Filene 🌠🌠🌠 @Filene@witches.town

google is peak performative allyship: they systematically discriminate against poc, women, disabled, and old people to the point where they are enabling many types of violence, from wealth inequality, to destruction of communities, to sexual violence... yet outwardly they claim to support diversity, and will proudly and publicly fire low rung white men who hurt that image while doing nothing about structural oppression.

So Google fired the guy who wrote the "women are inherently bad programmers" manifesto? Well, okay.

But they fired him for bringing a shitstorm down on Google, not for being highly ignorant of computing history, social science, and basic humanity.

No credit to the company, then.

And I'm now convinced that the Google corporate culture is a shitshow.

I really don't know what to think about that, it makes me a bit uncomfortable :x but i's also fascinating

Please keep spreading this, even if you can't give anything. Eviction would make me homeless, but the main concern is that my girlfriend will be forced to detransition which is (as I'm sure some of you know) a literal death sentence. I would never recover from losing her; she is a beautiful person, and just starting to find things to love about herself. She is my only family. Help me save her life.

Found a gem inside that excellent response to the Idiot Google Guy about the Paradox of Tolerance - https://extranewsfeed.com/tolerance-is-not-a-moral-precept-1af7007d6376

'[Tolerance] is an agreement to live in peace, not an agreement to be peaceful no matter the conduct of others. A peace treaty is not a suicide pact.'

Spearmaiden (n): A trans woman who loves her penis

Therapy is unlocking your Dark & Mysterious Backstory for yourself.

Nailed it.

And I guess now if I ever wanna do typography in the style of the Psygnosis logo I have the parts to do it pretty quickly. Or to do some differently-shaped type using those parts. Could be interesting.

Might work on the dragon later today but I spent like 4h on this already, I have Actual Work that needs doing. Call it a "warmup drawing". Which is artist for "shit I drew instead of drawing paid shit".

https://mastodon.social/media/GL5ZSRIbDM-7Kw6vUTo

Clearly the best philosophy. :V

http://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/simulationism

open question: has anyone used friend group money pooling services like puddle or lendstar?

https://www.puddle.com/

https://lendstar.io/

if you have, how useful was it?

if you haven't, what are the dealbreakers or things you need a service like that to offer?

"We grant you [Kings of Spain and Portugal] by these present documents, with our Apostolic Authority, full and free permission to invade, search out, capture, and subjugate the Saracens and pagans and any other unbelievers and enemies of Christ wherever they may be, as well as their kingdoms, duchies, counties, principalities, and other property [...] and to reduce their persons into perpetual servitude."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dum_Diversas

Hey, folk, I'm looking for wfh employment, unless some of you are in New England, USA. Flexible hours, ideally, or a variety of shifts available. Even if only a strict businessday, please reach out. I can DM my resume and year-old website. B)

I need $100 more to be able to buy my art supplies kit for both 3D and drawing classes. I need to buy it within the next two weeks to get it on time. Please please help/donate/boost. At the moment I'm unemployed and can't afford it myself.

Here's my PayPal: https://paypal.me/journeig
Please please boost/donate

Death to Elsevier!!

"Sci-Hub’s cache of pirated papers is so big, subscription journals are doomed, data analyst suggests"
http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/07/sci-hub-s-cache-pirated-papers-so-big-subscription-journals-are-doomed-data-analyst

(What was the name of the French strategy game for PC where the "fights" were with your negative emotions and your combat skills were your coping mechanisms?)

Fuck depression.

Fuck depression for ruining the lives of wonderful people in times of stress.

Fuck depression for leaving scars both mental and physical on so many.

Fuck depression for taking the lives of so many good people before their time.

But most of all? Fuck society for viewing depression as laziness.
For seeing suicide as intentionally selfish.
For voicing thousands of reasons to hate the depressed and berating those who love and care for them.

You're all trying your best. I can see it and feel it.

Sometimes, it's hard to do good, all we can focus on is whatever's hurting us.

You don't need to DO good to BE good. Whatever you're going through is real, it is okay to struggle, it is okay to not be strong right this moment. For now, focus on staying safe. You deserve that safety.