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can we bring back the gentle culture of indirect posting at each other but not in passive aggressive ways. like subtweeting but without being mean

I have a neat little functional site now! I put all my old comics and a selection of artworks up at https://hexadoodle.neocities.org

As a gifted kid in the 90s they told me that I was going to grow up and do spectacular things. Make a big positive difference in the world.
Today I’m… pretty good at math. And my job is helping others be pretty good at math.
I wish the world’s problems looked anything like the kinds of problems I can solve.

Exclusive: ‘Strange New Worlds’ Showrunners Explain How They Just Rewrote Star Trek History
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Interview: Kirsten Beyer On Writing An Iconic Villain As A Tragic Hero In ‘Star Trek: Khan’
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https://bit.ly/khan-kirsten

To elaborate: If you’re reading mastodon, there’s a high chance you don’t watch the 24-hour news cycle. Which is good. Neither do I. (I read Reuters mainly.)
But that doesn’t make social media a better source. We all collectively have become the news. We do all the reporting and copious amounts of op-ed, all for free.
There are laws to hold the press accountable for bad reporting, but not us. However much bias and selective reporting the networks do, we do ten times as much.

Here is how I talk to my snake:
“Hi good morning good morning hi! Look at you mister long-as-the-tank! I see you! Peeker is peekin! Did you have such a good mouse burrito yesterday? Was it so tasty? You sirsty? You sipping water? Sippy sippy drinky drink? How are you so cute? How did this happen? Snaaaaake!”
I never ever call him ‘noodle’ though, he has more dignity than that.

He was in the middle of a broiling hot path with a lot of with bicycle traffic so i put him on a tree branch. Thought I might get a wish or something but I guess he’s just a regular bug
chair latte (latte who turns you into a chair)
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