Biggles @Biggles@social.cleverlibre.org

"Please," said the man, "can you do magic to make me be kind?"
"No," said the witch. "Magic cannot change anyone's nature."
"So there is no hope for me?"
"You ask the wrong question. Kind is not something you are. It is what you do."
"Is it that simple?"
"It is that hard."
#MicroFiction #SmallStories #TootFic

Now that the dust has settled a bit and we know some more about how the Trump cases are being handled, what can we say about the wisdom of appointing a special counsel over the Trump investigations? I dive into this question, in today’s piece. Jump to it from here: https://open.substack.com/pub/statuskuo/p/so-about-the-new-special-counsel?r=1zr8b&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

another great entry from @b0rk teaching me something new about something I've been using for decades (shell scripting) - this time it's the shellcheck command! https://wizardzines.com/comics/shellcheck/

Rowling: don’t worry
Rowling: I’ve invited elon mussssk over to dissscusss this very issssue
[meanwhile]
Elon Musk: awful nice of the princess to invite us over for a picnic
Musk: I hope she made lotsa spaghetti!
Alison Bailey: this is racist

One of my young students started up #pico8 for our class, but the sound was off. They exclaimed, "Wait! Oh no! I missed the start sound!" And proceeded to check what was wrong (sound was muted). Then they restarted PICO-8 just to hear the startup sound, saying contentedly, "Ahh... there we go." I love it. 😍

@zep, this is what I was talking about in this tweet, years ago. 😊

Dear Space Karen,
No thanks.

Box64 and Box86 get more games running on Arm plus DXVK 2.0 support https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2022/11/box64-and-box86-get-more-games-running-on-arm-plus-dxvk-20-support/

"Tsundoku," the Japanese Word for the New Books That Pile Up on Our Shelves, Should Enter the English Language

https://www.openculture.com/2018/07/tsundoku.html

I was going to write up a guide to getting started on Mastodon (and I might yet) but then I saw this WIRED guide and it basically covers things pretty well.

Instance choice is about trust >>> instance choice is about community >>> instance choice is about subject matter.

https://www.wired.com/story/how-to-get-started-use-mastodon/

It was a beautiful night, but there was no one left to see it.

#pico8 #tootcart (src in reply)

// gif: https://www.lexaloffle.com/media/1/night_city2.gif

Oh hello 22K followers, so nice to see many familiar faces on Mastodon now 🤘🤌

@General

“All right," said Susan. "I'm not stupid. You're saying humans need... fantasies to make life bearable."

REALLY? AS IF IT WAS SOME KIND OF PINK PILL? NO. HUMANS NEED FANTASY TO BE HUMAN. TO BE THE PLACE WHERE THE FALLING ANGEL MEETS THE RISING APE.

"Tooth fairies? Hogfathers? Little—"

YES. AS PRACTICE. YOU HAVE TO START OUT LEARNING TO BELIEVE THE LITTLE LIES.

"So we can believe the big ones?"

YES. JUSTICE. MERCY. DUTY. THAT SORT OF THING.

"They're not the same at all!"

YOU THINK SO? THEN TAKE THE UNIVERSE AND GRIND IT DOWN TO THE FINEST POWDER AND SIEVE IT THROUGH THE FINEST SIEVE AND THEN SHOW ME ONE ATOM OF JUSTICE, ONE MOLECULE OF MERCY. AND YET—Death waved a hand. AND YET YOU ACT AS IF THERE IS SOME IDEAL ORDER IN THE WORLD, AS IF THERE IS SOME...SOME RIGHTNESS IN THE UNIVERSE BY WHICH IT MAY BE JUDGED.

"Yes, but people have got to believe that, or what's the point—"

MY POINT EXACTLY.”

― Terry Pratchett, Hogfather

#TerryPratchett #DiscWorld #Fantasy #magic #magick #Literature #Book Quote #Quotes

Hi, Mastodon Peeps.

I am a law geek with a guard dog.

Hmm, maybe I should introduce myself by showing you my DOJ FAQ page 🤓
https://terikanefield.com/all-new-doj-investigation-faqs/

Or maybe I should introduce you to JJ. If you're a mail carrier, delivery truck, squirrel or pigeon, beware.

if that's what I think it is we're gonna need more skittles

Students are stressed studying for finals right now, so my college did the only reasonable thing: bring a therapy llama to campus.