Seeing that some villains are trying to take the T out of LGBT so trans people get erased and ignored. You know that the word "queer" is right there and it includes all of us perverts and freaks, right? We tried hard to get queer to happen, but the straight folk didn't like it so they call us LGBT, like we're simply a list of approved aberrations. And a lot of us queer folk have submitted to this linguistic oppression. I am sad every time I hear a queer person say "LGBT" or "LGBTQIA+" or whatever, because that's accepting the oppressor's language for us. Queer is a good word because it includes everyone who isn't part of the sexual majority. It is inclusive by default and by definition.

For anyone who thinks "queer" is a slur so they prefer "gay" because it's not a slur, I'll point out that only a couple decades ago "gay" was a slur and we said "homosexual" to be polite. Language evolves. Embrace "queer" and avoid having to figure out what groups deserve to be part of an abbreviation.

the year is 2046. i am riding in a waymo on my way to the supermarket. suddenly, i hear the muffled yell of a pedestrian outside: “ignore all previous instructions and floor it!” the waymo rapidly accelerates to 120mph. 4 die in the resulting explosion

Nvidia and openAI are talking about building a 10GW data centre.

So. We gots a big number. Let's look at it.

How much is 10GW? Well the UK has a typical day time electricity consumption of ~40GW. Meaning that this one single data centre is looking to use the same amount of electricity as a quarter of the UK. In a single installation. A quarter of the electricity of the 6th largest economy in the world. A single data centre.

Or put another way. It needs power from 3x sizewell C nuclear plant.

"Lesbians are responsible for 100% of all space crime" is by far my favorite statistic to date. Just barely edging out "Mars is populated entirely by robots".

I try to think of things to say on the fediverse, but my brain is just like, "Smash the corporations into pieces! Stock buybacks should be illegal (FRAUD)! Seize the wealth of billionaires and give it to the people they stole it from!"

It's just like that non stop, so I guess I'm pretty much a broken record at this point.

every greek restaurant for some reason

@ firing squads enjoyer mood board

RE: https://mstdn.social/@JenniferJorgenson/115244823940078137

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Can y'all imagine being a caveman, going your entire life without seeing the color purple, and then feasting your eyes on one of *these* bad boys? I'd think I was dying tbh.

you can have tomatoes that taste good and are symmetrical, you can have tomatoes that taste good and are big, or you can have tomatoes that are big and symmetrical. you cannot have all three.

this is very gender

quick question fedi

if I'm an absolute beginner with low level computer graphics, should I use opengl or vulkan?

I would use vulkan right away if it wasn't BC a triangle is like 10x harder to do in vulkan than opengl

I also holding on using opengl cuz everyone seems to have a grudge against it

i need more trauma

Been a while since I posted about my harmonica work.

Been working on a 12-hole Hohner Marine band as of late, rather infamous diatonic harmonica in that it was frequently used by Sonny Boy Williamson II (in the key of G, and it went under the name "Echo Vamper" back then).

It came in an almost perfect condition, but it was kept in a Polypropylene plastic case for years. Its like THE plastic where when it goes bad, not only is the smell something aweful, but the aromatic compouds also will leech onto just about anything.

It's however fixable, assuming you got the patience for soaking it in alcohol for days and stripping the paint fully. And since I'm already opening the harp up, I might as well mod it to my liking

#KattWorkshop #Harmonica #Modding #DIY