**Ariel Millennium Thornton** · Jun 29, 2020, 12:15

Ariel Millennium Thornton

Ariel Millennium Thornton @arielmt@computerfairi.es

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Species: feline/phoenix (shifts at will between them)

Fairy wand currently on: GEOS programming guide

Website: https://thornton2.com/ArielMT

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  ✨ Kind 'Net Help Desk fairy by day. ✨
  ✨ Weird & furry Unix fairy by night. ✨
✨ Sometimes a retrocomputer fairy. ✨
  ✨ Pays the ComputerFairi.es bills. ✨
✨ Sparkly✨shellscript✨princess. ✨
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✨ the Intel 4004 & Unix 1st Edition. ✨
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**teh dragon of online** @dragon@lesbian.solutions · Jun 29, 2020, 12:15

Jun 29, 2020, 12:15

teh dragon of online @dragon@lesbian.solutions

Obviously the soviet Union was gonna fail I mean how did no one notice all those huge red flags

**Ariel Millennium Thornton** · May 26, 2020, 16:49

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**hecko** @sobsz@vulpine.club · May 26, 2020, 16:49

May 26, 2020, 16:49

hecko @sobsz@vulpine.club

don't you just love it when your favorite app stops being developed because of the goog™ https://web.archive.org/web/20200307171651/https://tinytask.net/

**Ariel Millennium Thornton** · Jun 28, 2020, 02:16

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**shork** @noiob@awoo.space · Jun 28, 2020, 02:16

Jun 28, 2020, 02:16

shork @noiob@awoo.space

good news
(via https://twitter.com/Akfamilyhome/status/1276902628316770304)

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**Ariel Millennium Thornton** @arielmt@computerfairi.es · Jun 28, 2020, 02:16

**Ariel Millennium Thornton** @arielmt@computerfairi.es · Jun 28, 2020, 02:16

Jun 28, 2020, 02:16

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That wasn't the joke, unless it was on me.

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**Ariel Millennium Thornton** @arielmt@computerfairi.es · Jun 28, 2020, 02:13

**Ariel Millennium Thornton** @arielmt@computerfairi.es · Jun 28, 2020, 02:13

Jun 28, 2020, 02:13

Ariel Millennium Thornton @arielmt@computerfairi.es

I went looking for images to make an editor wars joke. Ed and V.I. are easy enough, but when I went looking for E. Max, I was assaulted with pages and pages of teeth and ceramic dentalwork. That really creeps me out.

**Ariel Millennium Thornton** · Jun 27, 2020, 01:06

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**Shy bunny** @porsupah@lgbt.io · Jun 27, 2020, 01:06

Jun 27, 2020, 01:06

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uspol, facial recognition, Santa Cruz, +

"As officials mull steps to tackle police brutality and racism, California’s Santa Cruz has become the first U.S. city to ban predictive policing, which digital rights experts said could spark similar moves across the country.

“Understanding how predictive policing and facial recognition can be disproportionately biased against people of color, we officially banned the use of these technologies in the city of Santa Cruz,” Mayor Justin Cummings said on Wednesday."

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-police-tech-trfn/california-city-bans-predictive-policing-in-u-s-first-idUSKBN23V2XC

**Ariel Millennium Thornton** @arielmt@computerfairi.es · Jun 27, 2020, 01:59

**Ariel Millennium Thornton** @arielmt@computerfairi.es · Jun 27, 2020, 01:59

Jun 27, 2020, 01:59

Ariel Millennium Thornton @arielmt@computerfairi.es

birdsite, glinner (+)

Today just got better. Twitter finally agreed that the transphobe Graham Linehan used their service for hateful conduct, and they booted him off.

Support trans people and stand up for trans rights, even if you're cis, and don't give transphobes the time of day.

**Ariel Millennium Thornton** · Jun 26, 2020, 18:14

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**lydschi** @lydschi@chaos.social · Jun 26, 2020, 18:14

Jun 26, 2020, 18:14

lydschi @lydschi@chaos.social

Love this poster by @SizerPaul
<3 #WearTheMask

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**Ariel Millennium Thornton** @arielmt@computerfairi.es · Jun 26, 2020, 20:27

**Ariel Millennium Thornton** @arielmt@computerfairi.es · Jun 26, 2020, 20:27

Jun 26, 2020, 20:27

Ariel Millennium Thornton @arielmt@computerfairi.es

Today, June 26, is the gayest day in US history.

2003-06-26 (17 years ago): Lawrence v. Texas, striking down no-gay-sex laws nationwide.

2013-06-26 (7 years ago): US v. Windsor, striking down the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA).

2015-06-26 (5 years ago): Obergefell v. Hodges, legalizing gay marriage nationwide.

Happy LGBT+ pride month, folks!
And don't forget the "T" in there!

**Ariel Millennium Thornton** · Jun 21, 2020, 20:05

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**💫 dizzy ✨** @Dizzy@elekk.xyz · Jun 21, 2020, 20:05

Jun 21, 2020, 20:05

💫 dizzy ✨ @Dizzy@elekk.xyz

agender, aro, ace, and demi potions

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**Ariel Millennium Thornton** · Jun 21, 2020, 20:01

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**💫 dizzy ✨** @Dizzy@elekk.xyz · Jun 21, 2020, 20:01

Jun 21, 2020, 20:01

💫 dizzy ✨ @Dizzy@elekk.xyz

I painted a ton of pride potions the past couple days
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**Ariel Millennium Thornton** @arielmt@computerfairi.es · Jun 24, 2020, 23:56

**Ariel Millennium Thornton** @arielmt@computerfairi.es · Jun 24, 2020, 23:56

Jun 24, 2020, 23:56

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MLP: Pony Life

And now I've seen the comments. Some like Pony Life, some don't, & some are confused, of course.

Also of course some hate it to the point of begging for a season 10 of FIM, without watching a single minute of it.

I'll tell ya what: If it weeds the more toxic bronies out of the MLP fandom, I'll judge it an even bigger hit.

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**Ariel Millennium Thornton** · Jun 17, 2020, 05:31

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**foosh** @FuchsiaShock@radical.town · Jun 17, 2020, 05:31

Jun 17, 2020, 05:31

foosh @FuchsiaShock@radical.town

animorphs is available for free and ka applegate is a trans-supportive parent, so there's no excuse for letting your kids read harry potter

**Ariel Millennium Thornton** · May 07, 2020, 13:31

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**Drew DeVault** @sir@cmpwn.com · May 07, 2020, 13:31

May 07, 2020, 13:31

Drew DeVault @sir@cmpwn.com

Zoom acquired Keybase today.

Keybase helped me to identify a trend in the software industry: using a pretty UI to cover up the disruption of an open ecosystem with a closed, centralized replacement. Keybase seemed cool on the face of it - making encryption easier is a laudible goal, and PGP certainly could use the improvement. But, thanks to Keybase, now I ask different questions upfront.

Beware the Keybase formula:

1. Integrates with an existing, open ecosystem
2. May have open-source clients, but server is closed source and does not federate
3. Pretty UI and good marketing
4. VC funded

**Ariel Millennium Thornton** · Jun 22, 2020, 03:45

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**a bug** @fluttergirly@chitter.xyz · Jun 22, 2020, 03:45

Jun 22, 2020, 03:45

a bug @fluttergirly@chitter.xyz

trans people be like: nice gender we're having

**Ariel Millennium Thornton** @arielmt@computerfairi.es · Jun 21, 2020, 23:34

**Ariel Millennium Thornton** @arielmt@computerfairi.es · Jun 21, 2020, 23:34

Jun 21, 2020, 23:34

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MLP: Pony Life

I actually like Pony Life so far, but I've always liked cute silliness, & I can see why most adult FIM fans won't.

But just remember: MLP exists first for Hasbro to sell gendered toys to children, & I have a feeling they'll succeed more with Pony Life than they did with Gen 3.5.

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**Ariel Millennium Thornton** @arielmt@computerfairi.es · Jun 21, 2020, 23:33

**Ariel Millennium Thornton** @arielmt@computerfairi.es · Jun 21, 2020, 23:33

Jun 21, 2020, 23:33

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MLP: Pony Life

So I saw the first episodes of Pony Life today.

The episodes are short & silly, & the characters are as exaggerated in behavior & personality as they are in art style (with exceptions I won't spoil), almost if not full-on to flat parodies of their FIM selves.

I think...