Possumantha

@kastope
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Queer, gender queer, neuro queer.
Professional homeless homer.

Up with the needy, down with the greedy.

JoinedApr 19, 2024
@samlitzinger He also should have quit after hearing Enoch Powell for the first time.
💖 hi! i'm self hosting a gotosocial instance now, and this is my new primary account! please boost to help me federate this instance more!!

about me: i love people, and i especially love the people in my local community. some of my goals in life are getting my own wiki page (im vain), building a housing cooperative, and being the best woman i can possibly be for my partner. i love being intentional with my aesthetic, which has evolved over the years into the pink & black combo i do now. 🖤💖

i have been on some form of mastodon since 2022. i believe we all need to do as much as possible to boycott companies that do or support unethical things, like donating to fascists. for me, using the fediverse is a great alternative to corporate social media.
still, i really value my time - so my following list is very small and i do not spend large amounts of time here. i try to spend my time doing productive things - lots of which are related to @vs - or connecting with the people i love.

on this account you can expect to see lots of random thoughts, some questions, polls, photos (including some cw'd lewds), ventposts, and general nonsense. thanks for following me! 💖

#intropost #introduction #trans #transjoy #Minnesota #vegan #coop #homeschool #anarchy #anarchist #ocd #audhd #fedora #linux #foss #selfhosting #grapheneos

the flip side of this is that you should buy durable, preferably used and pass it on to the next generation for free

planned obsolesence is a crime against humanity

https://mastodon.world/@MonotoneofBill/116230096552727080

M❍n❍t❍ne❍fBill™ (@[email protected])

Good one: Regarding our earthly possessions, you never see a U-Haul attached to a hearse.

Mastodon

i have tools so old i dont even know which generation of our family they came from

and they still work like new, because we take care of them

i can tell you an enormous amount about restoring and conserving antiques, but id probably lose all my followers going on about rust*

*not that rust, dammit

theres also a sweet spot for most technologies where it hasn't yet been cost optimized to break in 90 days but the price has gone down because "fancier" stuff is on the market

buy two and use them forever

particularly anything with a smooth even layer of fine rust is a prime candidate for restoration because it'll come out looking like a million bucks

dont wire wheel it off!! 😭

stick it in a pot of boiling water for 45 minutes, brush it clean with a nylon brush, brass brush, or *gently* polish it with 0000 steel wool. repeat 2-3x until suitable.
alternatively, for a phosphate finish instead of bluing, leave it dunked in a can of coca cola somewhere warm for a week, then brush it clean

the mistake people make is one of two things:

1) abrasively removing rust, or
2) oiling the rust ("patina!" 🤮)

both of these further damage the item under conservation or leave it in a state of continued, slow decay