mcc

mcc

@dryad.technology

glitch girl — I do not trust this place and would prefer you follow me on Mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@mcc — A mixtape for you: https://bsky.app/profile/dryad.technology/feed/listening-to — Avatar by @urnash.com‬ — 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 — she/her

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Thread about political tactics in Lula's turnaround in the Brazilian election, link goes to middle, link 1 of 3

Bruno Dies@brunodias.dev

I don't know that there is a template or a "secret sauce" or a clear-cut lesson to take from this. But if there is one it's the idea of treating social media as the hostile territory that it is, of actually acting like you are a participant in propaganda warfare and not like a consumer.

Thread about political tactics in Lula's turnaround in the Brazilian election, link goes to middle, link 2 of 3

D.D.B.Torres@ddbtorres.bsky.social

we witnessed Brazilians traveling and coming back to save our democracy; we witnessed the elderly who didn't for decades trying to make a difference; we witnessed teenagers who don't legally need to vote but wanted to anyway. it was the biggest turnout in our democracy.

Standalone post about Lula's turnaround in the Brazilian election, link 3 of 3.

Rafa Sales Ross@rafiews.com

I’m not a political journalist, so was gladly surprised at the community I found here last night. To Americans anxious about the upcoming elections, a key thing we learned in Brazil that might help you: DO NOT engage with the far-right online. Don’t share rage bait. Amplify your people. Ignore them.

If you have an upcoming wedding or bar/bat mitzvah in the Los Angeles area and you are not reading this thread about Io's portable experimental composition / ambient drone setup you are missing *out*

👁️saac 👁️o@eyesack.bsky.social

Available for weddings and bar mitzvahs

The kids these days all love Drone, they don't wanna hear about Britney Spears they're all like oh, William Basinski

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Replying to @dryad.technology

Then there's that *actual* case of a boy in girls' sports, the trans boy in Texas who went on T at a normative time, grew up with a typical boys' body because that's what happens when you give trans kids actual transition care. Forced to compete in high school girls' wrestling. *No one* was happy.

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Replying to @aquma.bsky.social

I think it's more that all these conversations focus around "boys in girls sports" which seems to encode the assumptions of (1) female-identified trans are still men and (2) all trans are MAAB. Neither the Republicans nor Democrats pushing for sports bans acknowledge FAABs. But the bans apply anyway

union person@junlper.beer

its insane how not many people are talking about how republicans with the help of several moderate democrats are building out the largest abusive medical conversion therapy operation in modern american history

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Do you have *any idea* how weak you feel when you don't have estrogen or testosterone in your body? I do. It's rough! "Postoperative" trans women actually have lower sustained T levels than typical cis women—ovaries produce testosterone. If you wanted "fairness" you'd give trans women T supplements!

This is before we get into the thing where *every single one* of these conversations erases the existence of trans men/trans mascs completely

union person@junlper.beer

its insane how not many people are talking about how republicans with the help of several moderate democrats are building out the largest abusive medical conversion therapy operation in modern american history

You can't talk about it without reinforcing their frames, but if I were gonna try to refute it it's hilariously easy. They're all like "imagine a big strong boy playing sports with your daughter!" and I'm like dude, that kid's literally trying to get put on *puberty blockers* but you made it illegal

Aquma@aquma.bsky.social

not only that but they frame it as "men in girls sports" to make it harder to defend on their terms. It's the "when did you stop beating your wife" framing. How to even point out how absurd all this is without giving in to their stupid game?

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its insane how not many people are talking about how republicans with the help of several moderate democrats are building out the largest abusive medical conversion therapy operation in modern american history

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This reminded me of seeing Loud Objects at Blip Festival 2007, soldering on top of a projector in the midst of the crowd. Not especially similar, but the closest I've witnessed. youtu.be/HYU4-OF2ewQ

youtu.beLoud Objects Performance at Blip Festival 07YouTube video by Mateo Zlatar
mcc@dryad.technology

What I listened to today: "Nagra SN demo with Modern Sounds Pluto v3", troy mckaskle A musician records every meticulous step of making a short 40-second retro-synth motif, running a modern aleatoric unit into a 1970s vintage portable tape unit to saturate the waves www.youtube.com/watch?v=OX6a...

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The Guy She Was Interested In Wasn't a Guy At All volume 4 is out! Here's some fun bits of lettering I did for the English version. *the difference in green in these screenshots between the JP/EN versions is down to I assume export settings for different platforms

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Big news from the Independent Workers Union of Great Britain: Employees at Rockstar Games in the UK will hold a union vote next month, just as they release Grand Theft Auto VI

Seen a lot of left/democrat takes saying mainstream press is underreporting this and calling it bias. But I do wonder two things: 1. Would the Democrats had got more heat on this if they'd paired it with an explicit claim they will impeach Trump if they win the election? 2. If they win, will they?

Riki Wilchins@rikiwilchins.bsky.social

And so it begins... House Dems release explosive 53-page congressional report alleging possible criminal conspiracy, evidence of DOJ cover-up, and call for Special Counsel to investigate the DOJ itself. [free link] substack.com/inbox/post/2...

An awkward thing about the press is they're biased toward "newness". They covered Epstein last year, so they can't cover him this one. When the right wants something to stay in the press they dribble out lots of details so there's a "new" thing to cover. Calls for impeachment would make it "new".

You'd think the Democratic report would qualify as "newness". A Republican Congressional report on something the press covered the year before would probably get a news cycle, even if was a naked partisan act 1 week before an election. But probably by now the press is biased against Democrats too so

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I emailed Patrick Healy, assistant managing editor for standards and trust at NYT, to ask why their story about a House report with new details of rape allegations against the President of the United States included neither those details, nor a single use of the word "rape." archive.is/1s9AM

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the biggest presidential scandal in history but the political media largely acts as if it's not happening. hasan piker has received more mainstream political media coverage over the last 6 months than trump's connections with epstein has

Prem Thakker ツ@premthakker.bsky.social

NEW: "Donald Trump was an active participant in Jeffrey Epstein’s sexual abuse of young women during the mid-to-late 1990s," per new House Judiciary Dem report. Report has new allegation that Trump raped a 24-year-old and then promised the victim a visa & NYU admission, demanding she stay quiet.

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How is People’s magazine doing better coverage than most legacy media? people.com/former-miss-...

people.comFormer Miss Switzerland Beatrice Keul Alleges Donald Trump Raped Her at the Plaza Hotel in 1993Former Miss Switzerland Beatrice Keul alleges Donald Trump raped her at a 1993 pageant at New York City’s Plaza Hotel, according to a new report from House Democrats.
Marisa Kabas@marisakabas.bsky.social

i am inviting anyone from a legacy media organization to explain to me why the house judiciary dems report on trump’s epstein’s ties and multiple allegations of rape isn’t worthy of extensively reporting on. i’m serious. i want to understand.

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When I say I love Cheesecake Factory, I mean this cat who was found malnourished and wandering through a Bay Area mall parking lot. Cheesecake Factory has since been rescued and nursed back to health. He's now healthy, vaxxed, & sweet, but still needs a loving home www.petfinder.com/cat/cheeseca...

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It’s wild that we have a society like this. Like we’re just not doing anything about it. We’re just kind of watching it collapse.

The Bulwark@thebulwark.com

RFK: "There's five hundred million Arabs in the world. And yet they don't produce science. They don't win the Nobel Prize. They don't win the Fields Prize. They don't win the Wolf Prize. They don't produce literature."

Do you wish I had included the qualifying language "in Colorado under some circumstances" in that last post, thus making it less histrionic and alarmist? Convince Aaron to increase the post limit by 37 characters and you can get your wish!!!