Velvet Silmeria!Mánibranðr @FreyaManibrandr@awoo.space

so i finally got around to reading settlers (https://readsettlers.org)

and about the only thing i can say is, well...

death to america

I'm 100% convinced Gravis has made this videos specifically to call me out https://youtu.be/Zbkil4kutwI

"Why are you loyal to NearlyFreeSpeech.NET?" because their response to a sudden burst of signups this month begins with this and gets better from there:

"So, a bunch of people suddenly discovered they care deeply about free speech immediately after a handful of racists faced even mild consequences for plotting a literal insurrection.

That does not reflect well on those people."

https://blog.nearlyfreespeech.net/2021/01/19/free-speech-in-2021/

Given all that, let’s talk optimization. These bits aren’t strictly necessary, but will increase effectiveness.

* One subject per letter. People have only so much working memory, so they’re only going to remember one.

* Heavier than normal paper. Not so heavy that it doesn’t fold well into an envelope, but something with _presence_. That which has more physical weight, has more emotional weight.

* Handwriting that’s tidy, but a little on the small side. If somebody has to pay attention to parse it, they’re more likely to remember it. That’s true for every step in handling the thing, from the basic admin. assistant who first screens it for relevance, all the way to the final recipient.

* Somewhat formal phrasing. This emphasizes that you thought about what to say before you wrote it, not to mention being a class signifier.

* Use pen. Even erasable pen says “I really mean this” more than pencil does.

3) All thought is embodied. You can’t touch an email, and a phone call to somebody’s office almost never results in them hearing your own voice, with your own emotions. But due to their rarity, a physical letter is quite likely to end up in the addressees’ own hands. That means all the brain machinery which tells someone ‘this is really real’ kicks in. The physical is naturally important to us.

This is among the reasons that people who grew up before email have an outsized influence at every level of government. They shouldn’t be the only ones.

Handwritten letters. Not joking.

It takes hundreds of emails and phone calls to make a member of the government even pretend to give a fuck about what one wants. But as few as two physical, handwritten letters can hit the action threshold.

Let’s unpack the why of that, shall we?

0) More than one sender. If only one person is known to have any particular opinion, it’s automatically dismissed. (If you’re encouraging them to continue a stance which they’ve already taken, you’re already the N+1th person.)

1) Rarity value. They simply don’t get many, so hardcopy stands out.

2) Time investment. Sad to say, but ‘took the time to sit down and write this’ carries more weight than ‘took the time to compose a message that’s clear and to the point’. (It’s best to do both, of course.)

Good Morning
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@gingerrroot helped worked to get that tag off the ground, help her out too.

Stop erasing femmes from their community efforts on here, esp the ones of color who have been here for yrs at this point.

https://gingerroot.garden/support.html

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doesn't... doesn't the armor have, like, auto-calibrating aim stabilization gyroscopes or stuff like that

kobolds are really important to me on a personal level!! it makes me really happy to see more people liking them

something about turning what feels like an unfair, dehumanizing narrative on its head by genuinely loving and valuing kobolds gives me a warm feeling inside

aside from them just being cool critters, i love kobolds because i relate to and sympathize with how they're treated in their original context

they're fragile creatures seen as weak and lesser, regularly mistreated when they aren't murdered without a second thought. looked down on for worshipping dragons and being thieves and rascals

there's something powerful and queer about subverting that bleak narrative, and treating kobolds as precious and valuable and lovable creatures that learned to be crafty to take care of each other, and happily serve dragons in exchange for care and protection

@kat a take like that reeks of sex-shaming clout addiction where somebody is just throwing some bullshit “opinion” on why something people enjoy is “problematic” so that they can feel like they’re the new star of the show and are so brave for speaking up against an imagined problem.

It also reeks of typical “BDSM is bad actually and anybody that engages in anything other than sex in the missionary position is a predator” shit that people spew occasionally.

See this #Gab user wishing they could Federate with Parler...

And noting how #Mastodon is no longer an option for them.

You did this. #IsolateGab

SHIT I DIDN'T EVEN SEE THESE I'M-

THEY'RE CLAIMING THEY'RE BEING OSTRACIZED FOR BEING WHITE IN A COUNTRY THAT'S >50% WHITE I'M HOLLERING

THEY'RE ACTUALLY SAYING THEY'RE BEING OPPRESSED FOR BEING THE OPPRESSOR I'M FUCKING SHAKING THIS IS SO FUNNY

OKAY I'M DONE I'M DONE

identifying closer to your agab does not make you any less trans/nb ​