Mastodawn

propaganda doesn't work by convincing you of something new. it works by confirming something you already feel and then sneaking extra payload in alongside the validation

Jenni Polodna 5d ago

nobody tells you when you have a kid you're going to need to learn social masking all over again cause he's gonna run up wanting a hug from some random five-year-old and you're gonna be like "sorry random kid and other parent, I have zero idea what to do in this situation, I only learned how to like go to the bank and shit, can we all just pretend he's trying to hug his way into opening up a money market account"

Jenni Polodna 6d ago

Jim Stormdancer 6d ago

Update on "explore a maze where weird shit keeps happening," or XAMWWSKH, pronounced "exam whiskey," widely understood to be the perfect video game genre. Our symposium in the park at GDC has uncovered an important variant: if the maze is not a literal physical place, e.g. Her Story, the correct genre name is "explore a labyrinth where weird shit keeps happening" or XALWWSKH, pronounced "exhale whiskey."

Jenni Polodna Mar 1

Carl Muckenhoupt Mar 1

We're just one day into #EnigMarch but Ryan Veeder is knocking it out of the park so far https://rcveeder.net/enigmarch26/

Ryan's EnigMarch 2026

Jenni Polodna Feb 26

Miriam's on Medical Leave Feb 25

posting this to support @JoscelynTransient 's "keep fedi weird" campaign

#KeepFediWeird

Jenni Polodna Feb 25

mx alex tax1a - 2020 (6)Feb 25

once (when we were in high school, doing isp tech support) we got an email complaining about not being able to check email, and it contained the phrase i think their is a pomble and it has been etched into our mind ever since

i think their is a pomble

#pomble

Jenni Polodna Feb 24

Loose Leaf Queer Feb 23

I was playing Pathfinder with my children this afternoon.
And my 10yo looked down at their character sheet and said "I attack with my Mace of Poketency."

I stopped and said "Poketency? Like, a pun?"
And they said "It's potency, but it's a mace, so poketency."
Dear reader. I cried tears of joy and pride.

Jenni Polodna Feb 20

SCREAMING_SNAKE_CASE Feb 19

(Hobbits, trying to talk about mental health) imagine poorly buttered toast

Jenni Polodna Feb 20

oh man the baby is practicing turning around to get off the couch so he can hop down feet first, right, and that's a great skill so we were going "yay" and clapping for him

it took like three or four times of us clapping for him and now whenever he hops down he claps for himself, it's Pretty Good

real Black and White shit

Jenni Polodna Feb 20

Mike Masnick Feb 19

Wrote about how DOGE bros blew up already approved grants by feeding project names into ChatGPT and asking it "is this DEI, tell me in less than 120 characters."

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:l4edfel22exejp7mewt6f3ky/post/3mfa4fcuihc2b