Autumnus Dux The 114th Duke of Fall. Second-most popular peer of the Court of Seasons, and he's aiming for #1. Your favorite fake Duke of your favorite real season.
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Last Notes npub1xcztdpuvn7spxgk9q34742fp5vtug6dctmjulv2rrnuzd0ah4qmsxrld6d The Duke of Fall :d12: @nprofile…zxj6 ASTROPHYSICIST: In order to use a metaphor, one must first create the universe... npub1xcztdpuvn7spxgk9q34742fp5vtug6dctmjulv2rrnuzd0ah4qmsxrld6d The Duke of Fall :d12: @nprofile…44dh I have never been able to stick with EVE Online as a player, but I am grateful for the engrossing drama it so regularly produces. npub1xcztdpuvn7spxgk9q34742fp5vtug6dctmjulv2rrnuzd0ah4qmsxrld6d The Duke of Fall :d12: You are what is left when you can't run anymore. npub1xcztdpuvn7spxgk9q34742fp5vtug6dctmjulv2rrnuzd0ah4qmsxrld6d The Duke of Fall :d12: Society could use some real effort spent on teaching folks what to do with rejection. People absolutely suck at handling the word "no," and preparing for what comes next. Walking into someone else's decision just hoping for the best and with no plan for being declined is just really, really bad, and yet few folks seem to get any structured advice or teaching on dealing with this inevitability of living in a society with others. npub1xcztdpuvn7spxgk9q34742fp5vtug6dctmjulv2rrnuzd0ah4qmsxrld6d The Duke of Fall :d12: I am so exhausted of having to try so hard just to get other people to try at all. npub1xcztdpuvn7spxgk9q34742fp5vtug6dctmjulv2rrnuzd0ah4qmsxrld6d The Duke of Fall :d12: @nprofile…wdzu Like modems negotiating their speed and protocol, only human. npub1xcztdpuvn7spxgk9q34742fp5vtug6dctmjulv2rrnuzd0ah4qmsxrld6d The Duke of Fall :d12: @nprofile…nmr0 They genuinely don't, and so much of their voter base has been isolated by economic and social factors that, frankly, they don't know how normal people live, either. They just know what the TV suits tell them. npub1xcztdpuvn7spxgk9q34742fp5vtug6dctmjulv2rrnuzd0ah4qmsxrld6d The Duke of Fall :d12: Every now and then, I still think about just how GOOD those damn salads would have to be to make me smile like they do in stock art. npub1xcztdpuvn7spxgk9q34742fp5vtug6dctmjulv2rrnuzd0ah4qmsxrld6d The Duke of Fall :d12: @nprofile…nmr0 @nprofile…36qa There is no coincidence that the last 45 years of US agitation against IR has been primarily driven by folks born in the 1940-1960s who still remember the revolution as yet another sociopolitical "loss" for "America" (and more importantly capitalism) on the heels of Vietnam. They have never let that shit go, and the animus is as uncomplicated as it is disproportionately intense. npub1xcztdpuvn7spxgk9q34742fp5vtug6dctmjulv2rrnuzd0ah4qmsxrld6d The Duke of Fall :d12: I have now watched the Times spend literally 40 years staring at the true face of conservatism and fail to *see* it because they're too busy trying to find *anything* but the racism, moral bankruptcy, and greed to explain the behavior. Y'all, I'm starting to think they're not all that confused... npub1xcztdpuvn7spxgk9q34742fp5vtug6dctmjulv2rrnuzd0ah4qmsxrld6d The Duke of Fall :d12: @nprofile…d0yj Deep down, you just became Lemon Pledge. npub1xcztdpuvn7spxgk9q34742fp5vtug6dctmjulv2rrnuzd0ah4qmsxrld6d The Duke of Fall :d12: @nprofile…d0yj One of the primary reasons I'm avoiding using AI in the workplace, aside from the many, many unaddressed ethical quandaries, is the fact that I've spent my *entire* 25 year career as a brown person in tech having to be superlative just to make the cut, and I'll be damned if I'll let them hand me a ready-made excuse to diminish the value of my actual work. npub1xcztdpuvn7spxgk9q34742fp5vtug6dctmjulv2rrnuzd0ah4qmsxrld6d The Duke of Fall :d12: @nprofile…nmr0 He would need to be capable of a new, independent idea. He hasn't been in some time. npub1xcztdpuvn7spxgk9q34742fp5vtug6dctmjulv2rrnuzd0ah4qmsxrld6d The Duke of Fall :d12: @nprofile…nmr0 Almost like the folks who own and run the presses don't want us talking about that part. npub1xcztdpuvn7spxgk9q34742fp5vtug6dctmjulv2rrnuzd0ah4qmsxrld6d The Duke of Fall :d12: @nprofile…nmr0 Directly threatening journalists and publications that say things they don't like has been an effective chill on what media are willing to say unprompted. npub1xcztdpuvn7spxgk9q34742fp5vtug6dctmjulv2rrnuzd0ah4qmsxrld6d The Duke of Fall :d12: @nprofile…cufu @nprofile…nmr0 A wise WOPR once told me that the only winning move is not to play. npub1xcztdpuvn7spxgk9q34742fp5vtug6dctmjulv2rrnuzd0ah4qmsxrld6d The Duke of Fall :d12: @nprofile…d0yj I had not! Got a link? npub1xcztdpuvn7spxgk9q34742fp5vtug6dctmjulv2rrnuzd0ah4qmsxrld6d The Duke of Fall :d12: @nprofile…d0yj Thank you. Did you ever find your Jolly Ranchers? npub1xcztdpuvn7spxgk9q34742fp5vtug6dctmjulv2rrnuzd0ah4qmsxrld6d The Duke of Fall :d12: @nprofile…nmr0 The Duchess does this reflexively, but she isn't the walking thesaurus I became to make sure I was understood as a kid. It is one of the few frustrations I have left after 21y together, but we work through it. When colleagues or friends do it, it can set off ALL THE ALARMS. npub1xcztdpuvn7spxgk9q34742fp5vtug6dctmjulv2rrnuzd0ah4qmsxrld6d The Duke of Fall :d12: @nprofile…nmr0 All because they fervently believe that once the "uppity others" have been put in their place they'll get to sit at their "rightful" place at the same table with the plantation owners. A two-century grift that keeps working because of hate and ignorance are an incredible carrot-stick combination. npub1xcztdpuvn7spxgk9q34742fp5vtug6dctmjulv2rrnuzd0ah4qmsxrld6d The Duke of Fall :d12: In retrospect, granting the wealth and power of ancient kings to nerds who mistook "knowledge" for "a personality" was a bad call. npub1xcztdpuvn7spxgk9q34742fp5vtug6dctmjulv2rrnuzd0ah4qmsxrld6d The Duke of Fall :d12: @nprofile…d6ag Oh wow. I'ma just put those "Migrate from Linode to Hetzner" plans I started diagramming last month in this shredder here. npub1xcztdpuvn7spxgk9q34742fp5vtug6dctmjulv2rrnuzd0ah4qmsxrld6d The Duke of Fall :d12: The problem with the assumption that there would always be "adults in the room" to stop the fundies from pulling their horrifically stupid "immanentize the eschaton" bullshit is that the ACTUAL ADULTS... IN THE ROOM... when those assumptions were made... sat idly by while education standards were systematically dismantled over the subsequent decades... ensuring that in this moment, no, there are *not* any adults in the room, actually. Nowhere to be seen. npub1xcztdpuvn7spxgk9q34742fp5vtug6dctmjulv2rrnuzd0ah4qmsxrld6d The Duke of Fall :d12: Far too much of geopolitics boils down to "I started on an advantageous set of hexes, and I think that should give me an advantage *forever.*" npub1xcztdpuvn7spxgk9q34742fp5vtug6dctmjulv2rrnuzd0ah4qmsxrld6d The Duke of Fall :d12: TMW you realize you're so anxious about social rejection that you're asking friends for reviews of your interactions so you can improve. npub1xcztdpuvn7spxgk9q34742fp5vtug6dctmjulv2rrnuzd0ah4qmsxrld6d The Duke of Fall :d12: @nprofile…n7x3 To say nothing of the near-complete disconnect between the filmmakers and the marketing of their films. The trailer and poster folks will put a whole new tone deaf spin on your work as quick as a bunny breeds. npub1xcztdpuvn7spxgk9q34742fp5vtug6dctmjulv2rrnuzd0ah4qmsxrld6d The Duke of Fall :d12: Kinda hate that we live in a world where any new F/OSS tool or operating system that gets buzz needs to be vetted for Nazi entanglements. npub1xcztdpuvn7spxgk9q34742fp5vtug6dctmjulv2rrnuzd0ah4qmsxrld6d The Duke of Fall :d12: @nprofile…n7x3 Folks love to confuse a diagnostic tool with a testing rubric. npub1xcztdpuvn7spxgk9q34742fp5vtug6dctmjulv2rrnuzd0ah4qmsxrld6d The Duke of Fall :d12: Old Doctor Who content is weird… https://cdn.masto.host/dicecamp/media_attachments/files/115/567/885/375/453/808/original/fb4a93670055761e.jpeg npub1xcztdpuvn7spxgk9q34742fp5vtug6dctmjulv2rrnuzd0ah4qmsxrld6d The Duke of Fall :d12: @nprofile…vs9y That could have been in my childhood toy box in 1984. npub1xcztdpuvn7spxgk9q34742fp5vtug6dctmjulv2rrnuzd0ah4qmsxrld6d The Duke of Fall :d12: The belated realization that my childhood fascination with mimicry and imitation was a survival tactic for living in a world that refused to provide rules that played the same as they were written. npub1xcztdpuvn7spxgk9q34742fp5vtug6dctmjulv2rrnuzd0ah4qmsxrld6d The Duke of Fall :d12: Welp. They just unilaterally nuked my spouse's WFH arrangements, effective next week. There seems to be no operational reason for it beyond "someone, somewhere, gets tickled at the idea of butts in seats at their whim." npub1xcztdpuvn7spxgk9q34742fp5vtug6dctmjulv2rrnuzd0ah4qmsxrld6d The Duke of Fall :d12: It disgusts me how every time there is a protest the media fixation is on damage to commercial property instead of, y'know, what the people are angry about. npub1xcztdpuvn7spxgk9q34742fp5vtug6dctmjulv2rrnuzd0ah4qmsxrld6d The Duke of Fall :d12: @nprofile…sa3n Getting tired of "winning," Doc. I'd really like them to stop dragging USian science into a dark age. npub1xcztdpuvn7spxgk9q34742fp5vtug6dctmjulv2rrnuzd0ah4qmsxrld6d The Duke of Fall :d12: Austerity's only purpose is to solidify the primacy of the rich at times when they feel most threatened. That's it. That's the entire shtick. npub1xcztdpuvn7spxgk9q34742fp5vtug6dctmjulv2rrnuzd0ah4qmsxrld6d The Duke of Fall :d12: I did not call John Fetterman becoming the next Joe Lieberman, but I suppose there always needs to be a Lucy to yank the ball from in front the Dems' Charlie Brown. npub1xcztdpuvn7spxgk9q34742fp5vtug6dctmjulv2rrnuzd0ah4qmsxrld6d The Duke of Fall :d12: Imagine the kind of change could you bring about in your life if the cost of your rent/mortgage and however much food you need to eat *healthily* were just... covered. With no questions asked. Imagine if it worked that way for everyone, young and old, big and small. No "means-testing“ gatekeeping shenanigans. Like, we could just decide “we are willing to spend this on ourselves and each other so that none of us suffers needlessly.” npub1xcztdpuvn7spxgk9q34742fp5vtug6dctmjulv2rrnuzd0ah4qmsxrld6d The Duke of Fall :d12: @npub1utv…87lr “Fucks on Vision Pro" is the new MFi program, I'll bet. npub1xcztdpuvn7spxgk9q34742fp5vtug6dctmjulv2rrnuzd0ah4qmsxrld6d The Duke of Fall :d12: I don't LazyToot often, but here goes: I'm thinking about a used laptop for use as a #Linux-based dev and maintenance device (writing #rustlang, console-ing into #servers and #network gear, etc.) I haven't been in the *GUI* Linux world in ages, so what would folks recommend? I'm particularly interested in decent off-the-shelf compatibility from major distros, as I'm no longer in the "build your own toaster just because you can" phase of my computing life. 🙃 npub1xcztdpuvn7spxgk9q34742fp5vtug6dctmjulv2rrnuzd0ah4qmsxrld6d The Duke of Fall :d12: Imagine seeing OG The Lion King as a kid and deciding that Scar’s your guy, hyenas and all. That’s an entire political party now. npub1xcztdpuvn7spxgk9q34742fp5vtug6dctmjulv2rrnuzd0ah4qmsxrld6d The Duke of Fall :d12: Y'all remember when "woke" meant aware of systemic bias and being anti-racist... instead of “whatever makes white bigots uncomfortable”? npub1xcztdpuvn7spxgk9q34742fp5vtug6dctmjulv2rrnuzd0ah4qmsxrld6d The Duke of Fall :d12: I bottle my frustration and anger a lot. I shouldn't, but can you blame me in a country that treats Black anger as though it's a loaded gun? npub1xcztdpuvn7spxgk9q34742fp5vtug6dctmjulv2rrnuzd0ah4qmsxrld6d The Duke of Fall :d12: My main takeaway from last night's debate is that the devil has way more advocates than is strictly necessary. npub1xcztdpuvn7spxgk9q34742fp5vtug6dctmjulv2rrnuzd0ah4qmsxrld6d The Duke of Fall :d12: When you know multiple people with their own biographical Wikipedia entries, imposter syndrome has its own high-priced team of lawyers to argue on its behalf. npub1xcztdpuvn7spxgk9q34742fp5vtug6dctmjulv2rrnuzd0ah4qmsxrld6d The Duke of Fall :d12: @npub19fe…zpxy You know, they say to be the change we want to see in the world... so maybe I just need to buy a nice cloak and wear it out on the regular. Be "that weird guy” until one day suddenly I'm not. Could be the plan for Gunnie Sax, too! npub1xcztdpuvn7spxgk9q34742fp5vtug6dctmjulv2rrnuzd0ah4qmsxrld6d The Duke of Fall :d12: @npub19fe…zpxy Classic, classy *fire.* I'm over here waiting for cloaks to come back into style, so I hear you. ✊🏽