evilstevie @evilstevie@mastod1.ddns.net

I built this tool a year ago but I feel like Mastodon folks would like it

The "Weird Old Book Finder"

Type in a search query, and it'll find one randomly-chosen public-domain book that matches the query -- and present it for immediate reading: https://weird-old-book-finder.glitch.me

Why only one book? To prevent the paradox of choice! Just *start readin'*

Can't promise every book will be weird, but most are

A longer essay on how/why I developed it: https://debugger.medium.com/a-search-engine-that-finds-you-weird-old-books-3a74fbb5f3d4

This was a search for "mastodon"

With my usual impeccable timing, I’ve chosen the day after the Christmas rush to set up a blog collating nice stuff that I find in museum and gallery shops.

Mastodon: https://east17.org/@giftshop
Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/gift-shop.bsky.social
Web: https://giftshop.micro.blog

Okay as this post is getting a lot of traction, new rule. Trans women, plug your fundraisers or PayPal links in the answers. Allies, go give them your money instead of mansplaining.

Mastodon isn't perfect.

But the fact a social network exists that is completely free to use

has no venture capital investors

has no shareholders to answer to

has no growth targets

with a web interface with zero tracking cookies

and mobile apps with zero trackers at all

with ten thousand server administrators who donate their time for user safety

is - in my opinion - mindbogglingly cool, given the state of the world we live in. Not everything has to be shit. People make things better.

Christmas afternoon walk in the park, part 2.

Chinese toy thermal printing camera, #shittycamerachallenge

Christmas afternoon walk in the park.

Chinese toy thermal printing digital camera. #shittycamerachallenge

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#Space #ISS #macOS #SpacePee

It can be hard to celebrate Christmas (or any midwinter holiday) when your enemies are bombarding you with hate. That is why we must keep in mind that this is the season for celebrating the coming light in the middle of the dark night. Take good care of yourself!

#transgender

Baristicuffs trilogy complete!
Coffee / Tea / Hot Chocolate
Tea not on the website as a print yet as I’m surrounded by boxes. https://jaunty.art

@eclectech

Golem the snow-child
Was a simple happy soul
With shambolic legs and some mistletoe
And each eye a lifeless hole

Golem the snow-child
Was a fairy tale we hear
Made of eldritch snow and a yeti's toe
And the childrens' deepest fear

New 3d model dropped, an Ever Ready 532 to AAA adapter for dodgy old Polaroid cameras. This is for my next #ShittyCameraChallenge effort.

https://github.com/JennyList/AAA-for-532-battery-holder

The greatest fantasy world wasn't made by J K Rowling or George R R Martin, or even Tolkein. It was made by Terry Pratchett. It's only the fact that no one has ever made a decent screen adaption of Discworld that more people don't think so.

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The baller move this guy made is he submitted a Subject Access Request under GDPR… for himself.

You can do this and request all emails, IMs and Copilot meeting summaries that mention you, from any company - send it to the listed privacy contact for the org directly, they’re legally required to fulfil.