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Orion Ussner kidder

@OrionKidder@mas.to
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English prof at FDU Vancouver, specializing in composition and comics scholarship. Dad, nerd, writer of SF/F fiction (see me on writing.exchange).

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OrionKidder
Orion Ussner kidder @OrionKidder@mas.to · 5d ago
Orion Ussner kidder
@OrionKidder@mas.to

English prof at FDU Vancouver, specializing in composition and comics scholarship. Dad, nerd, writer of SF/F fiction (see me on writing.exchange).

mas.to
"AI" is a normal technology. It's an algorithm that does a handful of things quite well and a dumptruck of things very poorly. The "AI" industry is vile. Its goal is to convince your boss to "fire you and replace you with a chatbot that can't do your job" (@pluralistic@mamot.fr), and it will happily destroy the economy and egg on environmental destruction to do it. #AI #LLM #capitalism #labour #labor
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Orion Ussner kidder @OrionKidder@mas.to · Jul 31, 2026
Orion Ussner kidder
@OrionKidder@mas.to

English prof at FDU Vancouver, specializing in composition and comics scholarship. Dad, nerd, writer of SF/F fiction (see me on writing.exchange).

mas.to

I think I said this already, but it's bizarre to me that people are now talking about the Republican Party as if they'll simply be defeated in the next election, and things will go back to normal.

#politics #USPol #Republicans #TheRepublicanParty

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Orion Ussner kidder @OrionKidder@mas.to · Jul 31, 2026
Orion Ussner kidder
@OrionKidder@mas.to

English prof at FDU Vancouver, specializing in composition and comics scholarship. Dad, nerd, writer of SF/F fiction (see me on writing.exchange).

mas.to
I had a conversation with a colleague who's partner is in VFX. Said partner gets asked pretty frequently by clients to have "no AI!" in the production process, and his answer is: That's not really possible. #AI #VFX #LLM
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Orion Ussner kidder @OrionKidder@mas.to · Jul 30, 2026
Orion Ussner kidder
@OrionKidder@mas.to

English prof at FDU Vancouver, specializing in composition and comics scholarship. Dad, nerd, writer of SF/F fiction (see me on writing.exchange).

mas.to
I think I'm done with Batman. The vigilante fantasy parallels the cop-as-enforcer fantasy where they're in a "war" (as in this trailer). There are literal cop seminars where they preach that there are wolves in sheeps' clothing (criminals), sheepdogs (cops), and sheep (everyone else). It's the ideological angle on the problem with policing. They think they're at war with *us*. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PeAuNll34dg
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Orion Ussner kidder @OrionKidder@mas.to · Jul 30, 2026
Orion Ussner kidder
@OrionKidder@mas.to

English prof at FDU Vancouver, specializing in composition and comics scholarship. Dad, nerd, writer of SF/F fiction (see me on writing.exchange).

mas.to
Replying to @TallSimon@mstdn.ca
@TallSimon@mstdn.ca @robpike@cosocial.ca @uncoolmouse@retro.pizza Fully agree: enforce current laws. Committing a crime with an algorithm has no bearing on enforcement.
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Orion Ussner kidder @OrionKidder@mas.to · Jul 30, 2026
Orion Ussner kidder
@OrionKidder@mas.to

English prof at FDU Vancouver, specializing in composition and comics scholarship. Dad, nerd, writer of SF/F fiction (see me on writing.exchange).

mas.to
Replying to @catsalad@infosec.exchange
@catsalad@infosec.exchange "Very anarchy. Much furriness."
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Orion Ussner kidder @OrionKidder@mas.to · Jul 29, 2026
Orion Ussner kidder
@OrionKidder@mas.to

English prof at FDU Vancouver, specializing in composition and comics scholarship. Dad, nerd, writer of SF/F fiction (see me on writing.exchange).

mas.to
Replying to on universeodon.com
@liquor_american@universeodon.com @MissConstrue@mefi.social The anti-communist propaganda is very powerful. On an airplane, I one spoke for twenty minutes once with an American about what a nightmare healthcare is there and how much he'd love the Canadian system, so I said, "Yeah, socialism works!" He literally went stiff, and said, "Well, let's not go there..." Like dude, what do you think we've been talking about?
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Orion Ussner kidder @OrionKidder@mas.to · Jul 28, 2026
Orion Ussner kidder
@OrionKidder@mas.to

English prof at FDU Vancouver, specializing in composition and comics scholarship. Dad, nerd, writer of SF/F fiction (see me on writing.exchange).

mas.to
RE: https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/116997210062423037 This articulates the exact problem I've had with this tech since the beginning. This tech is useful only if you're already an expert in whatever you're asking it about. If you're not, you have no idea if the answer it gives you is grammatical gibberish. To put that in businesspeak, you have zero quality assurance.
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Cory Doctorow @pluralistic@mamot.fr
As far as I can tell, this dialog between MacArthur prize-winning mathematician Terrence Tao and Chatgpt about "the Jacobian conjecture counterexample" is very impressive: https://chatgpt.com/share/6a5fdc7a-d6f8-83e8-bbea-8deb42cfed56 -- If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this thread to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog: https://pluralistic.net/2026/07/28/hitl-ers/#ai-ai-oh 1/
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Orion Ussner kidder @OrionKidder@mas.to · Jul 23, 2026
Orion Ussner kidder
@OrionKidder@mas.to

English prof at FDU Vancouver, specializing in composition and comics scholarship. Dad, nerd, writer of SF/F fiction (see me on writing.exchange).

mas.to
This is the future of leftist political organizing. Learn from the Black Panthers and the trade unionists: making people's lives better is *how* you organize them and mobilize them. @katabu@newsie.social #politics #USpol #organize #solidarity #MutualAid #TradeUnions https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRhtI1SrxGw
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Orion Ussner kidder @OrionKidder@mas.to · Jul 23, 2026
Orion Ussner kidder
@OrionKidder@mas.to

English prof at FDU Vancouver, specializing in composition and comics scholarship. Dad, nerd, writer of SF/F fiction (see me on writing.exchange).

mas.to
People will say you have no expectation of privacy in public, and that is true, but it's not what we're actually talking about. For the VAST majority of human history, we had no expectation of being *recorded*. It's only the last few decades that that was even possible. Our laws need to catch up. #privacy #politics #data
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Orion Ussner kidder @OrionKidder@mas.to · Jul 21, 2026
Orion Ussner kidder
@OrionKidder@mas.to

English prof at FDU Vancouver, specializing in composition and comics scholarship. Dad, nerd, writer of SF/F fiction (see me on writing.exchange).

mas.to
Replying to @narF@mstdn.ca
@narF@mstdn.ca Same here. I grew up arguing on the internet, and it's really easy to sink into that "debate me!!!" mode all the time, but most people don't want to debate, and even the concept of debate itself is lacking. Discussion is great. Listening is great. Trying to "win" social interactions is obnoxious.
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Orion Ussner kidder @OrionKidder@mas.to · Jul 21, 2026
Orion Ussner kidder
@OrionKidder@mas.to

English prof at FDU Vancouver, specializing in composition and comics scholarship. Dad, nerd, writer of SF/F fiction (see me on writing.exchange).

mas.to
Replying to @narF@mstdn.ca
@narF@mstdn.ca I know people who find it really nerve wracking. They don't understand it, but people get angry when you say the "wrong" thing, so they're just scared. It's a shame.
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Orion Ussner kidder @OrionKidder@mas.to · Jul 20, 2026
Orion Ussner kidder
@OrionKidder@mas.to

English prof at FDU Vancouver, specializing in composition and comics scholarship. Dad, nerd, writer of SF/F fiction (see me on writing.exchange).

mas.to
Replying to @OrionKidder@mas.to
@narF@mstdn.ca Back to Linux, I think there's a not insubstantial chunk of people who use it because they like the tech and don't perceive that they're participating in a political project because, like you say, they don't perceive the politics *of* the project. That appears to include Linux Torvalds!
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Orion Ussner kidder @OrionKidder@mas.to · Jul 20, 2026
Orion Ussner kidder
@OrionKidder@mas.to

English prof at FDU Vancouver, specializing in composition and comics scholarship. Dad, nerd, writer of SF/F fiction (see me on writing.exchange).

mas.to
Replying to @OrionKidder@mas.to
@narF@mstdn.ca It's also a very shallow dodge when it comes to things like whether you'll work with fascists, though. I'm looking at you, Framework!
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Orion Ussner kidder @OrionKidder@mas.to · Jul 20, 2026
Orion Ussner kidder
@OrionKidder@mas.to

English prof at FDU Vancouver, specializing in composition and comics scholarship. Dad, nerd, writer of SF/F fiction (see me on writing.exchange).

mas.to
Replying to @narF@mstdn.ca
@narF@mstdn.ca I think that's it exactly. A lot of people don't distinguish between "political" and "partisan," so if they want to opt out (or duck out) of a specific controversy, they'll claim they don't want to be "political."
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Orion Ussner kidder @OrionKidder@mas.to · Jul 15, 2026
Orion Ussner kidder
@OrionKidder@mas.to

English prof at FDU Vancouver, specializing in composition and comics scholarship. Dad, nerd, writer of SF/F fiction (see me on writing.exchange).

mas.to
I don't know who needs to hear this, but #Linux is political. You personally might not be into it for the politics, which is fine I guess, but anything that pushes back against America's global tech monopoly is a political project. It can't not be. Just saying. #FOSS #FLOSS #OpenSource #Linux #Debian #Gnome
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Orion Ussner kidder @OrionKidder@mas.to · Jul 10, 2026
Orion Ussner kidder
@OrionKidder@mas.to

English prof at FDU Vancouver, specializing in composition and comics scholarship. Dad, nerd, writer of SF/F fiction (see me on writing.exchange).

mas.to
Replying to @whack@hachyderm.io
@whack@hachyderm.io "Dead company theory." Very good. In my life, I have *once* actually been called back by a company that claimed it would call me back. It's a tactic. They don't want to solve our problems. They want us to GO AWAY.
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Orion Ussner kidder @OrionKidder@mas.to · Jul 06, 2026
Orion Ussner kidder
@OrionKidder@mas.to

English prof at FDU Vancouver, specializing in composition and comics scholarship. Dad, nerd, writer of SF/F fiction (see me on writing.exchange).

mas.to
Replying to @elgringomexicano@mastodon.social
@elgringomexicano@mastodon.social @anarchistquotes@todon.eu Something like that, depending on who you ask. Anarchism is a *wide* tradition. I see talk of "direct democracy," which I think means that you can't have representative democracy. Everyone has to be participating somehow, and there are various schemes and structures proposed for that. I don't know it well enough to explain any of them.
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Orion Ussner kidder @OrionKidder@mas.to · Jul 06, 2026
Orion Ussner kidder
@OrionKidder@mas.to

English prof at FDU Vancouver, specializing in composition and comics scholarship. Dad, nerd, writer of SF/F fiction (see me on writing.exchange).

mas.to
Replying to @tchauhan@mastodon.mit.edu
@tchauhan@mastodon.mit.edu 100%. It's the companies, and it's also the faculty and administrations that have been duped into believing the "AI" industry's lies.
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Orion Ussner kidder @OrionKidder@mas.to · Jul 05, 2026
Orion Ussner kidder
@OrionKidder@mas.to

English prof at FDU Vancouver, specializing in composition and comics scholarship. Dad, nerd, writer of SF/F fiction (see me on writing.exchange).

mas.to
Replying to @anarchistquotes@todon.eu
@anarchistquotes@todon.eu I have trouble sometimes telling the difference between what I would think is "genuine democracy" and anarchy. I'm sure it's because I'm still new at understanding anarchism.
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Orion Ussner kidder @OrionKidder@mas.to · Jul 05, 2026
Orion Ussner kidder
@OrionKidder@mas.to

English prof at FDU Vancouver, specializing in composition and comics scholarship. Dad, nerd, writer of SF/F fiction (see me on writing.exchange).

mas.to
Replying to @tchauhan@mastodon.mit.edu
@tchauhan@mastodon.mit.edu I teach university. You're 100% right. This was obvious from the beginning. You can't get someone else to lift weights for you and expect to get big muscles. The people who use "AI" to do their coursework are telling you they don't value the coursework.
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Orion Ussner kidder @OrionKidder@mas.to · Jul 03, 2026
Orion Ussner kidder
@OrionKidder@mas.to

English prof at FDU Vancouver, specializing in composition and comics scholarship. Dad, nerd, writer of SF/F fiction (see me on writing.exchange).

mas.to
Replying to @paninid@mastodon.world
@paninid@mastodon.world Literal heretic. I'm an atheist, so I don't care, but Catholics should.
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Orion Ussner kidder @OrionKidder@mas.to · Jul 03, 2026
Orion Ussner kidder
@OrionKidder@mas.to

English prof at FDU Vancouver, specializing in composition and comics scholarship. Dad, nerd, writer of SF/F fiction (see me on writing.exchange).

mas.to
Replying to @lumaeris@kind.social
@lumaeris@kind.social @tragivictoria@mastodon.com.pl Same question. I'm on Proton right now.
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Orion Ussner kidder @OrionKidder@mas.to · Jun 29, 2026
Orion Ussner kidder
@OrionKidder@mas.to

English prof at FDU Vancouver, specializing in composition and comics scholarship. Dad, nerd, writer of SF/F fiction (see me on writing.exchange).

mas.to
Replying to @cmccullough@polymaths.social
@cmccullough@polymaths.social Short version: the Luddites were labour activists who spent TEN YEARS trying to get justice, and when they couldn't, they started busting the machines that were ruining their lives. They were BAD. ASS. Skim: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luddite Deep dive: https://www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/understanding-the-luddites-in-the #luddites #AI
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Orion Ussner kidder @OrionKidder@mas.to · Jun 13, 2026
Orion Ussner kidder
@OrionKidder@mas.to

English prof at FDU Vancouver, specializing in composition and comics scholarship. Dad, nerd, writer of SF/F fiction (see me on writing.exchange).

mas.to
Replying to @lacroixboi@beige.party
@lacroixboi@beige.party ❤️ same ❤️
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Orion Ussner kidder @OrionKidder@mas.to · May 21, 2026
Orion Ussner kidder
@OrionKidder@mas.to

English prof at FDU Vancouver, specializing in composition and comics scholarship. Dad, nerd, writer of SF/F fiction (see me on writing.exchange).

mas.to
Replying to @girlonthenet@mastodon.social
@girlonthenet@mastodon.social Brent Butt had a whole standup bit about this. It happens. Thankfully, my doctors have always *left the room* so that I could recover some dignity.
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Orion Ussner kidder @OrionKidder@mas.to · May 11, 2026
Orion Ussner kidder
@OrionKidder@mas.to

English prof at FDU Vancouver, specializing in composition and comics scholarship. Dad, nerd, writer of SF/F fiction (see me on writing.exchange).

mas.to
Replying to @koen_hufkens@mastodon.social
@koen_hufkens@mastodon.social The verb "to pancake" could catch on, here.
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Orion Ussner kidder @OrionKidder@mas.to · May 11, 2026
Orion Ussner kidder
@OrionKidder@mas.to

English prof at FDU Vancouver, specializing in composition and comics scholarship. Dad, nerd, writer of SF/F fiction (see me on writing.exchange).

mas.to
Replying to @koen_hufkens@mastodon.social
@koen_hufkens@mastodon.social Haven't read the article (yet!), but this excerpt is quite convincing. FYI to all, this has a name. It's called "deskilling." It's also how we've been trained to buy pancake *mix* even though it's three ingredients and the whole point is they're very very easy to make. It serves capital to slowly deskill us all to the point where we're dependent on them for *everything* rather than being able to make and fix things for ourselves and FOR EACH OTHER bc none of us is an island.
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Orion Ussner kidder @OrionKidder@mas.to · May 09, 2026
Orion Ussner kidder
@OrionKidder@mas.to

English prof at FDU Vancouver, specializing in composition and comics scholarship. Dad, nerd, writer of SF/F fiction (see me on writing.exchange).

mas.to
Replying to @mwl@io.mwl.io
@mwl@io.mwl.io I like this one a lot. Now do, "That's just what I believe."
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Orion Ussner kidder @OrionKidder@mas.to · May 08, 2026
Orion Ussner kidder
@OrionKidder@mas.to

English prof at FDU Vancouver, specializing in composition and comics scholarship. Dad, nerd, writer of SF/F fiction (see me on writing.exchange).

mas.to
Replying to @susankayequinn@wandering.shop
@susankayequinn@wandering.shop "I'd kill for my family!" Yeah, but would you wear a somewhat uncomfortable paper mask? Also, you wouldn't kill for them. Sorry. :)
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Orion Ussner kidder @OrionKidder@mas.to · May 07, 2026
Orion Ussner kidder
@OrionKidder@mas.to

English prof at FDU Vancouver, specializing in composition and comics scholarship. Dad, nerd, writer of SF/F fiction (see me on writing.exchange).

mas.to
Replying to @jbz@indieweb.social
@jbz@indieweb.social This spark a wave of malicious compliance, but we know that, and it *might* give smaller phone manufacturers an opening to get into the market before Apple, Google, etc. manage to pivot.
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Orion Ussner kidder @OrionKidder@mas.to · May 06, 2026
Orion Ussner kidder
@OrionKidder@mas.to

English prof at FDU Vancouver, specializing in composition and comics scholarship. Dad, nerd, writer of SF/F fiction (see me on writing.exchange).

mas.to

The sequence in #DareDevil S02E03 where he "listens" his way into the prison based on a blindfolded person's observations is just the right level of ridiculous for a superhero show.

Pretty good "oner" fight sequence, too, although boy is it ever obvious where they hid the cuts!

#MarveLCinematicUniverse #MCU #TV

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Orion Ussner kidder @OrionKidder@mas.to · May 06, 2026
Orion Ussner kidder
@OrionKidder@mas.to

English prof at FDU Vancouver, specializing in composition and comics scholarship. Dad, nerd, writer of SF/F fiction (see me on writing.exchange).

mas.to

This moment, where we're expected to treat transphobes like they're merely taking a position in a live, social/political debate...

I cannot express to you emphatically enough that it's EXACTLY the same as homophobes in the 90s/2000s.

It was bullshit then. It's bullshit now.

No quarter for bigots.

#transphobia #homophobia #politics

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Orion Ussner kidder @OrionKidder@mas.to · May 06, 2026
Orion Ussner kidder
@OrionKidder@mas.to

English prof at FDU Vancouver, specializing in composition and comics scholarship. Dad, nerd, writer of SF/F fiction (see me on writing.exchange).

mas.to
Replying to @farah@beige.party
@farah@beige.party I have honestly asked myself, at various moments of contemplating history, "Have white people invented *anything*?" And I mean, we have, but AT THE VERY LEAST (since the time when there was such thing as "whiteness"), white innovation has been *on the backs* of BIPOC: stolen resources, stolen ideas, exploited labour, etc.
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Orion Ussner kidder @OrionKidder@mas.to · May 06, 2026
Orion Ussner kidder
@OrionKidder@mas.to

English prof at FDU Vancouver, specializing in composition and comics scholarship. Dad, nerd, writer of SF/F fiction (see me on writing.exchange).

mas.to
Replying to @OrionKidder@mas.to
And there it is, the use-case: you have a phone already and don't want to buy a tablet or a laptop. Instead, buy a $200 #LapDock, and carry your whole computer with you everywhere you go. Bonus: #GrapheneOS has a "desktop mode." I'm *kinda* into this idea. #computers #SmartPhones #Linux #FOSS #FLOSS
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Orion Ussner kidder @OrionKidder@mas.to · May 06, 2026
Orion Ussner kidder
@OrionKidder@mas.to

English prof at FDU Vancouver, specializing in composition and comics scholarship. Dad, nerd, writer of SF/F fiction (see me on writing.exchange).

mas.to
Replying to @OrionKidder@mas.to
I didn't really see the point until the V/O said, "You spent $1000 on a computer you use to scroll social media and watch videos, and computer prices are spiking..." #computers #SmartPhones #LapDocks
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Orion Ussner kidder @OrionKidder@mas.to · May 06, 2026
Orion Ussner kidder
@OrionKidder@mas.to

English prof at FDU Vancouver, specializing in composition and comics scholarship. Dad, nerd, writer of SF/F fiction (see me on writing.exchange).

mas.to

Saw a video, today, of 3D-printed #LapDock for a smart phone: portable monitor, chonky battery, USB-C for the phone to be a "side monitor."

#computers #SmartPhones

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Orion Ussner kidder @OrionKidder@mas.to · May 06, 2026
Orion Ussner kidder
@OrionKidder@mas.to

English prof at FDU Vancouver, specializing in composition and comics scholarship. Dad, nerd, writer of SF/F fiction (see me on writing.exchange).

mas.to

I tried a back stroke at the pool for the first time today.

My shoulders are sore. My sides are shore. I constantly splashed water in my own face.

I'll get better. :)

#exercise #health #swimming

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Orion Ussner kidder @OrionKidder@mas.to · May 06, 2026
Orion Ussner kidder
@OrionKidder@mas.to

English prof at FDU Vancouver, specializing in composition and comics scholarship. Dad, nerd, writer of SF/F fiction (see me on writing.exchange).

mas.to
Replying to @XauriEL@mastodon.nz
@XauriEL For a creative writing job. Good god.
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Orion Ussner kidder @OrionKidder@mas.to · May 06, 2026
Orion Ussner kidder
@OrionKidder@mas.to

English prof at FDU Vancouver, specializing in composition and comics scholarship. Dad, nerd, writer of SF/F fiction (see me on writing.exchange).

mas.to
Replying to @LALegault@newsie.social
@LALegault Carney makes big speeches to distract us from what he's really doing. It's shameful.
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Orion Ussner kidder @OrionKidder@mas.to · May 01, 2026
Orion Ussner kidder
@OrionKidder@mas.to

English prof at FDU Vancouver, specializing in composition and comics scholarship. Dad, nerd, writer of SF/F fiction (see me on writing.exchange).

mas.to
Replying to @dramypsyd@ohai.social
@dramypsyd@ohai.social FWIW, I'm a prof too, and I went out of my way to include my face in order to humanize the lessons when I did that kind on online learning. And yes, absolutely it will be more tiring. Performance always is. I don't say that to imply you have to just suck it up, to be clear. I'm just telling you my experience. Although my experience is as a man, which is a very different thing when it comes to being "presentable."
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Orion Ussner kidder @OrionKidder@mas.to · May 01, 2026
Orion Ussner kidder
@OrionKidder@mas.to

English prof at FDU Vancouver, specializing in composition and comics scholarship. Dad, nerd, writer of SF/F fiction (see me on writing.exchange).

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Replying to @bifl_top@mastodon.social
@bifl_top This is the practical thing that stops me, yeah. My needs are meagre. I could buy a used $500 Thinkpad every ten years for the rest of my life and arguably have less impact on the environment and all the performance I need for a 1/4 of the price of maintaining a Framework machine. And that's setting aside the whole "we're happy to work with fascists" problem. But I'm also typing this on a Lenovo, and it's not like they care about that in the slightest, so... ugh.
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Orion Ussner kidder @OrionKidder@mas.to · Apr 29, 2026
Orion Ussner kidder
@OrionKidder@mas.to

English prof at FDU Vancouver, specializing in composition and comics scholarship. Dad, nerd, writer of SF/F fiction (see me on writing.exchange).

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Replying to @n_dimension@infosec.exchange
@n_dimension Point.
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Orion Ussner kidder @OrionKidder@mas.to · Apr 29, 2026
Orion Ussner kidder
@OrionKidder@mas.to

English prof at FDU Vancouver, specializing in composition and comics scholarship. Dad, nerd, writer of SF/F fiction (see me on writing.exchange).

mas.to
Replying to @codemonkeymike@fosstodon.org
@codemonkeymike I heard a tech YouTuber say, "if you can afford one, it's your responsibility to buy a Framework laptop," and I was *this close* to pretending to be convinced by that crap.
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Orion Ussner kidder @OrionKidder@mas.to · Apr 29, 2026
Orion Ussner kidder
@OrionKidder@mas.to

English prof at FDU Vancouver, specializing in composition and comics scholarship. Dad, nerd, writer of SF/F fiction (see me on writing.exchange).

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Goddammit, I had just somewhat gotten over my seething desire to buy a Framework laptop, and they came out with one that looks even cooler.

#computers #RightToRepair #Framework

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Orion Ussner kidder @OrionKidder@mas.to · Apr 28, 2026
Orion Ussner kidder
@OrionKidder@mas.to

English prof at FDU Vancouver, specializing in composition and comics scholarship. Dad, nerd, writer of SF/F fiction (see me on writing.exchange).

mas.to

Regarding #TheYearOfTheLinuxLaptop:

WIndows is becoming increasingly odious as Linux distros are decreasingly frustrating, and a LOT of people are hopping from one to the other as they cross over.

#Writing #Writers #WritingCommunity #WritersOfMastodon #AmWriting #Scriberspace

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Orion Ussner kidder @OrionKidder@mas.to · Apr 28, 2026
Orion Ussner kidder
@OrionKidder@mas.to

English prof at FDU Vancouver, specializing in composition and comics scholarship. Dad, nerd, writer of SF/F fiction (see me on writing.exchange).

mas.to
Replying to @LinuxToday@techhub.social
@LinuxToday@techhub.social My educated guess: the kind of person who's going to spend money on a Framework laptop probably crosses over a LOT with the kind of person who's sick of Windows enough to go: "Screw it! I'm doing this Ubuntu thing!"
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Orion Ussner kidder @OrionKidder@mas.to · Apr 25, 2026
Orion Ussner kidder
@OrionKidder@mas.to

English prof at FDU Vancouver, specializing in composition and comics scholarship. Dad, nerd, writer of SF/F fiction (see me on writing.exchange).

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Replying to @OrionKidder@mas.to
Settler colonialism requires a stream of settlers to take up all the land. Zionism requires the lie that all Jews are "really" Israelis. It's also antisemitic. Alas.
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Orion Ussner kidder @OrionKidder@mas.to · Apr 25, 2026
Orion Ussner kidder
@OrionKidder@mas.to

English prof at FDU Vancouver, specializing in composition and comics scholarship. Dad, nerd, writer of SF/F fiction (see me on writing.exchange).

mas.to

RE: @mondoweiss@social.mondoweiss.net

Many years ago, I had a Jewish roommate, and she told me about taking a trip to Israel and, when she was leaving, being grilled by the border official.

"Why don't you want to stay?"

"I'm Canadian."

"But you could stay."

"I don't want to. I'm Canadian. I'm going home."

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Orion Ussner kidder @OrionKidder@mas.to · Apr 24, 2026
Orion Ussner kidder
@OrionKidder@mas.to

English prof at FDU Vancouver, specializing in composition and comics scholarship. Dad, nerd, writer of SF/F fiction (see me on writing.exchange).

mas.to
Replying to @mekkaokereke@hachyderm.io
@mekkaokereke@hachyderm.io That's disgusting. My god. "We're traumatized by all of you noticing we racism-shot someone again." I don't how a person's mind gets this warped. Racism is a pathology.
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