communication
Hey: Connecting is Hard
I whine again about how hard it is to make friends!
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The Shiva Snap
There are at least two layers of gay/queer/LGBTQ culture at work here. So yeah, if you think the world revolves around your cishet ass, you're gonna be lost. And another reason to dislike Facebook regurgitating Tumblr posts. A Toot Before I nuked it, I got hit
"Fake" Holidays I Enjoy
Fun, excuse to be fun, fun fun fun, let's get on with this silly list. You don't need a whole paragraph explainin' this shit, I don't care what the SEO plugin says. pop culture Revenge of the Fifth When: May 5th, also May
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It's been two months and I've been great. But why do I still feel so sad?
On January 1st, I deleted Facebook and I couldn't be happier. But when you're not on Meta, it can be isolating. You're at a party and everyone is happily trading Instagram profiles, and the only thing you could offer reliably is... ... nothing, actually. Only
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An Armadillo Armor
"In what ways, large or small, did you armor yourself (i.e., set important boundaries) this month?" It's a silly thing, but significant to me. Hanging out with friends at the coffee shop last night, we talked about cartoons (as nerds wont to do). I managed
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This is cheating.
Having a kiki with a friend while complaining about online dating, I decided to reactivate my OKCupid account. Since we're on a "what changed?" type of groove, let's continue that trend. ...Well, not much since I was last there. I didn't take
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the minimum dosage
For Mastodon to not only supersede Twitter but to thrive in its own merit, it needs to not only listen to the vulnerable among us, but implement changes for a better Internet culture. The tools have been there, and so have been their highlighted shortcomings. Now what will they make
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What Was There
Speaking of Decluttering, I need to sort through my bookmarks and see which ones are still active. /gamegame/gamegamebegin.html This was a Flash game, very artsy and scribbly, and while I was in college I'd play through it when I was feeling down. It kept me inspired
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If you could un-invent something, what would it be?
You know those things that pop up when you visit a site, pestering you to sign up for their newsletter, or enable ads, or allow cookies, or create an account, or sign in, or just be a really big annoying ad? They're not technically pop-ups (they open
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Lighthouse
I said I wasn't gonna do this again. But it doesn't count if it's unpolished. It doesn't count if the resources are right at the tip of my tongue. But I think of these two groups I'm in, and how
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Adamantium (addendum: protonmail)
Oh yea, my recent post on Digital Security still has Protonmail as a recommendation for a more secure/private/not-gmail email. I mean, it still has encryption and whatnot, so I guess it's still secure. But in the light of the CEO being the one of many
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Notes: Digital Security
18 Million Rising hosted this class. Here is the recording: https://youtu.be/j20ku2kr6ty. There's also a document they provided with resources and links, here. Their focus is on Community Organizers. Since our activities are shared digitally to the internet, let’s consider the legacy of colonization embedded
