I honestly can't believe some people are still so backwards they think shooters aren't for women.

A lot of women I know play shooters, and they're also way better than me 💀

Games are for everyone.

Predictably, #Juneteenth has already been hijacked by corporatism into another holiday where many who aren’t directly connected to it are enjoying the day off in the United States.

So, I encourage you to support Black creators here on the #Fediverse - and Black creators feel free to promote your work by commenting on this post. I’ll start:

Hi. My name is Rod, and my website and podcast covers indie sci-fi + fantasy short films, web series, and other closely related media. You can check out my work here: https://bio.site/eyeonscifi and support my work here: https://paypal.me/the7thmatrix

#Juneteenth2023 #fedi #mastodon

I want to expand more on the comedy of errors that led to the eviction of #Twitter from their Boulder, Colorado office.

The story that leads up to this building even existing is bizarre and hilarious, so here goes...

A thread 🧵

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/06/judge-ruled-twitter-must-be-evicted-from-colorado-office-over-unpaid-rent/

God it's depressing that people believe this is the true nature of downtowns:

"Without commuting office workers, the office buildings go empty, they become worth a fraction of their cost, and retail cannot survive."

From https://innovationnation.blog/p/its-companies-fault-we-dont-want

Cities predate commutes. The hollowed out core that triples in population, swelled to bursting with bored and unhappy suburbanites during work hours, is a modern abomination made possible by cars and structural racism.

What's killing downtowns is that we spent so long on this awful vision of work and spent half a century strangling inner city infrastructure to subsidize incredibly expensive suburban lifestyles.

Want to make downtowns viable again? Convert dead office space to apartments and schools and colleges and other spaces people can work *and* live in.

Good luck with your rezoning applications though.