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SallyStrange

@SallyStrange@autonomous.zone

It's me! Still bi, still married. Still white and anti-whiteness (feel free to ask about that). Originally this was an alt account, then my main instance went down. Idk.
Header: still from "Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)" where Harley Quinn (Margot Robbie) says, "Run, Piggy, Run!" (She's attacking a police station.)
Avi: a high-contrast edited selfie where my face is covered by a two-tone blue scarf, large amber sunglasses, and a dark blue tuque.

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Likewise, to books
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Tell me a good book you’ve read this year that you’d recommend.

I’ll start: Crow Mary by Kathleen Grissom
@bookstodon

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@danwest @Likewise @bookstodon Is there a May-December romantic storyline?

SallyStrange,
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@Likewise @bookstodon These Burning Stars by Bethany Jacobs

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@danwest @Likewise @bookstodon And is Desdemona's partner a man who's much younger than her? Just curious, I like Bujold but she has a Thing about May-December relationships, usually between an older man and a younger woman.

lauren, (edited ) to random
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In 1968, massive campus protests against the Vietnam war spread to the Democratic national convention in Chicago that year, which became a violent confrontation between protesters and police. The result was the election of Republican Richard Nixon, who enormously escalated the war, including the invasion and mass bombing of Cambodia.

SallyStrange,
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@lauren @timbray I believe "the left" are saying that both Biden and Trump would enable Israel in genociding the Palestinians, albeit with slightly varying levels of enthusiasm, but then who would know more about what "the left" think than someone who blames them for what USA presidents do

jeffjarvis, to random
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WTF, WaPo. The Democrats don't make him a bogeyman. He's his own white nationalist christian extremist bigoted bogeyman. This isn't about image. It's about fascism.

Democrats quickly seek to make Speaker Johnson a bogeyman https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/11/01/democrats-mike-johnson-bogeyman/

SallyStrange,
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@jeffjarvis Tyler Pager? More like Tyler PragerU, amirite?

StillIRise1963, to random
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How does hanging out with Netanyahu make you NOT an antisemite.

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@StillIRise1963 in the same way that having a mother who's a woman makes you not sexist--that is, not at all

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@Valerie_Lillis @Enema_Cowboy @bookstodon I mean that's a good thing! If the book is good.

SallyStrange, to random
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On this, the day of Dianne Feinstein's death, let us not forget her contempt for young climate activists, but let us also not forget that in the 1980s, she put a lot of effort into flying the confederate flag over San Francisco.

Fuck all politicians.

https://sfbayview.com/2019/04/its-true-as-san-francisco-mayor-dianne-feinstein-did-repeatedly-fly-a-confederate-flag-in-front-of-city-hall/

SallyStrange, to random
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Today makes 6 years since my wedding reception, which was at my parents' house, and catered by Spouse's sister, who owns a Jamaican restaurant. My sister and her kids came (my brother lives far away and couldn't make it), and Spouse's mother and two of their three sisters came (including the one who brought the food obviously). We had so many donated treats from friends, a great DJ (me), and good times were had by all. I love them so much.

SallyStrange, to random
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my parents like going to the beach, but only in November. They're away right now. This means I get to use their sauna without being social with them, which, although I do love hanging out with them since they are delightful people, is a treat.

SallyStrange,
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I am mindful that having parents who
-own property
-had enough money during the pandemmy to buy and build their own teeny sauna
-are not abusive, in fact, are kind and interesting people
makes me incredibly lucky.

I am grateful every day.

SallyStrange,
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@ai6yr hehehe that is adorable!

Theirs looks a lot like this one: https://www.steamsaunabath.com/59648/saunalife/model-e6-sauna-barrel/barrel-saunas?gad_source=1

SallyStrange, to random
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"Convenience is morality's most cunning enemy."

--Becky Chambers

SallyStrange, (edited ) to random
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I love Follow Fridays, but honestly some "Unfollow Mondays" would be helpful too. Controversial of course but hear me out: it could be for things like

-this account calls itself "History of Medicine" but only rarely posts stuff about medicine and never uses alt text
-hasn't posted since 2017
-obnoxious and argumentative jerk but always keeps it just this side of reportable harassment

Edit: the perfect name for this just hit me: "Sunder Sundays"

SallyStrange, to random
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I've tried Fedilab and Tusky extensively and I think Tusky has the best interface. It's smooth is what it is.

Fedilab has a few extra features I wish Tusky had (e.g. enabling quotes, not erasing the contents of the search bar if you switch from searching words to accounts or accounts to hashtags). But it's clunky and it reliably would NOT load people's timelines when I looked up their handles.

SallyStrange, to random
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Ever since my dad tore his achilles tendon, every twinge in my ankle area makes me paranoid

SallyStrange, to random
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@MartyFouts testing testing

SallyStrange,
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@MartyFouts it was a mic check.

Anyway, please respond. It looks like a lot but really there's just one question: https://eldritch.cafe/@SallyStrange/111817712300377158

SallyStrange, to accessibility
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Google to kill basic HTML version of Gmail

'The decision has been criticized by Pratik Patel, who describes himself on Mastodon as "a blind technologist … who finds himself championing for fun and necessity."

"I know many people who use GMail's HTML view. Not only will they be confused but will be unhappy," he wrote.'

Pretty cool of The Register to quote @ppatel in this article!

https://www.theregister.com/2023/09/25/gmail_basic_html_discontinued/

SallyStrange, to random
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lots of people I like a lot on mstdn.social. However they also have Charlie Kirk. I'm blocking the whole instance. You should too.

Edit: His account HAS been suspended. However, in the Tusky app and in the Megalodon app, his account is visible, as are his posts, and I can still reply to him.

@megalodon and @Tusky this seems like a serious problem

E.g. https://eldritch.cafe/@SallyStrange/111584542972634123

SallyStrange, to random
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You are a reply guy.

I am a retort tart.

We are not the same.

SallyStrange, to random
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I guess they're the only ones now

SallyStrange, to DJs
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found another amazing mix at Hearthis.At! This one's by a guy calling himself King Amani, from Botswana

https://hearthis.at/neon-dunes/neon-dunes-king-amani-2023-mix/

SallyStrange, to random
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Fuck. Spouse has covid.

I'm so depressed.

SallyStrange, to environment
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From ReWilding magazine: wildlife crossings are effective! They reduce car-animal collisions and allow animals to re-populate areas from which they had been previously excluded. This article shows five examples, including this crab bridge on Christmas Island. There's even an aerial monkey crossing in Brazil.

https://www.rewildingmag.com/5-wildlife-crossings-helping-species-survive/?ref=rewilding-magazine-newsletter

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