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Last Notes npub1lrr79499c7hu6ev23mn4s97pqqn6lwt7a4egx7qzfkn2ftcrxqrs7xfe3n Faintdreams UK people: reminder the twice yearly fuckery of changing clocks happens again tomorrow (Sunday 25th October2026) CLOCKS GO BACK ONE HOUR npub1lrr79499c7hu6ev23mn4s97pqqn6lwt7a4egx7qzfkn2ftcrxqrs7xfe3n Faintdreams Ink People! Remind me is Diamine okay to buy from? I remember some long-standing ink company having the owners outed as Nazi adjacent recently (last few years) but I can't remember who / what and don't want to dive into Stationary Drama unless *absolutely necessary* - BUT I don't wanna support Nazi's either sooo .. Is Diamine okay ? #Ink #Stationary #FountainPen npub1lrr79499c7hu6ev23mn4s97pqqn6lwt7a4egx7qzfkn2ftcrxqrs7xfe3n Faintdreams Tentative #Furry question: If I have say £30 - £50 and I want to comission a #sfw Corvid #Fursona avatar piece of digital art (head and torso not full portrait) where is a good place online to find #artists for #comission #quotes ? No A.I. I want an actual Human. Thanks. npub1lrr79499c7hu6ev23mn4s97pqqn6lwt7a4egx7qzfkn2ftcrxqrs7xfe3n Faintdreams Haven't gone Fountain pen shopping in a long time. A recent accident destroyed one of my favourites, so decided to peruse some modern pens and GREAT GOOGLY MOOGLY THE PRICE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN Plastic and Metal is ~Galvanising~ 👀 #Stationary #StationaryPron #Pens #FountainPen npub1lrr79499c7hu6ev23mn4s97pqqn6lwt7a4egx7qzfkn2ftcrxqrs7xfe3n Faintdreams Question for any native Chinese speakers - or non native but fluent speakers & readers: I am interested in experiencing : Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation - also known as 魔道祖师; pinyin: Módào Zǔshī. But, I unfortunately only speak / read English so what is the best English way to enjoy the story ? Netflix Live Action? Light Novels? Manga? Anime? No text only novels, because I find it very difficult to follow large casts of characters on the page. Recommendations please. Thanks ! npub1lrr79499c7hu6ev23mn4s97pqqn6lwt7a4egx7qzfkn2ftcrxqrs7xfe3n Faintdreams Witty but archaic: 'I'm as old as my tongue and a little older than my teeth.' Sarcastic but 20th Century: 'I'm older than Google but Younger than the Internet" How does Time Work?: "I'm a 1990's Baby" I crumble to dust: "I was in Middle school during Pandemic Lockdowns" #Time #Age #Idioms #Language npub1lrr79499c7hu6ev23mn4s97pqqn6lwt7a4egx7qzfkn2ftcrxqrs7xfe3n Faintdreams Because of dyscalculia O sometimes make measurement (or amount) mistakes when buying things. Boyf has always taken this in good graces and has never- not once - taken the piss out of me because of it. He recently bought a UPS and he *thought* the casing was like 11 cm but it's actually almost 2.5 ft and pffffffft 🤣😂 IT CHONKY !!! #Boyf #Love #LoveIs #Dyscalculia npub1lrr79499c7hu6ev23mn4s97pqqn6lwt7a4egx7qzfkn2ftcrxqrs7xfe3n Faintdreams .... Something something ... Darwin Awards ... "The influencers getting bitten while chasing the perfect shark shot". "We're talking about a true apex predator, a very large wild animal," says Parton. "You wouldn't walk into the Serengeti and try and put your hand on the face of a lion." - BBC news https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5yvrn7rpqpo #News #Eejit #Influencer #Shark npub1lrr79499c7hu6ev23mn4s97pqqn6lwt7a4egx7qzfkn2ftcrxqrs7xfe3n Faintdreams @nprofile…np2h where did you get and what brand is your digital thermometer please? We need a new one. npub1lrr79499c7hu6ev23mn4s97pqqn6lwt7a4egx7qzfkn2ftcrxqrs7xfe3n Faintdreams YouTube is currently my drug of choice (shutup, shutup, I KNOW) BUT really wish I could normalise SLOW MEASURED CRAFTING, over the niche of: "I crammed and did this thing in a week, hated ever minute of it, and now have something half assed and misery making to wear / show at this event I am about to attend sleep deprived. I was looking forward to it for months and yet didn't have any fun " Extensive sleep deprivation, and marathon crafting is dangerous, unwise, and absolutely unnecessary ! npub1lrr79499c7hu6ev23mn4s97pqqn6lwt7a4egx7qzfkn2ftcrxqrs7xfe3n Faintdreams Am *THRILLED* that an Overnight software O/S Update on my Motorola Android Phone - has decided that the "Notifications For Necessary Software Updates" now includes regular "News Headlines". ~Brimming with JOY~ that I now have to find the *hidden, nested system menus* that allow me to TURN OFF NOTIFICATIONS ON MY SUPPOSEDLY DORMANT HOME SCREEN.* :::Screams at Modern Life:: Whomsoever decided to push that software update, I Curse You. CURSE YOU. [* Sarcasm] #Android #ModernTech #Notifcations npub1lrr79499c7hu6ev23mn4s97pqqn6lwt7a4egx7qzfkn2ftcrxqrs7xfe3n Faintdreams @nprofile…np2h I wasn't saying that those places are a larger corpus, but that those spaces definitely shaped the tone and vernacular of responses. npub1lrr79499c7hu6ev23mn4s97pqqn6lwt7a4egx7qzfkn2ftcrxqrs7xfe3n Faintdreams @nprofile…np2h and the Corpus of Archive of Our Own, and Reddit. If you know the culture and vernacular of those online spaces, then a lot of how LLM's phrase answers will be a lot more apparent. npub1lrr79499c7hu6ev23mn4s97pqqn6lwt7a4egx7qzfkn2ftcrxqrs7xfe3n Faintdreams "Pixar hit by Disney layoffs despite Toy Story 5 nearing $1 Billion box office gross. Disney laid off between 100 and 150 Pixar employees " -Polygon.com https://www.polygon.com/pixar-disney-layoffs-toy-story-5-hoppers/ Successful: - Game Design Studios are being gutted - Animation Studios are being gutted - VFX Studios are being gutted 'Successful' - profit generating output - doesnt protect people in Creative industries from layoffs, what can? Because right now it looks like Unionisation is a need but that gets people fired too! npub1lrr79499c7hu6ev23mn4s97pqqn6lwt7a4egx7qzfkn2ftcrxqrs7xfe3n Faintdreams @nprofile…np2h Go On. To be clear - Sounds like bullshit to me but go on.. ? Interested to hear your musings on this npub1lrr79499c7hu6ev23mn4s97pqqn6lwt7a4egx7qzfkn2ftcrxqrs7xfe3n Faintdreams Successfully cut three pieces of MDF jigsaw. First #Jigsaw adventures! 4 Valuable lessons; 1. I do not have arms I have useless noodles masquerading as arms 2. Jigsaw cutting has an initial kickback - even with guiding notch cut to start, and secure clamps. Kickback is strong. See 2 3. Battery #Tools = great for when a mains plug isn't viable BUT mains plug = more reliable (battery tools may die when you are in the middle of things) 4. If You need a dust mask grab your safety goggles too. npub1lrr79499c7hu6ev23mn4s97pqqn6lwt7a4egx7qzfkn2ftcrxqrs7xfe3n Faintdreams @nprofile…np2h wouldn't micro drones just look like a swarm of ... Uhm insects though ? How would a person differentiate a load of micro drones from a flock of birds or locust or I dunno ladybugs from far away ? npub1lrr79499c7hu6ev23mn4s97pqqn6lwt7a4egx7qzfkn2ftcrxqrs7xfe3n Faintdreams @nprofile…np2h do you mean in fiction or in relation to alleged 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind' that real people believe they've had ? The answer IMHO that same for both, UFI stories are not actually about UFO's but are really about some contemporary threat and / or cultural fear / anxiety. *Big* is more of a threat than small / micro unless the central point of the story / propaganda is that small thing is HIGHLY DANGEROUS BECAUSE SO SMOL. npub1lrr79499c7hu6ev23mn4s97pqqn6lwt7a4egx7qzfkn2ftcrxqrs7xfe3n Faintdreams Just finished watching Heated Rivalry Season One. OMG Aalllll the Feeeeeeels 😭 Just. all. of Them. :: sniff :: #HeatedRivalry npub1lrr79499c7hu6ev23mn4s97pqqn6lwt7a4egx7qzfkn2ftcrxqrs7xfe3n Faintdreams Tvtropes Nested Stories page Guy walks into a bar and asks for a drink, Bartender says, "I'll give you a free drink if you can tell me a meta-joke." Guy replies, "A guy walks into a bar and asks for a drink. Bartender says, 'I'll give you a free drink if you can tell me a meta-joke.' Guy replies, 'A guy walks into a bar and asks for a drink. The bartender says, "Here you go." So Bartender gives the guy a drink.' So the bartender gives the guy a drink." So the bartender gives the guy a drink. npub1lrr79499c7hu6ev23mn4s97pqqn6lwt7a4egx7qzfkn2ftcrxqrs7xfe3n Faintdreams Had a nightmare that someone - I previously didn't know - left me a batch of mini (1 / 12th Scale) doll houses in Thier Will. I went to pick them up and Jack Harkness was there, stated the Solicitor offices was about to be under Alien siege because the Dollhouses were actually a full alien zoo. Oh and three of them contained the last Moomins in the entire Universe. So did I feel up to becoming the Guardian of the Last Moomins ? woke up crying. 😖 My brain hates me #Dream #Knightmare #Moomins npub1lrr79499c7hu6ev23mn4s97pqqn6lwt7a4egx7qzfkn2ftcrxqrs7xfe3n Faintdreams @nprofile…np2h oooooh ? Which Niche of geekery ? npub1lrr79499c7hu6ev23mn4s97pqqn6lwt7a4egx7qzfkn2ftcrxqrs7xfe3n Faintdreams @nprofile…5yjg I am a self aware consumer of copious amounts of ketchup. npub1lrr79499c7hu6ev23mn4s97pqqn6lwt7a4egx7qzfkn2ftcrxqrs7xfe3n Faintdreams @nprofile…5yjg Thank You. Mine does too! - but it seems I never noticed. *My entire life.* Also it says consume within 8 weeks and no bottle of ketchup in my vicinity has ever lasted that long. npub1lrr79499c7hu6ev23mn4s97pqqn6lwt7a4egx7qzfkn2ftcrxqrs7xfe3n Faintdreams It has come to my attention that some people keep thier ketchup in the Refrigerator and WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK ? This is a "you'd have to live in a warm, humid climate thing to understand' Right? Riiight? npub1lrr79499c7hu6ev23mn4s97pqqn6lwt7a4egx7qzfkn2ftcrxqrs7xfe3n Faintdreams @nprofile…p0fq This has been pitched as long form ongoing series not a short form or one shots. npub1lrr79499c7hu6ev23mn4s97pqqn6lwt7a4egx7qzfkn2ftcrxqrs7xfe3n Faintdreams So #WOTC have finally decided to make an Official D&D #TTRPG Actual Play game on YouTube. Imaginatively called "Dungeon Masters". In the first week since announcement the following has been released: - A trailer With 'cast' reveal - A ridiculously over produced Opening Title sequence - A behind the scenes video, about the making of the Title Sequence. The jokes, they write themselves. 😑 #HASBRO npub1lrr79499c7hu6ev23mn4s97pqqn6lwt7a4egx7qzfkn2ftcrxqrs7xfe3n Faintdreams I just.. I'm severely unnerved by incurious people. They just seem to float through life never asking any questions ever and HOW DOES THAT EVEN WORK? 'No Thoughts Head Empty' is a meme for crying out loud! Is this a Neurospicy thing? Do all the Neurotypicals just not think to ask questions ?? I feel quite quite mentally unstable just considering it. #NeuroSpicy #Autisim #ADHD #AuDHD #NeuroTypical npub1lrr79499c7hu6ev23mn4s97pqqn6lwt7a4egx7qzfkn2ftcrxqrs7xfe3n Faintdreams I helped write a nice (old fashion so no AI ) Mastodon bot account. It just posts two letter scrabble words with their points allocation and definitions. https://shortwords.wordgames.uk/shortwords Enjoy. npub1lrr79499c7hu6ev23mn4s97pqqn6lwt7a4egx7qzfkn2ftcrxqrs7xfe3n Faintdreams WHAT FRESH HELL IS THIS? "Newly purchased Vizio TVs now require Walmart accounts to use smart features Walmart wants to connect what people stream “directly with retail interaction.” - Ars Technica https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/03/newly-purchased-vizio-tvs-now-require-walmart-accounts-to-use-smart-features/ So many things not on my cyberpunk Dystopian bingo cards that in retrospect really should be - are happening - and this sucks. It all just Sucks. #Dystopia #Walmart npub1lrr79499c7hu6ev23mn4s97pqqn6lwt7a4egx7qzfkn2ftcrxqrs7xfe3n Faintdreams Labyrinth - The Jim Henson Productions Film - is 40 years old this year Trainspotting - the film adaptation of the Irvine Welsh book - is 30 years old this year. Huh 🤔 #TimeIsAWeirdSoup #Time #Labyrinth #Trainspotting npub1lrr79499c7hu6ev23mn4s97pqqn6lwt7a4egx7qzfkn2ftcrxqrs7xfe3n Faintdreams @nprofile…zejv apologies if it's obvious but why the pre-emtive shut up ? Is looking at text on archive.org considered a weird thing to do ? 🤷🏿♀️🤔 npub1lrr79499c7hu6ev23mn4s97pqqn6lwt7a4egx7qzfkn2ftcrxqrs7xfe3n Faintdreams Today I learned Oliver Sacks (Author & Neurobiologist) was MADE OF BULLSHIT ".. Sacks described aspects of his books as "pure fabrications" and "falsifications", and that he considered his case studies as self-expression or "a sort of autobiography". In a private letter to his brother he described The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat as a book of "fairy tales" and wrote: 'Guilt has been much greater since 'Hat' because of (among other things) My lies, falsification' " https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_Sacks npub1lrr79499c7hu6ev23mn4s97pqqn6lwt7a4egx7qzfkn2ftcrxqrs7xfe3n Faintdreams "RAMageddon” is only getting worse, and there’s no immediate end in sight. Everything that has a computer inside depends on RAM, and almost everything has a computer in it now: farm tractors, hospital equipment, your TV set-top box. RAM is the short-term memory of a device, and AI especially needs lots to juggle all the data it’s processing." - The Verge https://www.theverge.com/tech/880812/ramageddon-ram-shortage-memory-crisis-price-2026-phones-laptops #RAMageddon npub1lrr79499c7hu6ev23mn4s97pqqn6lwt7a4egx7qzfkn2ftcrxqrs7xfe3n Faintdreams In Japan there are hotels specifically for people who love books. Some even have a book concierge who will help you choose what to read during your stay ! Fantastic idea. https://bookhoteljimbocho.com/ #Books #BookHotel npub1lrr79499c7hu6ev23mn4s97pqqn6lwt7a4egx7qzfkn2ftcrxqrs7xfe3n Faintdreams @nprofile…hgrn you did a smart and logical, neuro non-typical thing BUT I suspect the kind of horrible Asshole that the co-worker sounds like - was never gonna accept anything you said / did. I hope you never have to suffer his presence again. npub1lrr79499c7hu6ev23mn4s97pqqn6lwt7a4egx7qzfkn2ftcrxqrs7xfe3n Faintdreams As much as I like a lot of aspects of Strange New Worlds, I firmly believe that Discovery was sacrificed on an alter to enable Strange New Worlds, and that doesn't sit right with me. There was / is room in the fandom for both. npub1lrr79499c7hu6ev23mn4s97pqqn6lwt7a4egx7qzfkn2ftcrxqrs7xfe3n Faintdreams Me: ::sigh:: I like it so It'll probably get cancelled. Boyf: But you also liked Discovery ..? Me: DON'T YOU DARE. THEY KILLED MY PRECIOUS AFTER FIVE SEASONS ! Boyf: Fair. #StarTrek #Trek #STDiscovery npub1lrr79499c7hu6ev23mn4s97pqqn6lwt7a4egx7qzfkn2ftcrxqrs7xfe3n Faintdreams To misquote The Fifth Element.. Leeloo Multipen ! https://cdn.masto.host/dicecamp/media_attachments/files/115/893/413/789/894/748/original/2a68eb965d9cd565.jpg npub1lrr79499c7hu6ev23mn4s97pqqn6lwt7a4egx7qzfkn2ftcrxqrs7xfe3n Faintdreams @nprofile…np2h but as a man - human - you've learned and grown yesh? The person doing the asking must value your opinion, so tell them what you know from experience. You've been at one time, a Son, a Friend, a Boyfriend, A Husband, a Father, a Co-worker, A Boss, an Employee and just a Human all while being inside a Male presenting Body. There's gotta be some truths around that. 🤷🏿♀️🙂🙃 npub1lrr79499c7hu6ev23mn4s97pqqn6lwt7a4egx7qzfkn2ftcrxqrs7xfe3n Faintdreams @nprofile…5yjg it's on my to watch list but I have been delaying for that exact reason! Anything that messes with my audio perception also messes with my braaaains. npub1lrr79499c7hu6ev23mn4s97pqqn6lwt7a4egx7qzfkn2ftcrxqrs7xfe3n Faintdreams Looking for Pinterest alternatives, remembered Pexels and was initially impressed buuuut it's owned by Canva and ... 😒 My gut (and history of internet usage) tells me not to trust Canva. If you curate images online (for reference and inspiration) what are your thoughts ? #References #Canva #NoAI #Images #HumanCreated npub1lrr79499c7hu6ev23mn4s97pqqn6lwt7a4egx7qzfkn2ftcrxqrs7xfe3n Faintdreams @nprofile…np2h I'm finding this hard to parse. I know the memetic phraseology,but it feeeeeels like you are denigrating my friend (you duh!) .. and friends don't let friends trash talk themselves . Stoppit. Staph! You can still make the Thing. Go make the Thing. npub1lrr79499c7hu6ev23mn4s97pqqn6lwt7a4egx7qzfkn2ftcrxqrs7xfe3n Faintdreams Straight up lying couriers are causing me delivery *shenanigans* and I just thought this is going to be ~so much worse~ if humanity survives long enoug to settle on other planets Courier: We're currently orbiting Pluto and need the landing and docking codes to deliver your package .. Me: That's great! Except we live on Mars ! #Courier #Deliveries npub1lrr79499c7hu6ev23mn4s97pqqn6lwt7a4egx7qzfkn2ftcrxqrs7xfe3n Faintdreams @nprofile…n7x3 It's the same kind of phenomena that occured with Game of Thrones - as well as the astoturf Merchandising. I've never read the G. O. T. books and bounced off the series at end of season 1, but knew hardcore book fans as well as hardcore show fans and the infighting - as well as the No True Scotsman Fandom - was intense. You could just see in real time the slide away from a willingness - by those in charge- to create something (anything) meaningful to Lets just milk this IP to death. npub1lrr79499c7hu6ev23mn4s97pqqn6lwt7a4egx7qzfkn2ftcrxqrs7xfe3n Faintdreams @nprofile…x0fp True, buuuut, a 'Tube' Sock is a form of athletic sock, and even that (despite the name) isn't just a simple tube. And a tube sock is not a 'standard sock' shape. it's more a glorified leg warmer https://socksinfo.com/tube-socks/ npub1lrr79499c7hu6ev23mn4s97pqqn6lwt7a4egx7qzfkn2ftcrxqrs7xfe3n Faintdreams @nprofile…x0fp A 'Tube' Sock is a form of athletic sock, and even that (despite the name) isn't just a simple tube. https://socksinfo.com/tube-socks/ npub1lrr79499c7hu6ev23mn4s97pqqn6lwt7a4egx7qzfkn2ftcrxqrs7xfe3n Faintdreams Me: I think I need to buy a book on how to knit socks Boyf: Do you need a book though? Isn't a sock just a tube.. ? Me: NO SIR. A SOCK IS NOT *JUST* A TUBE. IS YOUR FOOT JUST A TUBE? HOW VERY DARE YOU. GO LOOK AT AN ACTUAL SOCK !? :: seeth :: Boyf: Ah. Yes. Uhm. Not a Tube. Got it. #Yarncraft #knitting #Sock npub1lrr79499c7hu6ev23mn4s97pqqn6lwt7a4egx7qzfkn2ftcrxqrs7xfe3n Faintdreams @nprofile…3jr3 it's 3 years old now, but one of my Favourite Linux educators put Mint on an MacBook of a similar vintage. OSX is Darwin is Unix under the hood which is very similar to FreeBSD, but I never got on with Darwin when I was a regular Mac user 2000 - 2018 https://youtu.be/D7wOcIvWdxc?si=1jsFsLywLQkn-tTu npub1lrr79499c7hu6ev23mn4s97pqqn6lwt7a4egx7qzfkn2ftcrxqrs7xfe3n Faintdreams It occured to me today that majority of the Human high ranking members of Star Fleet we see are from the following backgrounds: Families and / or Dynasty backgrounds involving - Career STEM - Career Colonistist - Career Diplomats - War refugees and / or Orphans saved by the Federation ending a conflict - Some combination of all of the above So it's no wonder Found Family, and loyalty to that found family are such a strong themes running through *every incarnation of Trek* #StarTrek #Trek npub1lrr79499c7hu6ev23mn4s97pqqn6lwt7a4egx7qzfkn2ftcrxqrs7xfe3n Faintdreams Crafters! What's the best NON TOXIC ( so no fumes ) glue to fix Fabric to clay ? Thanks in advance. #Clay #Fabric #Glue #ArtDolls npub1lrr79499c7hu6ev23mn4s97pqqn6lwt7a4egx7qzfkn2ftcrxqrs7xfe3n Faintdreams @nprofile…7rh9 @nprofile…fc9d In my humble - Nd very bias! opinion - the Frist season is the weakest, BUT it is foundational to the rest of the entire show and I think that each new season just got stronger and stronger. npub1lrr79499c7hu6ev23mn4s97pqqn6lwt7a4egx7qzfkn2ftcrxqrs7xfe3n Faintdreams @nprofile…n7x3 as I said to Boyf earlier today, when it's from the well known Region of White, Male, Cis-Land it's not Plagiarism, it's ~ Sparkling Homage ~ 😑 npub1lrr79499c7hu6ev23mn4s97pqqn6lwt7a4egx7qzfkn2ftcrxqrs7xfe3n Faintdreams Q. Tarantino loudly proclaiming that anyone who uses prior art to inspire their own, or that all similarities between pieces of art should be sued over, is so STUNNINGLY LACKING IN SELF AWARENESS that.. it makes me want to facepalm myself into a small concussion 👀🤦🏿♀️ [He's currently *still mad* at Suzanne Collins over the Hunger Games original film trilogy released :checks diary: 17 YEARS AGO - because she - according to 'Auteur' Tarantino - 'ripped off' Battle Royale] Snivelling Worm of a Man. npub1lrr79499c7hu6ev23mn4s97pqqn6lwt7a4egx7qzfkn2ftcrxqrs7xfe3n Faintdreams Teehee! Finally, I owns it. My preeecious! https://cdn.masto.host/dicecamp/media_attachments/files/115/630/389/400/616/622/original/598658169bce63d7.jpg https://cdn.masto.host/dicecamp/media_attachments/files/115/630/428/499/616/151/original/f3b55044ea6f9363.mp4 npub1lrr79499c7hu6ev23mn4s97pqqn6lwt7a4egx7qzfkn2ftcrxqrs7xfe3n Faintdreams As someone who might need to buy some RAM in the near future all I can say is OH FUCK. "Crucial is shutting down — because Micron wants to sell its RAM and SSDs to AI companies instead The longstanding provider of consumer memory is winding down as prices spike, and Micron shifts its focus to AI." - The Verge https://www.theverge.com/news/837594/crucial-ram-ssd-micron-ai #Crucial #Ram #RamPrices npub1lrr79499c7hu6ev23mn4s97pqqn6lwt7a4egx7qzfkn2ftcrxqrs7xfe3n Faintdreams Me: :mumbles: Grr my Nemisis .. Boyf: Your what now? Me: :Long convoluted back story: Boyf: Oh I see. Excuse me. ::wanders off:: - ::comes back shortly:: Here is my 12 point plan to UTTERLY DESTROY your Nemesis. Please let me know if I should start, which involves steps 1 - 3 the remaining 6 points are adaptable depending on how the first 3 go... Me: OMFG I LOVE YOU SO MUCH! But.. there is no need to destroy my Nemesis. They have to Live As Themselves. That's enough punishment really Boyf: OK. npub1lrr79499c7hu6ev23mn4s97pqqn6lwt7a4egx7qzfkn2ftcrxqrs7xfe3n Faintdreams "We are an Anti-Capitalist collective dedicated to Zine making and community arts. We strongly believe that Zine making and Zine creation information should be accessible to everyone. For more information see our Facebook or Instagram accounts. " 🤦🏿♀️🤨😐 They don't even have an email address. FFS. npub1lrr79499c7hu6ev23mn4s97pqqn6lwt7a4egx7qzfkn2ftcrxqrs7xfe3n Faintdreams @nprofile…x0fp Thanks. I've been warned by several people I trust about Grave of the Fireflies, and as much as I like Ghibli studio films, don't think I'm likely to watch that particular one any time soon.. npub1lrr79499c7hu6ev23mn4s97pqqn6lwt7a4egx7qzfkn2ftcrxqrs7xfe3n Faintdreams #Ghibli people, I plan to do a movie double bill at home of Castle in the Sky followed by Spirited Away. Is this a good idea or will I be miserable mass of tears at the end ? I've never seen Laputa : Castle in the Sky but have watched Spirited away many, many years ago and don't remember much except No Face, and Dragon 😉 npub1lrr79499c7hu6ev23mn4s97pqqn6lwt7a4egx7qzfkn2ftcrxqrs7xfe3n Faintdreams Discovery Peeps ! This is fluff, but it is bugging me because I can't figure it out. Tilly - From Star Trek Discovery, are her eyes Grey or Blue? #StarTrek #StarTrekDiscovery #DISCO #Tilly npub1lrr79499c7hu6ev23mn4s97pqqn6lwt7a4egx7qzfkn2ftcrxqrs7xfe3n Faintdreams @nprofile…x0fp Bravah sir. Bravaha. That is a masterful repurposing of that speech. https://cdn.masto.host/dicecamp/media_attachments/files/115/560/150/641/087/024/original/04540f455bc919e3.mp4 npub1lrr79499c7hu6ev23mn4s97pqqn6lwt7a4egx7qzfkn2ftcrxqrs7xfe3n Faintdreams YouTuber: The Wicked Part 2 Marketing is insane. I have NEVER seen movie promos this huge before. Me: :: wobbles in with my walking stick :: DON'T TALK TO *ME* ABOUT MOVIE Marketing. I LIVED THROUGH THE 1989 TIM BURTON BATMAN AGE. YOU Don'T EVEN ~*KNOW*~ ! #Batman #Wicked #OldLady #YouTube #ThePast #YellingAtClouds npub1lrr79499c7hu6ev23mn4s97pqqn6lwt7a4egx7qzfkn2ftcrxqrs7xfe3n Faintdreams What is it about becoming U.K. Home Secretary that makes you suddenly lack all a Human Empathy ? Is it a special operation they all get once they accept the role. ? I wonder if it can be reversed or if it's one and done, like the process of Severance ? #Labour #UKPol #refugees npub1lrr79499c7hu6ev23mn4s97pqqn6lwt7a4egx7qzfkn2ftcrxqrs7xfe3n Faintdreams @nprofile…mssx ah yes I probably would have bought all the stuff related to Animal Crossing - Isabelle! - also. Well anything that doesn't have that crook Tom Nook on it 🙃 npub1lrr79499c7hu6ev23mn4s97pqqn6lwt7a4egx7qzfkn2ftcrxqrs7xfe3n Faintdreams @nprofile…mssx Seems positively reserved spending to me ! If I ever got to go there I would leave absolutely financially ruined but would also own alllll the shiny Kirby and Rowlet Pokémon stuff ! 😁🤣😆 npub1lrr79499c7hu6ev23mn4s97pqqn6lwt7a4egx7qzfkn2ftcrxqrs7xfe3n Faintdreams Does anyone know if Bitwig plays nice with KDE Plasma? Would be especially grateful to links to install tutorials written and/or videos. I'm fine on the #KDE / #Plasma part, just need help with the #Bitwig component. 👩🏾💻🎧 #Linux #DAW #BleepBloop npub1lrr79499c7hu6ev23mn4s97pqqn6lwt7a4egx7qzfkn2ftcrxqrs7xfe3n Faintdreams @nprofile…3jr3 you have money and you want to buy one - surely that's all the 'excise' you need.? One of the few benefits of being an adult is spending money you have, on things you want ! npub1lrr79499c7hu6ev23mn4s97pqqn6lwt7a4egx7qzfkn2ftcrxqrs7xfe3n Faintdreams Bring back 95 - 98 minute film run-times. Dammit. #Films npub1lrr79499c7hu6ev23mn4s97pqqn6lwt7a4egx7qzfkn2ftcrxqrs7xfe3n Faintdreams @nprofile…d6ff People are desperate for anything that makes then feel good about now.. ? I can understand it, but yeah the collapsing/cascading of festivities is .. unsettling - but I'm bias. I'm a big Halloween person, not such a big Christian, Christmas person npub1lrr79499c7hu6ev23mn4s97pqqn6lwt7a4egx7qzfkn2ftcrxqrs7xfe3n Faintdreams Tonight I rewatched Lost Boys and it is 97 minutes of *Perfection*. It's such a ~Vibes~ based film. According to IMBD the part of David (Kiefer Sutherland) was almost played by Jim Carrey. Glad I don't live in that timeline 🫤 Also the infamous Saxophone man toured extensively with Tina Turner and was the saxophonist in the Mad Max: Thunderdome music video! #LostBoys #Spoopy #Halloween npub1lrr79499c7hu6ev23mn4s97pqqn6lwt7a4egx7qzfkn2ftcrxqrs7xfe3n Faintdreams Trick or treaters count: So Far : - One tiny Vampire with fangs - 'grarh!' - One tiny Grumpy Vampire - '*Count* Dracula to you Lady' - One very shy Stitch from Lilo & Stitch - One Bold Stitch 'I WOULD LIKE A LOLLY please.?' At least grumpy Dracula called me Lady 🤣 #Spoopy #Halloween npub1lrr79499c7hu6ev23mn4s97pqqn6lwt7a4egx7qzfkn2ftcrxqrs7xfe3n Faintdreams Sewists advice please ! I often need to mark pattern outlines onto dark / black and stretchy fabrics. Examples: back of crushed velvets, jersey knit, fleece, and lycra blends. What *reliable marking* method can I use that is NOT tailors stitches.? Every time I try chalk I end up with a smudgy mess and water / erasable ink markers seem to only come in the colour blue? 🤷🏿♀️ Thanks in advance. This feels like simple stuff but I'm confused and frustrated. #Sewing #SelfTaught #Patterns #Fabric npub1lrr79499c7hu6ev23mn4s97pqqn6lwt7a4egx7qzfkn2ftcrxqrs7xfe3n Faintdreams Just repeating a pinned post here, as getting more frequent follow requests lately: Hello! Nice to meet you. I do not follow / accept follows from Blank Profiles. I have no wish to 'debate' anyone's Human Rights with You. The Failure mode of Witty is Asshole. Have a Good Day. npub1lrr79499c7hu6ev23mn4s97pqqn6lwt7a4egx7qzfkn2ftcrxqrs7xfe3n Faintdreams Note to self - if something doesn't work and you can make it work even if it seems nonsensical then do it anyway and ~ Use the Thing ~ Exhibit a: I have an old A4 sketchbook from Rymans stationary shop and the outer hard cover is this *terrible* faux leatherette that is weirdly sticky, stripes and cracks and pieces of it end up under my fingernails every time I touch it. So today Imma gonna cut off the cover and just use the sketchbook nekkid. #Art #ArtProcess npub1lrr79499c7hu6ev23mn4s97pqqn6lwt7a4egx7qzfkn2ftcrxqrs7xfe3n Faintdreams Tonight, the Boyf and I watched Mission Impossible: The Final Reckoning. It's the eighth (and final?) film in the franchise and we finished it about 3 hours ago. That film is 170 minutes (approx than 3 hours) long. The most remarkable thing - to me - is how much of it I've already forgotten. #Films #ActionFilm npub1lrr79499c7hu6ev23mn4s97pqqn6lwt7a4egx7qzfkn2ftcrxqrs7xfe3n Faintdreams @nprofile…kgu0 I suspect the people who make these (seemingly shortsighted) decisions do so because they feel they either have market monopoly or near as in almost market dominance.? No one learned any lessons from the fall of Blackberry it seems .. Also 'short term number go up' Late Stage Capitalisim is now known to be economic cannibalism - yet no one seems to care. 🤷🏿♀️ npub1lrr79499c7hu6ev23mn4s97pqqn6lwt7a4egx7qzfkn2ftcrxqrs7xfe3n Faintdreams "Logitech will brick its $100 Pop smart home buttons on October 15 [2025] Logitech's interest in the 'Smart Home' has appeared to wane in recent years." - ArsTechnica I just don't understand, in an age when customer trust is so scarce, and fragile - companies do seem to love torching it by remotely 'brickin' perfectly functional 'Smart' hardware .. https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/10/logitech-will-brick-its-100-pop-smart-home-buttons-on-october-15/ #InternetOfShit #IOT #Logitech npub1lrr79499c7hu6ev23mn4s97pqqn6lwt7a4egx7qzfkn2ftcrxqrs7xfe3n Faintdreams Me: Untill Death Us Do Part. Welp, at least untill the A.I. Generated Necromancy industry really gets underway - unfortunately probably within our lifetime. Boyf: If I turned on an A.I. version of You and it didn't immediately *Scream* at me to turn it off I would be very disorientated and disappointed #AI #Necromancy npub1lrr79499c7hu6ev23mn4s97pqqn6lwt7a4egx7qzfkn2ftcrxqrs7xfe3n Faintdreams Dead End: Paranormal Park is a comic series and animated series on Netflix. It was originally released in 2022 but it's really good and uhm.. NOW might be a really good time to watch it before it gets (presumably) yoinked from the service 😑 * [* For some reason a certain E. musk has decided to target the show and it's creators now in 2025] #Deadendia #DeadEndParnaormalPark #LGBTQIA #LGBTQ https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_End:_Paranormal_Park npub1lrr79499c7hu6ev23mn4s97pqqn6lwt7a4egx7qzfkn2ftcrxqrs7xfe3n Faintdreams Please share with me your favourite or most used gif. Thank you My fav two are below npub1lrr79499c7hu6ev23mn4s97pqqn6lwt7a4egx7qzfkn2ftcrxqrs7xfe3n Faintdreams @nprofile…0t74 🤔 You've given me a lot to ponder. I've got a few casual friends who consistently say they 'd *love* to play a specific TTRPG and wouldn't it be fun? But they NEVER consider that *they could run it*, nope, it's always " Wouldn't' it be great if YOU ran .. " and yeah, It's a Thing. Everyone wants to attend a Dinner Party but no one wants to Host it.! npub1lrr79499c7hu6ev23mn4s97pqqn6lwt7a4egx7qzfkn2ftcrxqrs7xfe3n Faintdreams Oh no, Boyf has fallen into a Liscensed Monopoly rabbit hole ... " Monopoly Versions Since I'm bored, and astoundingly enough there is no complete list of Monopoly versions on the Internet (!!!), here is a list I collected from eBay, BoardGameGeek, and various people's online collections." *3697 versions, and counting (last updated Jun-14-2021)" To be clear - the blog writer is not my Boyf ! https://jergames.blogspot.com/2006/02/monopoly-versions.html?m=1 npub1lrr79499c7hu6ev23mn4s97pqqn6lwt7a4egx7qzfkn2ftcrxqrs7xfe3n Faintdreams I am irrationally angry and sad about this so I am sharing it with y'all. You are most not welcome. I blame Disney Link to "Jim Henson's Labyrinth" Liscensed Monopoly set https://www.amazon.com/Monopoly-Winning-Explores-Hensons-Staircase/dp/B0C7GCM375?dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.y45SJO0yMVAwrmDydkFm1OjhG4mEER7NvEoHFX5Jny_MO7aFk_qOYeQLpYS6RwPgvB591XDRlkkIUw4VnXageNFz8sEIHtiq_qr_QyVsnigbXokxHi2PA4WEmBNw3RzLFnOcjM6xxbZUF7JVPZY8BWkOZV749GkFCpDdc23kWvrQeXqwEUX1eAAv4hgB5eNoksJoitDGrAD0Y34LSl0Fow.40rEY3pChgzhE2uamkIa40ly21zTi3EZsBjTfPCi8Ho&dib_tag=se&keywords=labyrinth+monopoly&qid=1759350941&sr=8-1 npub1lrr79499c7hu6ev23mn4s97pqqn6lwt7a4egx7qzfkn2ftcrxqrs7xfe3n Faintdreams Every time I see a 3d print project on YouTube where someone is sanding a 3d print using power tools without using a mask - I die a little inside. Resin or PLA or some other plastic? Doesn't't matter. Sanding outside? Doesn't't matter. Mixing Epoxy? Doesn't matter WEAR A MASK. npub1lrr79499c7hu6ev23mn4s97pqqn6lwt7a4egx7qzfkn2ftcrxqrs7xfe3n Faintdreams @nprofile…0t74 please explain the definition of keyboard computer ? npub1lrr79499c7hu6ev23mn4s97pqqn6lwt7a4egx7qzfkn2ftcrxqrs7xfe3n Faintdreams Have spent Half a Friggin day transferring data off of and attempting to decommission an old ms Windows 10 laptop . And I can heartfeltedly say.. FUCK WINDOWS. I haaates it ! npub1lrr79499c7hu6ev23mn4s97pqqn6lwt7a4egx7qzfkn2ftcrxqrs7xfe3n Faintdreams @nprofile…0t74 never apologise for being you Sasha ! Even if I don't agree with you I can understand the criticism. 😘 npub1lrr79499c7hu6ev23mn4s97pqqn6lwt7a4egx7qzfkn2ftcrxqrs7xfe3n Faintdreams @nprofile…0t74 thanks. npub1lrr79499c7hu6ev23mn4s97pqqn6lwt7a4egx7qzfkn2ftcrxqrs7xfe3n Faintdreams @nprofile…0t74 please define Better 🤨 npub1lrr79499c7hu6ev23mn4s97pqqn6lwt7a4egx7qzfkn2ftcrxqrs7xfe3n Faintdreams https://craftindustryalliance.org/parent-company-of-the-big-4-sewing-pattern-brands-sold-to-a-liquidator/ "The legacy sewing pattern brands Simplicity, Butterick, McCalls, and Vogue, commonly referred to as the Big 4, have been sold to a liquidator." “If the Big 4 does not survive this, it also spells the death knell for most printed sewing patterns like ours, since there will no longer be a printer capable of producing large-scale tissue sheets.” Looks like premade Paper Pattens will soon become an extinct concept. 🫤 npub1lrr79499c7hu6ev23mn4s97pqqn6lwt7a4egx7qzfkn2ftcrxqrs7xfe3n Faintdreams UK people ! I need a hand/stick blender. Cooking prep with a busted finger is a major PITA ! What brands / models do you recommended ? Ta. npub1lrr79499c7hu6ev23mn4s97pqqn6lwt7a4egx7qzfkn2ftcrxqrs7xfe3n Faintdreams UK buying goods from France: Question I need to buy some tarot card sleeves and the size and opacity I want seems to be sold out everywhere in the UK. I'm in the UK [The English bit of that matters] if I buy £25 word of sleeves from France on eBay - which in this case is 100 sleeves Inc postage & packing - am I going to incur customs / import fees and if so roughly how much ? Concrete, first hand info if possible please. Thanks 👍🏾 npub1lrr79499c7hu6ev23mn4s97pqqn6lwt7a4egx7qzfkn2ftcrxqrs7xfe3n Faintdreams Hmm. If You use the Telegram App - you might wanna look for alternatives ? "AI tools developed by Elon Musk's xAI are to be incorporated into the messaging service, Telegram. Announcing the deal, Telegram boss Pavel Durov said it would see his firm distribute the AI assistant, Grok, to Telegram's "billion+ users and integrate it into its apps". - BBC news https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cdxvr3n7wlxo npub1lrr79499c7hu6ev23mn4s97pqqn6lwt7a4egx7qzfkn2ftcrxqrs7xfe3n Faintdreams I fear these poor children are going to be fed Directly Into A Meat Grinder. They will not Pass Go. They will not collect Riches. Straight to the (Metaphorical) Meat Grinder "HBO’s Harry Potter series has found its trio of young leads. Dominic McLaughlin, Arabella Stanton, and Alastair Stout are joining the cast. - TheVerge npub1lrr79499c7hu6ev23mn4s97pqqn6lwt7a4egx7qzfkn2ftcrxqrs7xfe3n Faintdreams Still watching #Enterprise Season 1 and it might just be the easy chemistry between Captain Archer and Trip Tucker but it does feel like they dated when they were younger. #StarTrek #Trek npub1lrr79499c7hu6ev23mn4s97pqqn6lwt7a4egx7qzfkn2ftcrxqrs7xfe3n Faintdreams Well... Shit. Wheel of Time series cancelled after 3 seasons. Cliffhanger cancellation "The Prime Video series based on Robert Jordan's epic fantasy novels has been cancelled after 3 seasons. .. while ratings for season three were decent, they represented a dip from the show’s first two outings, and the 'overall performance was not strong enough compared to the show’s cost for Prime Video to commit to another season'. " - io9.com #WheelOfTime #AmazonPrime #Cancelled https://gizmodo.com/wheel-of-time-canceled-amazon-season-3-2000606788 npub1lrr79499c7hu6ev23mn4s97pqqn6lwt7a4egx7qzfkn2ftcrxqrs7xfe3n Faintdreams Am up to S1 Ep 11 of Enterprise and .. it's Meh. What is glaringly apparent is that this Network show, with Network Money, did not seem to have any Black Makeup or cinematography staff. Ensign Travis Mayweather's makeup is often just plain bad and the lighting for him is often terrible. Am very much hoping it gets better in later seasons. #Enterprise #StarTrek #StarTrekEnterprise npub1lrr79499c7hu6ev23mn4s97pqqn6lwt7a4egx7qzfkn2ftcrxqrs7xfe3n Faintdreams Gotta love* how Disney / Marvel are so enthusiastically voicing the fact that they are not, NOT cancelling Blade Movie. It's the friggin Schrödinger's Cat of the MCU projects at this point. Just cancel it already and release the Actors to pursue other projects ! [ * Haaaaate this. Hate it. ] #MCU #Blade #MCUBlade npub1lrr79499c7hu6ev23mn4s97pqqn6lwt7a4egx7qzfkn2ftcrxqrs7xfe3n Faintdreams Goddammit ! Pocket the browser bookmarking service -that just happens to synch seamlessly with with Kobo devices - is being Discontinued by Mozilla. The service will stop working in July of this year (2025) and users have until October to export any bookmarks before everything gets deleted. Full details at this link. This SUCKS. https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/future-of-pocket