As a Blind person i never thought i would be on social media savoring photos. But the communal Mastodon alt text game is so strong that sweet, poetic or silly descriptions abound on my timeline. Thanks to legions of people who take time to write a meaningful description of the ephemera they post, i learn so much about insects, plants, buildings, memes — all dispatches from a dimension of the world that i otherwise wouldn't experience. If you're wondering whether anybody reads these things: YES.
I'm really only getting bits of the Olympics via socmed and it's a perfect yoyo of "aahh, faith in humanity restored" and "aww, faith in humanity destroyed"
(the athletes mostly doing the first, the socmed mostly doing the second)
>The first US Book Prize judged entirely by incarcerated people has announced a winner. https://lithub.com/the-first-us-book-prize-judged-entirely-by-incarcerated-people-has-announced-a-winner/
Kitsune Tails is OUT NOW!! Run, jump, and dash across a land inspired by Japanese mythology and untangle the love triangle between three young women on a journey of self discovery. Explore the complicated relationships between kitsune and humans through classic platforming action.
get it now on steam https://store.steampowered.com/app/1325260 or itch https://eniko.itch.io/kitsunetails
we're a small underfunded team with a majority queer developers, and while we're punching way above our weight class we need the support of our community if this game is going to be a success. please boost this post, and if you can afford it buy it on steam and leave a positive review on the first day (the text doesn't matter, only the thumbs up, so "i like gay fops" is totally valid as a review)
i also want to prove fedi is powerful enough to make an indie game succeed, so even if you're not personally that into the game, please boost this post?
Thunderbolt Fantasy Show's 4th Season Reveals Trailer, More Cast, October 5 Debut
If you're an EU citizen and you hate DRM and planned obsolescence, here's an easy petition for you to sign:
https://www.stopkillinggames.com/eci
TL;DR: If online-only DRM servers shut down, publishers would be required to keep your game working regardless.
Only targets video games because that is where this practice is by far the most prevalent today, but it would set a precedent that we might soon need for things like phones, cars, and all the other things that are increasingly getting CPUs shoved inside them.
1 year to reach 1 million signatures.
We are up to 300 backers! Thanks so much yougaiz! Keep spreading the word -- we have 25+ stories with translations from 5+ languages, fiction by Bama, Gogu Shyamala, Mimi Mondal, Archita Mittra, + many more. New add-ons include Priyanka Paul's "Party at the End of Gender Normativity" acrylic puzzle, special edition of Ambedkar's Annihilation of Caste with Kunal Lokhande cover, and more
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/blaft/anti-caste-speculative-fiction-by-blaft-publications
@FrostPoem @penprompts
ancient cemetery
a lively conversation
with a tombstone
#microprompt
🆃 Aus ASCII-Art, kurzen Fakten und Überlegungen zur Schreibmaschine habe ich ein Miniheft („Zine“) gestaltet. Macht sich sehr gut als kleines Geschenk für liebe Menschen. #typewriter
Made a #zine today about something that's been a going thing for quite a few weeks/months, even before the "I would like to make this" phase --
It's about a tiny raspberry bush at a bus stop, and how it's gotten me thinking.
https://taichara.smol.pub/raspberry%20ruminations.pdf
https://taichara.smol.pub/raspberry%20ruminations-Printable.pdf
The first link is a single-pages pdf. The second is formatted -- print double-sided, cut the stacked pages in half, put the half with covers on top, fold, staple.
#WomensEpics that need an English translation ASAP, round two:
- Catakantaravanan: a Tamil epic that elaborates on the Ramayana, but in this story, it is Sita who fights a demon king
- Matabagka Seeks the Deity of the Wind: epic from the Philippines about a girl's heroic journey (this one has an English translation, but only in a thesis manuscript in the UP library)
With a little shudder, followed by an even larger shiver, Tavi closed the thick old book he'd pulled from a high shelf and pledged quietly to never open it again.
He would keep it.
It was better if he knew where it was.
He knew what was in it now.
He knew that he could resist the temptation to-
Well a few more pages probably wouldn't hurt.
He wouldn't do anything with-
Better to really know what was in it.
He wouldn't-
He wouldn't open it again after this time, surely. But he'd keep it anyway, he'd-
Tavi sat quietly and read.
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