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mastodon 4.8.0-nightly.2026-10-06just some white she/her older millennial. "a villain that fights by the book of arithmetic." will be your book reading coach and cheerleader if you want, please ask. not a professional account. i hate reply guys and will make it weird. same with doomers
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just littol
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@lashman@mastodon.social just heads up, this headline was ragebait -- it's not really what he said
i don't buy a lot of physical books (i probably own . . . 80 books) but i'm really excited to own this one by catherine lacey. i just finished lacey's "the answers," and i also loved "biography of x." this book has two covers, and is divided in half between a memoir and a novella.
i'm really lucky that my dietary restrictions don't kill me, i don't have celiac or an epipen type of allergy. but it is also . . . stressful, tiring, depressing, to have almost every food choice be a calculus of how much i want to feel bad later. i don't like it
let alone when someone else is involved in the decision or i'm trying to socially placate people who don't understand being sick. that also sucks very bad
I'm #knitting a scarf for someone who's moving away soon. I'm using a wool blend and a cotton blend yarn held together, and the wool is a self striping cake in pale cream, beige, and snowy warm gray. The cotton blend is off white.
Let's say you lived on a big spaceship or station like those in "Star Trek" or "The Expanse" etc. You can't just build a football field or national park or anything, but what feasible stuff would you want to have? Is there stuff you wouldn't care about having?
Very open ended prompt here haha, just curious if others have thought about this while watching space stuff. Boost for me please? 🔄
eta: uh oh . . . the men who think they're funny have arrived unfortunately
happy Fields of Mistria 1.0 Releases on August 5 to those who celebrate!!! that's me
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@grimalkina@mastodon.social okay i have played all these! none on actual playstation though. these all share some DNA with Journey. i think Carto is a particularly good bet. also if mom has any inclination to try any big traditional RPG type of thing, i suggest Dragon Quest XI (stands alone, is very legible and fun)
The Big Con
Black Book
Carto
Cinders
Donut County
Firewatch
Heaven's Vault
Katamari
Mini Metro
Oxenfree
Pentiment
A Short Hike
Spiritfarer
What Remains of Edith Finch
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@Ciela@mastodon.ie @lashman@mastodon.social what is it exactly that he said? I'd love to see your favorite part of the interview
byw lashman is my pal and I left this comment in good faith bc none of us deserve tech industry ragebait. I have no idea who you are or why you're being rude to me about nothing, hope it works though
RE: https://mastodon.social/@girlonthenet/116437128211000660
"I do not see this work as a ‘down side’ to love. On the contrary, I think that working for something – having complex conversations and making compromises and listening and respecting boundaries – makes the end result even more beautiful."
🎶
Father Abraham had seven sons
Seven sons had Father Abraham
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RE: https://mastodon.social/@lashman/116997523606287378
This looks really cool (more art in second post)
RE: https://mastodon.social/@404mediaco/116994661553101555
Embarrassing cowards:
"The Wikimedia Foundation’s statement and its frequently asked questions section is full of very carefully-worded language that is common among companies and organizations that have fought against unionization. For example, the FAQ includes a long section about the benefits that Wikimedia Foundation already offers its staff, and the statement suggests that there is a 'wide range of views on unionization' among employees."
Gretchen Felker-Martin's monster in "Cuckoo" is a metaphor for both bigotry and those who profit from bigotry, and I'm really struck by this description:
"Now everywhere it turns it finds only itself, a starving animal the size of a planet curled in a panicked ball and shitting into its own open mouth to quell its hunger pangs."
RE: https://mastodon.social/@effika/116490315509039675
this glass has a little wiggle in its walk! what a beautiful beverage
I'm about 1/3 through Emma Straub's "American Fantasy" and really liking it -- a fun and bittersweet take on people attending and hosting an aging boy band's annual fan cruise. I tend to cringe back from books that are described as sweet, funny, or heartwarming (blecch), but this is not that and is not cloying at all.
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@grimalkina@mastodon.social Dr Cat I could recommend one million games, does she only play on her console, phone too? Anything else?
I have problems with "The Pitt," like the very inflated body count, roughly 4% of all of Pittsburgh's ER deaths for an entire year:
"The Pitt is just another medical soap opera, but the decision to confine the season to one real-life day means they must condense all the usual hacky storylines and moments into that day. They kept the high body count, crammed into just one shift for all these medical workers. If anything, it’s worse than a soap opera."
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@jzb@hachyderm.io @lisamelton@mastodon.social thank you, that's very kind!!
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Are these cats famous musicians? Yes, they helped reinvigorate the post-shoegaze scene in Chicago. No autographs please, they don't have thumbs
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Is that a cartoony yellow shoe? Yes, my partner owns these and the littler cat likes to use them as a chair (?), that is his artistic process
i had a dream where my pal @Tijn@dosgame.club (whom i've never met!!!) got famous for translating songs into dutch and i flew to netherlands to stay in a capsule hotel and listen to his dutch songs
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@timnitGebru@dair-community.social so thrilled to see you as part of this huge feature!! Really bolstering to the mind and spirit
tired: long-suffering wife
wired: long-suppering wife
which muppet has the highest kill count? (this is one of my favorite youtubers. the comments are also very funny and informative. a lot of people have thought about muppet violence)
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@girlonthenet I love this and just want to point out that almost everyone, like truly probably 98%+ of people, operate into a parameter where they feel they need a partner. It's just not spoken because it's like fish talking about water. Your reflection on it and grappling is what sets you apart, and in a good way. But to me it seems more like an issue of you feeling good enough, in general, from such a little baby age. I'm excited for part 2 for that reason -- you have always been enough.
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@Tijn@dosgame.club satisfying!!
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@turgon@dosgame.club this is so genuinely sweet and great
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@effika amazing lion chest ruff
I'm watching "The Pitt," so far it isn't at all different from popular past hospital shows besides that it can be much gorier -- like horror practical effects.
today is Email Debt Forgiveness Day! if you owe someone a message (not just email), go ahead and send it
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@Tijn my coworker from 2010 was there and she KISSED ME hello. i didn't even have spicy food before bed or anything. congratulations on your success
I'd never claim these answers are forever, but these are the favorite #books I chose today:
"A Short Stay in Hell" by Steven L Peck
"The Man Without a Shadow" by Joyce Carol Oates
"The Long Walk" by Stephen King
"Living With a Wild God" by Barbara Ehrenreich
HAIL ⛈️
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@girlonthenet oh no NOT pressure at all, just i'm excited that hopefully the second part will be like, here is what i do deserve and what i don't put up with. i know you know yourself in that way. so it was a very good cliffhanger!
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@Tijn smh the future horse liberals want
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@rrb @skinnylatte my answer was sincere and has concrete steps for you to follow. you should do it
eta: i'm realizing you're talking to me as though i am not white (i am white), i said your post was cute or a joke (i didn't), etc. no, i am giving you concrete advice of exactly what to do. my bio literally says white right at the top. maybe looking more and being more curious about other users is a good start too
hirbawi kufiya employs palestinian women, sources local materials, and has to figure out how to ship outside gaza. they're reopening friday may 1 with a restock that you can get an alert about here!
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@Ciela@mastodon.ie @lashman@mastodon.social good lord. It literally isn't. He was talking about inviting more sports and other genres of posters. Read one thing in your entire life
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@rrb @skinnylatte don't know you dude but the first step is not to ask nonwhite people to help you learn not to alienate other nonwhite people (this is a genuine answer)
in other practical steps, please follow more Black users (and users of color in general) and think about and boost their posts. if you aren't sure the joke or whatever you want to make is going to land, if you don't know them in general, reply less. decide not to.
if racial dynamics confuse you, you should read some books too.
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@mradcliffe@nokoto.org also your furikake looks rustic compared to the truly tiny shreds of nori in ours, is it a special brand? I've only had a few different kinds.
i'm dinking around with decker and just had the most powerful sense memory of DOS print shop
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@mradcliffe@nokoto.org those look great!! Furikake bagel is a great idea. We just drove through Dublin and my partner was excited to see his grad school fast food bagel standby Brueggers over there.
i have "titanium court" and i must scream (but no i haven't started it yet!! but i'm excited)
eta: okay i really don't like "titanium court"! people acted like it's extremely unknowable and genre-bending -- maybe it does become that? -- but so far it's just "loop hero" with a lot of theater kid dialogue around it and a word salad of quirky nonsequiturs. very uhhh millennial coded (derogatory)
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@benroyce@mastodon.social @mjc0961@mastodon.social @tragivictoria@mastodon.com.pl @Ciela@mastodon.ie @lashman@mastodon.social I don't know how to tell you that you're asking me to answer to you for your subjective experience, and no, I don't have to at all actually. What's your theory here, that I work for the CIA? Is my connection to the CEO of bluesky in the room with us now?
i'm a magazine journalist. if you hate writers, journalism, or paywalls, unfollow me or don't follow me to begin with. same if you're someone who dunk tweets OR endorses stuff you did not read.