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Reminder that pressure erodes the ability to consent. If your “no” feels unwelcome, shameful, or unsafe, then how can your “yes” feel meaningful and authentic? How can you freely give consent, if it is demanded? And if “consent” IS expected, then maybe that’s enough reason, by itself, to say “no”.

We, internationally, need to do exactly what the Brazilians did and lead by example with: 1) Block all far right figures/accounts 2) Never share a far right account even to dunk on them 3) Never reply to a far right account even to dunk on them Completely cut their algorithmic advantage

hm... based on what y'all are saying about it, I suspect if I go see Wildwood, I will probably need to go with someone who is okay with me turning into a sobbing mess. Sooo... anyone wanna go see it? :3

I don’t know what it means to “fight my fursona” as if one or the other of us could “win”, because my fursona is me and I fight myself all the time and I always lose

a message from the future

Oh, and if you need to map this to the Greater Goings On: This is literally why "weirdos" works politically. It's a refusal to participate in the premise. The "concerns" are invalid; their intentions are malicious, and the outcomes are toxic. You don't *prove* that. You talk as if it's *proven*.

the story goes like this

*exhausted sigh* I wish sleeping right weren’t such a rarity these days.

Gonna boost this ‘cuz it’s cute, and while my art budget for the year is already spoken-for, I hope to see some of these YCHs on my timeline at some point <3

Man I am wiped this morning, the meet yesterday was absolutely delightful and I love seeing a lot of my friends in one place. But then I sleep like ass and it doesn’t even matter that I was a good kitten and got home before midnight. XD

Actually: I would like a second opinion on this PR. If you're familiar with LLMs and understand enough CSS to be dangerous, DM me?

On a related note: maybe I need to add a "reporter is unhinged" resolution type to my issue tracker. Not gonna call anyone out or reference the issue in question but uh... wild to have someone just rant about computers in my inbox. "Reporter needs to touch grass and maybe explore ADHD medication"

The urge to just fuck off from work and go outside is rising. Also want to steal a friend or two. Too much to do. A cat can dream, though.

Can confirm, as an enby I am indeed full of bees, that’s what makes the purring sound when you pet me

Me once again wishing I had my espresso machine out of storage as I contemplate the fact that I forgot to make a new batch of cold brew for tomorrow and it’s too late (and I’m too lazy) to start now…

Apparently having a not-yet-expired Nitro subscription means ... I get to see MORE ads! For Best Buy's SPECIAL OFFER for Nitro subscribers! Apparently nobody at @discord.com stopped to think that maybe the reason people pay for Discord is so they DON'T SEE ADS. They have lost the plot.

Oooookay. Bluesky is exhausting today. Between the AI doomerism outrage and various microcosms of The Left eating each other over John Oliver’s latest shitpost and multiple people having (very understandable) bad brain days… I am declaring overwhelm, logging off, and going to touch some grass.

Having a lot of what I’ll call SOMO (sadness on missing out) around BLFC. A lot of my friends are there, I really want to spend time with them (and maybe make new friends)… and I can’t justify the time off work right now. We’re crunched for time and it would be deeply irresponsible of me. ><

I... wow holy shit this broke my brain. XD

dont make me tap the sign

Cat: Heeey! *pawpaw* Hey! Me: You still have food what is the problem Cat: Heeey! Meow! Me: *shows him his food bowl which has food* Cat: *goes into litterbox* Heeey! Meow! Me: So you want me to… watch you pee…? No, he wanted to pee, eat his crunchies, and THEN scream at me to refill the bowl.

The thing that really got me to start doing it was someone smarter than me telling me that it was anti community to only give care and not allow myself to receive it, because it has to go both ways and I was depriving people I loved the chance to help me. I got mentally judo'd so hard lol

I am not the best writer but I hope this helps someone

This thread makes a lot of sense, and is why I kind of hate that Bluesky seems to be the one place all my friends went to after LiveJournal and then Twitter died. I miss LiveJournal. And Cohost for that matter (though Cohost had its own problems).

Happy birthday @wolfwithdances.bsky.social! I've known him for forever and he is one of the most dedicated, community-minded folks I know. We've known each other through a lot of life's twists and turns, and I'm happy to have him as a friend.

Feeling angry and hopeless and full of grief. Lorazepam time so maybe I can sleep regardless.

i'm going to keep saying it until it sinks in: if you go "ugh, look at the nazi thing this nazi said!" then you are still making me read the nazi thing and i am not much better off than if i were just following the fucking nazi directly