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

we won’t emerge from the threat of modern authoritarianism by becoming little authoritarians ourselves, yelling at anyone who crosses our political trip lines or confuses us with their disagreement.

the opposite of fascism isn’t perfect liberal conformity. the opposite of fascism is art, imagination, the ability to play with the unknown, comfort with what is new and different, the desire to try ideas on like costumery, the ability to laugh at the absurdity of small differences

politics are not just sets of decisions or treatises along a spectrum. ideology is a way of approaching the world, as well as sets of ideas arising from those approaches.

this is not about selecting the correct figurehead and issues — we are emotional mammals easily duped by group think and propaganda and always have been.

it is about how we relate to one another, how we relate to our own imaginations, and how we relate to what is new or frightening or foreign

A conversation no-one had with me when I was young that I hope those of you with young friends and family are having with them is about wearing hearing protection at loud concerts, raves and events. If they struggle to know what counts as too loud and have a smart watch that will track noise exposure, help them set that up. Maybe even buy them quality earplugs if you can (I recommend the Loop Experience ones). I did not use hearing protection when I was younger and some of the concerts I likely did hearing damage at were absolutely not worth the risk.

fuck you

Me in 2017: 🦝 oh thank goodness, social media that feels like the old internet before social media bollocksed everything up

Me in 2024: 🦝 maybe this particular form of social media was not so much a destination but more of a stepping stone on the way to not having social media anymore

I don't think this is getting the coverage it needs. Scottish government to require passivhaus standard for all new build homes. This is big. Really big. Growing out of lessons from the 70's oil crisis. Passivhaus buildings use very little energy to heat, or to cool. We've known how to do this for decades. It's gross negligence from all western governments that the same is not true of all new builds in the developed world.

https://www.thenational.scot/news/23197204.government-announces-passivhaus-standards-adopted-scotland/

Zo ontzettend herkenbaar. Een groot deel ook voor vrouwen buiten tech, denk ik.

Ik ben een keer zo hard afgestraft omdat ik mijn gevoelens boven die van een collega plaatste (ze niet opzij zette om de ander een plezier te doen) dat ik ergens nog steeds denk dat ik fout zat, ondanks dat iedereen van buiten de organisatie met wie ik het erover had het op het moment zelf compleet belachelijk vond. Maar ja, dat waren allemaal vrouwen. https://infosec.exchange/@mle/113096597897272967