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266

Account age

3 yrs

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A few weeks ago there was a sudden explosion of anti-library-tax yard signage in #ElCerrito. I read the associated blog, and the "libraries are good but the library tax isn't" flyer they left in my mailbox. And you know, they make some legitimate points! But here's the thing...

67 views A few weeks ago there was a sudden explosion of anti-library-tax yard signage in #ElCerrito. I read the associated blog, and the "libraries are good but the library tax isn't" flyer they left in my mailbox. And you know, they make some legitimate points! But here's the thing...

...I made another, more pointed (ruder) one, too. If you want one, I put both designs on Zazzle as a double-sided thing. I'm not making anything on these and would love to see more support for the library tax in #ElCerrito.
https://www.zazzle.com/el_cerrito_library_tax_supporter_double_sided_sign-256344571012250615

21 views ...I made another, more pointed (ruder) one, too. If you want one, I put both designs on Zazzle as a double-sided thing. I'm not making anything on these and would love to see more support for the library tax in #ElCerrito. https://www.zazzle.com/el_cerrito_library_tax_supporter_double_sided_sign-256344571012250615

I'm glad these groups are finally, for once, agreeing that the sky is blue. And that their pushing back on this narrative is likely to bring some folks over who wouldn't have gotten here on their own.
And I also can't help wonder—if this becomes a dominant narrative—if this is the seed of another subverted attempt at reconstruction.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/01/us/alex-pretti-minneapolis.htm

1 views I'm glad these groups are finally, for once, agreeing that the sky is blue. And that their pushing back on this narrative is likely to bring some folks over who wouldn't have gotten here on their own. And I also can't help wonder—if this becomes a dominant narrative—if this is the seed of another subverted attempt at reconstruction. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/01/us/alex-pretti-minneapolis.htm

📊 Post engagement

Avg engagement / post

4.9%

Engagement vs followers

Oct 2022

On Mastodon since

🔥 Top post: A few weeks ago there was a sudden explosion of anti-library-tax · 67 likes + reposts

📊 Activity & format

Posting cadence

0.48 / week

A lower-frequency account — each post lands with more weight.

Content mix

Mostly text

Recent: 9 text · 3 image · 0 video.

Follower / following

0.7×

Follows 376 back. A more reciprocal / networked account.

Recent posts

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🔥 Top post A few weeks ago there was a sudden explosion of anti-library-tax yard signage in #ElCerrito. I read the associated blog, and the "libraries are good but the library tax isn't" flyer they left in my mailbox. And you know, they make some legitimate points! But here's the thing... ★ 67

—or more realistically they didn't even *know it was there to learn,* because designers these days seem to think in order to do really detailed prototyping you need to become a developer (they're always talking about wanting to learn to pr… 3. Knowledge of interaction design prototyping is lost; the field is okay with this because realistic prototyping was never all that important, lol, and was a distraction from the all-important line spacing and corner radii 4. Folks who ac… Okay here's what I think happened. 1/n 1. Massive numbers of visual designers rebranding themselves as UX designers, without taking the time to learn interaction design 2. New "UX" designer insistence that a visual design tool is the stand… I just want to be able to do a traditional, in-person, moderated usability test, with a prototype that feels like a real product. Why have we now gone to such lengths to complicate prototyping and testing? I don't want to give an AI some s… ★ 1 I sat through a whole-ass presentation yesterday where a designer walked us through a vibe-coded prototype that he claimed would have been impossible for a designer to do just a year ago, which everyone just ate up because they're so used … ★ 5 Hey #UX designers & researchers, are there any Axure power users left out there, or have you all moved to Figma? I've been removed from hands-on design work for a couple years now, and I'm currently trying to help one of my reports set up … Watched the Artemis II launch today and had unexpected strong feels. In no particular order— - pride that at least there's something we haven't outsourced to oligarchs yet - heartsick that we're re-treading old ground, and possibly mostly … ★ 1

...I made another, more pointed (ruder) one, too. If you want one, I put both designs on Zazzle as a double-sided thing. I'm not making anything on these and would love to see more support for the library tax in #ElCerrito. https://www.zaz… ★ 21

I'm glad these groups are finally, for once, agreeing that the sky is blue. And that their pushing back on this narrative is likely to bring some folks over who wouldn't have gotten here on their own. And I also can't help wonder—if this b… ★ 1 Into. My. VEINS. https://pluralistic.net/2026/01/29/post-american-canada/#ottawa ★ 3 Demo of the new half melodeon, half Stradella box. I still have a looong way to go before I get anywhere close to proficiency with this thing, but it is so much fun. https://www.youtube.com/shorts/hlind_iSQso ★ 1

🐘 Community & instance

Home server

wandering.shop

A sci-fi & writing server — its members and audience skew toward that niche, so expect a community-aligned, engaged following.

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On Mastodon since

Oct 2022

Joined in the Twitter-exodus wave of late 2022 — part of the migration that made Mastodon a real destination.

💡 Facts

🗓️Joined Mastodon in 2022 — 3 years ago.

👁️Averages 13 views per post.

📤Posts about 0.5× per week.

🕵️ Fake follower check

Estimated

89/100

Excellent Credibility score

99%

Real Real audience

Low Fake-follower risk

High Data confidence

Est. 99% real, active audience · Low fake-follower risk.
Strong engagement (~4.9% of followers engage each post) — an active, real audience.
Verified account.
Established account (3+ years old).

Heuristic estimate from engagement, follower ratios, account age & growth — a screening signal, not a guarantee.

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Chicken tender. Squeezeboxer. Depressed solarpunk utopian. Luddite. Civic technologist. Appreciator of public transit infrastructure. Neutral good. *** header: a white chicken in the middle of a corridor on the Starship Enterprise, next to an open door to a cargo bay full of straw bales. avatar: my eyes creepily 'shopped onto my upside-down chin. #NoIndex #NoArchive #NoAI #NoGPT