Notices by Snake Girl Ellie (noelle@elekk.xyz), page 33

content warnings on my jokes

PCMCIA: People Can't Memorize Computer Industry Acronyms

SONI CAND #knuckletats

(I will repeat this until it makes me famous.)

I'm sad that Mastodon seems to be getting more and more passive-aggressive and mean-spiritedly cliquish as time goes on. It's starting to feel like the worst of Tumblr culture in a lot of ways. Over the last few days I've pre-emptively muted notifications for several posts because I can predict the replies I'm going to get and I'd rather not see them.

I don't think it has to be that way. I think we can all do better. Exercise compassion for others, and maybe think twice about our next subtoots.

There are other deep criticisms of a view of #cyberpunk that insists that unaltered bodies are the only true humanity, too. E.g.: authors with this view tend to conflate increasing augmentation with a decrease in emotion, as though expressive emotion were innately human–never mind autistic people, people with flat affects, etc.

But I like the idea that the criticism offers - that augmentation allows a person to uncover their true self, rather than being limited by the body they were born with.

I saw elsewhere - perhaps Twitter - a criticism of the #cyberpunk idea, reflected in Cyberpunk 2077, that the unaltered human body is somehow sacred, and that augmenting it is profane. The criticism noted that this was, at its core, transphobic.

The critic then turned the idea on its head into a trans-positive cyberpunk that eschewed "humanity" in favor of "essence". Maybe one person's essence is complete when they're born; maybe another's essence is lacking until they augment themselves.

It concerns me that most of the "all trans girls/women are valid" images that I see include only illustrations of girls/women who could "pass" for cis. It would be nice to see illustrations that include those of us who can't get HRT, can't afford clothes or makeup, etc. Perhaps I'll draw one myself this week. #girlslikeus

Okay. You know what? I'm instituting a new thing. You can participate if you want to but there's no shame if you don't.

I'm gonna call it #BeMyNeighborWeek in honor of the 50th anniversary of "Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood". (I'm four months late, shh.)

Until 12:01 AM on June 24, I'm going to try to be like Mr. Rogers. No sick burns, no scoring points, no annoyed brush-offs. I will do my best to be patient and kind and understanding.

You can be my neighbor if you'd like.

Did you know: You can tell the difference between an alligator and a crocodile by determining whether the animal sees you later or after a while.

From https://twitter.com/LockPickingLwyr/status/1007613178249965569/:

"The company that sent me the pictured fingerprint lock has provided the security quote of the year: “...the lock is invincible to the people who do not have a screwdriver.”"

w o w, calling a trans woman "bro" is kinda super not a good look

Also, gentle reminder that "cis man lies to discredit trans woman" is A Thing.

If I understand correctly, tonight and tomorrow are عيد الفطر (Eid al-Fitr), the first day of Shawwal and the end of Ramadan. And like we might tell a Christian "Happy Easter" at the end of Lent, let's tell our Muslim friends: عيد مبارك - Eid mubarak!

I just want to remind everyone that gaslighting is abuse, no matter how good a person you think the person doing it is. And yes, lying and then pretending you didn't do it is gaslighting.

yeah I'm a gamer

G irls
A ll the girls
M ultiple girls
E very girl
R adical girls

I wonder how many fan wikis use the past tense in their articles because Wookieepedia does it, not realizing that Wookieepedia does it because #StarWars is “a long time ago”.

Check it out: my :innomine: book, Liber Umbrarum - the Book of Ghosts - is on sale!

http://www.warehouse23.com/products/in-nomine-liber-umbrarum

for... *does the math* 23% off, because of course. ;)

If you think suicide is "cowardly" or "selfish", please do us both a favor and block me until you've done even the most basic research about mental illness.

If you're going to villainize people who have been suffering under intolerable pain and feel that death is their only option for ending their suffering and the suffering of those around them, /I do not want you in my life/.

actual photograph of @squirrel when someone goes after one of her girlfriends