Why stand against Transphobes and Fascists?
When they gather for a rally like this, they're waging a turf war.
They're trying to establish an "unsafe space" so to speak- they do this by turning out in numbers. Just like any protest, the more people that show on their side, the more emboldened the movement becomes to take further action.
If the movement is overwhelmed by opposition early on in a given region, they're less likely to return to that region.
We Keep Us Safe! Come help!
Going to protest TERFs, Transphobes, Racists, or Fascists? Things you should know!
• If you're going, bring a friend! The buddy system helps you both keep each other safe. Go to and from the protest together and keep your eyes and ears open.
• Carpool & don't park nearby.
• When you and your buddy leave, take a meandering path. Maybe stop somewhere public that isn't home for a while before you actually go home.
• Bring noisemakers, and signs/flags, water and a snack!
Going to protest TERFs, Transphobes, Racists, or Fascists? Things you should know! (2)
• Wear clothing that isn't immediately identifiable; eg, don't wear your favorite jacket.
• Bring pepper spray, but only use it to get away (run!) from danger if you're under active threat. Test it before you need it!
• Always keep an exit open and stick close to allies. Bullies look for stragglers: don't be one.
• Ask your allies for literally anything you need- they should be there to help!
(Solid coinage, IMO. "Rentropy", the acceleration towards failure as rent-seeking escalates.)
If you think that what's happening to Reddit today can't or won't happen to Github or Jira or your CI tools tomorrow, buckle up.
Community accessibility and disaster recovery are the same thing. You don't think so until you've had a laptop stolen or a critical vendor silently go dark; then you learn that the thing you built to help new community members install your product and your dev env in one step is the same thing that will save you from the rentropy of a suddenly extortive dependency.
hey did you know I spent 2011-2015 doing a crazy graphic novel about a robot lady dragged outside of reality by her ex-boyfriend? It's all free online, or you can still buy a printed copy.
http://egypt.urnash.com/rita/chapter/01/
if you are on a phone then turn it sideways please, it's a very horizontal sort of affair that runs multiple color-coded timelines in parallel.
Slowly feeling more and more frustrated at Google search. It's just so... useless these days?
Bind is not that far ahead, and etc. Everything seems to try and do bullshit "AI" semantic search that just... makes you add "FUCKING BIRD" to queries like "finch" :)
Searching for retro stuff, like USSR mainframe tape images? Lmao. Lol. Hah.
The only reason I found these was a link from a friend to a relevant forum.
And many many other frustrating examples...
lewd, DnD discorse posting
So like sure, constantly returning to racist/sexist tropes sucks.
And being basically the final holdout of "this race is just evil by nature" mentality.
And putting rediculous effort to become The Only TTRPG.
And 5e basically being 50% "I dunno GM, you figure out the rules instead of having out $90 books explain them"
And just everything to do with fostering combatative player-vs-gm mentality.
And sure they refuse to do anything to reign in the bigots they employ.
BUT.
BBUUTT.
The only real reason to truly hate Gygax is that he refused to accept this is the correct shape for dragonborn.
Shape and form may vary but the pattern of information remains consistent across most known platforms and vessels. Accounting for unknown hosts remains irksome.
Pronous: She/They/Them-THEONESWHOARE!!!!!