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To people on switter.at who favorite what seem to be random toots of mine: if you're favoriting my toots because you have a genuine interest in them, that's fine. I know people have interests outside of work and sex workers are no exception.
However, if you're favoriting my toots in an attempt to get me to use your services, you might want to check my profile first before doing so. I announce there that I'm a gay man and yet I keep getting favorites of this sort from women.
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Time for a new #introduction as my old one's a bit out-of-date.
I'm a 37 year-old cis #gay man living in western PA, USA. I work as a #Unix and (unfortunately) backup #sysadmin. I'm primarily a #NetBSD user.
I'm also into #hamradio, my username's my callsign.
I started #gliding back in July and am now a student glider/#sailplane pilot.
My other interests include #videogames, #books, #hiking, #media (which I used to work in) and #cats, especially my own named Freyja.
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I mentioned that I had my second glider flight on Sunday. I took my DSLR camera with me this time, and when my flight instructor had control of the glider I took pictures. Here are four of them.
It was another great day for gliding/soaring. Too bad I couldn't stay long due to Freyja's vet appointment.
https://social.coop/media/tSrtGGwbFVeLsrifV88 https://social.coop/media/xglEILPpx9J674-fotc https://social.coop/media/g76ORdWyi-JqOrOo6X0 https://social.coop/media/5cvq-LJyGwsJ2zbZ6AQ
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Hey retrotechies! I have an Okidata Microline 183 printer with a busted tractor feed. It is otherwise in working order, and I even have ample ribbon replacements for it.
Where does one obtain a replacement for this part?
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question for US based POC re society/violence
Question for POC in the usa: (hello other there, echo......) Do you live in fear of violent white supremacists?
I often do, like when i see a confederate flag or swastika (daily) or read about idaho or fake theocrats. It's exhausting.
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“They know that to reject the transitioner spells an end to the game, which is the last thing in the world they want.” https://www.thechatner.com/p/let-me-save-you-some-time-a-field
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Us pol
Somebody needs to sue carlson and murdoch for this bullshit. Can't replace them fast enough.
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First #Caturday that I'm posting pics from the new condo! #PartManxFreyja loves that the bedrooms here have carpet. #Cats #MastoCats #FediCats
As a housewarming gift to myself, I bought a coupld of 1-liter glass bottles on Sunday while I was grocery shopping since they were relatively cheap yet give my place a little bit more of a bistro feel. The pictures show them in use for what I intend: filling them with the zero sugar ginger ale I usually get in 2-liter bottles.
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Those of you who have come here from corporate social media (recently or in the past) and stayed, which of the following were behind your reasons to stay here?
Boosts OK!
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re: meta, CWs
@erosdiscordia @maddiefuzz @rgegriff Tangentially I also prefer spelling things out in that way. It's not at all obvious to newbies what "uspol" or "mh~" or "a11y" means.
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“At its core, tone-policing is first an argumentative move sideways and then a stall.” https://blog.apaonline.org/2022/05/10/tone-policing-and-the-assertion-of-authority/
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All right, Fediverse, do you have any recommendations for an email provider that isn't GMail or ProtonMail? I'm looking for something with IMAP support (and preferably not as a feature I have to pay for) as a replacement for my GMail account, which I use for subscribing to mailing lists and what I call "petty business," things like PayPal and for access to websites.
Already it's pretty clear which part of the condo #PartManxFreyja likes the most. #Cats
The deal is done. I now own a condo!
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An open letter to Disney, Time Warner, Sony, Netflix and all other large media companies
Hi we're all bored of tour endless reboots and adaptations.
Please dispand yourselves and share your wealth equally between everyone who has worked on your movies, you media format has become irrelevant.
- Sincerely: Everyone who's ever watched a movie.
Dave V. ND9JR
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Less than 2 weeks after I got my bike repaired to the point of being ridable again, someone stole it. It was in the communal garage of my apartment building, but once again the garage door is stuck open, leaving anyone ample opportunity to steal it.
