Posts by alice@todon.nl
(DIR) Post #9iWCQNVX3zH8AwE8Ui by alice@todon.nl
2019-05-05T23:04:15Z
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TL;DR: "Voting with your wallet" in capitalism doesn't work because those with a bigger wallet get more votes.And policing the consumption behavior of others is just shouting to people how they should ineffectually vote with their wallets.A little more: Some peoples' wallets are so restricted that their capitalist "ballots" are also restricted, consumption-wise. Please bear this in mind.If you want to affect *real* change for the better in this corrupt world, go after the system. Hold corporations accountable for the consumer goods they create, how they do it, and support plans to downsize them and democratize and unionize their workplaces.
(DIR) Post #9iXO9tihRFKZlWFnWK by alice@todon.nl
2019-05-06T15:21:04Z
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@CharredStencil Which is perfectly virtuous of you to do. :3 "By all means, try to exercise your ethical obligations to some extent but please don't think the world's problems are on your shoulders."
(DIR) Post #9iZwjnVlmhZJh0Pq0O by alice@todon.nl
2019-05-04T15:19:16Z
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@brainblasted White woman, disregard at your leisure: In the sense of "the master copy" of something, I'm not too bothered. The word has changed over time and while its origins will always be at a place of hierarchy and sometimes human-owning, at least in the case of art, master copy (and therefore master branch) should be fine.My confusion is why it was ever named that to begin with. Main, Central, or Founding branch all make a lot more sense, unless "Master branch" is used to dictate what other branches should be like. From that mindset, I do not appreciate it. While I'm normally the one to shy away from arguing about words because meaning is more important, I do think that when a word is taken for granted in an entire framework, that it can subtly manufacture consent about that framework. Concretely, if master copy evokes the dominance ideal (that those who curate this branch dictate the terms of other branches) then it sounds contrary to collaboration and pro-dominance.Let's be honest tho, what in tech *doesn't* sound like colonist-speak?
(DIR) Post #9iZwoHkbIWcAdVUbia by alice@todon.nl
2019-05-04T15:25:03Z
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@er1n @brainblasted Unrelated but the art term actually has an interesting origin, which comes from the mastering lathe used to cut vinyl records. This lathe originally created what was termed the "mother record", which I kinda like honestly. Mothers tend to be associated with both genesis and subsequent provision.
(DIR) Post #9ibdJDiUjiTYKptvXc by alice@todon.nl
2019-05-08T06:11:19Z
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@brainblasted pretty fucking hard to protect users' free speech when you allow speech that silences other forms, Librem One. As a reminder: legal is never an argument or standard for anything except staying out of jail or avoiding fines. You have to put forth a sound moral argument and you're failing miserably here by saying "what we want to do is not literally illegal".
(DIR) Post #9ibdJE7fE8bnatg1lw by alice@todon.nl
2019-05-08T14:27:55Z
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@greta @admin @brainblasted No, some forms of speech actually negate other forms. There's no equivocating. There's no putting personal responsibility on individual users for a bad *system*. There's no forcing victims of bigotry to block individual users when server-level blocks exist in the first place. It's unreasonable & it's bad allocation of labor for each individual repeat the same process to block massive numbers of other people (which can continue to register because they know their hate speech is protected there)."Richness and diversity of experience" is had when users are safe from bigotry, not when they are free to express it, which Librem One has decided not to take a stance against. When you don't take that stance, you turn into Gab. Instead of asking what we should let people get away with, we should ask "What Do We Owe To Each Other?". We are, right now, discussing the terms under Contractualist Ethics across the entire Fediverse.At the very least we owe the marginalized not to see the initial bigotry before they have to block.
(DIR) Post #9ibdp61GtDbFjHsp96 by alice@todon.nl
2019-05-07T22:04:17Z
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@alexl @denikombucha Look Alex, I have a duty to educate you as a white. They don't. What you missed was the context: @Are0h (kick my fucking ass if I'm wrong or talking over you dude) is showing how the actions of individuals who discriminate can backlash. This is important to bigots because they believe in the myth of the great replacement, where whites are being replaced by poc. So Ro is pointing out here that their beliefs are in conflict: you can't believe you'll become a minority population and still treat those "replacers" as minority power, or you may cause your own beliefs to become true. Why? Because the non-poor minority power can use the same bills to deny service to whites.
(DIR) Post #9ibf4XJhmU10gkQpvM by alice@todon.nl
2019-05-08T16:07:14Z
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Look, the reason why #Purism has taken the stance they have (about not taking a stance against bigotry on Librem One's fed instance) is because ultimately Purism is a corporation with executives and non-stakeholder workers. This makes them part of the capital class. The capital class in tech appeals to the largely white male demographic of tech workers and enthusiasts.Why is tech primarily white and male? Tech ultimately requires education, experience, and opportunity—things not commonly afforded to the marginalized. I'm not here to question Purism's FOSS values but to show that ultimately their values are for capital and they will make decisions that best serve capital. Any capital class in tech understands how they must appeal to the white man. White dudes are always droning on about free speech (see: hate speech / bigotry / trolling), so pissing them off by taking a hard stance against this would hurt capital, which again would be against their self-interest.Now you see why a FOSS advocate (and many others if you look) can be so myopic about the effects of bigoted speech.
(DIR) Post #9ibgdyCptoyeAog9Q0 by alice@todon.nl
2019-05-08T17:06:59Z
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@a_breakin_glass I low-key (high-key) agree with you, but thankfully I don't have to make that argument. We're basically throwing the fediverse an easy pitch by asking them to ally against a corporation seeking capital at the expense of the safety of marginalized people and deliberately risks fostering more fascism.If that works, we'll be ready for a worker-owned fascist-enabler next. Think of Purism like a vaccine that can immunize the fediverse against exploitative instances.
(DIR) Post #9jB4gEI0vWMiZL2u9I by alice@todon.nl
2019-05-25T18:51:09Z
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@gazelle is this only for like famous people cause this is what I got so far:@ZoeyWP @sleepgirl @ValkyrieLucy @Gattogateaux @denikombucha @sourcookie @Torie work in progress and I hope it's never complete ❤️
(DIR) Post #9jD3ZLZdjaMhUnMebA by alice@todon.nl
2019-05-26T17:43:31Z
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@xeno "this time" doesn't sound like you were approaching this in good faith. A calm demeanor isn't enough, you're going to have to want to understand before any amount of explanation and perspective works. There are like 5 character-limit saturated posts from @Are0h here already, consider that more words from someone you think is an asshole isn't going to provide a miraculous perspective. If you read this and think "what should I do?" Then the earnest answer is "what do you currently think or want to do?" because you can't be called to action if you haven't even started with inner reflection yet. If you just approach this procedurally (See this, therefore do that) then the intrinsic motive isn't there for you and you'll burn out once it becomes inconvenient. That's assuming you didn't want something procedural just to criticize the procedure.Ro, sorry if I'm OTL anywhere here.
(DIR) Post #9jDR7uOh48o0I3h4Do by alice@todon.nl
2019-05-26T21:54:32Z
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"JUST JOKING" / "BEING IRONIC"Jokes are the creation of tension by the speaker (whether contextual or metatextual) and the subsequent release of tension to signal safety. Therefore jokes always make a statement about the nature of what is found to be tense and safe. You can't be "just joking".Ex: If a white wants to tell a racist joke in a public mixed space not among friends, they are signalling they acknowledge race is tense in this context but that they personally feel safe regardless. A lifetime of race privilege bears out this asymmetry whether the speaker is sincere+misguided or cryptoracist and merely hiding behind humor.Therefore in general, whether it's a subconscious sincerity the privileged speaker isn't aware of or conscious bigotry that's sincere but masked by the lie of "joking" is immaterial to the consequence of the action. Both show a thought -> action dynamic to bigoted material. Hiding behind irony/jokes still reveals the thinking.Fedi is mixed and public y'all.Garfield's thread as related: https://mastodon.social/@garfiald/101211529801119286
(DIR) Post #9jMGxew7wf3yUHw0X2 by alice@todon.nl
2019-05-17T00:12:41Z
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Friendly suggestion: You don't absolutely have to take the default template for #polyamory . I mean, you didn't take the default template society hands out for relationships, so why bother with whatever the most common narrative for poly is?What I'm referring to is the hierarchical concept of having a "primary". You can have people at different levels of intimacy of course, but try to consider anarcho-poly and see if that works for you. :anarchoheart3: :polyamory: It can be very liberating when you approach poly in a sort of "What Do We Owe To Each Other" contractualist morals way instead of a rigid hierarchy with rules.Whatever you want to do is valid, just be sure you know all your options and you've decided that's what you want ❤️
(DIR) Post #9jMO2FDLhrqjq37iZU by alice@todon.nl
2019-05-31T05:49:59Z
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@sadcatstarry This better be a joke.
(DIR) Post #9o6X012MqxlopNdmpE by alice@todon.nl
2019-10-20T03:33:26Z
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Here's a cool fact about the Law of Parsimony (aka Occam's Razor): maybe you've heard that Law of Parsimony is about not needlessly multiplying entities right? It means that all explanations for something being equally possible, you should be cheap and just take whatever is sufficient to explain it, rather than going overboard once a sufficient condition is met. Bear with me, this takes the logical form:A and (B or !B)(! here means logical NOT)As a rule, the Razor or Parsimony means to combine like terms. B and !B is just equal to nil. So the above becomes:A and (B or !B) = AWhat does this mean? If you have two explanations, A and B, but the lack of B would be fine too, then B probably has nothing to do with the real explanation. Here's an example:A girl gets sick and goes to the doctor. She is given medication (A) and her parents pray for her (B). The girl gets better. How can we explain the cause of what healed her? Medication is sufficient since we know that usually works. Prayer may not work at all, so B or !B are both possible. Therefore Razor that shit down to A: Medication.
(DIR) Post #9oGowyTleIKimTkuFU by alice@todon.nl
2019-10-24T23:43:37Z
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@craigmaloney Problem where forums are not issue trackers could not be replicated on our end. Issue closed and marked as resolved. ✅
(DIR) Post #9otCpSoHhLqdvCwyxs by alice@todon.nl
2019-11-12T15:02:28Z
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@viciousviscosity there is a real answer to why the wrong people have more energy: the bullshit asymmetry principle. It takes an order of magnitude more energy to refute a bullshit statement than make one. Example: "there are only two genders and transexuals aren't one of them." See how I can start a fucking shitstorm with zero effort?
(DIR) Post #9p4otdVPo8fhFV6HJ2 by alice@todon.nl
2019-11-17T09:24:30Z
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@Shrigglepuss @fdroidorg "well run your own repo then" said the white techbro with enough money and spare machines laying around to spin up that kind of dedicated service.
(DIR) Post #9pT6lCRfmHNP3FLB0i by alice@todon.nl
2019-11-29T21:52:53Z
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@denikombucha that's not...why does this person think what worked for them works for everyone? I did martial arts for 13 years and have trauma. It just felt good to move my body in certain ways. There was nothing healing or transcendent about it for me. this is the problem with being like "my experience happened so yours will be the SAME"
(DIR) Post #9pkblQ6didblmIyq6y by alice@todon.nl
2019-12-08T09:28:27Z
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@mercurythedragon so this dude is a victim right? Does anyone see what the problem is yet with the whole finger-pointing insanity? One whiff of the P word and people smell blood and don't stop to think. Maybe calming the fuck down will stop victims from being further victimized. We should be helping victims heal (which it seems this person still needs a lot) but through a sick combination of "dogpile the accused" and "fuck your agency if you're a minor", more victims get created and existing ones suffer more.