Doomscrolling And Political Posting

politics quarantine blog for @flammableengineering (be civil pls)

[inflammatoryengineering]

** INFERNO CORP INVENTORY NO. 00-03 ** ITEM: inflammatoryengineering DESCRIPTION: Hell (politics) sideblog for @flammableengineering. Politics can be upsetting, so I quarantine them here. CONTENTS: - United States Politics - Privacy & Right to Repair - Intellectual Property Law INFERNO CORP INTERNAL MEMO: Trans rights are human rights. TAGS: #inflammatoryengineering for original posts or additions to posts

#hope for positive news

#ai for machine learning (neural nets, large language models, and algorithmic decision making)

#internet resources for things on the internet that may be useful

#i fucking hate it here for things that make me mad (why would you look at this tag? If anything it’s indexed here so that you can block the tag to avoid the most upsetting things.) Asks are welcome. Asks about computers and law especially encouraged. Remember that amidst the politics, we are all humans.

Remember that you can't save everyone.

Remember that you have to try.

[cheaphalloweencostume]

“be gay do crime! but sex is yucky and crime is wrong!” ass website

[cheaphalloweencostume]

okay, we managed to get through the “you can be gay and not have sex” part, and im feeling charitable and i wanna talk about the “do crime” part

so many responses of “its nice that you’re privileged enough to be able to steal from Target willy nilly!” and that’s not at all what this is about. like, yeah, shoplifting and loitering and graffiti and breaking the rules is, obviously, part of “do crime”. but they’re not parts you have to do.

would you help someone get an abortion where it was illegal?

would you help a trans friend get healthcare that had been criminalized?

would you shelter someone fleeing persecution, even if the law said not to?

would you help a gay couple stay together when the state decided their relationship was unlawful?

instead, would you report someone else for breaking the law? will you snitch on your hungry neighbors for stealing food? on your homeless neighbors for sleeping where they’re able?

would you break laws to protect someone you love? a community you love? yourself?

[guerrillatech]

[glasswhistles]

MLK was a star trek fan

[lieutenant-sappho]

[dragongirlbunny]

sometimes i remember that a sizeable percentage of usamericans, possibly even a majority, think that russia is still communist, and then i die a little inside

[funwithnix]

42% as of 2022 per YouGov

[dragongirlbunny]

[dark-spirit-tamamoland]

they're still terming random transfems as i type this i see which does make quite a statement doing this today specifically

[puppetstuffing]

watched three girls who reblogged its new blog mutual aidpost (made literally 15 minutes ago) already disappear from its notifs. transfems are not included in their pride :/

[puppetedlove]

:)

[puppetvictim]

:)

[tamamowand]

QUITE the statement to be nuking transfems at the current accelerated pace right at the start of pride month like this, isn't it

[luceliamercury-deactivated20260]

Tumblr actively hunts down and deletes legit trans womens blogs as a policy but encourages and cultivates porn bots that use stolen trans sex worker's content. This is propaganda and affects how we're viewed by other users, makes our own tags unusable for us, is unfathomably transmisogynistic, and reveals a lot about how staff views us. Our bodies are a commodity that they want on their website, but our words are not welcome.

[livelovelaugh-777]

[fatfangs]

the way im incapable of having a conversation about weight with normal people. those conversations feel like a mine field because there are no right answers. im not gonna feel sorry for you that you gained weight and i dont have any dieting tips and your self depreciating weight jokes arent funny and i dont feel like congratulating you on your weight loss with how mean to your past self you are being and it doesnt feel good that you think that me wanting to gain weight is weird or stupid. sorry

[bestfurryhusband]

Also another important pride reminder: people you disagree with politically or morally still deserve rights. Not saying you have to be their friends or even like them, but they deserve rights.

[natalieironside]

Used to be you could just use photoshop to make will smith's face look real small and that was enough to satisfy the internet

[natalieironside]

#this is what they're doing to charlie kirk rn

Chorlo Kork

[kryptidkhaos]

My local Planned Parenthood is shutting down; I need my next HRT appointment.

The clinic is officially shutting down on June 26th. People in Florida on testosterone don't have the option to do telehealth appointments because it's a controlled substance, and you have to be seen by an in person provider.

I've been scheduled for an appointment on the 1st to have my testosterone refilled one more time, and then it's going to be god knows how long before I can get an appointment at another location.

After this location shuts down, I'll have to drive two hours away to another city for my appointments every 3-6 months.

My current cost estimate is $210. If I don't make this appointment, I'm pretty much screwed, but I'm also broke and disabled with a household of other medications and expenses to cover for the month. I don't know how I'm going to to make this appointment *and* feed us.

If you'd like to help an impoverished trans guy in Florida stay on his hormones for the next couple of months while his health care gets sorted out, my pay links are below:

PayPal.me/chaosqueer

Venmo: chaosqueer

CashApp: $chaosqueer

[hussyknee]

[mikilavellan]

Neil Gaiman is not a bad writer. He IS a human trafficker and rapist.

JK Rowling is not a bad writer. She IS a dangerous bigot who devotes her substantial resources towards making life unlivable for trans people.

Hans Zimmer is not a bad composer. He IS a man who decided JKR’s actions were not a dealbreaker if it meant money in his pocket.

People on this site have already expounded on the danger of conflating talent and morality.

It is always more important to explain that A) this Artist represents a clear and present danger, abused their platform and money, and must be boycotted to keep others safe than B) this Artist is bad at art

If you’re caught up in spending time trying to convince others of B, you’re wasting time and energy as well as diverting others’ attention from point A.

Or worse! If someone did not find B to be true, they might question the validity of A!

Similarly, “But it’s so good though!” Won’t ever erase the fact of A. Please for the love of God don’t give these fuckers any more money

[theconcealedweapon]

[crimethinc]

A Demonstrator’s Guide to Helmets

https://cwc.im/helmets

This guide explores a wide range of protective headgear, detailing the advantages and disadvantages of each for different situations so you can pick out what's best for you.

The life you save could be your own.

[hope-for-the-planet]

UN backs historic climate crisis ruling, despite US attempts to stop resolution

The US, Russia, Iran and Saudi Arabia – some of the highest oil-producing nations and major greenhouse gas emitters – opposed the measure

From the article:

The UN has voted 141-8 to adopt a resolution backing a world court opinion that countries have a legal obligation to address climate change, with the US – which is the world’s biggest historical emitter – among the small group opposing it.

[enki2]