Brandon O'Brien @therisingtithes@wandering.shop
Poet, writer, blogger. Activist, critic, performer. Trini, black, millennial. Boy, man, person. Brother, son, stranger. Write, edit, print, repeat.
*mews into a box*
*closes box carefully*
it is an emergency backup mew!
don't open it unless it's an emergency!!
The always interesting breakdown of game frequency by type from Roll20.
http://blog.roll20.net/post/174833007355/the-orr-group-industry-report-q1-2018
*sleeps* 💤
*dreams a small dream* 💭
*paws twitch*
@therisingtithes mew!! *is very proud*
I just want to say that @netkitty is good kitty
Spending large amounts of money makes me anxious, because I look at it and go, ‘that could do a lot of things’.
But what the hey.
That’s my #Dublin2019 membership sorted.
Now, to save coins ‘til it’s time to fly.
*sits*
*stares at you*
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The man behind the counter emerges from the stockroom with a hand-carved wooden sign, carefully painted. He walks it over to the door and hangs it on a peg.
"How's it look?" calls the woman in the stockroom.
The man behind the counter straightens the sign and nods. "It'll do."
"The Wandering Shop," the door says. "OPEN 28/7." And then below that, in a friendly cursive script: "Nazis fuck off."
You report 'em, @phildini and I will block 'em. Thanks for being part of what makes the Shop good.
mew! *sticks nose against your screen* mrr?
So one of YouTube's best new media commentators IMHO has a new video that I, an SFF writer who admires the genre's capacity for using estranging elements to strengthen our understanding of our real world, just have to share with you all: https://t.co/O8kzQB7leB
In case anyone hasn't seen it, I am really proud of my poem in this month's issue of Eye to the Telescope! I'm curious what you all think of it!
http://eyetothetelescope.com/archives/028issue.html
I keep feeling bad about the fact that I genuinely want the Shop to make up a larger portion of my social media diet, but the only reason I am not here as often as I still frequent BirbSite is because I hate how Amaroq looks on my phone... 😅
As of today I'm going to stop calling them "stupid questions" and start calling them "knowledge questions." I'm asking because I lack the knowledge, not because I am stupid.
I'm a Professional Game Designer on a Major AAA Title and I'm Using a Game Engine that I've known for like Five Years
and even so
I gotta look up basic things. Really Really Basic Things.
so don't feel bad for not knowing everything
“No one is saying you can’t have fun.
We’re asking you why you think this is fun.”
https://www.tor.com/2017/12/13/fun-doesnt-exist-in-a-vacuum-why-context-always-matters/
For real, tho, even though it’s a little thing in his post, I feel like it’s at least a little noteworthy that the only communities he shouted out directly were the Shop and mastodon.art, and that the only users he namedropped are SFF writers.
This message is just to say that, if you’re following Mastodon’s Patreon, creator Gargron recently shouted out the Shop in his retrospective of the growth of the site. Just in case that kind of thing is important to anyone. 😁
Folks,
I know Twitter's a shithole but remember that it's not JUST the admins' fault.
Fleeing from the constant negativity, vicious flame-wars and harassment? Those things are just as likely to happen here, if we're not careful.
Mastodon is not popular yet, but it's growing. One day it will be. Security by obscurity is not security at all, as I'm sure you're aware.
We need to be on our best behaviour, promoting the values we want to see on our networks.
It's not someone else's problem.
❤️ ✌️
So that everyone knows, my favourite charity event starts in a week, Desert Bus for Hope. I think Mastodon users should check it out: It is a bunch of Canadian Comedians busking for money for Child's Play for a week.
There will be singing, dancing, funny skits, all sorts of silliness. Also the team doing it includes and is welcoming to multiple sexual orientations and genders.
Also they once managed to sell a packet of silica gel for something like $10,000USD
I should clarify that this Toot/Birb distinction isn’t necessarily bad. But I feel like, if you came because you thought this wouldn’t be Birb, you’re right, & that means getting used to losing out on the power that Birb was already giving many of us as an outreach tool. But I’m also really glad to have another space for fans to just huddle together & keep each other warm in this increasingly cold world. So. *raises teacup* Welcome to the Shop! 👋🏾
