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DoSIt's been observed that one way to evade the AI scraping is just to post in rhyming slang and similar - maybe <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/polari" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#polari</a> will make a comeback?

Erik L. Midtsveen 🏴🏳️‍🌈When you have an obsession with Music and FreeTube at the same time!<a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/FreeTube" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FreeTube</a> <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/Music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Music</a> <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/Warframe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Warframe</a> <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/ZenBrowser" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ZenBrowser</a> <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/Debian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Debian</a> <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/Gnome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Gnome</a> <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/Bottles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Bottles</a> <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/UseBottles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UseBottles</a> <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/Signal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Signal</a> <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/ThunderBird" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ThunderBird</a> <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/Polari" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Polari</a> <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/IRC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#IRC</a>

tibia bonei feel like just reading the polari dictionary is giving me so much information about the time and the culture of its collection and use. like specifically, the amount of terms for certain things and the lack of terms for others, and the variety of specific words. it's impossible to make conclusions without further context - are these remembered for a specific reason, what's regional, how were these collected? by whom, when? but it's fascinating how much a snapshot of language can still reveal. <a href="https://evil.social/tags/gayhistory" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#gayhistory</a> <a href="https://evil.social/tags/polari" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#polari</a> <a href="https://evil.social/tags/lgbqtqhistory" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#lgbqtqhistory</a>

tinydoctorPolitical dialects babelize. The confusion of tongues can conceal shared interests and objectives between leftwing and rightwing, and conflicting interests and objectives between right and right, left and left. Elites, left and right, exploit this confusion. Keep their constituencies captive with cant. Maybe we need the equivalent of <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Polari" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Polari</a> for the internal proletariat, a right/left pidgin for the underclass, so the rest of us can talk under the elites. Hmm? <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/talkingtomyselflettingyoulisten" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#talkingtomyselflettingyoulisten</a>

Olly AlexanderNew YouTube video from Olly Alexander:✨ ‘When We Kiss’ is out today 🫦 !! <a href="https://music-social.com/tags/newmusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#newmusic</a> <a href="https://music-social.com/tags/polari" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#polari</a>🔗 <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcFeEY07SY4" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcFeEY07SY4</a><a href="https://music-social.com/tags/music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#music</a> <a href="https://music-social.com/tags/ollyalexander" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ollyalexander</a> <a href="https://music-social.com/tags/youtube" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#youtube</a> <a href="https://music-social.com/tags/musicsocial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#musicsocial</a>

marcasNormally, this time of year, I'd be pushing my <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Waterstones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Waterstones</a> and <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Amazon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Amazon</a> links, but this time, if you're more environmentally conscious, please consider second-hand book retailersYou'll find most of my ten publications, including <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#poetry</a> collections I've authored, a co-authored pamphlet, other titles I've translated and <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/anthologies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#anthologies</a> I've co-editedWhether you love poetry, <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#history</a> or <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/children" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#children</a>'s <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#literature</a> in <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Gaelic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Gaelic</a>, English, or <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Polari" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Polari</a> there's something for everyone<a href="https://www.abebooks.co.uk/servlet/SearchResults?an=mac%20tuairneir%20marcas&cm_sp=det-_-plp-_-author" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.abebooks.co.uk/servlet/SearchResults?an=mac%20tuairneir%20marcas&cm_sp=det-_-plp-_-author</a>

MimI'm replaying Dragon Quest Builders 2 at the mo, and had completely forgotten about the Goodybag - a monster that's basically a sack of loot, with necklaces and treasure poking out of the top - called Jules who speaks <a href="https://bytetower.social/tags/polari" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#polari</a> . I don't know who does the localisation for the games, but it's brilliant. Bona, even. <a href="https://bytetower.social/tags/JulianAndSandy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#JulianAndSandy</a> <a href="https://bytetower.social/tags/RoundTheHorne" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RoundTheHorne</a> <a href="https://bytetower.social/tags/Videogames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Videogames</a>

Luke: grue fodder2024: book sixty-nine (audiobook seventeen) <a href="https://aus.social/tags/bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bookstodon</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/audiobooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#audiobooks</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/fiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fiction</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/metafiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#metafiction</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/richardmilward" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#richardmilward</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/maneatingtypewriter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#maneatingtypewriter</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/polari" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#polari</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/nice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nice</a>

Adam Jacobs 🇺🇦There's a guy downstairs sanding down my parquet floor who has a logo on his van proudly proclaiming that he's a "Certified Bona Contractor".I'm sure fans of Polari will find that reassuring.He seems to be doing a pretty bona job so far, at any rate.<a href="https://mas.to/tags/Polari" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Polari</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/WoodenFlooring" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WoodenFlooring</a>

chris@strafpla.netI was today years old when I learned that <a href="https://mstdn.strafpla.net/tags/ACDC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ACDC</a> means <a href="https://mstdn.strafpla.net/tags/bisexual" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bisexual</a> in <a href="https://mstdn.strafpla.net/tags/Polari" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Polari</a>. And just a few days before that I learned that the movie “Inauguration of the pleasure dome” used <a href="https://mstdn.strafpla.net/tags/GlagoliticMass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GlagoliticMass</a> by <a href="https://mstdn.strafpla.net/tags/Czech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Czech</a> composer <a href="https://mstdn.strafpla.net/tags/Leo%C5%A1Jan%C3%A1%C4%8Dek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LeošJanáček</a> as soundtrack, which is extremely interesting for me due to family stories that are connected to all of this in a way. And - by the way - there’s a beer named <a href="https://mstdn.strafpla.net/tags/TarasBoulba" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TarasBoulba</a>.This was a great weekend. <a href="https://mstdn.strafpla.net/tags/UselessKnowledge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UselessKnowledge</a>

Some Bits: Nelson's LinkblogDragon Quest Builders 2 translation: Discussion on Reddit about an amazing localization of a Japanese videogame with lots of clever slang <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/DQBuilders/comments/cg1sd8/who_did_the_english_translation_for_the_us_release/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.reddit.com/r/DQBuilders/comments/cg1sd8/who_did_the_english_translation_for_the_us_release/</a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/dragonquest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dragonquest</a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/translation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#translation</a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#language</a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/polari" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#polari</a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/games" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#games</a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/dqb2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dqb2</a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/dqb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dqb</a> #+

Hedgewizard 🐈In related news the <a href="https://beige.party/tags/British" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#British</a> slang word 'naff' (meaning unfashionable or otherwise valueless) was originally a <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Polari" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Polari</a> (gay slang) word: Not Available For Fucking<a href="https://beige.party/tags/etymology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#etymology</a>

Anatol StefanowitschWhat a shame, on the other hand, that <a href="https://mastodon.lol/@paulbaker" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@paulbaker</a> had his Mastodon account on the now defunct mastodon.lol server and no longer seems to have an account in the Fediverse. I'm very much looking forward to meeting him: he's famous among corpus linguists for his corpus-linguistic work, of course, but he has also done fascinating work on <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Polari" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Polari</a>, a secret language/slang used by gay men in Britain into the 1970s. 1/2

ricardo :mastodon:<a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Linux</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/IRC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#IRC</a> Client <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Polari" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Polari</a> Gets Fresh New Look <a href="https://www.omglinux.com/linux-irc-client-polari-updated/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.omglinux.com/linux-irc-client-polari-updated/</a>

DansLeRuSH ᴱᶰ« A new version of <a href="https://floss.social/tags/Polari" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Polari</a>, a terrific looking <a href="https://floss.social/tags/IRC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#IRC</a> client for <a href="https://floss.social/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Linux</a> desktops, is out » by <a href="https://mastodon.social/@omglinux" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@omglinux</a> › <a href="https://www.omglinux.com/linux-irc-client-polari-updated/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.omglinux.com/linux-irc-client-polari-updated/</a>

Jaelyn 🏳️‍🌈Proud Pink Sky (Redfern Jon Barrett <a href="https://mastodon.social/@Redfern" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@Redfern</a> ) – In an <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/AltHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AltHistory</a>, the end of WWII sees the formation of Berlin as an independent <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/gay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#gay</a> state with <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/polari" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#polari</a> as an official language. Now 24 million strong and a glittering futuristic metropolis, it is divided into an assortment of gay and lesbian districts (Twinkstadt, Diesel, Paw, Adonis…) including a hetero district for the immigrant straight labour and Q; which houses those who don’t fit into the strict categories of Gay and Lesbian. Those who as <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/bisexual" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bisexual</a>, <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/trans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#trans</a>+ and <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/polyamorous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#polyamorous</a> are seen as diluting the gay state and a fifth column for heterosexuals. Same-sex monogamous marriage is a requirement for full citizenship in Berlin.The story follows the teen William who flees the homophobic persecution of Britain with his lover but struggles to find a place in the city’s rigid hierarchy. Meanwhile, Cissie and her family move to the city’s heterosexual district while her husband takes construction work. But while he falls into religious propaganda, Cissie explores life in the illegal trans district as tensions mount between the state and its undesirable residents.I have to say, I’ve long been enamoured by the idea of a gay homeland to feel safe in, as flawed as the idea is (and have occasionally wanted to write a novel on this myself). To have this played out but the state centred on the community’s internal biphobia, transphobia etc. is very uncomfortable. The fact the city’s majority wants to be seen as normal and respectable enough to be accepted by the wider world (despite the distinction never mattering to bigots) sounded very familiar to groups like Mattachine, those who want to throw the radicals under the bus and conform to cishet values as much as possible. Put on a suit and tie, get married and be as non-threatening as possible rather than burn down the system that oppresses us. I never imagined a gay state being anything other than a revolutionary one and this is both innovative and depressing/sobering at the same time.Then that the rest of the world never progressed on gay rights while everyone fled to Berlin is also a key part of why the gay nation idea has always been a risk - if you all leave, how will things improve for the kids born after you? We’re not free unless every queer child is born into that freedom.Yet at the same time, the arguments for the safety found inside the nation used by various characters are particularly poignant in today’s climate, even if those most in need of it are those who are discriminated against in Barrett’s Berlin. All this really serves to underline the importance of unity within the community as the one thing that has got us through our darkest eras.All in all, it is a fascinating and engaging book (especially for me as someone who has long been intrigued by the idea and is a nerd for <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/queer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#queer</a> history, Berlin, and Polari). My only note is that there was only a partial resolution and I feel there is far more potential to the world created that is touched upon by this book. Like seeing a town through a train window as you whizz by. I’d love to read more exploring other aspects and dynamics within the city, and different eras of its history.Barrett is on Masto (tagged at the top) and has a trailer for the book in their feed.Fun factoid, there have been minor attempts to create a gay nation, such as the attempted takeover of Alpine County, California. None have really got very far at all though. But our migration to our communities has been common enough throughout our history so I wouldn’t say it is implausible that it could still happen. And as always, support your local queer bookshop. They’re our little Berlins (without the dystopic element); Gays the Word and Common Press in London.<a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/Bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Bookstodon</a> <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/Books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Books</a> <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/QueerBooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#QueerBooks</a> <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/LGBTQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LGBTQ</a>+ <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/TransBooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TransBooks</a> <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/Transgender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Transgender</a> <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/SciFi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SciFi</a>

AliA spot of <a href="https://blahaj.social/tags/Polari" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Polari</a> in your 70s <a href="https://blahaj.social/tags/DoctorWho" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DoctorWho</a>! Carnival of Monsters (1973) <a href="https://blahaj.social/tags/3rdDoctor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#3rdDoctor</a>

Mister<a href="https://mastodon.otherworldsink.com/@queeromanceink" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@queeromanceink</a>"I had a hard time".Bona. <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Polari" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Polari</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/English" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#English</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/England" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#England</a>

LordWoolamaloo"Oven Bottom Muffins"Probably all the Carry On films I was exposed to as a kid, but this just sounds like it should mean something naughty or cheeky. Or it was a phrase in Polari. Imagining it being said in a Kenneth Williams voice ...<a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/muffins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#muffins</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/DoubleEntendre" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DoubleEntendre</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/bottom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bottom</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/OvenBottomMuffins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OvenBottomMuffins</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/fnarfnar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fnarfnar</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/polari" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#polari</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ooher" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ooher</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ooherrmissus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ooherrmissus</a>

That's Mr Badger to you 🏳️‍🌈From the polari version of the King James Bible, produced by the Manchester house of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence.1 In the beginning Gloria created the heaven and the earth.2 And the earth was nanti form, and void; and munge was upon the eke of the deep. And the fairy of Gloria trolled upon the eke of the aquas.3 And Gloria cackled, Let there be sparkle: and there was sparkle.4 And Gloria vardad the sparkle, that it was bona.<a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/bona" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#bona</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/polari" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#polari</a>

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