@melissasage That's the sound of worms (Tony Burrello, 1953)
"Sleep When I'm Dead" inspired the dream bubbles.
"The Perfect Boy"? Jake English.
"This. Here and now. With you" is just a full pesterlog that was originally a song title.
The FidoNet chapter from BBS: The Documentary (2004) is I think required viewing for fediverse admins.
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.
@melissasage Australia has at least 800 different species of spider. It could be the spider gen
@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.
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???
Trans, guy of center, well over 18.
I'm in tech and it feels weird.