Mike Burns @mikeburns@octodon.social

Hi. I was @mikeburns because I wanted to try Mastodon and it was the only server.

I have been informed that there are more servers now.

Awoo.

#introductions #web #freeSoftware #accessibility #polyam #queeringTech #anarchy #goth #industrial #cyberpunk #plants #zines #openbsd #nyc #stockholm #boston #hiking #winterCamping #carepunk #infosec #ethicsInTech #consent #glitter

There's a subtle difference between "self-care" and "taking care of yourself". I worry that conflating the two will lead to the first being lost.

Anyway, I saw Hamilton.

Every day I see reminders that there are people who want to remove leaders because they want a more equitable distribution of power, and there are people who want to remove leaders because they themselves want to lead.

Anyway, I now own a sewing machine!

As I learn to sew as an adult, four things come together to irk me:

- I was, through society and directly, not taught anything coded as feminine;
- sewing, and all crafting, is coded as feminine;
- all things coded as feminine, including crafting, is considered lessor;
- living sustainability and outside of consumerism is, often, a form of crafting.

I see what we did there, and I won't stand for it!

At a poetry reading. A man, 80-something, ambles up to the mic. Unfolds his paper, looks out the the crowd, and gravely, calmly tells us,

"Sonic,
the Hedgehog"

I'm the only out #polyam person in my office. Half my office has now confided to me that they are polyamorous. What do I do when it hits 100%?

Today marks the 131st anniversary of the hanging of four anarchists in Chicago, one of the most defining events in US labor and US anarchist history.

https://www.iww.org/branches/US/CA/lagmb/lit/haymarket.shtml

Today is Indigenous Peoples' Day in the US. One way to celebrate is to donate.

I donated to the Cherokee Nation: https://webapps.cherokee.org/OnlineGiving/Donations/create

(It asks who the recipient is; the two non-obvious ones are Angel Tree, which provides gifts to children, and One Fire, which helps survivors of abuse and violence.)

http://cherokee.org/

I've been dating someone for a decade, as of today.

That's a long time.

Sometimes I walk home through my backyard (aka Prospect Park) to find Janelle Monae performing. #nylocal

Question from a friend: does anyone know of a fediverse instance - PeerTube, perhaps - that specializes in skateboard, BMX, MTB, snowboarding, etc. edits?

And if not, does anyone have an interest in one?