Esme Povirk @madewokherd@computerfairi.es
Joined Aug 2018
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boost with cw: human rights
Again I hope cis friends realize this: trans rights are literally YOUR rights
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"...the rise of singlehood among young people is not a result of women not wanting marriage or children—but rather women finding the bargain on offer not particularly attractive."
https://www.liberalcurrents.com/the-crisis-of-gender-relations/
I tried visiting the URL again without Discord running, and it redirected to a page on 127.0.0.1:6463 which failed to load. It seems Discord handles this by running a (presumably temporary) webserver on localhost. So, if someone sends me to one of those links, I'll get redirected to localhost, which will fail because I'm not running a webserver.
Still creepy.
Apparently, the first time you run Discord on a new machine, it opens a URL with your default browser that, if you're already logged in, also logs you into the desktop app. Without asking on either end.
Which was convenient but also creepy and feels like a security concern. Like, someone can generate a web URL that if I visit it logs them in as me? How is that safe?
(Update: After playing around a bit, it appears that it is safe, I'll explain why in a reply.)
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my name is `adduser`
and my brother's `useradd`
one of us is good
and one of us is bad!
which of us is which?
there is no way to know
we change names sometimes
to keep you on your toes!
I really want to use the term "cis-compilation" for the opposite of "cross-compilation" but it'd probably just confuse people.
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just learned about recency bias. my favourite type of bias for sure
Haha, one of these is a rar file incorrectly renamed to .zip
Going through old files and wow I used to hang onto a lot of weird little games and demo things. ^_^
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hey there friend's brain, please be nice to our friend
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glad someone wrote an article that covers how almost half of covid transmission may be asymptomatic, why being covid cautious is a social justice issue, and the loss and loneliness that comes with being covid cautious: https://boulderweekly.com/news/covid-safe-colorado/
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people in skirts regardless of their gender
boost if agree like if yes
Unsure if new laptop fast or Windows slow.
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This is your periodic reminder that ambulatory wheelchair users exist. Many folks think wheelchairs are only for those who can't walk at all, or folks who can only take a couple steps.
Wheelchairs and electric scooters are used due to pain, weakness, balance issues, orthostatic intolerance, etc.
#Disability #Wheelchairs #DynamicDisability #ChronicIllness #MEcfs
Linux doesn't know how to disable tap-to-click on my wireless keyboard+touchpad, so I disabled clicks entirely and remapped Windows and Caps Lock to the mouse buttons.
I don't recommend Arch though. Having to install and configure every piece of basic functionality is a chore, and I'm really not seeing any benefits from it. If I had to redo it I'd probably do another Manjaro install.
I am a Windows user no more. Hello from my new StarLite tablet running Arch with XFCE.
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Being "normal" is a scam. Go wild
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Gisele Pelicot’s ex husband sentenced to twenty years in prison - and all fifty of the men tried with him have been found guilty and will serve jail time. Shame HAS changed sides.
I’m incredibly grateful for what Gisele has accomplished. She flipped the narrative. She gave up her right to privacy and anonymity so that the whole world could see what these monsters did to her. She refused to be made into a victim, refused to be blamed or shamed for what they did to her.
I wrote an article about her story - the role medical misogyny played in what happened to her and why ‘Not All Men’ rings hollow to us right now.
I expressly said that now is NOT the time to yell ‘Not All Men’ at us - because in this particular case - it was a great many men. Men from all ages, backgrounds and walks of life.
It was her own husband of fifty years. Her neighbour. Fathers and husbands. It was too many men.
The men who were approached by her husband and declined to assault Gisele? They didn’t go to the police. They didn’t get her help. They patted themselves on the back for being ‘good men’ for simply not raping an unconscious woman.
The worst part? We may never know how many of them there were.
I was scared to share this article. I was afraid of blowback from people who are unwilling and/or unable to accept just how bad rape culture is. How deep the rot of patriarchy goes.
One of the first comments I got was a man telling me to stop painting all men as rapists. That most men are ‘very fond’ of women. That he ‘likes them a lot’ and that I shouldn’t worry so much because he’s sending me a hug.
He literally commented with ‘not all men’ on an article pleading with men to stop yelling over us. And he saw absolutely nothing wrong with this. In fact - he went on to say that this case is an anomaly and it’s what prisons are for - but most men are good and I need to recognize that.
Let me say this one more time - the ONLY thing about this case that’s an anomaly is the sheer scope and horror of it.
Rape is not an anomaly. It’s almost never perpetrated by a stranger. The vast majority of rapes are committed by someone the woman knew and trusted and believed to be a ‘good man.’
You don’t know until it’s too late - and that’s exactly why we’re asking you to stop saying ‘Not All Men.’
Please - listen to us. Learn. Speak up FOR us instead of OVER us. Be an ally and condemn these acts instead of trying to act like they’re the outliers. They aren’t.
This happens too damn much, we are fed up, and we won’t be silent any longer.
Shame IS changing sides and it will be because we won’t back down.
https://www.disabledginger.com/p/gisele-pelicot-medical-misogyny-and
#giselepelicot #abuse #sexualassault #notallmen #misogyny #patriarchy #rapeculture
Joined Aug 2018
