Empress of Mars: Undisputed @zebratron2084@awoo.space

Watching @anthracite feed and chat with the local crows is just the most endearing damn thing.

@JulieSqveakaroo Good idea! *snooze*

The other gaping hole in my tiny besieged emotional survival shack has been boarded. For the moment, the hordes of restless undead regrets outside are silent.

I think it's time for lunch and a nap, then it's time to check in on Noa and Kirt and see if they're ready to finish their little space adventure. I'm at that perfect cusp between melancholy, relieved, and maudlin that's perfect for writing Cute Gay Fungus Person Romance.

@Austin_Dern @jakebe I think the single thing I miss most about my old household is the staring contests with the raccoons outside my bedroom window.

TIL that the traditional collective noun for a group of raccoons is a "gaze." =(^)_(^)=

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_English_terms_of_venery,_by_animal

That last bit, especially.

@Oneironott Temptation to filk this to "Mean Green Mother From Outer Space" from Little Shop, rising dangerously fast...

@mawr @Kyresti

*stares dumbfoundedly at image*

No. No. Nothing gives you that right, mawr. Nothing gives anyone that right. ;O

song for a missing sister or two

https://genius.com/Joanna-newsom-peach-plum-pear-lyrics

@benj_red@cybre.space Okay, smartass, but when the border collies learn how to gerrymander, don't blame me when we're all working in the squeakyball factories.

(Seriously, I do think I like them. It brings Masto one step closer to the expressive medium that LJ was. I needed some trace of a "species whiteboard" back in my life.)

Wait, are these metadata fields in our profiles new, or did I just never notice them until @anthracite started talking about them when she updated her instance?

I like them! 🐯​😇​

@indi Now I want to buy you a plush rooster to menace. :D

Yeah. Looks like one of those mornings where I'm very likely to get myself in trouble by talking again. Gonna take the high road and go take a nap instead.

I know. I'm an American hero. You don't have to tell me.

https://slate.com/technology/2018/08/who-is-poppkinkream-the-reddit-user-fighting-for-a-fact-based-internet.html

#shortdurationpersonalsavior #shordurpersav

Okay, between the hideousness of this figure and, let's be honest, the fact a BoingBoinger is into them, I think I finally understand the loathing of Funko Pops.

https://boingboing.net/2018/08/31/sigh-i-bought-the-gene-fren.html

NGL, I think in the grand scheme of things, accidentally training up "lesser" species to take our place is the only actually useful thing humans are doing right now. If you really want the Earth to have a bright future, buy your local raccoons and coyotes some educational toys, then step back and accept the sunset of humanity gracefully. We've already basically blown all rights to this planet.

@tastymochafox I just went through a colossal bout of that, myself. If I don't hear from someone for a long enough period of time, I just tend to assume they figured out the boring truth about me and lost interest. n.n;

(Which is COMPLETE VILE HYPOCRISY since I am also incredibly timid about reaching out to people and half my friends probably think *I've* lost interest in *them*...)

#basicallyintrovertthings

@tastymochafox @troodon When I take over the world and install the dome that makes it 60F and overcast every day forever, I will take rare creatures like you and @anthracite and make a comfortable habitat for you where you can enjoy your bizarre extremes. ;D

(Early autumn is PERFECT.)

("your" refers to the Masto gestalt mind, and my generally crusty orientation towards it these days; it's not a subtoot about anything or anyone in particular <3 )