Satsuma @Satsuma@cat.family

@platypus yeah i’m kinda into it! its definitely a short enough cap that the “one letter off” issue is Very Real but that’s true for any procedural way of creating a short latin alphabet/alphanumeric as well so

@alpine_thistle awk

@platypus always so interesting hearing how other schools do it! we just let you pick any available string within the the length requirements (i think its capped at 7 characters? Mine is 6) and its always interesting to see which bits of peoples names they prioritize fitting in

@Anke congrats!

@skinnylatte@hachyderm.io *lots* of Europeans have tried to claim exactly that to me—“I’m from Sweden/England(no really)/wherever and we just don’t have racism like you do in the US!” is a weirdly common sentiment to come across.

I think believing those people is painfully naive, esp when its so obviously an excuse to avoid actually doing the work, but I can see how—esp in concert with things like guns where that’s actually mostly true—it’d lead to a misperception that moving to Europe for ‘better politics’ is actually viable

@Betty @soph_sol oooh neat!

@pagrus @pamela she’s not bothered by how they look— soft collagen runs in the family so anything with earloops are out for all of us—auras have worked well for me and my dad but they’re too large for her and (to a slightly lesser extent) my older sibling.

@pamela @pagrus yeah I feel like you should be able to like, go to your gp or local health clinic or whatever and fit test a bunch of masks and insurance (or really the govt) should just cover that as a Normal Part Of Preventative Healthcare

@pagrus @pamela yeah my mother has really struggled to find a (k)n95 that fits her, and its definitely impacted her willingness to wear masks, unfortunately. And then due to knowing how much fit issues can impair effectiveness, its definitely harder to argue about as well :/