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pamela :flan_butterfly:pamela@bsd.network
2019-02-28

Ok, I saw someone offer an avatar for $8 and it's been like a week and I'm still upset.

If something takes you an hour, charge $15+. Can you really get a commission from brainstorm to execution to cleanup and adjustment and end up with something you're proud of in less than an hour? I sure can't... and it's *me* they're paying, not some faceless art-generation service, so people can pay me a living wage for my time.

Don't do that. Just don't. Don't pay someone to do that, either. :flan_rage:

@c1t7
Oh yeah.
At the end of my last job, when my dad was also sick and a relationship wasn't doing well, I sometimes found that Wagner or the Mozart Requiem helped me focus at work, still feeling but without granular words.

Marie boosted:

the Mastodon Community Survival Fund is officially depleted, and if you'd like to add to it to help our fediverse neighbors in need, our Liberapay is here:

liberapay.com/MCSF/

We are looking into other ways to accept donations too.

If you're in need right now, we can at least keep boosting your requests for assistance. Send us a DM if we don't see you first. ❤️

Marie boosted:
Teryl's Tales of Whim~Teryl_Pacieco
2019-02-12

Gard was an orc renowned for his vast knowledge.
He knew how much blood a skull contained.
He knew exactly how to break bones not once but twice if necessary.
He deftness with a blade was unparalleled and owned the sharpest set of anyone who knew him.
With the help of his elven husband, who brewed the most powerful sleeping potions and crafted the softest bandages, they were an unbeatable pair of healers and greatly loved by the tribe.

@netkitty
Oh good, a work day kitty!
*skritch*

@thraeryn
Chemistry, nursing homes, and puns are all close to my existence.

Marie boosted:
Melissa "Mo" ArcherMoArcher@mastodon.art
2019-02-07

Hello! I'm Mo.

I'm a life-long artist who got burnt out in graphic design school. I'm finding my creative footing again with painting and sculpture, and I'm always looking for inspiration.

I am also a clown in training! I work and learn with @RussSharek in the classical art of European silliness. Along the way I've picked up juggling and ukulele. I'm looking forward to learning to walk on stilts and ride a unicycle this year!

I'm on Mastadon because facebook is the worst. : )

#introductions

@thraeryn
The name Fool Foundry makes me happy.
@RussSharek

Parking lot moment: big-ol' pickup truck *blasting* Robert Miles.

Marie boosted:
acbacb
2019-01-14

Knitted jumper that acts as a FM radio transmitter; inspired by protests in Turkey:

ireneposch.net/the-knitted-rad

I did get the story of the roses in the trash can: my coworker is trying to revive someone's roses after they were flooded out of their office for a while. One of the things that makes her a good mentor is that she does care about people.

@skalman
It's really useful, and certainly worthwhile to me.

Found without explanation in the break room. It does look like a story.

A trash can full of roses.

@DialMforMara
@RussSharek says: chap-hop covers of girl band songs, backed by hurdy gurdy.

@DialMforMara
Organ music.
Which was originally written for delicate instruments like lute or harp.

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Baldur Bjarnasonbaldur@toot.cafe
2019-01-05

“The 100 Year Web (In Praise of XML)”
homepages.cwi.nl/~steven/Talks

“One of the problems with using programming as the basis of functionality is that standardisation flies out of the window.”

Don’t agree with everything here, but agree more than I disagree.

Marie boosted:
2019-01-04

“I wanted to bring these projects to the community, so people can see renewable energy working in their community,” he says. “Communities want to rebuild themselves and not rely on some big municipal contract.”

The democratising potential of energetic self-determination is stellar.

yesmagazine.org/people-power/m

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