Notices by Iris Young (he/they/she) (PhD) (iris@neuromatch.social)

@inthehands also notice the verb choices: the people left! before the work was done! I don't think many left by choice, even where it looks like it on paper.

"All those Roman busts were painted, you know," remarked Lea without turning, inking eyeliner onto the angel in the library courtyard fountain. It was as tall as she was, so she perched with her feet on opposite edges of the narrow plinth and anchored herself to the statue with her free arm.

Romy remained unconvinced that the librarians would approve. It really was beautiful, all the same. She'd mastered human skin tones, somehow, and been imbuing every statue she came across with life.

Lea dropped back into the fountain with a gentle splash and admired her handiwork, hands on hips. "That'll do." Romy's fear of getting caught was instantly replaced with a dread of squelching and dripping their way back through the library. Lea had not intended to step in the water at all, but had slipped when climbing the statue, and now accepted her fate.

"Why don't you have any normal hobbies?" Lea only brightened, a mischievous smile blooming. Romy rubbed her eyes and the bridge of her nose, chin on both thumbs. "Should we go check out the fountain in the rose garden as long as you're already sopping wet?"

Lea considered it, and then shook her head. "I do have plans for the frieze patterns there, and the fairies, but there are no angels." Romy looked up, puzzled, to meet a somehow even more mischievous smile. "I didn't pack my sans-seraph fountain pens."

(inspired by https://dirtyknight.life/objects/efb8d6f5-8ada-4e3b-8472-bfe983b529ea)

#TootFic

@skinnylatte what ppffft sound? can you give an example word with the sound?

@Infoseepage see edit -- I think I've found the exact one :)

@Infoseepage [edited] they're costco socks! Kirkland Signature merino wool hiking socks. I think they don't sell exactly this one anymore, sadly.

The closest thing to it, which is what I wear now, is some Smartwool hiking socks (one of the bulkier ones). This is the closest match: https://www.smartwool.com/en-us/products/hike-classic-edition-crew-socks-sw013100?variant=63206695240049

If you're willing to find them through random ebay sellers, you can find some actual originals labeled "Kirkland Signature Merino Wool Hiking Trail Socks".

@moira @JMMaok this is THE way to keep track of where you are with taking notes (notebook as bookmark for textbook)

@inthehands ohmygosh I am linking to this from my actual webpage ASAP

@inthehands Abstract > Paul's homepage > Software > Wookiepedia

Thank you sir for this gift.

@ai6yr @User47 Glass in car windows is much easier to break at the edges, btw. Don't try smashing the center of a pane. Apply leverage at an edge with whatever's available.

EDIT to add more info:

- Something very sharp, like broken ceramic will work best against tempered glass. Tempering results in high internal stresses, and doing any damage at all is hard, but once you make a crack you'll probably shatter the whole window.

- One of my sources contradicts me on the point of greatest weakness, and says it's the center. My intuition is that the center may fracture more easily with a sharp tool, but edges will be easier to apply strain to with blunt tools. But now that it's been called into question, I'm hesitant to make any claims for certain.

- If you don't have a better tool at hand, the metal parts of the headrest are probably your best bet. One source suggests cramming them down the window channel and pulling the headrest toward you when they're as far in as you can get them.

- Laminated glass is apparently not breakable by most tools. You can find out which type of glass you have in your car, if you own one.

- If you're preparing a kit with a glass breaker tool, also consider a seatbelt cutter tool (within reach from the driver's seat!).

@skinnylatte I tried so hard to like spinach raw but I can't. Anything but spinach for me, please!

@inthehands it can't be shared among more than three people. And they all have to be living. This is just PR, and poorly researched at that.

@skinnylatte Neighbor Bakehouse?

@skinnylatte @rose_alibi I love both kinds for very different reasons! Have you made your own chocolate before? I haven't but I hear it can be done.

@azonenberg @whitequark @ryanc so much. I detest 12-hour time almost as much as I detest Imperial weights and measures.

@Infoseepage @copharynx yeahhh. The medium article says it's his birth year, which may well be, but you'd think he'd want to distance himself from references to white supremacy if he didn't support it, and so far he's been less than enthusiastic to do that. idk, there's room for it to be unintentional, but I imagine CEOs are pretty aware of these things, so not making intentional course corrections still reads poorly.

Finally time to decline to renew my Proton annual subscription. Thanks fedi (and the search in:library feature) for the rundown on why I don't want to support them.

@copharynx whoops, sorry for the accidental vagueposting. I should know better by now. Here's a concentrated rundown: https://techstory.in/proton-mail-faces-backlash-over-claims-of-political-neutrality-amid-ceos-praise-for-republican-party/

Partial rebuttal: https://medium.com/@ovenplayer/does-proton-really-support-trump-a-deeper-analysis-and-surprising-findings-aed4fee4305e

Statement that was supposed to clear it up: https://chaos.social/@FlohEinstein/113838145291613883

My thoughts on the above: https://neuromatch.social/@iris/113838382200970403 (what I've replied to directly is no longer available but I think the gist comes through still)

Separately, not a fan of what they've prioritized of late and a shift away from both transparency and what I want to spend money on: https://alextheward.com/posts/proton-wtf/

@Unixbigot BOF?

I love it here (fedi). Latest reason (of many): if I want more exposure to a language I'm learning, I follow some speakers of that language with shared interests, and bam! nerd-sniped myself into reading practice. I have this going for six languages already, although right now I'm skipping over the Dutch to avoid poisoning the German.

@quixoticgeek alt to "all tickets are singles": day pass, weekly pass, monthly pass, student/senior/other free pass

Trains should be something already bundled into other expenses if you use them regularly so you never have to decide whether a train journey is worth it.