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Notices by Matthew Skala (mattskala@mstdn.io)

  1. Matthew Skala (mattskala@mstdn.io)'s status on Thursday, 10-Oct-2019 21:57:15 EDT Matthew Skala Matthew Skala

    IM IN UR RELEASE NOTES SHOOTING UR DOODS

    In conversation Thursday, 10-Oct-2019 21:57:15 EDT from mstdn.io permalink
  2. Matthew Skala (mattskala@mstdn.io)'s status on Thursday, 10-Oct-2019 18:58:06 EDT Matthew Skala Matthew Skala
    • Stanislas

    @angristan "Yes, the fuck."

    In conversation Thursday, 10-Oct-2019 18:58:06 EDT from mstdn.io permalink
  3. Matthew Skala (mattskala@mstdn.io)'s status on Thursday, 10-Oct-2019 17:00:46 EDT Matthew Skala Matthew Skala
    • 💖 Lili 🍰
    • Katze Kattepus :catsader:

    @nerthos @waifu as always:

    In conversation Thursday, 10-Oct-2019 17:00:46 EDT from mstdn.io permalink
  4. Matthew Skala (mattskala@mstdn.io)'s status on Wednesday, 09-Oct-2019 11:00:29 EDT Matthew Skala Matthew Skala
    • sasori

    @lain I'm just waiting for someone to propose "One island, two systems."

    In conversation Wednesday, 09-Oct-2019 11:00:29 EDT from mstdn.io permalink
  5. Matthew Skala (mattskala@mstdn.io)'s status on Tuesday, 08-Oct-2019 22:42:07 EDT Matthew Skala Matthew Skala

    @fluffy If I don't pull the lever, where can I go and what can I do afterward? Seems like I'm being asked to choose between an eternity of lever-pulling and an eternity of something else that might be even more boring.

    In conversation Tuesday, 08-Oct-2019 22:42:07 EDT from mstdn.io permalink
  6. Matthew Skala (mattskala@mstdn.io)'s status on Tuesday, 08-Oct-2019 21:49:26 EDT Matthew Skala Matthew Skala

    @amy There was an episode of Cowboy Bebop about this and it *was* pretty cool, but I think I'd still rather be a space corgi.

    In conversation Tuesday, 08-Oct-2019 21:49:26 EDT from mstdn.io permalink
  7. Matthew Skala (mattskala@mstdn.io)'s status on Tuesday, 08-Oct-2019 17:51:49 EDT Matthew Skala Matthew Skala

    they never let the vacuum chamber pump run long enough!

    In conversation Tuesday, 08-Oct-2019 17:51:49 EDT from mstdn.io permalink
  8. Matthew Skala (mattskala@mstdn.io)'s status on Sunday, 06-Oct-2019 11:39:02 EDT Matthew Skala Matthew Skala

    It's Sunday, and here's a sermon for you. https://ansuz.sooke.bc.ca/entry/358

    In conversation Sunday, 06-Oct-2019 11:39:02 EDT from mstdn.io permalink

    Attachments

    1. The Genie speaks - Ansuz - mskala's home page
      from Ansuz - mskala's home page
      Once there was a Sultan who fucking loved science. That was the slogan embroidered upon his robe.
  9. Matthew Skala (mattskala@mstdn.io)'s status on Saturday, 05-Oct-2019 20:46:14 EDT Matthew Skala Matthew Skala
    • ∑ Xah Lee 李杀

    @xahlee this one will amuse you - "greenface" https://nationalpost.com/news/politics/election-2019/terence-corcoran-environmental-politics-and-the-perils-of-putting-on-greenface

    In conversation Saturday, 05-Oct-2019 20:46:14 EDT from mstdn.io permalink

    Attachments

    1. Terence Corcoran: Environmental politics and the perils of putting on greenface
      By Terence Corcoran from National Post
      Essentially, Trudeau was saying that producing a few extra tonnes of jet-fuel emissions is, well, that’s the price that must be paid for the good of Canada
  10. Matthew Skala (mattskala@mstdn.io)'s status on Saturday, 05-Oct-2019 17:33:21 EDT Matthew Skala Matthew Skala

    All frozen breaded chicken products are sold pre-cooked now because my compatriots would rather DIE than follow the instructions on the label

    In conversation Saturday, 05-Oct-2019 17:33:21 EDT from mstdn.io permalink
  11. Matthew Skala (mattskala@mstdn.io)'s status on Saturday, 05-Oct-2019 12:00:54 EDT Matthew Skala Matthew Skala

    Tentative sticker design. I have to decide whether I want to get these made up to pass out at the synth festival, and if so, how many.

    In conversation Saturday, 05-Oct-2019 12:00:54 EDT from mstdn.io permalink
  12. Matthew Skala (mattskala@mstdn.io)'s status on Friday, 04-Oct-2019 20:29:31 EDT Matthew Skala Matthew Skala
    • star star baby

    @xj9 Still is, really.

    In conversation Friday, 04-Oct-2019 20:29:31 EDT from mstdn.io permalink
  13. Matthew Skala (mattskala@mstdn.io)'s status on Thursday, 03-Oct-2019 14:14:21 EDT Matthew Skala Matthew Skala
    • big :xatu: (8)

    @spookcentral You fool! We know from anime that something like 80% of world-ending disasters are caused by parents not going to their children's school activities!

    In conversation Thursday, 03-Oct-2019 14:14:21 EDT from mstdn.io permalink
  14. Matthew Skala (mattskala@mstdn.io)'s status on Thursday, 03-Oct-2019 11:16:57 EDT Matthew Skala Matthew Skala

    I just took a whole bunch of old academic books out for recycling. This was hard to do, but kind of necessary. I've removed one leaf from each book and will ceremonially burn those.

    In conversation Thursday, 03-Oct-2019 11:16:57 EDT from mstdn.io permalink
  15. Matthew Skala (mattskala@mstdn.io)'s status on Wednesday, 02-Oct-2019 23:10:55 EDT Matthew Skala Matthew Skala

    I just learned the word "pantisocracy," but unfortunately it is much less interesting than it sounds.

    In conversation Wednesday, 02-Oct-2019 23:10:55 EDT from mstdn.io permalink
  16. winter (velartrill@pleroma.site)'s status on Wednesday, 02-Oct-2019 17:29:49 EDT winter winter
    it really saddens me how my generation of writers has become infected with the sjw mind-virus. at the same time we've been freed from the capitalist constraints of the publishing industry by the existence of the internet, so many have donned a new set of shackles completely unnecessarily, shackles that keep them from writing anything but bland, terminally inoffensive representation porn that says nothing interesting and conveys no new ideas. structurally it's different from the Hays Code only in that it's a grassroots phenomenon rather than one imposed from the top - it neuters storytelling in exactly the same way, for exactly the same reason.

    we don't need more stories about mary sues. we don't need more stories whose every word is shaped by the author's terror of Offending an extremely thin-skinned affinity group that demands constant, unthinking worship and screams "oppression" when they are treated as ordinary human beings. the only characters who are allowed to have flaws, allowed to have complex individualities, allowed to be gritty and complicated and *human* are, of course, the Straight White Cisgender Heterosexual Etc Males, who are the only demographic available to serve as villains.

    ironically, in requiring the "marginalized"¹ be treated with kid gloves, this unwritten Woke Code denies them their humanity just as much as the one-dimensional racism, homophobia, and misogyny of decades past. to err is human, as the saying goes - failure and growth and change are what separates fleshed-out three-dimensional characters from Mary Sues, from wish-fulfillment self-insertion like My Immortal or Black Panther.

    but setting aside the way this style of writing diminishes and dehumanizes those it aims to lift up, what drives me up the fucking wall is the unbearable sameness of it all. nobody seems interested in telling - or hearing - anything but IEEE-standarized heroic narratives. at a time when the acidic rot of capitalism is gnawing rapidly through the foundation of our culture and society, we should be exploring new kinds of existence, new possibilities, new ways of organizing our communities and our lives, new ways of wielding political power against the decadent, degenerate, transcendentally cruel and selfish bourgeoisie.

    "social fiction" - whether literary or genre - can help to radicalize simply by planting the seeds of new ideas. whether it's simple propaganda that aims to communicate the basic principles of marxism in an easily digestible way and show what an ideal socialist nation can be without shying away from the difficult parts (in other words, *not* a simplistic solarpunk utopia), or drama that tells a story set amid radically new ideas, fiction can serve to break people's minds out of the prisons of capitalism and individualism, by helping them imagine what for most of their lives has been unimaginable: an alternative.

    instead, we get this wretched, simplistic pap - empty, useless inspiration porn that is all functionally identical and serves no useful purpose, not even to entertain.

    we can do better than this.

    ___
    ¹ scare-quoted bc "marginalized" is not a meaningful term in marxist-leninist theory, and in fact the entire idea exists in contradiction to the basic premise and undermines the goal of proletarian internationalism
    In conversation Wednesday, 02-Oct-2019 17:29:49 EDT from pleroma.site permalink Repeated by mattskala
  17. Matthew Skala (mattskala@mstdn.io)'s status on Tuesday, 01-Oct-2019 18:32:11 EDT Matthew Skala Matthew Skala
    • Ocean

    @Ocean Hakumei to Mikochi.

    In conversation Tuesday, 01-Oct-2019 18:32:11 EDT from mstdn.io permalink
  18. Matthew Skala (mattskala@mstdn.io)'s status on Tuesday, 01-Oct-2019 07:43:13 EDT Matthew Skala Matthew Skala

    almost boosted that photo until I saw that it said "amount" instead of "number" in the caption

    In conversation Tuesday, 01-Oct-2019 07:43:13 EDT from mstdn.io permalink
  19. Matthew Skala (mattskala@mstdn.io)'s status on Monday, 30-Sep-2019 15:28:27 EDT Matthew Skala Matthew Skala

    [Hatsune Miku & The Playloids] CYNDI LAUPER / Girls Just Want To Have Fun [cover song] V2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_S0DAd8vRMk

    In conversation Monday, 30-Sep-2019 15:28:27 EDT from mstdn.io permalink

    Attachments

    1. [Hatsune Miku & The Playloids] CYNDI LAUPER / Girls Just Want To Have Fun [cover song] V2
      By Kuzu Soju from YouTube
  20. Matthew Skala (mattskala@mstdn.io)'s status on Monday, 30-Sep-2019 15:18:37 EDT Matthew Skala Matthew Skala
    • Oneesan succubus

    @lain 'til her Daddy takes the T-bird away

    In conversation Monday, 30-Sep-2019 15:18:37 EDT from mstdn.io permalink
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