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🐙 'Alex' 🐙Apr 16, 2018

@snoothy Yep, they definitely do, but I can't say whether they do it the same amount across the gender board. I suspect not though.

🐙 'Alex' 🐙Apr 13, 2018

Just realised yesterday was my 1 year fediversary! I've ended up spending way more time here than in that other place, and I feel a lot better for it.

Continued thanks to @mykola and @dzuk for making a.weirder.earth a particularly pleasant place to call home.

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🐙 'Alex' 🐙Apr 13, 2018

@nein09 Rubbish joke

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🐙 'Alex' 🐙Apr 12, 2018

@ebeth I'm totally the same, and I find this with so many videos people send me links to as well.

If you've any interest in UK-centric anti-racism, I was pleased to find that the 'About Race' podcast comes with full transcripts:

https://www.aboutracepodcast.com/

(though all that said, this one does work well as a podcast, because it's quite conversational)

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🐙 'Alex' 🐙Apr 11, 2018

Just found out that someone I vaguely knew years ago was on a foreign series of X Factor recently, and now I feel oddly invested in finding out what happened even though (a) I don't like talent shows and (b) I can't understand a single word anyone's saying on the youtube clips I've found.

This feels like the kind of compulsion that there's some obscure loanword for.

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🐙 'Alex' 🐙Apr 10, 2018

@quilynn @catseye Completely agree. I don't feel any pressure or expectation here - and I suspect I'd find it pretty tiresome if the local feed was entirely people posting (& possibly performing) weirdness, rather than just posting as whatever kind of individual they happen to be at that moment.

🐙 'Alex' 🐙Apr 10, 2018

Watching Zuckerberg testify to Congress, mostly in the hope that someone lands a killer question and he explodes into pure data like when Neo kills Agent Smith.

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🐙 'Alex' 🐙Apr 10, 2018

@sixohsix That piece is so great to get lost in... shame that I'm unlikely to ever experience it performed live.

🐙 'Alex' 🐙Apr 10, 2018

@Naxjns I mostly use Signal, which is maybe a bit too much of an SMS-a-like to fit your bill.

Someone round these parts was posting about #Tox lately, which looks like it might be interesting:

https://tox.chat

A New Kind of Instant Messaging

Whether it's corporations or governments, there's just too much digital spying going on today. Tox is an easy to use application that connects you with friends and family without anyone else listening in. While other big-name services require you to pay for features, Tox is totally free and comes without advertising — forever.

🐙 'Alex' 🐙Apr 4, 2018

Time for a re- #introduction as it's been a while and there are lots of new people (welcome!):

- I'm a #writer, inasmuch as I have a novel-in-progress that I poke at in fits and spurts.
- Professionally, I do #webdev focussing on charity and other social organisations
- #leftie - both in terms of my preferred hand and my politics
- I live in #Bristol, UK, though my heritage is Greco-Scouse-Welsh
- Show me your favourite #weirdmusic and I'll show you mine
- I'm not religious but I am #discordian