Sven Slootweg (soft-deprecated) @joepie91@pixie.town
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In the process of moving to @joepie91. This account will stay active for the foreseeable future! But please also follow the other one.
Technical debt collector and general hype-hater. Early 30s, non-binary, ND, poly, relationship anarchist, generally queer.
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- The devil doesn't need an advocate; no combative arguing in my mentions.
Sometimes horny on main (behind CW), very much into kink (bondage, freeuse, CNC, and other stuff), and believe it or not, very much a submissive bottom :p
My spoons are limited, so I may not always have the energy to respond to messages.
Strong views about abolishing oppression, hierarchy, agency, and self-governance - but I also trust people by default and give them room to grow, unless they give me reason not to. That all also applies to technology and how it's built.
Joined Aug 2019
@serapath @powersource I really, really am not interested in this discussion.
@serapath @joelving @powersource No, it is not. The network effect only applies for cases where a gradual transition is not viable. This is not one of those, if it works as you describe. So that isn't the answer either.
@serapath @joelving @powersource Again, "buying power" is a social convention that hinges on people accepting 'their' money as legitimate, so that's not the answer.
So *how* are they cracking down? What form of power do they have that cannot be trivially opposed?
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uspol, i need to be angry for a little
so the democrats had this absolute fiasco and their takeaway was "we gotta move to the right"???
"WE GOTTA MOVE TO THE RIGHT"???
TO THE RIGHT???
YOU SCUMBAGS
YOU HAD ONE BILLION DOLLARS
ONE BILLION
@serapath @powersource And to be clear, I have absolutely no intention of following the usual "look at how great Bitcoin is" playbook. I've tried to argue these things with people for literal years, and I am done. It is a waste of your time and mine.
@serapath @powersource I am not going to watch Bitcoin propaganda. I am very well aware of the tendency for enthusiasts to selectively spread around 'success stories' while being suspiciously quiet about the failure stories. I am extremely close to the cryptocurrency world and I know what the true dynamics are.
@serapath @joelving @powersource That is not the correct answer. If that were the answer, nothing would stop people from transitioning, because none of it exists in any way other than through social convention.
So what's the actual way in which capitalists can crack down on alternative currencies?
@serapath @powersource Yes, adoption has shrunk over time. But to be honest I don't think this conversation is going anywhere, you seem far too invested in believing that Bitcoin is doing well.
(And I say this as an early adopter who *to this day* continues to be paid in BTC by a customer, and continuously experiences the frustrations of dealing with it)
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As you can probably imagine, this work attracts a whole lot of well-intentioned straight white retired women with money+time on their hands, which…it is what it is, culturally and politically. None of this SHOULD be volunteer work, but the professional social worker I work with has literally dozens of cases. The needs are immediate.
So I will say that if you could use a way to make a child or teenager’s life a little safer and more stable in an increasingly scary time, this is a way to do that.
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In the US, most states have programs that assign volunteer advocates to children and youth in the foster care system (CASA and GAL are the acronyms). Anyone with a clean record w/r/t kids can do the training. It’s the weirdest band-aid on a broken system but until we fix the system, it’s also essential work that helps keep kids from falling through some terrible gaps.
@serapath @joelving @powersource There's a reason I brought up exchanging - if what you say is correct, then it should simply be a matter of exchanging to whichever currency you need for a given transaction. Annoying, sure, but doable. It could even be automated.
So. Why isn't that happening? That's the question I'm asking.
And "it gets cracked down on by capitalists" is getting closer to the answer, but it is not the full answer. *HOW* does it get cracked down on? What is ultimately the thing that gives capitalists the power to crack down on this?
(A more proactive/reliable service with specific assurances could also be an option, but that one would not be free)
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State of the sok. Als mensen vragen (dat doen ze gek genoeg nooit) of ik patronen kan inbreien is het eerlijke antwoord: ik kan één patroon breien 😆
@thomas A lot of people seem to be scavenging 'disposable' vapes (which often contain rechargeable li-ion).
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Neighborhood assemblies, not one-day marches.
Durable networks, not ephemeral signals.
Governable spaces, not viral moments.
So here's a weird question maybe, but is there anyone on here running a company who's interested in a tech employee sourcing service with a focus on marginalized folks? 
The service would be free (though best-effort) and include an initial screening of candidates through a custom process, but in exchange your company will have to pass a sniff test on work environment safety, and allow fully remote work.
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btw if you are looking for a hysterectomy in new mexico and want the name of the doctor who didn't give me any shit for mine feel free to DM
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the karlsruhe tram display firefox is having a moment
@bananas I pretty much had that phrase running in the back of my mind while reading the article about it
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another "here's what's wrong with everything" post
this is an extremely hard lesson to learn, i realize. A cultural community of mutual support is really good for processing trauma and directing your pain to more productive places
also privilege becomes a lot more corrupting!! You see some truly ugly attitudes from people who are convinced it's hopeless, but at least they have SOME leg up on others.
- Future new account
- @joepie91@slightly.tech
- Matrix
- @joepie91:pixie.town
- Pronouns
- they/them, he/him, whatever, it's not like I have any idea either 🙃
In the process of moving to @joepie91. This account will stay active for the foreseeable future! But please also follow the other one.
Technical debt collector and general hype-hater. Early 30s, non-binary, ND, poly, relationship anarchist, generally queer.
- No alt text (request) = no boost.
- Boosts OK for all boostable posts.
- DMs are open.
- Flirting welcome, but be explicit if you want something out of it!
- The devil doesn't need an advocate; no combative arguing in my mentions.
Sometimes horny on main (behind CW), very much into kink (bondage, freeuse, CNC, and other stuff), and believe it or not, very much a submissive bottom :p
My spoons are limited, so I may not always have the energy to respond to messages.
Strong views about abolishing oppression, hierarchy, agency, and self-governance - but I also trust people by default and give them room to grow, unless they give me reason not to. That all also applies to technology and how it's built.
Joined Aug 2019
