someone might want to tell whoever upkeeps fediverse.network that Spinster is actively spoofing their useragent now https://gitlab.com/soapbox-pub/soapbox/merge_requests/124

**orthogonal to alive** · Dec 12, 2019, 23:30

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**Sam the Octopus** @troubleMoney@computerfairi.es · Dec 12, 2019, 23:30

Dec 12, 2019, 23:30

Sam the Octopus @troubleMoney@computerfairi.es

here are some cute pictures

a lot of us could do with some right now

**orthogonal to alive** @avi@computerfairi.es · Dec 12, 2019, 21:42

**orthogonal to alive** @avi@computerfairi.es · Dec 12, 2019, 21:42

Dec 12, 2019, 21:42

orthogonal to alive @avi@computerfairi.es

I mean, it's not really fair to make fun of him for being afraid of cars, since he was hit by a car, and cars are also garbage.

However, he was written more books than most about cars and other vehicles with malevolent minds of their own

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**orthogonal to alive** @avi@computerfairi.es · Dec 12, 2019, 21:26

**orthogonal to alive** @avi@computerfairi.es · Dec 12, 2019, 21:26

Dec 12, 2019, 21:26

orthogonal to alive @avi@computerfairi.es

You know Stephen King is probably really pissed about self-driving cars

**orthogonal to alive** @avi@computerfairi.es · Dec 12, 2019, 20:52

**orthogonal to alive** @avi@computerfairi.es · Dec 12, 2019, 20:52

Dec 12, 2019, 20:52

orthogonal to alive @avi@computerfairi.es

Welcome to my Love Shack/Mambo No. 5 mashup, somebody's actually made this track, right?

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**orthogonal to alive** @avi@computerfairi.es · Dec 12, 2019, 20:51

**orthogonal to alive** @avi@computerfairi.es · Dec 12, 2019, 20:51

Dec 12, 2019, 20:51

orthogonal to alive @avi@computerfairi.es

one

two

three four five

everybody in the car it's as big as a whale

and it's about to

set

sail!

**orthogonal to alive** @avi@computerfairi.es · Dec 12, 2019, 20:30

**orthogonal to alive** @avi@computerfairi.es · Dec 12, 2019, 20:30

Dec 12, 2019, 20:30

orthogonal to alive @avi@computerfairi.es

This is harder than you would expect.

Love shack: 2 words
Rock lobster: 2 words
New wave: 2 words

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**orthogonal to alive** · Dec 12, 2019, 20:22

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**Lyds, (gender) envy demon** @sireffe@iam.lydi.as · Dec 12, 2019, 20:22

Dec 12, 2019, 20:22

Lyds, (gender) envy demon @sireffe@iam.lydi.as

this is how the meme works right?

a09208efd573b335.png

**orthogonal to alive** @avi@computerfairi.es · Dec 12, 2019, 20:02

**orthogonal to alive** @avi@computerfairi.es · Dec 12, 2019, 20:02

Dec 12, 2019, 20:02

orthogonal to alive @avi@computerfairi.es

Gonna create a new aesthetic based on this planet Claire shit. what's a good word, associated with this band, which we could prepend to "punk"?

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**orthogonal to alive** @avi@computerfairi.es · Dec 12, 2019, 19:59

**orthogonal to alive** @avi@computerfairi.es · Dec 12, 2019, 19:59

Dec 12, 2019, 19:59

orthogonal to alive @avi@computerfairi.es

Feeling inspired by the sci-fi future described to me by the B-52s

**orthogonal to alive** · Dec 12, 2019, 19:49

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**Sid** @interneteh@sunbeam.city · Dec 12, 2019, 19:49

Dec 12, 2019, 19:49

Sid @interneteh@sunbeam.city

"I don't know who needs to hear this but you are not a capitalist. You are a salaried employee working in an industry owned by an actual capitalist. People keep confusing simple commerce-- which has always existed--with capitalism, a specific type of economy." — Bree Newsome

**orthogonal to alive** @avi@computerfairi.es · Dec 12, 2019, 19:21

**orthogonal to alive** @avi@computerfairi.es · Dec 12, 2019, 19:21

Dec 12, 2019, 19:21

orthogonal to alive @avi@computerfairi.es

"Hey, there's a new movie out starring two actors you hate"
"It's about two wealthy white straight people going through a divorce"
"It's very emotional and deep. They argue a lot. Like, so much. It's almost 3 hours long"
"Hey, check out this amazing clip of a dude screaming and punching drywall. Acting!"
"No, no, it's actually a really nuanced movie. There's lots of quiet moments. Everything builds up to the guy punching the drywall"

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**orthogonal to alive** · Dec 11, 2019, 16:38

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**garfield** @garfiald@mastodon.social · Dec 11, 2019, 16:38

Dec 11, 2019, 16:38

garfield @garfiald@mastodon.social

so the neoliberal framework within which all workers are independent contractors and thus stripped of all protection and bargaining power, is good, actually

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**orthogonal to alive** · Dec 12, 2019, 18:05

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**WORLD SERIES CHAMPION** @dankwraith@monads.online · Dec 12, 2019, 18:05

Dec 12, 2019, 18:05

WORLD SERIES CHAMPION @dankwraith@monads.online

hmm. i am an artist and i am not wealthy. that means i can either 1) sell my labor to survive or 2) create products directly and be required enter into exploitative publishing and marketplace relations to survive. i love being an "artisan" who controls the means of production!

**orthogonal to alive** @avi@computerfairi.es · Dec 12, 2019, 17:42

**orthogonal to alive** @avi@computerfairi.es · Dec 12, 2019, 17:42

Dec 12, 2019, 17:42

orthogonal to alive @avi@computerfairi.es

Reading posts speculating on how things would be different if women were bigger than men, while being much smaller than either of my partners

**orthogonal to alive** · Dec 12, 2019, 17:23

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**jake** @brogepi@radical.town · Dec 12, 2019, 17:23

Dec 12, 2019, 17:23

jake @brogepi@radical.town

Joker wearing checkerboard vans and a newsy cap and suspenders. “You wanna know how I got this ska?”

**orthogonal to alive** · Dec 12, 2019, 16:40

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**mist** @m1st@computerfairi.es · Dec 12, 2019, 16:40

Dec 12, 2019, 16:40

mist @m1st@computerfairi.es

repetition

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