Alyx Woodward (obsolete) @Alyx@computerfairi.es
@undyne why the fuck would you not "believe" in fuckin' salmonella
like, you can SEE salmonella
on a fuckin' Petri dish or under a microscope
salt about Christianity
@troubleMoney I do think it's pretty hilarious how the Most Godly People In the Universe (meaning right-wing Christians) don't actually take any of that sacred shit seriously for a second
"huh it's a 'holy day' d'ya think we should maybe treat it differently from the other days"
"fuck that, if I wanna stuff my face with Appleby's on a Sunday it's your job to make that happen, so hop to it. oh and don't expect a tip, I already gave to the Lord"
oh guess I should follow @undyne from this account huh
*waves* hi. Kara's co-front here
Neptune is unique among the major planets in one funny way: we knew it existed on paper before we knew it was in the sky ;=3
Percival Lowell tried the same trick for "Planet X" but, uh, it didn't work. Pluto wasn't it, and turns out Neptune's orbit was off model only because we hadn't estimated its mass correctly
🔴 so Lowell rediscovered Neptune, haha, typical
go eat some chocolate, Chara
Alyx Woodward (obsolete)
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uspol, ICE, tomorrow, +/-
Trump has called off the ICE raids tomorrow, in part because the plans for the raids leaked to the press and he realized his stormtroopers weren't going to get to, er, storm: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/president-trump-announces-delay-mass-immigration-raids-were-begin-sunday-n1020671
Also, check out that fucking tweet (linked in the article). He literally doesn't think of non-whites as human.
Alyx Woodward (obsolete)
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Bad ideas but they're good enough to warrant at least one (1) toot
Y'know how rainbow crosswalks are rad?
How cool would it be to source the paint and just gather together a group of tranarchists to go paint crosswalks in rainbow and trans flag colors?
And not just in the gay districts. Fuck that. EVERYWHERE.
I really do wonder what the conversation was like when the folks who make Discord (the janky IRC imitation, I mean) named it that
like, did anyone point out that the name was kinda silly
@maple damn that's what got me started! trying to get my fuckin' VIC-20 to show monochrome renditions of the Mandelbrot set, haha. set it going, let it run all day and hope it works
🎶 should I stay or should I go 🎶
eh, might just set up a Twitter link
should I leave with Kara? mmm dunno
Alyx Woodward (obsolete)
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anyway that's today's salt i suppose, and a reminder that the people who make fan content for you - fanfiction, fanart, fanmixes, etc. - do so for the low low price of nada, bupkis, and zero. please don't be pushy and entitled! please don't try to guilt trip them or harass them into giving you more free content to enjoy! definitely tell them how much you enjoyed it, and if you're genuinely worried about them, you can reach out in a kind way, but remember That's A Real Person Making This Stuff.
Alyx Woodward (obsolete)
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Okay new game:
Everyone do a predictive text toot beginning with "Mastodon is crumbling.."
Alyx Woodward (obsolete)
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griping about gnome
[grab you gently by both shoulders]
listen, friend. error messages are not "clutter". they are not optional. they are not unnecessary. knock it off with this mystical black box shit and actually fucking print them to the console at the very least, yeah?
Alyx Woodward (obsolete)
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griping about gnome
open gnome-font-viewer on a .pcf.gz bitmap font
click "install"
button immediately changes to say "install failed"
messages emitted to stdout/-err: none at all
error information available in the UI: none at all
verbose mode cli option: does not exist
so how the fuck are we supposed to work on addressing the problem, then?
Alyx Woodward (obsolete)
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Animal death, asking for financial help
Today, we had to help our beloved cat, Miko, end her suffering and die. She was 12 years old. She had a long, interesting life for a cat and came with us to Germany all the way from America. She was our emotional support animal and we will miss her dearly.
She had a major infection in a milk duct, which eventually spread and left her unable to walk. We did our best to treat the infection, but she was quite old and unresponsive to treatment. Unfortunately, she accrued significant vet bills which I'm unable to pay off at this time.
The total bills come to 311 euros (351 USD). If anybody has anything they can spare to help, the best way is through paypal at paypal dot me / arrix Any additional funds we receive will be put towards adopting a new emotional support animal from a local, reputable shelter and related expenses.
Goodbye, Miko. You were the best.
bleh. I dunno if I wanna keep this account or not. still waffling
Alyx Woodward (obsolete)
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Twitter, maybe leaving
well I got my own Twitter now (first tweet https://twitter.com/AlyxWoodward/status/1141827840008019968) so I guess I'll be on my bullshit there
bleh
I don't quite wanna ditch this account (seeing as how I've barely given it a chance) but I don't think I fit in here and nobody has taken notice of the kind of physical science nerd shit I wanna talk about
it sucks and I'm not happy but whaddya do
just try again somewhere else, like always
