Lauren Brian @lbrianwrites@computerfairi.es
Aspiring writer. old. incorrectly queer. General gloomy gus.
Joined Nov 2022
Thinking about the "Everyone is beautiful and no one is horny" issue again today. It's a valid critique, I just wish there was a way to articulate why it also makes me a bit sad. I feel like it's conflating lack of chemistry and lack of narrative space to show character with "horniness."
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The foundation behind it has been labeled a hate group.
Please, please spread the word. "He Gets Us" is akin to the "pregnancy centers" that throw women seeking abortions into prison.
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As long as we are re-making absolutely everything, I want:
Brie Larson as Buckaroo Bonzai
Channing Tatum as Penny Priddy
Tiffany Haddish as Lord John Whorfin
Kate McKinnon as John Bigboote
Tessa Thompson as New Jersey
In Natasha Lyonne's remake of The Adventures of Buckaroo Bonzai
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Lizzo got me teary-eyed not one minute into this video for her son "Special," and now I want a Lizzo superhero action figure: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ujjiNBQnmI
Somehow, my 20-follower, private birdsite account got softlocked? I tried to retweet and it said I'd "reached my daily retweet limit" and I tried to post and it said I'd reached a posting limit. I don't see signs I've been hacked, so I am very confused.
I've been using a 3M Aura this week to try it out I'm a bit surprised. My fabric+KN95 mask filtered out a BUNCH more smells than this one does, and even with a good fit, the Aura fogs my glasses slides around my chin. It's better than the KN94 bifolds that would scratch my neck raw at least.
Well, I ordered some more masks to maybe upgrade from my current fabric+KN95 combo, but it's hard to beat custom-fit, hand made, natural fiber for comfort.
Well, Capricon's decision to move downtown has influenced my decision to skip it this year. Travel to the 'burbs is manageable and the prices are lower for staying over; downtown commands downtown pricing and travel is exponentially worse. It's no longer worth it.
I am revisiting the idea of kitty Prozac for Cat3. I'm not having luck finding a home for her and keeping her restricted to one room indefinitely is not good either.
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I’m the spirit of sharing quality content, please enjoy my favorite meme of all time.
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So do you want to learn to write science fiction and fantasy with Alastair Reynolds and me?
We're doing an online course in November-December and you can sign up now!
https://www.tynewydd.wales/course/digital-course-sci-fi-fantasy/
G3 Draculaura is such a standout doll, I'm thinking of getting back into Monster High...
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Following on @pluralistic's brilliant article about the "enshittification" process of companies, I added in something that I thought was missing from Cory's analysis: the role of "The Friedman Doctrine" that the only thing companies should work for are maximizing profits for shareholers... and highlighting how that leaves out not just other stakeholders, but the important variable of "over what time frame."
Pretty sure Cat3's original owner has just ditched me and left me to deal with the cat. Sigh. Cat3 would make someone without other cats so happy. She's a good cat, but her desire to murder Cat2 is all-consuming.
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The latest Captain Awkward has a thing I want.to repeat loudly in my social space of artists, queer folks, and organizers:
Doc thinks I've been misdiagnosed for the last two decades and wants to try me on gabapentin. I looked it up years ago when I was first diagnosed. Is off-label gabapentin still the practically-snakeoil they give out to people they think are hypochondriacs but don't want to say so?
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@angusm @pluralistic Meanwhile, crab corporations will establish crab funeral homes, stealing the carapaces of their clients & selling them through AmazonBasin to hermit crabs who’ve been forced out of their shells by rapid growth caused by pollutants from underwater factories.
KlikKlok - a crustacean social media platform - will be mostly videos of young influencer crabs showing how to DIY bling up your shell for just a few clams.
This will be known as late-shell crabitalism.
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@vincent @mtechman @MadMadMadMadRN @pluralistic There is no greater destructor of innovation, equity, and cultural momentum than the god-damned modern corporate obsession with Mergers and Acquisitions.
Aspiring writer. old. incorrectly queer. General gloomy gus.
Joined Nov 2022
