Sven Slootweg @joepie91@pixie.town

A less controversial take (I hope...) but "LGB" isn't a thing and gay transphobes are still transphobes and will be promptly told to get tae fuck 💜

narrator: and what happened next surprised no one

This should have actually put behind a CW, so here I did. This would also be a good candidate for a quoted post/toot.

"Aaron Swartz would have been 36 today. …"

🧵 https://kolektiva.social/@weareintolerant/109411729775137723

#AaronSwartz

"Kat in 't bakkie" is a Dutch expression that's the equivalent of "easy as pie"; literally, it means "cat in the box".
#Caturday #cats #CatsOfMastodon

So last year, some seagulls raised a chick on the roof of the building across from my home.

Those seagulls came back this year, and their chick JUST HATCHED and it is THE CUTEST THING

#Birds #BirdsOfMastodon

Every day I see more and more evidence of society descending into utter lawlessness and chaos.

Angry farmers block highways: 0 arrests.

Violent racists block a highway: 0 arrests.

@extinctionrebellionnl block a highway: 150 arrests.

But noooo, there's no justice equality issue in the Netherlands, they say.

A reminder that most journalists work for corporations and therefore represent those interests in their work, and those interests are in direct opposition to the #workingClass. The work of journalists is never unbiased and is often harmful to your interests. The widespread tendency to treat journalists as sacred, too important for scrutiny (or, say, defederation on Mastodon), is dangerous. Work of journalists should be no more safe from scrutiny or boycott than the corporations they represent.

I guess I'll address this publicly then, since the person I was going to say it to decided to block us.

Anyone who claims that "mentally sound" people would never commit an atrocity because of bigotry is, frankly, whitewashing history and scapegoating mentally ill people. Being mentally ill yourself does not excuse this.

The Holocaust was not carried out by mentally ill people. It was carried out by average, neurotypical people as a result of radical bigotry.

That wasn't the only instance of horrible atrocities commited by "mentally sound" neurotypical people. It's happened many, many times throughout human history, including to this day. And the Milgram experiment confirmed this: ANYONE has the potential to be lulled into committing horrible atrocities.

The same goes for mass shootings.

Whitewashing atrocities as caused by mental illness is ableist, and dangerous. It tells neurotypical people that they are immune to committing atrocities.

They are not. And it's not OK to scapegoat mentally ill and neurodivergent people just because that fact makes you uncomfortable.

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#MassShooting #Ableism

Does anyone else struggle with overexplaining? People really don't seem to like it, it makes them upset with me, but I don't know how else to make sure I am interpreted correctly in a situation. Been wildly misinterpreted my whole life. Is there something I can do which isn't not explaining but isn't over-explaining?

ETA: Muting this as it's been a couple days and I can't see any of my other notifications. Thanks for your thoughtful responses

@actuallyautistic #ActuallyAutistic #adhd #cPTSD

You walk away from the christmas tree for 5 minutes and this happens…

Als je te veel regenpijp hebt gekocht en geen zin hebt om naar de stort te rijden.

Militant decency.

#Gnu #TerryPratchett

I see alot of great threads and posts by ppl of all kinds on how the fedi culture is regarding the tech tools and the racist culture and history

Cool, for real.
Also it's triggering *in a way* for me bc I've said all this years ago. With no academic standing, no elite social standing, no over reaching social medias platformsss , no money.

Just supporting my homie & making sure ppl were safe in our spot where we promised safety.

So when others are published or interview, Im hurt

feditips to new users

eat leaves

sleep

take moss photos

be queer