"And its survival can be largely attributed to a black market of underground cheese." https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/spain-artisanal-cheese-black-market-franco
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-11/uob-fdw112717.php dinosaurs were really, really fluffy. finally some good news
Natalie
Because when you're REALLY kind to other people, that's a sort of vulnerability. And vulnerability is so important to *really* connecting with and knowing other people; of having them be a part of your life.
And being kind just...*feels* good in a way that lasts the way meanness and cruelty don't.
Natalie
Natalie Nguyen was one of the most genuinely and deeply kind people I have ever met. Its something I've been thinking about a lot - about kindness. We live in a world and a time where being both casually and seriously mean to people, even people we *know* and supposedly care about, is too easy. Too normal. But the good thing is, Natalie and people like her remind us that real kindness is not only worth what effort it might take, its actually infectious, and inspiring.
This seemed very Mastodonian, somehow.
via FrozenTrout on Slack https://toot.cat/media/wTLMdGAIsIX-Ch7Nvt8
Concerned Tech Question (Net Neutrality Death)
@Phorm "Many were increasingly of the opinion that they’d all made a big mistake using TCP/IP in the first place. And some said that even IP had been a bad move, and that no one should ever have left FidoNet."
I wonder how far an 'experimenter license' microwave relay can reach from the top of a high church spire...
Heads up! We've been receiving an escalating amount of harassment from users on toot.love and the admin advertises the server as "no moderation". As such, the moderators at mastodon.social have chosen to silence toot.love.
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(although I usually don't mind it, sometimes not having a car really is that much of a pain in the tail)
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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.
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