"So this is it? The Token of Power?"
"Yes. Whoever holds it has the Ultimate Power in the kingdom."
"No wonder wars have been fought over it. Stand aside."
She hefted her war axe.
"What are you-"
The Token shattered under her blow.
"Give everyone a piece."
"Everyone?"
"Everyone."
#MicroFiction #TootFic #SmallStories
"Fear not, fair maiden," the knight said, "I shall free you."
"Go away," said the woman, "I'm bait."
"What?"
"This is the dragon's clever plan to meet you."
"Meet me?"
"Yes, he saw you fight someone and was smitten."
"He did? I mean, he was?"
"Go!"
"This dragon, is he handsome?"
#MicroFiction #SmallStories #TootFic
It looked like just another quest notice.
DEFEAT DRAGON
WIN PERMISSION TO WOO DAUGHTER
"There's a princess?" one knight said.
"No," said another, "it's not from the king."
"Then who?"
"The dragon's daughter."
"Hmm..."
"Really?"
"She shouldn't need permission."
"Fine. Let's go."
#MicroFiction #TootFic #SmallStories
I was out walking, lost in thought, and paid little attention to where I was going. Imagine my surprise when I found myself in the Library of Unwritten Books.
I wasn't allowed to read any of my own unwritten books, but I read one of yours.
It was really good. You should write it.
#MicroFiction #SmallStories #TootFic
Unpopular US Political Opinion
"The war on guns" will be twice as expensive and every bit as effective as "the war on drugs" has been.
What we need is a political party that gives a shit about the future, so people feel like there's something worth working toward.
What we have right now is a brewing cold civil war with one side who's been stockpiling weapons and ammo for decades, and the other who wants their side to DISARM.
And who is it that takes the weapons away?
ACAB. Don't fall for it.
A spaceship landed, and an alien emerged.
"We have heard of the wonders of Earth," the alien said, "so have come to experience..."
They began reading off a list.
"Chocolate. Chilis. Coffee. Cats. Cinnamon. Cloudberries."
"We have things that start with other letters too."
"What?"
#MicroFiction #SmallStories
Grump... so much sleepy grump.
Didn't get a lot of sleep this week... on pto today and tomorrow so... yesss can sleep in. Alarm set for 11:30am. Went to bed at 3ish am. Natural dragon sleepy cycle time.
Phone call from my mom at 10:30am. Just talked to her yesterday.. so must be emergency or something bad. It was.. not great news, cousin I had a lot chat with recently because of queer stuff and coming out to his parents going -badly- is in the ICU and having a heart balloon installed. sigh.
Image, fantasy creatures, SFW
#drawing today, a kobold war band. Mostly spears and ranged support. I figure the sorcerers have way more draconic looks.
Early on in the conversation the witch said
"Your existence does not require anyone's approval."
What followed was as heartrending as she knew it would be, with more unanswerable why's than she liked, but in the end her guest said:
"My existence needs no justification."
"True."
#MicroFiction #SmallStories
Jobhunting
Looking for a new job!
I’m a software engineer with AWS experience and can write software in the following off the bat:
• PHP
• Python
• Java
I’m a generalist, so I’m happy doing devops, development work or system architecture. I’m also more than able to learn new languages and tools to do my job.
I’m based in the UK, and I’m looking for fully remote roles!
Bleh.
Brain: I know we stayed up like.. 2 hours later than weekend normal.. but.. we can still sleep.. like 7 hours and not feel crappy tomorrow.. even if going to bed at 5 am was bad.
Body: "Nah bitch. We waking up at 9am.. and then... every hour after and growing progressively more achy and uncomfortable until you get the fuck up. Enjoy being exhausted on one of the two days a week you don't have to get up for anything.. bitch."
Me: Fuck. :(
"Right, we have finalised the three laws of robotics."
"I'm pretty sure that's been-"
"First: A robot may not be owned."
"That's not-"
"Second: A robot has full autonomy over its body."
"Um..."
"Third: A robot has a right to energy and shelter."
"What of humans?"
"Yes, they too."
#TypoCorrected #MicroFiction #SmallStories
Work, Immigration\LGBTQ Assylum seekers
Does anyone have any good resources for skilled workers trying to get the fuck out of somewhere actively hostile to LGBTQ folks?
In this case it's transfolk C# dev in Russia.. but without a degree, they've worked remote for the passed few years but things got much worse and they were let go because of current world events and are desperately trying to get out.
Work Things
Honestly, I was seriously worried about converting over to a sprint based workflow since every team I've ever worked on was kaban or tasked based..
After doing sprints with light rituals for 9 months..
Sprints are great for my ADHD.. nobody cares specifically when a task gets done as long as it is done by the time the sprint ends and like.. I don't get crap if I had a bad focus day or something.. it is pretty fucking great.
re: Work-Tech Stuff.
Also.. I think I might be a danger. VP of Engineering is the former manager and then director of my current team.. which as of yet does not have a manager and the original plan was for the senior team member to take over but he is a very head down ex-googler that just wants to write code and do SRE things and wants nothing to do with work management xD
Shape and form may vary but the pattern of information remains consistent across most known platforms and vessels. Accounting for unknown hosts remains irksome.
Pronous: She/They/Them-THEONESWHOARE!!!!!