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   Dan Fixes Coin-Ops (ifixcoinops@retro.social)'s status on Saturday, 11-Jan-2025 15:09:31 JST Dan Fixes Coin-Ops

   Evening Fedi, just wanted to show you the inside of the sweater I'm wearing right now.

   It's very light, and very thin, but it's got all these little silver dots inside. They reflect my infrared back at me. They don't feel scratchy or anything, they're not like metallic, it feels like a new T-shirt, but this thing is wacky-warm. Like, it's feral rabid warm in this, this impossibly thin insubstantial thing is cosier than some of my fluffiest sweaters. It's like mithril, but for heat.

   Anyway I very recommend these little spaceage silver dots. The trade name is "omni-heat" and they're pricey (this was a hand-me-down) but I bet there's knockoffs for way less that probably work just as well

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   Dr. Amy, Psy.D. (dramypsyd@ohai.social)'s status on Tuesday, 31-Dec-2024 09:20:55 JST Dr. Amy, Psy.D.

   The WiFi at the office today is being glitchy so I want to give a special THANK YOU to everyone using alt text because pictures are not loading so I can only perceive images with alt text right now.

   It's also a good thing to do for accessibility in general for those who rely on it all the time of course. Just pointing out that it's got a LOT of benefits. :)

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   Wren “Hot Cocoa” Archer :bc: (wrenarcher@beige.party)'s status on Sunday, 22-Dec-2024 03:56:00 JST Wren “Hot Cocoa” Archer :bc:

   A waning moon on the longest night/shortest day of the year. Not that you could tell it’s the shortest day of the year here in the Houston area since it’s so bright and sunny right now.

   It is rather chilly though at 45°F

   #WinterSolstice

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   carl marks (tillshadeisgone@blackqueer.life)'s status on Monday, 02-Dec-2024 01:58:24 JST carl marks

   in reply to

   @ljrk three things.

   1. The issue you are having here is that you don't understand antiblackness. As you have stated, you don't get why it's so pervasive and so uniquely difficult to grapple with. And I want you to hold my hand as I say this: you need to do some reading on your own about the system of white supremacy instead of badgering the 5 Black folks you know on the fediverse to explain it to you. Your lack of understanding is not something we have the power to rectify. Like I said, we can only give you the truth, our truth, as in our experiences. It just isn't in our power to render our experience legible to you, and it's not fair for you to demand it of us. We are giving you correct answers over and over, but you need more foundational understanding to be able to truly comprehend them. This isn't an insult; it's very common. So please do some research.

   2. As I said before, it's because of all the white people. Me and the few other BIPOC-run servers all ban bad actors, we are very consistent with that. However, because of how federation works, other instances big and small that are run by white people refuse to do the same. They regularly interact with racists and let racists make alts on their servers. When we bring this to their attention, they ignore us or argue that the racists aren't racist. And then when we defederate from them because of it, they call us bullies and say we're just power-hungry. I can't tell you how many times that has happened and is happening now.

   3. It's a catch-22. This space started out as very white, and because of how antiblack the space was, the handful of Black folks who stopped by had to deal with antiblackness with very little community for them on the platform. They had to deal with it alone, so they left. And because they rightly refused to put up with all the racist harassment and went somewhere else (or back to twitter), this platform got a reputation for being antiblack. So fewer people came. So the people who did stay were more alone than ever. And those people (us) have that same experience of getting harassed by racists while most white folks just don't care. We've got 30-something users on my server, and I doubt we'll ever make it to 45 or 50. Why would Black people stay in an antiblack environment when they now have an alternative with much more people to actually be in community with? And so the cycle continues.

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   rhys (rhys@mastodon.rhys.wtf)'s status on Wednesday, 23-Oct-2024 17:50:55 JST rhys

   I'm hating how much of my life is dominated by #Fortinet right now.

   It's gotten a bit easier now some media outlets are reporting on it, mainly based on @GossiTheDog's toots, but good grief, what a mess.

   On the plus side, it's encouraging my place to finally start taking vendor assessment and how we architecturally position vendor appliances a bit more seriously.

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   Partisan Night Slut (pns@noauthority.social)'s status on Sunday, 20-Oct-2024 09:30:31 JST Partisan Night Slut

   This is what getting on the bus in Calgary is like now.

   It's the most cowboy city in the whole country and it has become this desperate manifestation of subhuman misery.