@ChinafakeWiki@mastodon.social2024-11-30 05:10:17
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@loleg@fosstodon.org2024-11-11 20:10:22
Lovely account of a fun foray with ancient web tech that's pretty much begging to be reverse engineered, and made into something beautiful at #JumboHack
Winning a hackathon, losing my sanity — Jerome Paulos
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@isewvinyl@sunny.garden2024-11-19 14:41:30
After wearing my cargo pants yesterday and being spoiled by decent sized pockets (I could fit my phone in the front pocket, keys, and lipstick without it falling out when I sit) I’m pissed again about the pockets in my current pants, back pocket I can only put my hand up to my second knuckle in the back (might fit a lipstick but it would fall out) and the front ones, stuff keeps falling out when I sit. I’m going to lengthen the pockets based on the cargo pants pockets, I don’t care if it ‘ruins the line of the pants, and adds bulkiness’ because as I always say, women’s pockets, when pants have them, are bullshit. And I don’t care if they make me look fat because I value function and comfort more. My son can fit a whole keyboard in his. I’ve been gradually lengthening my pockets as I get to them, or wearing a Fanny pack, but had to go to a funeral Sunday and got pissed again about my pockets. I want to empower other women with decent pockets, so we can take over. That poem about seditious pockets comes to mind. Or at least carry phones and keys. Will post photos. #sewing #pockets #womenspants
@n8foo@macaw.social2024-12-08 16:47:10
Every year around the holidays I get nostalgic for the old-timey 13 Days of 007. I definitely credit TBS for making me a #jamesbond fan.
@dpl@muenchen.social2024-12-17 09:27:26
@kurtsh@mastodon.social2024-12-05 17:03:57
Heh heh heh... this would go great with my green 456 track suit costume.
✅ "Game Over: Xbox Unveils Controllers and Fan Activations for Netflix’s “Squid Game” Season 2"
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@@Gigi@kolektiva.social2025-01-09 23:46:34
There is a long and storied history of whistles for protection. Ancient Egyptian guards used to place a blade of grass between the thumbs to alert other guards of issues that were transpiring. Later, shells were used to the same end. In China, acorns with holes drilled in them were used similarly.
As a dedicated instrument, whistles have been made of wood, bone, metal, and later, plastics. British bobbies have used whistles to communicate over distances since the 1880s. They are a commonly used tool for boatswains, crossing guards, and referees.
I wish I knew more about rape whistles, but they seem similar in functionality to hikers taking whistles with them in case of injury, as the sound carries much further than yelling, and is much less tiring.
As someone regularly stalked by a large creepy harasser, I am grateful for the whistle I was given for self-protection, even if the creeps who it was given to defend against resent the fuck out of it.
Fin.
@ChinafakeWiki@mastodon.social2024-11-28 02:12:25
"yeah just blur em out it'll be fine"
@dpl@muenchen.social2024-12-17 09:23:47
Fast zu spät bemerkt, und das hätte mich richtig geärgert: Die Wahl des #Latein-Worts des Jahres 2024 steht an, aus der vom Thesaurus linguae Latinae kuratierten Auswahl neu aufgenommener („entdeckter“?!) Wörter! Unbedingt alle abstimmen!!
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