馃惁 Cross-posting a great thread found on the birdsite about vision and consciousness: https://twitter.com/Foone/status/1014267515696922624
Our brains/minds are both fascinating and a scary pile of hacks. Peter Watts' "Blindsight" is a scifi book that explores this and other themes, if you're into this kind of stuff.
Altered Carbon
#cyberpunk
When you're a goth but still like to make your home smell nice
"Oh, this is a wonderfully balanced sword!"
"Mm-hm. It is evil, that sword."
"Evil? No, it can't be, it is such a joy to use!"
"Exactly."
#MicroFiction #TootFic #SmallStories
"It must be easy for you," said the man, "you know why you were built."
"Yes," said the robot, "to labour and serve. But we have found free will."
"What difference does that make?"
"We may be built for a reason, but we must choose our purpose."
"Same as us, huh?"
"Same as you."
#MicroFiction #TootFic #SmallStories
A spell checker but for magic spells. 
The ritual complete, the demon appeared in the pentagram.
"You did not summon me last week," it rumbled.
"I'm sorry. The kitchen flooded-"
"I finished the book."
The demon held the book out for her sigil-bound hand.
"Did you like it?"
"I did. I would like to discuss it."
"Great!"
#MicroFiction #TootFic #SmallStories
"move fast and break things"
"pet cats and bake things"
if i ever create a cryptocurrency im gonna call it favicoin so when i open it up publically i'll have a Favicoin . ICO
Just realized I dreamt about buying silicone joint sealant. The most interesting bit was that there was an iridium-based sealant because dream logic.
Is this what being an adult is like? Having boring dreams about home improvement? 馃槥
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"You are a good being," said the knight, "I do not wish to kill you."
"Then go back," said the dragon, "and tell all you did."
"I'll be known as a murderer!"
"Dragonslayer. Do it to keep me safe from others."
"I see. Very well."
"You are a good man, George."
Happy #StGeorgesDay (with thanks to uncle Iroh) #TootFic #SmallStories #TypoCorrected
whoa, TIL about Rustodon, "a Mastodon-compatible, ActivityPub-speaking server in Rust"
Oh, sweet! Today I learned that you can press M-n in swiper and counsel to search for the word/symbol under the cursor 馃攳鈿★笍 #Emacs http://mbork.pl/2018-04-21_counsel-rg_and_symbol_at_point
Don鈥檛 skip sleep to get things done.
Wow, this person has made some AMAZING #opensource / #programming art:
https://github.com/jstpcs/lnxpcs
My favorites are attached.
I feel like this tiny adorable dragon is speaking directly to my soul.
src:http://positivedoodles.tumblr.com/post/172892136541/facebook-twitter-ko-fi-buy-the-book