@molly0xfff idk the first thing about #knitting or #crochet, but the people who do these crafts seem very fun-spirited. So, I share this reminder that the U.S. National Park Service has patterns for a goat, a cactus, fish, triops, a beaver, and more. https://www.nps.gov/search/?query=crochet&sitelimit=&affiliate=nps
While the GoFundMe to support Renée Good's family raised $1.5 million, a GoFundMe for the family of Keith Porter, Jr., a Black man shot by an ICE agent a week earlier, hasn't met its $35,000 goal. Join me in donating if you're able: https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-for-keiths-daughters-after-tragedy
@superflippy Make sure you can enable a markup mode! I don't know if IceCubes supports that or even if your instance does... @alice
@Asuyuia Hence the need for an indicator (including when I accidentally join their numbers).
You are allowed to find moments of joy, even in all the horror. Joy is not a prize for getting through it all, it is an important tool to *enable* us to get through this. Joy itself is an act of resistance, so look for the joys. Small ones, big ones-doesn't matter. Find them, embrace them, let them comfort you, let them fuel you.
@superflippy <sup>(text)</sup> if you're editing in a mode that accepts HTML, ^text_with_no_spaces if you're in a mode which accepts Markdown:
(...at least, that's how it works over here.)
@BritishKoalaTea Congrats! And yes, it has come a long way (speaking as someone who first made the jump in 2005). Even just in the past couple of years, there have been improvements (like... using our document scanners over the LAN, instead of having to connect directly).
(Warning: Linux is a gateway drug to socialism!!! 💀 ...speaking as one of the Bad Influencers, of course.)
Somebody would like you to know he's watching over his human.
@madengineering Yeah, that's the basic idea! Maybe if I cartoonify that, it will work at emoji-size...
@madengineering Because I keep finding myself wanting to indicate that I wasn't using my brain (and occasionally to indicate that something seems particularly brainless).
@EveHasWords Yeah, I knew it wasn't Le Cerious; I just couldn't figure out what direction one might go with it... 🚫🧠
@mirabilos @modulux Somewhere I have a letter from #JennyHypertwin in which the series continues "Western Spiral Arm, Milky Way Galaxy" (referencing The Hitch-Hiker's Guide thereof) and yes, it did get delivered.
(Fortunately, I hadn't changed planets yet.)
How about a newsletter which regularly counters right-wing claims, but in a short & digestible form which you can send to my dad your crazy MAGA uncle?
(inspired by Tr#mp's claim that yesterday's murderous ICE agent was run over by the driver he shot)
@wdlindsy Next step: municipalities and states should declare ICE to be a criminal (or "terrorist" if that plays better; both are accurate) organization, and that anyone associated with it should be handled accordingly by law enforcement.
