Notices by clarity flowers (clarity@xoxo.zone)

@annika maybe they haven't realized that threads bump on bluesky now, since they didn't used to :blobthinking:

@andrewrk honestly this feeling of getting "punished" for being motivated a few months ago is one of my biggest complaints about wanikani and it's been difficult to find a rhythm to work with it

@jovialthunder oh no!!!!

@matthewbischoff both my partner and I had no trouble passing US customs (from canada) a few days ago, fwiw

@jplebreton https://xoxo.zone/@clarity/113410516117386473

@ice the often-annoying ambiguity between "monstrous" and "fearful" feels very productive in the specific case of fascism

@ice how about "nasin lawa pi jan suli monsuta"

@apophis @atax1a yeah probably not gonna actually help but damn if it isn't true

@jplebreton though, idk, I don't necessarily think it's "usefulness to capital" that makes a skill highly-regarded. I get othered and shamed and coveted for taking pride in programming as a craft (instead of just following orders uncritically) all the time, to everybody's detriment. Like I think skill is still shamed in most contexts, but power can be framed dishonestly as a skill-in-and-of-itself (as you say, "good at business" is always nebulous).

@jplebreton yeah absolutely, that's a good point

@atax1a it's truly exhausting!

We live in a world where the default assumption is that immense wealth is earned through hard work while immense skill is an unearned & enviable gift. No wonder we've ended up where we are.

If someone demonstrates skill or craftsmanship (ie, drawing), some good compliments are: praising the quality of the work ("I love the linework here"), praising the person for the skills they've developed ("wow that's so cool!").

Some bad compliments are: putting yourself down ("I could never do this"), othering the person ("people who can do this must have a different special kind of brain"), attributing their skill to something innate/unearned ("you're so talented, I'm jealous")

@mapachin not to mention what goes into the batteries 🙊

Communities are more powerful when resources are widely available. Growth in membership without growth in resources usually puts strain on access and causes members to become disengaged from the group because their place within the group has been commoditized.

@mcc this might sound crazy but this is literally the best use I've found for forth

@neauoire lmao literally

@neauoire "then a threw himself down in the chair opposite, and drew up his knees until his fingers clasped round his long, thin shins" this is such adorable autistic body language tbh

@typeswitch either "Hello, world!" or "hello world"

@Miredly yeah it's all fun and games until you actually do for real need to be reached by a phone call