"Hey."
The voice comes from behind me. I turn around, and there is nothing there. Literally nothing.
"It's me, the Void."
"Hi," I say.
"Are you okay? Only, you haven't come to scream for a while."
I gesture helplessly.
"I know," the Void says. "But if you need me..."
"Thanks."
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@mawr You rock, mawr!
re: CW: Orthocosm, River Tribe, Energy request
@kelseyhusky I've been there... a lot. Unfortunately, the only solution I've ever found to that sort of thing is forcing engineering teams to take some ownership (usually via including them in the oncall rotations).
It's kind of fantastic that the most well-spoken and best made point on the subject of governance in all of Monty Python's production history would from an anarcho-syndicalist peasant responding in irritation to a king.
re: covid-19
@kistaro That sounds like a reasonable request.
I'm in the Bay Area.. have asthma and my partner rideshares home from work every morning. I got her a respirator and some long use P100 filters because N-95 masks and filters basically do not exist here.
@kistaro
Damn that's a good swear!
The witch glared at the spellbook.
"Fresh virgin blood," she muttered. "That's a stupid ingredient."
"Can't you use your own?" her raven asked.
"Depends on whether the author meant 'Never had sex' or 'Never had sex with a man'."
"Did a man write the spell?"
"Hah! Good question."
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re: Cw: Transphobia, Seattle TSA
@mawr That.. actually didn't surprise me. There have been a lot of articles about the Seattle Fash scene and massive number of Nazis up that way despite how progressive the it is viewed by the rest of the country and the non-fash residents.
And of course fucking Nazis work for the TSA... because oh look authority power over others without all the hassle of being an actual cop. D:
I despise the TSA.. between that and people mover seating I hate flying these days.
re: Cw: Transphobia, Seattle TSA
@mawr WTF
I was one of two people not in an official leadership role at the dinner but my director invited me... so eh...
Hnngg.... why is peopling around coworkers so exhausting?
I vaguely regret attending work paid dinner (had some tasty fish tacos), specially since I had a semi-valid excuse to avoid it (had some dental work done today). I get along well and like my team mates and a few other coworkers... but dinner with literally ever single manager in our organization was mentally exhausting.
"Light the beacons when you need our aid, and we shall come!"
With that, they left.
Years passed in peace. The beacons, once looked after, were at last forgotten, unlit.
The monitoring satellite left in Earth's orbit by the aliens still watches, ready to relay a call for aid.
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@kistaro It is super useful!
Post-"human" post-cyberpunk scifi with some soft semi-mythical elements.
Contrary to popular belief, so-called mad scientists do not habitually set out to create monsters. Any monsters created are delightful surprises.
But this time, Dr Dastard built a monster on purpose. He animated it, then put it under his bed.
"Here, I made you a friend."
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