Spencer Alves @impiaaa@octodon.social

Now that that's official, I should do a re-​#introductions​:
Hi, I'm Spencer! I do a bunch of things; often with programming, sometimes with games, and almost always on a computer. Check my website for some of that. On Mastodon, I'm known for my bots @doctormccoy and @domainhacker​​​, an emoji importer script, the little 🗨️ in the corner of Glitchsoc statuses, for being a geometric shape, and for the dont_at_me emoji.

Here are some of my political beliefs, in no particular order:
• De-fund the military
• End war
• De-militarize the police force
• Make the top tax bracket 100%
• Fund public schools
• Ban all guns
• Ban bump stocks
• Ban extended mags
• Ban semiauto
• Ban rifles
• Eliminate the death penalty
• Stop making games with guns in them

there are lots of others but these are the non-obvious ones

Apropos of nothing, if you ever need a spare programmer or some programming help, especially for a game or game-related thing, let me know. I've used Unity, C, JS, Python, Java, and UE4, but I'm also quick to learn.

P: Hi, Bill. Do you know who will cover the mill?
B: Hi Phil. I think that's Jill.
P: Jill's to fill? What if she's ill?
B: Maybe she'll have pills, or get someone else.
P: But who would shill? And would they be as skilled?
B: Maybe Gill? I don't know, Phil, just chill.
[enter Bob, stage left]
Bob: Chill, skilled Gill shills pilled, ill Jill, fills mill?
Phil & Bill, insulted & confused: …WTH, Bob?

I'm not giving my phone number to anyone I haven't met in person, but if you need something more or less immediate than Mastodon, you can try my same username on Twitter, Reddit, FB Messenger, Gmail, cybre.space, and maybe others.

Please make accidental clicks easy to undo

Is Mastodon just poorly written software?

(yes)

Okay, that's… weird. The one follower I was hoping would move, didn't. I follow them so they don't block me. Do they mute me and it doesn't follow muted users (for some reason)? Is there a way to opt-out of automatic follows?

Did the new "move account" thing and AAAH that's a lot of new followers

No, not *next* Tuesday, *next* Tuesday. No no, that's *next* Tuesday. Not that, and not next Tuesday either. I meant *next* Tuesday. Not next Tuesday, not *next* Tuesday, and not *next* Tuesday either. *Next* Tuesday.

I knew my username would be impossible to say to someone, so I created a "professional" email address, but somehow firstname@nonsenseword.unusualdomain is hard too!

on screen: [a man pours out a box of jigsaw puzzle pieces, in slow-motion]
me: Oh look, this must be a metaphor!

Gesture actions for Microsoft Outlook for mobile:
• Swipe left: Go back a page
• Swipe left: Go to the next email
• Swipe left: Show the mailbox list
• Swipe left: Scroll through calendar weeks
• Swipe left: Scroll through contacts
• Swipe left: Custom action
• Swipe left: Crash the app

why do brits get the word "flat." it's so much fewer syllables than "apartment"!