouch for the Redwood Credit Union Community Fund, as it's run by the credit union I've been a member of since I was a teenager and they have never once tried skeezy banker bullshit on me. https://rcu-community-fund.squarespace.com/donate/
North Bay fires
I repeat, if you are in the Bay Area at all, PLEASE STAY INSIDE as you are able. "Unhealthy" air quality almost everywhere now. https://airnow.gov/index.cfm?action=airnow.local_city&zipcode=94115&submit=Go
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