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charisfish.bsky.social
Seattleite, software engineer, shaker of trees in the spring and fall
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I'm doing my part

my weird little birb apparently traveled all the way to Tokyo just to watch American cartoons

Why is Weird Al's Your Horoscope for Today living rent-free in my head and how do I get it out?

When you feel yourself becoming complacent or surrendering to hopelessness or apathy, remember that everything that exists today exists because someone(s) dreamt it up and decided to put in the work to make it a reality. We can create new ways of doing things, new ways of being, new worlds.

The problem with Twin Peaks is that I know in my bones that a stargate is somehow involved and keep waiting for it to show up.

Being a person with deadly, incurable cancer who is nonetheless still alive for an indefinite timeframe gives me an interesting metaphor that helps me deal with things like large-scale corruption in government or commerce. Bear with me for a second while I try to explain.

You go to the DMV with the face you have, not the face you want.

Putting paperwork with my deadname into a shredder is gender-affirming care.

Decoding what folks mean by "everyone" is an art. It can mean less politically aware people, anyone in some outgroup, the noisiest people in some space, the majority of a group of leaders or any number of other groups depending on the writer's perspective. It's such an unhelpful lossy shortcut.

BlueSky is trying to monetize so let's show them some numbers: Reskeet this if you refuse to pay for BlueSky+ until trust & safety decides to prioritize marginalized users. That's $96 / year of lost revenue for each reskeet...