Sven Slootweg @joepie91@pixie.town
- Website
- http://cryto.net/~joepie91/
- Matrix
- @joepie91:pixie.town
- Pronouns
- they/them, he/him, whatever, it's not like I have any idea either 🙃
Technical debt collector and general hype-hater. Early 30s, non-binary, ND, poly, relationship anarchist, generally queer.
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- DMs are open.
- Flirting welcome, but be explicit if you want something out of it!
- The devil doesn't need an advocate; no combative arguing in my mentions.
Sometimes horny on main (behind CW), very much into kink (bondage, freeuse, CNC, and other stuff), and believe it or not, very much a submissive bottom :p
My spoons are limited, so I may not always have the energy to respond to messages.
Strong views about abolishing oppression, hierarchy, agency, and self-governance - but I also trust people by default and give them room to grow, unless they give me reason not to. That all also applies to technology and how it's built.
Joined Aug 2019
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If you're facing pressure NOT to offer online accessibility for courses, events, and other UC offerings, esp if admin is trying to keep such pressure off the official public record, please whistleblow to us. #UCAccessNow #HigherEd #DisabilityLaw #Disability #AcademicAbleism #UniversityOfCalifornia
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The ostensible promise of technology is that it would liberate humanity from the drudgery of menial work, enabling us to engage with more meaningful and creative pursuits.
Instead, we have frenzied development of ML systems to centralize and replace writing, art and other meaningful creative pursuits, giving us more time for menial work.
This seems pretty contrary to any useful definition of progress.
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Liever trots dan zelfingenomen.
Mooi cynisch stuk in NRC van Christiaan Weijts over ons landje en de multinationals.
https://12ft.io/www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2023/02/10/liever-trots-dan-zelfingenomen-a4156749
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i hate when computers do what i tell them to instead of what i want them to
Did you know that Puppy Linux:
- Could boot from CD/DVD and save your session *to that same CD/DVD* without any HDD present
- Had immutable self-contained application images like a decade ago, before it was cool
- Has a full-blown and feature-complete graphical music player written in... Bash
Even if I probably wouldn't use it as my daily driver, it's such an absurdly cool distro
I wish more people talked about the problem of most Linux/FOSS youtubers being fashy, in hard-to-spot ways.
rant, programming, javascript, individualism
It's really telling how many people will go to extreme lengths and efforts to develop and use JS blockers for browsers... but put zero effort into eg. educating developers on better development approaches to solve the problem at the root.
"Using a script blocker" is an individualist "solution" to a collective problem. It doesn't work. It's even worse when people try to peddle it to *others* as some sort of obligation to 'protect themselves'.
Collective problems require collective solutions. Please stop this weird "I got mine" approach and actually put work into solving the underlying problem. I'm sick and tired of being the only person in the room doing this.
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politics in general
As it turns out, a *lot* of political divides come down to that kind of dichotomy, even if indirectly.
Take healthcare: the political statement that healthcare should be private immediately implies that people who are sick, poor, or disabled should just die. I reject that view entirely, even though that rejection is viewed as extreme in US politics.
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politics in general
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
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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
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"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
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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!
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@finn Autonomous cars are meant to save the car industry, not the environment.
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how much are you staying home in order to avoid covid?
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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
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personal abusee experience, re: some idle thoughts on social boundaries
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.
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in advance, i am not sorry for the “drama” i will cause my cis white male “friends” for their lack of convictions
- Website
- http://cryto.net/~joepie91/
- Matrix
- @joepie91:pixie.town
- Pronouns
- they/them, he/him, whatever, it's not like I have any idea either 🙃
Technical debt collector and general hype-hater. Early 30s, non-binary, ND, poly, relationship anarchist, generally queer.
- No alt text (request) = no boost.
- Boosts OK for all boostable posts.
- DMs are open.
- Flirting welcome, but be explicit if you want something out of it!
- The devil doesn't need an advocate; no combative arguing in my mentions.
Sometimes horny on main (behind CW), very much into kink (bondage, freeuse, CNC, and other stuff), and believe it or not, very much a submissive bottom :p
My spoons are limited, so I may not always have the energy to respond to messages.
Strong views about abolishing oppression, hierarchy, agency, and self-governance - but I also trust people by default and give them room to grow, unless they give me reason not to. That all also applies to technology and how it's built.
Joined Aug 2019
