Rora Borealis

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Geek. She/her. Still misses Saturday morning cartoons.

don't join #threads

join #mastodon

@Karma_J I set up a pi-hole on my network and I don't regret it one bit. I use various browser-based blockers, too, because the DNS blackhole can't do it all. And VPN when necessary.
@BlackAzizAnansi I went and closed out the last remaining meta account I had (half-forgotten instagram account) yesterday. I don't want to be part of this. I hope it kills the now-hellish birdsite, though.

Internet Archive now has a menstruation information and history library, since we now live in a world with Florida bill 1069, which bans the mention of periods before sixth grade in Florida public schools.

Library is universally available:

https://archive.org/details/menstruation

Menstruation Information and History Library

A collection of materials and media related to menstruation and menopause. Note: Some materials may be out of date or not representative of current medical and educational standards.

@developerjustin Funny. My deletion of my Insta account was moved up to... five minutes ago.
Instagram Threads is counting down to launch at 7PM ET

The countdown timer for Instagram’s new Threads app is now set for July 5th at 7PM ET, which is earlier than the July 6th launch that Instagram had been teasing to open up its new Twitter-like service.

The Verge

So the aforementioned btle library I run is called btleplug, because of course it is

I know of at least 2 companies that couldn't use it in products because the name was too close to "buttplug" and the open source licensing would require docs of the name.

I have to keep this streak going.

I’m looking for east coast #Indigenous stories about will o’ wisps. I can find lots of white people stories, but there’s gotta be some Mi’kmaq/Maliseet/Passamaquoddy stories, too. Anyone? #folklore #mikmaq #passamaquoddy #maliseet #wolastoqey #WillOWisp #GhostFire #JackOLantern #legend #legends #superstition #wabanaki #maritimes #Indigedon
i like how "illegal in the EU" means it probably violated a human right and "illegal in florida" means it probably is a human right