Pteryx the Puzzle Secretary / is on Nostr

A roleplayer frustrated at the structure of our society. She/her.

Blog: pteryx.dreamwidth.org

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2024-09-19 14:26:14

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The cat I miss most: https://dice.camp/@pteryx/112044272333439382

2024-09-19 14:26:14

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The cat I miss most: https://dice.camp/@pteryx/112044272333439382

2024-09-06 10:31:19

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In cases such as this, it helps to ask if the info you want to share is widely known already. This wouldn't be, as it's a recent development in an ongoing story.

2024-09-06 10:09:34

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Oh, that is definitely *not* "reply guy" material! My post does seem to have been some people's introduction to the overall controversy, so sharing alternatives for those who want to abandon ship is helpful!

2024-09-05 00:11:19

OK, this is a twist in the NaNoWriMo controversy I didn't see coming: apparently the "criticizing AI is classist/ableist" line was a bridge too far *even for the 'AI' company*.
https://archive.is/DYqsA
https://cdn.masto.host/dicecamp/media_attachments/files/113/082/030/433/789/841/original/a533dcb03c82a7ad.png

2024-09-04 19:54:20

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As near as I can tell, the phenomenon of there being a large number of people who were neither wealthy nor impoverished was a function of our economy's high point in the mid-20th Century. But then the wealthy started worrying that the middle class would get uppity and dangerous, they interpreted subsequent demands for more social justice and less pointless war as exactly that, and for decades since there's been a concerted effort to destroy that uppity "middle class".
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2024-08-18 12:12:17

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Eh, I'd say the quality of the product is completely irrelevant to why Hasbro execs think they can get away with anything. That people keep buying from them, because it's the big brand name and only the OGL controversy even made a dent in the public consciousness (and even then only a fuzzy understanding of it), has a lot more to do with it.

2024-06-17 22:38:19

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While I'd expect the truly old-school form of jubilee to go over like a lead balloon in modern times, if I wanted to bring something like it back, I'd do it this way: on every birthday of yours that's a multiple of 9, all debt that individual natural person has that is 9 years old or greater is halved, cumulatively, so long as they have a net worth of $50 million or less.
At your 9th birthday, obviously that does nothing.
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2024-03-05 17:31:57

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Lily, a cat I once had (I still miss her):
https://cdn.masto.host/dicecamp/media_attachments/files/112/044/231/900/513/899/original/284fb380084e53f9.jpg
https://cdn.masto.host/dicecamp/media_attachments/files/112/044/238/375/000/094/original/c4d1c3500611ba7f.jpg
https://cdn.masto.host/dicecamp/media_attachments/files/112/044/259/694/194/971/original/e673426a1ccd6587.jpg

2023-01-09 14:21:38

I suppose I didn't make an #introduction because there isn't a lot to introduce, in the context of a society that's very much productivity-first.
I'm Pteryx, and also PuzzleSecretary. I've never really fit in anywhere for long. I learned traumatically at a young age that our society is unfair and controlling; therapists are part of that trauma, so never suggest therapy. I'm unemployed out of fear of exploitation and disgust with our society.
I struggle to create anyway. Mainly, I roleplay.