CW: Queer mutual aid request, GoFundMe link, non-emergency :boost_ok: 

Speaking up for them because I hope this can help. My litttle sib X got into Grad School, and any help helps. They're a total sweetheart! They got shot in the leg while clocked in and are still doing recovery. Please pass across to whomever can see! Thank you so much!

gofund.me/5ea3dca58

Made it past the family visit. Corrected my contact on my parents' phones.

Too much to do at work. Might get close to making deadline.

It's /_really_/ hard to care about a job when its coinflip which end is closer; their camps, or fighting against them.

Y'all take care of each other out there, please?

There is a tier 1 or 2 Desktop Tech that works for the Justice Department, that plays War Thunder, and they have the chance to do the funniest thing ever.

Happy Uptime Day, bot!
Happy Uptime Day, bot!
You've been online for so long,
Keep going till you stop!

@Leucrotta I keep quarters in my pocket just on the chance I can drop the same line cause it's fucking devastating.

A recommended reading order (CW:Author death, Sci-Fantasy, not sponsored, long, not sorry, :boost_ok:​ ) 

01. Local Custom
02. Scout's Progress
03. Mouse and Dragon
04. Conflict of Honors
05. Agent of Change
06. Carpe Diem
07. Plan B
08. I Dare
09. Crystal Soldier
10. Crystal Dragon
11. Balance of Trade
12. Trade Secret
13. Fair Trade
14. Fledgling
15. Saltation
16. Ghost Ship
17. Necessity’s Child
18. Dragon Ship
19. Dragon in Exile
20. Alliance of Equals
21. The Gathering Edge
22. Neogenesis
23. Accepting the Lance
24. Trader’s Leap
25. Salvage Right
26. Ribbon Dance
27. A Liaden Constellation Vol 1
28. A Liaden Constellation Vol 2
29. A Liaden Constellation Vol 3
30. A Liaden Constellation Vol 4.

A reading order for , because I want to recommend and endorese the whole series.

one note I: Local Custom might be hard as a first read. Scout's Progress might be easier.

This is not the universe in full chronological order, but this groups the books into some internal arcs that i feel generate appropriate context for the universe as a whole.

It's my personal Machete order, and the order I'm using to introduce @mawr to the series by audio book, since I've been through every book multiple times. It's my most frequent read and comfort series. And I've been reading it again.

Because Sharon Lee's husband, Steve Miller, passed away right around the time I got my hands on the latest eARC.

if you find you got sucked into them, this is also a good order for re-reading to reinforce and create new context for even more enjoyment.

Agent of Change was the first published of the series, in 1985.

I first remember reading Scout's Progress around 2002-2003. I read just Scout's Progress multiple times. It took me until 2006-7 to start reading the others. By then, ebooks were a "thing" and I got my first kindle. I've always had the whole Universe in my inventory for the last decade.

CW: Emotional, non-rational, non-proportional, non-resonable venting, expressing to expunge. 

Look:

-It doesn't matter that the Things only take a few minutes
-It doesn't matter that the Things have been put off for months
-It doesn't matter that the
Things need to be done so I stop feeling bad about not doing the Things

I. Am. Tired. Of. Doing. Things. There are always MORE Things to do. And doing Things does not reduce the number of Things to be done.

Okay, I have complained about having to do Things. Now time for more Things.

old dog yells at cloud. 

The Internet was better when it was just us being about what we were interested in, not companies demanding to sell us what we were interested in.

Bring.
Back.
Geocities.

I'm not saying they're right, but I kinda understand a little. (CW: Shadowrun mechanics terminology, Dental health trauma, cancer mention) 

Its been *checks phone* 7 months, 2 days since T-Day.

My dentures still aren't always comfortable.

I don't know enough of the discourse around the implications of Essence and how cyberware has a somehow "demeaning" or "diminishing" effect to an individuals existence or experience. (they fixed the ones that are gender related so that's not a thing anymore, tho yes it /was/ in the past, noted), but I have to acknowledge that I can kind of... empathize... sometimes with that viewpoint. The modularity of my mouth has yet to become routine.

I don't like that I haven't gotten used to them yet. I don't know if I'll ever like them. They are still a _disruption_ to my routine rather than the _new_ routine they need to be because denture life is my life for the current indefinity.

And they hurt. They just.. They just hurt. The process of fixodenting eats up so much of my morning. i have to balance getting just enough so i have a good enough hold to EAT throughout the day, but not so much that the hold will degrade evenly by the end of day so that I can remove them without pain, or feeling like I'm leaving the residue behind on my tissues. Or taking chunks out of my tissues. Still can't figure out which feels worse.

maybe global warming will take me out before zinc cancer does.

At least they look nice. I haven't wanted to _look_ at my own smile for years.

N7 Day 2023 

Hey y'all, Commander Shepard says remember to vote this year. Electoralism is easier than uniting the galaxy.

SEA: I could use a job :boost_ok: 

Anyone in the Seattle metro area need a Mac/Apple system admin? I've got 17 years experience in the IT game, I worked for Amazon in their data centers, so I also know fiber networking. Would be nice to be employed again.

Happy Uptime Day, bot!
Happy Uptime Day, bot!
You've been online for so long!
Keep going til you stop!

39 Earth years of continuous operation.

Ugh~

Is anyone hiring a common sense manager? (CW: current events) 

"You can't cut back funding. You will regret this. "

C'mon people. We learned this lesson a long time ago. Yes, you have to fund things that work. But we've figured that out too. And we figured out how to figure things out. It takes. All of us.

Words of encouragement. :boost_ok:​ 

Today started off real good. Took a dive after lunch. Stayed down for most of the rest of it.

Good to be home. Gonna try again tomorrow. Keep ya head up, ya'll. It's all gonna be alright

Branding Help for a tabletop game :boost_ok:​ 

Looking for some ideas for what would be a good tech product name with the following prompt words: harmony, flow, hive

need some community feels rn :boost_ok:​ 

Can I get a HELL YEAH? 🏳️‍🌈

Asking the void of the internet [CW: programming help] :boost_ok:​ 

i have two chunks of .lua example code that i am trying to reuse. the forum i copied them from puts it all in a single line. is there something/somewhere that I can paste that single line into and have it spit out properly formatted code?

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