Satsuma @Satsuma@cat.family

@imp broadly speaking she’s not wrong but “hey lets discuss this publicly available information about someone running for office and whether or not that info makes them fit for the position” is NOT a lack of protection issue

1) since when has the #OTW had a linkedin?
2) why, out of all platforms, is this the one that the OTW’s legal team has chosen to discuss “the OTW Legal Committee’s Mission”
3) since linkedin apparently loginwalls posts, if anyone would be willing to provide a copy of https://www.linkedin.com/posts/organization-for-transformative-works_in-the-weeks-to-come-well-be-sharing-information-activity-7086731933593841664-URN8 somewhere more accessible that’d be great

@rowyn babe thats not being over it, thats repression

@rowyn “been a long time since i last thought about elfs” says Cassie, who just had a traumatic encounter with an elf like two days ago

@distel oh neat! i skimmed the rider list at https://www.transcontinental.cc/rider-list and it *does* have an explicitly nonbinary athlete listed, along with a bunch of “not specified”s so I guess both are technically options?

@celli@octodon.social oh no! i hope it heals up quickly 💜

@twistylittlepassages my interpretation of the “living alone” line was that she lives with her parents but they’re working so much she almost never sees them (hence the couplet being “we gave her most of our lives” / “everything money could buy” instead of like, anything to do with their actual interactions)

@pastelsinmysky lmao yeah that was how i felt with toot! like, perfectly well built app but the interface was just Wrong somehow and so i didn’t wanna use it

@roland @imp @villainousfriend she mentions government work and running for office in her OTW campaign bio which like. if thats your plan at least maybe dont drop a whole bunch of “hey you should google me” flags?????

My guess is she genuinely thinks that people would rather a ““civil”” republican than someone pushing for change. Which is not too far off from her senate race positions either so

@pastelsinmysky i hope it works out for you! there’s definitely a heavy element of personal preference which makes it difficult to say which is objectively the “best” of the apps

@roland @imp @villainousfriend she’s only been volunteering for a year and answered “i dont know” to several of the Q&A questions about basic functions of the OTW so — seems fairly probable?

@pastelsinmysky i tested like, eight of them, a while back out of curiosity and the ones that felt full featured and stable at the time were tooot (yes three o’s), metatext, and Toot!

tusker and ice cubes were both super new at the time but may have matured since

@Lady

@FrazzledBrynn this is one of those fedifacts that i see people see semi regularly, usually in the context of “i dont get it, faves are great!” but have never actually seen any evidence for

my theory is that people are just confused by the way boosts/replies are much more likely to federate so if you look at a post you’ll see every boost & reply your instance knows about, but only the faves that also came from your exact instance. which means the fav count can look p teeny even when its actually 3x higher than the other counts from the post authors perspective!

@MerlinJStar@weirder.earth i’ve had CFS/ME for over a decade, plus some genetic connective tissue hijinks

re: communication, offline i have one of those battery sign flip necklaces (this one, specifically, tho it looks like it’s not currently for sale: https://www.etsy.com/listing/214310611/communication-necklace-batteries-silver?show_sold_out_detail=1 ) — many fedi instances have similar sets of emoji for the same purpose. I’m feeling tired/I feel like shit/i need to rest/i need to tap out also all work

lots of people, including myself, have sensory issues when they’re tired. be cool about turning down/off background music, putting on closed captions, moving to a quieter space, etc. maybe a phone call is too loud but we can text chat, or i can’t look at a bright phone screen but i’m happy to lie in bed and mumble things on speaker. being flexible and chill about requests as they come up (we might not know in advance!) is really the best thing you can do

usually if i’m so tired i can’t even manage that, you just wont see me bc i’m definitely not making it out of the house and maybe not even out of bed. i put a lot of effort into managing my energy so those days happen unexpectedly less often than they used to (i’ve gotten better with practice, both in knowing my limits and in recognizing when i’ve passed them and need to start the “oh shit” protocols) and i can usually cancel plans/rearrange commitments before it really hits. if i do, be chill and trust i’m not blowing you off

after that point my priorities are making sure i get enough food and fluids to keep myself more or less functional and i’m not really thinking about people at all. if you’re the Friend With The Car, picking up cases of meal replacement shakes (ensure is usually the safest choice) or electrolyte drinks (my preference is Skratch Labs electrolyte powder, but not everyone wants to/can mix it themselves in which case caffeine free sports drinks like gatorade will work too) is a huuuuge help. Absolute worst thing is to wrangle heavy packages home when you’re feeling like shit

the big thing, *especially* for remote friends where you can’t necessarily lend a helping hand in person, is to just keep checking in in low pressure ways. don’t do anything that demands a response but regular “hey i saw this meme and thought of you” or “im hosting an online game night Friday if you wanna come” type texts mean a lot when you’re having a longer fatigue flare and struggling to maintain friendships as a result