Notices by Kit Rhett Aultman (roadriverrail@signs.codes)

@doppelgrau @KatS I feel you on this, too. I didn't really mean to, but I just kinda... started being seen as a woman this last year. And while I'm still very much nonbinary, I know I'll never get the world to see me that way, so this whole "passing" thing is so refreshing.

@operationpuppet setting aside the fact that Star Trek has always had a "White Man's Burden In Space" problem, I always read the "where no one..." clause as a disjoint part of a list. That is, a significant part of the places the Enterprise visited were uninhabited, and often they weren't even in this dimension. Those were the places "no one had gone before".

@jamie @operationpuppet TNG changed it to "where no one has gone before" to remove the gendering.

@brothersoul @gabek Y'all richly deserve it. Thank you so much for keeping the beats and vibes flowing.

@hyruleinterviews I mean, he did kinda just throw pills at everything. It's a very Dr. Nick Riviera way to practice medicine.

@progo Nothing of the sort. I genuinely hadn't considered that perspective before, and it's an easy suggestion to incorporate!

@progo You know... that's a really great point! I hadn't considered that before. Thank you.

@deadtom My pleasure! Hope it drives some new users and contributors your way. It's a good project!

The #Owncast newsletter May/June 2026 edition is now out for your reading pleasure!

https://owncast.ghost.io/owncast-newsletter-may-june-2026/

One of the most amusing things about moving to Atlanta has been watching my worldly, intellectual, European partner as she slowly goes feral. A couple of years ago, she told a visiting colleague that, if she didn't like how we do things here, she could go back where she came from. This year, her growing love of motor sport has led to watching bush league figure-eight bus races. I fully expect to find her in flannel and Daisy Dukes next.

@ClarusPlusPlus WOOOT! Just grabbed it for my Deck...and I have an actual rest weekend this weekend!

@gewt "Dear Dr. Fields, my response to your letter of February 19, 1976, is kiss my ass. Sincerely, Bill Baxley, Attorney General."

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/bill-baxley-former-attorney-letter-to-kkk-kiss-my-ass_n_2205281

@BaronessWinter It's been my experience that everyone, myself included, is a hypocrite if you really go looking into it. Seems it's just part of being human. Maybe despising hypocrites that much is the thing that's really hurting you here?

@gnate She needs a twin; Lursa and B'etor Duras are just such obvious casting choices.

My partner somehow had never seen "The Karate Kid", so we tucked into it tonight. Probably my first time watching it in 20 years. Wow, I never appreciated how much ground this movie covers through subtext. Class tension, veterans of "moral" and "immoral" wars, the cruelty of internment, the healing power of found family, all just sitting there inside what's supposed to be a squeaky clean reskin of the "wise sage trains a hero to take down the wicked rival dojo" trope.

@sinituulia The hour or two I spend in bed watching old shows before sleep is really magical me time.

@phillycodehound got a link?

@scottrossi believe it or not, one of my favorite wrestlers, Willow Nightingale, uses optimistic nihilism as her brand. Her current slogan is "Nothing matters. Smile anyway."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willow_Nightingale

@bud_t The patriotic jingoism of American hams disgusts me. Especially since, if I put a Pride flag on my QSL card, I know I'm basically inviting one of them to do something bad to my family.

@agmlego I'm all about preparation and covering my bases. I stay ready so I don't have to get ready. At the same time, I can say that I average 1-2 weeks in the UK every year and I've seriously never had anything even close to a problem. Britons just really don't like to make a scene, so as long as your work site is supportive, you're likely going to be ok. Just stay streetwise and if you're at a pub and you see a dude looking glassy-eyed, go elsewhere.