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   tyil (tyil@fedi.tyil.nl)'s status on Monday, 01-Sep-2025 21:17:43 JST tyil

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   @mirkobrombin@mastodon.social @pietrodc0@mastodon.social I’m tired of always having to watch out A very simple solution exists: either don't join a free software community if you hate freedom, or learn to adapt to the community you're joining. There's plenty of spaces that cater to harmful software, why do you feel the need to pollute one of the small spaces that free software enthusiasts have made for themselves?It’s not possible that a developer, a personThey can on various other places. Twitter, for example.something that, objectively, nobody actually cares about.So why are you here?

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   elilla&: banned for booty crimes (elilla@transmom.love)'s status on Thursday, 07-Aug-2025 03:05:48 JST elilla&: banned for booty crimes

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   FUQ (forged, unasked questions):

   - "Why 9m and not 8m?"

   My wingspan palm to palm is almost exactly 1.5m. I like the approach where you measure by wingspan (cuffs are 2×, shorties 3×, mains 6×) as that makes it predictable how much you have to pull.

   - "Then why 4m shorties?"

   Because the sampler box from Amatsunawa gives you 5× high quality 4m ropes for 10€ which is a total steal, and it's close enough. Rope quality matters more than precise lengths.

   Similarly, hojōjutsu hayanawa I would rather have 5m×3mm; but 4.3m×4mm came with the DIY Amatsunawa kit and it's still passable for historical parameters (= from 2.5 hiro to 22 shaku, so starting from ~4.55m, but eh close enough. 4mm diameter was used.)

   - "What are the advantages of these new, expensive ropes compared to your old ones?"

   Most importantly: being new. Natural rope loses tensile strength with age, and my colourful jute, while iconic, is ancient by now (like me). Doing suspension with natural ropes is a delicate thing, and one has to keep to new or new-ish rope to be safe, especially with 6mm jute which isn't that strong at all. On top of that, old ropes becomes more and more twisted and full of kinks as they age (like me). My multicoloureds in particular are *copiously* used, to the point where it's getting frustrating to do even groundwork on them, as they keep coiling this way or that, like wilful little snakes, they 😌 I'm used to handling the snakes, of course, but to do riskier play, it's one less thing to worry about.

   So, since I needed to buy new rope anyway, I decided to splurge and get the good stuff, in celebration of my einbürgerung. That meant Amatsunawa, which has a stellar reputation with shibari aficionadas.

   Strength: I read a lot of scientific reports on the tensile strength and durability of natural rope, and what stayed with me wasn't the weakness itself but the large variability in parameters; even generalisations like "hemp is stronger than jute" aren't necessarily true, it's just that jute has a wider range of variation than hemp. We can't test individual ropes without destroying them in the process, so it pays off to invest in reputable manufacturers who source good quality fibre of known origins. Amatsunawa is a local brand, but they source Tossa jute batched on plant oil, free of petrochemicals. (I heard they tried to use local providers but couldn't find yet a fibre with qualities comparable to Japanese jute).

   Besides reliability, rope qualities that shibari people appreciate are durability, pliancy (for tops), and skin feel (for bottoms), and these consistently get high ratings on all accounts.

   - "But I loved how gay were your old ropes, are you going to throw them away :( "

   Not at all! Many of my old companions are still perfectly usable for groundwork, the pink and cyan in particular not even that twisted yet. My daily training can also be done with these, sparing the premium stuff for my bottoms and prolonging its lifespan. And my famous multicoloured jute, which is getting unworkable, is about to become rope floggers, cat o'nines, rope collars, rope strap-on harnesses…

   - "So we're not getting more photos of multicoloured bondage?"

   I did consider doing natural pigment dying with plants or charcoal, but I chose not to, as dying can weaken rope and with all the uncertain variables, there's no way to know how much. Amatsunawa recommends a dye process that's less damaging by using alcohol rather than water:
   https://www.amatsunawa.com/Rope-Care/Dyeing-jute-rope/

   …but I don't think I'll try it.

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   Futurist Jim Carroll (jimcarroll@futurist.info)'s status on Friday, 14-Feb-2025 20:01:50 JST Futurist Jim Carroll

   "Uncomfortably numb? Dazed and confused? Is this real life or fantasy? You want to be sedated? Hello, darkness my old friend? Welcome to the jungle. Because volatility seems to be the new normal." - Futurist Jim Carroll

   Fun fact - I was a roadie for KISS for a few concerts. Plus, for Canadian fans - for April Wine! I got to carry the bell from Ooowatanite onto a stage in front of about 10,000 fans. Maybe that's where I developed my love for the stage!

   Back to today's post.

   2025 sure has been interesting (is that an understatement?) so far! We are barely into the new year.

   So while today I'm having fun with some classic music lyrics, I also see them as more than just artistic statements – they're barometers of our collective response to this unprecedented era of massive instability.

   So let's take it apart.

   What many of us might describe as feeling " uncomfortably numb" or "dazed and confused" reflects a deeper truth about our current reality. We're living in a time where geopolitical certainties are dissolving overnight, where established alliances are being tossed overboard without regard for what they might mean, and where the very foundations of global order are being questioned.

   With that, the desire to "be sedated" is, for many, an understandable response to a world where every morning's headlines might bring news of another crisis, another shift in the global power balance, or another challenge to long-held assumptions. But seeking escape through inaction is precisely the wrong response - I learned that many years ago.

   When people reference "darkness," they're often expressing their discomfort with uncertainty itself. We're in an era where supply chains can be disrupted by a single blocked canal, where regional conflicts can trigger global economic shockwaves, and where erratic leadership is quickly destroying whatever stability we had. It's easy to lose ourselves to the negative, particularly when there is so much of it about.

   So "welcome to the jungle" indeed! But this jungle isn't about speed; it's about the jungle of unpredictability. I think we all need to develop what I call "volatility intelligence" – enhancing our ability to thrive not just in change, but in chaos.

   So - here I go again - think about this ---> the future belongs not to those who can simply move fast, but to those who can navigate complexity and uncertainty. 

   The people who might thrive are those who can find clarity in the chaos, opportunity in the uncertainty, and purpose in periods of profound disruption.

   This isn't just my normal optimism – it's how I'm trying to keep moving forward in this era of crazy global volatility.

   Can you?

   Futurist Jim Carroll looks back fondly at his short career as a ‘roadie.’

   Original post - https://jimcarroll.com/2025/02/daily-inspiration-into-2025-uncomfortably-numb-dazed-and-confused-volatility-seems-to-be-the-new-normal/

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   dan 💾 (billgoats@bitbang.social)'s status on Sunday, 03-Mar-2024 08:44:23 JST dan 💾

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   So then @paulrickards and I were playing around trying to get our networks talking to each other.

   After a couple of false starts, it turns out oldsk00l IP stuff *really* doesn't like any kind of NAT malarky, and I'm currently trapped behind carrier-level NAT that I can't do anything about.

   So Paul did some digging and managed to whip up some sort of magic Python UDP tunnel and we've somehow managed to print to each other's ImageWriters across the Atlantic :D

   #MARCHintosh #LiveLaughLocalTalk

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   Grant Gulovsen (gulovsen@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 28-Dec-2023 02:45:16 JST Grant Gulovsen

   I need to give a big thank you to the #Mastodon community.

   A few weeks ago two of my relatives began identifying as #trans and if I hadn’t been here absorbing and learning for the past year I probably would not be as accepting and supportive of their choices as I am now.

   I may have gotten there eventually but that’s not something I have to worry about.

   So thank you to everyone here who opened my eyes and my mind. 🙏

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   Mark Delany (markd@hachyderm.io)'s status on Monday, 18-Dec-2023 18:08:34 JST Mark Delany

   If #alien life ever visits Earth the chances of being able to communicate with them is zero.

   Why? Cats. Dogs. Cows. Horses. Goats.

   Supposedly #intelligent humans have spent millennia engaging with domesticated animals who are genetically similar, have evolved in the same ecosystem and yet we have no real clue as to what they think, want or care about.

   So if an #alien lands on Earth, what hubris makes us think we'll be able to converse with them or them believing they can converse with us?