ebeth @ebeth@witches.town
libraries, videogames, chronic illness, cats, sci-fi/fantasy. lives on the internet
big news masto, i'm moving back to michigan in a year or possibly a little less
most likely spot is ann arbor, i want to be near detroit and my SO understandably doesn't want to commute through detroit traffic for his new job (which will not be in detroit)
hit me up with your cool southeast michigan friends and nerd things to do (and if you're a librarian in the area give gainful employment pls and thank u)
hello mastodon, i have a lot of extra #game keys to give away
this is the list of #games
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1F8xMKM2ldfww1sEUrR72gdR-Etgmxx9jWuQ_vt9pqyI/edit?usp=sharing
DM if you want something and please feel free to boost!
all of these are #steam keys unless otherwise noted
Dungeons & Diners & Dragons & Drive-Ins & Dives
twitter link
https://twitter.com/fartpowder/status/957003810509082624 https://meow.social/media/CQTcBf9nse22XRlWdrQ
Apropos of nothing, have some ear floofs https://wandering.shop/media/vO3yQEeh1zz8Bk1lhxo
'Zuckerberg has repeatedly doubled down on the toxic idea that we should only have one self, one persona. That we should be the same person in all social circles, lest we be “frauds”.' - https://m.signalvnoise.com/growing-apart-and-losing-touch-is-human-and-healthy-52b5a678fbf5
I don't always see eye-to-eye with DHH but this article is pretty good
I got the Lego Women of NASA set. It's Sally Ride, Mae Jemison, Margaret Hamilton and Nancy G. Roman with props to do with what they're known for.
Though Hamilton has a stack of books because it's like a picture of her, rather than a computer as one might expect.
https://witches.town/media/tY_oHa_cc-BL52ggOCI
https://witches.town/media/P2CH6OSp6LpoYalEoBk
https://witches.town/media/4seKYuKDrxP9LXmi7ag
https://witches.town/media/WhBRVDXWsl36VSXGvK4
blood bowl Afficher plus
I'm thinking of trying to make amigurumis. Any advice for a complete crochet beginner? Do you know a really simple pattern?
computers shouldnt look pretty, its dishonest. you need to design computers to look horrible, since they are horrible. ibm probably had the right idea
kinda want to check out the game room too and see if i might be interested in staffing it next year. not sure who's working it on the non-arcade side
was thinking about stopping by ohayocon today but between waking up late and having to leave early for other stuff it's between ghosting for a few hours today or buying the much cheaper day pass tomorrow
leaning toward tomorrow since a bunch of the people i want to say hi to are staff and are gonna be in badge-only areas
jea (jean tea)
ghjk this is such a great website
no shit
Look at this extraordinarily-skilled historical #knitting, circa 1560s: http://realmofvenus.renaissanceitaly.net/workbox/extwomacc1.htm #knit #history #fiberarts !!
I studied urban planning in San Francisco, and I just gotta say, the answer to our urban transportation problems is not self driving cars or 'ridesharing' taxis, all of those things are the way that established tech cos attempts to replace and commodify public services. The real answer is less car traffic, more (and more accessible) busses and trains, and shared public transport priority streets with bike and ped priority streets too. And affordable tickets + paid operators of vehicles.
i just saw someone mistype dadaism as dadism. discuss
As a Native Hawaiian, this really saddens me to see a Hawaiian man arrested for speaking our native language in Hawaii. But I am not surprised; this is par for the colonized course. https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2018/01/25/Hawaii-judge-orders-arrest-of-man-who-spoke-Hawaiian-language-in-court/8471516857580/?spt=su&or=btn_tw
Links to short stories Afficher plus
Like, before the centralization of social media, you'd go to the map nerd forum to hang out with your map nerd friend group, you'd go to IRC to hang out with your Python friend group, your go to some picture sharing site to hang out with your family, you'd go to an email list to chat with your friends from college, … you get the idea.
The interfaces and design for these tools were wildly different. Like being at different friends' houses or whatever. Subtle signals to switch personae.