runoutgroover

runoutgroover, 10 months ago to random

Kia ora fediwhānau. I'm preparing a series of short presentations on 'rebellious women'. Women who refused to toe the line and made waves. Who would you pick as your subjects? They can be from history or alive now. Aotearoa or international.

runoutgroover, 10 months ago to random

Anyone who's been following me for a while will know I'm far from a Green party stan. But, as the only viable party to the left of Labour, I'll be giving them my party vote this year. The only way voting Green will 'let National in' is if they slip just below the 5% threshold, and if that happens labour are cooked anyway.

swansinflight, 10 months ago to random

Hmm. It's my birthday, which means I'll get a bunch of emails from forums I have forgotten about so that I can delete the accounts hopefully.

runoutgroover, 10 months ago to random

It sucketh that the Big Corporates keep taking perfectly decent words that online communities have used for ages and turning them into brands.

runoutgroover, 11 months ago to music

The new single from Italian punksters Bee Bee Sea has a nice laid back #psyche vibe

▶︎ Time & Time | Bee Bee Sea

#music #BandCamp #Italy #BeeBeeSea

https://beebeesea.bandcamp.com/album/time-time

runoutgroover, 11 months ago to random

🧵 We should refer to the English language dominated parts of the Americas as 'Anglo America' to contrast with 'Latin America'. Discuss.

swansinflight, 11 months ago to random

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runoutgroover, 11 months ago to mastodon

Correct me if I'm wrong, but #mastodon.nz / NZ Fediservices have yet to declare a position regarding Meta federation. Is that right?

runoutgroover, 11 months ago to random

Reliable rule of thumb. If it's owned by a billionaire, just don't.

runoutgroover, 11 months ago to random

It strikes me that one of the most successful things neoliberalism did is change the language we routinely use to talk about economic roles. We say 'investors' not 'capitalists'. We say 'executives' not 'bosses'. We say 'employees' not 'workers'. All this serves to frame things so that capitalists/bosses sound like the 'doers' and workers are simply defined by their dependant relationship to their bosses.

runoutgroover, 11 months ago to random

Ruminating on the ephemeral nature of digital storage, it strikes me we need a reverse Project Gutenberg, where the best of digital art, literature and correspondence are trasferred to durable physical media for posterity.

seachanger, 11 months ago (edited 11 months ago) to random

What is it called

seachanger, 1 year ago to random

maybe it’s cuz we just watched several Ted lassos at my house but I sure love y’all here 💕

futurebird, 1 year ago to random

I'm delighted that the official illustration for radiodonta in the #wikipedia looks like pokemon. Look at these cuties!

I added a 5'3" person shadow for scale to the second image.

(Drawing by Junnn11 from wikipedia)

A diagram showing the size of these creatures. The largest is bigger than a 5'3" tall person

runoutgroover, 1 year ago to random

Every new and replacement NZ roadsign referencing a place with both a Māori and English name should be bilingual from now on. Bilingual roadsigns are absolutely normal, uncontroversial practice throughout the world. The only reason for objecting to this is racism.

robert_p_king, 1 year ago to random

I always feel like my day goes better when I don’t read the news…

runoutgroover, 1 year ago to random

I’m playing around with Bookworm (bookworm.nz). Here’s a micro-review of a book I just finished… https://bookworm.nz/user/runoutgroover/review/2273/s/good-twisty-slow-burn-sapphic-romance#anchor-2273