Hoern_ @Hoern_@witches.town

Remember to tag your #cats with #cats or @cats to help us spread #cats around the Fediverse!

So, this can be a bit of a hard read in some ways.

But, Some of the people that made me almost give up when I was struggling with the realization I was trans? And trying to navigate that space was... actually trans folks in various online communities that I found while searching for answers.

My Cis Therapist, Psych, and GP were some of my support actually encouraging me to explore and transition.

And I don't mean the tiny handful of trans friends /1

"Programmer standing beside punched cards" (1955)

Via the Computer History Museum:

http://www.computerhistory.org/revolution/memory-storage/8/326/924

"This stack of 62,500 punched cards — 5 MB worth — held the control program for the giant SAGE military computer network."

https://mastodon.social/media/gDqK3x6E_EMSfCuEOo8

Soft striped kitty! https://a.weirder.earth/media/AAM0KhUQaJNDzKn0ySE

if polyamory were the default assumption, popular music would be TOTALLY different

You know, I've met some lovely people as a slowly get back into the dating scene, but I can't help but remember that over half of the white women that express some interest voted for Trump.

Kinda of downer.

There will be a time, soon, in a few years I hope, when people start to really *get* that someone's gender isn't about what toys you let a kid play with. Barbies won't turn a boy gay, or turn him into a girl, and the only way you can know someone's gender for sure is to ask.

Hey #Yarnuary people! The hashtag poll has produced a result that’s been consistent for days and days: #fiberarts

So, go forth and tag your #fiberarts accordingly come February, plus any other tags that might be appropriate, like #needlefelting or #knitting or #sprang or, you know, whatever it is you’re doing.

Do people want me to come up with general optional monthly themes? Because I can continue to do that somewhat indefinitely if people would like (I might recycle them eventually).

speaking of trans, i keep the radio on for background noise and I just so happened to pay attention while I was getting more firewood, and I came to listen to an interview with a soft-spoken trans man speaking about the awful trans healthcare in sweden, about expectations of masculinity, norms, our bodies & the interviewer was very respectful too, which is rare in my eyes.

the things he said felt like listening to myself. it's nice to feel that we actually -exist- out here.

#smallstories

admiring your projects
while
pitying myself for not getting enough #yarnuary

Here's a poll for people who want to continue #yarnuary indefinitely:

http://www.strawpoll.me/14872994

Let's pick a hashtag that won't keep changing!

I have some other questions about themes/challenges, but they can wait until another day.

Please boost if you know people who do fiber arts on Mastodon who might not have been doing #yarnuary.

Susan Kare, graphic designer who created many familiar icons & fonts for Apple, NeXT, Microsoft, and IBM.

Her creations include most of the iconography and fonts which shipped with the original Macintosh, and many icons which persisted in Windows from version 3 until XP.

#SusanKare #iconic #womenintech #design #designers #graphicdesign #Macintosh #NeXT #Windows #vintagecomputers #vintagecomputing