Zee Spencer (He/Him) @zee@wandering.shop

It's been a while, I suppose I should update my #Introduction.

I am all in on the #Coop economy; and have established two coops (with different purposes) in the last two years; #ZincCoop and #Cohere.

I contribute to #EthicalSource and #CommunitySource projects as a complement to #OpenSource and #FreeSoftware.

Follow #PlayLog for stream-of-thought reviews of the games I play, reading I do, and shows and movies I watch.

Check #WorkLog for my project updates, writing, art, code, etc.

brb, adding "Swipe right if you can quote the 7 Rochdale principles" to my online dating profile.

Ok, picked back up on #RainbowRowell now that the library has it. Reading #EleanorAndPark.

Parts of it are hard to read. It’s a romance, told through the lens of two 16 year-olds; both outcasts in their own degree. It has deep explorations of poverty, domestic abuse, and parents being shitty to kids.

The character writing is outstanding, with the tension of people not understanding one another intertwining with people experiencing and acting from emotional suffering.

#PlayLog #ReadLog

NGL I am infinitely jealous of people who can draw :/

Another solid #ZincCoop group coding session. We are learning a lot about how to write semantic HTML and organize our work into components without getting caught up into the React life.

Need to figure out the most boring plain-HTML/CSS/JS “style guide” style component library system soon...

I liked the magic system quite a bit, with its emphasis on co-creating ties between people for sharing strength; and the themes of finding harmony between spirituality and science.

It doesn’t shy away from America’s human rights abuses during the mid 20th century, placed at an inflection point following WWII and the rise of McCarthyism. A moment in US history ripe for de-“exceptionalizing.”

Pick it up if you like ensemble fantasy?

#ReadLog #PlayLog #WinterTide #RuthannaEmrys #InnsmouthLegacy

The other reading group is reading #WinterTide, by #RuthannaEmrys; the first in the #InnsmouthLegacy series.

This is not a book I would probably have considered reading were it not part of a group. I tend to not “get” the appeal of #Lovecraft, and avoid horror.

This tips Cthulhu on its ear, however, with the protagonist being a “Person of the Water” who survived a state-inflicted genocide in the 1930s.

#ReadLog #PlayLog

Finally had the spoons to make some progress on #Convene today!

I sprouted a “Guides” feature that allows us to document how to use Convene. My intent is to extract this to an engine that also includes support ticketing, i18n, etc; so operators of a Convene instance can steward their network more effectively.

#WorkLog #ZincCoop

Are their Opinions On The Internet about the tradeoffs of using CommonMark flavored Markdown?

#WorkLog

Sometimes this means removing or reducing the systems reliance on a participant that is over-spending.

Sometimes it means adjusting the habits or shifting the structures that encourage over-spending.

But that is impossible without first noticing when participants have an under-reciprocated relationship with the system.

When those responsible for the noticing are also in an under-reciprocated relationship; noticing becomes much harder.

#WorkLog

Burnout is an emergent property in systems where participants invest more energy than they receive through participation in the system.

Even a single participant burning out is significant. Not just for the burnt out person, but also for the system.

Systemic safety degrades. Costs increase. Benefits reduce.

As system caretakers, it’s our responsibility to notice how structures and habits encourage these unbalanced relationships, and navigate them safely.

Have a call scheduled with the founder of #PeepMe, a sex worker platform coop! Cool to see more labor coops sprouting; especially around marginalized communities.

#WorkLog #coops

"Oh yea, you like it when I listen to you tell me about your day? You like that?! How bout if I _ask thoughtful questions_ out of _genuine interest_ that are _rooted in a deep understanding_ of your values and inner life?"

Me, flirting: "you know, I want to perform so much emotional labor for you..."

I think I don’t “get” the combat. I was working from the assumption that I need to be sneaky and strategic, but it seems like if I do that most of the combat scenarios descend into chaos regardless?

I think I probably just need to “get good” at the timing and stuff, but as soon as there’s a pack of critters I have no idea how to deal.

Maybe I need to play around more with shock ammo/traps?

#PlayLog #HorizonZeroDawn