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So, I'm finding out the hard way that if you start a new Mastodon server, nobody can find you.
This is a shameless request for some boosts so some of the bigger instances see me.
#mastodon #twittermigration #mastodonserver #findme #helpimtrappedinawell #imlonely
This is a shameless request for some boosts so some of the bigger instances see me.
#mastodon #twittermigration #mastodonserver #findme #helpimtrappedinawell #imlonely
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@silverwizard made Christmas muffins but our lil 3.5 year old got a little heavy handed with the green food colouring and poured in a bottle of it 
A picture of bright green muffin batter seperated in a muffin tin ready to go in the oven
A picture of bright green muffin batter seperated in a muffin tin ready to go in the oven
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@enriquericos pfft, I stole it from somewhere else, I assure you. I just don't remember where. Maybe the byzantines?
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Day 13 morning...another from my 2018 Turbulent Skies stormchasing series
Golden Lining
60×44″ 152×112 cm
Oil on canvas
2018
Sold
#ArtAdventCalendar #Art #Painting
Golden Lining
60×44″ 152×112 cm
Oil on canvas
2018
Sold
#ArtAdventCalendar #Art #Painting
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Cw: mh, venting
I very much dislike being offered advice when I'm struggling, especially in regards to things I already know. My sister and mom and all my friends and immediate family know this, but my aunt and uncle and cousins are trying to help this extremely stressful situation by offering advice on topics that I am more knowledgeable about then them (mostly only because I know the situation better). It's like not bad advice but I'm stressed and I don’t want to hear it and the last thing I need is multiple calls per day giving me the same advice and asking for updates.if I have something to report I'll share it.
I very much dislike being offered advice when I'm struggling, especially in regards to things I already know. My sister and mom and all my friends and immediate family know this, but my aunt and uncle and cousins are trying to help this extremely stressful situation by offering advice on topics that I am more knowledgeable about then them (mostly only because I know the situation better). It's like not bad advice but I'm stressed and I don’t want to hear it and the last thing I need is multiple calls per day giving me the same advice and asking for updates.if I have something to report I'll share it.
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My dad gets psychosis sometimes on account of refusing to take medication and there's not much I can do about it, but goodness I wish *I* didn't get wrapped up in his paranoia and unreality because I need half an ounce of trust to help him out of this wretched situation that I literally could have completely solved for him if he'd let me in any earlier at all...
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Cw mh, vulnerability
I don’t know how it's even possible but I keep oscillating between being okay talking to nobody, being completely fine with nobody being available to chat some days and then others being a complete wreck of loneliness that it hurts
At least it's not depression, right?
I don’t know how it's even possible but I keep oscillating between being okay talking to nobody, being completely fine with nobody being available to chat some days and then others being a complete wreck of loneliness that it hurts
At least it's not depression, right?
It's been a while, I've been hiding out away from people because of covid, had mostly toddlers for company, and watched as abilify tanks my ability to read (and watch tv and anything that requires staying still) and it's really messing with me. I just want to be able to think and talk about interesting things again
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Would news outlets call it “vandalism” if people with Middle Eastern names and appearances shot up a power station in North Carolina to silence people they didn’t like? #journalism
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Content warning: Polycrisis PSA - It's OK to not be OK
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Apparently Starbucks just puts caffeine in there drinks and today I learned a drink I thought was just juice that I sometimes give them in their sippy cups has caffeine in it.... like lots 😶😶😶😶
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@Becky This reminds of Bullfrog's Theme Park (1994) in which you can control the amount of caffeine in the coffee sold to park visitors. I liked to crank it up to the max, which made the visitors who frequented the coffee shop zoom around the park much faster than the others.
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Lol!
Honestly the fact that I never noticed additional energy.... but my kids are already busy I guess 🤷♀️
Honestly the fact that I never noticed additional energy.... but my kids are already busy I guess 🤷♀️
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@silverwizard There are absolute gems and few games have since managed to be both light-hearted and engaging economic simulations. Theme Park, Theme Hospital and Dungeon Keeper are a holy video game design trifecta in my book.
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I didn't realize Dungeon Keeper was them, I need to play that more
I got CorsixTH running once and then never really went on, I should do that again
I got CorsixTH running once and then never really went on, I should do that again
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@silverwizard It’s technically Theme Hospital but not in spirit. Interestingly the open-source clone of Transport Tycoon Deluxe has maintained popularity, probably because there wasn’t much design magic to the original game, and a purely technical port could preserve the game’s interest.
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Wait - what's missing from it?!
TTD is a game I never played but definitely know people love OpenTTD
TTD is a game I never played but definitely know people love OpenTTD
@silverwizard I wouldn’t be able to fully describe it. The intro cutscene, the weird animated main menu, the thoughtful level progression. CorsixTH faithfully reproduces the core gameplay loop but the original game was much more than it.
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Thoughtful level progression seems like out of theme
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@silverwizard Even Theme Park starts out smallish, you have to pay to open bigger and more challenging locations.
Oh, wait -CorsixTH takes out all the progression? Just free for all?
My CDs were buried and I'd only tried the demo when I tried it, though I did find my CD
My CDs were buried and I'd only tried the demo when I tried it, though I did find my CD
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@silverwizard I take that back, they have the original campaign, but not any of the cutscenes (intro, game board movements, main menu). It is a very neat port with modern screen resolutions, but if you have the original game handy, I'm not sure what more it brings to it, especially since the GOG version still runs on modern machines.
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I just got a brief description of Theme Hospital.... and yet... it sounds like my kinda jam lmao
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@Becky It can be anyone’s jam. It’s fun and straightforward during the first few levels, the PA jokes and the illness descriptions are still chuckleworthy.
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Okay, not in the least bit relatable but when I was pregnant with a baby due June 1, I had morning sickness until February (I also had multiple Mallory Weiss tears)
Just talked to a friend due may 27th. I'm very excited for her!! But also somehow she's already over the morning sickness phase? Is that what pregnancy is just like sometimes? Where you don't vomit multiple times a day for what 5 months? 🤯
Just talked to a friend due may 27th. I'm very excited for her!! But also somehow she's already over the morning sickness phase? Is that what pregnancy is just like sometimes? Where you don't vomit multiple times a day for what 5 months? 🤯
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Thinking about boundaries and frens I gotta say nothing makes me less inclined to want to be around you or help you with problems than repeatedly asking me if I'll do something I've already said no to a dozen times. This has happened far too often this pandemic (why yes, I am talking about indoor activities with kiddos)
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Folks, I open my christmas PWYW commissions.
Additional info besides what is said in the image:
^ I will not draw copyrighted characters or celebs/public figures (AKA fanart) - OCs are totally alright!
^ I will not draw furries/ferals. Kemonomimi is totally okay!
^ I can work off description, but then expect me to ask a lot of questions.
^ Contact me with the following info: Image of the person/character I'm supposed to draw, pose suggestion. When I approve your commission, you can pay. Please send a screenshot of a sent payment so I can have an easier time checking it on my side if all went well. If paying through BMC/Ko-Fi, please notify me beforehand)
^ The PWYW closes on December 20th to make sure I will have enough spoons and time to finish the commissions.
^ In case some commissions will be unfinished before December 23rd, I will refund all the money.
^ All requests containing political statements of any kind will be rejected. Folks, this is supposed to be fun.
^ There's no forced theme. Want a summer pagedoll? Here you go. A pride pagedoll? Your call. It doesn't have to be X-mas themed! (X-mas themed requests don't get any priority either)
If you have a hard time reading the image, alt-text has the content transcribed.
Please boost it so more people will see!!
If you cannot afford a pagedoll, but still would like to chip a buck my way, my PayPal is sozoudan.
(Make sure that it says "USD" on both sides to avoid currency fees
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#christmas #xmas #art #DigitalArt #commissions #CommissionsOpen #CommissionMe #PixelArt #MastoArt #fediverse #CuteArt #PWYW #gift
Additional info besides what is said in the image:
^ I will not draw copyrighted characters or celebs/public figures (AKA fanart) - OCs are totally alright!
^ I will not draw furries/ferals. Kemonomimi is totally okay!
^ I can work off description, but then expect me to ask a lot of questions.
^ Contact me with the following info: Image of the person/character I'm supposed to draw, pose suggestion. When I approve your commission, you can pay. Please send a screenshot of a sent payment so I can have an easier time checking it on my side if all went well. If paying through BMC/Ko-Fi, please notify me beforehand)
^ The PWYW closes on December 20th to make sure I will have enough spoons and time to finish the commissions.
^ In case some commissions will be unfinished before December 23rd, I will refund all the money.
^ All requests containing political statements of any kind will be rejected. Folks, this is supposed to be fun.
^ There's no forced theme. Want a summer pagedoll? Here you go. A pride pagedoll? Your call. It doesn't have to be X-mas themed! (X-mas themed requests don't get any priority either)
If you have a hard time reading the image, alt-text has the content transcribed.
Please boost it so more people will see!!
If you cannot afford a pagedoll, but still would like to chip a buck my way, my PayPal is sozoudan.
(Make sure that it says "USD" on both sides to avoid currency fees
)#christmas #xmas #art #DigitalArt #commissions #CommissionsOpen #CommissionMe #PixelArt #MastoArt #fediverse #CuteArt #PWYW #gift
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@firebird you're free to request more than one! just that remember the minimal is per drawing (as it mentions one pagedoll in the image) 
#7FilmsToKnowMe
Baraca
Lord of the Rings
Mary Poppins
Mad Monster Party?
And then there were none
Pan's Labarynth
How to train your dragon
Baraca
Lord of the Rings
Mary Poppins
Mad Monster Party?
And then there were none
Pan's Labarynth
How to train your dragon
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@Becky I have 0 confidence the list of the 7 films who impressed me the most would help anyone know me, let's see:
Let's throw Memento (2000) and Mission: Impossible (1996) and the only thing you can reliably know about me from this list is that I was a teenager in the late 1990s.
- The Fifth Element (1997)
- The Fast and the Furious (2001)
- Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999)
- The Princess Bride (1987)
- Jurassic Park (1993)
- Antitrust (2001)
- Swordfish (2001)
Let's throw Memento (2000) and Mission: Impossible (1996) and the only thing you can reliably know about me from this list is that I was a teenager in the late 1990s.
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I didn't choose ones that impressed me as much as chose ones that represented different facets of my taste, but I think it's cool to see what people choose anyway 😊
I considered princess bride too 😊
I considered princess bride too 😊
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We're mostly only meeting people outside rn because of covid but it often feels like we're one of the few left
In a few weeks tho, we're going to visit my sister, and she's taking all kinds of extra precautions to make sure it's safe for us to go and we're even doing a few too just to make extra sure
Anyway, I talked to another friend who lives in Ottawa for an outside playdate and it turns out that they're doing a lot of things similar to us and it just.... it doesn't feel like we're the only ones anymore (even though looking online I know we're not but it's different knowing someone irl).... and that's really comforting in a I-was-feeling-al9ne-in-this-but-now-I-feel-solidarity way
In a few weeks tho, we're going to visit my sister, and she's taking all kinds of extra precautions to make sure it's safe for us to go and we're even doing a few too just to make extra sure
Anyway, I talked to another friend who lives in Ottawa for an outside playdate and it turns out that they're doing a lot of things similar to us and it just.... it doesn't feel like we're the only ones anymore (even though looking online I know we're not but it's different knowing someone irl).... and that's really comforting in a I-was-feeling-al9ne-in-this-but-now-I-feel-solidarity way
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one of these days im going to talk about how the idea of discrete, neatly identified, clearly seperate neurodivergencies as defined by diagnostic manuals does a lot of harm to people trying to figure out their brains.
"am I REALLY autistic or am I only VERY MUCH LIKE autistics?" should be a question as unnecessary as "am I REALLY gay or am I only having all the same experiences as gay people"
"am I REALLY autistic or am I only VERY MUCH LIKE autistics?" should be a question as unnecessary as "am I REALLY gay or am I only having all the same experiences as gay people"
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this is sooooo great, I love this. totally agree. in the end it's just learning about yourself and managing your symptoms, yeah?
Thank you for writing this out, even though maybe I should know it, it's helpful for me to actually read it
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What did Mario and Princess Peach do to the turtles that turned them from persistent critters looking for ponds and turned them into such vindictive little creatures?
Made some time to make some stickers and a shirt inspired by @silverwizard that just say WTFM with a border
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I care about building community, but holy cow is it hard when you have two busy littles and you only have time AND energy to post or read posts in short intervals like once every few days. Plus I keep liking posts with the intent to respond but then I get caught up with life and forget. It all gets a lil intense sometimes
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@Lilly :infinity_rainbow: @Becky These days, it's been very difficult to keep up with it, I had to curb my timeline not to feel bad about missing on posts.
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hey if you're enjoying your time here and want to keep it going, please remember it's about groups of people, not computer junk. We have mutual aid and disability crowdfund and trans crowdfund hashtags and a lot more, let's take care of each other 
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I got to learn about how connecting over cable to the internet worked tonight with the power level indicating 1s and 0s very very quickly, how packets can be confused and how tcp and udp work from @silverwizard .... but then I asked the age old question: how does wireless work
And friends, let me tell you that I'm amazed it works at all but also... why did I need to ask, because I think I'm more confused now, at the same time.... like I think I understand it in theory but uh, I feel like my theory of wireless must also be wrong because uh... wut
And friends, let me tell you that I'm amazed it works at all but also... why did I need to ask, because I think I'm more confused now, at the same time.... like I think I understand it in theory but uh, I feel like my theory of wireless must also be wrong because uh... wut
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Today's #art escapade are #gouache, #crayon, and #watercolor landscapes from all over the world. #Artworks all done on paper. Prints available.
#traditionalart #landscape #mastoart #illustration #carandache #mastocats #watercolour #italy #mexico #newengland #france
#traditionalart #landscape #mastoart #illustration #carandache #mastocats #watercolour #italy #mexico #newengland #france
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Throwback to my first feature film (that cemented my transition from 3D animator to concept-artist), "Mune", art directed by Remi Salmon. Character design by Julien Rossire/Julien Le Rolland, background design by Martin Tristram
#MastoArt #ConceptArt #Art #2D
#MastoArt #ConceptArt #Art #2D
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Thinking about my middle name, which I passed on to both my kids, since my partner passed on his last name... but it feels really perfect that I have this middle name which can be passed on, used as a backup name or primary or placeholder name if my kids ever decide they hate their (more gendered) first name. I love that it kind of works in all these ways (plus it can make your first name an adverb for better or worse)
My middle name is Leigh
My middle name is Leigh
Cw covid19, isolation and other associated costs
The isolation that comes with the pandemic at this point in time is unlike the times before it. I'm not enough to support my partner on my own and vice versa. We're both feeling dejected and trying our best but anyone who might have been safe before to let in our group no longer is, because they've all decided that covid might not be that bad
The isolation that comes with the pandemic at this point in time is unlike the times before it. I'm not enough to support my partner on my own and vice versa. We're both feeling dejected and trying our best but anyone who might have been safe before to let in our group no longer is, because they've all decided that covid might not be that bad
Some posts recently made me realize not all who are new here know this.
It is important that you're on an instance where you feel you can trust your instance provider to make the right calls for you, especially around blocking other instances. If you don’t trust the admin of the instance you're on, then you should move somewhere else, be that to a smaller instance where you can more easily communicate with the admin or a larger instance where it's less personal and might feel better for whatever reason
As a reminder, you have to trust someone somewhere in the line for social media to work. So please don't come at me saying "trust is a valuable resource I'm keeping to myself". If you'd rather use Twitter, you're putting your trust in their admins all the same
It is important that you're on an instance where you feel you can trust your instance provider to make the right calls for you, especially around blocking other instances. If you don’t trust the admin of the instance you're on, then you should move somewhere else, be that to a smaller instance where you can more easily communicate with the admin or a larger instance where it's less personal and might feel better for whatever reason
As a reminder, you have to trust someone somewhere in the line for social media to work. So please don't come at me saying "trust is a valuable resource I'm keeping to myself". If you'd rather use Twitter, you're putting your trust in their admins all the same
CW: male gaze
I was just thinking about how much I've struggled to find my personal style because my whole life I've been running away from the male gaze. Not because anything happened, but being demi and not really very interested in being viewed from that kind of perspective has made me stressed to wear anything that wasn't thrown together without any thought. In theory, I want to like what I wear and how I look but the idea of drawing any kind of attention to myself, especially male attention, has driven me to this point where only now am I figuring out what I like to look like for myself...
I was just thinking about how much I've struggled to find my personal style because my whole life I've been running away from the male gaze. Not because anything happened, but being demi and not really very interested in being viewed from that kind of perspective has made me stressed to wear anything that wasn't thrown together without any thought. In theory, I want to like what I wear and how I look but the idea of drawing any kind of attention to myself, especially male attention, has driven me to this point where only now am I figuring out what I like to look like for myself...
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Any #Audiobook lovers have any good recommendations for a #Fantasy (including and even ideally YA fantasy) book I could listen to that would be okay to be overheard by a toddler? I just finished The Wee Free Men for the second time but I think my copy of First Test by Tamora Pierce might not be exactly what I'm looking for when around the littles
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I never felt sexism play a role in my life so strongly as when I became a parent
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I lucid dreamed once. It was a nightmare and I, of course, thought "oh, I can control this! I can make anything happen..... oh no, what if we're suddenly driving up a giant hill" and poof, a whole lot of giant hills were formed.
Yes, my in dream nemesis is driving up a giant hill. For some reason I have nightmares about them and so dream me is always afraid of them
Yes, my in dream nemesis is driving up a giant hill. For some reason I have nightmares about them and so dream me is always afraid of them
Planning a scavenger hunt with the kids this morning with some treasure chests I found at the dollar store
I have 4 chests (1 bigger then the rest to end it off) and I drew a picture to point my kids in the right direction
This is the first pic I drew to start them off
Hand drawn rough image of a house with a deck with the words: Outside on the deck
My kids can't read yet, but I still wanted it explained in words to get them thinking about these things
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Pacific sea nettle jellyfish, painted on an oyster shell; one of my many shells for sale in the shop at the Seattle Art Museum.
Whenever I see that old question, "What animal would you be?" I want to answer "jellyfish." It seems peaceful. But then, you might get eaten by a sea turtle, so...
#art #illustration #painting #nature #wildlife #MarineBiology #jellyfish #shell #oyster
Whenever I see that old question, "What animal would you be?" I want to answer "jellyfish." It seems peaceful. But then, you might get eaten by a sea turtle, so...
#art #illustration #painting #nature #wildlife #MarineBiology #jellyfish #shell #oyster
I have the knowledge of a definition of a generic server from @silverwizard and I don’t know what to do with it
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Other people: "what is this magic? I don’t get servers"
Me: "Oh uh, I can explain it badly to you in about 1 minute, but you'll never be the same"
Me: "Oh uh, I can explain it badly to you in about 1 minute, but you'll never be the same"
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The internet works because it's a fairly stable underlying protocol suite and a solid foundation
and then a terrible Web
and then a terrible Web
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John Conway
•Mike Taylor 🦕
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