OldBrushNewPaper @OldBrushNewPaper@wandering.shop

I gave a talk last night at a friend’s birthday party and magazine launch about Ursula LeGuin, Star Trek, and how the arts might help us achieve a post-scarcity society. I hope you enjoy it, shares happily welcomed.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWqm2v4iqBE&feature=youtu.be

If you have questions or concerns about #Mobilizon, the #Facebook Groups/Events alternative destined for the fediverse, pose them in the dedicated forum.

https://framacolibri.org/c/mobilizon

The sooner the better, while it’s still early to think and plan.

No opt-out, food network? At least they tell what cookies are for. And fortunately I have an ad blocker.

#GDPRHallOfShame

Consider this

The oldest surviving piece of literature in existence; The Epic of Gilgamesh

is SUPER gay

please share this with as many Gamers™ as you can before they talk about gay being forced into media

reminder:
disabled people rely on technology. we rely on social media when we can't leave the house and need people to talk to. we rely on non-recyclable plastics to distribute safe, sterile medical supplies. we rely on cars when public transit isn't accessible. we rely on plastic straws, delivery services, and more.

your concerns for the environment cannot leave us out.

the answer to "what did you do before those things?" is "die or suffer, mostly."

I just watched a possum eat half a medium pizza. Life is good. #possums

Relatedly, I made a separate thread about how if you're on Food Stamps or Medicaid, you can get a discount on Amazon Prime, which has free shipping, so it can save you the cost of transportation to shop, plus having free on-demand TV: https://dragon.style/@frameacloud/102113871492867122

I want to write a free, copyleft book about how to thrive on low income in the USA, because all the books on personal finance give advice like "don't buy a latte every day," instead of "first, get your staples at the food bank, and *then* any other food via food stamps."

I've been writing an outline, and I need more sources. What books and links can you tell me about that are like more the food stamp example? (And please retoot!)

Okay so we've all heard of "millenials" but what if, hear me out...

MELONIALS
🍈🍉

maybe if I fall in love with my depression, it'll leave me too

Born of a Jamaican mother and American father, 'Pixie' Colman Smith was an illustrator, writer, occultist, traditional storyteller and magician who illustrated/co-designed the Rider-Waite tarot, 1st edition (1909) #womensart https://t.co/L9zX2RJjre

If a stationmaster cat can become a kami, surely it’s time to create shrines to Grumpy Cat. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/japan/11704428/Cat-stationmaster-Tama-mourned-in-Japan-and-elevated-as-goddess.html

"It is time to reclaim the golf courses from the wealthy and turn them over to the homeless." -- George Carlin

Come share #fanfic friday recs with us over at Sucani’s! https://suncani.dreamwidth.org/6099.html

All of my recs were like, super soft this week, so apparently thats what ive been feeling lately