It’s all basic biology until you review the science.
They often dismiss it as just basic biology, asserting that there are only two sexes—male and female. This is science, plain and simple.
However, when you mention that gender may be hardwired in …
Reading
23 Things They Don't Tell You About Capitalism
Ha-Joon Chang
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human trafficking/slavery
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the great risk it puts women in
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most woman who willingly …
Basic Bitch Biology
Is Your TikTok Feed a Platform for Israeli Propaganda?
Israeli state propaganda has found a cozy new home on TikTok, infiltrating our For You Pages like a sneaky guest at a party. 🎭🤔 This trend raises some eyebrows, especially when you consider how it ties into the IHRA definition of antisemitism. …
So apparently it’s content violation on TikTok to hashtag #stillnottrans highlighting the fact that trans people aren’t the threat, but your father, boyfriend, or pastor is.
I see Contrapoints is still Contrapointing (Contrapointing - tickling the leftist rage monster just to keep the centrist cash cows mooing and the Patreon dollars flowing).
My So Called Life
Always Trying to Find Balance
I’ve cleaned up the design of my page to be a bit closer to what I want it to be. It’s by no means perfect, it’s a work in progress. But it’s about 75% of the way I want it to be. I’ve spent far too much time on TikTok …
uk-politics
The Reform Party is similar to Labour, in that they are big on generalisations of policy (or just ignoring their manifesto). They have no answers, just rhetoric.
Social media
Postiz is a good idea, in theory...
As a side note, I tried Postiz on Elest.io, and while it’s a great idea in theory, it’s not ready for prime-time. Think of Postiz like a self-hosted version of Hootsuite. Bluesky was the only app worked out of the box. I looked at their …
Homelab Realities
During my journey through POSSE driven social media with a focus on open source/federated applications, I’ve picked up a few insights. As a homelabber, I was curious about running my own social media apps on my private NAS.
While I know it’s …
MAGA is an emotional movement by @transworld@masto.ai
Trump officials have warned that transgender troops weaken the force, but a new review of open service tells a different …
Third Party by @chrisgeidner@journa.host
Third country removals — deporting people to countries they have no connection to — are not new to the Trump admin, but they’ve used the practice in aggressive and arguably illegal ways. The …
favorite quotes
book review
An excerpt from "Living an Examined Life: Wisdom for the Second Half of the Journey" - James Hollis Ph.D
An excerpt from “Living an Examined Life: Wisdom for the Second Half of the Journey” - James Hollis Ph.D
“We survive in this life by adaptation. We learn from our world — families of origin, popular culture, world events, religious …
Watching the TikTok from Victoria Derbyshire talk about puberty blockers and see the comments of cis people more worried about a child’s future ability to reproduce, while ignoring the mental health repercussions for #transgender children makes me …
So, I’ve moved from Mastodon, to Micro.blog. I was hosting my own Mastodon server, it just isn’t worth $20 a month (it was raised last month from $9 to $20) to have my own domain/instance. Micro.blog is limited in what it can do, but my …
politics
I’m Tired of being Nostradamus
Ya know, it’s really fucking irritating to be right. I’ve known for a while what’s coming. Trans people told you, black people told you, marginalised people told you years ago this would happen. But it didn’t impact you, so you didn’t listen.
Donald …
The Big Ask
I like what Cory Doctorow posts on here a lot. I agree with his prescriptions to the problems a lot too. However, what’s lacking is context regarding why these solutions may not come to fruition.
It’s hard to call a government that allows …
Post by @galacticstone@mastodon.social
Folks, if you have favorite TikTok or YouTube accounts that you follow, send a comment or DM to that account and tell them about PeerTube and Loops.Progressive voices are not welcome or safe on those broligarch …
mob rule
Social media
Test
1986
Back Home Again in Indiana (NOT)
I recently went over to my Alumni group for my high school and one of the moderators posted a topic starter “What’s the biggest” change in the world since graduation?”
This was an answer:
Honestly, it just reminds me of the trash heap of …
Shaming and Stigmatising Sex Workers isn't Feminism
A post on the Feminism Reddit proclaims: “Sex Work isn’t feminism”. A commenter on that thread said:
“The main reason I think prostitution is bad because
war, what is it good for?
radical
United Kingdom
reflection
The Death of the Open Internet in the Upside Down
I posted yesterday about Bluesky suspending #transgender authors. This type of nonsense will continue as long as people insist on algorithm based, centralized (no, Bluesky isn’t decentralised) social media. I feel like a grumpy old person …
I’m already tired of the revisionist (or just flat out ignoring the) history of #PopeFrancis. He wasn’t a social justice warrior. He wasn’t anti-capitalist. He wasn’t even anti-paedophilia. He was slightly better than the …
Social media
DeGoogling Expectations
In the past year and a half, I’ve been trying to de-google or to extract myself from algorithmically based social media apps. I’ve had a revelation in doing that. You’ve probably heard it before, but, if you do not pay for an app, you …
Capitalism is Better for Who?
Currently reading: 23 Things They Don’t Tell You About Capitalism by Ha-Joon Chang 📚 and straight off the bat, I’m giving this book the side eye.
“Despite its problems and limitations, I believe capitalism is the best economic system …
My Gmail accounts are slowly just becoming spam buckets.
peertube.martiabernathey.com/w/5teeZiu… this makes me cackle, because it’s true!