Grace @billiegrace@v.st

...I probably should spend a lot more time on FetLife to see more of what masochists are looking for, as there are kinks far beyond the mainstream BDSM tropes of mere physical pain, bondage, and humiliation that seem to dominate the popular consciousness.

I wasn't prepared for deep psychological, almost criminal levels of depravity that some masochists seek. And unfortunately, this part of my sadistic experience wasn't sufficient to satisfy the folks I loved the most... (continued)

It's common to hear wise people claim that the older they get the less they know about the world.

While I've never felt I know all that much about BDSM and kink generally, I assumed I knew what sort of things most people might want out of kink and BDSM experiences, and thus I marketed myself as a kinky partner. I've been absolutely devastated by how little I know...(continued)

Vyvanse is magic.

#dating Feeld is overrun with couples presenting themselves in "single woman" profiles. They're overwhelming search results. Reporting the profiles doesn't scale at the rate the profiles come up.

Mastodon thankfully supports disabling boosts, muted words, and removing followers. I recommend using these to tailor the experience to your tastes and surface higher quality signals from the din.

Berlin is not my home, but it has had great significance in my life and in my heart. This liminal space, BER, has a melancholy now for me, because I am leaving it with a hole in my heart and an unsatisfiable longing for what was once there. I hope the next time I come through this place it is with joy and optimism. I did get what I came for in Berlin this time, but I want more than this.

I’m at Berlin’s Willy Brandt Airport waiting for Virginia, someone I’ve had a lot of history with who is now a friend. We’ve met here a few times. Once when we flew to New York together last December, her first trip there. Once when we flew to Tenerife together to escape Berlin’s cold winter. And once when she came with me as I was departing Berlin last June to see me off. Today we’re flying to different places: she to New York to see someone, and I to Amsterdam to see someone.

Musk did Mastodon a favor, I guess. Perhaps a critical mass for Mastodon is nearing.

I don’t have faith that electing progressive candidates will be sufficient to preserve the representative democratic order in the US, rather it seems necessary to elect individuals with enough fortitude to literally fight, as we, apparently, will all have to do along the current trajectory. It’s not so much that social progressivism isn’t a priority, but it’s a lesser concern to me for now than losing the game altogether.

fine engineering is a work of art in its own right, and a finely engineered tool contributes greatness to the works of art it itself manifests

Successfully hooked my team on train videos, @th https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNiN7gOcNI4

Instance-local threads are a compelling reason to add more users on v.st. 👁️