Marcus Harwell @harwell@mastodon.cloud
Dorkery Done Right.
http://marcusharwell.com
In theory, I do art stuff for the "real" world. Gaymer. Logovore. Sonophile. Someday I hope to be a real boy.
Today in white privilege:
Making eye contact with the unamused officers in a nearby cop car while blasting "Killing in the Name Of" at rear-view-mirror-vibrating volume and being *pretty* sure no hassle is forthcoming.
"To quote James T. Kirk, 'People can be very frightened of change,' " is a line I may have used at work just now. Eyebrows might have been raised.
I've been stuck in a YouTube hole for the past several days. Anything weird happen?
Self-Promotion Alert Show more
@oceangrunge let's not go back to nonlinear timelines please
Rent (the musical), Poverty, Politics Show more
Ich Reise nach Deutschland in sechs wochen. Mein Deutsch ist soooo schlecht. Mรผsst. Nicht. Panik.
Good night, Mastodonians. Your clever, insightful, funny, touching awoos will be what I miss most on Monday. Tomorrow is an internet-free day (2 exceptions: my coding and German lessons), per Tim Wu's advice in his interview with Ezra Klein. A link is below, the whole thing is worth listening to.
I am having a very good time here.
Instagram: My life is a party.
Snapchat: My life is a quirky TV show.
Facebook: My life turned out great!
Twitter: We're all going to die.
Mastodon: Don't worry, while we are on a quirky, meandering path towards an inevitable apocalypse, we might as well enjoy the ride and show eachother some love in an unorthodox, yet irresistible manner, not in any way hindered by considerations of style, identity or consistency.
Lifepoints (3 hrs) spent online this morning before work:
-Mastodon timelines
-Search: Henry V shakespeare
-YouTube: Fry and Laurie Reunited
-YouTube: RENT and the Failure of Visual Storytelling
-Maps: Mr. Fogg's Residence bar in London
-Search: difference between noch and noch immer
-Search: monodevelop on github
-Beam: @Xibanya's dev stream
*dusts hands* *nods pensively*
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:ballot_box_with_check: likes are now florps
:ballot_box_with_check: timeline goes sideways
https://cybre.space/media/s8KxhXtJBs27X92N9L8
#metadon rant Show more
I'm not generally a fan of David Brooks, but this hilarious column is in danger of collapsing under the weight of its own sarcasm.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/07/opinion/the-coming-incompetence-crisis.html
Eugen's only real mistake so far imo is when he tried to stop the coyote revolving. Glad he corrected that quickly, could have been really costly to the long-term health of the federation.
It's #caturday, and Winston thinks he's up to no good.
Having moderated a large online community for about a decade now, I'm finding the collective arguing about CW protocol and kindness vs. freedom interesting and familiar and tiring and valuable all in a mix.
Community self-identification is a weird process, and I think I am mostly glad that mastodon doesn't by its very structure require the answer to be monolithic and universal.
But I will tip my hand a little and say that erring on the side of kindness is pretty much always defensible.
Current mood: Head in the federated, feet in the local. Finger to bird site. #metadon
As mea culpas go, John Green's explanation for why CrashCourse took down the Human Geography course is a fine lesson in responsible oversight.
