thomas @trappleton@wandering.shop

#introduction Hi, I'm Thomas. I write and host The Episodic Table Of Elements, a podcast that looks at the fascinating stories behind every element on the periodic table, at http://episodictable.com

I also love tabletop games, especially D&D and MtG. I'm looking forward to learning what Mastodon is all about!

Today I wrote 95% of Monday's Element Update for http://episodictable.com, and I'm rather proud that I was able to use the section on nitrogen entirely to rail against capital punishment

If I only had time to watch either The Expanse or Westworld, which is the better prestige Sci-Fi show to get into?

[Loves: Battlestar Galactica, Attention to scientific detail, philosophical questions, character development. Dislikes: wanton violence, especially sexual violence]

I think pop culture portrayals of authoritarian dystopias do actual harm, serving to let us deny the existence of the authoritarian dystopia we currently, actually live in just because it lacks a certain aesthetic.

Due to the events in this photograph, my phone is currently sitting inside a 14oz box of instant rice. Haven't had to do this in a long time, hope it works -- I just bought this phone this year!

I've been using Kiwi instead of Chrome as my browser on Android for about a week. I think I prefer it overall:

- It is noticeably much faster than Chrome.

- Unlike the Youtube app or Chrome, Kiwi lets a video continue playing while the screen's turned off. I love this.

- It seems to have some built-in crytpojacking and ad blocking, so that's nice.

- It will attempt to force any web page into a Night Mode, if you want it to. This is great on an AMOLED screen at night.

Is there any unbiased source where I could get a good handle on all the pros and cons of Mastodon vs Pleroma? Please feel free to chime in with personal opinions!

Every time I see an article about how bad Facebook is, I remember that I deleted my Facebook account, and I think it gives me the dopamine jolt I used to get from checking my Facebook account.

This is a crappy analogy but I'm so happy that I don't even care right now

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez beat Joe Crowley in the primary and I think I understand how people feel when their team wins a soccer match

I have a long-ingrained habit of saying "man" (and occasionally "dude") as a casual interjection or punctuation to a sentence, but I know this is gendered language. Like, "That was an excellent sandwich, man."

Anyone have any thoughts on some non-gendered alternatives that fill the same conversational role? I don't want to drop it completely; I think it connotes casual-ness and I like that. But a lot of the possibilities (friend, pal, w/e) carry aggressive undertones in American English.

@write_as Hi! I'm enjoying write.as so far, but one important question: Is there any way for me to save multiple drafts? Or is the idea that a "published" but un-publicized post is effectively the same thing as a draft?

Thanks!

imho the most unbelievable thing about the Jurassic Park/World franchise is that as soon as a disaster happens, everyone abandons the park and it becomes a no-man's land ruled by dinosaurs.

Like, when a lion escapes its enclosure at a zoo, does the entire administration abandon ship? "It belongs to the animals now."