Dear #Americans of #Mastodon, you have a wonderful opportunity that is rarely granted to you. For the first time, you're in an online public space that is not American, that is not centered around the US, and as I'm typing this, a place where the majority of users are not Americans. You can open yourselves to the world as you've rarely been able to before.
So please, stop expressing yourselves like the US is the default country here and that most users are Americans. We're not. Love.
#UK folks, there's a petition to keep protection of transgender people in the equality act.
It's pretty scary being trans in this country at the moment, and we could use your help to protect our rights.
Feel free to share broadly/openly with others. Steal, boost, whatever. Let's get 100k signatures, please.
@tdfischer i just catch Obsidian Ant's output for elite, but yup, it seems like it's Really Quite A Thing :)
We want YOU for Reclamation Project Year Two! Seeking stories of 7,000-10,000 words with a strong emotional connection and/or a unique “furry solarpunk” angle. Contact himself@gneech.com to discuss, and boosts welcome and appreciated! #AmWriting #furry #solarpunk #SubmissionCall #FurryWriting #MFF #MWFF
@the_gneech Sweet! :D i was just pondering whether i should send a little question as to the status of the project and... i guess that is perhaps now a little redundant :D
Today I'm struck by Zuckerberg spending something like a billion dollars on the "metaverse" to create legless sausage VR avatars and meanwhile volunteer furries are beta-testing advanced finger tracking systems so they can use sign language in VR chat with PAWS, and not only does it work, it's like a billion times more enticing on _every level_.
billionaires are a mistake
KDE's End of Year 💰#fundraiser💰 is officially open! Your #donations will help us reach our goals, support our community, fund our events, and show the whole world 🌍 how everybody can benefit from KDE software.
I am always taken aback when someone dismisses fantasy as "escapism". What's wrong with escapism? What's wrong with longing for different worlds than this? Have you seen this world? Its brokenness and sharp thorns?
Did you not grow up desperately looking for your door elsewhere? Did you not immerse in beautiful worlds as sustenance, for moments of joy like wings?
For a time in my life I stretched out. Grimdark, New Weird, etc. But no more. Give me hopepunk and found family. Give me escape.
Flickr CEO Don MacAskill (@d0n) is currently running a poll to decide whether to add #ActivityPub to Flickr to join the #fediverse (Mastodon, Pixelfed, Peertube, etc.)
Make your voice heard:
https://sfba.social/@d0n/109422647995225732
Poll on Twitter too:
https://twitter.com/DonMacAskill/status/1597256480519966720
Remember this has good and bad repercussions whether you use Flickr or not, it would be the first time an old giant joins us but also would bring many many new issues we would have to face together. Please boost for reach!
@bluepupboi Borders are violence :P
@leonerd we uhm... got a tray, not a basket, and i am very particular about grouping, because it eases emptying, and others in the household are... not ;)
The current Star Citizen free-fly ends at UTC2000 on the 30th-and you can currently borrow (or "rent" for free) nearly any ship in the game by dropping by the rental kiosks in the basement of the Zenith hall at the Tobin Expo Center (follow the red signs all over New Babbage ;) ) https://computerfairi.es/@leinir/109342210895530994
Economics: Humans only value things monetarily.
Sociology: Uh, I don't ...
Economics: Humans are always rational and value is calculated by a complex inner calculus.
Sociology: Uh, Psy, can you help?
Psychology: That's not how humans ...
Economics: ALSO MY SYSTEM WILL GROW EXPONENTIALLY FOREVER!!
Physics: *drops teacup*
A couple of useful updates - sorry, i should've just added these to the thread here to start with, so doing it now... didn't want this to end up context-less :D https://computerfairi.es/@leinir/109403689227982214
@baralheia @Doran_Eirok Oh, and we've got a little telegram group for us fuzzballs what star citizens, where a few of us have been hanging out since earlier this year - small, but helpful group :) (oh, and if you do go in on your own, two important things: free-fly is the game at its jankiest, and hold the f key to interact with stuff ;) )
An update on that recommendation for what ship to get - the introductory offer on the Drake Cutter starter game package ( https://robertsspaceindustries.com/pledge/Packages/Cutter-IAE-Starter-Pack-Warbond ) is currently by a long way the best value starter package, at least until the 8th of December, when it's due to increase up to its intended full price. Also, if you want to nab Squadron 42 as well, that'll be offered for an extra 20 quid at checkout (it'll look weird when it's offered,but it'll become 20 when you add it to the cart) :) as always,ask!
weirdo free/libre open source software person, member of the KDE community since forever, who loves squeaky, slinky and fuzzy things - they/them