digitalfox @digitalfox@vulpine.club

This #introduction dossier details a classified Blappeture Mesa research project. The Enrichment Center would like to remind you of these mandatory safety and happiness guidelines:

1. Petting and patient discussion are encouraged. ⚠️​ Device size may vary.

2. The device will never threaten to bite you and, in fact, may hug you. Repeatedly. (With permission.)

3. The device is slow to respond. Your request will be processed.

#Art details/full resolution/extra story: https://www.furaffinity.net/view/27507881/

Positive: getting to reconnect with folks you used to talk with.

Negative: your brain cannot seem to let you forget anything that you screwed up before. (No fault of the folks in question!)

Look, anxiety, I know I made mistakes, but I don't need to be reminded of the worst-case scenario every single time I dare to speak. Calm down.

Whenever I reply to a Followers-only post, I panic for a few moments when I see the "Boost" (Awoo/etc) button is NOT greyed out…

"Crap, did I accidentally make a public reply to a followers-only toot?"

…only to remember that Mastodon lets you boost your own Followers-only posts. Crisis averted.

So, I've been playing #Ingress for a long time, getting to level 3 or higher by Year Two. I've never cheated.

For years, Ingress classic didn't care if you rooted your phone. As long as you weren't GPS spoofing, it was fine.

Now, Ingress Prime uses #Niantic 's anti-cheat for Pokémon Go/etc, going beyond #Google 's patronizingly-named #SafetyNet, scanning for files vaguely related to rooting, even when you deny it Storage access (it's possible for apps to check if a specific file/path exists even if it can't open the file).

I #root my phone to cap battery charging and to pause charging when it gets warm (not hot). I shouldn't be treated like a cheater for expressing an interest in having ownership of my #Android device.

In this case? I had…
/sdcard/Downloads/magisk_patched.img

I renamed it to…
/sdcard/Downloads/mag1sk_patched.img

And all is fine so far. 💢

Lesson: Don't penalize ownership, and don't try to verify higher-privilege systems (operating system) from lower-privilege systems (apps).

(For those unfamiliar, Magisk is a popular, open-source rooting/system overlay app. However, the existence of that file has no bearing on Magisk working; you can delete it after installing Magisk and you can create it without root.)

*Makes post about liking larger critters affectionately pushing himself over under paw*

*Immediately sees lightning strike outside and feels rumbling thundering*

🤔

From my perspective*, anyone who doesn't like the notion of a giant #paw** plopped atop them, carefully smooshing them flat (i.e. no pain/discomfort, not actually flattened) simply hasn't experienced the joy of sleeping under weighted blankets.

It's like a hug… but better. More tangible and unambiguous. A real "I want you here with me; you're not getting in my way and it's not bothering me to keep you as long as you desire."

No awkward nonverbal negotiation of how long it's okay to hold each other in one's arms - the larger fellow can stop whenever they wish. No obstructing someone from using their hands to productively work on other stuff while hugging.

(I worry excessively about hugging for too long and taking up too much of someone's time.)

* …granted, I have #autism and a quirky sensory system, and like to go around on the Internet as a vast vulpine or fairly small data-fox, a #macro / #micro fan of sorts. If you dislike this, that's perfectly valid! I'm exaggerating for emphasis.

** I don't care. Paws/feet, fluff/distinct pads/full single sole pad, # toes, etc - if it supports your weight and you can feel with it (e.g. not wooden peg leg, but including cybernetic replacements with sensors), it's fine.

Anxiety isn't fun for anyone, but having friends who acknowledge it and go out of their way to reassure you more often means a lot.

As a fan of #science and #chemistry, I enjoyed Tech Ingredients' thorough, informative video on hydrogen/oxygen pulse detonations and such: https://youtu.be/l9CI6KSV560 (35m51s)

"Rather than pack the moment with push notifications and text alerts, ASMR encourages us to dive into one sound at a time. It transports you to a /Honey, I Shrunk the Kids/ kind of sound world, but one emptied of the terrors of magnification. (No giant ants stomping through the undergrowth.) Instead you listen, elf-like, to the oceanic heaves and swells of a napkin being pleated."

I originally found #ASMR stuff too uncomfortable to listen to, but as a fox that's fascinated by #macro / #micro matters, including #sound, this quote from a Wired article ("The ASMR Cure") is making me consider trying again some day.

…also the thought of a tiny data-fox having to be wary of a little @jamesdarkglint stomping through the undergrowth is kind of amusing to me :)

Emotions are fun. Until they're not. Then they're not fun. And you simply have to keep in mind that the world doesn't hate you, you're merely not feeling well. And you're not a hopeless failure.

I'm… okay. I think I'm just messing up my emotional state while I'm attempting to achieve a consistent sleep schedule. And… things.

@Nomaxice Do you know of any instances that'd cater more to the size/macro/micro community?

Someone's asked about this as they want to migrate from mastodon.social and considered the.resize.club, but that instance appears very out of date (Mastodon v2.0.0).

Having a tornado warning with sirens going off, being told to take shelter, thinking " @azure must be having fun with the weather again" :)

(Warning since passed, no damage/harm.)

Why it's important to fight for #decentralized communication - on #privacy vs. #freedom: https://matrix.org/blog/2020/01/02/on-privacy-versus-freedom/

CC @azure given your remarks on Moxie's stance.