Dana Fried
@leftoblique.bsky.social
High-level code wizard
Gym rat
Mom
Musician
TTRPG designer
Retired roller derby athlete, now coach
Gamer™
I contain multitudes.
🐘 @tess@mastodon.social
🛼 Royal City Roller Derby
Gym rat
Mom
Musician
TTRPG designer
Retired roller derby athlete, now coach
Gamer™
I contain multitudes.
🐘 @tess@mastodon.social
🛼 Royal City Roller Derby
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It was deliberate intentional and from the top down. That's how you do it.
The extent to which Games Done Quick has helped to steer the larger speedrunning community - one of the most hardcore video game enthusiast subcultures there is - into becoming something so welcoming, inclusive and supportive astonishes me
January 5, 2026 at 1:20 PM
It was deliberate intentional and from the top down. That's how you do it.
The best way to make a social program both more expensive and harder for people who need it to actually access it is to institute means-testing - the stricter the means-testing, the worse the program functions.
"The purpose of entitlements is not to spend as much as possible," the Editorial Board writes.
"It is to make sure the truly vulnerable get the help they need without becoming dependent on government handouts. Scrutinizing food stamp rolls is a small step in that direction."
"It is to make sure the truly vulnerable get the help they need without becoming dependent on government handouts. Scrutinizing food stamp rolls is a small step in that direction."
Opinion | Scrutinizing food stamp rolls will ensure the truly needy get benefits
Amid Minnesota fraud scandal, Democratic governors are refusing to share SNAP details with the feds.
wapo.st
January 5, 2026 at 2:38 PM
The best way to make a social program both more expensive and harder for people who need it to actually access it is to institute means-testing - the stricter the means-testing, the worse the program functions.
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The Vancouver Island Tourism Board:
Use the term “touch grass” to indicate that someone needs to seek out reality, use the term “touch moss” to indicate that they need to seek out ancient forest magic beyond their mortal comprehension.
January 5, 2026 at 2:11 PM
The Vancouver Island Tourism Board:
Evergreen post.
Can’t pull the lever to stop the trolley. The trolley has rich people on it and it lets them go so fast!
January 4, 2026 at 1:55 PM
Evergreen post.
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Agents don’t learn! Interns do! The only reason the metaphor works is cause you treat your interns like shit and belittle them and crudely force them to learn on their own while insulting them and making no efforts to improve your own codebases to facilitate them
That’s not something to be proud of
That’s not something to be proud of
January 3, 2026 at 9:20 AM
Agents don’t learn! Interns do! The only reason the metaphor works is cause you treat your interns like shit and belittle them and crudely force them to learn on their own while insulting them and making no efforts to improve your own codebases to facilitate them
That’s not something to be proud of
That’s not something to be proud of
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Law schools get around this by having you read a bunch of food blogs about recipes people have made with comments by people who have eaten the results.
Business schools have you read reviews of restaurants and tell you if they are still in business or not and have you write theoretical menus.
Business schools have you read reviews of restaurants and tell you if they are still in business or not and have you write theoretical menus.
January 2, 2026 at 5:58 PM
Law schools get around this by having you read a bunch of food blogs about recipes people have made with comments by people who have eaten the results.
Business schools have you read reviews of restaurants and tell you if they are still in business or not and have you write theoretical menus.
Business schools have you read reviews of restaurants and tell you if they are still in business or not and have you write theoretical menus.
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Business schools have the same problem law schools have, in that they are like a culinary school where you are absolutely not allowed to cook anything or use the knives.
January 2, 2026 at 5:54 PM
Business schools have the same problem law schools have, in that they are like a culinary school where you are absolutely not allowed to cook anything or use the knives.
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doing a tarot reading but using an apples to apples deck, is this anything
January 2, 2026 at 12:29 AM
doing a tarot reading but using an apples to apples deck, is this anything
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College football fans, let me explain what's going on, as some other anti-racists and I had a big part in what you're describing as chaos:
1.College coaches aren't as important as you thought they were
2.College athletes are more important than you thought they were
3.Pay them more. Treat them well
1.College coaches aren't as important as you thought they were
2.College athletes are more important than you thought they were
3.Pay them more. Treat them well
Rose Bowl HALFTIME HIGHLIGHTS: Alabama Crimson Tide vs. Indiana Hoosiers | ESPN College Football
YouTube video by ESPN
m.youtube.com
January 1, 2026 at 11:29 PM
College football fans, let me explain what's going on, as some other anti-racists and I had a big part in what you're describing as chaos:
1.College coaches aren't as important as you thought they were
2.College athletes are more important than you thought they were
3.Pay them more. Treat them well
1.College coaches aren't as important as you thought they were
2.College athletes are more important than you thought they were
3.Pay them more. Treat them well
HIS MOM MADE YODA
CAN YOU EVEN IMAGINE
CAN YOU EVEN IMAGINE
- You remind me of the babe.
- What babe?
- The babe with the power.
- What power?
- The power to be surrounded by terrifying puppets without freaking out because he was (accidentally) bred for that specific purpose.
www.pdxmonthly.com/arts-and-cul...
- What babe?
- The babe with the power.
- What power?
- The power to be surrounded by terrifying puppets without freaking out because he was (accidentally) bred for that specific purpose.
www.pdxmonthly.com/arts-and-cul...
Toby, the Baby from ‘Labyrinth,’ Grows Up to Be a Goblin King—in Portland
“The babe with the power” on growing up with faeries and meeting Bowie.
www.pdxmonthly.com
January 1, 2026 at 11:53 PM
HIS MOM MADE YODA
CAN YOU EVEN IMAGINE
CAN YOU EVEN IMAGINE
- You remind me of the babe.
- What babe?
- The babe with the power.
- What power?
- The power to be surrounded by terrifying puppets without freaking out because he was (accidentally) bred for that specific purpose.
www.pdxmonthly.com/arts-and-cul...
- What babe?
- The babe with the power.
- What power?
- The power to be surrounded by terrifying puppets without freaking out because he was (accidentally) bred for that specific purpose.
www.pdxmonthly.com/arts-and-cul...
Toby, the Baby from ‘Labyrinth,’ Grows Up to Be a Goblin King—in Portland
“The babe with the power” on growing up with faeries and meeting Bowie.
www.pdxmonthly.com
January 1, 2026 at 11:50 PM
- You remind me of the babe.
- What babe?
- The babe with the power.
- What power?
- The power to be surrounded by terrifying puppets without freaking out because he was (accidentally) bred for that specific purpose.
www.pdxmonthly.com/arts-and-cul...
- What babe?
- The babe with the power.
- What power?
- The power to be surrounded by terrifying puppets without freaking out because he was (accidentally) bred for that specific purpose.
www.pdxmonthly.com/arts-and-cul...
This is a delightful list consisting of equal parts:
- wrong
- right
- right (monkey's paw curls)
- gods, I wish
- wrong
- right
- right (monkey's paw curls)
- gods, I wish
A List of Predictions Made in 1926 About 2026
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January 1, 2026 at 8:38 PM
This is a delightful list consisting of equal parts:
- wrong
- right
- right (monkey's paw curls)
- gods, I wish
- wrong
- right
- right (monkey's paw curls)
- gods, I wish
Chained Echoes really said, "What if FFXII was 16-bit?" huh.
I was not expecting this depth of exploration and customization.
I was not expecting this depth of exploration and customization.
January 1, 2026 at 4:32 PM
Chained Echoes really said, "What if FFXII was 16-bit?" huh.
I was not expecting this depth of exploration and customization.
I was not expecting this depth of exploration and customization.
Louder for the people in the back
people keep saying variations of "differing political views used to mean the tax rate and not killing minorities!" and, baby, no, it never did, not in the way you imagine
January 1, 2026 at 10:34 AM
Louder for the people in the back
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2026 has one thing going for it already: a mistakenly-written 5 is easy to correct to a 6
if that's not good luck idk what is
if that's not good luck idk what is
January 1, 2026 at 7:54 AM
2026 has one thing going for it already: a mistakenly-written 5 is easy to correct to a 6
if that's not good luck idk what is
if that's not good luck idk what is
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From week one of the league!
December 31, 2025 at 5:53 AM
From week one of the league!
Your characters are a posse of frenemies - at the club, at Denny's, etc. It's late, you've run up a tab, you have to work tomorrow, and you're about to start shit.
Your goal is to have the best night possible without getting arrested.
The GM is there to play the world and fuck with you.
Your goal is to have the best night possible without getting arrested.
The GM is there to play the world and fuck with you.
I need everyone to make a shitpost game that fits into at most 3 posts on here before the end of the year otherwise thr sun will not rise again
Not enough shitpost games though
December 31, 2025 at 5:46 AM
Your characters are a posse of frenemies - at the club, at Denny's, etc. It's late, you've run up a tab, you have to work tomorrow, and you're about to start shit.
Your goal is to have the best night possible without getting arrested.
The GM is there to play the world and fuck with you.
Your goal is to have the best night possible without getting arrested.
The GM is there to play the world and fuck with you.
Dudes rock.
i too have begun watching the straight man hockey podcasts discuss heated rivalry. this is the forum of athens to me
December 31, 2025 at 5:06 AM
Dudes rock.
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Fuck your eyes in particular
December 31, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Fuck your eyes in particular
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I posted about moving back to Canada and a man got angry that I was not like setting all my shit on fire to get to Canada faster. I'm not sure why he wanted to rush me but he was very mad that I wasn't midnight dashing to Canada. Apparently moving to a new country in 90 days is slow, now.
What’s the funniest reason someone got mad at you on Bluesky this year?
December 30, 2025 at 10:45 PM
I posted about moving back to Canada and a man got angry that I was not like setting all my shit on fire to get to Canada faster. I'm not sure why he wanted to rush me but he was very mad that I wasn't midnight dashing to Canada. Apparently moving to a new country in 90 days is slow, now.
I have caught A Crud.
I do not think it is The Crud, on account of low fever and mostly just ick/head congestion.
However I am Not Pleased.
I do not think it is The Crud, on account of low fever and mostly just ick/head congestion.
However I am Not Pleased.
December 30, 2025 at 7:05 PM
I have caught A Crud.
I do not think it is The Crud, on account of low fever and mostly just ick/head congestion.
However I am Not Pleased.
I do not think it is The Crud, on account of low fever and mostly just ick/head congestion.
However I am Not Pleased.
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Businesses are not real things, they are a kind of imaginary friend we all agree to pretend about.
But I am still sad about the wrap up and end of Smol Law, it was an excellent imaginary friend for almost ten years.
It was time, but sometimes even good changes are sad.
But I am still sad about the wrap up and end of Smol Law, it was an excellent imaginary friend for almost ten years.
It was time, but sometimes even good changes are sad.
December 30, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Businesses are not real things, they are a kind of imaginary friend we all agree to pretend about.
But I am still sad about the wrap up and end of Smol Law, it was an excellent imaginary friend for almost ten years.
It was time, but sometimes even good changes are sad.
But I am still sad about the wrap up and end of Smol Law, it was an excellent imaginary friend for almost ten years.
It was time, but sometimes even good changes are sad.
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The Second-Order Streisand Effect is a social phenomenon where if a party makes an effort to censor information, discussion and news about the censorship paradoxically leads to an increased awareness of Barbara Streisand, a musician whom most "Zoomers" would probably have otherwise never heard of
December 29, 2025 at 7:27 PM
The Second-Order Streisand Effect is a social phenomenon where if a party makes an effort to censor information, discussion and news about the censorship paradoxically leads to an increased awareness of Barbara Streisand, a musician whom most "Zoomers" would probably have otherwise never heard of
Correction: cat-sized lizard with fur that eats your trash (complimentary)
Sometimes I forget that "possum" means something entirely different in different parts of the world.
Australian possum: cute tiny kangaroo-lookin' critter; enjoys nice snacc
American possum: cat-sized lizard with fur; eats your trash
Both are marsupials though?
Australian possum: cute tiny kangaroo-lookin' critter; enjoys nice snacc
American possum: cat-sized lizard with fur; eats your trash
Both are marsupials though?
December 29, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Correction: cat-sized lizard with fur that eats your trash (complimentary)