Hello everyone! First, thanks for all the compliments on J's #crochet . I've passed them on & he says Thank You !
Second of all, if you recently sent me a follow request, could you please do it again at my other account, @QueenMollyBones . Many thanks!
Hi Mastodon, could you take a look at these very beautiful #handmade #crochet blankets, made by my son J. *Proud parent emoji*
J is gay & trans & trying to raise money by selling his works of crochet art. He is working part time & does loads of community activism, so I offered to help by putting these up for him.
Reasonable offers are welcome, bearing in mind that they are large & take many, many hours work. If you are interested & want to know more, let me know.
#transcrowdfund
Sadness the principle trigger in addictive behavior
#Harvard University researchers find that #sadness (hopefully better defined in the research) is the triggering factor in most addictive behavior in those with a propensity for addiction. Smoking was particularly addressed. I'd like to see a study on hopelessness as an addiction trigger https://www.fastcompany.com/90450668/harvard-researchers-discover-one-negative-emotion-triggers-most-addictive-behaviors
I'm looking for anyone who'd be willing to be interviewed or have a chat about their experiences of using technology in the 80s, 90s, and early 2000s as part of a #DigiPres project to document the growth and change in that time.
Please drop me a reply or DM if you're interested.
Who am I looking for? Software people, gamers, enthusiasts, fellow nerds... anyone who used and/or loved technology around the start of the PC boom and birth of the WWW around the world.
Okay, so am going to switch @QueenMollyBones@queer.party.
Okay, so am going to switch @QueenMollyBones@queer.party.
Press the button
and put the poem
on repeat — every
beat recognizable
as a pliable piece
of street, playing
words to the rhythm
when we walk
as we speak:
the poet writes
in the code
of disbelief
the fediverse is the person who can't find their glasses because they are wearing them except it's not glasses it's a gender
Folks into #gamestudies, #gamedesign, #interactioncriticism, #HCI take a look at Kieran Nolan's PhD thesis "The Art, Aesthetics, and Materiality of the Arcade Videogame Interface". Kieran designed and built a number of arcade cabinets with technologies from the mid-80s to the late 90s to explore the aesthetics of video game interfaces as digital material.
The thesis is open access http://www.tara.tcd.ie/handle/2262/90862
I have three tiny birb pendants left! I've got enough bronze chain left for one (the store ran out), and silver coloured chain otherwise (or no chain if you rather).
$7 USD each which includes worldwide shipping. :)
Message me to buy.
Dog photo
I had to say goodbye to Handsome Neighbour friend, as I now have the wonderful Gary, AKA Smol Canine Nephew staying with me.
Gary's humans are visiting family so I get to spend Christmas with him. He's looking a bit sad here, but he will cheer up when I give him some snackos.
He is a Very Good Boy.
#mastodogs
ME/cfs - haver. She/her, white, bi, fat. Dyspraxic/general crip. Sweary AF, especially to TERFs/SWERFs. Made of partially reconstituted filth, space dust & ink. Queerer the older I get. Now mostly over @QueenMollyBones.