draco @draco@witches.town
queere femme. sängerin. geek with guitar. linux lover. asatrú/polytheist. schwarzwaldbewohnerin. pronomen: sie/ihr // pronouns: she/her.
Also finally resolved in my own head that mastodon isn't about avoiding politics. CWs aren't about avoiding politics.
Taking care with content is about managing risk to others so that the effort to repair a damaged world doesn't deteriorate into panic, aggression or despair.
CWs seem like a small good step towards respecting that the state of global politics affects us deeply. It's not a sideshow.
A reminder about political terminology:
To Marxists, 'liberal' means (and has always meant) 'centrist capital-friendly social democrat'
To all American politicians pre-1970s, 'liberal' meant 'supporter of democracy (& post-1930s, welfare state) instead of totalitarianism'
To US Republicans post-1970s, 'liberal' means 'radical black feminist Bolshevik'
To economists and some non-US politicians, 'liberal' (in US, 'neoliberal') means 'radical conservative, pro-private capital, anti-regulation'
Random queasiness can go die in a fire, please.
Unmotivierte Übelkeit könnte sich doch jetzt bitte auch mal verpissen.
« If we decide black metal is fascist, then fascists will recruit black metal fans uncontested. If antifascists decide that some specific subculture, aesthetic ideas, or spiritual practices belong solely to fascists, then we are in essence giving to fascists all the practitioners and appreciators of those ideas. We shouldn’t let nazis have nice things. » — Margaret Killjoy
http://birdsbeforethestorm.net/2017/05/cede-no-ground-to-fascists/
So happy that I'm finally getting over my bad math experience/self image from school, thanks to the help and encouragement of my sweet wife. This equation has a real-world, exercise-related application :) https://witches.town/media/u5j62e_wPrqq9ldJ5p4
Wurde gegen 9:25 taetlich angegriffen von dem Autofahrer mit dem Auto B-GU 2755. An der Skalitzer St. um den Goerli rum in Berlin. Kennt den wen?
Als Zeuge suche ich den Autofahrer eines GO! Express & Logistics Autos, Kennzeichen B-CS 3736.
#PlsBst
So I asked the wife to teach me a little math every now and then. Right now, we're doing basic analysis.
Math used to be the one subject in school that gave me nightmares. I used to be convinced that I suck at it, starting in grade 3. When we started, I didn't remember much high-school math.
I'm so grateful that she not only does that, but really enjoys teaching me. And it's so liberating to lose my fear of calculation and numbers and actually *enjoy* solving equations.
What makes it work for me: I am allowed to write things out as detailed and long-form as I need to, and I am never under any kind of time pressure.
TIL: Ein verkaterter Latissimus kann schweinisch weh tun. Ich hab's gestern mit dem Training übertrieben :/ Ausruhen hilft. Werde jetzt gleich mal schmerzstillende Salbe drauf schmieren. Will aufpassen, dass ich kein Suchtverhalten bzgl. Sport entwickle, das soll schließlich Spaß sein, nicht zwanghaft.
#paganism #witchystuff #polytheism #writing I still have this idea of writing a beginner's book - kind of a queer-positive, no-essentialist-bs, low-budget primer/intro to pagan/polytheist practice (s). But I feel like my practice has become so highly special and individual and I can't speak for other people.
Reading witchy toots makes me want to take up writing #heathen / #pagan / #polytheist stuff again. It's not casting spells and such that I miss, though; it's a consistent, meaningful and committed spiritual practice. Deity worship, trance work and sacred music are kinda the things I feel drawn towards.
If you post flashing or fast moving gifs, mark them as NSFW and put a warning in the text. Using a CW does not hide the image, so you need to use the NSFW function.
Do not use flashing or fast moving gifs as your avatar.
Observe those rules & reblog to save a life
and I mean that literally, flashing, strobing or fast moving gifs can trigger seizures and seizures can be life threatening
boost this toot if u arent straight. this is for science
OK, let's get to work. #tarot #dailytarotcard #Tageskarte
Taxing and scary, but very necessary administrative stuff today. Being self-employed is effing expensive.
Anstrengender und furchteinflößender, aber notwendiger Papierkram heute. Selbständigkeit ist so verf***t teuer.
Google's mission is to "organise the world's information". But in an anti-discrimination court case they are claiming it's too difficult and expensive for them to create a spreadsheet of what they are paying women employees.
Gee I wonder why!
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/may/26/google-gender-discrimination-case-salary-records
Rhabarbermuffins in the making. https://witches.town/media/3A1wSITezTkjnxIoYDg
grump grump grump grump grump. #stimmung #mood
In dieser Laune kann ich zwei Dinge ganz gut: Bürokratie oder Gitarrentechnik üben. Letzteres geht grad nicht, darum (1)...
When I'm in this mood, I'm good at two things: bureaucracy and practicing guitar technique. Can't do the latter just now, therefore I try to do some of (1)...
Meine Gegend in der Abenddämmerung. Sieht viel flacher aus, als sie ist.
My hood in evening light. Looks much flatter than it actually is.