cold take, Make [X] Great Again, fascism Show more
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 :)
On echo chambers and filter bubbles Show more
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.
tech hottake Show more
misinformation, gaming, hate Show more
Oh nice, noticed the first change in #tusky5beta:
Like and boost counts under the opened toot. That's nice. 👍
sick pun Show more
almost useless magic item for TTRPG Show more
food / mad, danish Show more
I kinda want to figure out my dreamteam of pokemon and commission several art pieces:
One of me and the whole team, and one each of me and a single pokemon out. And then use the team picture as profile background and the others as avatars.
Sadly, I can't afford to pay decently for such artwork.
(Anyone is more than welcome to copy this idea)
I don't think there's anyone about who hasn't seen it, but if you're feeling generous you can support my #kickstarter to publish my librarians-and-necromancy fantasy novel, BOOKS & BONE.
I'm now trying to hit the first stretch goal to cover the cover art and the cost of ISBNs so I can get it into libraries and shops and just ... other places than Amazon.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/381351683/books-and-bone-a-fantasy-novel/
Thanks to all who have supported so far! 💙
LB: https://deadinsi.de/@cute/101586180180689475
Would it be okay to write "pale scandinavian" instead of "white", or is that just more internalized racism? I'm genuinely curious.
I feel like "white" has a lot of american cultural annotations, that I don't identify with at all.
tech, ActivityPub, PHP Show more
Parent, Feminist, Softwaremaker - in that order