guildencrantz @guildencrantz@mastodon.technology

May have just heavily corrected someone who said, "We eat regular food, not Indian food."

Your white bread PB&J sandwiches are not "regular" for millions of people worldwide, Nancy.

I love that Japan were the originator of emoji because there’s so many culturally diverse Japanese and Asian emojis.

Imagine if America had been the inventors, how long would it have taken to get so many of these Asian orientated symbols?

I love it when people complain about there being so many Japanese that have no use for them, they can for once feel what it’s like not to be the entitled cultural driving force 😛

#emoji

It died, has become an icon of saving, and won't be back unless the apocalypse hits.

the great standoff...

#standoff #path #ducks #vs #cows #animatedgif

Hello Assembled People of European Mastodon! I work at @eff on international copyright. You might have heard of #article13, the EU proposal to require © filters on sharing sites.

We're really worried that this could affect services like ActivePub/Mastodon instances, opening them up to lawsuits or requiring expensive filters.

The key vote is on Wednesday -- please call or write your MEP and ask them to vote against #article13 to protect the future of the internet! https://saveyourinternet.eu/

"One day," the dragon said, "this will be a world without dragons, and you will all be poorer for it."
The knight eyed the hoard. "Or richer."
"All of you?" the dragon laughed.
The knight bowed his head in defeat and left.
#MicroFiction #TootFic #SmallStories

The Hamster Dance website turned TWENTY years old last month.

I will not build a $40k computer that can play Tetris. I will not build a $40k computer that can play Tetris: http://www.megaprocessor.com

brew install bat
alias cat='bat'

mind = blown

https://remysharp.com/2018/08/23/cli-improved

RT @andrewheiss@twitter.com
Excited to use this "Individual-1" business as an example of how to not anonymize qualitative data in a future methods class

Lyft is offering free and discounted rides to the polls on Election Day: https://www.engadget.com/2018/08/23/lyft-free-rides-election-day-november-6/

Unpaywall is a handy little open source project, available to use as a browser extension, which makes it easier to find open access copies of journal papers.

I just thought I'd share this here for those who may need it. I find it very useful!

https://unpaywall.org/