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Pigmy Wurm

Pigmy Wurm

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Pigmy Wurm @pigmywurm.bsky.social · 5h

I help set up smart devices for clients with disabilities, and some are genuinely very helpful for them, but it has also convinced me that unless I physically need voice control for lights and stuff they are more trouble than they are worth.

Internet went out, now your ceiling light won't turn off.

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Brian Klaas @brianklaas.bsky.social · 2d

The Democrats need to get a hell of a lot of cameras on the White House and plaster the photos everywhere. It's not just the brazen symbol of a megalomaniac destroying national heritage; it's happening during a government shutdown when ordinary people aren't getting paid. Make every American see it.

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Noor @noorlovelace.bsky.social · 2d

Disabled people should be allowed to get married without losing our healthcare. We shouldn’t have to choose between weddings and staying alive. In 2025 we still have no marriage rights or property rights. We never have, and it’s total shit. Fuck Eugenics, we deserve so much better.

Zach Weinersmith @zachweinersmith.bsky.social · 6d

Do you have any extremely niche, but serious, ethical stances?

Pigmy Wurm @pigmywurm.bsky.social · 2d

I mean, it is technically possible if drug companies were willing to pay us for buying their drugs.

Pigmy Wurm @pigmywurm.bsky.social · 2d

Great art, but doesn't really look like an 0/4. Too angular and fluid.
I wonder if it was originally for a 3/2 or something similar.

Pigmy Wurm @pigmywurm.bsky.social · 3d

Also, similar to the bodyshaming stuff I see it a lot with the bashing of Trump. Mock/criticize him for his choice to post on social media a rambling screed in all caps at 2 in the morning, not because he spelled a few words wrong.

Pigmy Wurm @pigmywurm.bsky.social · 3d

A lot of the time I don't think it's 100% intentional, but still really annoying.
I have trouble with words like "lose and loose" and "fury and furry" (only 60% sure which is which). Don't need people making a sarcastic comment for the thousandth time whenever I mess it up.

Pigmy Wurm @pigmywurm.bsky.social · 3d

No, nobody is, even the avid pro-gun people, they just aren't as willing to restrict gun rights to help stop it.
But gun reform is harder in the US than the UK. Our history and what guns have meant, how they are part of our politics, and most of all just the crazy number of them we already have.

Pigmy Wurm @pigmywurm.bsky.social · 3d

While it does point to the lie of a bunch of 2nd amendment folks I am glad a bunch of random people have not decided to get into a shooting war with the US army, that won't end well.
Maybe things will get to that, but I hope not, and at this stage it would just support the fascist claim to power.

Pigmy Wurm @pigmywurm.bsky.social · 3d

Saying all this as someone with a diagnosed spelling disability (in an extended family where many have the same disability). I grew up pre smartphone, carried a pocket spell checker at school, and when posting to forums I usually typed everything in Word first to check it.

Pigmy Wurm @pigmywurm.bsky.social · 3d

And a follow up: it is BS that being bad at reading and spelling is seen as a personal fault, while being bad at math is more accepted.
"I'm just not a math person." "Yeah, me neither."
Not saying we should mock the discalculeists out there, just more equivalence.

Pigmy Wurm @pigmywurm.bsky.social · 3d

Now, if someone posts a giant mash of disjointed text and punctuation that's a bit different. If you are trying to communicate with someone you need to put in some effort so they understand you and basic spell check is on everything these days.

Pigmy Wurm @pigmywurm.bsky.social · 3d

A personal one: perfect spelling doesn't equal intelligence. Some people have disabilities that make it hard to spell or have English as a second language. Don't mock them for random typos or mixing up 2 similar words.

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 4d

MSNBC captured the crowd from the Boston "No Kings" rally:

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 4d

Boston. Wow.

Pigmy Wurm @pigmywurm.bsky.social · 4d

What, are they too cool to ride in the a side car?

Ultra Marine attack bike. Two non Primarus Marines, one on a bike, one sitting in an attached side car with a heavy bolter.

Pigmy Wurm @pigmywurm.bsky.social · 4d

My Music taste in 8 artists:
King Crimson
Radiohead
UNKLE
Mr Bungle
Blackalicious
Broken Bells
Clipping
Darren Korb

Kathleen De Vere @kathleen.loadingreadyrun.com · 4d

Define your music taste in eight artists:
Boards of Canada
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard
Horse Lords
Fat White Family
Magdalena Bay
Radiohead
Men I Trust
Pink Floyd

(just thinking about this was stressful, ha ha ha 😅)

Dix @dixonij.bsky.social · 4d

Define your music taste in eight artists:
OK Go
Steely Dan
The Beatles
Sum 41
Beastie Boys
The All-American Rejects
Huey Lewis and the News
John Williams

Pigmy Wurm @pigmywurm.bsky.social · 5d

This is probably fine, a bunch of Italian recipes use white beans, although the picture looks very soupy.
However, as someone from New England where "baked beans" means they are cooked with molasses, the initial idea was not pleasant.

Pigmy Wurm @pigmywurm.bsky.social · 5d

Not really the point but why do they have a fake/useless keyboard? It's just solid grey with nothing on it.

Close up of the keyboard from the above picture. No letters, numbers, or other symbols can be seen on any of the keys.

Pigmy Wurm @pigmywurm.bsky.social · 5d

I realized, they are so minimalist, it doesn't look like their keyboard has any letters on it.

Close up of the keyboard in the picture. All the keys look to be solid grey without any letters or numbers on them.

Pigmy Wurm @pigmywurm.bsky.social · 5d

I can't imagine him ever getting a campaign past session 2. As a DM you have to a) be creative b) understand how the systems work and c) put in effort to create something. He can't just come up with a vague idea and pay more competent people to make it (and the complain they aren't doing it right)

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Papatato @karakatodzo.bsky.social · 7d

Week 2 is done, here's what I have so far, almost halfway there!

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Ryan Moulton @moultano.bsky.social · 9d

Perhaps instead of Columbus Day we can celebrate Columbian Exchange Day where we celebrate the food pairings that had never been possible before, peppers and onions, chocolate and coffee, basil and tomatoes.

Pigmy Wurm @pigmywurm.bsky.social · 6d

I might have come off a bit too flippant, just been seeing a lot of people blaming it on "hasbro buying wizards" when that was a) before many of those people were born and b) I think really over simplifies things.

Pigmy Wurm @pigmywurm.bsky.social · 7d

I think what you said implied an immediacy and inevitability that I don't feel is the case. Yes, it's a company trying to make money and not our friend but, Wizards designers had a long leash for about 20 years to make the game they wanted. Many other changes/choices influenced this shift.