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bioluminescently

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🏳️‍🌈 ⚤ ♿ ♾️ Xennial, queer, autistic, chronically ill, survivor (hence followers needing approved - I promise, I'm friendly!). Trans-inclusive feminist. Trying not to let my web 1.0 nostalgia distract me from the positive things I still believe the internet has to offer, but I will totally wax lyrical about pixel adoptions or ancient fandom lore now and again.

Inhabitant of the most fractious corner of both the UK and Ireland, so there will be local politics posts, lord help youse all.

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bioluminescently, to uk
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I'm not really here properly right now due to paperwork, but here's some really big, really good news: the Court has found Suella Braverman's sweeping powers to give police almost unlimited powers to stop protestors unlawful!

https://www.libertyhumanrights.org.uk/issue/court-finds-government-anti-protest-legislation-unlawful-after-liberty-legal-challenge/

bioluminescently,
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Oh, and further to that:

‘Close to a police state’: campaign groups condemn UK report into protests

https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/21/close-to-a-police-state-campaign-groups-condemn-uk-report-into-protests

nathanlovestrees, to random
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saw a cybertruck in the wild today and became rationally angry

bioluminescently,
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@nathanlovestrees They represent such an aggressive departure from reality in every way...

bioluminescently, to random
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If you saw an aurora, there's a citizen science project asking you to report it:

https://aurorasaurus.org/

sarahdal, to random
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Old school website! The Court of the Lord Lyon, brilliant

https://courtofthelordlyon.scot/

bioluminescently,
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@sarahdal I always get such a surge of joy when I find something has a proper old-fashioned website!

RickiTarr, to random
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Young people wanting to eat good food?! What's next?! Are they going to want to get paid more, own houses, take vacations?!

https://www.businessinsider.com/millennials-gen-z-splurge-groceries-spending-inflation-gen-z-boomers-2024-4?amp

bioluminescently,
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@RickiTarr Laudable that, in these sustainability-conscious times, headline-writers have found a way to recycle their mountain of old avocado toast headlines.

OutofPrintArchive, to retrogaming
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Preview for Geometry Wars Galaxies on Wii and Nintendo DS from NGamer 12 - August 2007 (UK)

This magazine can be downloaded here:
https://www.outofprintarchive.com/catalogue/ngamer.html




Preview for Geometry Wars Galaxies on Wii and Nintendo DS from NGamer 12 - August 2007 (UK)

bioluminescently,
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@OutofPrintArchive Wow, that looks gorgeous!

nathanlovestrees, to random
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Untitled

I have been thinking about adding a section to this blog where I share unrefined fragments in an unpolished way, something like a journal I suppose. I'm unsure about its value, both to me and to anyone else, but I nonetheless want to try it out.

https://freeanduneasy.blog/989-2/

bioluminescently,
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@nathanlovestrees Another friend has that distinction on his site, where he does long, developed essays on a Substack-like model, and then has more of a "notepad" type thing for shorter entries about ideas he's kicking around. I know I enjoy that a lot as a reader, so I'm intrigued that you're thinking of something similar.

bioluminescently,
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@nathanlovestrees Yeah, I've thought about doing a newsletter for certain subjects, but it would take me to be VERY confident of my health + able to build up enouhg of a stockpile of articles in advance to have content available for when my health inevitably behaves unpredictably, and I think I'm a long way off being able to devote enough energy to that.

girlonthenet, to random
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What’s your best piece of relationship advice?

bioluminescently,
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@girlonthenet

Don't move in with someone without understanding their relationship with their family, and knowing if it's something you can live with if it never improves.

Most families have issues of some kind, and some of them are big issues. But I was very late and slow to catch on that lifelong parental emotional abuse was being redirected onto me by an ex deeply in denial about both halves of that problem.

And relatedly: be aware your own family background can normalise red flags.

nathanlovestrees, to random
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Is explaining one's poetry akin to explaining why a joke is funny?

As someone who is both not a poet or funny I'm genuinely asking if explaining my (poor attempts at) poetry is frowned upon.

(I might do it anyway; I like your frowns)

bioluminescently,
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@nathanlovestrees I think it's okay to explain it if you want to, and if anything I enjoy it when authors explain their poetry or their prose, but I don't know if a broad consensus exists one way or the other.

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    bioluminescently,
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    @lilithsaintcrow But still good to talk about! I feel it aids other current or potential self-publishers to hear about the ups and downs of the process.

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    bioluminescently,
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    @lilithsaintcrow I would half-expect the institution to decide it has the right to something created under its auspices and fight for control of the full model.

    bioluminescently, to random
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    If you're in the UK and walking alone at night on a Friday/Saturday/Sunday, Strut Safe is a free UK-wide phone line with trained volunteers who will stay on the phone and keep you company til you get home safe. All hold valid Disclosure and Barring Service certificates.

    https://strutsafe.org/

    skuppr, to random
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    look I have been doing nonmonogamy a long ass time and so clemclem morrygun has been circling my communities from across the atlantic for a long time also and let me tell you. They have always written shit that makes me feel like i'm fully losing touch with reality when I read it. They have always had fucked up interpersonal politics (the big one for me was when they said in a blog back in 2016 that they regrettably demanded that their partner dump everyone else because for their mental health they needed to be monogamous bc of insecurity). The weird "anti-idpol" shit they're doing now which strays ever closer to outright terf and redbrown dogwhistles... This is all just background noise to the fact that, in the poly scene, I know of no better predictor for someone behaving extremely poorly, treating people disposably and being aggressively hostile to criticism or accountability, than for someone to say they like her work.

    bioluminescently,
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    @dragora @skuppr

    Thank you both for highlighting this. She promotes fucked up ideas about abuse too, and I wish to god I hadn't taken her writing on the subject on board while extricating myself from an abusive relationship.

    Basically her logic is that asking our abusers for accountability is the same as "acting like cops to each other" - and she's a survivor, so of course her position is unassailable, even though she's protecting a serially abusive partner. 🙄

    https://caitiegutierrez.medium.com/how-clementine-morrigan-dr-ee2fa7c753c2

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    @lilithsaintcrow The related thing that's been nagging at me this week is the BookBub ads I keep getting with the slogan "don't overpay for books," and then they're offering them on sale for a pound or two.

    My problem isn't with sales or bargains - I love that they get books into people's hands who couldn't otherwise buy them. It's how that use of that word "overpay" in this wider context connotes more than just "shop around for the best deal" but an absolutism about what books are "worth".

    lilithsaintcrow, to random
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    And my last mention (I promise!) of being over at Tor(dot)com talking about Five Whole Mothers. https://www.tor.com/2023/09/27/five-mothers-in-sff-who-are-dynamic-multi-dimensional-characters/

    bioluminescently,
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    @lilithsaintcrow Thank you for how you wrote about Wendy in The Shining. You just perfectly distilled all the things people often don't get when they judge the choices of the victim-survivor rather than the abuser.

    melissabeartrix, to random
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    Noticed this on a hair product this morning ... i don't remember if they had the twatter thing there before ... but it's not there now ... giggles

    The big product exit of twatter, on the quite

    Hugz & xXx

    bioluminescently,
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    @melissabeartrix Wow, that really says it all, doesn't it! Being on Twitter is bad for brands' optics now.

    feditips, to random
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    Request time! 🎉

    Someone's asked me to remind people to set the image focus / crop centre tool when uploading images on Mastodon.

    Although the Mastodon default web interface no longer crops images, some other apps and interfaces do, and images may be difficult to see on some timelines if the focus hasn't been set.

    To set focus on Mastodon web interface:

    1. Attach image
    2. Click Edit
    3. Choose focus point
    4. Click Apply

    Apps will have various interfaces for setting focus.

    bioluminescently,
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    @feditips That's very useful to know, thank you - I didn't even realise we had the option to do that! It used to be very annoying on Twitter when it would decide for itself how to display things.

    bioluminescently, to random
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    Great post from @charliejane on how much a secure future for queer and trans people is underpinned by our fighting capitalism. It's from her e-newsletter, which is a great addition to anyone's inbox.

    I'm very struck by her point about the huge difference it makes to support local arts venues/pop-up events that offer low or zero-price participation. If you have the cash to spare, please do spend your money in ways that keeps them going, but also - please join in!

    1/

    https://buttondown.email/charliejane/archive/queer-liberation-means-smashing-capitalism-into/

    bioluminescently, to trans
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    The Disabled and Deaf Trans People's Survey is here. It is run by and for people of those identities who are US residents (including those in the states, territories, and military bases abroad):

    https://dtpsurvey.org/

    The idea is to plug the gaps in the research so far done about, but not by, the named communities.

    DivergentDumpsterPhoenix, to random
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    CAMHS Mistreatment of Autistic young people: A case study

    I have explored (extensively) the issues with Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) in England. The particular focus of my writing has been their mistreatment of Autistic children and young people. Something I haven't touched on is there well documented mishandling of processes around the assessment and diagnosis of autism itself. This has been a point of contention for some time now between…

    https://emergentdivergence.com/2023/09/25/camhs-mistreatment-of-autistic-young-people-a-case-study/

    bioluminescently,
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    @DivergentDumpsterPhoenix I don't know if you knew, but the Captcha on your site isn't working - it never believes I've accurately typed the characters. This is on the page for signing up to the dedicated mailing list for the CAMHS crisis.

    DivergentDumpsterPhoenix, to autisticadvocacy
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    When you say "go to the doctor" to an Autistic person, you won't necessarily realise what a difficult position they are placed in.

    So often we are told that if our problems were "that bad" we would see a doctor.

    The truth is that healthcare is inaccessible to many Autistic people for a vast array of reasons. From ableism through to doctors who think studies on the general population should inform the treatment of minority bodies.

    @actuallyautistic @autisticadvocacy @audhd

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    @DivergentDumpsterPhoenix @actuallyautistic @autisticadvocacy @audhd

    This is one of the biggest things I want people to understand about being autistic in an NT world. NT people who've had good experiences with their doctors can assume we'll meet the same reasonability (medical racism and misogyny are also overlooked). Sometimes if someone accompanies us they'll see things that persuade them, but other times a witness's presence deters discrimination, which is practical but masks the issue...

    melissabeartrix, to random
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    I wonder how long till the supermarkets work out self-sever is costing them more money than staff ... or will they just spend billions more trying to fix it

    Hugz & xXx

    bioluminescently,
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    @melissabeartrix Seriously. In stores that have installed a ton of self checkouts, the staff seem to have to spend ages dealing with them going wrong, or showing customers how to use them because no two chains' systems are identical and we get muddled about whether the items are meant to pass to the right or left, or where to scan the loyalty card...

    grammargirl, (edited ) to random
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    I need to get my iPhone serviced, but it's my only phone. What do people do in this situation?

    Do they give you a loaner, or do I need to get a cheap burner phone or something like that?

    I don't want to be without a phone for days.

    [Update: I have lots of good advice in the comments. Thank you!]

    bioluminescently,
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    @grammargirl I recommend keeping a burner phone on hand in case anything happens. I've had two situations in the past year when I've had an extended need for a spare phone, and it's worthwhile making it a pretty decent one, i.e. don't use anything so cheap and dated that it adds a lot of friction to your day. I've learned that one to my cost!

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