Satsuma @Satsuma@cat.family
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Joined Sep 2021
US Federal politics (mostly good news)
«Biden signed the $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure plan into law – the largest federal investment in infrastructure in more than a decade…In the House, Democratic leaders expect to vote on the roughly $2 trillion climate, safety net, and tax package this week and send it to the Senate…If the social safety net and climate bill passes the House and Senate, the total increased infrastructure spending as a share of the economy will eclipse Roosevelt’s New Deal.»
re: historical catholic politics
I’m not like, pro Avignon but:
a) they aren’t *that* much worse than plenty of non-french popes, like there are plenty of 70 yr runs of shitty Roman popes
b) lets be honest the whole thing was at least 60% Rome being OUTRAGED that they weren’t being treated like they were the center of the world anymore and, smarting at the loss of social capital (as well as probably some literal capital, pilgrims were a lucrative business) deciding that obviously the popes MUST be puppets to the french king to decide to reside in France because there was no other possible reason a pope might voluntarily leave Rome
historical catholic politics
This textbook is taking a weirdly strong stance against the Avignon papacy
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@Lady it wasn’t me but i did read it when you reshared: https://stickies.neocities.org/stickies.html
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Our fandom mastodon instance is now open! 
@azaliz and I are finally ready to welcome you to fandom.garden🌱
Our accounts are @ikol & @ariel if you want to see what we're talking about (mostly comics these days, with a side of Animal Crossing for me).
You can also take a look at the about page to check if it would fit you: https://fandom.garden/about/more
We can't wait to see you there ✨
Anyway I have arbitrarily selected the end of DST as the point at which it is enough winter that i have to take vit D every morning. If you also need to take vit D in the winter, here is your free reminder to go stock up
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list of things which are good (incomplete)
• bread
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I'm still working to get a public progress report from the OTW on what it's doing to protect fans of color from racist harassment on AO3.
The OTW Board says they're not saying anything until it's finalized. I say it's been a year and they've only posted one and a half updates and that's unacceptable.
You can read their full response, and my reply, at Tumblr: https://seepunkrun.tumblr.com/post/666216395452923904/ask-the-otw-for-an-anti-racism-update
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Finally for Ace Week, if I'm allowed to self-promo a bit, I'm an asexual author who has published two books with asexual protagonists and ace romance.
Trying to write the kind of books I've always wanted to read!
BOOKS & BONE is a haunted but oddly sweet story of librarians and necromancy.
https://victoriacorva.xyz/books/books-and-bone-by-Victoria-Corva/
NON-PLAYER CHARACTER is a cosy queer portal fantasy where a group of TTRPG nerds in their 30s must navigate the world of their game.
https://victoriacorva.xyz/books/non-player-character-by-victoria-corva/
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I will answer questions directed my way to the best of my ability
However I am not on the survey team and am also not interested in your opinion about the fact that they’re using a google product for the survey so please keep that to yourself.
(If you notice any major oversights in the survey *design* eg, questions assuming a single partner, and don’t want to provide feedback with the survey team directly I will pass those along)
It’s the time of year when I ask people to go take the #Ace Community Survey!
Emphasis on the community part — people who do not currently or have not ever identified as ace are welcome to take part if they are interested & in fact having some comparative data from non-ace participants is helpful for the survey teams data analysis
https://acecommunitysurvey.org/2021/10/25/the-2021-ace-community-survey-is-now-open/
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"I always support critical thinking about what we create and why. The 'why' behind what we like — as well as why other people might have issues with it — can help us create and consume content more effectively. However, at the end of the day . . . '[d]ark' content in fandom is a safe outlet for people, more so than it is a tool to harm other people in fandom."
- Stitch "On 'Dark Fic,' Morality, and Why Critical Thinking Is Vital" https://www.teenvogue.com/story/dark-fic-morality-critical-thinking-stitch-fan-service #Fandom #fanfic
Something's got the crows in a tizzy today
sleepy af
also https://satsuma.dreamwidth.org/
User Icon is a variegated purple and yellow highlights — made by flowerdeluce.dreamwidth.org
Joined Sep 2021
