Jose Varela @escapist@unshaped.space

I'm looking for input on some knitting stitch classification and terminology. (Oh, how I wish we had good controlled vocabulary in knitting, but there it is.)

https://gannetdesigns.com/2018/04/30/the-naming-of-knitting-techniques-is-a-difficult-matter/

I forgot the hashtags, sorry for the retoot: #knitting #FiberArts

Apparently our building elevators have a communication system that can be dialed from outside, and since they are, well, elevators, they automatically pick up the call. Now some spammers have the elevator number and the elevators being robodialed with offers for timeshare vacations that can't be disconnected by the riders.

Taking the stairs, thanks.

Freedom For All MA is holding a canvas day on May 5 to talk with Massachusetts voters about the importance of upholding protections for trans people on the November ballot! Sign up here if you're free: https://secure.freedomma.org/page/s/summer-canvass

Last year, @JerryBrownGov vetoed a bill requiring law enforcement agencies to post standards, practices, and training materials online.
The legislature & governor should pass the new version and support transparency & accountability for these agencies.
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2018/04/california-can-build-trust-between-police-and-communities-requiring-agencies source: https://twitter.com/eff/status/991031773936021504

so a friend is donating his 8gb RAM, so that's saving around £50-£80, and we already have £30! I'm really grateful to every who's helped out so far, and I'm aiming to have a working computer before September (I could do with it now but that's not going to happen)

if y'all aren't comfortable with donating money, hit me up if you have spare internal bits and we can work something out! ❤

hey yall, I've started a fundraiser so I can get a new PC. My old computer was made from old parts, and is now completely fried. I need my own computer to be able to carry on making art and doing college work without having to switch with my girlfriend all the time.

We worked out the prices, and we can get new parts for my old computer for around £350.

If anyone wants a commission instead of just donating, please leave a message!

https://www.gofundme.com/help-rune-afford-a-new-computer

EFF urges legislators to reject the CASE Act, which would make it much easier for copyright trolls to target people https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2018/04/defenders-copyright-troll-victims-urge-congress-reject-small-claims-bill source: https://twitter.com/eff/status/991038994564591617

Hello,

Mastodon will be down for the next hrs as we solve a disk capacity problem. Thanks and see you soon. Please boost...

@mattcropp @mayel @eloquence @Antanicus

Never forget that you cannot make a computer do anything any faster, you can only ask it to do fewer things or do more things at the same time.

RT @hopeconf: It’s the last day of April. Buy your HOPE ticket today and benefit @EFF!
https://store.2600.com/products/tickets-to-the-circle-of-hope source: https://twitter.com/eff/status/991042345754771456

Save the date: Monday 2019-02-04 in Brussels, Belgium. After #FOSDEM, we'll host the First Annual International Copyleft Conference. #Copyleft #CopyleftConf #GPL

https://sfconservancy.org/news/2018/apr/30/copyleft-conf/

When your woodshop dust collector breaks, it's only a catastrophe if you don't take it as a chance to flex your crazy woodworking skills. https://hackaday.com/2018/04/30/this-dust-collector-will-blow-you-away/ source: https://twitter.com/hackaday/status/991044595088797696

Oh hey that's a load of new users, welcome! 👋

Headed home :)
Gosh I still get those silly flutters about you all.
Eeee... I just have the joy of being here <3
Be well, all.
It's been a great first year.

Travis Barker played another show with The Aquabats and this time he played Super Rad which means I can finally see how he played that insane hi-hat shit during the breakdown. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mv-yiNn29E

I'm so bad at colour theory that I may as well be colour blind!

Luckily for me, I found http://www.color-hex.com/ which generates a "complimenting colour" from a hexadecimal code! It also has a "Trending Colours" page to see what's popular. It helped me out a heck of a lot 👍

Jeez, I sound like a bot or an advertisement.

RT @KamalaHarris: The repeal of net neutrality gives cable companies the ability to slow a site like Netflix down to force you to use their… source: https://twitter.com/eff/status/991002871205253121

I have been running this instance for 10 months.
:D
Wow, time flies sometimes...

RT @EFF: Suggesting what to read next—online or offline—isn't an "invention," and shouldn't be granted a patent. This "method and apparatus… source: https://twitter.com/eff/status/991012506234572800