Mastodawn

The truth is that you can't be "fiscally conservative & socially liberal" because if you're actually paying attention to the social issues, you will note that they are directly linked into structures of power—the same structures of power that create our "fiscal" situation.

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🇨🇦1d ago

GAYINT 1d ago

Hey there lovelies, it's your GAYINT Supportive Internet Auntie again!

Today is the Trans Day of Visibility, and from looking at my feed, it seems like y'all have some complicated feelings about it. Are you visible enough? Are you too visible? Does "passing" make you less trans, or less valid?

I can't answer these questions for you, darling. I wish I could. Here's what I can tell you:

I don't know precisely what you're going through. But as a cis woman who's spent lots of time in hyper-masculine environments, I've seen the power of simply visibly existing. So, for those of you who choose to be visible, remember the power that simply being seen has.

If you feel like you're not doing enough? Remember to put on your own mask first. Things are *scary* out there, and your survival is important. There is nothing wrong with doing the "safe" thing.

If you are proud of being trans, if you can't imagine life any other way, I am so happy that you find pride in your identity!

If being trans is just something you had to pass through on your way to being able to fit into your skin a little better, and you don't really feel like it's your identity? I am so glad that you found a path that worked for you!

Regardless of whether or not you feel like you're doing trans "right", the important thing I want you to know is that you are precisely as trans as you are. Nothing anyone says can change that for you.

Trans women are women.
Trans men are men.
Trans nonbinary people aren't confused, they know precisely who they are.

Love and virtual hugs!
#GAYINT #FURINT #TDOV #TransgenderDayofVisibility

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🇨🇦2d ago

Like I know that the usual response is "In this the year of our lord 2026 you should be using SASE and Zero-trust et. al." And that's all well and good, but at some point I still need a physical edge device for my on-prem devices. I'm not letting those servers raw-dog the internet and hoping that a bunch of cloud services are going to protect me. Those packets have to get to -=ThE cLoUd=- somehow...

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🇨🇦2d ago

Somebody please tell me I'm being stupid and there is an obvious choice I'm missing.

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🇨🇦2d ago

Tbf, Palo Alto doesn't have a great history either.

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🇨🇦2d ago

Ok Fortinet's are insecure devices with the amount of vulnerabilities they have. But, realistically if you can't afford a Palo Alto, and you don't have the technical chops for something like an SRX, then there aren't really many great alternatives.

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🇨🇦5d ago

We need two internets:

One just for Americans
one for the rest of the world.

That way Americans can carry on talking as if other countries don't exist, and the rest of us can get some peace and quiet and share cat memes.

[edit] Cascadia people can join the ROW internet if they want to.

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🇨🇦Mar 25

Kagi HQ Mar 25

This is the web we're fighting for.

#Kagi #SmallWeb

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🇨🇦Mar 25

To please both my parents, I've had to give way
And dance with the doctors and merchants and lawyers
Their manners are fine, but their feet are of clay
And there's none with the style of my log driver

It's weird how things from your childhood can flash back in your memory and hit you like a ton of bricks. This hasn't been on TV in maybe 30 years and I still remember it clear as a bell.

https://www.nfb.ca/film/log_drivers_waltz/
#canada