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@vickylai Artists usually post a commission info sheet on tumblr or twitter or a personal site. Other artists will often share it around, that's how I find most of mine.

There's Artists&Clients which I founded many years ago (but am no longer in relation with) that I've seen a few people here use.

"You cannot base a public good on a normalised systemic violation of human rights." https://ar.al/2018/07/30/out-of-the-frying-pan-and-into-the-fire/ by @aral

New blog post: How to implement a basic ActivityPub server https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2018/06/how-to-implement-a-basic-activitypub-server/

On one hand I could probably write a blog post detailing how to build a basic ActivityPub server... On the other, it will do nothing to attract a non-tech audience ?

tweetn't

Even when I'm sick I can't keep myself away from work lol. I hope the bridge will have some impact / be entertaining. Tbh I just love the animations I added

I'm awake but i don't feel like i want to be awake

People are talking about my avatar again so I guess it's time to repost the full picture, drawn by the very talented @DearMsDear

Fuck facebook https://medium.com/@IjeomaOluo/facebooks-complicity-in-the-silencing-of-black-women-e60c34434181

White nationalist movement growing much faster than Isis on Twitter, study finds https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/white-nationalist-movement-twitter-faster-growth-isis-islamic-state-study-a7223671.html

Oh my god, are you
for
fucking
real

https://twitter.com/theresa_may/status/872181737933217794

Theresa May: "I'm clear: if human rights laws get in the way of tackling extremism and terrorism, we will change those laws to keep British people safe."

#Mastodon admin troubleshooting tip: If you're following people but haven't received toots from them in a while, it might indicate an issue with PuSH subscriptions. It might help to re-subscribe to everybody regardless of expiration time:

From console:

Account.remote.with_followers.pluck(:id).each { |id| Pubsubhubbub::SubscribeWorker.perform_async(id) }

Reference: This conversation https://mastodon.gargantia.fr/users/jelora/updates/50

"Valve is not your friend, and Steam is not healthy for gaming" https://www.polygon.com/2017/5/16/15622366/valve-gabe-newell-sales-origin-destructive