It looks like we have a bunch of new users. Hi there! As always, it’s important when you join a community to understand the community’s values. You can find mastodon.social’s guidelines here: https://Mastodon.social/about/more
In particular, I feel obliged to note that sexist remarks (like calling women “hoes”) and racist slurs (like “nigga”) aren’t welcome here. And if you’re not a fan of “SJWs”, you’re very unlikely to have a good time here.
Thanks for reading!
admin note: when I say "nosetouch" or "noseboop" or "nosenudge" think cat behavior. "noseboop" is when you put a finger out and the cat leans forward and touches your fingertip with their nose. "nosenudge" is when cat nuzzles at you with their nose. "nosetouch" is when cats greet each other by touching noses. "headbump" is cat thumping head against leg/arm/shoulder/side/couch/whatever, in happypurrfriend mode. =^____^=
all I can hear of the music the downstairs people are listening to is the repetitive baseline, and I don't know if they're listing to a bunch of stuff that all has the same baseline or one *really long* thing or what, but it's starting to give me the eye-twitchies. time to plug into the Glitch soundtrack!
Natalie (~)
I keep having these periods of melancholy realising that we have an influx of new users and none of them will ever get to speak to Natalie now...
....they'll not witness her beautiful personality or how good a person she is...
Guess that means it's up to us all.... We'll carry her light for her... I wanna help.
I want to be someone she would like. Someone she'd be proud of. I want to help make this world better so that her name, her love, is forever engraved in this entire world.
oh is it #introductions time again already?
* furry-adjacent saurian/dragonkin
* bitey, with feathers
* green hair
* #agender (they/them or zie/zir)
* currently ace/aro
* historically #polyamorous
* intermittent #writer mostly of #fanfic
* lifelong depressive disorder, currently mostly in remission
* #oneiromancer
* occasionally posts about "woo-stuff" (magic/spirituality/weirdness)
* frequently posts about wildlife (birds, coyotes, squirrels)
* 2 adorable #cats
* 1 adorable #spouse
Sigh
So it seems the Twitter censorship news that was supposedly debunked is real after all
here's a breakdown
https://twitter.com/studentactivism/status/927206733168238593
spoiler-free reactions to "Thor: Ragnarok"
1. fun movie. very entertaining, visually engaging. there are definite flaws, which Spouse and I discussed at length afterwards, most notably a severe lack of character development.
2. inadvertently solved a couple of problems I'd been having with the back/underground of my fic, heh heh. more extensive rewriting will be needed, but I'm really liking what I can do with this...
3. the Loki is very strong with me right now. 9___9
uspol
Trump arrived in Hawaii to be greeted by protesters holding signs reading "Welcome to Kenya". https://mastodon.social/media/9U4hRF9QoVbOLbtaHtY
Therefore when Tao is lost, there is goodness.
When goodness is lost, there is kindness.
When kindness is lost, there is justice.
When justice is lost, there is ritual.
Now ritual is the husk of faith and loyalty, the beginning of confusion.
Knowledge of the future is only a flowery trapping of the Tao. It is the beginning of folly.
--Tao Te Ching, Chapter 38
What I am reading now: the second book in Ann Leckie's Ancilliary trilogy. It's hard to describe the premise without spoiling the FLAWLESS way Leckie unfolds this universe in the first book. Seriously, she learned her chops in short stories, and it shows. If you love putting together the jigsaw puzzle of a world as an author reveals them, do yourself a favor and pick up "Ancilliary Justice" blind.
lots of twitter complaining, some politics involved
@AdalwinAmillion pros of twitter: lots of good people
cons of twitter: shitty service that forces you to unblock and follow donald trump,
that bans queer people for describing themselves as queer,
that defends nazis continuously harassing people,
where sex workers are forced off the platform.......
and more and more
Hey, my kid's phone screen cracked and we could use some help getting it replaced. Anything helps: https://paypal.me/joyeusenoelle
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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~