#introductions Queer guy who's reminded of the local BBSes where I met my first friends online 25 years ago. Those were federated too!
My background's in the psychology of social experiences and I now work as a user researcher helping make more games more fun for more people.
I see so many great people here who I talked to at this year's Queerness and Games conference, which is a great sign. (How is there nothing at #QGCon yet?)
I finally got to read the comics I bought at Emerald City Comic Con, and one of my favorites is Parallel Lines, from @cjjoughin and The Gorgonist. https://tapas.io/episode/760868
It's about queer guys in Portland in 2002 who help out unhappy ghosts. And the ghost in an arcade game who falls in love with one of them. Can't wait for more!
#webcomics #lgbtq #comics
Speakers of American English! You can help do an actual science just by answering some questions on a topic practically everybody likes to talk about: What Is The Right Word for a Thing?
New online American English dialect survey http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=37429
I've been listening to a lot of queer Chilean electronic pop music lately, and now I never want to stop. Thanks to Radio Menea for sending me on this journey! https://radiomenea.com/
Javiera Mena - Dentro de ti https://vimeo.com/246992343
Álex Anwandter - Siempre es viernes en mi corazón https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTUWwUUa1WE
Nick Bolt - Ultraviolencia https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6071Vlu7PgA (CW: shirtlessness, violence)
Francisco Victoria - Marinos https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hIX73bV2xg (CW: shirtless kissing)
Reminder: you can protest gun violence without throwing mentally ill people under the proverbial bus.
I like non-sequiturs, the weird. Formerly in academia, now data science. In Seattle. I spend lotta free time outside climbing mountains. Also into photography, sewing, fashion, video games, anime, sci fi, cyberpunk. Ex-raver, ex-burner. Married, ~3 on the Kinsey scale (rising over time). Colored hair, tats, he/him, dislike gender norms, into diy and subversion. Weak against yuri/yandere, strong against ice.
Likes long walks on the beach, getting caught in the rain, etc etc
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Every year, thousands of German people get together and act out what they think it's like to be an indigenous North American. It's all based on German novels from the 1880s written by someone who hadn't visited North America.
A very good piece about the difficulty and necessity of intersectionality. http://blog.franchesca.net/post/171756443857
I definitely did not know about Josephine Baker's attempt to create her vision of all the peoples of the world living together in harmony within her own household.
Josephine and The Amazing Technicolor Rainbow Tribe https://www.gimletmedia.com/the-nod/josephine-and-the-amazing-technicolor-rainbow-tribe#episode-player
I suggest that every man should read this article for #InternationalWomensDay: https://medium.com/@nkkl/ride-like-a-girl-1d5524e25d3a
I was already kind of interested in feminism when I first read it, but it was this article that made something click in my head. It immediately made the whole topic so much relatable and understandable to me, and it inspired me to check out other women's experiences. I hope it has the same effect to you.
And then read this list of actions you can take to do your part: https://www.xojane.com/issues/feminism-men-practical-steps
“Washington State Becomes First to Pass Law Protecting Net Neutrality”
“HB2282 bars internet service providers in the state from blocking content, applications, or services, or slowing down traffic on the basis of content or whether they got paid to favor certain traffic.”
Today I realized that I cannot expect people on the Internet to have heard of the Geek Social Fallacies any more.
The Geek Social Fallacies are five things that geeks often believe about How Socializing Should Work, that cause a lot of conflict. I've found them to be pretty useful as a way to put a handle on certain concepts, and maybe even avoid going into bad situations.
http://plausiblydeniable.com/opinion/gsf.html
(Looking at them in 2017, I find myself wondering how many of the GSFs the design of most social networks is running straight into...)
Spent my Valentine's night in a temple with David Lynch (as you do). Naturally, when someone asked for music recommendations, the answer started with traveling to the country of Georgia and eating a meal at a restaurant...
Content isn't "free" when there are ads. The longer I work in advertising, the more this idea that content w/ads is "Free" bothers me. It's not free at all. You're paying for it with your time and attention to sponsored content, and how that content then drives you to take actions. It's not "free."
#28Stories Day 4: Mary Ellen Pleasant
http://28storiesproject.org/4-mary-ellen-pleasant/
The #28Stories project pushes beyond by celebrating. commemorating, and teaching the stories that aren't being told. By featuring a different story each day of the month, #28Stories challenges us to think beyond what we already know, and learn more about what we've been missing.
How I use Minecraft to help kids with autism
Stuart Duncan at TEDxYorkU
https://www.ted.com/talks/stuart_duncan_how_i_use_minecraft_to_help_kids_with_autism?rss
