melody☆

@melody.dev

building joyful things for the new internet age〜 web ✦ graphics ✦ trains ✦ yuri [personal irl account; ENG/日本語OK]

o' canada!!! 🍁 i'm in toronto all day thurs, fri, sat! i don't have real plans, but i wanna eat region-locked food, ride new LRTs, cafe hop, play rhythm games, bring home treats, and make new friends! if any moots/oomfs got reccs or wanna do things together, hmu!

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This is my old city journalist brain firing but I believe that the USA way of isolating everybody into unwalkable suburbia, requiring private cars for existence, & removing true public space has had a disastrous effect on the US's sense of community & empathy and we must, but won't, deal with that

stoped by SJMADE's illo mart this weekend: a weekend-long artist alley event with 400+ illustrators, most of them local! this is the biggest artist alley event (so far) in the bay area. our local creative industry is growing and showing no signs of stopping~ 📈

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finally getting around to setting up a mask cabinet!! (i’m happy to give some away to local oomfs who want wanna try 👍)

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Let's respond to hate with love. Let's respond to love with big love. To those who are anti-transgender, Chiitan isn't asking you to understand transgender people. I ask that you quietly watch over us. Transgender people just want to be happy with the people they love🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈

「科学者はもはやTwitterが仕事の役に立たないと感じ、Blueskyに切り替えた」という新しい研究結果。 過去10年、Twitterは科学者の拠点だったが、マスクの買収によって疑似科学、陰謀論、嫌がらせが蔓延し、多くの科学者がTwitter(X)を見限って、Blueskyに移動。 この現象について改めて研究が行われ、実際「科学者はかつてTwitterから得ていた専門的な利益を、今はBlueskyでより効果的に得ている」というデータが示されている。 科学が弾圧される今、科学者フレンドリーなSNSとしてブルスカの成長に期待 academic.oup.com/icb/advance-...

Scientists no Longer Find Twitter Professionally Useful, and have Switched to Bluesky

Synopsis. Social media has become widely used by the scientific community for a variety of professional uses, including networking and public outreach. For

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someone needs to start making idealized phone ads like how they make car ads. like texting and gaming while walking with the disclaimer "professional walker on a closed course, do not attempt"

We’re collabing with Dooby3D (Train Operator VTuber) to grow ridership at Berryessa station, our newest station in San José~ come grab our eki stamp!! 🚃💨💨 We also have a VTuber recommendation postcard featuring Dooby, Phoebe, Gin Hikari, and Baylee. 🐝🌸🪄✨🐐

BART x Dooby3D Train Operator Eki Stamp! Pick up an eki stamp featuring BART’s newest & closest station to OffKai Expo,
Berryessa/North San José! How to Get: 1. Visit BART at OffKai Industry Hall #200. 2. Follow BART on Social Media (SNS). 3. Pick up a stamp sheet. 4. Get stamping (Please be gentle, don’t press hard!!)Bild