RE: https://digipres.club/@foone/116659462820325509

AND NOW MY CAR GOT TOWED, and they want 600$ for it back.

I'm going to try to fight it (I think it was towed illegally), but this is really the last thing I need right now

https://ko-fi.com/fooneturing/goal?g=38

I love this cat (but I’m not ready to adopt..)

Someone please adopt Mr Redford

https://www.givemesheltersf.org/mobile/animal.php?id=12394

#Cats #SanFrancisco

pride month is coming up soon, so i want to make something very clear, especially for the younger queers and others who might not know the history.

in nearly all of america in the 50s-60s, being gay was considered both a mental illness and a crime punishable by prison time (up to and including a life sentence) and/or "experimental" psychiatric torture (electroshock therapy, lobotomies, and worse). you could lose your job for being suspected of homosexual behavior with no proof, and the fbi and post office spied on you if they knew you were queer. most gay bars were mafia-owned because no one else had the money or inclination to pay off the crooked police.

with that in mind: "stonewall," the event that we commemorate with pride parades today, was a violent riot incited by a police raid on a gay bar in manhattan. the fierce activism that has given us the basic personhood we enjoy today was built on a foundation of desperate physical struggle against unfair policing and stigma, the stakes of which were prison, death, or worse. gays, lesbians, trans folks and drag queens, dancers, kinksters, drinkers and teetotalers, all of them stuck together because nobody else had their backs. we can march peacefully today only because we had to fight for our lives before.

my point is this: there was no room in those days for means-testing who was a Real Respectable Gay, and there's no room for it now either, especially as our rights are eroding again. we have to stick together with people we think are gross but who haven't actually hurt anybody, because the same weapons you use to oust those you don't like will be turned on you in a heartbeat.

now more than ever, don't be a fucking cop.

I would like a wonderswan flashcart.

both flash carts are perpetually sold out, and I've missed the announcment window for one of them twice.

If you have a wonderswan flash cart that you ended up not using and would be willing to sell, please let me know.

As much as I distrust binaries, I do think most people gravitate toward one of two instincts:

1. "I suffered so why shouldn't others?"

2. "I don't want anyone else to go through the same thing I did."

I also believe it forms the basis of your politics, coping mechanisms, and how you treat others.

I'm going to whisper this. So I'll choose my words carefully. I'll use general terms but am referring to specific multiple things. Please read between the lines.

Those of you that are doing things are having a good effect.

- The media is not covering you (this is a good sign. it means they dont want to bring attention to your actions).
- They are discussing you in board rooms and in decision making meetings.
- They are saying things like "we have to pause that project at that location because its currently drawing too much attention" and "we have to reframe this announcement to downplay that thing" and "we need to try these concessions to lower the heat a bit".

They are hoping you "get tired and bored and move to a new thing" so they can get back to work without interference.

Keep doing what you're doing. Join folks that are doing things if you aren't doing anything yet. Do what you can, as you can, when you can.

It is working.

#solarpunk

It's #GlobalAccessibilityAwarenessDay!

If you are a game developer and want to learn more about making games accessible, check out this archive with free educational resources I've helped create:

https://www.twillo.de/edu-sharing/components/collections?id=a3ed75b1-a23c-4e42-ad75-b1a23c1e4264

#GameDevelopment #GameDev #Accessibility #OER