nicole @nicole@myna.social

...can you possibly avoid this horrifying situation? Be sure to have some cucumbers ready if you meet a kappa as it's their favourite treat and can distract them long enough to allow you to escape. Alternatively, a deep bow should do the trick. Out of politeness, kappa will bow in return and the water will run out of the bowl-like dip on their heads, causing them to lose their energy and collapse.
I've also got more info and art here:
https://www.curiousordinary.com/2021/05/kappa.html
🎨2. Hokusai
3. Shigeru Mizuki
2/2

Finished my book.

They all died.

It's Russian history, whaddya want?

scope creep is the little-death that brings total obliteration. i will face my desire to replace my if-else block with an event system. i will permit it to pass over me and through me

Cute trans girls telling other cute trans girls that they’re cute but not believing that they are too

Arizona’s New Governor Katie Hobbs Issued LGBTQ+ Protections on Her First Day in Office 

https://www.them.us/story/katie-hobbs-arizona-governor-lgbtq-executive-order

#uspolitics
#AZpolitics
#LGBTQmastodon
#BlackMastodon

Confession time:

I was a free speeches absolutist teen. I think many young people latch on to this, but I couldn't conceive of anyone doing anything that would protect me-- had a lot of experience being shut down & told to be quiet.

That's kind of where my heart has always been. Even on twitter I hardly ever blocked anyone. Ever. But, part of growing up is recognizing it's just not practical or reasonable.

I'm a reluctant fan of moderation and I came here kicking and screaming. 🧵

@JamesGleick ChatGPT has absolutely no concept of objective reality, and without that, there is no truth. That is to say, it's not capable of actively creating truth or lies, it's just stringing words together based on a very large dataset it has been fed. That dataset is almost certainly full of stuff that many / most would consider 'not true', so I'm inclined to go with 'inevitable'. (For what it's worth, I'm pretty firmly in the 'parlor trick' camp when it comes to my impression of ChatGPT.)

Wednesday, a deer walked into a store in Colorado. The shop owner gave her some cookies. After leaving the store, she returned after half an hour with her entire family.

anytime someone says anything in trochaic trimeter (STRONG-weak STRONG-weak STRONG-weak) i can't help following it up with "I MADE IT OUT OF CLAY"

There's a housing crisis in many cities. But cars can park free. Why not claim public street-space for those who need it? If you disguise your shelter as a polluting, duly-licensed private vehicle, like artist Michael Rakowitz did...
...the authorities should be fine with it.

More on this thought-provoking art project here:

http://www.michaelrakowitz.com/plot-proposition-i

lit crit, 1930s style

(le crime de monsieur lange)

You know the planets are lined up when #transappreciationfriday falls on #TwelfthNight.

I'm Pauline (she/her). I spent my youth getting kiln-fired in #Tucson, #Arizona, now in the #BayArea; used to be an academic in the humanities, now write code during the day and fiction in the off hours, also some songwriting and home recording with guitars, but there's this whole ongoing struggle to get my singing voice repitched.

My most remarkable life stories all involve other people, and one of the most amazing is that my oldest and dearest friend is also a trans woman. It's been something to figure this all out alongside her as an other half to her Gemini.

Fig.1: restaurant washroom selfie, Fig 2: some hot gender-bent flirtation from Twelfth Night (Viola dressed as Cesario is supposed to be a proxy for the Duke; Olivia has other ideas).

Appreciation to all!

Hey friends - I am in Antarctica with extremely slow and limited internet and I have a book coming out this year that I'd normally be posting more about because pre-orders are *critical* to a book's success.

Help me get the word out?

OUT THERE: THE SCIENCE BEHIND SCI-FI FILM AND TV

From black holes to space elevators and extraterrestrial civilizations, this is a rich and beautifully illustrated book for your coffee table. And astronaut Mae Jemison wrote the Foreword!

https://amzn.to/3GA2HUz

Promo Codes for Rube Works: The Official Rube Goldberg Invention Game

We published this game in 2013 using Unity 4.6. Apple updated MacOS and the game no longer worked. We have a new version that works on recent MacOS versions, but doesn't work on older versions/Macs.

I could use some help finding out exactly which versions of Macs and MacOS's are compatible. Any takers? DM me with your Mac info, and I can send you a promo code.

Just need to know if it runs. https://apps.apple.com/us/app/rube-works-official-rube-goldberg/id826938697?mt=12