leinir @leinir@computerfairi.es

I keep seeing boosts of a post about how the .ORG domain was bought by a private equity firm and they're going to dramatically raise the price, but that sale was rejected by ICANN in April 2020 and the Public Interest Registry, the folks who've run .ORG since 2003, still run it. I love you all, but that post you're boosting is over three years old. You can stop boosting it now. Please. :)

reminder to artists and sticker makers:

❌Do not use StickerMule❌
-pro elon musk
-pro trump
-anti masks/pandemic deniers
-anti-lgbtqa+

please use alternatives like, stickerninja.com, standoutstickers.com, Wilde prints, stickerapp, diecutstickers, stickerbunnies, sticker giant, rockin stickers, etc. check your local print shops as well.

for more info https://twitter.com/KikiDoodleTweet/status/1267679538034565121?s=20&t=ZmHvNc_QRxSCj9XK5-esYQ

if you're reading this, you're officially a cutie

and if you know any other cuties, make sure to let them know they're officially cuties too

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homer brain: the government will get us out of this

normal brain: the government is trying to kill me

exploding brain: the government doesn't care if I live or die

galaxy brain: the uk government is incapable of caring if you live or die and will remain incapable until there is a class war cuminating in a successful worker led revolution

Please boost if you’re still masking indoors (in public places)

So here we are on a new social network thingy. We've seen a lot of them since 2001 (still miss LiveJournal), but time marches on.

We'll mostly be using this account for announcements, which is pretty much the same way we used the account on that other place we won't mention here.

Thanks to the meow.social folks for a home here!

> The PSP's web browser is - charitably - pathetic. It is slow, frequently runs out of memory, and can only open 3 tabs at a time... But the GOV.UK pages are written in simple HTML. They are designed to be lightweight and will work even on rubbish browsers. They have to. This is for everyone...
> Are you developing public services? Or a system that people might access when they're in desperate need of help? Plain HTML works. A small bit of simple CSS will make look decent. JavaScript is probably unnecessary - but can be used to progressively enhance stuff. Add alt text to images so people paying per MB can understand what the images are for (and, you know, accessibility).
> Go sit in an uncomfortable chair, in an uncomfortable location, and stare at an uncomfortably small screen with an uncomfortably outdated web browser. How easy is it to use the websites you've created?

The Unreasonable Effectiveness Of Simple HTML

https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2021/01/the-unreasonable-effectiveness-of-simple-html/
CC: @kelbot @alcinnz

#ICYMI the Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention has announced that the so-called "gender critical"/TERF movement is fascist and genocidal.

"The Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention voices its concern over the growing number of laws introduced in the United States that target transgender individuals and the transgender community. Anti-trans hostility in the US has become a staple of the Republican Party’s election strategy and is clearly being used to stoke voters’ fears of a changing world by raising the specter of a malevolent polluting force tied to liberalism, cosmopolitanism, and democracy. The Lemkin Institute believes that the so-called 'gender critical movement' that is behind these laws is a fascist movement furthering a specifically genocidal ideology that seeks the complete eradication of trans identity from the world."

https://www.lemkininstitute.com/statements-new-page/statement-on-the-genocidal-nature-of-the-gender-critical-movement%E2%80%99s-ideology-and-practice

Writers are taught not to write wish-fulfillment—it's too easy, boring, or low stakes. But that reasoning is wrong. It only seems that way because we've all already read thousands of wish-fulfillment stories about cis het able-bodied white males, so they're very... predictable.

For every other demographic?

Readers actively, desperately crave wish-fulfillment stories about themselves, because they rarely if ever see them.

#writing #craft

Apparently there are people out there who think it's inappropriate to use Mastodon to talk about books you've written or promote projects you've worked on because it's marketing and self-promotion?

I am not one of those people. I implore you to write about the work you have done and the things you have made - I want to hear about that stuff!

Mastodon, the service, is pretty great, actually. It's bigger than any of us, and it has the tools to create whatever experience you want. Everybody says so!

But this idea that Mastodon and Mastodon users were pure and good while every other social media site, but especially That Place, was full of nothing but clout-chasing sociopaths who need to be driven off with a broom before they bring their bad habits here is extremely pretentious.

It's also really white.

We are nearing the end of our #fundraiser and we still have a bit to go. #Donate now and get your hands on some cool digital #goodies! Such as "I donated" badges to display on your social media, designs for digital and printed cards, and the new #Katie and #Konqi Santa mascots.

https://kde.org/fundraisers/yearend2022/

I've got a sale on for my avatars at the moment ^^ 25% off everything on my Gumroad

use the offer code XMAS22 at cinnamonvector.gumroad.com