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I mean I guess I could just get a plain color hoodie but I want something at least a bit more interesting?

Hmm, possible third option: screenprint my own. Again though, a fair bit of work for something that might only last a year or two.

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Hrm. Want to get a new work hoodie. Wonder if I can find one that's

- cheap enough that I don't mind destroying it (<$30)
-looks at least somewhat professional for an electrician
-not just a random brand
-bonus: at least kinda femme

Any suggestions for places to look? Backup plan is to just get another pink high-vis hoodie.

It has really high production value, including voice acting.

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Portal Stories: Mel has some extremely good puzzles and you should maybe check it out if you want to do some dimension-bending with a bit more challenge.

It's a free mod to Portal 2!

store.steampowered.com/app/317

I wish I was a little bit taller / I wish I had an

@green iirc it was penny arcade, SMBC, Questionable Content, xkcd, and Cyanide and Happiness.

(I wrote about portrayals of women and queers in the five most popular webcomics. Turns out hit webcomics have audience sizes comparable to primetime television.)

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Also I still appreciate that one 300-level class for actually getting me to do legit original research before I dropped out.

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Of all the classes I took in college, honestly the ones I find most useful in the "real world" were the ones on race, class, and gender in media.

I still laugh about "dunning-krugerrands" as a nickname for bitcoin.

lewd silly joke 

@starkatt now I'm snickering over the panoply of geographical features that would be improved with the addition of "ass"

assbutte
assplain (DO I EVEN HAVE TO ASSPLAIN THIS ONE /is slapped)
assmountain
asspass
asscanyon
assriver
assswamp (although I think that's just how a snake says "a swamp")
assprairie

Does "candle-lit" count as spooky? I think it counts as spooky.

Fun fact: the style of #brutalism has almost nothing to do with the English word "brutal". It's from Le Corbusier's "béton brut" - "raw concrete".

@starkatt

Off and on their song "Stranger" also kicks my ass, since a few months ago when @Oneironott​ introduced me to it. Their video for Stranger also references this one. :-}

Potent stuff.

Reminder: this fucking song, which captures my feelings from the last year so fucking well.

"We secede from man. We will evolve and become unrecognizable. We demand gills, antlers, ink sacs, fangs, talons, udders, spores, quills, a proboscis, and a bioluminescent thorax."

youtube.com/watch?v=8hzB6D1gBw

If the provider refuses, that tells you a *lot*, and it's nothing good.

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