Wandering Adventure Party

I’m not going to argue that the fediverse is bad. It’s good to create a space that is not controlled by crypto-fascists and tech oligarchs.

But I think in a lot of ways I feel we’re settling. We’re often recreating their spaces and their organization. Except for smaller units, they are often indistinguishable. Some of this is mandatory (especially with legal liability), but I wonder if (and strongly suspect “yes”) we can do better.

It may not seem important, but the same system has a way of creating the same outcomes.

@pawv@tech.lgbt I guess I always knew he was a classic “tech guy”, but he’s been off my radar for a long time since he associated with Meta.

I didn’t know he participated in Texas’ libertarian party nor that he’d been on the Ron Paul / Joe Rogan train. So he’s been on the fasc train since at least 2012. That’s disappointing.

@pawv@tech.lgbt I am a bit out of the loop. What happened?

@alexia@shrimp.starlightnet.work

Oh I didn’t know. Happy birthday wishes as well,
@ielenia@ck.catwithaclari.net !

@pawv@tech.lgbt your mom is cool ​​

@fujiwara@sakurajima.moe it’s a cat foot massager then ​​

@mikoto@urusai.social I always enjoy the photos you share, even when I do not comment.

@sludgecatheter@outerheaven.club don’t worry, I caught the joke. ​​

I’ve always avoided such pfps because people with them have pre-existing reputations. I’ve heard some people on fedi just preemptive mute people with them.

But a grey or sakamoto suits me well enough.

@mikoto@urusai.social that is a nice little river side.

I support unpaid maintainers who decide to just walk away from the project.

They’re not paid. They don’t owe us anything. Software is licensed AS IS. If people can’t be civilized about it and not make their lives hell, then we don’t deserve them.

Today’s thing isn’t even an interpersonal conflict. Someone isn’t doing their job that directly affects me, and their answer is still “you need to figure it out between each other”

@kuriko@wetdry.world oh yeah assets make everything more complicated. My sympathies.

I don’t know why but taxes send my anxiety through the roof even though it shouldn’t be a big deal. Hope it’s better for you.

@fujiwara@sakurajima.moe yuno knows the value of practice and is looking out for you.

…the amp probably gets warm too.

@kuriko@wetdry.world absolute yikes.

… I would preemptively file for a tax filing extension if you haven’t already. That sounds fucked.

Supposedly managers are there to coordinate reports and fix issues. In practice, without exaggeration, every single time I’ve ever had a serious problem with a coworker, it’s been “I can’t do anything, you need to sort it out among yourselves”.

So many of the world’s assholes are people who just think things exist without ever considering how they come to pass, or what the maintainers motivations are, or how they are as ecosystems unto themselves.

So when a crack shows, it’s like a part of their fundamental universe has broken and they can only act with rage and confusion.

@sludgecatheter@outerheaven.club I sometimes do the same with various phrases. Sometimes I say words completely disconnected from their informational payload or context, because the image or series of words evoke a feeling I cannot directly express otherwise or hope to share, even if that makes them “nonsense”.

I think “Who will run the frog hospital” is one of those phrases.

@sludgecatheter@outerheaven.club I apologize for being difficult. This lack of kawaii is a personal failing of mine…

@yon@sakurajima.moe I’d love to grow them, but they’re unfortunately mycorrhizal with several tree species. So you don’t grow them in your home; you at best inoculate an area outside by some trees and hope for the best.

They’re are supposedly hard to grow and you’re really rolling the dice. It can also take quite some time. That’s why most people go out into the woods instead.

I have started my mushroom kits. Shiitakes and oysters this year.