SpliceFixer   

@SpliceFixer@infosec.exchange
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Artist | poet | writer | speaker | editor | bisexual | non-binary | neurodivergent | advocate for the underrepresented | 
I try to be better than I actually am.
 Creative director at TuskCon. Drop bear surgeon at CrikeyCon.

Please yell at me if I forget to add alt text to images.

PronounsThey/Them
LocationQueensland, Australia
SpliceFixer   Aug 14, 2024
Aral BalkanAug 14, 2024
If your criterion for what makes a person smart or successful is how much money they have, you live in exactly the world you deserve. For everyone else, it’s up to us to relegate this shortsighted and self-destructive myth to the annals of history and build a kinder world with humane success criteria.
SpliceFixer   Aug 14, 2024
Show threade(Ag)le 🦅Aug 14, 2024

Intentional misgendering as punishment comes up a lot in cases where a trans person is openly against one's views, or has committed a crime.

High-profile examples include Caitlyn Jenner, Christine Chandler, Chelsea Manning, etc.

As with many things, the people you target, especially high-profile personalities, often won't even see your messages to begin with. The ones who will are the trans people in your own life.

And what they'll see is that you don't sincerely believe that trans women are "actual women" or trans men are "actual men".

Why? Because if it's something you apply as a courtesy to only people you respect, then it means you don't actually believe it to be universally true, that people who identify as a gender are that gender.

If you respected the self-determination and agency of trans people, this wouldn't even feel like a thing you could take away from them.

That's why it's a problem, and it's not worth doing, even to people you really dislike.

SpliceFixer   Aug 14, 2024

I've just uploaded a new video to YouTube, taking a look at the character of Peter from my book, "Dragon Silver, Wizard Gold".

I use these character dives to look at the motivations of my characters and to explain the choices I make while writing. My characters don't always do the expected thing, as they each have internal priorities that may not be immediately understood, much as normal people have their own priorities. I try to always be true to the character when writing, because that character needs to get up and live inside the mind of the reader.

Please watch, like, and subscribe. My channel is only a few weeks old, so I will appreciate every supporter immensely.

https://youtu.be/0Zbe7NrALyk

#writer #YouTube #writeToBeRead #AuthorTube

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SpliceFixer   Aug 6, 2024

My second YouTube video about Varthien has just dropped. This is a deep dive on Norman, one of my favourite characters. Norman is a wizard, transmasc, and a deeply flawed individual who is trying his hardest to be perfect.

https://youtu.be/0Zbe7NrALyk?si=LTNk6VvkU--5gybL

#AuthorTube #writer #varthien #KrisSihto #characterdesign

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SpliceFixer   Jul 30, 2024
Show threadCharles HeroldJul 30, 2024

@mattsheffield There are two kinds of weird people in this world. Those that, when you call them weird, get really pissed off, and those that, when you call them weird, say, thank you, that's what I was going for.

All the Republicans are in the former group. All the fun people are in the latter group.

Show threadSpliceFixer   Jul 30, 2024
Oh, and the book is available here: https://www.amazon.com.au/Dragon-Silver-Wizard-Gold-1/dp/B0D7PX2Z8X/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&dib_tag=se&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.ILVIO5BLEwmgCWGBZCM8ydsN5rFEBgCLuA1f-6vDjgrjN_03Z93gB7PgqZUrhgYG59pDmCqqwXYKyjLY8Krmg8VOH1jrhpby28xq2Pk9nq_0f42hgtluQtfSQNU1zh8eFuq8WFVfHtSo544Lg1UAyXFiKNCCScehQzMTznrCTny74_pVyi1cPbX5YPoCpfTfIoTpKazRFaP0gf4-XYwlSdVtQzWgjIbLO8_8qS72OeIw2ZnY-6iJW2RSkSu_kYjGWW4MKs36ruPERW-n9qepB4sixipYQals9zehdSPDaxA.rQxkieVPCS8CuiwdhOEjx_rBdfmnFuA6xGQGIWKQsOM&qid=1722306194&sr=8-1
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SpliceFixer   Jul 30, 2024

Did I tell people my book is out? My book Dragon Silver, Wizard Gold is out on Amazon and Kindle.

But also, I've just started a YouTube account to discuss the mechanics of my world and why my characters act the way they do.

Please drop by. Listen. Subscribe. And maybe read the book.

https://youtu.be/9t8mF8Ka2dA?si=5iUdemknBoxwwYrC

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SpliceFixer   Jun 22, 2024
Shouty personJun 22, 2024

Good morning to #trans, #enby, and/or #GenderDiverse Fedi. I'm looking for some input, please.

I'm reading through the edits of my latest novel. Lem, my main character is agender and uses she/her pronouns.

At one point, she says (of herself):

#AskingTrans @lgbtqbookstodon

SpliceFixer   Jun 22, 2024
Foxytosin 🏳️‍🌈Jun 22, 2024

UPDATE: I've gotten in touch with the owner and will reunite them with their wallet! Thanks for everyone's input! 

So I found a wallet on the ground for an Australian citizen with some important travel docs on it

Found a Facebook account and sent a message, but no response so far and it may be abandoned

The only bank card is paypal, so there isn't a local branch I could take it to. Everything else is australian

I have address and full name info, but haven't found any good hits on lookup tools. Most of the ones I see are US focused though.

Any recommendations for how I can return this wallet that doesn't take way too much effort?

EDIT: Local Australian consulate is closed for the weekend

Boosts appreciated

SpliceFixer   Jun 22, 2024
NatalieJun 22, 2024

I've been working my plump bum off recently because I'm opening a new Sewing Lair store in Moorooka! I'll be co-managing the store with the lovely Deb and both of us will also be sewing for our businesses out the back of the shop too.

The shop will stock all kinds of brilliant salvaged textiles, yarn, patterns, books, trims, haberdashery and notions just like the OG Beenleigh store but in a more compact form. We are excited to be a bit more central to the city so we can spread the message about creativity, craft and sustainability and extend our community.

I'll have a selection of my products available in store too! I'm a bit nervous about taking my kinda weird t-shirts and other stuff into the real world. Fingers crossed that goes well!

(Before anyone asks I will not be doing garment alterations!!!!! 😩)

#sewing #brisbane