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26/Butch/Indigenous [They/He]

[transgenderballofanxiety]

like. for instance, racism has always been noticeable in the tech industry and it's almost never actually addressed properly

health tech, facial recognition, motion sensors, speech-to-text, anything that has ever tried to prevent crime, like.

it's extremely noticeable and usually the reaction from a room being told this is to shrug and say "that sucks" and not press the issue further. it's really fucking telling whenever a black person has to struggle with the soap and towel dispensers in a bathroom like wtf

they put that shit on cars.

[transgenderballofanxiety]

and this is about fascism as a whole still bc the ultimate unstated goal is to put the oppressed to work as slaves or just kill them. the racist health tech wants to kill black ppl bc it doesnt care about being accurate for them. facial recognition and crime prevention tech LOVES to false ID black ppl and jail them and slavery is acceptable punishment in prison

like it's just always fucking fascism and not an "oops, we didnt have a black employee to try this on"

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[warmfuzzybutch-deactivated20210]

[patron-saints]

[Image text: two tweets from orville perker @ literate_coyote. the first says “stone butch blues does not end with jess figuring out where exactly they fit between “butch lesbian” and “trans masc” but ends with them becoming a communist. organized labor and revolutionary politics is what saved them, not figuring out a specific identity. this is important.”

The second tweet says, “the book isn’t really about figuring out where you fit in this huge spectrum of labels (esp micro identities) but to find solidarity with workers like yourself, to organize along lines of shared needs like workplace safety or healthcare, because that’s how we get liberation.” End Text.]

[portraitofhealing]

Does anyone know where I can find this text because????? Holy hell that’s not happening

[warmfuzzybutch-deactivated20210]

This book is free in PDF form and you can by a print copy at cost at https://www.lesliefeinberg.net/

https://www.lesliefeinberg.net/

[queeranarchism]

Leslie Feinberg worked up to a few days before hir death to make sure hir groundbreaking book was available to all, for free. Never ever pay a dirtbag who charges a fortune for some rare old copy. Download this book for free or buy a print copy for dirt cheap. It’s what Leslie wants.

[lamignonette]

[nemfrog]

"Figures produced by electric discharges on photographic plates." Induction coils and coil-making. 1894.

Internet Archive

[fragrantblossoms]

Margareta von Österreich-Toskana. Gnadenfall an der Tauernstraße, 13.06.1911.

[segamascott]

[pomaril]

its pretty simple all you need is a fuckbuddy a better job a good therapist welbutrin clothes made from high quality natural fibers a good diet lots of water a social network a supportive family a fulfilling hobby a comfortable bed two hundred dollar leather shoes sun exposure (but not too much) a silk pillowcase a workout routine an education rich parents a 401k a trip abroad a plan for the future a short commute no debt a hair stylist you trust white teeth no roommates wool socks a costco membership good insurance a screentime limiter clear skin a healthy sleep schedule and a blunt!

[mia-down-under]

[sioltach]

east cascades (wonderful purples and yellows)

[crabussy]

slightly furious reminder that fish do in fact feel pain and do in fact experience fear and distress when in pain since people seem to love spreading the myth that fish don't feel pain. what is it with people assuming a creature is incapable of feeling pain or emotion just because it doesn't have complex facial muscles. come on gang

[asaltysquid]

As my main income, I work with fish in a specialty pet store that's privately owned (so I'm allowed to say no and be stern to customers when it's needed).

You learn really quickly that not only do fish have individual personalities and emotions but they also have memories and recognize people! There are certain fish who will only come out for me and hide for everyone else. The pufferfish spits at me because she gets pissy that I haven't fed her. The flowerhorn bites everyone but me and my coworker when we clean his tank. I trained a fire eel to come up and eat directly out of my hand.

Fish are beautiful complex creatures and I thank the universe everyday that I get to work in a place where I'm encouraged to tell animal abusers to fuck right off.

[bumbumtugboat]

golden hour in January

[sentimentalbeing2001]

Fyodor Dostoevsky real luxuries in life

Time

Health

A quiet mind

Slow mornings

Ability to travel

Rest without guilt

A good nights sleep

Calm and “boring” days

Meaningful conversations

Home-cooked meals

People you love

People who love you back

[utopians]

the avatar movies are crazy bc "what if colonizers literally inhabited and puppeteered the bodies of indigenous peoples in order to exploit their homeland" sounds like the premise of some sort of anticolonial horror film, like specifically the kind of thing that would be commenting on self-indigenization among white settlers, but because it's James Cameron his whole takeaway from that premise is "it would be preddy cool"

[utopians]

actually sorry. the takeaway is also "the white settler possessing an indigenous body would actually be extremely good, perhaps even The Best, at being indigenous, and he would become their Leader"

[neshamama]

kawtysie kakkee (left) and another weaver from uqqurmiut, the weaving studio in panniqtuuq, 1980

[sartorialadventure]

Medieval wooden combs (click to enlarge)

[elwenyere]

-- Ted Chiang, from "Why A.I. Isn't Going to Make Art"

[oldshrewsburyian]

I'm so glad they got Ted Chiang -- a wonderful writer of science fiction and thinker about technology, in my opinion -- to write this essay. My favorite line was this:

Generative A.I. appeals to people who think they can express themselves in a medium without actually working in that medium.

[rosechata]

Wes Walker