Eleanor Konik @eleanorkonik@scholar.social

Hmm... thinking on it, I can't help but notice a coincidence: the rise of professional drama in England immediately preceded the beginning of the Enclosure Acts; I'm curious how the enclosing of the commons affected English (and by extension early Anglo-American) theater...

broke: quickly reading up on a new interest via Wikipedia

woke: quickly reading up on a new interest via Oxford Very Short Introductions

bespoke: quickly reading up on a new interest via the Congressional Research Service

I love Adobe #MinionPro, but it lacks many glyphs. Is there any free fonts out there that are based on or very similar to Minion Pro?

#typography

Um... okay, I the to bother here, especially after basically being silent for the better part of a year, but I was wondering if anybody had any recommendations for good books/comics/games/what have you with transgender or nonbinary protagonists, or that otherwise focused on gender issues? Too be honest I've been trying to find some but its been disappointingly difficult to do so.

Improving support for adult content on Mastodon
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19833358
#hackernews #tech

tho i have to say one of my fav "people is people" moments of reaching out through history

is

these little clay dogs found in nineveh

buried as charms under a palace

each of them carved so lovingly, by a person that knows dogs, and looking like dogs that you can probably go find today looking the exact same

each of them inscribed with the quality of a good guard dog that people still prize today in good guard dogs

Loud is his bark!
Biter of his foe!
https://www.ancient.eu/image/4930/model-clay-dogs-from-nineveh/

A mermaid and a dragon fell in love, bonding over their love of gold and human fear.

Together they raised a spirited daughter - swift, keen minded; strong, able to breathe blue flames; with lovely dark hair & skin, and ruby scales on her long supple tail.

When she was old enough they asked, "Dear one, what future do you seek for yourself?"

"I want to be an actuary," she replied without pause.

Though befuddled, they supported her.

#tootfic #microfiction #writing #fantasy #terylstales #mermay

I gave my son a trip to #London on his birthday. It's time to fulfill that promise.

Is there some special time we should go there this summer? Suggestions on accomodation and things like that?

I don't even know what questions to ask, I'm a beginner when it comes to travel. I'm on a rather strict budget and I'm no stranger to adventures.

I hope all you wonderful #fediverse people from London and #England can help me out!

I need suggestions for super gay plants for my yard! If it's a plant that looks/sounds/acts incredibly queer, I want to know about it.

Bonus points for PNW natives & species not on the WA noxious plants list (or I'd surround myself with Buddleia davidii 'Bicolor')

I want something built in to Masto that doesn't *delete* my posts exactly, but sort of makes them only findable by me, unless someone has the direct link or something

Like, I don't want links to old stuff that I've posted or sent to others to be broken

I want to be able to stroll down memory lane if I so choose

But I want to be able to change a setting on my account in Masto so that scrolling back on my profile or access through the API only returns x days of my old posts

I need a quick cultural check, but am unemployed and so broke I can't afford groceries, much less a diversity consultant. Can someone who knows something about Zulu culture please help me out so I can get a $1.99 PDF onto DTRPG and maybe pay a bill? All I need is to know if Zakhele Manqoba Khumalo is a plausible name for an 1880s era Zulu man, and the title Udokotela to indicate he's a doctor or biologist. #ttrpg #zulu #rpg #amwriting

Facebook group event planning

Wish there was software where you could use an account on the Fediverse to indicate attendance at a group event

why would you ever use [consumer oriented service] when [service that requires vastly more technical knowledge to use] exists