Fascism in Austin, Texas
Multiple fascist events in Austin today:
-- Confederate Flag March
- March 4 Trump featuring Patriot Prayer nazis
- Candllelit anti-immigrant hate rally
Already reports of a significant assault on an antifascist. Avoid downtown #Austin today and 6th Street tonight unless you're prepared to tangle with fascists. #antifa
STOP REVEALING OUR SECRETS, TUMBLR.
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*raptor screech* https://wandering.shop/media/jDOCBOg4S5x_bsbx7uw
crow behavior
saw a couple of crows play-wrestling on the way to the store just now--flapping up and grabbing at each other with their claws. it was obviously play-fighting, not actual fighting, as they broke off and went back to foraging peacefully side by side afterwards. I think they're a mated pair. either way, it was adorable, and new behavior for me to see, so yay! :D
A new MIT study finds the median earned by #Uber & #Lyft drivers is $3.37 per hour, 70% earn less than their state's minimum wage, and a third earn less than their vehicle costs https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/03/02/590168381/uber-lyft-drivers-earning-a-median-profit-of-3-37-per-hour-study-says
dreamstuff, bullying/abuse
I suspect that means more than anything that I'm *tired* in my waking life. didn't have the emotional energy to turn into a raptor and maul him, so... meh. still tired. >___<
dreamstuff, bullying/abuse
but instead, I just felt--vaguely annoyed and kind of tired of him. so I gave him a couple of offhandedly mildly insulting responses and ignored him as I went to play the game. he ended up watching over my shoulder and asking me out. I think my response was an incredulous "after all that, you're asking me out? you've got to be fucking kidding."
dreamstuff, bullying/abuse
bunch of stuff I don't really remember; the one bit I do remember was... I was trying to play an arcade video game, but some guy was bullying me, mostly verbal harassment, the kind of stuff that when I was younger would have sent me fleeing in tears, and nowdays would cause a carefully controlled massive adrenaline reaction. in dreams I usually have huge emotional overreactions to fairly mildly upsetting things.
I did some experiments that really highlight how heavily image recognition algorithms depend on probability - and how unprepared they are for surrealism. #machinelearning
http://aiweirdness.com/post/171451900302/do-neural-nets-dream-of-electric-sheep
Wealth distribution study
Wanted to boost it but it wasn't cw'd.
Yeah There's a reason when people ask me how I'm successful with my career I just tell them it's luck
https://newsstand.google.com/articles/CAIiEECJFb35UXJFFZGTnNzXXFUqFggEKg0IACoGCAowof8GMMBfMLuOqwM
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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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