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"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

"When one heated exchange (in English) led a commenter to write 'Go fuck yourself' in Lojban, it turned into a lengthy discussion of why he hadn't said what he had meant to say and what the proper Lojban expression for the sentiment might be."
#AmReading "In the Land of Invented Languages" - Akira Okrent

Hah! I finally finished Hidden Empire (first of the Saga of Seven Suns) and this is a series I will not continue. Oh boy. It's … very Star Wars, with predictable plot elements, space empires, and every character being clearly Good or Evil. Meh, I say. (Better universe than Star Wars, but still.) #leserixx #sffbookclub #scifi #fantasy

For Seattle folks who read #horror #scifi or #fantasy, there is an author reading coming up hosted by a group that organized a cool event I went to LA Festival of Books:

http://www.shadesandshadows.org/2018/06/expansion-show-seattle-on-june-30th/

(I am in no way affiliated with the group nor have I read any of the authors, but the one I went to was fun.)

aaa holy shit @dzuk finished my emojo commission and it's sooo good! i've been wanting this one for a long time (i think ze can attest to that!) and i'm excited that it's finally done!

*cybredragon voice* i'm in

Who is well into fate?
Because that's very much @ossifog 's bag and they are new to mastodon.

Does anyone know who is feautured on Google Doodles today? Well, it’s no other than the legendary Octavia E. Butler! You can learn more about the black writer who changed the Sci-fi game by clicking the following link. https://www.space.com/40961-octavia-butler-google-doodle.html #SciFi #BlackAuthor #Google #Space

Lots of fun with spreader bars for gorgeous Sophia Smith and Lauren Louise. 😃

There are 2 main rivaling programs to handle your scientific references. One is free/libre software (#Zotero), the other is not (#Mendeley). Guess which one you should use?

Hint: if you use the closed source one, it will encrypt your article-database and not give you the possibility to decrypt and export it.

https://www.zotero.org/support/kb/mendeley_import

LADIES imagine this. it's 10 years ago — you've left a document open in your word processor, and you don't even notice because it's not eating EVERY LAST % OF CPU GOOD LORD GOOGLE DRIVE

Announcer: Do we have any groups of three?

Me, to kids: "Do we have any groups of pi? Just kidding. That would be irrational."

Tek Jr.: PLEASE stop.

"So, you're a doctor?

"...Yes."

"Cool. So which common questions that people ask upon finding this out do you like answering, if any?"

"Uhh... well, none of them really, to be honest."

"Noted. Well in that case, seen any good movies lately?"

"Oh wait, I just remembered a question I don't mind answering sometimes."

"Hmm? What's that?"

"...actually, maybe not while we're eating..."

"It's about butts and objects in them isn't it...?"

"Yeah..."

#tootfic #microfiction #writing #terylstales

Dealing with paycheques at my day job: "We fucked up payment for the entire organisation but we'll still get paid several times what you do anyway lol"

Getting paid for writing: I openly insult the people paying me every time I email them and nobody cares. It's brilliant.

Is anybody else learning #AmericanSignLanguage around here? I'm sure we have #Deaf or #HardOfHearing people who know it, but would it be super duper boring for you if there were folks on that tag with learning or practice?

(NB: I'm aware that capitalization matters with d/Deaf and HoH, but I try to make a habit of using CamelCase for hashtags, which is why they are formatted that way.)

If you use Microsoft's new browser to look at porn, is that considered Edging?

It is done. Might need adjustments later, but for now it's done. #knitting

Any enbies in the Boston area interested in talking on the radio about genders on IDs, DM me! Boost for exposure!