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VulpineAmethyst

@VulpineAmethyst@treehouse.systems

Little Mx arctic fox & association. DeafBlind. Autistic/ADHD. Trans. Queer. Anarchist. Jew-in-progress. Antizionist. Poly.

  • Adélie Linux Core Team.
  • Computer science teacher.
  • Seasonal election worker.

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futurebird , to random
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So of ya'll talk about "reply guys" on Mastodon. And yeah that exists, but it's like the least annoying of the gruesome menagerie I used to deal with every day on X social media.

There were:

  • Stalker
  • Mr. Race Science
  • Always Wrong, Thinks He's Right
  • Mr. I'm Making This About Politics
  • Ms. Gender(ing everyone for no reason)
  • Mr. Just Plain Racist
  • Mr. I thought I blocked you?
  • Mr. "I know where you work"

and on and on

VulpineAmethyst ,
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@futurebird @sinituulia @tob

it doesn't make any sense to control quoteability, considering that they can just screenshot your post anyway and then you have no way to know why you're suddenly attracting attention.

VulpineAmethyst , to random
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general reminder that anyone who thinks the world is overpopulated or will be in the near future is a fascist.

the world produces enough food to feed 10 billion people already. there's space to house that many, if only we had the political will to make housing a public service and destroy the concept of private property (as in landlordism; your toothbrush and undies will still be your toothbrush and undies).

white people make up about 15% of the world population. 'overpopulation' should be read to mean 'too many people who aren't white', and can thus be discarded. discard relationships with the people making such arguments while you're at it.

futurebird , to random
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A lightly left-leaning generally Democratic friend has just now noticed that freaking out about the election is reasonable... but they do take my opinion somewhat seriously (even after calling me "probably a communist" I have no idea)

I made such a horrible face (involentary) when they said something about giving money to Biden I had to make another suggestion ... uh..."Democracy Docket?"

Any democrats who might not get the help they need from the DNC but still might win I could also mention?

VulpineAmethyst ,
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@futurebird

local elections, particularly things like school boards.

futurebird , (edited ) to random
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Did you have "sex ed" (sometimes called "health class") in school? Did it help you in any way? Hurt?

Which of the following apply (check more than one if needed, so if you had a multiple classes at different ages check both)

If I could change one thing about the education we had it would be to have more focus on the reality of rape and the nature of consent. These topics weren't addressed much beyond a cartoon version of bogey men jumping out of bushes and I think it left many unprepared.

VulpineAmethyst ,
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@apophis @futurebird

a big part of it is that we violate children's consent in so many ways.

  • "hug your "—even if they don't want to.
  • meals, especially with guests, double-especially with dishes they've never had before.
  • clothing choices, particularly with formal events.
  • "boys will be boys", "they're doing because they like you", etc.
  • forcing them to apologise when they're not sorry.
  • forcing them to forgive someone for harm done to them.

and on and on. just having a conversation about consent isn't enough, and it's not just about bodily autonomy.

futurebird , to random
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When reading of Fermi paradox, that outstanding question "why do we seem to be alone in the universe?" I've encountered many observations about the uniqueness of Earth.

"Were it not for Earth's protective magnetic field life would be impossible."

"Were it not for Earth's unusually large moon..."

etc.

The answer to the paradox these answers claim is that Earth is much more unique than it appears and life far more fragile.

It's all very plausible.

1/

VulpineAmethyst ,
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@dalias @futurebird

frankly, any mission where we send anybody to another planet in our solar system is going to end up being a one-way trip, even Mars. the moon was barely doable with 1960s/1970s technology. we would need to devise a spaceship that can house multiple human beings for years; those human beings would need to be able to live almost literally in each other's laps with zero ability to get away from each other, except for EVAs, the entire time. and if anything goes wrong, there is literally nothing we would be able to do about it unless it happened while the ship was near Earth. in short, any mission is going to have to be 100% self-sufficient and capable of solving problems on its own.

in order for that to change, we would need new propulsion systems capable of significant thrust in a short amount of time, in space, with minimal fuel requirements that can be manufactured from resources on Earth. ideally we'd be able to capture an asteroid or comet and process it so that fuel can be generated in space, which would help a lot, but the technology for all of that also doesn't exist yet.

and even assuming we can solve all of those problems, we'd still need to solve the problem of maintaining life in space without supplies from Earth before any sustained habitation could happen.

and that's all challenges we have to overcome if we want to expand within the solar system.

VulpineAmethyst ,
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@futurebird @dalias

I had not, but it's not really going to impact anything I said about human expansion, unfortunately. it'll be neat if they can pull it off, though.

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