Zatnosk @zatnosk@manowar.social

"Make [X] Great Again" is fascist rhetoric.

It implies that there was a Golden Age where [X] was Good, and that "We" should return to that age.

It's a slogan designed to evoke the "Myth of National Rebirth"(1) that is central to Fascism, while still being vague enough that any disagreement can be dismissed as "Against [X]".

It's a dogwhistle(2).

If you use it, you're either ignorant, naive or a fascist.

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This is me doing re- #introductions

Hello! I'm a programmer and a (new-ish) parent, I've been running this personal instance since time immemorial.

I talk mostly about tech, but I try to branch out into artsy stuff on my secondary account: @zatnosk

From time to time I get #crazyidea|s, and some of those ideas have been channeled into my #MastoGram and #MastoCity projects.

I do my best to be kind and understanding, and I'm not afraid of some emotional labor for friends :)

When I think of a future with Open Social Media, I imagine three pillars.

1) Microblogging (ActivityPub), for sharing thoughts with strangers, ephemeral community building, and broad+global reach.

2) Forum / Stable Community (no good solution yet, AFAIK), for discussing, planning, buying/selling locally. All within a distinct group of people, membership of which can be managed.

3) Peer2Peer (Scuttlebutt?), for talking directly to friends, family, nearby people, and easily sharing files.

Ugh. That misogynistic spam as a comment to my selfie just fucking ruined my evening.
Thanks a lot, shithead(s) making everything they touch worse.

#CrazyIdea: A game where you're a toddler running around a room / set of rooms trying to discover all the nooks and crannies, and occasionally being asked to carry something from one place to another, or being hold in place to eat a plate of food (good luck communicating whether you're hungry or not).
You score points for everything you discover, and suddenly some grown up will walk up to you, pick you up and carry you away - cut to a loading screen and a new level.

Some loved the animals, and took their forms to live among them and to let them into society. Wondrous forms most beautiful, no animal was without a diplomat to speak the humans languages, or without a representative in the cities.

But some were so curious, so ambitious, so without limit, that they not only merged the forms of many animals, but left them behind. They became great beasts of individuality; unique creatures no two alike.

They became the dragons.

In the dawn of time, gods gave humans magic; the power to change the world around them and, more importantly, the power to change themselves.

Some loved the forests and wanted to see the trees grow from tiny seed to ancient giant. They grew as tall and as old as the trees, and became the elves.

Some loved the challenges of hard work and desired the metals buried in the earth. They grew strong and short to live beneath the earth, and became the dwarves.

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M. Night Shyamalan is Good, actually.

If I ever get rich enough to take up an expensive hobby based on collectibles - such as Magic: The Gathering or Warhammer - please remind me that I would much rather commission art from independent artists with those money.

#np: Rage of Light - Twilight of the Thundergod

WoC singing (read: growling) melodic viking death metal and doing a pretty good job of it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uBgxgsRQXA

tired:
function foo(){
$this->bar();
}

wired:
fuŋʃoŋ foo(){
$þis→bar();
}

tired: build an algorithm to analyze posts to find popular tags

wired: hard-code "Trending Tag: #Florespondence"

Is there anywhere I can read a (live?) summary of whatever Nintendo is unveiling at E3?