A major developer of open source social networking software has a rather public statement about his opposition to “trans ideology” on his website. I won’t link to the statement, but I want to make my stance clear.There is no such thing as “trans ideology,” which, as a phrase, …
Unfortunately, my #NaGaDeMon (National Game Design Month) TTRPG is still in the planning stages.However! I am going to take some time tomorrow to write up as much of a rough draft as I can. That will entail making up a lot of settings and mechanics as I go, but that's what rough …
In all the great spy and heist movies and a number of gangster films, characters in the stories that may need to drop everything at a moments notice and disappear “in 30 seconds flat if you feel the heat around the corner” often have a “go bag” typically filled with jewelry, …
To this end, the damage to our communities by a twitter exodus isn’t simply going to be in the mode of losing the networks we’ve cultivated, but losing the ability to circulate cultural products that are INTENTIONALLY SUPPRESSED through institutionalized oppression.
I’ve realized that I need to temper my enthusiasm for Mastodon. I worked on open source social networking platforms for a full decade of my life, and I’m very emotionally attached to this moment. I really want the fediverse to work.I come by it honestly: I do think that a …
Last weekend, Hollie Mengert woke up to an email pointing her to a Reddit thread, the first of several messages from friends and fans, informing the Los Angeles-based illustrator and character designer that she was now an AI model.
I used to use Goodreads for tracking/reviewing books I’ve read. Then Amazon bought them and I decided to move all that stuff to my own blog. This is how I did it! #indieweb #ownyourdata
