Notices by Sin Vega (sinvega@mas.to)

i did a outside

(self, eye contact)

@siege It's better to raise it as a flag for the worst and most committed people, then take it down so the rest can quietly pretend they never knew about it while intentionally voting for and supporting it at every step

thinking about the guy I once spotted slagging off my work in some forum or other, and wondering if he remembered the time we were in the same pub irl and I went home with the girl he'd been flirting with, or it was just a coincidence

sort of related, reminded myself of a time in brighton that I was out with some work people and got chatting with some guy, whose girlfriend was giving me the evils like... girl, please. Even if he was flirting with me that is never gonna happen. And if he IS, I'm not the one you should be giving the shitty eye to. And also... do you want to dump him? I think you should dump him. I'm free tonight, let's go

I didn't interfere with the flirting, incidentally. I don't do that weird competition shit the cishets do, if she wants to sleep with someone else that's her business.

But I was also unbothered cos we'd arranged to meet there previously and I was pretty confident we were gonna wake up together

anyway, of course I'm not saying that ALL my haters are just dudes who once fancied a woman who spurned them and went home with me instead. There are a couple of exceptions.

more sailsposting, as I once again ponder how long it's taken me to realise that most people do not feel like this about their friends, or in fact about anyone, and maybe that's exactly why fiction about friendships fucks me up so much

"The reason disabled people continue to be segregated from public life and isolated at home is that abled people refuse to acknowledge that they are. Because if it were acknowledged that millions of people are permanently locked out of society, that would shatter the illusion of the 'normal' that never actually came back."

ayup

https://www.thegauntlet.news/p/out-of-control-covid-means-permanent

@hamatti if these appliances were really smart, they'd know to shut up

so I have heard of this now in two totally unrelated places and the second informed me they're doing a kickstarter

it's called Date Like Goblins. A dating thing but built around playing games together. And it's not going for the "gamers" shit; it's basically making it easier to meet and get to know new people via a shared activity for people who find that preferable to "dating".

I wouldn't be surprised if this good idea finds its audience. Maybe.... us? :o

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/datelikegoblins/date-like-goblins-0/

oh hey, a thing I helped with went up. Obviously immediately afterwards I remembered the two dozen more interesting things I meant to talk about but oh well

https://www.idlethumbs.net/3ma/episodes/workers-resources-1-0

joking aside, the main problem with fedi/mastodon/whatever (I'm definitely using the wrong terminology and I will not stop) vs other places is that it takes time to get any kind of enjoyable feed going.

This is how all sites used to be, including twitter, and it was fine. It was hard then too, but because it was so massive and it was quite easy to find people (and there was social pressure to), it was easier to ride out.

Masto has several main problems, but ultimately this unites them all

nobody knows what this place is or how it works. they're all lying. block them.

if you post a picture it has to include map directions. it's okay to assume the reader is riding a scooter.

you can upload audio and video files on saturday or tuesday, but not both, unless it's a purity month

do not atompost

discussing any substance or device manufactured with ANY process involving cycloalkanes requires a content warning

if you are straight, you cannot defeat a god

@HauntedOwlbear yayyy

IT IS SO GOOD THOUGH

and yes, it does make some mistakes early on, before it really had the confidence. Eleanor's first appearance is *excruciating* but it gets over it

typed out and then deleted that final conversation like 5 times because it's so. fucking. good. But also because hearing it at that time, after all that fucking struggle, is the way it deserves

do not even get me started on the finale. Just in case it still hadn't hit home that this terrible conflict is fundamentally about assimiliation vs liberation, about personal vs political, about surviving to life a goddamn life vs giving everything up for the chance to make a better world. Fuuuck

Completely ruined most other tv honestly

"But I hear other voices. A chorus of voices."

Zethu Dlomo-Mphahlele got relatively little screen time but fucking hell did she make it count. I never even suspected someone could put so much into the word "multitudes" before then

thinking once again about what a fuckin banger home stretch of episodes black sails achieved. goddamn

anyway it's pride month so you should watch Black Sails, and trust that it jettisons its early mistakes to commit fully to its true identity and become fucking excellent.

WHICH IS ALSO RELEVANT SUBTEXT BY THE WAY