penartur @[email protected]

Many thanks to @[email protected] for allowing me to use their drawing https://twitter.com/paxiti/status/994615716518158336 as my new userpic!

Ugh I have no idea how to write #introductions / #intros. Why is everything so difficult? It feels the same way when I have to write a cover letter... 😕 😒 😅

OK, I am a software engineer? Interested in interpersonal relationships and future and AI and speculative fiction? Unable to create art or to have a physical exercise but able to chat on the internets from the comfort of my couch (which is especially comfortable when my spouse is there)?

3 of 5 stars to Crux by Ramez Naam https://www.goodreads.com/review/show?id=3149815216

RT @[email protected]
"Why do we have to change things for a small group of people?" is the wrong question to ask.

"Why are we so offended about it if that change really isn't affecting us personally, but would mean the world to someone else?" is the right one.

Think with your mind AND your heart.

3 of 5 stars to Nexus by Ramez Naam https://www.goodreads.com/review/show?id=1676873655

People, switch to fediverse!
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RT @[email protected]
I've abandoned @Twitter, and recommend you to do the same.
My primary account on @MastodonProject is https://embracing.space/@penartur
https://twitter.com/penartur/status/1040644561348055040

Thread on actual diversity/quality in fiction
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RT @[email protected]
Whenever there is someone saying "I'm not interested in diversity, only in literary quality," I tell my story about reviewing short fiction, and I haven't had a handy thread of it before.

So, thread! (Later I can just bump it when the topic comes up again. It does a lot)
https://twitter.com/bogiperson/status/1217116270686019585

3 of 5 stars to Aru Shah and the End of Time by Roshani Chokshi https://www.goodreads.com/review/show?id=3117637099

RT @[email protected]
🐈 grabs back https://twitter.com/letahong/status/1216031545938579458?s=21 https://twitter.com/letahong/status/1216031545938579458

RT @skullmandible
polyamory is like vegetarianism or being a furry in that most people doing it just quietly go about their business and the stereotype of them shoving it in your face seems more like a manufactured excuse for bullying an easy target

3 of 5 stars to Huntress by Malinda Lo https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3102776018

RT @ericlippert
Today on FAIC: One final post for the decade. I have thoughts on the recent tech twitter discussion about work, success and propaganda that do not fit into 280 characters. https://ericlippert.com/2019/12/30/work-and-success/ Happy New Year to all.

RT @[email protected]
I enjoy the simple pleasure of shipping misogynist meme characters as girlfriends https://twitter.com/DestinytoMoon/status/1207463458989596672

RT @[email protected]
обожаю подобные плакаты, высмеивавшие суфражисток. Мужчины до смерти боялись того, что к ним будут относиться так же, как к женщинам.

RT @_ElizabethMay
"politics" for one person is a life and death issue for another. https://twitter.com/Mahimulki/status/1208736363127853062

RT @sl_huang
Thread, up and down.

Btw, in the U.S., NO ONE is entitled to a specific job. People can be fired for ANY reason except for protected class (race/sex/&c).

"Harasser / creator of a toxic work environment" is... not a protected class.

The UK is different -- (ctd) https://twitter.com/onyxaminedlife/status/1208462484736266241

4 of 5 stars to The Raven Tower by Ann Leckie https://www.goodreads.com/review/show?id=3082641666

RT @FreyjaErlings
We have to take a neutral, academic stance

RT @shaun_vids
i quite genuinely feel like if you asked the british public "hard brexit but a random 75% of the population die immediately YES/NO" it would be a close-run thing

5 of 5 stars to Wild Beauty by Anna-Marie McLemore https://www.goodreads.com/review/show?id=2209155953

RT @[email protected]
i still think my favourite thing that's ever happened to me on the internet is the time a guy said "people change their minds when you show them facts" and I said "actually studies show that's not true" and linked TWO sources and he said "yeah well I still think it works"

RT @wydstepbrOoke
Yeah ok I ruined your relationship