@eaton

Justice advocate, strategy ne'er-do-well, co-founder @autogram_is, co-host @crightcast. Anti-fascist, partner to @sparrowpost. Mastodon: @eaton@phire.place

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Joined March 2007
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We can do this with every angle of kyriarchical bullshit, but it boils down to: Critiquing oppression is not the reason there is oppression.
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Seems like as good a time as any to wrap things up here — in my copious spare time over the past year or so I've been determined to make my content self-hosted (or at least self-archived).
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If I haven't connected with you on one of those other places yet, I totally want to. My social links are listed on my site, and if you want to drop me a line the info's there too.
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What made this place what it was for that stretch of time is dead — or at least in the throes — but there's a big internet out there. More fragmented, less accelerated, but still filled with people who make it worthwhile. Happy 2024, friends. You're amazing.
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There’s two(ish) ways to manage content in big companies. You either have a central content org that powers every channel. Or every channel has content as part of it. This is a hard problem. Here’s how to think about it…
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Actually, retweeted
Sam Bhagwat
@calcsam14 Jul 2023
If you saw the news around the @Netlify layoffs yesterday, there are some great ex-Gatsby folks who are looking for a new role. Many thanks if you can 🔁 and ❤️to amplify.
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*setting myself on fire, hurling a hammer into my television* you can mock my decisions all you like, but i’m DOMINATING the news cycle
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"Pursuant to" is one of those phrases that only ever appears in actual legal documents, or weird One Trick They Hate scams trying to sound legitimate.
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"If your arresting officer wasn't wearing their hat when they appeared in court, THEY'RE NOT A REAL OFFICER OF THE LAW and the judge MUST RELEASE YOU, pursuant to US CODE 351.99"
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I read that the maximum size of a document in the current PDF standard is 381km x 381km and I thought woah hilarious, how Borgesian is that? And then I looked it up and it's only fucking true.
Map of Europe overlaid with the maximum size of a PDF

ALT Map of Europe overlaid with the maximum size of a PDF

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To simplify further think about meaning i.e. does meaning exit in words, in numbers or in space. That's the thing about maps, space has meaning. Hence ...
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i think the best way for biden to win over the right would be for him to win the election and then say, “actually, no, you can be president.” and step down. to prove that dems are just that much more sporting. and shame the gop into giving up.
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it would really show them, you know?
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