Ash McAllan shared 1 year, 7 days ago
More Palestinians detained than released during truce
The Palestinian Prisoners Club says Israeli forces have detained 168 Palestinians in the occupied West Bank since the start of the truce on Friday.
During the same period, 150 Palestinians have been released by Israel since Friday as part of the agreement.
Ash McAllan shared 1 year, 8 days ago
When using Microsoft Word or Google Docs, don't just make text bigger and bolder to make it a heading. That will work for sighted users, but screen reader users will miss that and just hear it as normal paragraph text. Use actual heading styles, like level 1 through 6.
Ash McAllan shared 1 year, 9 days ago
“you can get a lot done if you don’t need to take credit for it”
probably the most salient community organizing quote there is
Ash McAllan shared 1 year, 11 days ago
“I am so distressed by people who call themselves ‘radical feminists’ but are anti-trans. I could weep. I don’t get it. It’s beyond me,” she says. “When the feminist movement started in the 60s and 70s, lesbians were often excluded, because we were told that we would make the movement less palatable. I have been excluded myself, so how could I do that to someone else? It fills me with rage.”
https://inews.co.uk/culture/comedy/sandi-toksvig-distressed-anti-trans-radical-feminists-2768064
Ash McAllan shared 1 year, 11 days ago
35 today & I feel comfortable calling that middle age for me. I've got a real sense of peace & groundedness here this year. I don't have all my problems figured out but I trust myself to be ok. Somewhere along the way I've learned to see myself through the eyes of those that love & believe in me & that's revolutionary.
Ash McAllan shared 1 year, 16 days ago
Ash McAllan shared 1 year, 18 days ago
Peer to peer salvation
Ash McAllan shared 1 year, 19 days ago
Instead of saying "I'm available to hire", say "my worksona is adoptable"
Oh hey! I'm gonna be presenting a talk at Game Summit Sweden tomorrow! Just a little chat about making sure your gameplay actually utilises and engages with your game's open world.
Ash McAllan shared 1 year, 21 days ago
the kids yearn for vast endless hostile procedurally generated landscapes
TTRPG folks, don't sleep on the opportunity to get two amazing games by Luke Jordan in Possum Creek print here. Luke is one of the most evocative games writers out there & both of these games have years of delicious queer viscous heart sweat poured into them.
https://www.backerkit.com/c/projects/jay-dragon/grand-guignol-harvest
Ash McAllan shared 1 year, 23 days ago
This 1957 photo from the construction site of the Atomium looks like a still from the greatest sci-fi film never made…
Ash McAllan shared 1 year, 23 days ago
Ash McAllan shared 1 year, 25 days ago
Ash McAllan shared 1 year, 25 days ago
On a podcast I'm listening to the speaker just said "Not every old person is an elder. An elder is a position that serves their community."
<chef's kiss>
Ash McAllan shared 1 year, 25 days ago
vivi![I don't want self driving cars.
image of high speed train.
i want boring things like public transit that comes so regularly i don't need to check a schedule. i want fast passenger rail so accessible and easy it's preferable to suffering airports. [emphasized] i want cities that aren't built around cars-as-default](https://acegiak.net/proxy/media/20069/lvoCCFocA0Wr2gxMlpbt8XUBkrFMpX6qMKgdXVfnh9E=/aHR0cHM6Ly9zZm8zLmRpZ2l0YWxvY2VhbnNwYWNlcy5jb20vc29sYXJwdW5rL21lZGlhX2F0dGFjaG1lbnRzL2ZpbGVzLzExMS8zNDgvMDM0Lzk1My80NDgvNjI2L29yaWdpbmFsLzllZmQwNTFhMzNlYzdkNDIuanBn/740 "I don't want self driving cars.
image of high speed train.
i want boring things like public transit that comes so regularly i don't need to check a schedule. i want fast passenger rail so accessible and easy it's preferable to suffering airports. [emphasized] i want cities that aren't built around cars-as-default")
Ash McAllan shared 1 year, 25 days ago
I CONTRIBUTED TO THIS!
Star Crossed is a great game, and this is only going to make it better! Give it a look, and maybe throw some cash in the pot. You won't regret it!
https://www.backerkit.com/c/projects/bully-pulpit-games/Star-Crossed-Love-Letters
I wonder how long Americans have been saying "pass out" for the situation where I would say "fall asleep"? I assume it's a result of American hustle culture where "pass out" is presumably admirable because it implies exhaustion from work, while "fall asleep" might be negative because it implies rest and comfort?
Interestingly I always here "pass out" used in the specific tense "I laid down on the couch and passed out" but often those same people still use "fall asleep" in general tense "I can never fall asleep with the lights on"