Sven Slootweg @joepie91@pixie.town

down with Whatever https://eev.ee/blog/2025/07/03/the-rise-of-whatever/

Perhaps another useful set of thinking tool questions for addressing diversity and accessibility at its most basic level:

Who is not in the room? Why aren't they there? How would they feel if they knew what was happening in this room?

I think that's something that helped me a lot when trying to understand why there weren't more of x marginalized group in a room. If your looking at your workplace, org, community, fandom, etc and you realize there's no Black people there, that bares examining. If you realize there's no visibly trans or disabled people in your vicinity, that bares examining.

I guarantee you it is not because x marginalized group does not share an interest in your profession, fandom, org, etc. There's something keeping that group from joining that room. Ask yourself why that might be. Have you invited them; have you created a safe space for them?

Have you ever been in a space made for this group in question (where allies are allowed)? What differs from that space and the room you find yourself in where they are not present?

What was different about the trans pride event versus your fandom meetup?

What was different about the disability conference versus your office?

What was different about the Black artists group versus your other artist groups on social media?

Next time you're in the office, at the meetup, signing onto that app, pretend for a moment in your head that someone of that marginalized group is sitting next to you and take note of what everyone is saying and doing. Would you feel comfortable with that behavior knowing they were in the room?

why the fuck does jaws cost more than a goddamn computer. why do i have to call someone on a landline during business hours like it’s 1997 to qualify for a license that doesn’t completely fuck me. why is the only thing between me and a usable system a goddamn dealer. it’s a screen reader, not meth.

Kunnen we nu, meteen, direct ophouden met de termen “een illegaal”, “illegalen” etcetera? HET ZIJN MENSEN
https://mastodon.nl/@volkskrant/114794520779593392

This is excellent advice which everyone should take.

It is also the one piece of advice I have the most trouble with.

So many half-finished projects. I can name at least 20 off the top of my head.

Something new always comes along and brain insists on working on it instead. AuDHD is powerful.

this is such a petty thing but I almost relish calling companies that pay for linkspam on Mastodon.

"Hi there! So I run a server for queer BDSM enthusiasts, and I wanted to ask about your recent posting on our site..."
"I'm sorry, what?"
"Well, we had this account join, claiming to be into gay BDSM, and it's posting links to your content--oh, of course you wouldn't do that directly, but your SEO subcontractors..."
"Ah, er, yes, we'll get to the bottom of this"

What virtual KVM for Mac OS do you use and do you like it? I currently use Synergy and I find it super glitchy so I’m trying to scope out alternatives.

I hate it so much that covid conspiracies have made ivermectin inaccessible to what it excels at friends tell me that even going to multiple doctors they can't get a prescription here, even with active infestations.

not that it would be my first choice for this case—oral ivermectin is a proven and very effective method to get rid of fleas and lice, but I'm not sure if the lethality rates for bed bugs is worth it.¹ Thought bed bugs are such a Thing that it may be potentially helpful _in combination with_ hygienising everything. my worry is that the surviving ones contribute to ivermectin resistance. it's only partially effective against ticks.² the standard 2-dose protocol does kill scabies, but there are many other ways to treat scabies, and permethrin only needs one dose.³

in any case I don't know how bad my case is, or even if I have any infestation at all, I wouldn't jump to prescription medication as my first line. I'm in the "wash everything at 90° and observe" stage. but I hate knowing that it's not even on the table now, due to a combination of both assholes trying to treat a virus with an anti-parasitic, the usual arrogance of doctors against Third World knowledge, and misinformed people making jokes about "horse medicine".

1. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23871326/
2. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1016/j.wem.2012.08.003
3. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24791346/

“The rise of Whatever / fuzzy notepad”

https://eev.ee/blog/2025/07/03/the-rise-of-whatever/

> If I were a carpenter, and my colleagues got really into this new thing where you just chuck 2×4s at a spinning whirling mass of blades until a chair comes out the other side… you know, I just might want to switch careers.

Toen bekend werd dat we een heel eng kabinet gingen krijgen heb ik (voornamelijk om mezelf uit de verlamming te helpen) dertig dagen lang naar dingen gezocht die mensen al doen om onze wereld mooier te maken. Dat werden dertig draadjes op Mastodon, maar dat is natuurlijk niet zo praktisch. Daarom heb ik nu een pagina gemaakt waar je elke keer een random tip te zien krijgt.

https://nescia.nl/anna/we-laten-het-niet-gebeuren/

started planning my chores in advance by diarying and queueing them and my adhd suddenly feels much more manageable. i think i finally found something that makes it easier. i suspect the issue was time blindness + decision paralysis + constantly being haunted by all the things i gotta do and unable to actually sit down and sift through them. this helped. i obviously miss the deadlines for chores a little or get distracted here and there, but at least i get them done.

Ik heb een stukje van mezelf achtergelaten in Friesland

I can't get over how swathes of academic research into misinformation, as well as a lot of public sources on 'media bias' (including the heavily-advertised ground.news that sponsors all those Youtubers), are all just based on the opinions of A Guy Called Dave.

No, that's not a metaphor or a joke. The guy is literally called Dave.

https://assemblag.es/@theluddite/114733942475091154