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You don't need to use weird spellings or algospeak for any topics on the Fediverse ("unalived", "seggs" etc). There is no automated moderation or algorithm on here, moderation happens entirely through human beings and posts are shown in chronological order.
In fact it's better that you use the correct spellings for difficult topics so that people with genuine traumas related to them can filter them more easily.
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It's a really bad idea to use non-standard characters for stylistic reasons, it does affect screen readers significantly.
I think patr€on would sound like "patr" "euro sign" "on".
That's awful. (And really not necessary here, as posts containing the word are not shadowbanned or restricted or anything.)
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Never ceases to amaze me how all the people who spend hours hand-wringing over who drew what porn of what kid show cartoon character end up being actual abusers in real life.
Their tantrums start making sense when you realize how hard they're all projecting.
No they aren't. That is terribly off the mark. The majority of Israelis are good people who have elected a monster and don't know how to get rid of him now. No elections in 'war-time'. NEVER lump them all together. That is dangerous ground and should be avoided all al times and especially now, in relation to the situation in Gaza.
Them: “Hey you seem a little unfocused today is something wrong?”
Me using 90% of my focus to not say random thoughts out loud or pace or make weird faces because everyone will think I’m insane: “yeah I’m fine, just a little tired is all”
I'm starting to really like 'vibe coding'...
I've now had several clients come to me to take over projects that another agency was working on because the other agency started using generative AI. Apparently there was a real drop in product quality. I wonder why.
Basically vibe coding is making me money specifically because I'm not using it.
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In 2010, Aaron Swartz downloaded 70GBs of articles from JSTOR. He faced $1 million fine and 35 years in jail. He took his life in 2013.
Meta illegaly downloaded 80+ terabytes of books from LibGen, Anna's Archive, and Z-library to train their AI models without any punishment.
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Great to be having some good weather again and getting out in the garden some more.
#naturism #garden #nuderecreation
(very) quickly sketched "day in the life of a #topfree activist" #webcomic page inspired by a screenshot of a tweet by some dudebro, who you absolutely know would freak out at a topless woman at the beach despite being topless himself, making cruel jokes about a woman in a burkini (burka-bikini)
See more webcomic pages at: toplesstopics.org/webcomic
#feminism #intersectionalFeminism #misogyny #sexism #patriarchy #censorship #malePrivilege
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INDEED. it's the old "men find women's bodies sexually attractive, therefore the onus is on women to cover their bodies so they don't 'tempt' men" bs, aka "what was she wearing?" 🙃
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Trapped in a storm for many days videos.trom.tf/w/jwu1LtBABCHGW…
Several storms hit Spain for almost a month. Raining, clouds, cold and wind. We decided to go to a motorhome parking in Alcaracejos and stay there for several days to wait for the storm to calm down. We put a lot of strain on our batteries and our patience 😄.
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A quickly drawn "Day in the life of a Top free Activist" webcomic page, inspired by an actual conversation between my son and his female friend, both under ten years old, about why society only allows HIM to go in public without a shirt. 🙃
More pages at: toplesstopics.org/webcomic
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Kink is not inherently pornographic.
Kink gear is not inherently pornographic.
Kink expression is not inherently pornographic.
From suits to latex, gear can be just costumes.
Leather harnesses? Ah yes, of course, that spongebob screenshot with mr krabs in leather gear and harnessing, is that porn?
"But it is a mad max reference"
why yes, and it was explicitly kinky in mad max.
Michelle Pfeiffer wearing tight shiny latex and a whip in batman returns, and explicitly calling out materials, molded rubber in batman's suit
was that pornographic?
It was not meant to be just *neutral*, the movie is not subtle about creepy sexuality and hangups.
The pup hoods in the masked singer
Were those porn?
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the biggest thing holding me back from getting into kink was not realizing that it's more than just sex stuff.
and now i'm kobold puppy
@DeltaWye @Jencen
Yeah, that's the thing, using the trefoil for aesthetics dilutes it's effectiveness.
Like finding some medical stuff at the scrap yard with the cool logo on them and cracking them open to see inside, as somebody with great, nerdy taste stickered them when they had it.
I'm certain @funranium already has a blogpost or copypastable rant about the subject.
@funranium @ftg @Jencen Got me thinking about the history of the symbol - this site has some interesting nonstandard designs used before the symbol was universally adopted.
Makes me wonder if there are any others out there, I don’t know how much work was done in other countries that may have had their own standards or styles.
Persephone
in reply to Njion the Cofftea Dragon ☕ • • •can't remember where I first heard it but something like this made a lot of sense to me
"they were taught everything is as ordained by their god. Yet their preachers say we are against their gods wishes. But here we are. This makes them angry. Either their preachers are wrong, or their god is wrong and they've been taught that both aren't possible."
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