gdq, transphobia, -
Cool gdq invited back a huge transphobe who stalks& harasses trans men for fun & we absolutely told them about but its fine bc she changed her handle and does free art for them!!!
Gross
Last year they invited a fucking nazi and everyone shouted it down but im pretty sure that the few transmasc voices are going to go unheard again.
I'm teaching summer school for high schoolers and their sex ed curriculum is decidedly lacking in queer/gender topics. (as-in, there's none. Nada. Zilch. Zero).
I'm aiming to fix that.
Please help me best teach the babies what we weren't taught by filling out this survey. :)
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social justice terminology, pollution metaphor (violence mention)
Watched the Renegade Cut video on toxic masculinity and anti-hierarchism earlier - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_O7w5W7rZg - and while I was mulling it over I came up with a metaphor:
The "toxic" in "toxic masculinity" is like the "leaded" in "leaded gasoline". Something was added to the system to produce a profitable effect for those in power, and that thing is poison, and we need to change what we do so we can get rid of it.
(In the case of leaded gasoline, that was "sell more powerful/economical cars that depend on its anti-knock properties" and in the case of toxic masculinity, that was "maintain a hierarchy full of people willing to do the violence necessary to perpetuate it", but in both cases, the profits go to the powerful.)
Elon Musk ice-cold take, The Loop(tm)(c)(r)(llc)(inc)(muskright), seriously this is liquid hydrogen levels of cold
So, one problem with The Loop is tire wear. Ya know, running regular car tires at high-speeds n' stuff, wears 'em out. One way you could fix this is use little moving platforms to ferry the cars. Like each car has its own car to move it around. But those tires'll wear out, too.
Maybe you could make their tires out of something that doesn't wear so easily. Like metal. Then the guidance aspect can take care of itself, cuz you can run the metal on metal and it's super-sturdy and stable.
Now powering and merging these little car-cars would be tricky. You'd have to keep swapping the car-cars and recharge batteries. But, like, you could have them share charge by hooking ones going to the same place all up together. Heck, just make a lead or trailing car-car that has a power-pack instead of a car. Or maybe deliver power through some kind of third rail system.
Getting on and off the system's still an issue. But since we're already using car-cars, why not just nix the inner car and build a sort of cabin that never leaves the Loop? Then people can park their cars, go into the Loop via pedestrian means, and get to where they're going quickly, efficiently, and
Oh this is a subway.
RT @aelen_altria@twitter.com
Oh my god this has done me
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/aelen_altria/status/1139304818499919873
purism, Librem One (--) (boost with CW)
From @YalePrivacyLab@twitter.com (h/t @skynebula in https://mastodon.social/@skynebula/102262970189371639 for link):
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https://twitter.com/YalePrivacyLab/status/1139039274987327489
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we've had a lot of questions about @Puri_sm Librem One services, and can't recommend them. Thread. 1/4
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https://twitter.com/YalePrivacyLab/status/1139039678810722304
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Librem Chat was shipped with obvious and easily recognized trackers, even after @ExodusPrivacy analysis https://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonevangelho/2019/05/06/purism-explains-why-there-are-trackers-in-librem-one-chat/ 2/4
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https://twitter.com/YalePrivacyLab/status/1139040172656513024
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the service also suffered a severe #0day on launch, which was fixed and acknowledged quickly. *However*, all communications up to that point should be assumed compromised and the @Puri_sm post brushes the severity under the rug. https://puri.sm/posts/underscoring-our-transparency-first-librem-one-bug-report/ 3/4
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https://twitter.com/YalePrivacyLab/status/1139040930164543488
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Additionally, all Librem One services are hosted on a single Digital Ocean droplet, the privacy policy is woefully incomplete, there's no GDPR compliance, apps suggest dangerous PGP/GPG defaults, and Librem One stats are dodgy (a sign of general sloppiness). 4/4
how to fake global illumination:
1. for each point on a surface, ask yourself "if I was a tiny bug sitting on the surface of this object, what would the sky look like?"
2. think more about being a bug
3. enjoy thinking about being a bug
4. make a bugsona
5. make friends with other bugs
6. find a function that approximates the average sky colour. this will be a proxy for the hemispherical integral, and add that on top of any specular contribution
Promoting an Indie Game: Skate Bird! 🏂🐦
Hay frens!! A friend of mine is making a really awesome game and just launched the Kickstarter for it! If you like birds and enjoyed Tony Hawk style skateboard games, this one's totally up your alley. ❤️
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