Posts by BarrenPlanet@mastodon.social
(DIR) Post #AUnvrPWiR0YNhoSGH2 by BarrenPlanet@mastodon.social
2023-04-19T00:48:53Z
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@ErickaSimone This is why I rarely speak to one whole side of my family, and we usually argue whenever we do speak.
(DIR) Post #AUnvrQX6h2ScpJe5WS by BarrenPlanet@mastodon.social
2023-04-19T02:03:47Z
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@ErickaSimone Most white people just don't get that racism is a systemic and institutional problem, not merely an interpersonal and overt one. I read Living While Black by Guilaine Kinouani and it shook me.I'd attended all the demos and counter-demos, rallies, protests and marches. I thought I'd been a good ally, but I had so much more work to do.As you say, it's about confronting and challenging those closest to you, and having all those painful conversations. That's where the real work is.
(DIR) Post #AUqdCLcKqiZ80WEVxg by BarrenPlanet@mastodon.social
2023-04-20T15:49:53Z
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@stux Well, it does mean the user is gullible enough to pay for imaginary status.
(DIR) Post #AUrImlu8gi0g56317Y by BarrenPlanet@mastodon.social
2023-04-20T23:35:56Z
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@gmcgath @nlarson830 Proton is based in Switzerland, which has very strong privacy laws. It's also a zero-knowledge system, meaning even Proton employees have no access to user data.
(DIR) Post #AUsbLla9s2PDYAUwj2 by BarrenPlanet@mastodon.social
2023-04-21T13:48:48Z
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@vv @cwebber It's like, everyone in your neighbourhood has thrown their own house parties, with their own themes, but everyone at all the parties can hit up anyone in the neighbourhood using an app on their phone - regardless of which party they're at.Or they can leave their own party and go join a different one. Overall it's like one giant, interconnected neighboorhood social event, but with many hosts, each with their own house rules.
(DIR) Post #AUsfVtlsg74zf14HuS by BarrenPlanet@mastodon.social
2023-04-21T15:24:50Z
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@grammargirl I personally try never to use filler in my sentences, and sometimes find it irritating when others do it too much.Interestingly (to me), I do it far more when being recorded. I can't explain why, I've just listened to myself back and thought, "what's with all this um-ing and ah-ing?!". I rarely do it face-to-face.
(DIR) Post #AUvJx2cWGqkvPH6g9g by BarrenPlanet@mastodon.social
2023-04-22T22:07:50Z
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@lowqualityfacts A friend travelled the world by crowdfunding it. Soley by admitting he was broke and bored, and promising beneficiaries a fancy blog with lots of pics of his adventures. Which he delivered on.But those were more innocent times...
(DIR) Post #AUwHkW2rYLOs9SHvhQ by BarrenPlanet@mastodon.social
2023-04-23T09:17:51Z
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@rolle I do everything with Tusky.Said the actress to the bishop.
(DIR) Post #AV9Y5IOtbRBSEi0Hc8 by BarrenPlanet@mastodon.social
2023-04-29T18:52:03Z
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@stux Was choking back tears watching this. What an amazing story. Counting on troops on the ground letting them pass so as not to take down one of their own, was one hell of a gamble.
(DIR) Post #AVLhWrjZZYRZ7lPoNU by BarrenPlanet@mastodon.social
2023-05-04T11:23:57Z
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The latest edition of Private Eye sums up what this Brit thinks of the coronation.
(DIR) Post #AVRDcDgdY6CSyrRFmi by BarrenPlanet@mastodon.social
2023-05-08T07:02:29Z
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@dgar I started a band called 999 MegabytesWe still haven't gotten a gig.We were going to tour around Australia, but it's a hard drive.
(DIR) Post #AVVi7QHP2N2OpzYkC0 by BarrenPlanet@mastodon.social
2023-05-10T11:28:13Z
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@stux I've long had a concept for a game I lack the skills to create: you get to choose various deserted real-world cities, and your job is to creatively destroy them. The more you damage you can cause in any single event, the more points you get. The devastation would be accurately modelled using realistic physics. And of course things like explosives, as well as excavators, planes and other vehicles would be littered around for you to steal, GTA-style.Feel free to steal my idea!
(DIR) Post #AVVkCH4WtkfFdXylmK by BarrenPlanet@mastodon.social
2023-05-10T11:51:30Z
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@stux Yeah! But in my idea, the fun consists in finding all the little tricks hidden in the game, for causing maximum destruction for minimum effort - thus accumulating the largest amounts of points. So maybe there's a giant, majestic bridge, and taking out one vital, supporting strut, then waiting a few minutes for gravity to do its thing, will eventually bring the whole goddamn thing slowly and satisfyingly crashing down.It could be multiplayer too, to add a competitive element.
(DIR) Post #AVXBVz48RlmRVGNSQS by BarrenPlanet@mastodon.social
2023-05-11T04:32:21Z
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@lowqualityfacts Makes perfect sense.