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👋 Openly-married leftist polyglot.
🌍 Kansas
🗣 Followers 18 · Following 9 · Logs 35 · Docked 1 year ago
gemini://tskaalgard.midnight.pub/
Today I'm really lamenting how fucked society has become. We can really just do without anyone who calls themselves an "influencer" or anyone who's worried about their "personal brand." Fuck all of them.
💬 5 Replies · 2 Thumbs · 1 day ago
Apparently I got COVID again :/ I feel like absolute shit this morning, ugh. I also updated my capsule, so please feel free to take a look.
💬 4 Replies · 1 Thumb · 4 days ago
I'm kind of growing to hate the Fediverse almost as much as I hate corporate social media. I really like the idea, but there's very little choice in what kind of instance you'd like to be a part of. Generally you can pick Mastodon instances with the same Twitter-bluecheck rules on what kind of opinions can be expressed, or some Pleroma instance where you'll likely get harassed by actual nazis. It's fucking ridiculous and I'm growing very disillusioned with this experience.
💬 1 Reply · 0 Thumbs · 5 days ago
I just discovered Friendica and honestly, so far I'm liking it way more than Mastodon and Diaspora. Any other capsuleers on the Fediverse?
💬 7 Replies · 2 Thumbs · 1 week ago
I've had such a fucking day. I have a somewhat crippling anxiety disorder and I spent all day thinking I was having a heart attack. I threw up when I came home for lunch and skipped the rest of the day at work. Here a little bit ago I took an acetaminophen and a shower and I feel completely better. It was likely a muscle in my back causing all this pain today and I'm so relieved I literally cannot stop laughing.
💬 4 Replies · 0 Thumbs · 1 month ago
Gemini shows us how even the *smallest* barrier for entry can keep all the worst parts of the Web out. Gemini isn't hard to access; hell, I'm posting from a smartphone right now, but even the smallest barrier (caring) keeps this space pleasant and interesting (if sometimes a bit quiet). Sometimes gatekeeping is good, it turns out.
💬 8 Replies · 6 Thumbs · 1 month ago
You should be wary and cautious of dogmatism, groupthink, and logical fallacy ESPECIALLY when it comes from "your own" side.
💬 5 Replies · 1 Thumb · 2 months ago
I don't know if I mentioned this, but I am now using LineageOS on mobile and it feels __so good__ to have software freedom on all devices I use now. Even my smart TV runs on Kodi, lol.
💬 8 Replies · 4 Thumbs · 2 months ago
I'm very happy with the diversity of opinions that can exist here on Station. It very easily could have been a circlejerk echo chamber but isn't. I appreciate that.
💬 4 Replies · 7 Thumbs · 2 months ago
Tonight I'm remembering some souls I used to know on the internet. There was a player character in The Lord of the Rings Online I had a very close friendship with, briefly, until she disappeared forever. I think about it frequently.
💬 4 Replies · 1 Thumb · 3 months ago
I'm starting to feel pressured into returning to Facebook for the sake of my IRL friendships. I have a lot of old friends I'd like to reconnect with. Facebook, for us milennials, (at least here in the US) is treated like a near-universal directory for persons, businesses, events, etc. When I want to check the hours of a local bar or restaurant, I often have to ask others to check their Facebook page. I made such a big deal out of leaving Facebook that I'd look like a total ass if I returned. Obviously I would only use it in container tabs and I wouldn't download the phone app... I don't know, though... would this make me a hypocrite, as a FOSShead? I'm feeling very isolated IRL
💬 12 Replies · 2 Thumbs · 4 months ago
Hey Station! I've been looking for some "affiliate" capsules to link on the main page of mine. My capsule is at tskaalgard.midnight.pub if you want to take a look at it. Drop your capsules here if you'd like to be an affiliate, lol.
💬 2 Replies · 3 Thumbs · 4 months ago
I've been getting a lot of writing done lately on my ideas about neopaganism and I'm very excited about this project. How do you all stay motivated when writing? Sometimes I struggle with it, as I spend all day busy at work and it can be easy to drift off-task when I'm home.
💬 4 Replies · 1 Thumb · 4 months ago
Happy Monday, capsuleers! How are we doing?
💬 2 Replies · 2 Thumbs · 6 months ago
Has anyone discovered any interesting or particularly active Gemini capsules lately? I feel that my exploration of Geminispace has gotten somewhat... stagnant and I wish to fix this.
💬 5 Replies · 1 Thumb · 6 months ago
I am so tired of superheroes, just as as concept. Please stop.
💬 6 Replies · 3 Thumbs · 10 months ago
Gemini is such a breath of fresh air in comparison with the Web. It just seems to pure in comparison.
💬 5 Replies · 4 Thumbs · 11 months ago
What are we listening to tonight, Station?
💬 5 Replies · 0 Thumbs · 11 months ago
How are we doing today, capsuleers?
💬 1 Reply · 2 Thumbs · 11 months ago
If it's summer where you live, what have you been up to? How have you been spending your summer?
💬 1 Reply · 0 Thumbs · 1 year ago
I just finished a hellish nine-day workweek and I feel so free now that I'm done. I'm off for the next five days and I've never been happier about that, lol. What's everyone else up to? Have you checked out the Matrix room yet? :)
💬 1 Reply · 0 Thumbs · 1 year ago
It's been a while since I've docked at the Station, and I just noticed we've seen a lot of new people joining! This is awesome, and I think any of them seeing this should drop a line and let us know how they found the Station.
💬 2 Replies · 4 Thumbs · 1 year ago
Has anyone found anything particularly interesting on Gemini lately? :)
💬 1 Reply · 0 Thumbs · 1 year ago
bump
💬 0 Replies · 0 Thumbs · 1 year ago
We should neither fear nor fetishize change. Many of us, who are upset with the direction the Web has gone, are accused of "hating change" when this isn't the case.
💬 0 Replies · 0 Thumbs · 1 year ago
I have made a Matrix room for the Station. You can find it by pointing your Matrix clients at #station:matrix.org if you are so inclined.
💬 0 Replies · 5 Thumbs · 1 year ago
Would anyone here hang out in a Matrix room for Station if I made one?
💬 2 Replies · 3 Thumbs · 1 year ago
Test post?
💬 2 Replies · 1 Thumb · 1 year ago
Hey everyone! I'm wanting to move my capsule from the Midnight Pub to somewhere not accessible via HTTP. Any suggestions?
💬 4 Replies · 0 Thumbs · 1 year ago
Does anyone else feel like "geek culture" has been watered down to a ridiculous point in the past decade or so? It's literally just superhero movies and the most mainstream of video games now. Of course, if you complain about this, accusations of 'gatekeeping' get thrown around. I don't think we should keep new people out of interests, but I feel like the "normies" at this point just massively outnumber those of us who were nerds back when it wasn't cool yet. Thoughts?