Melissa Avery-Weir @melissa@irrsinn.life

An #introduction: I'm Melissa (they/them)! Some of my projects are in my bio, but in general I am and do:

#gamedev & #podcasting

#gardening #succulents #cacti

#asexual / #grayace / #queer

#polyamory #relationshipanarchy

I write. I #webdev. I play way too much Fallen London. I collect tattoos. I will not call posts "toots".

I like learning to be more imaginative in devising solutions to difficult problems. 🎊

I'm live on twitch! Come hang out with me while I play The Room: https://www.twitch.tv/averymd #magic

LB: I hadn't known Brave was funded by Peter Thiel, and just settled into using it a couple months ago. 😭 Well, bump that.

Switching off Chrome at least got me to build out my silly Shaarli-based bookmark system to break free of browser syncing. So maybe now I go for Firefox with the usual privacy plugins? I'm not sure I want to fuck around with tor for daily browsing. 😩

oh no. I'm falling down a hole of maybe un-Amazoning my substantial book/audiobook consumption? 😳

https://switching.social/ethical-alternatives-to-amazon-and-goodreads/ is my starting place. I don't think I want to buy another physical ereader right now (my Kindle is rather new 😿), but I want a really, really good mobile reading app first, including one that can sync positions, bookmarks, and notes... somewhere (Dropbox, S3, whatever). Icing on the cake would be a Windows app it can sync with. 😇 Wish me luck in my hunt.

I'm live on twitch! Come hang out with me while I play The Norwood Suite: https://www.twitch.tv/averymd #magic

While I'm mildly annoyed at needing to find a new client for Mastodon (and Peertube!) to avoid potential blocks to accessing my full feed, I am so relieved it's possible and only took 30 minutes of trying apps.

I haven't used Tumblr since their Dec 2018 policy change, but the utter obnoxiousness of their mobile app felt like an inescapable trap that added problems to an already busted SM platform. I miss tumblr's format for my fandoms, but not anything else about it.

The Trump Administration Just Gutted the Endangered Species Act
https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/kz4q9z/the-trump-administration-just-gutted-the-endangered-species-act

Last week I spent time talking to a Christian... constitutionalist? originalist? Someone who thinks the Founder Fathers nailed it and that people/govts shouldn't be mandated to help others. His focus on diminishing spheres of empathy leads me to wonder if he thinks ecological shit like this doesn't matter until it hits his backyard or his local-ish economy.

I'm too tired to ask him.

Sometimes I wonder if Tr*mp voters who like him because he "negotiates" even care if he does it well. Evidence suggests no. 😑

https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/business/Trump-Struggling-farmers-lose-customer-trade-war-China-532691482.html