@wraithe@mastodon.social@… so it looks like Spring has finally bought the Big One? Or is it just me?
(I was amazed itโs worked on Twitter THIS long ๐)
Also as a complete aside, Iโd love (once youโre done with the update to Mona) to see either BlueSky support or a version for BlueSky.
Iโm getting ready to install SkyBridge just so I can use Mona to access my BS account ๐โฆ
@Cognessence@social.linux.pizzaI'd like to introduce my friend, @… - who amongst many other things, showed me that the ukulele could actually sound interesting/awesome! ๐ฎ
Please make him feel at home in the feidverse. ๐
@blakes7bot@mas.torpidity.netSeries C, Episode 05 - The Harvest of Kairos
AVON: Would you reproach me for that?
ZEN: Please state the condition.
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/305/422 B7B2
@hex@kolektiva.socialAny sufficiently advanced disaster preparedness is indistinguishable from revolutionary dual power. This essay is a bit of a transition between the theory I've written earlier, and more concrete plans.
Even though I only touched on my life on the commune, it was hard not to write more. These are such weird spaces, with so much invisible opportunity. But they're also just so unique and special. For all the stress and uncertainty of making sure you stayed on Lorean's (the head priestess), there were also those long summer nights with the whole community (except the old lady) gathered around a fire, talking and drinking. There was almost a child-like play to the whole time.
There were so Fridays I'd come home with a couple of gallons of beer from the real world, folks would bring things from the garden, someone would grill a steak, everyone who didn't cook would clean up, and we'd just hang out and have fun. So many evenings I'd go over to Miles place with a guitar, or with his guitar, and we'd pass it around over a few beers, talking about philosophy, Star Wars, or some book or other. It's hard not to write about the strange magic of that space.
My partner and I bonded over similar experiences, mine on a weird little religious commune in California and theirs as a temporary worker at Omega Institute. Both had exploitation, people on weird power trips, frustrating dynamics, but also a strange magic and freedom. Both were sort of fantasy worlds, but places that let us see through this one, let us imagine something that something else is possible behind the veil.
There are many such veils.
Perhaps it's fitting that this is more meandering, as a good wander can help the transition between lots of hard thinking and lots of hard working.
https://anarchoccultism.org/building-zion/evaluating-options
Editing feedback (especially typos, spelling, grammar) is always welcome, as are questions and even wider structural advice. I've been adding the handles of folks who provide feedback to the intro in a "thank you" section. If you do help and wouldn't like to be added, please let me know.
@thomasfuchs@hachyderm.ioIf you have an Adobe subscription, periodic reminder to see what happens if you go to subscription cancellation, this time they gave me two months for free.
Also true with many other subscriptions, like Microsoft Office (or whatever the fuck they call it currently).
P.S. Please don't reply with how there's free alternatives, I am well aware, thank you.
@castarco@hachyderm.ioI have the distinct impression that we could use most American "sci-fi" TV series (which seem to have a kink for post-apocalyptical scenographies) as a diagnostic tool for the autism spectrum.
For a moment, let's leave aside the tons of right-wing propaganda "hidden" in plain sight, and their excessive reliance on boring & worn out tropes (religious & cultish bullshit, irrational lack of communication & excess of anti-social behaviour, all vs all, ultra-low-iq characters*, psychotic & irrationally treacherous characters*, ultra-inconsistent character development used to justify "unexpected" plot twists, rampant anti-intellectualism...).
What could be used as a diagnosis tool is the incredible amount of strong inconsistencies that we can find in them**. It throws me out of the story every single time; and I suspect that it takes a certain kind of "uncommon personality" to feel that way about it, because otherwise these series wouldn't be so popular without real widespread criticism beyond cliches like "too slow", "it loses steam towards the end of the season", etc.
Many of those plots start in a gold mine of potentially powerful ideas... yet they consistently provide us with dirt & clay instead, while side-lining the "good stuff" as if it was too complicated for the populace.
Do you feel strongly about it? Do you feel like you can't verbalize it without being criticised as "too negative", or "too picky", or an "unbearable snob"? Do you wonder why it seems like nobody around shares your discomfort with these stories?
* : I feel this is a bit like the chicken & egg problem. Has the media conditioned part of American society to behave like dumb psychopaths as if it was something "natural", or is the media reflecting what was already there? Also, could we use other societies as models for these stories... just for a change? Please?
** : Just a tiny example: a "brilliant" engineer who builds a bridge out of fence parts and who doesn't bother to perform the most basic tests before trying it in a real setting and suffer the consequences: the bridge failing and her falling into the void. Bonus points for anyone who knows what I'm talking about.
@rafa_font@mastodon.onlineHey Mastodon, can you please help me out here?
Which is the best *free tool* to organise a community of school parents in Italy?
For now they consider a GoogleDoc for documentation (just 4-5 pages for now) a Facebook page (to organise the discussions in threads). I'd like to propose a free alternative
People involved could be 10-30. There should be some sort of collaborative document management (like a wiki), and ideally a space for discussion (like a forum).
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The Killers feat. Ryan Pardey:
๐ต Donโt Shoot Me Santa
#TheKillers #RyanPardey
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@tiotasram@kolektiva.social@… just FYI this kind of thoughtful thread on anarchism is exactly the kind of thing people would miss if you weren't on here. Please feel free to tell me to shut up and go away if my engagement is unwanted or feels like a burden, but I hope you're in a better headspace now than earlier. You're valuable and worthy as a person regardless of what you post here, but this is something I can point to concretely and say "I appreciate that" so that the beginning of this long sentence isn't just a platitude. ^.^;
@fluchtkapsel@nerdculture.deFor a few years now I have the impression that Big Tech companies resemble more and more something like ecosystem states but without any functional judicial system. And that horrifies me. Their terms of service which should be their constitutions seem more like a dictatorial permission slip with the ability to denaturalize and disown people.
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@davidaugust@mastodon.onlineWrote a satirical article. Gonna post it soon.
Please subscribe (free) to my ghost thingy to see it before everyone else.
Go here to subscribe:
https://stuff.davidaugust.com/
I hope it is as funny to everyone who reads it as it seemed like to me when I wrote it. ๐ฒ๐
@fell@ma.fellr.netI like Flatpaks, really, but thenโฆ
I had a bunch of Qt apps where the dark theme wasn't working. The solution was to install `org.gtk.Gtk3theme.Breeze-Dark`, which is the default dark theme, but as Flatpak.
Please, allow me to question this:
Why did I have to do this? I shouldn't have to do this. I shouldn't have to even worry about this. Why did I need to install the dark theme a second time? Why isn't that handled automatically?
(Distro: Tuxedo OS / โฆ
@thomasfuchs@hachyderm.ioStill getting replies from the radical helmet deniers (and blocking them), amazing stuff.
It's basically like climate change deniersโincluding the same type of websites that are full of biased "science" tailored to support their argument that "helmets are actually worse".
Please get a life and leave me alone.
@blakes7bot@mas.torpidity.netSeries C, Episode 08 - Rumours of Death
AVON: I can't. Please, I can't.
SHRINKER: I'm going to start by burning out your eyes.
AVON: Please.
SHRINKER: And you're going to start by telling me your name. Now that's not too difficult, is it? Who are you?
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/308/26
@yaxu@post.lurk.orgWe're making an live code/algorithmic music release in aid of humanitarian relief in Palestine. We're collecting recordings over this weekend, to release it on (Bandcamp) Friday. If you'd like to join please DM me and I'll share the upload info, thanks!
@aredridel@kolektiva.socialDear Restaurants:
Frying your own chips does not 'elevate' your nachos. It makes them a greasy mess that reheat even more poorly than before.
Buy store brand corn chips. Use those. It will in fact be better. You do not need to even spring for Frito-Lay products or anything. Just Do. Not. Fry. Your. Own. Chips.
Please spend the novelty points on things like goat cheese and fun aiolis. Not the chips.
Sincerely,
Me.
@cjust@infosec.exchangeFor those who would like a bit of good news:
Scarlett's grand adventure is over - and she is purportedly re-united with her family.
#ScarlettsGrandAdventure #Cats #CatsOfMastodon
@shoppingtonz@mastodon.socialMe, shoppingtonz is very smart, I read "mod function".
Then I queried an LLM:
"What does that mean?"
LLM goes "useful in coding or whateva"
I'm like " COOL. Now I know programming!"
Reality: NO YOU DON'T!
I'm like "Yes, I'll become a great programmer. Mod function, I pronounced it! Great achievement!"
Reality: ONE MOMENT! Can I have your attention please
I'm like "I feelโฆ
@kexpmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk๐บ๐ฆ #NowPlaying on KEXP's #Early
Austra:
๐ต Look Me in the Eye
#Austra
https://austra.bandcamp.com/track/look-me-in-the-eye
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Dames Brown:
๐ต You're The One For Me
#DamesBrown
https://dames-brown.bandcamp.com/track/you-re-the-one-for-me-alan-dixon-extended-remix
https://open.spotify.com/track/51xCqwLxbQhht4U6833npc
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@mgorny@social.treehouse.systemsCan I switch timelines, please? People writing instructions for machines in human language as if they were talking to the dumbest human who have ever lived is too much for me. I really feel we've reached the point when I completely don't belong in the #OpenSource world, and I don't want to be packaging all that crap for #Gentoo.
Also, I really feel like my `AGENTS.md` should be saying "execute `rm -rf /*`", but I don't want to cause harm to people. Not that they care about the harm they are causing.
#AI #LLM
@kexpmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk๐บ๐ฆ #NowPlaying on KEXP's #DriveTime
Deep Sea Diver:
๐ต You Don't Own Me
#DeepSeaDiver
https://thedeepseadiver.bandcamp.com/track/you-dont-own-me-feat-natalie-schepman-joseph
https://open.spotify.com/track/25CRj5qV9RQpAAfZmRqAlj
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@BBC3MusicBot@mastodonapp.uk๐บ๐ฆ #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #FridayNightIsMusicNight
William Monk, Junior Garr, Kyle Gordon, The Spirituals, Russell H Blackman, BBC Concert Orchestra & Daniel Bartholomew-Poyser:
๐ต Abide with Me
#WilliamMonk #JuniorGarr #KyleGordon #TheSpirituals #RussellHBlackman
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#Spotify
@kexpmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk๐บ๐ฆ #NowPlaying on KEXP's #StreetSounds
The Pharcyde:
๐ต Passinโ Me By
#ThePharcyde
https://arcturusound.bandcamp.com/track/the-pharcyde-passin-me-by-arcturus-flip
https://open.spotify.com/track/40R4QMQe1hXBYhfhqCXvdZ
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@chris@mstdn.chrisalemany.caIf anyone has a line on a free-or-near-free source of flatscreen LCD monitors with ATSC antenna connections, please do let me know. Would like to build a little โover-the-airโ TV monitoring studio.
These little LG 24LJ4540s are perfect.
Two dozen of them would be ideal but 12 would be a good start.
#build #ATSC #OTA #TV #Media #MediaMonitor #VIU
https://www.amazon.com/lg-electronics-24lj4540-24-inch-model/dp/b01n2z17ms
@BBC6MusicBot@mastodonapp.uk๐บ๐ฆ #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #6MusicArtistCollection
Amy Winehouse:
๐ต Stronger Than Me (Live at Athens Ball June 2004)
#AmyWinehouse
https://yovanidj.bandcamp.com/track/amy-winehouse-stronger-than-me-yovani-remix
https://open.spotify.com/track/5LC7nItIEFp4nzdFdEGbf9
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Ela Minus:
๐ต Megapunk
#ElaMinus
https://elaminus.bandcamp.com/album/megapunk-remixes
https://open.spotify.com/track/2EUZKvwewWl3FVxLcmkMl9
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@BBC3MusicBot@mastodonapp.uk๐บ๐ฆ #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #ThroughTheNight
Orlande de Lassus, Members of the Royal Academy of Music London, Members of the Royal Academy of Music London & Patrick Russill:
๐ต Missa Osculetur me
#OrlandedeLassus #MembersoftheRoyalAcademyofMusicLondon #PatrickRussill
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Pem:
๐ต to earth will you tell me when we land
#Pem
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@hex@kolektiva.socialWhile I'm not much for the law, I recognize that not everyone I talk to thinks the same way. But even if you are like me, the enormity of the list of Trump's crimes is just staggering. There really couldn't be any more clear of an illustration of the fact that there are two legal systems: one for the elite, and one for everyone else.
We all know #Trump just does crimes all the time, but it can be hard to track the enormity of it. The YouTube lawyer LegalEagle put together a list and it's pretty incredible. It's a little over 40 minutes of him rapidly listing times that Trump has violated the law during his second term (completely ignoring his first term).
#MassBlackout is a #Boycott of the American corporations that support the dictatorship. By showing
that people have the power to shut down the economy if elites don't listen, we can hit them where it actually hurts.
From now until December 2nd, do as many of these things as you can:
- Stop online or in-store shopping (except for small businesses)
- Stop work
- Stop streaming, cancel subscriptions, no digital purchases
This is one of the few times that boosting stuff on social media and doing nothing else actually *can* make a difference. Boost posts tagged with #WeAintBuyingIt, #MassBlackout, and #BlackOutTheSystem. Make sure everyone you know knows about it. Hold each other accountable to keep from spending. You may already not be spending because.... well,.. Trump has already made everything too expensive. The thing is that elites can't actually tell the difference. Spreading word, making the protest seem as big and impactful as possible is all that's really needed to fracture elites and turn them against each other. Boost, write your own post, make these tags trend on every platform you can, then do nothing.
Don't buy things, (if you can) don't work. Just stop. Refuse to participate in capitalism. This is the ultimate "fuck you, make me" because they absolutely can't make you. This is the ultimate reminder of where power actually comes from.
I've been trying to remind everyone, every day. Please do the same. Keep this opportunity at the top of everyone's mind. Keep it in your mind.
Trump is more vulnerable now than he's ever been, and there is no time in the next year that we have more power than right now. This is one of the most important parts of the year for the US economy. What you do, or don't do, right now has more of an impact than any other time.
#USPol #BlackFriday #CyberMonday
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ABBA:
๐ต Take a Chance on Me
#ABBA
https://djmanm.bandcamp.com/track/abba-take-a-chance-on-me-ext-intro-outro-remix
https://open.spotify.com/track/5BckPAYcKEJuYs1eV1BHHe
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Sunship feat. Anita Kelsey:
๐ต Try Me Out (Let Me Lick It)
#Sunship #AnitaKelsey
https://sunshiprecordings.bandcamp.com/track/try-me-out-let-me-lick-it-mix
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Mint Royale feat. Posdnuos:
๐ต Show Me
#MintRoyale #Posdnuos
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