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Danielle Crawford
@aizuchi@hachyderm.io
mastodon 4.7.3Woman formerly in tech, now in limbo. I was there when the old magic was written. Big nerd. Ecdysiast. 🏳️⚧️🔞
376 Followers
528 Following
50 Posts
Joined September 22, 2023
Star:
Trek, not Wars
Relationship needs:
Panromantic, mostly heterosexual, wanna-be boy-kisser, submissive
Pronouns:
She/Her
Full of anxiety:
Followed by ghosts
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@oldladyplays@wargamers.social i used to work for a university that did spacecraft development using NASA grants. I left in October because the university was bowing to state fascism.
Now they are crushing us via fiat again. I’m out of the system, but my heart is still back there, and their hatred is killing me. I want to be stronger, but they hurt me over and over again.
I know that my tears are what they want. But crying is the only way i can deal with this pain.
I wish i had someone to go to for solace from this, but I’m the elder in my tiny community. 😞😭
Reading #Monsterdon posts in my feed without watching the movie feels like chugging LLM output straight from the fire hose. Absolute madness!
Question for those of you who date men: how do YOU screen out the dangerous ones?
I just can’t do apps. Too impersonal, and too demoralizing. Too capitalist as well, but that’s a different issue.
I should be dancing naked around a fire for Beltane, rather than … (waves at US, Iowa) whatever /this/ is
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Trans level-up to secret 61st level! Sex is mentioned, but not described graphically
RE: https://todon.eu/@CrimethInc/116676003879265588
NO COPS AT PRIDE
Even the “good ones”. ESPECIALLY the queer ones. They should fucking know better.
You want to be at pride as a corpo or police? Quit your job, and do the fucking work of making yourself and the world better. It’s your only way through.
No war but class war 
Quoting
Why is June pride month?
Because of the Stonewall uprising in 1969.
Why did the Stonewall uprising have such an impact?
Because—like the George Floyd revolt in 2020—it began with a leaderless, multiracial anti-police riot that called the whole social order into question:
https://crimethinc.com/stonewall
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@mekkaokereke @davidnjoku it’s an incredibly jingoistic industry. The “USA! USA!” pride can always be seen under the surface.
On top of that, Congress making it illegal to have bilateral-only cooperation between the US and China makes collaboration and celebration thereof almost impossible.
Icing on the shit cake: ridiculous levels of competition between academics for publication space, multiplied by racism … well there you have it.
In our lifetimes, access to space will always be a fight. No one involved is interested in having it any other way, grand gestures of internationalism notwithstanding.
Boosted by @GroupNebula563@mastodon.social
I have purchased a modern 24-pin dot matrix printer and have absolutely zero regrets. Truly great technology.
The Epson LQ-590II has a heat sink and fan on the print head, which my DEC LA-50 did not, in the ‘80s. Advancement!
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@michael_w_busch @mekkaokereke @davidnjoku yeah. I would hear from the occasional researcher who wanted to work with Chinese scientists, and they would roll their eyes at our stupid system. Everyone was frustrated.
It’s all good data to show what happens when you start out with an oppositional outlook. I only hope someone learns from it.
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@eleanor@chaosfem.tw @CordiallyChloe@tech.lgbt @oldladyplays@wargamers.social i also want to believe that cis people will stand up for us … but i doubt it will happen in any significant way. The STEM fields are very project-focused, and if losing a person or two means success, they’ll do it. They’ve always done that for the bottom line, and now that it includes an ethical angle won’t make a big dent.
It was capitalism all along, who knew? 🤦🏻♀️🙄
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@JoscelynTransient@chaosfem.tw THIS. While they role play, we’re living it. Promethea has stolen the fire of the gods, and we’re all better for it!
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@ChristineMalec@mstdn.ca @oldladyplays@wargamers.social ty 🫂 i don’t want to take these attacks personally, but dammit they are trying to erase my life. And the lives of other good people.
Sleep will help, and yes, I’ll keep my passions lit.
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@rowyn @30to40olives most of my male friends aren’t friend fuckers, or even romantically poly. And i get that.
And they say “i don’t want you ruin our friendship” or “i don’t want to make it weird”, which are extremely valid. But the evil voice in my head says “it’s because you’re traaaannnnsss”.
Sure does get lonely. 🫤
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@tankgrrl @crowbriarhexe @NicolaElle alas no 😭😭😭
Dancing in front of the Beltane hob isn’t the same
I am naked, though!
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@JoscelynTransient@chaosfem.tw If you actually enjoy your medicine or drugs, that may affect your productivity and pliability. The capitalist puritans have been against having fun since Brave New World.
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@jeffzugale @annaleen @flaminghydra i think i stuck mine on the walls in my bedroom. Dad was NOT pleased
I sure could use some life coaching from @coachgowron@tenforward.social . Not being kind to myself.
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@Dave3307 as a woman who has TSA Pre herself, i don’t think this check is anywhere good enough for vetting dates. Thank you for suggesting! But edge case behavior like “treats women like shit” isn’t exactly what the tsa cares about.
And the TSA needs to be destroyed, anyway 🤷🏻♀️
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@crowbriarhexe @NicolaElle ha! I’ve been here long enough to believe that (plus “i owe the world an apology”), to then believe no Iowa is pretty cool, and back to owning the world apologies.
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@endrift@social.treehouse.systems @foone@digipres.club
Yes!
Vibe coding omnia delenda sunt!
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@derf “oh, this is the *trans* lucent transformer! Yeah, it’s not for beginners. It’s the Dead Souls of power supplies”
I mean Dark SoulsSouls fuck my chungus life
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@globalmuseum@mastodon.online “Man accidentally saves piece of history from capitalism. News at 11.”
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@Dani@mastodon.sandwich.net The technique in that tat is amazing! And it expresses a true sentiment. Congrats, Dani!
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@Drub@woof.group as someone who worked in space science until recently, that’s some powerful magnetic reconnection between those bodies on the poster ❤️🤓
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@ifixcoinops@retro.social sent this to my pinball-loving brother, and he told me a Tale of the Chicago Outfit and fruit games. So much money, so many guys saying “touch this and I’ll kill you” 🙀
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@brainwane@social.coop i met her once, when she gave a talk at the university where i worked. She had amazing presence, and a strong hope that Iran would know peace. 💔
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@Edent@mastodon.social a grad student working at my first job said, about Windows 95: “Hurry up and buy it, before they get all the bugs out!”
Wise, and prescient.
A question for those of you who have experience with autistic or neurodiverse children: are puzzles with small pieces a good idea? I got this gachopon puzzle as a freebie from a convention, and I’m wondering if it’s an appropriate gift for the child of my upstairs neighbor. He’s maybe six?
I can just ask them, oc, but it got me thinking. #autism