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   Stephen Coles (stewf@mstdn.party)'s status on Tuesday, 19-Nov-2024 17:16:28 JST Stephen Coles

   Zuzana Licko’s fonts were some the first non-system fonts I ever used. They were useful and cool. They made my design look good.

   Rudy VanderLans’ writing was some of the first design writing I ever read. It was insightful and approachable. It made me feel like I was part of the future.

   So you can imagine a combo of nerves and thrill when I was asked to write the preface for this book. Still seems unreal.

   1,264 pages, 40 of the best Emigre specimens, artfully reprinted: https://letterformarchive.org/shop/emigre-fonts/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=Emigre+Type+Specimens

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   Veronica Explains (vkc@linuxmom.net)'s status on Wednesday, 21-Aug-2024 07:58:14 JST Veronica Explains

   I wanted to share a screenshot of a dangerous post offline, for reasons.

   However, because I'd already suspended the instance which was sending hate my way, I can no longer see the post which caused me to suspend them in the first place. So now, I guess I have to take screenshots of *everything vile that comes my way* in case this happens in the future.

   So yeah, go Mastodon I guess- thanks for forcing me to collect my own hate messages?

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   Yohan Yukiya Seseㆍ사요한・謝雪矢 (youronlyone@c.im)'s status on Thursday, 02-May-2024 14:02:37 JST Yohan Yukiya Seseㆍ사요한・謝雪矢

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   Which makes me wonder… what just happened?

   We already had cool toys in the 90s and early 00s, but they were forgotten. As if they never existed in the first place.

   And mid-late 2010s, similar tech started to (re)-appear and were called “revolutionary” and “new” and “first” and “will change the world”. But nothing came out of those 2010 versions, subpar if compared to the 90s-00s versions.

   I guess, when something is too early for its time, we are very quick in forgetting they ever existed, collective amnesia?

   Or, was the world led to believe those cool toys “can't possibly exist that time”? Well… they did exist. And this is why, for some (or many) of us, we are not as excited whenever we see someone claim “new”, “first”, “revolutionary”, or “will change the world”, because we've seen it, we've played it, and we drooled, I mean, dreamed of a future.

   So, yeah, kids, as our grandparents have told our generation, “there's nothing new under the sun”. Don't tell us we didn't have what you have today. :P

   PS
   Don't forget Google Glass, it was too early for its time, but it looks like it's going to experience what 90s VR arcade games, VRML worlds, and gamervertising, experienced… forgotten.

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   Alexander Karn (xankarn@mastodon.online)'s status on Friday, 08-Dec-2023 18:44:11 JST Alexander Karn

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   Everyone knows that Trump will try to overturn the election if he loses.

   What some don't realize is that he will also try to subvert the results if he wins.

   Why? Because he will lose the popular vote by many millions. The majority of Americans don't want Trump and don't want a MAGA future.

   So if he wins, he will immediately look to delegitimate the results.

   Democratic voters must make the reality crystal clear. That's why turnout and consolidating the blue vote matter.

   #ProtectDemocracy

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   Adrienne Harper (meander1995@chaosfem.tw)'s status on Wednesday, 02-Aug-2023 10:39:34 JST Adrienne Harper

   I normally don't like doing this at all, but when I made the payment for the #DIYHRT shipment, my bank account comes up short and there's not enough money to pay my insurance this month. Insurance that I will need for appointments and paying for #HRT the legit way in the future.

   So below is my Venmo and Paypal accounts for anyone who wants to donate to help me fund my insurance payments for this month. I was originally thinking "This isn't as severe as helping trans women move to a less-hostile environment," but then I realized that that was impostor syndrome talking. And that if you need help, you need help.

   To anyone that will say "Get a job," I'm working on it via talking with job coaches. The process is slow, but steady. Hopefully, I will not have to do this again.

   https://www.venmo.com/u/adrienne-harper-115

   https://www.paypal.me/AdrienneHarper7

   #transmutualaid #mtf #trans #transgender #transition #transwoman #insurance

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   darren buck (bikepedantic@transportation.social)'s status on Friday, 12-May-2023 23:09:12 JST darren buck

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   We know that every bike ride taken is a positive - it contributes to safety-in-numbers, it hopefully gets counted somehow to justify more facilities, it is cleaner and healthier than alternatives, it helps normalize the behavior, etc etc.

   But here's a theory - i think every bike ride can bring happiness to other riders. Validates us, lets us know that we're not alone, gives us hope that all the fights are leading us to a marginally-better future.

   So go take a ride, because it makes me happy.