Jenn Dolari @dolari@driveinsaturday.org
- Closetspace
- http://dolari.net/cs
- A Wish for Wings
- http://dolari.net/awfw
- The Dolari Library
- http://dolari.net
- Everything Else
- https://linktr.ee/dolari
Artist for Closetspace and A Wish for Wings
Creative Text Writer for MTG: Universes Beyond
Writer for Sea of Legends
One enchilada short of a Mexican Platter
Joined Dec 2022
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I recently had a realization about what Twitter became and what the expectations of social media are for the people who thrived there:
They want a *broadcast* medium, not a *discussion* medium.
They get actively upset when people *REPLY* to them.
That seems like a weird reaction when you post on a *discussion* site!
But Twitter failed at being a "social medium" and became a "parasocial medium": a site for adoring fans to follow celebrities around.
Maybe why I never liked it.
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Cynicism is often the easiest position we can take, surrendering before even putting up a fight. Empathy and hope are worthier paths for a true warrior. After all, it takes bravery to strive for better days, to seek the sun through the darkest of clouds.
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Adam Conover's activism has been refreshing to see during the writer's strike: not just picketing the studios but educating the public about what a union does and how a strike works at the same time. It's also fun to hear about other entertainers I admire working hard to support the picket lines. #Labor https://jacobin.com/2023/07/adam-conover-wga-strike?utm_source=werd.io&utm_campaign=mastodon&utm_channel=mastodon
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And you know what else? Fuck all this "online friends aren't real parasocial relationship blah blah blah" nonsense. I've known a lot of you longer than kids I went to school with. We've seen each other's triumphs and setbacks and most intimate thoughts. I read everything you all write. A good number of us know each other's inner lives better than some old married couples. Friends are friends and a lot of you are so very dear to me
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If you are making a movie, please remember to include at least one or two time-passing montages so that the folks making your liscensed game have a place in the story to pad out the gameplay
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Expanding on a point we hit upon in a conversation here yesterday...
Old CRT TVs, as viewed from this era, truly sound like an early 20th century sci-fi "invention".
Imagine, if you will, a moving picture device working by having a compact and constantly firing particle cannon which spread was contained and molded by powerful magnets.
Does that really sound like a tech that ever existed in the real world?
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trans feelings, dissociation
Also how am I supposed to listen to music through headphones attached to my phone, if I'm wearing a dress with no pockets?
How am I supposed to catch and keep Pocket Monsters if I don't have pockets?!
Jenn Dolari
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Do birds know they are birds? Or maybe what I want to ask is - do birds know we have placed them in a unifying category and named it "birds"?
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@amydentata I keep reading these headlines and going "sounds like <employer> should figure out how to fairly compensate their employees pretty quick then huh"
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❌ This strike could negatively impact the economy
✅ Underpaying workers is negatively impacting the economy
You don't leave Sultan Bakery hungry, I can tell you that. I also love that their menu is "whatever is on the dry boards today."
A few months ago, I noticed that part of Click's skid plate had popped off. Being unemployed and not able to go to the mechanic to fix it, I simply popped it back into place and promptly forgot about it.
During yesterday's roadtrip, after about 130 miles, I put my car in reverse and heard a terrible grinding noise and my car leaving a freaking GOUGE in the gravel driveway I was pulling out of. After checking the car, the part of the skid plate had popped out, and it caught the gravel, pulling a huge chunk out which was now dragging on the road, and on top of that, pulled another huge chunk out.
I did my best to pop everything back into place and beelined it to the nearest town, Cle Elum. After driving around to find a place that was open at 10PM on a Sunday that had duct tape, I found some, and taped it up.
Then I drove home, which was about 70 miles. Somewhere on that drive at 70 MPH, the skid plate popped back out dragged on the freeway (which I didnt' hear), and tore off multiple pieces. When I got home, what I found was a huge part of the skid plate not broken, cracked and very conveniently, "shaved" where it hit the road.
Thankfully, it wasn't too hard to make a fix on it. It looks like one of the bolts fell out causing the skid plate to droop to begin with, and one of the sections that was torn off had a lone bolt just hanging there. Took that bolt, and refastened the skid plate on the front. This looks like it'll keep the remaining skid plate bak where it needs to be, for the most part.
For the parts that are no longer fastened to anything, I used duct tape, in a fix my dad would be proud of. Which means I probably should get it to a mechanic as soon as I can afford to.
A lot on my mind today. Thinking of old friends....
Two ladies who don't care for diamonds and gold
Who love the boys when they young or they old
Who always got something to say for themselves
Who put the high heels back on the shelf
Blue line: Jenn's path down the 1923 alignment of US 97
Thick white line on the right: Current, much saner, less WHEEEEEEE alignment.
You wouldn't believe how hard it is to find duct tape on a Sunday night in Cle Elum.
Minor emergency repair on the car, but I don't think she's liking even paved county roads these days....
- Closetspace
- http://dolari.net/cs
- A Wish for Wings
- http://dolari.net/awfw
- The Dolari Library
- http://dolari.net
- Everything Else
- https://linktr.ee/dolari
Artist for Closetspace and A Wish for Wings
Creative Text Writer for MTG: Universes Beyond
Writer for Sea of Legends
One enchilada short of a Mexican Platter
Joined Dec 2022
