Month: 7 Tammuz 5783 (June 2023)

Flight Attendant: Sir, you can’t bring that bottle on the plane!!!

Me: It’s OK. It’s my emotional support whiskey.

—@AmishSuperModel

So, there’s ice hockey (water), field hockey (earth), and table hockey (air), and I def think it’s high time for some fire hockey.

—@qurlyjoe

Jax stared at the alien on his doorstep — a short being in a silver suit, with grey skin, a big head, and dark eyes.

“Your music,” the alien said, “is too loud. We can hear it from the dimension next door….”

“Whoa!” said Jax. “From another dimension?”

Behind the alien stood a beautiful elf with pointed ears. “Yes. We hail from the world bordering yours on the other side. It’s quite loud.”

Jax glanced back at his friend. “Dude, I TOLD you this new sound system rocks!”

#microfiction

—@vanellopemint

If I can give one piece of life advice:

Whenever someone geeks about something in front of you, or admits an ’embarrassing’ interest, just say:

“That sounds AMAZING. I don’t know anything about that. Tell me about it.”

Then just listen.

Not once in my life have I regretted it.

—@garius

Normalize people being themselves and not saying they are cringe or weird for every damn quirk they have.

We are all hella fuckin’ weird and that’s okay! 💞

—@Jae

@SecularJeffrey See, I call the voices in MY head my “focus group.”

—@jemal

Once upon a time, there was a community called Little Details on LiveJournal. It was a place where fiction writers of all kinds could ask for help with their fact-checking and research. It was anb amazing resource before the collapse of LiveJournal took it down.

I recently decided to try resurrecting it on Dreamwidth. It’s now open and ready for questions. Come check it out, and boost if you’re so inclined!

https://little-details.dreamwidth.org/

#writing #fanfiction #fandom #dreamwidth

—@pompelon

@gulovsen At first I thought federation with Meta would be a good thing because it would mean communicating with friends and family who are on Facebook and will never come here.

Then I remembered the kind of shit my friends and family post on Facebook…

—@gerowen

The need to preserve private communication is more severe than ever. Encrypted communication remains a crucial cornerstone to safeguarding freedom and human rights worldwide.
But what makes a secure messenger secure and private?

@justinhendrix, @cooperq, Caroline Sinders, Leila Wylie Wagner, @TimBernard, Ami Mehta did a deep dive into the design and technical security of encrypted apps.

(🧵1/2)

https://techpolicy.press/what-is-secure-an-analysis-of-popular-messaging-apps/

—@cityroler