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It has occurred to me several times since my Daddy and i have started to explore our #kinky sides that the #kink community has a lot to teach vanillas about safety. The emphasis on enthusiastic #consent, #SafeWords, and knowledge and skills makes having sex so much less fraught, even for those of us already in emotionally safe and loving relationships. These things should be mainstreamed.

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consumerism ~, deliveries

I strongly believe that amazon and their expectations of next day delivery has ruined the world, that having to plan your purchases in advance helps being mindful of what you buy (even if it also encourages having a stash, whoops) and creates a better environment where shops of all sizes (and with better treatment of their workers) can prosper in.

But the label “fast delivery” on something whose delivery is planned for THREE WEEKS after it has been bought is a joke, right? (and no, it's not an international delivery, it's from a huge multinational chain with 3 shops less than 100 km from where I live and the main nationwide warehouse less than 150 km from here)

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Hummingbirds are just mini, iridescent, hovering dinosaurs with straws, prove me wrong.

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in reply to Katy Chalmers

It is not a lizard. It is not horrible. Hence: it is not a dinosaurus.


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I know only like 6 people follow me, but does anyone have recommendations for co-op boardgames?

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in reply to TawnyFroggy

I love co-op board games!

Some favourites:

Sub-Terra: You are a team of explorers trying to escape a collapsing cave full of eldritch horrors and you get a better score the more of you who get out

Magic Maze: You are robbing a magic mall of valuable items. Get in and get out without getting caught before the time runs out!

in reply to V, The Dragon Witch 🌙

Forbidden Desert (and series): you have crashed somewhere ancient and inhospitable. Use your moves wisely to gather all the pieces you need to escape before the wilderness claims you.

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Need to entertain a child (or yourself)?

All 22 of Beatrix Potter's animal tales are public domain and available in beautifully formatted ebooks on Standard Ebooks:

standardebooks.org/ebooks/beat…

🐰

#OpenSource #OpenAccess #PublicDomain #ebook

in reply to VM (Vicky) Brasseur

ooooooooh!, thanks for the heads-up, this is going to make family very happy

Elena ``of Valhalla'' ha ricondiviso questo.


I really think we need to reject the term "content creator."

That phrase is used by people who aim to Monetize™ us without needing to care about what it is we create. A "content creator" is there to make the stuff that attracts people so they can be fed advertising.

Call us what we are. Artists. Essayists. Film makers. Authors. Photographers. And so many others. We are creators, yes, but what we create has so much value beyond filling otherwise empty space on a website.

#MakeArtNotContent

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If all you care about is "content", you'll end up living in a world of soulless algorithmically generated images and writing. Personally, I'd much rather see things which were crafted by people for the joy of creating and sharing it.

Elena ``of Valhalla'' ha ricondiviso questo.


So I finally published the Instructable on my spice rack loom: https://www.instructables.com/DIY-Weaving-Loom-From-IKEA-BEKVÄM-Spice-Rack/
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I've just received what are nominally 170 hooks and eyes (different sizes and colours)

The fact that I'm postponing counting them individually until the late afternoon (because I have other things to do with a higher priority) is a clear sign that I'm evidently not a #vampire, right?

in reply to Elena ``of Valhalla''

180 hooks and 181 eyes.

(everybody was waiting for the result, right? :D )

also, now I should fix the closure on my linen jacket, but it's linen, I'm not going to need it for a while yet, right? :D )

#sewing


Ferdinando Simonetti ha ricondiviso questo.


Sooooooo, I may have

accidentally

a new game of Ur set

and uooops, while taking the photo one of the green pieces was misplaced, but I've played the game afterwards and it was there :D

I'm experimenting a bit with alternate shapes for the dice, the coin-like ones work decently, but they get mistaken for the main game pieces when getting the game out of the box, and they also roll around quite a bit.

#royalGameOfUr #polymerClay #boardGame

in reply to Elena ``of Valhalla''

I really like how the dice look like stones on this picture, is that the same feel when you manipulate them for real?
in reply to Wohosheni

@Wohosheni it is plastic, and relatively smooth, so no, it doesn't feel exactly like stone, but it isn't a bad feel.


lamentele su poste italiane (ranting about the italian “post” service, in italian)

e oggi la giornata è iniziata in #posta, dove devo essere felice che mi abbiano detto subito che non potevano fare la pratica perché mancava l'impiegato che se ne occupa, anziché tenermi allo sportello per mezz'ora per poi dirmi di tornare alla mattina quando c'è l'impiegato che se ne occupa, come era successo settimana scorsa.

vogliamo scommettere che settimana prossima, quando mi han garantito che rientra, in realtà non sarà rientrato perché durante le ferie si è ammalato?

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lamentele su poste italiane (ranting about the italian “post” service, in italian)
ovviamente non ero lì per richiedere nuovi servizi bancari, né per fare una nuova sim telefonica, ma per servizi postali.
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lamentele su poste italiane (ranting about the italian “post” service, in italian)
ah, il core business! :D
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lamentele su poste italiane (ranting about the italian “post” service, in italian)
te la doveva fare il dirigente, la praticah!
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lamentele su poste italiane (ranting about the italian “post” service, in italian)
@diorama ١٣١٢ (demm/ihn) no, no, il dirigente è impegnato a rifilare investimenti capestro ai clienti, per queste cose... postali... se ne occupa un impiegato. uno solo, eh, mica che si sprechino risorse per cose di scarsa importanza!
in reply to Elena ``of Valhalla''

Poste italiane si disinteressa del servizio postale da oltre un decennio. Vedi per esempio la chiusura delle caselle su poste.it ventilata nel 2011 ed attuata nel 2019 monodes.com/predaelli/2020/02/…
Avvilente. Meritano l'estinzione.😢
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lamentele su poste italiane (ranting about the italian “post” service, in italian)

@Paolo Redaelli eh, il problema è che se si estinguono poi il servizio postale non lo fa più nessuno, neanche male.

e i corrieri non sono la stessa cosa.


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sooooo, some time ago my mother bought a cut of silk satin fabric for a shawl/scarf/foulard and afterwards discovered it had some elastane in it, which makes it pretty hell to work with.

Of course I had to cut it to size, because she sews but is afraid to cut things, and that's fine, I knew it was going to happen.

But why is that cut of fabric currently in my lap, being hemmed by hand?

And while I like it, it's not really my style, so I'm probably not even going to steal it after it's finished.

#sewing



cibo, carne (posting about food in Italian)

dico solo: mezzo panino di grano duro appena uscito dal forno, cren, svizzera di vitello, pasta spalmabile belga di mele/pere/lamponi, l'altra metà del panino.

niente foto, perché si sarebbe raffreddato :D

(la verdura era sedanorapa tritato, quindi a parte perché nel panino sarebbe andato per ogni dove)

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cibo, carne (posting about food in Italian)

@Rag. Gustavino Bevilacqua @LaVi 📚🐈 :peacelink:

hamburgheria MammaDiValhalla (che prende il pane al panificio Valhalla) :D

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re: cibo, carne (posting about food in Italian)
@uriel
Vero!


Today I was browsing through #fashionPlates from the #1890s as one does, and I stumbled on this

libmma.contentdm.oclc.org/digi…

(the linked plate has a depiction of a 1890s style dress in pale red fabric with blue/green/yellow lines forming *big* squares (~20 cm?); the skirt is typical for the era, the jacket has the expected big sleeves, plus a very triangular capelet and a skirt that reaches just past the hips and ends in two sharp points in the front. There is also a blue belt, and blue cuffs and collars. The model is also carrying a parasol that looks more like a pointy stick)

And now I can't stop thinking of that dress in grey/silvery lurex fabric, on a #1960s sci-fi spaceship.

If i didn't have more projects than time (many of which are also going to be used way more) I would consider doing this :D

in reply to Elena ``of Valhalla''

Oh gosh, I'm thinking of a whole cast for a a show or a film - doing 1890s fashion, but it's all in metallic or neon fabrics, maybe even UV colour-shift fabrics too (I'm sure a major production could get hold of that stuff again).

If people from that time got access to those fabrics you just know they'd have done it. Maybe with a lot more questionable colour combinations than now, but they'd absolutely have gone for metallic everything, glitter Lurex everything...

(On the one hand, it's always disappointed me a little that the RDR2 devs seem to have avoided or understated the main elements of 1890s women's fashion, but on the other I can see how it could've been a struggle to keep the giant sleeves from looking too comical in-game.)

in reply to Elena ``of Valhalla''

Non so cucire e davvero non mi piace, ma vedo questi abiti e ho voglia di farmi uno...


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It begins.

I'm actually not sure whether I'll go fully #1890s with this jacket (with moderation :D) or I'll keep the sleeves fitting: I'll decide after I've sewed a mock-up.

#sewing #HistoricalSewing @sewing group

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And now I'm wondering: are 80 cm of 150+cm wide fabric enough for a pair of cycling knickers? Do I want to stand up, look for the actual pattern I was working on and check? (not now) Is there something else I can do with that fabric that I would wear more? (maybe? I could do a vest, and I do wear those, but I'm also planning a few vests in other materials I already have, so maybe those will be enough?)
in reply to Elena ``of Valhalla''

I'm estimating but it's probably not enough fabric unless you piece it heavily. Are you sewing from modern pattern with fabric requirements already calculated on the envelope/in the instructions?
in reply to MagdoLena9 sewing group ha ricondiviso questo.

@MagdoLena9 lol, no, that would be too easy :D

I'm drafting them from period instructions, or rather I drafted them from period instructions in summer 2021, made one mockup and then put them on hold because I wasn't sure about the fabric to use and I had more urgent projects.

in reply to Elena ``of Valhalla''

oh, yeah, I know a lot about putting projects off. Well, I'd love to see how this project goes — I hope to make them for myself one day.
in reply to MagdoLena9 sewing group ha ricondiviso questo.

@MagdoLena9 don't hold your breath, it may go back to the wait list.

but one day a pair of cycling knickers will happen, and I will post about it :)

in reply to Elena ``of Valhalla''

Depends on the style you're aiming for and the size you need, but...Probably not unless you are very small and aiming for a fitted style.
in reply to Rivikah sewing group ha ricondiviso questo.

@Rivikah the first mockup I did, after following the drafting instructions was pretty fitting.

For the second attempt I enlarged them (and then I didn't do the second mockup).

Now, they are below-the-knee length, so each leg is just above 80 cm long and it would probably fit on the fabric (there is some leeway because it's the leftovers from the jacket, it's not a straight cut).

The two leg sides for the wider version are not going to fit on the fabric side by side, but the original one may, maybe, possibly with a tiny bit of piecing, or by using the wiggle room.

I would have to be creative with the waistband, but I think I can get the various facings etc. from the jacket scraps, probably, maybe.

First I'll finish the jacket, so if disasters happen I have a safety net to recut pieces, and if I find I need something more for the accessories I can get it.

But afterwards, if I still have this much fabric, I can probably try it.

Unless I get other ideas.

#sewing #HistoricalSewing

in reply to Elena ``of Valhalla''

@Rivikah Sounds like an intriguing challenge! Maybe the waistband could be a different material? Even making a feature out of a problem by going wildly different/contrasting? But the layout will surely show if feasible. Good luck with whatever project you decide to do!
in reply to Elena ``of Valhalla'' sewing group ha ricondiviso questo.

Almost all of the fabric (main, lining, interfacings) has been cut.

Now I should be basting all pieces together with their interfacing and linings, but that requires being at the table, and this evening I'm attending fossandcrafts.org/hack-and-cra… and need something to do in front of the computer, so I've started working on one of the plastrons, the one with soutache decorations.

And now I'm asking myself: why can't I accept a soutache decoration where the braid is placed on top of previous parts of the braid? why do I have to insist on it being a proper knot? :D

(there are pictures in the good camera. one day they will be copied to the computer and posted in this thread. this is not that day :) )


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ferrovie svizzere

no, vabbé, ma è trollare.

mi dai un link all'orario in pdf, e poi sulla pagina metti un tab COSTI con cui prima farsi venire un colpo e poi aprire per scoprire che no, lo si scarica gratis.

sbb.ch/it/orario/orario-online…

in reply to Elena ``of Valhalla''

Dai, sono svizzeri. Gli sghei prima de tücc 😅 G'han semper in ment i dànee
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Elena ``of Valhalla''
ferrovie svizzere
@Sibylle la tradizione, le cose antiche, il profumo dei pdf :D

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I highly recommend supporting the Standard Ebooks project. 📚

«Standard Ebooks is a volunteer-driven project that produces new editions of public domain ebooks that are lovingly formatted, open source, free of copyright restrictions, and free of cost.»

👇
standardebooks.org/donate

#standardebook #ebook #publicdomain #book #reading

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I started pepysdiary.com 20 years ago and that means… On 1st January, Samuel Pepys' diary will start for the third time!

Read the website (or RSS feed) or get it:

* Daily by email buttondown.email/pepysdiary
* Through the day with @samuelpepys
* or samuelpepys on Twitter

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Oggi è duodì 12 nivoso 231, giorno dell'argilla.

Auguri a… @0ciX_reloaded che con l'argilla fa cose stufepacenti che dovete assolutamente vedere (meglio ancora se le comprate) :blobheart: :blobheart: :blobheart:

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rant on the producers of a gift I've received, long, (souvenir dip pens)

For Christmas (actually it arrived in my hands on the evening of the 30th) I've received a very beautiful handcrafted #dipPen and yesterday I tried it.

The first surprise is that the nib (which they declare is a vintage one from the early 1900s) seems to be glued inside the pen. waitwhat? Don't they know that nibs get ruined with use and have to be changed?

Oh, well, I've tried it with my fancy nib test setup¹ and it's a beautiful fine/extrafine flexible nib that writes smoothly. Sadly I can't know which nib it is, but I guess that when it will get worn down I can try to pry it out and find out.

And then in the package there was a small bottle of black ink. That I tried with my fancy ink test setup² and was really horrible and hard to use even with a rigid nib, never mind the flexible one on the pen.

And ok, I get it that most people who buy a souvenir pen at a tourist attraction (like this one was) do so to keep it unused, but really, it's a pen, it's a tool! why can't they make a tiny bit of effort of making it usable for the few people who would want to actually try to use them³? It wouldn't take much, just a cheap off-brand german fountain pen ink (maybe they require too high a quantity to allow for rebranding? but there must be a solution that is still cheap)

This way they are going to spread the myth that writing was really hard in the past and we have to be thankful for having ballpoint pens (UGH), and discouraging young people who may have shown interest in writing with the tools that are actually nice to use!

And now, off to check whether that ink is usable on fancy paper, because this specific kit. WILL. BE. USED!⁴ :D

¹ a random scrap of paper and cheap but trustworthy Pelikan 4001 black ink.
² a consistent piece of the same printer paper (not fancy, but known to work decently with average liquid inks) and a variety of nibs (rigid extrafine, lettering, flexible)
³ I mean, other than the enthusiasts who are already well equipped with their own favourite inks, fancy paper and everything :D
⁴ At least the pen. the ink is probably not worth too much effort, except as much as I'm having fun being stubborn over it :D

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in reply to Elena ``of Valhalla''

It's sounding like it might not even be proper fountain/dip pen ink at all.

Out of curiosity, what's the consistency like? What's it doing when you try to use it?

in reply to Mre. Dartigen [maker mode]

@Mre. Dartigen [maker mode] yeah, that's also what I'm suspecting, that they've taken a random cheap liquid ink and bottled that.

and it's very liquid, spreading out (and down to the other side) as soon as it gets close to the paper.

in reply to Elena ``of Valhalla''

I told a fountain pen user friend of mine about this and he told me of an even worse story: his first *fountain pen* came with a bottle of ink. luckily the shop he bought it from knew what he was selling, and also gave him a bottle of cheap pelikan 4001 and the recommendation to never use the ink from the box, because it wasn't fountain pen ink. it was for dip pens only. The kind that will clog and ruin a fountain pen.

At least, if you put something inadequate in a kit with a dip pen you have to make a really huge effort to ruin it.


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10 Image #CaptionTips from a transcriptionist:

1. Any words are better than nothing.
2. You don't need to say it's "a picture of…" screen readers will already say it's an image.
3. Start with the framing or format (i.e. close up, landscape, meme, text).
4. Think about the reason you're posting the pic and describe that first, add background details if you have time.
5. Pretend you're talking to someone on the phone and want to tell them about this cool thing you're looking at.
6. Transcribe any and all text in the image, even if it's the only thing you do.
7. If you've described the image in your post, you don't need to copy and paste it again in the caption. But again, don't leave it blank, just put something like "as described."
8. You can add small subjective notes, but don't give too much interpretation of the image in your own opinion.
9. Caption jokes are fun, as long as they still describe the image objectively.
10. Use punctuation, and capitalize words properly. A lot of us have interacted with this tech when calling customer service or talking to Siri, so keep in mind that you're writing for a computer to read, and it needs all the help it can get.

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also tagging #AltText

pagan.plus/@Cat_LeFey/10956959…


10 Image #CaptionTips from a transcriptionist:

1. Any words are better than nothing.
2. You don't need to say it's "a picture of…" screen readers will already say it's an image.
3. Start with the framing or format (i.e. close up, landscape, meme, text).
4. Think about the reason you're posting the pic and describe that first, add background details if you have time.
5. Pretend you're talking to someone on the phone and want to tell them about this cool thing you're looking at.
6. Transcribe any and all text in the image, even if it's the only thing you do.
7. If you've described the image in your post, you don't need to copy and paste it again in the caption. But again, don't leave it blank, just put something like "as described."
8. You can add small subjective notes, but don't give too much interpretation of the image in your own opinion.
9. Caption jokes are fun, as long as they still describe the image objectively.
10. Use punctuation, and capitalize words properly. A lot of us have interacted with this tech when calling customer service or talking to Siri, so keep in mind that you're writing for a computer to read, and it needs all the help it can get.


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Whew! Thank you all so much for the boosts, what an awesome community!

I'll take this opportunity to add clarification on some of my #CaptionTips:
2. The reason not to start with the words "image" or "picture" specifically is because the screen reader will announce it with those words, so it will sound like "image image of a cat." Not a big deal, just sounds a little odd. Instead, I suggest starting with the format (photograph, portrait, chart, Facebook screenshot, text, all of these are good!)

10. When a screen reader comes across a comma or period, it takes a little pause, to mimic natural speech. So just put commas and periods where you would naturally pause when speaking. And if you, like, use too many, it's better than not using enough. Capitalize after a period, then use caps sparingly. Capitals are read out letter by letter, so ask yourself if that's how you want them read.



Today I unexpectedly received a box of #ArtSupplies. I had sent the order on boxing day, expecting it to arrive next year, and I hadn't received any notification of it being sent.

Anyway, one of the things in the box is a big (A2) picture frame. I distinctly remember putting it in the chart months ago after carefully measuring *something* (possibly it was two or more matching somethings), so I kept it in the chart when ordering thinking “oh, well, while I wait for it to arrive I will see the thing(s) around the house and remember why I bought it”.

so... any suggestion on what was supposed to go into it? it's probably not something I painted, since I mostly do A6 or smaller, and it's definitely something that I already have.

in reply to Elena ``of Valhalla''

YES! I've found what it was!

It wasn't two big things, it was 12 small things! the pages of a desktop calendar with cat drawings!

now I can sleep and not lie in bed thinking about it :D (ok, I don't think I would have done it. maybe. not the whole night, at least)



Now, the real question is: does the Descriptivism flag that I keep waving have a specific shape, or everybody uses a different one as long as it has a few features among:

* rectangular in shape;
* made of shapes in bold distinctive colours;
* with a more complex design in the middle;
* insert other typical flag features here :D

in reply to Elena ``of Valhalla''

Ma la vera domanda è: la bandiera Descrittivista che continuo a sventolare ha un disegno specifico, oppure ciascuno ne usa una diversa purché riporti alcune caratteristiche a scelta tra:

* ha forma rettangolare;
* è fatta di forme in colori distintivi;
* con uno stemma più complesso al centro;
* aggiungere qui altre caratteristiche tipiche delle bandiere :D


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not really eye contact, but an intense gaze (to the side), painting

Now, the question is: is this Mazzini or Vetinari?

Picture taken at the Museo del Risorgimento, Milan

#1800 #risorgimento #Discworld


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Can anyone recommend a good tailoring reference book? #sewing #tailoring

Specifically for tailoring trousers (and sleeves) around difficult body shapes.
My intuition of where to adjust some seams is having quite the opposite effect 😵

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@bookandswordblog those are useful fundamentals to know - especially when starting from pure guesses!. 😅
Thank you - I’ll have a hunt through the site you recommended.
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@bookandswordblog thank you!! ❤️ I did learn (and still rely) on paper patterns - still a newbie sewist - so this is very helpful.

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#SillyCuratorPrompts #WoobleWednesday

I didn't read the description, of course

OTOH, a voice in my mind has been saying “you can't comb a hairy ball” for the whole time it took me to paint this :D

( en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hairy_ba… )


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#mastoTip On the fediverse, nothing punishes you for adding links to your toots.

And you don't even need to shorten them: mastodon counts all links as if they had the same (small) number of characters, no matter how long it is.

So, if you're talking about something, *do* post a link to it, don't force people to google for it and hope they're getting the right result!

Some caveats.

* Check the rules of your instance: some of them don't allow links to proprietary social networks, or to commercial services, or they may have other custom restrictions.
* Speaking of commercial services, even if it doesn't violate the rules of your instance, if everything you do on the fediverse is posting spammy links to your own commercial service people will block you, but the usual practice in most parts of the fediverse is that sporadic links to your own commercial things among other things are fine, or even welcome if you are a small artisan selling the things they make or something similar.
* Some platforms may show a preview of the link, so please add CWs as appropriate.

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#mastoTip (pss, don't tell people about this, but you can also post a link to the permalink of a toot, hint, hint :D )

(there isn't anything technically wrong with that, but remember that the mods are human, and in most cases they will know if you're doing it with the intent to harm, and act accordingly)


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TIL: to find out what is attached to a device in /dev/ you can use:

udevadm info -q all -n /dev/<device_name>

especially useful for things like /dev/ttyACMx if you connect more than one of them :D

#linux

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@Delib yeah, there are problems with the way friendica sets the language of a post (it uses the language used in the interface and there is no way to change it per-post (plus we're using a custom interface translation file to add a few stylistic touches :D ))

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It;s 16:23 in the afternoon, and the shirt I want to wear tomorrow is already ironed and lightly starched (spray starch, not the real thing).

What is going to go horribly wrong?

(for context: usually I would be ironing it in a hurry 30 minutes before I have to wear it, while also doing something else like baking bread)

filed under #costuming , because, really, nobody else is going to wear a starched shirt at the family gathering tomorrow.

in reply to rag. Gustavino Bevilacqua rag. Gustavino Bevilacqua ha ricondiviso questo.

@Rag. Gustavino Bevilacqua I *am* going to bring a lot of starchy food, does that count :D (bread, my contribution to the meal, and ideally to a couple of days of meals for the hosting family, is bread :) )

(and most of my relatives are nice, I'm not dreading the day spent with them)



Da un quotidiano locale:

“[Regione Lombardia] esteso l’offerta gratuita [del vaccino antinfluenzale] a tutti i cittadini *fino* ai 6 mesi di età. [enfasi mia]”

ah, beh, allora siamo a posto :D

(lo so, è un refuso, può capitare)

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Elena ``of Valhalla'' ha ricondiviso questo.


On this snapshot of undebatable rarity (ca. 1924), #JoanMastodon is seen manually moderating the local timeline of the first test instance, plucking white-supremacist content with her bare hands.

Further elements of her long-lost biography depict the untolerable suffering #JoanMastodon endured, as the poison insidiously made its way through her body, due to prolonged exposure. (Since then, mandatory use of gloves and goggles has been mandated for all moderation-workers handling such content)


rag. Gustavino Bevilacqua ha ricondiviso questo.


After trying some materials I had at home and not finding anything satisfying, I did a panic buy of #macrame cord to be used in the drawstring backpacks I'm making as gift wrappers, from an online shop.

Since I was already late and didn't have time to get another delivery if the one I bought didn't work, I selected a few different types, just to be sure.

Of course, the type I had most hope for worked just fine, so now I have ~100 m balls of 3 different types of macramé cords I don't have a project for.

Right now I should be finishing my breakfast, taking care of the laundry and finishing the last drawstring backpack.

Can you guess what I'm doing instead?

Why, of course I'm attempting a macramé chatelaine bag.

No, I'm not using a pattern.

No, I haven't done macramé before (but I've done lots of friendship bracelets in the past).

#CurseOfThePolyCrafter

in reply to Elena ``of Valhalla''

tea has been had.

a handle has been made.

the laundry has been taken care of.

and I've even taken a shower!

and I've tried to take a picture, but the phone isn't being helpful :(

in reply to Elena ``of Valhalla''

The phone released the two pictures I've taken yesterday

I believe I've done something wrong, since I've used way more rope than the internet tells me is typical for an average project, so I'll either have a lot of leftovers, or a result that is denser than usual.

As a learning thing, I'm fine with either.


Elena ``of Valhalla'' ha ricondiviso questo.


If you are considering running your own Mastodon server (or similar service) and it will be hosted in the United States, please read this general best practice guideline from the Electronic Frontier Foundation: eff.org/deeplinks/2022/12/user…

#eff #electronicfrontierfoundation #law #legaladvice #bestpractices #fediverse #dmca #digitalmillenniumcopyrightact #section230 #corynnemchserry #rights #anonymity #copyrightlaw

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Elena ``of Valhalla'' ha ricondiviso questo.


Hey everyone, it'd be really great if you used a Two/Three-letter country code + Pol hashtag for your political posts.

eg:

#USPol #AusPol #UKPol

It means people who are interested in that subject can find your posts, and those that aren't can easily ignore them.

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Vi 💙 ha ricondiviso questo.


now #sewing: drawstring backpacks¹ in simple cotton as #reusableGiftWrappings, and it's really nice being able to pin the heck out of it, instead of having to be extremely careful when doing them in waterproof fabric :)

#MYOG

¹ sewing-patterns.trueelena.org/…

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in reply to Elena ``of Valhalla''

these are super cool!!
I try reuse bags too whenever I need to give gifts.
in reply to zephyr

@zephyr my default giftwrapping solution are furoshiki: cut a square of fabric, hem the borders, wrap and knot it around the gift, and then it can be reused in a lot of ways.

Unless I'm feeling lazy, and I buy dishcloths that are already hemmed, and will be reused as dishcloths or small tablecloths :D

But sometimes I prefer to do something different.


rag. Gustavino Bevilacqua ha ricondiviso questo.


I've just added the character 🗞 to my .Xmodmap.

After copypasting it from the output of ``unicode newspaper`` something like once a day on average for, I think, years.

I think that there is some kind of antipattern at work here.

in reply to Elena ``of Valhalla''

TIL there is a command "unicode" for looking up Unicode characters by name.
in reply to Lars Wirzenius Lars Wirzenius ha ricondiviso questo.

@Lars Wirzenius it also gives you the name of any unicode character you give to it (to be used only in context where copypasting things on the shell is safe, but it's useful when reading a chat with friends from a text based client where the emoji are tiny blobs of white pixels :D )

Elena ``of Valhalla'' ha ricondiviso questo.


I am slowly losing it. I beg, I plead: there is no need to do things like "Elno" and "Eloon" or El*n. Just use "Elon" so that those of us who don't want to see that can have actual, workable filters. There is no full-text search, so using "Elon" will not result in trolls being able to find your post just by putting "Elon" in the search. Mastodon searches only on hashtags This isn't Twitter. #FediTips


/me, a few minutes ago

“this bread is addictive, especially when fresh or stale”

waaaaait


Luca Sironi ha ricondiviso questo.


Un articolo (in inglese) scritto davvero bene su perché mastodon.art ha chiuso le iscrizioni durante i boom di nuovi iscritti e in generale su come e perché per il fediverso è molto meglio avere tante piccole istanze (anche sugli stessi temi) piuttosto che delle megaistanze.(nel caso in cui su altre piattaforme non arrivi, questo è il link diretto all'articolo, quello sopra è il post sul fediverso che lo annuncia) patreon.com/posts/76099798?pr=…


I was going to make this as a thread but then the words became Many and I figured I'd do it as a Patreon post instead XD

On instance scale and federation scale:

patreon.com/posts/76099798?pr=…

I posted yesterday that .art closes registrations to protect the growth and health of our community and some people asked why we'd want to limit how many people are here. This explains why. :)


in reply to Elena ``of Valhalla''

"Per una arbitraria definizione di piccole".... Scusa non ho resistito 😀
Fuor di celia credete ci sia spazio per mini/micro istanze tipo quelle realizzabili con #epicyon ? Vedi monodes.com/predaelli/2022/11/…
@Curator
in reply to Paolo Redaelli

@Paolo Redaelli @Mastodon•ART 🎨 Curator :masto: effettivamente sì, mastodon ha alzato di molto l'asta su cosa venga considerato piccolo rispetto alle altre piattaforme storiche del fediverso.

Però Welsh Pixie e gli altri mod di .art hanno un bel po' di esperienza nel gestire con successo una comunità vivibile con moderazione forte, per cui mi fido quando forniscono numeri che lo permettono.

Detto questo, io sono su un'istanza da quattro gatti con moderazione debole (perché le iscrizioni sono chiuse, e quindi bisogna moderare solo quel che arriva da fuori, e di solito non c'è neanche davvero bisogno di farlo a livello di server) e mi ci trovo molto meglio (ho risposto alla tua domanda? :) )

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