Sven Slootweg @joepie91@pixie.town

The next time you encounter a political statement that appeals to unity (e.g.: "we're too divided in this country," or "no one just talks to each other any more"), it's worth taking a step back.

Look at the debate, and ask if one side is trying to get the other killed. That's the case with transphobia, pro-police rhetoric, anti-abortion rhetoric, and more.

It's fair and good to hold views like "I should not be killed," even if that view is extreme.

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Normal thing to say: Cordless drill
Sounds weird: Wireless drill

En ook nog een #bannerdrop! Mogelijk gemaakt door een stelletje klimmers, waarvan ik even niet weet onder welke groepsnaam ze door het leven gaan.

#Amelisweerd #AmelisweerdNietGeasfalteerd #ExtinctionRebellion #Rijkswaterstaat #Utrecht

"Hand me that USB string" = bizarre weirdo talking
"Hand me that string of Christmas lights" = totally normal thing to say???
"Hand me that yarn of Christmas lights" = my spouse got annoyed at me calling her yarn "string" so I stopped and now she is more annoyed

willen jullie helpen dit rond te strooien, mastodon ?

Ik krijg via-via berichten dat er een opstand is in Detentiecentrum Rotterdam.

Er vond een aantal dagen terug een ontsnappingspoging plaats en sindsdien is er veel disciplinaire repressie.

Op dit moment weigeren mensen hun cel in te gaan.

BOOST!

@finn Autonomous cars are meant to save the car industry, not the environment.

how much are you staying home in order to avoid covid?

Steeds meer mensen nemen goede doelen op in hun testament. Maar nabestaanden komen soms voor onaangename verrassingen te staan. Goede doelen gaan tot het uiterste om geld te innen. ‘Cees zou deze situatie echt verschrikkelijk hebben gevonden.’ https://www.groene.nl/artikel/pas-op-met-nalatenschappen?utm_campaign=website&utm_medium=owned_social&utm_source=mastodon

I can tell you with years of experience in multiple abusive and manipulative relationships that the more you normalize this for yourself, the better off you are and the the better off others are.

Don't let yourself get sucked into feeling like if you leave you're hurting someone, or that if you stand your ground you're being irritating. If you *ever* feel either of those things in a relationship when setting a boundary for yourself, *please* understand that's the definition of abusive behavior. Folks who get better will accept they have done wrong and want to change and create solutions together. Abusers will double down and make you feel like you're the problem. Abusers will see that you are giving them chances and use that to continue their abuse rather than change. If there is no repercussion, why should they stop?

Normalize removing people from your life that harm you. You are doing them a service.

When a car is repaired after a crash, the GDP goes up.

When a fruit or vegetable is grown only to be thrown out by a supermarket as food waste, the GDP goes up.

When you replace a phone that still works because of planned obsolescence, the GDP goes up.

When you throw out a perfectly good coat because it's no longer fashionable, and buy a new one in this season's style, the GDP goes up.

When a bridge has to be replaced because it wasn't built right, the GDP goes up.

When a piece of packaging is manufactured only to be thrown away straight away, the GDP goes up.

When a site needs to be decontaminated because chemicals weren't stored correctly, the GDP goes up.

In each case, society has no more usable wealth than it would have had if the car didn't crash, the vegetable wasn't grown, the phone wasn't replaced, the old coat was still being worn, there was less packaging, or the chemicals were stored correctly. Yet the GDP goes up.

Meanwhile, most of the wealth that is generated ends up in the top one percent's pockets.

The truth is that GDP isn't a useful measurement. It's just a convenient one.

#economics #politics #gdp #auspol #ukpol

Found a new way to confront people gendering inanimate objects. Some nerd came into the office and was all "she's a beauty isn't she?!" at the server cabinet behind my desk and I said "actually he's a he". Confusion ensued

OH: *meowing to the tune of Megalovania*

To be fair #ChatGPT is a fantastic bullshit detector. 👀

Here's how you can use it: when you see anyone peddling ChatGPT-based "solutions", that right there is almost certainly bullshit.

You're welcome! 👍

Do you know why you won't find any mention anywhere on the W3C website of #web3? It does not exist. BOOM! There is one web.

the thing you don't realize as a child about "when I'm an adult I can go to bed whenever I want" is that sometimes ""whenever I want"" is, like, 9pm