moved to @danso
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#math #music #ethics #politics #economics #freeculture
opinions expressed are my own.
i have a blog! https://danso.ca/blog/
| website | https://danso.ca |
| lang | en/fr |
| pronouns | respectfully, any |
moved to @danso
---
#math #music #ethics #politics #economics #freeculture
opinions expressed are my own.
i have a blog! https://danso.ca/blog/
| website | https://danso.ca |
| lang | en/fr |
| pronouns | respectfully, any |
"I think I ought to traverse the stars; see as much as I can, meet new, exciting people!"
My toaster hummed then asked, "What's the name of the tenant in 43?"
"I... don't know?"
"What about your neighbors in 41, 40 and 38?"
"Um. Well, whoever lives in 38 is called Beck; I accidentally got their mail once."
"Have you met them?"
"No," I admitted.
"Plenty of new people right here on Mars."
"What if they're boring?"
"What if they're not?"
The unrealized potential of federation
https://drewdevault.com/2020/09/20/The-potential-of-federation.html
If you dehumanize people long enough, you won't like who you become.
J.K. Rowling’s new book imagines a fantasy world where she is right about trans people
Unlike one of her previous books that features a trans woman who attempts to commit murder, the villainous killer in Troubled Blood is not actually a trans woman, but rather a cis man who is dressed as a woman. Because of this, she explained, her use of this fear mongering trope that has been used to demonise trans women for decades has nothing to do with trans issues.