digifox @digifox@vulpine.club

jesus christ this post just rung my doorbell and punched me in the face when i answered

a fun fact about "First They Came": the version used by the US Holocaust Museum omits the first verse, "first they came for the communists", because it was established during the Cold War and so it can't be giving people ideas that going after communists is bad

New to mastodon, looking for people to follow, particularly around questioning of existing sexuality (straight male) (not a young adult). Any recommendations?

#mastodon isn’t just a website, it is a federation.

There are thousands, of small communities that live within the Mastodon system.

Each one is independent and unique, but they can all talk to one another.

These communities are called "INSTANCES".

http://leftoversalad.com/c/015_programmingpeople/

programming languages personified; it's old but classic

I have an inside story about a large German company treating their software dev team as shy deer. Don't pressure them or their creativity decreases. Let them browse reddit or play games on their phones because as soon as they get the flow they'll work.

can you imagine being coerced into a career? I'm so glad that that doesn't happen in America

anyway, learn to code or you'll probably starve to death

My greatest achievement as a teenager was uploading a video titled "AVATAR FULL MOVIE PART 1 OF 10" to YouTube the day it was released.

It was a Seinfeld clip with the characters edited to be blue and it got 40K views.

My 15yo kid just came out to me tonight as trans male. In order to be more supportive, I would really like some feedback from other trans folks on how to assist or better understand this process, especially on how that works today vs 30 years ago.

Caveat- I had a parent who is trans, but this isn't the same kind of relationship. I would actually be assisting my minor child in this change, so that makes me a more active participant in the process.

Feel free to boost. #trans

USA folks: GoodRX is an app that will find the cheapest prices for medications based on your location. A $200 medication cost me $14 at Publix, without insurance. Consider downloading it if you can!

Hey, non-binary Massholes: you can now get a non-binary gender designation on your license

https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2019/11/12/non-binary-gender-designation-now-available-mass-licenses/tYhisCa1QAq66PSdSfsyBK/story.html

@obw come to alt.games.doom, we got:

- people in 2018 bumping threads from 1995
- that's about it

Today I learned that "Homeopaths Without Borders" is a thing. No matter where there's war, disease or natural disaster, they'll be there to give people the placebos they think they need.

Ever have or hear an idea for some awesome service (for people or the world)? It would be beneficial to lots of folks.

Then someone, or even you, said "shame there's no sustainable business case" or "how would people support themselves doing that?"

All those great ideas could happen with universal housing, universal healthcare, and universal basic income.

If you didn't need to worry about that stuff, you could do the cool project that everyone would love but no one would pay for.

"you heard that from someone who knew what they were talking about but you didn't pay close enough attention to know what you're talking about"

i want to start saying this out loud to more people instead of just politely thinking it

leftists need to be willing to acknowledge that in boxing the point isnt knowing how to throw a punch, but how to take a punch

every smug online leftist who has never left their house can point out "voting is reformism!"

yes. no shit. the best you can ever hope to do with voting is to put a reformist in office. that's not a win. so dont hang your hopes on it. dont pour all of your energy into it.

but just because a fight cant be won doesnt mean it's not worth showing up to.

voting is obviously important because fascists spend inexpressible sums of money on it. it clearly matter. and it's an arena that we will never win in.

but losing a battle which costs you little really isnt much to sacrifice to buy yourself a little breathing room

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