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https://mastodon.sdf.org/@peachfiend

a disabled trans queer *nix user, aka "average fedizen."

expect posts about:
* severe clinical depression
* type-1 diabetes
* leftist political takes
* alcoholism & addiction
* science, esp. nature & astronomy
* terrible puns
* data analysis & viz
* dogs & other critters
* imposter syndrome
* lewd / sexy / crass / horny / 18+
* music, esp. ska & metal
* books, esp. weird fiction
* movies
* video games, esp. nintendo
this list is not comprehensive.

life status: intermittent.

Phlog: gopher://sdf.org:70/1/users/peachfiend/
Bookwyrm: https://books.theunseen.city/user/peachfiend
scrobbles: https://listenbrainz.org/user/peachfiend/
shitflub: https://github.com/JishGorft

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2026-10-19 19:22:52 UTC

yeah. i am enthusiastic about #NetBSD and the no-AI slop policy.
but i think i am done with this. i haven't got the time.
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2026-09-18 23:51:39 UTC

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i see and mostly understand the reference, but also... i might be about to be trapprd under a box. 🥒👀

2026-08-20 12:34:46 UTC

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psychologically, immediately. i had a good deep cry on the way home from the endo the day i was prescribed estrogen. but i hadn't yet started taking it.
but my breast tissue started feeling sore and tender at about 3 months, so i chose within 3 months.

2026-07-23 13:37:19 UTC

started playing No Man's Sky earlier this year (May?). i've logged about 120 hours. good gods, what else could i have done with 120 hours? 👾😩

2026-05-29 15:52:20 UTC

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currently installing Ubuntu in a VM because trying to get MySQL Workbench (required for classwork) to run natively on a non-systemd system, having to track down and install old packages as dependencies in particular, cost me my entire evening yesterday.
the Ubuntu installer is making me gag a bit, but i guess at least it's not quite Windows.
i should have taken a class in something more interesting, like philosophies of the occult. it would have been less esoteric and obtuse than this crap.

2026-05-29 13:50:36 UTC

apropos of nothing that should really concern you,
fuck Oracle to hell with a splintery log.

2026-04-16 11:58:11 UTC

"For some reason, the most vocal Christians among us never mention the Beatitudes. But, often with tears in their eyes, they demand that the Ten Commandments be posted in public buildings. And of course, that's Moses, not Jesus. I haven't heard one of them demand that the Sermon on the Mount, the Beatitudes, be posted anywhere. 'Blessed are the merciful' in a courtroom? 'Blessed are the peacemakers' in the Pentagon? Give me a break!"
~ Kurt Vonnegut, A Man Without a Country
#quote #USPol

2026-02-12 18:49:55 UTC

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did you know? your avatar is the reason i found and watched Creature Commandos. thank you, btw, for that.

2025-12-05 00:31:06 UTC

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i would have, because paul dano is a skilled actor, and tarantino is a plagaristic zionist hack.
incidentally, i'm fairly confident tarantino's beef with dano is that he (dano) did a fundraiser to support gazans, and tarantino lives in a multimillion-dollar mansion in israel.

2025-10-28 15:13:02 UTC

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there can be only one true Masters of the Universe theatrical movie, and it was released in 1987.
just as there can be only one true Super Mario Bros. theatrical movie, and it was released in 1993.
i cannot die on this hill, as i am already dead inside.

2025-10-10 15:23:07 UTC

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this kind of thing is exactly why my partner is always asking me where i'm going. because i get up, leave the room, and grab my laptop from the office or wherever it is.
i saw a toot yesterday about how the OP just wants a phone that is a reliable hotspot, can take calls and SMS, and can install signal. and that speaks to me.

2025-10-07 12:01:42 UTC

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🫂 available if desired. otherwise, /me sits nearby for company.

2025-09-17 16:55:27 UTC

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my feelings about libre tech are straightforward. explained this to my partner earlier this week because of the wyze thing. yes, i will inconvenience myself a great deal not to platform or otherwise support fascism. because moderate tech-savvyness gives me the ability to give my tiny digital middle finger to the likes of meta and apple and google... so i do. i ain't gonna change the world alone, but i get a little tickle every time someone asks me, "oh, you can do that?" yes, you can. 👍

2025-09-17 16:50:23 UTC

omg get off substack. just... give me your login, i'll do it for you. ffs. oh, it's hard? fuck you, living around nazis is harder. get off substack.

2025-09-03 12:29:36 UTC

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i transported a modest amount of drywall last year by ratchet-strapping it to the roof of our car, but (a) i can't really recommend that and (b) it probably would not work at all for thr quantity you would need. so my unsolicited advice is: day-use truck rental, possibly? you can rent a flatbed from Home Depot here for like $20/hr. or maybe you could have delivered?

2025-08-06 12:32:45 UTC

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ok... but HOW? how does one "sleep"? @npub137f…6g3g

2025-08-03 15:26:46 UTC

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i mean, i went with a Pixel because it's recommended by @npub1kwa…e0nj and that's what i run. if you can get one, i would be envious, but i hear good things about #FairPhone. also maybe check out #PinePhone

2025-07-27 03:18:21 UTC

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zoom in on the first image to check out the adjustable seat! the second image is a snomobile... er, snowcycle. early 1900s both. #bicycles
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2025-07-27 02:43:37 UTC

oh hey mastodon, i hear you friggin nerds like #bicycles, so get ready for a #photodump 🧵 from today's visit to the Cincinnati Museum of Art's exhibit "Cycle Thru! The Art of the Bike". https://www.cincinnatiartmuseum.org/art/exhibitions/cycle-thru-the-art-of-the-bike/
first, below are some 1890s bikes. my favorite of this set is at bottom right.
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2025-07-20 12:32:53 UTC

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+1 for #GNUTerryPratchett
also, you like wizard school? allow me to introduce A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. LeGuin

2025-04-14 11:35:44 UTC

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in our house it's just resting grumpy face. not an exciting update to the phrase, but usually apt.

2025-03-22 21:54:29 UTC

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2025-03-19 08:08:26 UTC

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same. watched it two months ago, and twice again since. it's A Thing™️ https://mastodon.sdf.org/@peachfiend/113858614159345452
https://mastodon.sdf.org/@peachfiend/113870114139612347
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2025-02-15 04:10:32 UTC

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you think Vulcans try to prioritize that sort of thing, specifically for that reason?

2025-02-02 21:28:57 UTC

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ok i love this movie, but Keanu is VERY stiff in it. like, Bram Stoker's Dracula stiff. fair warning. Pacino chews through every scene, though, just OTT max Pacino.

2025-01-21 05:26:51 UTC

seems kinda fucked that i will probably try to start HRT this year. good timing, me. should be a breeze all around.

2025-01-15 18:24:24 UTC

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that's a better outcome. at least, it would be for me.
Granny Weatherwax is a badass, but she's FAR too serious for me to be her. i just read Carpe Jugulum last month, and i hadn't forgotten how fun-loving Nanny Ogg was, but i *had* forgotten how, um, well, basically horny she was. and i am here for it! i mean, i can't think of any other books i've read that give a fat* old** woman that level of humanity and joie de vivre.
@npub13aj…ytw4
*not pejorative.
**also not pejorative.

2025-01-15 17:29:37 UTC

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omg i am actually crying reading this. (truly amazing, given the amount of lexapro i take.) thank you for sharing.
i have not yet read The Shepherd's Crown... if that is the book to which you refer. not sure if it was his last, or just the last Discworld. but Tiffany Aching is probably my favorite Discworld character and sub-series. i too have been... saving it? i will probably get to it this year, if my heart can take it.
@npub13aj…ytw4

2025-01-15 15:26:54 UTC

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i am obviously biased, but i have no doubt. Pratchett's voice is uniquely kind.

2025-01-15 13:43:53 UTC

not for any great foresight or anything, but i just never got into #NeilGaiman. excepting Good Omens (book, have not seen show) -- and now that i think about it, i will be utterly destroyed should any such vile information ever be revealed about the late #GNUTerryPratchett ... feels unlikely, but just saying.
so yeah. just very lucky i never got interested in Gaiman's work. no loss for me. sorry to those of you who are losing yet another icon. what a fucking scumbag.

2025-01-14 18:56:39 UTC

year-end is always a clusterfuck as someone living with #disability. i haven't itemized my annual spend on #healthcare ... i suspect it would only depress me. but i burned the last of my $3k '24 FSA in July. i pay $150 USD biweekly for therapy because my therapist of 7 years is out-of-network for my current #HealthInsurance, which also means this expenditure applies to my "out-of-network deductible." #MuteMe 1/x

2024-12-13 19:32:13 UTC

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be gone permanently? ideal. but moving myself, my partner, and three dogs out of the US legally... it would be easier to just get killed by these nazi ghouls and be done with it. 😑

2024-11-12 23:38:50 UTC

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you may want to fix the typo in #bookstodon to ensure the book nerds don't miss this toot.
arguably pulpy, late 20th century and beyond: Kurt Vonnegut, Harlan Ellison.

2024-10-10 11:27:38 UTC

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when i was a child, my mother used this colloquialism: "if you run with the wolves, you howl with the wolves."
fast-forward to present day, in which this same woman tells me, "If she [Kamala Harris] wins you'll get communism. If Trump wins you get freedom. I vote for democracy over communism. Sad world."
and then sends me links to... Facebook.
and the app used to message me this swill? Instagram chats.
so no, i don't want any more #Meta in my life, #SocialWebFoundation thanks.

2024-10-04 19:02:18 UTC

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the original was quel enjoyable, and i will be buying the remaster. for what my opinion is worth.

2024-10-01 07:20:50 UTC

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I just started this game again for the third time. That is, I've never gotten far at all. Morning of day two. I am maybe not patient enough for the dice roll retries and inability to progress unless I'm lucky (I am not). This time around I'm trying to think of it as a graphic novel instead. I am only slightly less frustrated as a result. Good luck.

2024-09-20 01:23:41 UTC

some #NintendoSwitch titles i have started but in which i have never gotten far. what deserves a second (or third) chance?
(related: https://mastodon.sdf.org/@peachfiend/113167251288882583 )

2024-09-19 06:08:08 UTC

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"Ceci n'es pas une |"
🤌🏻 perfection