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@octade Just taking basic facts and pretending they're a Big Lie by NASA. Like the ISS is fake and all astronauts are staged with bungie cords.

Nothing makes me lose faith in humanity faster than social media comments. Especially anything related to space. It's like people try their hardest to say the stupidest shit possible. Probably also the algorithm trying to ragebait me by surfacing them above reasonable comments.

@pry I mostly enjoy when he writes about non-human societies. It's also fun how much is focused on scientists figuring out problems by breaking them down. Also the gender stuff in Diaspora. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diaspora

@pry siiick. Have you read anything by Greg Egan? Been enjoying his stuff a lot lately.

@pry preem === premium

Chillin is good! I just finished thanksgiving shopping which was the opposite of chill 🥲

Whatcha do to unwind?

Quitting sugary beverages has been hard but it'll be worth it. 💪

When writing alt text for an image of text, it's not enough to just write "screen shot of text from article." Sighted users get to know what is in that screen shot, so why don't blind users deserve the same? The alt text should include all the actual text in the image.

@foone would the `??` operator help here?

const foo = bar.baz ?? whateverDefaultVal

it's like a condensed check for `undefined`

Me drinking a double espresso in the afternoon: Hahaha yes! Yeah!!

Me being completely incapable of falling asleep at night: Well this sucks. What the fuck.

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