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Patreon Is Suspending Adult Content Creators Because of Its Payment Partners
https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/vbqwwj/patreon-suspension-of-adult-content-creators

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“I left Mastodon 27 days ago”

https://medium.com/@cassolotl/i-left-mastodon-27-days-ago-ae34919290e1

A follow-up to the post I wrote when I first left Mastodon, to see what’s changed since and what hasn’t.

#mastodon

Am I

Am I going to be
Am I
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[emojos say "scriptkitty"]

The orchid mantis is a big weird lanky bug, which is relatable, but she also rocks high-femme fashion while being a terrifying predator with swords for arms, which is aspirational.

oh cool - menschenlager in europa. damit haben hier alle total gute erfahrungen gemacht...

*zynismus aus*

IHR SEID SCHEIẞE! europäische werte, also eigentlich menschenverachtung...

Ich würde mich gerne irgendwie von dieser Regierung und großen Teilen der übrigen Politik sowohl in Deutschland als auch in vielen anderen Ländern distanzieren. Es ist absolut beschämend und darf absolut nicht sein was da gerade passiert und wie wir mit einem Wisch Menschenrechte und Anstand einfach wegwerfen.

"Both Bitcoin and Ethereum mining are very centralized, with the top four miners in Bitcoin and the top three miners in Ethereum controlling more than 50% of the hash rate.
The entire blockchain for both systems is determined by fewer than 20 mining entities."

In other words: decentralization in the crypto space is a myth, just as it is a myth that cryptos are currencies at all.

http://hackingdistributed.com/2018/01/15/decentralization-bitcoin-ethereum/

Der österreichische Verfassungsgerichtshof hat entschieden, dass es zumindest für inter* Personen (implizit möglicherweise auch für andere) die Möglichkeit geben muss, ihr Geschlecht als etwas anderes als männlich oder weiblich eintragen zu lassen.

Die Presseaussendung von VIMÖ dazu: http://www.hosi.or.at/2018/06/29/sieg-fuer-alex-juergen/

(Und die vom VfGH: https://www.vfgh.gv.at/medien/Personenstandsgesetz_-_intersexuelle_Personen.php)

A local Scottish LGBT advocacy group has just published a statement I feel is incredibly transphobic (and it's in support of an org that is blatantly, angrily transphobic and has an agenda of getting in the news with anti-trans scare stories).

I've drafted a reply calling them out on this, and I'd like to use my cis queer privilege to give them a bollocking, but I also want to check I'm not stepping out of my lane here. Would any trans* Masto peeps be willing to take a look?

Der große Verlust durch BER wird jetzt unmerklich kompensiert durch VW, die die ungenutzte Betonwüste als Stellplatz anmietet. Für Autos, die den Abgastest noch nicht bestanden haben.
Ne, nicht der Postillion, der Spiegel. #kannstedirnichtausdenken http://www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/unternehmen/ber-wird-zum-riesenparkplatz-fuer-volkswagen-a-1215229.html

Picture description: That infamous gif with the mirthless white guy (apparently) shouting "thank you" at an office meeting (I do not know the source)

I just came across the acronym POTATO for Person Over Thirty Acting Twenty One, and I'm more like Person Over Thirty Anxious Tired Overwhelmed.

Dungeons & Dragons is in the business of selling fantasy. Not the stuff with the magic and monsters -- the part where you *actually believe* that you and several other likeminded adults will be able to coordinate your schedules on a regular basis.

i think this comes down to not understanding, for whatever reason, what a metonym is.

definition of a metonymy:

"A figure of speech in which one word or phrase is substituted for another with which it is closely associated, as in the use of Washington for the United States government or of the sword for military power."

that what "white people" means. it doesn't mean "every single caucasian who has ever graced, or not graced, tvym, the earth".

this just hit me.

i think white people are still on this "but not me!!!!!" thing when someone says "white people".

this happens on here a lot. a POC says something that's meant in the abstract (while still being relevant and valid) about "white people", and in rush the explainers.

it's pretty obvious what this is, in terms of privilege (or should be imo) -- but i want to talk about language here for a minute.

"The nearest star is 4.25 light-years from Earth which is why most wishes take at least 9 years to come true."

you know when you're witnessing an accident and all time stands still, and you're frozen like a deer in headlights?

that.

taking children away from their families is something the U.S. excels at. imprisoning or enslaving children & families for not being WASP enough is also something the U.S. excels at.

there is no reforming a country or government founded on this much blood and hatred.

there is no reforming a country where the law is more important than life.

"Toxic Twitter"
by Azmina Dhrodia

https://www.genderit.org/feminist-talk/toxic-twitter-amnesty-international-report-social-media-and-online-violence

the fediverse better avoid the same mistakes...