Rebecca @iarna@mastodon.social

I recently redid my profile and one of the things I'm keeping is being out as trans. The reason for this is mostly political. I'm in a position where I can afford to be out: emotionally, personally and professionally.

I am not out for cis folks. You all don't need to know.

I'm out for other trans folk. To be visible to those who feel alone. To be visible to those who are questioning.

That magic moment when your antihistamine kicks in.

Today's tea is Harney & Sons Vanilla Comoro, which is a lovely decaf black tea with an intense vanilla smell and subdued flavor.

I've recently taken to adding a bag of ginger tea to my teapots of whatever black tea I'm steeping. It adds little flavor but a lovely aftertaste.

I think I hit some tipping point, beyond which is the abyss: I'm editing calibre's sqlite db directly now.

All aspects of my fic→calibre pipeline that are automatable now are. If you're wondering why I _need_ that, well in the last week: 32 new fics and 109 updates. The metadata git repo shows: 141 files changed, 4917 insertions(+), 241 deletions(-)

No no, I'm fine, thanks, I've only broken rule one. Rule two has to do with never, ever feeding them after midnight. I'm ok there.

Wait, no, rule two is "never ever try to form a relationship platonic or otherwise now that you've broken rule one".

Right now holding strong there. This time. For now.

The first rule of Internet crushes is they must never know you exist or interact with you. That only leads to heartbreak or ennui.

Hah, I found my Cambridge flower pics! Plus I'll toss in a sunset silhouette for free. https://mastodon.social/media/BmR6e-8S137kEjXRDDo https://mastodon.social/media/_Qr1CF1VRoUwveddARI https://mastodon.social/media/0kDioKe5kx5QOI2B1_w https://mastodon.social/media/0nxju5iFFaLzm3Kqhpg

I apparently leanred out to frame photos better some time in between.

The thing I like best about the Dragonkin pic is that it has vanilla ret & holy spec Paladins both demonstrating skills that don't exist in the game any more. (Or rather, don't exist in a recognizable way.)

Oh, and finally, lowbie self portrait in Vanilla and one like a year later during Burning Crusade: https://mastodon.social/media/inNshlL9TDLN68yS6uI https://mastodon.social/media/Qk35Tm0OY3a81oD0I9o https://mastodon.social/media/7J10Ho6n7rj6lkbdxdE

Bonus WoW pics: https://mastodon.social/media/NOoJHkd03ZoLkXl2UlE https://mastodon.social/media/9MLZeOHqfVam-6VS5pw https://mastodon.social/media/G796gByYm9juOIViuWg https://mastodon.social/media/HZw53qLVBCgetKPqZ0w

Now that I'm getting all nostalgic over old pics, have some nostalgic old WoW pics: https://mastodon.social/media/ESYBzjcvb0GzfcTY7JQ https://mastodon.social/media/XRrQ43tA561CDmKeorQ https://mastodon.social/media/1zIHHjaFSNquRqrBqaM https://mastodon.social/media/uK7vJA255tjZXlGUIOA

When I first took my (now) nesting partner Steph to see Maine, it was a bit foggy, but it did clear up eventually: https://mastodon.social/media/spB6mqXzDH1oD_g0yaU https://mastodon.social/media/FqXbZvEwIaDE7KJYRqg https://mastodon.social/media/a0fesSJsTZopJkVCd9Q

Pics from Cambridge in May 2012: https://mastodon.social/media/Sqm1CH56ZGODqSw1Fvc https://mastodon.social/media/aqZop8NGn2Kn8ehROVU

One thing I do miss about Cambrdge is having flowering trees everywhere. Some streets were amazing in the spring/early summer.

The real problem is the source of reinvention has been "moar companies" (and more exploitation) as we barely have the ability to innovate for the public good.