Allusion

@giltay@tenforward.social
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Cave pixie. Sufficiently accurate for poetry. There are cats. Call me Geoff.

Languages: English, and limited French. Formerly giltay@m.s (2017–22) and giltay@eldritch (2022–23).

I'm okay if people want to interact with me, follow me, or boost my toots.

Avatar description: Avatar description: My face (white person with auburn hair and glasses). I'm wearing a Tilley hat.

Header image description: A macro closeup of a gilt steel pen nib with "№ 42" inscribed on it.

pronounshe/him usually, but I'm open to she/her
homeOwen Sound, Ontario, Canada (Treaties 45½, 67, and 82)
fortysomething
webhttps://www.giltay.ca
Allusion21h ago
aeva21h ago
*cave johnson voice* don't just shoot for the moon! punch a hole in the moon! pulverize that son of a gun! make them have to identify the moon from its dental records! bury the moon in the woods! then bury the woods! with the moon!
Allusion2d ago
Raphael (he/him)2d ago

Any recommendations for ceramic repair adhesives I could get in Canada? Doesn’t need to be food safe but would be nice to be dishwasher safe.

The internet seems to be recommending Sugru but I can’t find it outside of Amazon & Walmart.

Show threadAllusion3d ago
@analogfusion He was on a short deadline coming off another Data-centric episode. I can't really blame him, just the suits.
Show threadAllusion3d ago

I think they leaned a little too heavily on the Aztec aesthetic, although I did like the pictograms.

It's awfully convenient that alien computers are compatible with the Enterprise. It's thematic, yeah, yeah.

I do wonder what daily life was like in that culture.

Show threadAllusion4d ago
@analogfusion I honestly think it did him a disservice by not giving him time to develop the characters.
Show threadAllusion4d ago
As I understand it, this coming right after the Data-heavy episode Thine Own Self, Brent Spiner wasn't given enough time to prepare the seven or so characters he had to play, which is why he comes off pretty hammy in this one.
Allusion4d ago
I know this is a well-hated episode, but I've always liked it when Trek leans into the strange. Also when the main cast have to adapt to a new civilization to communicate.
Allusion4d ago
Show threadmyrmepropagandist4d ago

No one needs your permission to exist.

You need the permission of no one to exist.

Each living thing imposes a little order on the world, we are anchored by our "oldest tree" --and if it is struck down there is another and another and another forever. A scrap of living root in chaos left by clear cutting and fire or a stout behemoth of an ancient tree that announced its age as it rises from the rocks and moss. Living systems are more resilient than the violence that tears at our fringes.

Allusion5d ago
Heading out at the crack of dawn to work outside all day. This is a good omen, right?
Show threadAllusion5d ago
@gnomon Boo.
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@nev

At least it's Fancy Grade?

Show threadClaire, The Ultimate WorrierJun 28
@nev for some reason i expected the french to mean something different and probably also funny but then I remembered this is supposed to be a canadian brand