Sven Slootweg (soft-deprecated) @joepie91@pixie.town

My neurodivergent plea:

If you would like me to do something, please tell me the thing that you would like me to do AND that you would like me to do it. If relevant, specify when you would like the thing done.

@ryanboswell now I read something a while back about “right wing prepping” (doing it along to save yourself) vs “left wing prepping” (doing it as a community to help out each other). And I guess you could apply that to the self hosting movement as well 🤔

Fire code is a scam invented to forbid cool architectural features such as secret rooms, hidden passages, and labyrinthine layouts

hmm so PDFs can embed JavaScript, has someone tried embedding pdf.js in a PDF?

Reminder that nothing is dumb or stupid. Those words don't even mean anything. Try to think harder about what you actually mean by that. Do you mean it was chaotic? Do you mean that you think it will hurt an objective of yours? Do you think it will also hurt the perceived objectives of your enemies so you don't understand why they would do that?

Keep in mind, if something the alt-right does seems "dumb" it's because they have different objectives than you. They don't want peace on earth, or even like... peace in your small town. They want a race war at all costs, legitimately. They want to exterminate queer people, no hyperbole. They want women silent and in the kitchen, full stop.

Example: If they cut off a state from accessing healthcare, and it will lead to the deaths of white people, particularly poor white women, so you are upset and call it dumb, because it will affect them too (leading to many preventable deaths), you need to realize that it's not dumb to the right.

Poor people not being able the access healthcare, including poor white women, is a worthy price to pay to ensure that Black people and queer people don't access it. They calculated that risk and found it acceptable. They don't think its dumb, and calling it so, doesn't do anything.

Call it what it is: "That's fascist."

At least then, you'll be starting the conversation where it ought to be, "why are fascists running my [city/county/state/country]?" Don't be afraid to use the word fascist. Make the alt-right defend why they're not like Hitler. Move the goal post on them. Don't let them manipulate the conversation by using a useless phrase like "that's stupid".

And holy fuck the canon nFD 70-210mm is incredible on film - it approximately matches the colour rendition of the FD S.S.C / nFD lineup and it’s gorgeous

If you are trying to delete your 23andMe data and get an obnoxious reply asking for ID, tell them no, that's what your password is for, and they will do it. And if they then send you an obnoxious reply saying they will delete everything except the stuff they are required to keep by law, check out this article by actual lawyer @AugustB

https://bourniquelaw.com/2024/10/09/data-23-and-me/

#23andMe

Een extra dure @delijn experience in Nederland. Een bus uit 2008 met ramen die los in de sponningen zitten, de reizigersinformatie is voorzien met een (onjuiste) A4 op het raam, en de reiziger betaalt via een handheld bij de buschauffeuse, dus de achterdeur blijft dicht.

The original Dear Abby was a badass, esp for her time, she was a champion for queer acceptance in her column and was very big on telling parents to listen and accept their children instead of punishing and fighting with them. But also this response is a banger. Top 10 advice columnist responses of all time.