**Alyx Woodward (obsolete)** · Jul 08, 2019, 16:05

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**Tilton Raccoon** @tilton@raccoon.network · Jul 08, 2019, 16:05

Jul 08, 2019, 16:05

Tilton Raccoon @tilton@raccoon.network

Hi guys! So... I think it's time for me to shut down the raccoon.network Mastodon instance. It's costing a lot of money every month to host it, and I miss belonging to a bigger instance. So, from here on out, please follow me over at @tilton

**Alyx Woodward (obsolete)** · Jul 07, 2019, 18:22

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**anticapitalist catra** @kinase@trollian.space · Jul 07, 2019, 18:22

Jul 07, 2019, 18:22

anticapitalist catra @kinase@trollian.space

✵彡 Y(O)u: it's supp(O)sed t(O) be the future. Why d(O)n't we have flying cars? ✵彡
✵彡 Me: it's supp(O)sed t(O) be the future. Why d(O)n't we have wings? ✵彡

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**Alyx Woodward (obsolete)** · Jun 20, 2019, 14:40

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**EmiliaGrace** @emiliagrace@witches.live · Jun 20, 2019, 14:40

Jun 20, 2019, 14:40

EmiliaGrace @emiliagrace@witches.live

Sappho, the tresses of her hair bedecked in purple ribbon, barges, lyre in hand, into a room full of women, loudly exclaiming "What's up, sluts?"

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**Alyx Woodward (obsolete)** · Jul 07, 2019, 17:36

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JP @jplebreton@mastodon.social · Jul 07, 2019, 17:36

Jul 07, 2019, 17:36

JP @jplebreton@mastodon.social

http://strangehorizons.com/non-fiction/columns/freshly-rememberd-kirk-drift/ "Kirk Drift" makes an interesting argument: that despite Star Trek TOS being steeped in the sexism of its time, Kirk's reputation as a womanizer is mostly a retroactive reclamation by 80s-90s nerds seeking to bend him into a prototypical modern action hero and normalize a specific contemporary brand of nerd sexism.

**Alyx Woodward (obsolete)** · Jul 07, 2019, 03:52

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**maloki 🍵** @maloki@elekk.xyz · Jul 07, 2019, 03:52

Jul 07, 2019, 03:52

maloki 🍵 @maloki@elekk.xyz

Do I know anyone, or know anyone who knows someone, who works for Github / Github Support?

DM me.

**Alyx Woodward (obsolete)** @Alyx@computerfairi.es · Jul 07, 2019, 00:11

**Alyx Woodward (obsolete)** @Alyx@computerfairi.es · Jul 07, 2019, 00:11

Jul 07, 2019, 00:11

Alyx Woodward (obsolete) @Alyx@computerfairi.es

btw I would love to make and use a machine that turned some kind of easily available feedstock--like, waste paper and cardboard, or cotton rag--into my own paper towel paper

(bonus: toilet paper)

**Alyx Woodward (obsolete)** · Jul 06, 2019, 23:55

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**The Wireless Witch of the West** @diodelass@cybre.space · Jul 06, 2019, 23:55

Jul 06, 2019, 23:55

The Wireless Witch of the West @diodelass@cybre.space

tired: carry yourself with the confidence of a mediocre white man

wired: live with the tenacity of a black trans woman

**Alyx Woodward (obsolete)** @Alyx@computerfairi.es · Jul 06, 2019, 23:51

**Alyx Woodward (obsolete)** @Alyx@computerfairi.es · Jul 06, 2019, 23:51

Jul 06, 2019, 23:51

Alyx Woodward (obsolete) @Alyx@computerfairi.es

it's affected how we design things. everything has microcontrollers in it now, doing jobs that can be done by a few discrete components sometimes

centralized approaches to design are favored over aggressive parallelism. like, how we explore space. we should have been putting lots of little probes out, but instead everything gets channelled into a few deluxe missions. we could have a lot more data than we do now

eh, just blue-skying

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**Alyx Woodward (obsolete)** @Alyx@computerfairi.es · Jul 06, 2019, 23:48

**Alyx Woodward (obsolete)** @Alyx@computerfairi.es · Jul 06, 2019, 23:48

Jul 06, 2019, 23:48

Alyx Woodward (obsolete) @Alyx@computerfairi.es

it's kind of an article of personal faith, you could say, that I think we can have a lot of the same gadgets that we're used to having now, what we think of as "technology", that's built from much simpler units

our manufacturing processes are horrendously circuitous. supply chains get stretched out to ridiculous length because everyone along the way is skimming off some rent. inefficiency is profitable

**Alyx Woodward (obsolete)** · Jul 06, 2019, 20:56

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**ada ada the moved [to radical.town]** @adasauce@computerfairi.es · Jul 06, 2019, 20:56

Jul 06, 2019, 20:56

ada ada the moved [to radical.town] @adasauce@computerfairi.es

don't use slack

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/01/opinion/slack-chat-hackers-encryption.html

as if you actually needed another reason.

seriously

**Alyx Woodward (obsolete)** · Jul 06, 2019, 20:27

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**puffball: Stands Defiantly** @wgahnagl@www.librepunk.club · Jul 06, 2019, 20:27

Jul 06, 2019, 20:27

puffball: Stands Defiantly @wgahnagl@www.librepunk.club

Also yesterday I learned of a truly terrifying organism called the monkey puzzle tree, which looks like a huge branching eldritch horror.
Its leaves are sharp and shaped like scales, and are clustered around each branch, making a terrible prickly tentacle.
Standing under it is immensely frightening and they're endangered and I'm going to give my life to their conservation

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**Alyx Woodward (obsolete)** · Jul 06, 2019, 18:53

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**moult** @moult@mastodon.social · Jul 06, 2019, 18:53

Jul 06, 2019, 18:53

moult @moult@mastodon.social

Andante, non presto... oh dear.

Thanks to Forepawz for the commission of his character!

#art #mastoart #furry

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**Alyx Woodward (obsolete)** · Jul 06, 2019, 16:26

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**The Wireless Witch of the West** @diodelass@cybre.space · Jul 06, 2019, 16:26

Jul 06, 2019, 16:26

The Wireless Witch of the West @diodelass@cybre.space

Mal-Wart: "Voted America's #1 Low Price Leader" "based on 2017 brand image study of United States residents"

so, not like
actual price data or anything

**Alyx Woodward (obsolete)** · Jul 06, 2019, 03:52

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**Zia Cobalt, All Skulls Herself** @Cobalt@kitty.town · Jul 06, 2019, 03:52

Jul 06, 2019, 03:52

Zia Cobalt, All Skulls Herself @Cobalt@kitty.town

So rabb.it (the thing I have been using to share a screen and text chat with a room of ppl so we can watch things together) is shutting down at some point soon.

What do y'all use for this purpose? I like watching things with ppl who aren't physically nearby, and having a text chat means commentary (or other chatter) isn't disruptive. Is there an alternative to rabb.it yet?

**Alyx Woodward (obsolete)** · Jul 06, 2019, 02:57

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**undyne** @undyne@trollian.space · Jul 06, 2019, 02:57

Jul 06, 2019, 02:57

undyne @undyne@trollian.space

HANDMADE BY YOURS TRULY. THANKS TO JANE DORK FOR THE TRANSPARENT L. LOVE IT USE IT HAND YOUR FRIENDS AND FOES THE L

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**Alyx Woodward (obsolete)** · Jul 06, 2019, 02:56

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**undyne** @undyne@trollian.space · Jul 06, 2019, 02:56

Jul 06, 2019, 02:56

undyne @undyne@trollian.space

I HAND OUT THE L OF MY OWN DESIGN
THEY SAID I WAS MAD I PROVED IT
I AM THE BEAST I WORSHIP

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**Alyx Woodward (obsolete)** · Jul 06, 2019, 01:21

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**undyne** @undyne@trollian.space · Jul 06, 2019, 01:21

Jul 06, 2019, 01:21

undyne @undyne@trollian.space

MY FRIEND AND I ARE ENJOYING A CONVERSATION

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**Alyx Woodward (obsolete)** @Alyx@computerfairi.es · Jul 05, 2019, 18:09

**Alyx Woodward (obsolete)** @Alyx@computerfairi.es · Jul 05, 2019, 18:09

Jul 05, 2019, 18:09

Alyx Woodward (obsolete) @Alyx@computerfairi.es

ok could someone give me good reasons why it would be a _bad_ idea to have a sort of Habitrail-like modular snake tank, built from smaller units connected with tubes for the snake to go through

**Alyx Woodward (obsolete)** · Jul 05, 2019, 18:02

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**Joe** @legendaryjoeb@computerfairi.es · Jul 05, 2019, 18:02

Jul 05, 2019, 18:02

Joe @legendaryjoeb@computerfairi.es

www.planetary.org/explore/projects/lightsail-solar-sailing/lightsail-mission-control.html - I helped put a little spacecraft into orbit and you can follow it here, if you like.