Kat Sebastian

Freshly-hatched transfem egg in the Iberian frying-pan, i.e. cranky trans bitch. At least as feline as the pfp implies.

Alleged software developer and occasional musician, former and possibly future infrastructure engineer, goth. Prone to exhibiting sharp edges without warning but I prefer to be mindlessly supportive.

AuDHD-type.

Also known as gothnbass, on another server.

I miss crows. Crows are nice.

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KatS_at_chaosfem.tw@mostr.pub

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2024-06-16 18:49:05

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@npub1yf4…fcsf My partner has a thing for gnomes.
Where'd you get it from? :)

2024-06-08 19:52:58

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@npub198t…hasj 2018?

2024-06-08 05:50:51

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@npub1hj5…z9wr This is the good news I needed this morning.

2024-06-03 17:38:15

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@npub1dzj…4cun If you're up for skirting the edges of a lawsuit, "tin-job" rolls pretty well :)

2024-04-04 18:57:15

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@npub16ju…y8u7 What a nice moment to catch!
From my experience with Siamese, they'll get there. It's just too social and cuddly a breed not to.

2024-04-04 14:53:23

Timeline cleanser!
It's nice to catch a moment like this, when they're not being little jerks to each other.
https://chaosfemtw.files.fedi.monster/media_attachments/files/112/213/518/160/638/863/original/d028b4d04d785fca.jpg

2024-03-29 08:28:37

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@npub1f3s…jzfc OK, that alone is enough to make me a counter-revolutionary.
I've resisted learning that dialect so far, and I'm not changing course now.

2024-03-22 17:08:52

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@npub1437…ranm @npub1gt7…3zfa FWIW, there's already a bunch of good plugin-creators serving that platform, and I can point you at a couple if you want.
Just don't hold your breath for the likes of Waves :)
Also, https://linuxmusicians.com/ is a good place to find help, support and pointers, in case you're not already familiar with it.

2024-03-20 10:28:19

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@npub182s…q6t5 @npub1ep0…8t62 I'm not always as clear as I should be, either.
To clarify: I'm not making a moral judgement here. I'm just looking at the nature of how sacrifice works, and evaluating your effectiveness.
Of course, if you want a moral judgement, I could be very difficult.
On one hand, you have people who have to struggle to overcome themselves as well as doing all the work to make the thing happen. Then you have other people who don't have that handicap to overcome. Who's more admirable? :)

2024-03-09 14:13:47

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@npub1e7p…nvup @npub1jk5…sedk Improving a web GUI, and watching over a sick cat.
I think he's on the mend now.

2024-03-05 09:55:34

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@npub1437…ranm @npub1gpr…xxqn @npub1nmg…eunv France just enshrined abortion as a constitutional right.
That's one good thing.

2024-02-28 15:28:35

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@npub1867…mfsf Home of those ferocious squid, no?

2024-02-27 13:39:41

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@npub1e7p…nvup @npub1jk5…sedk Dang. I hope it's easily treatable, whatever it is.

2024-02-20 19:32:23

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@npub198t…hasj I describe myself as trans and queer, because I see one as referring to gender identity and the other to sexual/romantic orientation (or lack thereof).
On the other hand, others may see/use it in a trans-inclusive way. And if they do, I have more important hills to die on.

2024-02-08 18:13:06

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@npub18xy…zjz6 @npub1gl5…7hk0 @npub1ysz…d0j4 Same: different distribution, but loving my Slimbook.

2024-02-06 09:37:14

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@npub1wwc…8xnt @npub1aum…5jx0 Strong Whistler's Bridge energy there. I love it!

2024-01-20 12:37:42

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@npub14yq…rfl3 Sounds like the new meds are working, which is great to hear.
Fuerza, amigo. Puedes hacerlo.

2024-01-16 21:50:54

Current physical status: left trapezius is one mishap from bailing out on me. Again.
This would be the one I landed on from about 20 feet up. The one with so much scar-tissue under it that you can hear me roll my shoulder backwards.
Putting that arm in a normal sling would be a bad idea, because it would stress the muscle further.
Apparently my arm needs to be bound behind my back, for therapeutic reasons. And I'm not even shitposting.

2024-01-03 18:31:47

The view from our local lookout point is always spectacular.
Somewhere out there is the plain, and somewhere in the background are mountains.
Out of frame to the right is the city of Madrid. We assume.
https://chaosfemtw.files.fedi.monster/media_attachments/files/111/693/444/300/803/588/original/9e8dc8526b29fa8c.jpg

2023-12-14 19:46:03

Everybody seems to be having a rough time right now, so here's a rough mix from this evening's session of Kat messing around with music gear.
It's just three minutes of the one mellow little groove, where each track was the first take that wasn't outright terrible. You never know, it might calm the mood. Or the the periodic fluffed notes might spoil it, who knows? It's just a sketch; YOLO.
New for me this evening: playing with faders, bringing one drum machine down while the guitar gets the foreground, then bringing it back up for its turn. A common technique, and 6-ish dB was probably too much, but it's the first time I've actually tried it with serious intent.
Why? Because I tried to EQ them out of each other's way, and that didn't work. Turns out it's fun getting into a rhythm with the faders.
https://chaosfemtw.files.fedi.monster/media_attachments/files/111/580/430/187/231/863/original/140ca89e7391944d.mp3

2023-12-12 16:37:15

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@npub1437…ranm I have one of those :)

2023-12-04 14:25:56

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@npub14fs…qegk That will also lead quickly to other countries being pressured into matching regimes.

2023-11-21 10:33:52

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@npub18p3…03wh There's a simple telltale: Dutch people always get "if" and "when" backwards.
I don't know why, but ever since I noticed it, it's remarkably consistent.
Most memorable incident was somebody provoking her 8.5-month pregnant friend into screaming "WHEN!!! When the baby is born!"

2023-11-14 09:34:23

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@npub19fc…ay3c IIUC, the USA destroyed one major Japanese city after another.
The only (immediate) thing that the atomic bomb changed was that they could do with a single detonation what had previously taken an entire squadron to do with carpet-bombing.
Those were all civilian targets. including Tokyo.
He was right, though: Japan surrendered after Russia declared for the Allies, and none of those responsible were tried.

2023-11-09 12:10:39

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@npub18c7…er9d Oof. Around that age, we were swapping copies of cassette tapes for the ZX Spectrum.
I still remember describing this to some little upstart that I was fencing with, in the late '90s. He asked what exactly a Spectrum was, then responded with "I was born in 1982!"
The little bastard was kicking my butt on the piste, too, just to add insult to injury.

2023-11-08 22:31:22

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@npub1k4q…3lsq Oh, I need to remember this line!

2023-11-04 12:00:39

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@npub1vs8…54zy Are you sure it's amnesia?
Looks more to me like denial that things have changed irreversibly, and that we need to change our way of doing things to adapt.

2023-10-30 08:51:05

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@npub1zdp…vqv8
Definitely less, and it's because music is no longer the medium.
Rock'n'roll had its day, and light popular music before it, with the emphasis on the past tense.
As small children, my late-teenage niblings were baffled by music unaccompanied by video, and by photos that didn't move. What were LPs even for?
I suspect music was supplanted in large part by video games.
AFAICT it's Tik Tok right now, but next month it could be something you (and I) have never even heard of.
As one corollary, this could help explain the divided opinions about whether the music is the core of the Goth subculture. I now see how anybody younger than Gen X might be confused by the idea that music could be a cultural linchpin.
@npub1kut…c7av

2023-10-22 20:22:42

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@npub1c7d…s5u0 Review affirmed: Brother laserprinters Just Work. Just get one. They're boring, in the best possible way.
I'm a career Unix sysadmin; printers and I are natural enemies. I have configured lp0 on more Solaris systems than I'm willing to remember. I know the guy responsible for "lpt1 on fire" being removed from the Linux kernel, and why that message was there in the first place.
These things, though? I moved one from Sydney to Amsterdam, and it damn near made the leg to Madrid. It died in harness, after about 15 years. They work, and they keep on working. This second one will probably be buried with me, because it's still working and nobody can figure out what else to do with the thing.

2023-10-22 14:31:01

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@npub1e7p…nvup
This seems remarkably on-brand.

2023-09-27 12:11:22

A supportive partner is a wonderful thing.
Yesterday, I looked at myself in the mirror: T-shirt, mini-skirt and tights, and thought "you're not 20 any more. Maybe don't try to get away with dressing that way."
Carried on wearing it anyway.
Asked my partner whether I looked to them like mutton dressed as lamb.
Got a lecture about women using that phrase to tear each other down, followed by the affirmation that it's our house, and I should damned well wear whatever makes me happy and comfortable.
This morning I got a follow-up: "you didn't get to be a girl, so it only makes sense that you're filling in for it now."
#MomentsInTransition

2023-09-15 15:12:00

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@npub15te…wdn7 I worked with a pair of guys who had this dynamic.
Eventually one of them was elsewhere at a crucial moment, and the other invited a senior exec to take a walk around the building. They were on the 4th floor at the time, and it did not end well for the short-tempered one.

2023-09-10 08:36:54

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@npub1j04…y47s My bet: they work in music production, most likely involving electric guitars, as a mixer. Possibly also as a recording engineer.
Where unshielded electronics are recorded, mains hum will be there. Deal with enough of it and you'll instantly recognise those pitches.

2023-08-25 18:26:09

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@npub1hd2…zm0u
Damn. That's an ugly state of mind, too.

2023-08-25 17:04:13

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@npub1hd2…zm0u Fair enough.
AFAICT, a common reason people do this is that they're insecure and acting out. They feel that they should be improving themself, know that they could, but don't bother.
Then somebody close to them starts putting in the work, then keeps on putting in the work, and now they feel even worse about themself. "You're showing me up. Think you're better than me, don't you?"
Rather than use that as a spur to get off their own ass and do what's necessary to get where they want to go, they try to resolve the conflict by making the external source of discomfort go away - by stopping the other person from improving themself.
Now I think about it, when I studied law a very long time ago, we went over a case where this was explicitly the motivation. Short version: old driver retired, new driver consistently outperformed him, and the other drivers tried to bully him into not making their old mate look bad. And it got ugly.

2023-08-25 16:44:53

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@npub1hd2…zm0u Before I mainsplain this one: is this a rhetorical question, or are you genuinely puzzled by it?
I'm a little too familiar with the mindset in question.

2023-08-20 15:18:00

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@npub1e7p…nvup
Not sure what age you are, but as a teenage boy I loved it. We all did.
Just don't watch the sequels; they sucked. Or the remake; it was perfectly competent, but neutered the spirit of the original and lacked its spark.