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
@gsuberland@chaos.social Ah, sounds like the same "airconditioners are wasteful luxury" culture as in NL...
Well, that's new - some glue spilled over the side when I was gluing together a 3D print a while ago, and it seems to have... stolen the pigment from the plastic???
The glue (after peeling it off) now has a bluish tint, and the plastic has lost some of its color saturation in the exact spot of the glue, and I'm certain that there's no glue left on it
@adam Oh yeah, that instance has been blocked here for quite some time now because of exactly this sort of behaviour. And I agree that he knew exactly what he was doing.
The reason I found that one specific excerpt notable is mainly because this would be obvious evidence of bad faith *even to someone unfamiliar with spotting bad faith*. Whereas the rest does require some knowledge of common patterns and tactics.
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@laalsaas Unfortunately that looks like it's going to be unobtainium here without going through a very expensive importer (which definitely isn't worth it)
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fedi meta, ranty, the things I wish I could say
- That news is not "too important for a content warning".
- AI is not a replacement for good alt text.
- Your personal beef should not be a public event.
- An dozen extra hashtags won't help your visibility.
- The numbers don't matter. No, not even those.
- Nazis won't help grow the network, even if they're popular.
- Being weird is not the same as being bad.
- People are complex. You can't (usually) judge someone's entire moral character from just a screenshots.
- Accusations aren't proof, explanations aren't apologies.
- Popular users aren't above moderation.
- The block button is always justified, and no word is too sanctified for a personal mute. No one is entitled to your attention.
- Free speech doesn't apply on social media.
I wish fedi would stop turning into Twitter.
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People always say you should put love into everything you do, but when you're making #gravy you absolutely do not want to put love in, it really ruins the consistency. What you REALLY want to add is anxiety. Now, I know it sounds counter-intuitive, but you really can't go wrong; a tiny bit of anxiety makes the gravy really tremble for those who love a bit of movement in their sauce, a medium dollop of anxiety gives it a nice glossy sheen, and a huge scoopful of anxiety makes your gravy just POP.
@adam Particularly notable to me was this comment: "As in, has he told you specifically that's what it's for?"
If someone gets *that* far into a discussion about a dogwhistle and *still* shows such ignorance to how dogwhistles work, they are either deliberately concerntrolling or consciously choosing to remain ignorant.
Okay this is pretty hilarious, a Dutch soda brand (Hero) recalled their apple juice because it contained caffeine
That just sounds like a product idea to me
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More Anker recalls, check your battery bricks:
https://www.theverge.com/news/694891/anker-power-bank-global-recall-fire-risk-battery
long-ish response to etiquette question
@williampietri This pretty much describes me (and it's definitely an AuDHD thing). What works best for me is when someone just outright asks "when should I remind you?" and otherwise makes clear what the expectations are.
For example, something like "let me know if you don't have time for this right now, I have a plan B" or "if you want to delay, just send me a short e-mail with when to remind you, nothing fancy" is immensely helpful to me in communicating the (social) expectations.
It's a pretty difficult balance to hit, even for myself; too many reminders and it starts feeling like pressure, too few reminders and it just vanishes from my brain, never to be found again, and I don't always know what the right frequency is for myself. So I wouldn't blame anyone for getting the frequency wrong, as long as I can tell them "hey remind me less/more often" without them getting offended (and like with everything, it helps if that's made explicit).
I guess in the end it all comes down to the ability to communicate expectations and needs clearly and directly in both directions, without dancing around the issue. As long as that's possible (and I can be *confident* that it is), I'm not likely to be bothered by any particular choice someone makes on how to interact with me, because it can always be corrected for anyway.
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Free Geek Twin Cities is an incredible resource.
That is all
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so from the looks of it, the bots are scraping trending hashtags like #SilentSunday , #RulesToSqueakBy , #MonochromeMonday etc, all of which are filled with gentle civilians posting pretty photos and thoughtful advice. perhaps the most sporting thing to do in the circumstances would be to drive a little-used hashtag to the top of the chart instead
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AI grifters have turned their attention to scraping mastodon hashtags to generate seo spam blogposts. you know what to do
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Mastodonian white-moderate-scold culture is most repugnant when it comes to mutual aid. Black single mother needing help with medical expenses? Report. Palestinian family trying to survive a genocide? Report.
It's the online version of white people calling the cops if they see an Indigenous, Black, or Brown person in "their" street. No discussion, evidence or proof of wrongdoing needed when you've got Privileged White People Gut-feelings
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Wow just had a really nice conversation with someone on the train for like 45 minutes
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@oldladyplays awww how sweet!! Well I'd just got back from wandering about the mountain hehe, but I was basically gonna say-
Many young people are disillusioned by the promised SA the ANC and Mandela had envisioned.
Mass unemployment. White people still living separately in their fancy estates and beach towns, while now claiming to be victims of white genocide. Ethnic tensions amongst black people and fellow Africans still rampant.
So you know, just products of colonialism and neoliberalism.
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@oldladyplays unfortunately from the BBC, but-
"In 1990, Mr Mandela confirmed the intentions of the African National Congress (ANC) - the liberation movement which he led into government in 1994 - to nationalise mines, banks and "monopoly industries".
But following concerns that nationalisation would have a ruinous effect on the economy and to ensure a smooth transition of power, Mr Mandela dropped the policy. "
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-67622924
Let me gather my thoughts and drink water. Will elabora-
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Y'all gotta stop quoting Mandela so much, that nigga a sellout bruh 😭 he's like the MLK of Africa bruh, take that as you will.
- 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
