The Luddites were a labor movement.
"The Luddites themselves 'were totally fine with machines,' says Kevin Binfield, editor of the 2004 collection Writings of the Luddites. They confined their attacks to manufacturers who used machines in what they called 'a fraudulent and deceitful manner' to get around standard labor practices.
'They just wanted machines that made high-quality goods,' says Binfield, 'and they wanted these machines to be run by workers who had gone through an apprenticeship and got paid decent wages. Those were their only concerns.'"
Also the men wore dresses and called themselves brides of Ludd.
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/what-the-luddites-really-fought-against-264412/
social justice meta
so often i see people come to the right conclusion that twitter style social justice is bad, and then react in a completely wrong way by being aggressive and self righteous in opposition to it instead
the idea is that being aggressive and self righteous is bad, not that being conscious of how one's words and actions affect others is bad!
hey everyone, I tested positive for covid today
I really need some help to pay for bills, I haven't got the money to pay for any of them and they're coming up in the next 3 days. I need about £150 to get through.
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One of the 22 or so remaining lesbian bars in the US burnt down recently, here in my adoptive hometown Tulsa, Oklahoma.
They were a super LGBT+ friendly space. Many of my trans lesbian friends loved that place. It would be devastating for the many patrons of the bar. I think something of cultural value would go away if it disappeared.
If you can spare a few bucks, give them some help to rebuild?
**#Transmasc folk take note!** Sun Pharmaceuticals is recalling three batches of #testosterone cypionate for bacterial contamination.
Please, check your lot numbers.
Boosts highly encouraged! ![]()
anyways, I'm still just curious if I can get the chat to 500 people since it's really close now. in the chat we like otters and foxes, and it's a cool place to be I think
(this is the last time I'll post about the chatroom for a while lmao https://discord.gg/shieldcat )
@kat even if you gave a shit about fft, they mangled the story so bad you cant even enjoy it.
@cinnamon it seems a number of people had their tag changed, either into an all caps version or into 3 random letters
i didnt see any official response to it or announcements about it though
don't like the whole obsession with rarity where people get upset if everyone has a thing because it "devalues it" and instead they only want a specific small chunk of people to have it so it's "special and unique"
you can simply take enjoyment in a shared love of the thing instead of taking enjoyment in being selfish and exclusive
trans enby, internet ghost, ~32
demisexual
plural