Been seeing more and more uncritical mentions of the 988 mental health hotline lately. If you’re going to promote this, you ought to also include the risks, which are that they collaborate with police: by their own admission about 2% of calls end up with the counselor calling 911 on the person seeking help.
If you are going to reach out to 988, and you don’t want violent fucks with guns potentially showing up at your door, make sure you:
—Do not under any circumstances volunteer your location (988 claims to not use geolocation capability like 911 does)
—never admit to being at an imminent risk of harm to yourself or others, or in immediately unsafe surroundings. Remember that the counselor may have a lower threshold for defining this than you do!
Did you know the Fediverse has its own Twitch-style streaming and chat platform? It's called OwnCast, and you can find out more at:
➡️ https://fedi.tips/owncast-live-streaming-and-chat-on-the-fediverse
You can follow OwnCast stream accounts from Mastodon etc, they will post in your feed when they go live.
The official OwnCast site has lots more info:
...you can follow their official account at:
➡️ @owncast
There is a 24/7 demo at https://watch.owncast.online and a directory of streams at https://directory.owncast.online
Random bright LEDs on charger bricks and cables and random cheap electronics accessories are so irritating. I really value being able to have a dark room when I turn off the lights. Do other people not have issues in a room full of blinkenlights and pulsating LED strips? Is sleeping with lots of annoying lights on around you 24/7 being so normalized that manufacturers don't even realize this is an anti feature?
I have to take the time to tape over, or otherwise obscure the LEDs whenever they are where people sleep (which is most rooms in my tiny place). It is infuriating and makes it look like cheap crap that is half-broken from day-one after getting it.
I am including a poll. Does this bother you too? Do you see a utility in these weird lights? Do you not mind lights being on while you sleep? Falling asleep with a TV or monitor on would be in the same category of not minding these lights in my mind. Reply if you disagree or have more nuance to include.
This sounds like some shit EU people would make up to make fun of how weirdly unsafe american home electrical systems are, but it really did just happen.
I had to go shoplift a new power strip.
Below is a picture of the offender.
This shit was really old, but I have even older ones that have never done something like this.
re: nazism
Oh also it turns out the Khmer Rouge cosplayer from the other day is with the nazis. Who would have guessed?
Got this picture of them together with a Che Guevara flag while Nazbol astolfo was saying lots of offensive stuff.
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"Freedom" 0 is bullshit! Copyleft for subversion! Fuck RMS!
So try...
A list of licenses which respect OUR freedom:
https://write.pixie.town/licenses-for-freedom/list-of-licenses-for-freedom
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