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

So many Dutch progressives seem to believe propaganda was invented in the 1930s, ended with the fall of the Soviet Union (outside of North Korea, China, and a couple of other countries they don’t take seriously), and they’re immune to it because they’re just so goshdarn smart.

Draisines. And an upside down house. Because why not?

Particularly I want to know:
- how to balance accused's right to respond if the accuser doesn't want details shared?
- how to handle vague second-/third-hand accounts, without retraumatising victims who don't want to talk about it again?
- how to handle cases when both sides have plausible-but-contradictory accounts?
- at what point does trust in known individuals become favouritism?
- how to approach it from a perspective of restoragive justice?

Does anyone have any zines / guides about how to deal with allegations of abuse and/or sexual misconduct? This is something that keeps coming up for me.

As a friend, a moderator (not here), an event organiser, and someone who cares about the safety of my local queer community, I keep having to deal with difficult scenarios, and I am never confident in whether I've done the right thing.

anyway hi Germany it's over 30° in dry heat! welcome to heat!

- sip water all day even if you don't think you're thirsty
- eat salty snacks or salty food when you're sipping water all day
- wear loose, breathable clothing such as linen or sports synthetics
- cover exposed skin with either sunscreen or loose, breathable clothes
- when you go outside take: sunglasses, head covering, water bottle
- avoid being in the sunlight when the sun is high
- stop trying to not sweat. sweat is natural when it's hot and it's a very efficient cooling system (as long as you're wearing loose, breathable clothing)
- don't work when the heat is cooking you alive in the office. in the absence of a siesta tradition, procrastinate. bullshit. kill time. surviving is enough.

do you feel lethargic and vaguely ill when it's hot like this? do you feel fatigued and unable to do anything? follow these simple measures and I guarantee you will feel better think of it as dressing up on 2+ layers plus overcoat, beanie and gloves during winter but like, the other way around. you will definitely not regret protecting your health from the heat

The second one in particular was asking if this is the train to London. I said "this is the train to Paris actually" and he goes "yeah but I think there's 2 stops", literally does a "waving away" motion with his hand, and walks away.

My man I've taken this train dozens of times, there are indeed multiple stops and none of them are London 😳

A big tropical looking flower we saw in Maine this week. #bloomscrolling

new PCBs day

Random Friday tip: When doing a one-on-one zoom training someone on how to use a tool, I sometimes ask if it's ok with them if record so they'll have it for their reference. I then make sure they get a copy afterward.

When you're first encountering a completely new tool, it can be a bit overwhelming. It's hard to retain even half of it.

This means they can consult it at their own time and pace and don't feel uncomfortable having to ask for you to demo something a second time.

R. Temporaria, pt. 2.

Cold take but workplace must pay for public transit passes if it requires work from office, and commute time must be counted as work time

As agreed upon in T225 by the residents, spookygirl will suspend fosstodon.org.

I won't be posting our full reasoning but in short, we have strong concerns about fosstodon leadership's stance on safety and community values, and especially their response to strong community criticism. We strongly encourage fosstodon leadership to reevaluate their approach to moderation and community management.

We are disappointed that we must cut connections with the people on fosstodon that share our values. If you are on fosstodon and do not want to lose your connections with SGB, you may want to either migrate or create an alt elsewhere.

The suspension will take place in a day to give people time to preserve any connections they wish.

"In our culture the worship of death is so intense it stands in the way of love.

Awakening to love can happen only as we let go of our obsession with power and domination."

— bell hooks

"Cultures of domination court death. Hence the ongoing fascination with violence, the false insistence that it is natural for the strong to prey upon the weak, for the more powerful to prey upon the powerless."

— bell hooks