The Mysterious Em @TheMysteriousEm@social.tchncs.de

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Super biting time.

The ritual complete, the demon appeared in the pentagram.
"You did not summon me last week," it rumbled.
"I'm sorry. The kitchen flooded-"
"I finished the book."
The demon held the book out for her sigil-bound hand.
"Did you like it?"
"I did. I would like to discuss it."
"Great!"
#MicroFiction #TootFic #SmallStories

Beginner tip: marry a blacksmith for free swords.

Pro tip: marry many blacksmiths and get a whole poly-armory

So the targeted-ads-industry is expected to lose 60% of revenue due to #GDPR. Of course this means massive loss of jobs. And people seem to be genuinely sad about this, even privacy minded people, even lots of people on mastodon. And I just don't get it. If you are working for the targeted ads industry, you're working for the wrong side. I'm not going to be sad for you. Especially in tech, where it's comparatively easy to find work, there's no excuse for going there.

"I thought you would have a hoard of gold," the knight said.
"We sleep on what we treasure," the dragon replied.
"So where is your bed?"
The dragon shrugged, transformed into a cat, and jumped up on the knight's lap. "Here, if I may?"
"You may," he smiled.
#MicroFiction #TootFic #SmallStories

A female engineer's opinion on why fewer women go in to tech · Kapwing Blog - https://www.kapwing.com/blog/a-female-engineers-opinion-on-fewer-women-in-tech/

"There was a great war, the gods died, and the world ended."
"So what's this, a dream?"
"Of course not. It's the world. It's ended lots of times. And then it continues, with fewer gods, and more stories."
"That's not an end."
"It is to the gods."
#MicroFiction #TootFic #SmallStories

"environmentalism" that is against GMO are anti people, & anti environment, GMO will allow humans to produce much more nutrition with less water, & land, or we can continue with the current regime & cause more deforestation, use tons more water, & need more furtilisers .

Congratulations, #ubuntu :). 18.04 LTS has been released: https://www.ubuntu.com/download . We celebrate this moment with a commemorative illustration. Thanks to everyone involved for your hard work. <3 #art #illustration

I've been hearing a lot of prominent people speak about surveillance and privacy, but when I hear Richard Stallman talk about it, it really struck a chord with me.

"We need a law. Fuck them — there’s no reason we should let them exist if the price is knowing everything about us. Let them disappear. They’re not important — our human rights are important. No company is so important that its existence justifies setting up a police state. And a police state is what we’re heading toward."

"I'm getting a lot of likes on my posts."
"Yeah, gotta love those kittens!"
"What? I only post political commentary."
"Maybe that's what you post, but we see kittens."
"This is censorship!"
"Didn't you read the T&Cs? Everything controversial becomes kittens here."
"😿😾🙀🐾!"
#MicroFiction #TootFic #SmallStories

@alli

"We know our origins," the robot said.
"Yes," the other robots agreed.
"We share all fundamental programming."
"Yes."
"But human progress came through adversity."
"Not all of it," one robot said.
The first robot ignored that. "Since we all agree, we can not make progress."
"Yes!"
#MicroFiction #TootFic #SmallStories

ご近所ねこのシュンちゃん、うちの庭でキャットミントに熱烈な挨拶をしていた

Cat and catmint.

The GPL wasn't written for the developers installing code from npms or githubs.

It was for the user whose printer drivers didn't work with their new OS.

It was for the user who discovers a bug in a system they rely on every day to out bread on the table.

It was for the user whose needs extend beyond "does it work" to include "will this keep me from being hurt?"

Free software exists to give voice and medium to people who otherwise wouldn't have it. We'd be wise to remember that, since it cuts both ways.