nicole @nicole@myna.social

The Borg queen on #StarTrek implies the existence of a middle class of Borg, the Borgeoisie

I'm fixing another laserdisc player, and you'll never guess what common part I just had to buy a replacement for!

hint: IT'S ALWAYS FUCKING BELTS

This week on #StainedGlassWoman is a bit of a departure--it's an article that isn't for #trans people!

One thing I see a lot of in our circles is people getting tired of doing Trans 101 over and over again for well-meaning but clueless friends, family members, and coworkers.

"What Does All This Trans Stuff Mean?" is written as a hand-off guide to explain the basics of being trans to someone with zero experience.

So drop in, and grab something to save you some work!

https://stainedglasswoman.substack.com/p/what-does-all-this-trans-stuff-mean

Surely I'm not the first person to suffer from an earworm in which the opening line of Venus in Furs is replaced by "tiny, tiny, tiny books of leather"

A group of Interactive Fiction critics are working to start an online magazine of IF theory and criticism. We're looking for a few editors to pitch in.

We will publish great analysis for non-academic audiences. We are an inclusive team that welcomes inquiries from members of underrepresented groups.

Expertise with choice IF would be especially helpful, though this is not a requirement.

A not-for-profit labor of love.

PM me for details.

Please boost!

#InteractiveFiction

@victorgijsbers

I blame toxic masculinity for the existence of audiophile woo. Basically if there were less stigma for men who just want things that look pretty and match none of this stuff would need technical “justification” You want your cables braided or with decorative baubles? great make it look real cute. I have a rainbow cable with soft padding. I don’t feel any need to justify why it’s better. It’s cute.

It’s ok to like something because it’s pretty.

THE FIRST THING THE BIDEN ADMIN SHOULD DO to tackle #StudentLoanDebt is to undercut the banks by offering 0%-2% college loans, and allow anyone with Student Loan Debt to refinance their loan with the gov't.

That alone would MASSIVELY reduce the total debt owed by millions of graduates.

"Debt Forgiveness" is a hard sell on the Right, but the GOP can't stop the U.S. Treasury from offering low interest loans. @ThomHartmann

The anti-trans crusade at the New York Times is so sudden and so intense that it seems almost certain to stem from a personal agenda. So, whose agenda is it? At XTra, I tried to find out: https://xtramagazine.com/power/what-went-wrong-at-the-new-york-times-246409

it's the racism, y'all

if you're not willing to stand up for other marginalized communities the way we want cis people to stand up for us, if you're not concerned if you hurt others while defending us... you're hurting ALL of us

none
of
us
without
all
of
us

And on the pedestal, these words appear:
"Wayback Machine has not archived that URL."
Nothing beside remains.

Cannot recommend these roles more! Folks this is a great opportunity to serve the government and do good!
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RT @konklone
The FTC has started a new Office of Technology! Now they're hiring technologists to power their investigations: https://www.ftc.gov/technologists

* Remote work possible.
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Get in there!
https://twitter.com/konklone/status/1627041138313162752

RIP Leiji Matsumoto, talented manga artist, amazing storyteller, director of the anime Space Battleship Yamato (1974), production supervisor of Daft Punk's Interstella 5555 (2003), and creator Space Pirate Captain Harlock (1977) and Galaxy Express 999 (1977).

He was 85.

seeing some “lol fuck section 230” posts around here, which is pretty ironic considering section 230 is essential for the fediverse to exist at all