Satsuma @Satsuma@cat.family

@puf nerdykeppie has a whole set of queer stickers — in particular I’d recommend
https://nerdykeppie.com/collections/stickers/products/more-color-more-pride-raised-fist-kiss-cut-stickers tho they also have a series of 8 bit hearts in various pride flags

We got enough volunteers to keep the #WisCon server up until next con and you can tell that literally every volunteer was like “oh perfect now we’ve got a great place to manage recruitment & training”

Peonies were bountiful this year 💖

Something I don't think I've mentioned is that we don't actually have a house style for audio recording indexes? I got some feedback from someone who'd done them before early on about what they think works/doesn't but mostly no one cares so long as the info's there and the formatting is relatively internally consistent.

So that's weird

Today's offering from the archive:

Not now, after like a solid week of sleep min but WisCon has me feeling the resilience theme

Thinking about switching to the cactus icon next….

💤💤💤

honestly the vidshow alone is worth the $25 admission #WisCon

#Ao3TagOfTheDay: WHAT IF EVERYTHING WAS FINE, averting canon sadness

Other observations of note from my walk: a cluster of students in a fountain (who hopefully dont have any early exams tomorrow), a number of crickets, and an adorable cream and ginger kitty

the paulownia, fringetree, & honeysuckle are all in full bloom right now and the humidity from the rain, rather than knock the scent out of the air is only making in more vivid

@ljwrites also: if you don’t like them you can just turn boosts off, either site wide or for individual people—so unlike most fediquette discussions, this one can be easily resolved without asking anyone else to change their behavior

@guerrillarain i’d read it if you did!

Registration for #WisCon 2022 closes tomorrow, May 15th!

It's an online con and there are both online only & hybrid memberships still available -- more information on both can be found on their site: https://wiscon.net/register/

#Ao3TagOfTheDay Romance, Slow Burn, Getting Together, also, Established Relationship, (kind of), welcome to Guardian canon

I could start #Ao3OpeningLine but I’m not sure I’ll be able to top «Han Chen finds it kind of amazing that this isn't even the first time he's been lured into the woods for some kind of weird game that's probably supposed to include people being murdered.» anytime soon

Tulip magnolias making a second attempt after a freeze killed the first in the bud

And the redbud trees are looking adorable as always

#florespondence

@sagesharp@mastodon.technology
1. As much of the conference as possible should be available remotely — not just so that high risk people like myself can opt out but also so that anyone who believes they have been exposed and make the right choice & self-isolate without being punished by missing the conference
2. Currently there are no at-con policies that would make air travel safe for me so that already precludes anything but local conventions. For those I would want:
- a clear plan on how the concom is assessing current covid risks and what their fallback is if the situation changes. Also a refund option if there’s a discrepancy between our risk thresholds
- a pretty seriously restricted capacity limit both on total attendees and on audience size for individual events
- a transparent & unbiased assessment of the convention centers ventilation to confirm its adequate
- mandatory vaccinations and masking in all indoor areas of the convention center
- testing before arrival & rapid tests available to attendees on site
- a robust digital option with heavy encouragement for anyone who has been exposed to self-isolate