23 W Silver

"it was the ccp" no it was literally some white man named dave lmfao

Things I wish the AO3 did: put a QR code on the desktop-browser version of each fic, so that when you're going to bed you can easily load up what you were reading on your phone and continue without having to type in a very fiddly URL.

This is one of those rare social media posts that is *even better* without the context.

A dark-skinned man with white hair and beard plants a black, red, and gold flag on the beach below the white cliffs.

Burnum Burnum planting the Aboriginal flag on the cliffs of Dover and claiming Britain for the Indigenous people of Australia

It occurs to me that the dopamine I'm getting from the WSFS Situation is very similar to the dopamine I used to get from scrolling fandom wank.

TIL 18th C dictionary writer Nathaniel Bailey invented an "English" word for schadenfreude, bolted together from Greek roots of course. That word is 'epicaricacy' and I think now you see why it didn't catch on.

For a weighty example: "But look, here's a female CEO/Oscar-winning director/political leader" does not disprove "there is bias and prejudice holding back women from high-profile public roles." Similarly, "here are some YA/adjacent books which won awards" ... you can fill in the rest.

You can have award-winning examples from a genre or group and still have that group be structurally and invisibly disadvantaged within a culture or setting.

Every time I get angry about gatekeeping I remind myself about that incident and am immediately flooded with very soothing schadenfreude. Your trufan mic drop invoked the same feeling!

You're coming in late to a very active discussion involving actual trademark lawyers; the points you raise have already been discussed plenty - in detail.

Big Duella Dent Cosplay energy. I love it.
(www.reddit.com/r/cosplay/co... for those who'd not seen that particular self-own before.)

And "means well, not competent" can be *more* damaging in situations like this than active malice. Fandom came together against the Sad Puppies' slating, but faced with an incompetent beloved insider, the Geek Social Fallacies kick in, and the insider can do a lot of entirely unintentional damage.

All the good wishes for you. I hope whatever's next brings joy.

I hear you. Last year I wrote in my journal "Who would I be if I could do things?" and I hope one day I get to figure out the answer to that question.

WAIT WHAT WE HAVE A GENERATION

My Big Job for this year is to pursue an ADHD Dx for myself. Knowing that 'Lost Girls Generation' is a thing is making me feel things. Ugh, I'm not equipped for this.

I absolutely love that this absolute dumpster fire has evolved into sharing fic bookmarks. (Plus it seems appropriate, given WSFS's history with AO3.)

I'm getting all my dopamine right now from Law People getting sucked into the Hugos Saga and I don't know what I'm going to do when there's no new law people to throw into the meat grinder. FETCH ME MORE LAWYERS, PEOPLE. WE'VE PROGRESSED FROM IP TO TAXES AND ORGANIZATION

The absolute bliss of realizing it’s Thursday lunchtime and you don’t have to leave the house again until Monday.

I think at this stage I recognize this icon better than my own face. (Also, hiiiiii! Congrats on Shadow Baron!)

Two A5s and a B6. Whoops?

Also, hi, hello, here I am, et cetera. But honestly I feel like the previous is a pretty representative post to kick off my Bsky account.

I don’t understand how I’ve spent the last 90 minutes tidying my desk and office shelves and it looks exactly as messy as before I started. Witchcraft.