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(33, it/they.)

[wisdomlikethis]

okayyyy i figured out what i was doing wrong and got Sonarr working, so now i have a bunch of shows set up to auto-download new episodes right where i want them every week/whenever they come out, rather than having to remember and do it myself. i also think i have done it correctly to work with Seerr which means i can browse a show i don't have, click it, and it will find all episodes and auto-add to my torrent program. god i love modern technology

[wisdomlikethis]

i feel like my personal version of 'exploding a medieval peasant's mind' would be that if you went back and talked to me when i was fifteen and explained fully automated torrenting was going to be a thing, i would have been incapable of comprehending the wonders of the future. relatedly why does every 'why you should use bittorrent' post on this site not explain this because oh my god is this the Single Best Reason to torrent (or Usenet ig but i don't use Usenet so) i can imagine. it does the piracy FOR YOU.

[wisdomlikethis]

okayyyy i figured out what i was doing wrong and got Sonarr working, so now i have a bunch of shows set up to auto-download new episodes right where i want them every week/whenever they come out, rather than having to remember and do it myself. i also think i have done it correctly to work with Seerr which means i can browse a show i don't have, click it, and it will find all episodes and auto-add to my torrent program. god i love modern technology

[birdplushie]

fiction can be really dangerous there might be a deeply tragic woman in there who starts living in your head forever

[kyriathanatos]

poob is real. and they have it. for you.

I recently set up a media server and realized I had the ability to change its logo and background. and so...

poob. we have it. for you.

(color scheme and logo taken from this, couldn't find original artist)

[pinnakoladda]

hey as a local aroace, i want to specify something.

we're no strangers to love. you know the rules and so do i (do i). a full commitments what im thinking of. you wouldnt get this from any other guy. i just wanna tell you how im feeling. gotta make you understand. never gonna give you up. never gonna let you down. never gonna run around and desert you. never gonna make you cry. never gonna say goodbye. never gonna tell a lie and hurt you

[botgirlchassis]

Ohhhh that is too much for you little spider…

[botgirlchassis]

Ohhh nooo…

[specialagentartemis]

Character has a PhD: they’re really smart and knowledgable about their field!

Character has 2 PhDs: either they did a dual degree program and are braggy about it, had a life-changing experience after their first degree and pivoted their whole career, or they find the structure of being a PhD student, despite all its stress, more comfortable and familiar than the stress of finding a Real Job and have a very indulgent advisor.

Character has 3 PhDs: who keeps accepting them to PhD programs. Either this person needs psychological help or their department needs to be investigated for its academic standards. Probably both

Character has 4+ PhDs: if they aren’t an undercover vampire or something then no they don’t lol

[prokopetz]

Alternatively: this character is some kind of rock star celebrity in their field and has a bunch of honorary degrees from several different institutions, and also this story takes place before most universities adopted a separate postnominal for honorary doctorates specifically to avoid this sort of confusion.

[jareckiworld]

Yelena Popova — Ripple-Marked Radiance (After Hertha Ayrton) [jacquard woven tapestry, 2020]

[fossore]

Just remembered this and I need some knitting enthusiast in London to get deeply unwell about it ASAP

It was likely knitted in the 1700-1750 range and it’s 3 meters in circumference at the widest point. They cast on approximately 2650 stitches. It’s seamless and how exactly it was knitted (well before circular needles!) remains somewhat uncertain

It’s also covered in animal and plant patterns which do not repeat at any point.

As far as I can find, there are no true recreations of any part of it have been made (one woman made an attempt for a bit of it but details her struggles here) and the pictures the V&A have are mediocre at best making reverse engineering hard, but it’s available by viewing request at their East Storehouse so a particularly passionate person could theoretically get better access to make better efforts.

[estrogenesis-vaporeongelion]

my number one advice for trans women both on this shitass platform and in real life is: you do not have to answer that question. people are so used to exploiting transfems' collective low self esteem that they will just expect you to answer questions that are best responded to with an openly disgusted stare. you do not have to answer these motherfuckers' questions. you don't owe anyone an explanation. "who do you think you are to ask me that" and "what makes you think that's an acceptable thing to say to me" are good, but most of the time you can just say nothing and look at them like they just offered you a spoon and a bowl of shit to eat. you'd be amazed how fast people start backtracking if you just say nothing and let their idiot question grow stale in the air

[estrogenesis-vaporeongelion]

and needless to say you do not need to answer anons. yes this includes if they tell you everyone is saying something about you and can you explain. it is a trick. let them refresh your blog in vain

[estrogenesis-vaporeongelion]

irl this doesn't work on people who have made up their minds to be openly hostile but it works on just about everyone else. most people have less-than-unshakable social confidence. practically everybody is secretly afraid of that moment where they realize they did something socially wrong. and no version of that moment is as jarring as when the flow of interaction just. ends. nobody is ready for the script to just stop. consequently, if you can project a passable lack of uncertainty during the brief, lurching silence that follows when you just don't respond to someone's weird question, in a way that is clearly deliberate, it only takes about 3-4 seconds at most before the other person will assume they fucked up bad even if they're not sure how. you just stare at them with perplexed disgust. they will backtrack and apologize. you still don't have to say anything. if you know them and you want to let them off with a warning, you can let them squirm for a second and then say "anyway," and change the subject like they were just being weird and you're doing them a favor. if you don't know them, or don't want to, just say say nothing, look at them like they're gross, and then ignore them

[mollyjames]

When I transitioned I was working at a coffee shop, and I had my nametag changed from MJ to Molly. Most people were chill about it (or cognizant enough to pretend they were chill about it), but I did have one guy who was a regular see the nametag, point, and laugh. He thought it was a joke. "You're name's not Molly!"

Now, luckily for him, there wasn't anyone else in the immediate vicinity, because after about three seconds of cold silence he shriveled took his drink and left. He didn't come back for two weeks, and when he did finally return, he was always certain to name and gender me correctly

[gay-lotus]

31 hours deep into the insomniac’s gambit and i tried to microwave a popsicle

[gay-lotus]

31 hours deep into the insomniac’s gambit and i posted on the wrong blog again

[gay-lotus]

[txttletale]

i know i repeat this ad nauseam a lot but i really really really hate "right-wingers/conservatives can't make good art" as a talking point. at best it's indicative of a type of combined US-centrism and presentism where people can't imagine 'conservative' as anything other than modern day MAGA, at worst its a sign of wilful refusal to engage with the history of literally any artform whatsoever

[swords-and-serpents]

The britcom enjoyer in me really enjoys the newest game changer involving contestants playing 'carrot in a box'

[holywoter]

underrated moment from the new game changer is when demi completes the clothing room and does a full 720 degree spin in midair

[tiredadventurer]

[twilanore]

also can we talk about the game design of count the rice?? brilliant

the only challenges that require multiple people are at the beginning and end - at the beginning to allow the players to bounce around there for a bit before they realize they need to go down, and also at the end to ensure that a runaway player has to wait for another to catch up

count the rice itself, of course, can only be played with one player, so that players never actually have to count rice (if you had to wait for a second player at the end, then whoever got closest would win) (this is ofc not accounting for hannah pilkes)

the middle rooms are great too, because they are easy to intentionally fail, and hard to win. the spot the difference rooms are especially good, because you think you understand what it is (spot the difference between the two halves of the room), and this is seemingly confirmed when you successfully loose, but once you come back to try to win, you realize you did not actually fully understand the game. the placement of these is important, too - only players who were intentionally trying to lose got to those rooms. any higher in the sequence, and they might have had a player trying to win reach the rooms first, and then they'd realize the twist

and also the decision to split the rooms up? 2 and 3 in a separate space from 4-8, so players would assume there are only 3 until someone loses enough, subtly hiding the majority of the game from them

ugh just so many little details in the game design here are so perfect and well thought out, game changer is clearly such a labor of love

[fluentisonus]

I love you charing cross station northern line platform wall art.........

[fluentisonus]

literally me every time I go through charing cross