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isagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev") wrote:

Inkscape is an old app though, and it didn't open my file automatically, so for a few minutes I thought I lost it. But then I went on the Internet, and it helpfully informed me that the file is most likely saved in some special directory which I could look up in preferences and ultimately find my file.

So I don't need to redo the carefully designed label for the breaker box in my garage.

isagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev") wrote:

This night was saved by the autosave feature enabled in #Inkscape by default!

I kind of got used to ignoring the message about my laptop running low on battery. it's not really imminent usually, and I'm not far from a plug, and even if it shuts down, modern apps don't lose their state anyway.

Reblogged by cstanhope@social.coop ("Charles Stanhope"):
emacsomancer@types.pl ("'(B . Slade)") wrote:

"Happy 82nd Birthday, Claudette Colvin (Sept. 5, 1939)! Colvin is a pioneer of the Civil Rights Movement & a retired nurse aide.

On March 2, 1955, she was arrested at the age of 15 in Montgomery, Alabama, for refusing to give up her seat to a white woman on a segregated bus."

[from https://twitter.com/blkwomenradical/status/1434521325419343883 ]

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• Newspaper clippings, with a black-and-white photos of 15-year-old (in 1955) Claudette Colvin. "Girl, 15, Guilty In Bus Seat Case Montgomery, Ala. - A 15-year-old girl who refused to move to the rear of a city bus was found guilty in Juvenile court here last Friday on charges of assault and battery, disorderly conduct and with violating a city ordinance which makes it 'unlawful for any passenger to refuse or fail to take those seats assigned to the race which it belongs'. The girl, Claudette Colvin, was declare a ward of the state and placed on probation pending...." (remote)

Reblogged by technomancy@icosahedron.website ("tech? no! man, see..."):
trwnh ("infinite love ⴳ") wrote:

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• [screenshots from megaman battle network. dr. yuichiro hikari recounts:] A young man once asked me if using the internet could do serious harm to a person, if it could damage your soul. In my heart, the answer was yes, but I lied and said no.

Anathema wrote:

For once I’d like to live in a house that hasn’t begun to mould or rot away due to decades of neglect or where I at least have the power to fix the problematic parts.

Fuck landlords.

Anathema wrote:

Is it legal to own a hatchet in the UK? For … outdoorsy purposes, obviously.

Anathema wrote:

Too hot, too humid, too many insects. Fuck summer.

cstanhope@social.coop ("Charles Stanhope") wrote:

Somebody was boosted into my timeline this morning talking about a Canadian band going by the name Triumph. I hadn't heard of them before, and that has been my loss until now. Anyway, thanks unknown fediverse traveler for introducing them to me:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PeknS5efTJI

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outie@slime.global ("Onion!") wrote:

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• a news clipping pointing out that Richard Spencer can no longer get tables at many restaurants in his home town, his wife has divorced him, and he cannot afford a lawyer for his upcoming trial about his role in the Charlottesville riot (remote)
• a person moisturising their face. The tub of moisturiser is labeled "NAZI TEARS". (remote)

Anathema wrote:

Like RimWorld I wish I could get a ranked list of things currently making sad so I could fix the easiest * most impactful one.

Anathema wrote:

What is best in life? A sufficiently sharp knife.

owl@beach.city wrote:

"Ray Kurzweil: Get ready for hybrid thinking"
Shit, I'm still trying to figure out regular thinking

owl@beach.city wrote:

We have just been outside together and now she's tired and happy.

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• A grey tabby cat on a couch. She's on her back and also bent to fit the corner of the couch, in a way that looks like it shouldn't be comfortable, but she looks very comfortable. (remote)
• Gay-looking sunset outside the living-room window. (remote)

Anathema wrote:

It’s too warm, did not appreciate the cool weather last week enough.

Am melting.

Reblogged by cstanhope@social.coop ("Charles Stanhope"):
jxself@social.bobcall.me ("Jason Self") wrote:

I enjoyed reading this article about the CLU ("clue") programming language.
https://www.theregister.com/2021/09/03/clu_github/
It seems there's so much fun that could be had with such a name. Get a CLU! :)

Anathema wrote:

I think it was a mistake for my and add more colour to my wardrobe.

Adding white and grey though? Good plan.

Anathema wrote:

This is what they get for making me come back to the office #mechanicalkeyboard

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• eade9be67d90ced8.mp4

Anathema wrote:

I just backed When I Was Me: Moments of Gender Euphoria on @Kickstarter@twitter.com https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/quindriepress/when-i-was-me?ref=thanks-tweet

owl@beach.city wrote:

When Abbath left Immortal they should have renamed themselves to Lack Abbath

owl@beach.city wrote:

A-Teens reunion 2046

Anathema wrote:

Given I’m not supposed to drink alcohol just now I should find a replacement I can use to deal with my feelings when I accidentally look at the news or think about Britain.

Anathema wrote:

If it weren’t for cheese I think I could happily go vegan

Reblogged by cstanhope@social.coop ("Charles Stanhope"):
neauoire@merveilles.town ("Devine Lu Linvega") wrote:

"Hello! Do you have a minute to talk about Dracula?"

"No- wait, Dracula?"

"Yes!"

"You're vampires?"

"Yes. We have pamphlets."

"Vampires have missionaries?"

"Where else would new vampires come from?"

"I assumed you bit people."

"There are many hurtful stereotypes. May we come in?"

Anathema wrote:

Brushing your baked potatoes in oil is a pro move, would recommend

Anathema wrote:

Ok think I have all my travel documents sorted, fixed the suitcase handle, checked-in and printed boarding passes.

Actually packing the bags should be easy by comparison?

pzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:

Fucked. Just fucked.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2021/09/05/i-knew-that/

pzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:

I'll be addressing bored passers-by and enemies later today.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2021/09/05/once-again-ill-expose-myself-on-youtube/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfXugbVUF4I

cmiksche ("Christoph Miksche") wrote:

Can’t wait to see how #Creationists will react when the find out #Parthenogenesis is real.

owl@beach.city wrote:

NeaR:A tomato

Anathema wrote:

Going to kick the next brexit voter I meet in the teeth