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.
@servelan Can we get rid of* personal jets first? This feels like distractivism...
(* or super-heavy-tax, enough to pay for remediation that more than makes up for the carbon)
@gazaverified @aral It looks like Omar's account has been suspended -- which I take as affirmation that I was correct to be suspicious,
RE: https://hachyderm.io/@inthehands/115849637054866569
(Is a quote-boost treated the same as an image when it's CWed? Find out, in this exciting episode of Me Trying Stuff...)
(Edit: yay, it's handled sensibly!)
