mord! @vagabondsun@weirder.earth

any resources out there that can explain the skills and knowledges required to run a vps for people who have only used basic, managed-by-the-provider web hosting before? asking for a me.

hey mastodon, do you know of any good guides on how to write effective content warnings? we're reviewing how we ask people to cw things on the alt+h server in light of discord's new spoiler tags and thought information like that would be useful to include

i wrote a small post about why people in otherkin and therian circles don't talk about shifting any more. i'm sharing it here specifically because i'm aware that my perspective is limited to tumblr and adjacent communities and i want to hear people's thoughts on whether that holds true in other spaces and why not if not!
take a look? https://vagabondsun.dreamwidth.org/2061.html

(this is sarcasm)

LOVE writing unit tests

i think itd be good for us to do like, a postmortem on how the whole thing went and what we've learned and whatnot but i....... don't know how to do those....... hated writing that kinda thing in college and just get big ol mental blocks when i try to think what to include

the pamphlet we made to explain alterhumanity to mental health professionals is done! it lives here now: https://alt-h.net/projects/ah-and-mh

thank you to the people over here who gave feedback ⭐ it feels good to have a completed project under our belts

ISO has a standard paper size for brochures, and it's /not/ a4 - instead of making another version in that format for pro printing, we'd likely just buy our own color toner printer at that point. especially if we end up doing more projects of this type, i'd like to be able to produce these in bulk to give away to organizations, activists, etc
it's interesting running into these logistical problems that you wouldn't think about otherwise

past few days has been me putting out print prototypes of this pamphlet and realizing that making it american letterpaper sized to appeal to That Demographic don't work so good when you yourself have an a4 printer. so, there's two versions now - if we ever provide our own official print run (i'd like to!) it'll be the former size because it's bigger and nicer looking, but it's important that this is as accessible for home printing as possible

looking for input on the pamphlet Alt+H is making to introduce therapists and other mental health professionals to alterhumanity - if:
> you're otherkin, plural or anything else under the alterhuman umbrella, and
> you've disclosed this to a MHP or considered doing so,
would you give it a look? let me know if it says what and how much it needs to, or whether you'd use it yourself:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1eGaFP4PKuaKNQIU78-RmKPDBvjDbCfvZ/view

> get some at least semi-formal education in backend web development so i can feel more confident managing the alt+h site
> get an art portfolio together covering both graphic design and illustration so i can start taking commissions finally

that's it. for the whole year, those are my only goals. of course i have a lot of other stuff i /want/ to achieve, but i'm not holding myself to it. gonna be real down to earth about 2019

after conversing with a few separate instance admins, seems the prevailing opinion is that accounts representing organizations are a no-no. which is a reasonable position!

i guess, then, i'll stick to just talking about what alt+h is getting up to as myself, in all those organic and personable ways one can as an individual. since i actually really give a shit about what we do, i don't think that'll be hard :P

i wanna talk about the implications of furry acceptance for broader alterhuman acceptance here but its 8am rn so i cant formulate a take better than

sonicfox... good

i want to ask abt the etiquette of running an account representing an organization (namely Alt+H. no surprises there)

on the one hand, i think there's a huge crowd of non- and alterhumany people on mastodon that we'd love to be working with and hearing from. but it'd be very easy for such an account to just become a very impersonal self-promotion machine.
is there a precedent for organization-accounts working successfully in the fediverse? instances suited for it? things to keep in mind? etc?

i would like to, eventually, offer my services as a graphic designer, freelancey-ways. that seems to be the stuff i churn out enough of to actually comprise a portfolio, as opppsed to my illustration stuff. we'll see, eh?

also Alt+H related: work is beginning on the final stage of our project to create an information pamphlet on #alterhuman experiences for mental health professionals, and that means i get to work on ~graphic design stuff~
here is a very very early look at that, as proof that i actually do things sometimes

first off, the new Alt+H site is finally up: http://www.alt-h.net/
it's uh, far from perfect on mobile or very small resolutions as it stands, but we figured it was best at this point to just Get The Damn Thing Up
i made it with drupal! well, it might be more accurate to say i made it /around/ drupal, because of how loathe i was to learn how to use things like blocks and regions, but i think it was pretty good for a first foray into CMS stuff

long time no see, w.e
what's up with me? not gonna lie, i've been struggling a lot with my health both mental and physical. but i've got a couple of things to report on...

back on this train now some life stuff's cleared up
is this the final design? i don't much like the blog feed right now so probably not but it's definitely heading in the right direction
and, uh. the ducks aren't staying

i wrote an open letter to my furry friend, who very obviously has species dysphoria. it's what i would have wanted to hear when i was in his shoes, and i hope that it means that much to someone else, too:
https://vagabondsun.dreamwidth.org/1151.html