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@lawyersgunsnmoney@mstdn.social @Lana@beige.party Credit also Lucille Ball for using her own money and connections to make Gene's vision a reality.
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mastodon 4.7.2+glitchWannabe big tiddy goth GF. At least as feline as the profile pic implies.
"I'm trying to figure out which scifi novel you stepped out of"
~ screwlisp
"Adorably dense"
~ The Witch of Crow Briar
I miss crows. Crows are nice.
Profile picture: a charcoal sketch of a cat sitting on a tree-stump, looking away from the viewer.
The cat's head is tilted in a way that makes it look contemplative but, honestly, she probably just slipped a mental cog and now her brain is in some kind of phantom neutral.
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@alice@lgbtqia.space Transition really shouldn't involve accepting that "being hate-crimed" suddenly became one of my likely causes of death.
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@MBridegam@federate.social @aburka@hachyderm.io @SnoopJ@hachyderm.io @regehr@mastodon.social @dan@discuss.systems @dev@discuss.systems It's from Catch-22, by Joseph Heller.
One of the plots involves someone buying eggs at 5c each, and selling them at 3c each, for a profit of 2c per egg.
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@troed@swecyb.com @feff@comicscamp.club @device@infosec.exchange This is using your privilege for good. We need more of this.
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@alice@lgbtqia.space @raven667@hachyderm.io While I worked as a courier, someone asked whether lonely housewives would sometimes invite me in to deliver an extra "package."
I had to explain that no, this is only a thing in porn.
Then, of course, I wound up dating a client :facepalm:
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@NicholasLaney@todon.eu @dgar@aus.social This AMAB human had fur. Eradicating it was not fun.
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@GuitarSith@fosstodon.org Don't let it get you down. Some people prefer one or the other, and some songs/genres suit one or the other; the "thou shalt (not) use a pick" absolutists are to be ignored.
Andy Fraser (of Free) quipped that he had it backwards, because he always played bass with a pick, and guitar with his fingers.
At the other end of the talent-scale, I prefer playing bass with my fingers because I'm just very tactile, but I reach for a pick when covering something like So Alive because it just doesn't work without one.
Ronnie Wood played bass like a lead guitar on Maggie May, and that's still getting airplay, so 🤷♀️ do whatever works.
@Rob@musicians.today @ambergrey@mastodon.social
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@olena We used to live in the hills outside Madrid, and the vultures there are wonderful to watch. Very graceful fliers.
@jmht @dbattistella
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@joannaholman A tiny (5cm x 5cm) pad of Hahnemühle sugar-cane paper. Tiny because I wanted to test it before investing in more.
That stuff is perfect for some of my brush-and-ink work.
And yes, I did read the question; the right combination of drawing materials is in fact a quality-of-life issue for me :)
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@spacerog@mastodon.social 20 years later, we took down a large portion of it just by b0rking a network change. This wasn't even in an ISP, so I can affirm your claim on practical grounds.
No, I don't remember which member of the team pushed that change, only that it wasn't me :)
"House of cards" is an apt description.
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@cwebber And where there's hope, there's threat.
Given that, let's amp up the threat levels.
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@GuitarSith@fosstodon.org @Rob@musicians.today @ambergrey@mastodon.social From Ron Wood to John Paul Jones - what a case of failing upward!
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@theleftistlawyer@mastodon.social Related: conflating "disincentivise" with "prevent."
I have tried and failed to explain to a member of my own family that legal consequences are predicated on somebody having actually done the thing in question, which does not satisfy my understanding of "to prevent."
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@mntmn@mastodon.social That is exactly how Howard trots down the hallway when he's trying to escape being medicated.
Cat firmware on dog hardware, indeed.
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@rmondello@hachyderm.io I'm pretty sure the correct answer comes from those pointing to first-responders, but for me it translates to "the vehicles around me are the last thing I'm paying attention to."
So as a motorcyclist, it's a handy warning that this one's likely to do something even more unpredictable than the rest.
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@cararemixed @jacqueline I have one, and can recommend it.
One of the things I love is the physical headphone jack, because apparently I emit some kind of Bluetooth-disruption field.
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@the_qa_guy@hachyderm.io That's a beautiful corset. I love how delighted you look in it, too.
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@JoscelynTransient@chaosfem.tw Why wouldn't it be screaming?
@FritzAdalis@infosec.exchange @NanoRaptor@bitbang.social
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@inquiline@assemblag.es It's not far off in this photo, between the textures and the colours.
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@ludicity@mastodon.sprawl.club Perversely, this is one of the most inspiring and encouraging things I've read.
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@ketan@climatejustice.social so much for "but windmills are ugly and spoil the scenery."
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@glent@aus.social I don't think that's a question any more.
We can't afford to be dependent on the goodwill of a fickle bully. Never could, really, but recent years have made it unavoidably clear.
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@amoroso@oldbytes.space I had the pleasure of meeting her in Porto, while at ELS - it was pure coincidence that she happened to be on campus for unrelated reasons. She's lovely, and seemed bemused that CL is still roughly as popular now as it was then.
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@atte @pestojaguar A great source of inspiration is the Other People's Music series of posts by @etherdiver.
Another good source is @tibtvnowplayingbot (The Indie Beat TV).
There are some venerable and truly inspiring musicians on fedi. If it's gear you want to discuss, the #gearsquad tag is a great one to follow.
An important thing to understand about the fediverse is that it's based on interaction and a sense of community, rather than the celebrity-broadcast model. So join in with conversations where you have something to add, and follow people who seem interesting. Unfollowing is also perfectly valid, when you realise somebody isn't your cup of tea after all.
If you want/need advice about something, post your question, and prepare to receive Opinions :)
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@airadam@mastodon.me.uk I share your frustration. The number of times I've wished I could just get a pair off the shelf...
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@TimmyMac If you're refilling cartridges then you can use bottled ink, just like with piston converters, so it's a wash on that front.
I like the convenience of piston fillers, but then I also stick with the same ink in a given pen for long periods. When the converter's close to empty, I just refill without any additional fuss. The reverse flow involved in sucking ink into the pen also helps clean the system, so you can go for longer periods without disassembling and cleaning.
My partner's prone to switching colours, so quite likes the flexibility of syringe-filling a cartridge.
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@noelreports@mstdn.social That's one way of saying "we'll keep going until we've occupied the entire continent," yes.
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@3D63 Is that why I got the "please reactivate your account" email?
I was going to contact them and suggest they start retiring/removing follows of artists who have died, but in the light of this... meh.
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@trcm@infosec.exchange @mhoye@cosocial.ca Ah, my mistake; his is another one, then.
Thanks for the correction.
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@scaalp@piaille.fr @nileane@nileane.fr They say the right things, but it's a well-constructed PR operation.
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@catsalad@infosec.exchange The one circumstance under which I'd approve of a genAI movie.