@Xkeeper good morning
1/2 “Beautifully surprising” to whom, exactly? How many studies and experiments do we need before we can just make this standard policy??
If I were homeless and couldn’t afford to eat regularly, and if some kind stranger gave me a few dollars, that wouldn’t be nearly enough to change my circumstances. So yeah, I might spend it on some drugs to help me feel some temporary relief from hunger pangs and the constant beatdown of life in this harsh society. But if I received enough money to get a room that isn’t infested with vermin and enough to know I could eat for the next month? THAT might help me get on my feet.
Desperate people do desperate things. Less desperate people do fewer desperate things. It’s so simple.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/new-leaf-project-results-1.5752714
"The Out Side: Trans & Nonbinary Comics," a really neat anthology I had the honor of creating a comic for, is now preordering! https://publishing.andrewsmcmeel.com/book/the-out-side-trans-nonbinary-comics/
@bodger but is it really a bot or is it a call center in India that they like to pretend are bots so their end users don't notice that it's underpaid human labor?
Taking walks at the lake with the Gameboy Camera is becoming a more regular thing.
It's nice to have something small but not innately serious, like my Fuji GFX, to carry around, and the results are super fun!
I haven't been feeling up to hiking for mushroom photos lately though, and I really would like to get back out before fall hits!
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#lazyhobbies #photography #digitalart #pixelart #birding #birdphotography #gameboy
Kamen Rider Blade 33: Just appreciating the sheer number of different varieties of shitty 00's cheap digital TV cameras, all with different recording quality, that went into this sequence of Trial D hopping on top of Kotaro's range rover. XD
Fedi Software of the week: JustMyToots
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JustMyToots does a singular simple thing: display just your toots! No reposts, only your posts. So, for example:
https://justmytoots.com/@ErikUden@mastodon.de
Displays only my posts, not all the things I repost! You don't even need to sign up or make an account, all you have to do is enter your Fediverse Tag (e.g. “@ErikUden@mastodon.de”) behind the backslash of the URL! That's it! Have fun Fedizens 
If you wanna be notified when Kitsune Tails (think gay furry weeb mario) comes out, boost this post! I'll edit it when the game releases, and you should receive a notification!
More info/Steam wishlist: https://kitsunegames.com/kitsunetails
The effects of air pollution on peoples' health are so stark that it only took one week after the closure of a coal coking plant in Pittsburgh for nearby cardiovascular ER visits to drop by 42%. #climate #climatechange #ClimateCrisis https://insideclimatenews.org/news/13082023/when-a-steel-plant-closed-in-pittsburgh-cardiovascular-er-visits-plunged/?utm_source=InsideClimate+News&utm_campaign=e3c5e4789c-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2023_08_19_01_00&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_29c928ffb5-e3c5e4789c-329642993
A week ago, a driver turning right at 4th/King killed for a four year old. Today at the vigil organized by WalkSF and other non-profits, SFMTA said it would take 3 weeks to do a “quick build” to make the intersection safer. That's too long to wait. So we did our own quick build tonight and closed one of the turn lanes
Jupes just bounced into my office
Jupes: <waving hands, overjoyed> I just MADE A PHONE CALL! BY MYSELF!
Me: You DID? YOU? My shy little autistic hobbit baby?
Jupes: YES! And I wrote a script! It helped so much! I sounded like a real human being!
Me: I’m so proud of you! GOOD JOB! That’s wonderful! Also you’re adorable, can I share this?
Jupes: Yes! But if you have neurodivergent people who read your posts, be sure to mention the SCRIPT! Scripts are the BEST! It helped me so much!
I made another bumper sticker basically just for me #classical #minimalism
https://www.etsy.com/listing/1535169374/keep-honking-im-listening-to-philip
Small fairy from Neptune. Bad decision maker. Pro translator. Won't shut up about magical girls, robots, lesbian romances, and wedding dresses. Eats, sleeps, and breathes. Ⓥ
I’m also on twitter: @atinyfaerie