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

Like elsewhere, the entire political spectrum has moved very far to the right. 25 years ago, Emmanuel Macron would have been considered to be from the hard right (anti-immigration, pro-privatization of public services, etc). He's now the face of French centrism.

Striking & protesting are very important tools. If it wasn't for them, France would probably be in an even worse shape than it currently is. But they are far from enough, and the French model is not necessarily one to elevate.

A lot of Americans, particularly on the left, romanticize France, French activism, and how normalized protesting & striking are in France.

So just to be clear: for the past 30 years, the French left has been losing non-stop. I don't mean just electorally. I mean that labor rights have been dismantled, public institutions are defunded, healthcare is on its way to being privatized & so is higher education, the police state is expanding, and capitalism has reached all parts of life and society.

"I don't understand," the knitter said. "You have spaceships, you explore, I don't know, black wormholes or whatever they're called. Why come to me?"
"I do not know how to knit," the alien said. "It fascinates me."
"You know so much more than us."
"Gng. We know different things."
#MicroFiction #TootFic #SmallStories

Fedi users be like: "meow"

Does anyone know where the term "techno-solutionism" (or "technosolutionism") originated from? Is there an original paper/book or did several writers independently coin the term as an extension of solutionism? Boosts appreciated #AIHype

Great read:
https://ploum.net/2023-03-09-losing-signal.html

> #Signal published a blog post on how we were all different and they were trying to adapt to those differences. Signal was for everyone, told the title. Ironically, that very same day, I’ve lost access to my account.

> I’ve suddenly been excluded from all the conversations with my friends because I very slightly but unacceptably deviated from the norm.

> 3yrs ago, I thought having a black and white screen on my own phone was more comfortable for my eyes.

Just a reminder that the idea of a personal carbon footprint is propaganda invented by British Petroleum (BP) to distract from corporate responsibility for climate change by implying that changes to personal behavior are all we need to prevent global warming.

to clarify it seems to have expired a decade ago so it's not a problem *now*, but it explains why nobody did anything with it in the 3-5 year window where that tech was actually relevant

fucking love software patents

oh, the voxel scape engine was under patent huh? that would explain why nobody ever did anything with similar tech

im just a smol bean whom loves to have mental health, creativity, increasing our nation's warfighting capacity, and feelings

Klussen valt niet mee als je ziek bent en steeds maar een klein beetje gedaan krijgt. Ik heb een week gedaan over een klusje van normaal 2 uur maar... Het werkt!

Ik heb een Quooker kokendwaterboiler aangesloten op mijn Grohe Red kokendwaterkraan. Voor deze Frankenquooker heb ik hoogst ongebruikelijke adapterfittingen uit China besteld omdat je ze hier nergens kan krijgen. En zelfs dan heb ik 2 adapters moeten combineren omdat de rechtstreekse niet bestaat.

I contacted the bookstore that's under attack this weekend, and this is what they said:
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We are looking to center and protect the kids who come to hear Drag Queen Story time. We are a small store so making sure the protest stays outside is very helpful. You can also direct friends who cannot be present in person to our website: https://www.sidetrackbooks.com/

Thank you so much for your support!

Washing machine reached it's final destination and enjoys sunset in France 🌇.

#WashingMachineChallenge2023 was :
- two busses
- five trains
- six changes
- way too many stairs
- 363 km by public transport
- many confused faces

Okay, the bus driver really didn't want me to enter their bus, but finally agreed. Final part of the #WashingMachineChallange2023 journey in a blue bus back to France 🇫🇷.