OldBrushNewPaper @OldBrushNewPaper@wandering.shop

seen in portland

#WeAreNameless meta:

one of several reasons I really enjoy participating is that we're essentially making something fun and thought-provoking for ourselves without any intermediaries gatekeeping or trying to extract value.

I don't mind being a dad figure if your dad sucked. You're doing great, kiddo. Keep it up!

Inspirobot understands

Holy shit, never considered that, but this is likely accurate.

@troodon
(B, words-writ-in-starlight

The most lingering comment I ever heard someone make
about Millennials was an older man I was talking to
about the way we think about finances—when he dreamed
about being a millionaire as a young man, he talked about
yachts and mansions and trips to the Bahamas; when I
did, I talked about living debt-free and being able to buy
dinner out without looking at my monthly budget. He
heard me out, took me seriously.

And at the end of it all, he nodded and looked at me and
asked, “Do you know who you remind me of?”

And I said no, no I didn’t, and he nodded some more.

“My mother. She grew up just before the Depression hit,
and she saw people lose everything left and right. And
whenever she talked about finances, she sounded just like
you.” He paused for a moment, and said, “I never really
thought about what growing up like that would do to a
generation.”

He still brings that conversation up, years later. He
hasn't made a single derisive comment about Millennials
since.

Source: redcharade

i#tcapitalism

The lazy, white supremacist trope in fantasy writing where nonhuman races represent nonwhite humans has a name now: Tolkien Minorities.

That is all.

Denver’s City Council, Led by Democratic Socialist, Stuns For-Profit Prison Operators by Nuking Contracts

https://theintercept.com/2019/08/08/private-prisons-contract-denver/

#goodnews #positivenews

It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a sitting person in possession of an empty lap, must be in want of a cat.

There are "old" people (getting lumped together with "Boomers") who are radical leftists.

And age isn't linear, particularly for Trans folk.

Aim your artillery with care, please. Rage against the actual Boomers all you want, but please avoid friendly fire casualties.

I've added a couple new headers to my Increasingly Less-Brief Guide to Mastodon in the last few days, to address some questions I've seen from new users:

* Why should I add a caption to my picture?
* Why can't I search for a specific word or phrase?
* Why can't I quote someone's toot, like a quote-tweet?
* Weird, my server doesn't have a bunch of these features.

I've also changed the list of phone apps I recommend after some useful feedback.

https://github.com/joyeusenoelle/GuideToMastodon

ANOTHER TIP

we're very much not about clout here. follow to follower ratios, worrying about doing numbers on your posts, holding back on boosting something that doesn't seem popular are all pretty gross habits we try to purge ourselves of here.

we're about being a community, not a popularity contest.

most of us were like that before we came here. it takes time to unlearn and embrace a different way of using social media, but it's possible and you'll be better for it.

For those of you who've joined from the mass Artist migration wondering what the heck Tales From The Fediverse is, it's a project that I started last February to collect stories from the minds of the comic writer/artists and prose/poetry writers of the Fediverse in an anthology!
If you want to know more about it, feel free to ask!
If you want to know about updates and get the next issue as soon as it releases, feel free to follow me!
Here's the first issue:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/fsdojmyelhjs6s2/Tales%20From%20The%20Fediverse%20%231.pdf?dl=0

#OurStreets spotted along Greenwood Ave in #Seattle

Greetings, new users! Welcome to Mastodon and the greater Fediverse!

You may want to consult my Increasingly Less-Brief Guide to Mastodon: https://github.com/joyeusenoelle/GuideToMastodon

It covers topics like:

* How do I get verified on Mastodon?
* Why should I caption my images?
* What the hell is with all the pineapples?