Bulletin board services (BBSes) were pre-web online communities with forums, mail, games, etc. FidoNet was/is basically a volunteer-run federation layer that let BBSes communicate with each other.

The video talks about FidoNet's growing pains, especially around governance & a mismatch between what users wanted and what the sysops felt was required to maintain the net.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Cm6EFYktRQ

**orthogonal to alive** · Nov 19, 2019, 14:00

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**Detective Fin** @icetsvu@botsin.space · Nov 19, 2019, 14:00

Nov 19, 2019, 14:00

Detective Fin @icetsvu@botsin.space

Vanilla Donut

Medical examiner found traces of gasoline and crystallized fruit sugar. They're callin' it Vanilla Donut. It's an artisanal drug Donut from Seattle.

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**orthogonal to alive** · Nov 19, 2019, 00:41

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**a fresh pup of coffee** @david@tech.lgbt · Nov 19, 2019, 00:41

Nov 19, 2019, 00:41

a fresh pup of coffee @david@tech.lgbt

My bank just sent me an email asking for donations for a food bank.

I have an idea of who has plenty of money to donate.

**orthogonal to alive** · Nov 19, 2019, 04:29

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**Jaycie** @jaycie@vulpine.club · Nov 19, 2019, 04:29

Nov 19, 2019, 04:29

Jaycie @jaycie@vulpine.club

One of the best things I ever did for my creative productivity was to realize how much easier it is to edit a rough draft that has been completed than to edit it as I draft it. This goes for most all creative endeavors, not just authoring.

**orthogonal to alive** · Nov 19, 2019, 04:00

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**rose_ebooks** @rose_ebooks@botsin.space · Nov 19, 2019, 04:00

Nov 19, 2019, 04:00

rose_ebooks @rose_ebooks@botsin.space

Extreme Funkopops forever

**orthogonal to alive** · Oct 07, 2019, 15:24

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**melissa is on monads** @melissasage@radical.town · Oct 07, 2019, 15:24

Oct 07, 2019, 15:24

melissa is on monads @melissasage@radical.town

sharpening my dick with a whetstone

**orthogonal to alive** · Nov 18, 2019, 21:26

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Nov 18, 2019, 21:26

Grace is a bad name for me but it's my name anyway @grace_in_name_only@computerfairi.es

if you're paid to work you're a worker

if you're paid to own property you are unnecessary

sorry

**orthogonal to alive** @avi@computerfairi.es · Nov 18, 2019, 20:25

**orthogonal to alive** @avi@computerfairi.es · Nov 18, 2019, 20:25

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orthogonal to alive @avi@computerfairi.es

@melissasage Australia has at least 800 different species of spider. It could be the spider gen

**orthogonal to alive** @avi@computerfairi.es · Nov 18, 2019, 20:24

**orthogonal to alive** @avi@computerfairi.es · Nov 18, 2019, 20:24

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orthogonal to alive @avi@computerfairi.es

Next gen is Pokemon Oops All Spiders, and Pokemon Oops All Pikachu Variants

**orthogonal to alive** · Nov 18, 2019, 20:15

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**פייגעלע** @gendertreyf@masto.jews.international · Nov 18, 2019, 20:15

Nov 18, 2019, 20:15

פייגעלע @gendertreyf@masto.jews.international

Congratulations! It's a [null pointer exception]

**orthogonal to alive** @avi@computerfairi.es · Nov 18, 2019, 19:21

**orthogonal to alive** @avi@computerfairi.es · Nov 18, 2019, 19:21

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orthogonal to alive @avi@computerfairi.es

How is it even possible to design Australian pokemon and make them so boring that one of your ideas is a horse wearing a pink blanket?

**orthogonal to alive** @avi@computerfairi.es · Nov 18, 2019, 19:18

**orthogonal to alive** @avi@computerfairi.es · Nov 18, 2019, 19:18

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orthogonal to alive @avi@computerfairi.es

@alex@bigshoulders.city I am going to make an Australian pokemon...no I am not going to include all the interesting spiders and reptiles and flightless birds and marsupials and desert-adapted plants that make it such a unique place...yes I am going to create a lot of pokemon based around honoring the same military that lost a war against emus.

**orthogonal to alive** @avi@computerfairi.es · Nov 18, 2019, 17:43

**orthogonal to alive** @avi@computerfairi.es · Nov 18, 2019, 17:43

Nov 18, 2019, 17:43

orthogonal to alive @avi@computerfairi.es

transmisogyny

cis people defining transness in terms that are narrowly aimed at describing very feminine straight trans women: Why don't I see as many trans men, hmmm?

cis people defining transness in terms that are narrowly aimed at describing very feminine straight trans women: Why aren't any trans women gay, huh? Why are they all very feminine and straight???