Mastodawn

a bunch of kids in the 2slgbtq+ radsec signal thread pranked me... they said ditto a bunch and I thought I was being agreed upon but they were talking about the pokémon: when I was like "sorry I am old and do not know what that fucked up looking purple plushie in the brat collar is, can someone please tell me?", "Wait sorry guys am I being problematic is that a character, sorry if that was offensive....?" they keep going "ditto", another response, "ditto", another response "ditto" !!!!??? I am thinking to myself in a thought bubble feeling validated: seeeeee... I am not alone everyone here doesn't know the plushie is either.... *Incoming link to information that this is a Gen 1 Pokémon is NAMED DITTO* ... me: "oh sorry guys I thought I was being agreed upon" ... collective response: 30 Rock depicting actor Steve Buscemi dressed as a hip teen, holding a skateboard with a backward red cap in a high school hallway .... god bless queer nerds on the internet talking endlessly about cybersecurity for fun 😆 --- if this kinda off topic humour intrigues you and you are interested in joining lmk! incoming fedi account soon to share info

steffania (they/them)3d ago

Looking for film/docs/books on this subject: "Why is time so often narrated in relation to World War II, as if that conflict were the definitive threshold of evil, the primary referent for atrocity and genocide? This framing treats “Nazi Germany” as the exemplary instance of moral catastrophe while disavowing the fact that the war’s logics and infrastructures endure in laboratories, militaries, classrooms, drug policies, welfare and border regimes. The forms of violence associated with Nazis did not originate in 1933; they intensified and reorganized older projects of empire and eugenic governance. The elevation of “Nazi Germany” as the paradigmatic evil reflects a specifically modern Western ethical imaginary, in which the Allies are cast as the guarantors of moral order and the Nuremberg paradigm becomes the dominant language for naming harm. This imaginary obscures how, after 1945, the “victorious” powers recalibrated their militaries, security apparatuses, and scientific complexes to target racialized and colonized populations, dissidents, and those who refuse incorporation into neoliberal authoritarian global orders. By treating “Nazi Germany” as the standard against which all other harms are compared, mainstream narratives hinder our ability to recognize continuous forms of violence."

steffania (they/them)3d ago

Serious question: Why does Canadian community organizing lean so heavily on “Poor” or “poverty” language (ie. anti-poverty groups, poverty reduction initiatives, xyz for Poor) over “working people” or “working families”? Aren’t these categories neither mutually exclusive nor inherently divisive? It bothers me that the framing seems to pit them against each other, and full disclosure this may just be my own itnerpretation, perhaps it’s just my reading, but contextually I find invoking “work” immediately evokes wage labour rather than the unpaid labour of social reproduction, care, and survival that everyone does, especially during times like financial crises (ie. global economic war). I do think this rhetoric matters: how we define “poor” or “poverty” whether it is paycheque-to-paycheque precarity or something narrower because it shapes who gets seen, organized, and resourced. This is an example of something I feel frustrated about voicing in Canadian contexts as there is a narrow focus that feels challenging to address, especially in english-hegemony compared to how this is expressed or taken up in other countries and in other languages... on CBCcore there's more coverage broadening who is "Poor" & struggling to affors groceries and that really is seeming to be a lot of working people rn.

steffania (they/them)Mar 5

...using every ounce of willpower to not post the "raising jewish dogs" book I found as a good joke book for my friend who rescued a dog from the californian desert, on a post where someone is asking about books about dogs or that have dogs in them rather than sharing the obvious book which is called something like, "Dump Dog"... and because I have this thing called impulse control I can just post that here in this status thing, rather than confusing everyone I don't know on the internet, about why I would tell a stranger to read a book about... about making their dog jewish which entirely makes sense...

steffania (they/them)Mar 1

Job Opportunity: 2SLGBTQ+ Personal Support Companion in Victoria, BC

We are seeking a paid personal support companion identifying with the 2SLGBTQ+ community, ideally queers and punks (including sex workers or those who are sex worker-friendly), to support a Senior individual with cognitive disabilities in Victoria, BC. The role begins in late February and focuses on low-key, accessible social and recreational outings near the UVic campus.

Role Responsibilities:
- Accompany her and her chihuahua on walks, visits to movies, art galleries, and other cognitive disability-accessible activities.

- Provide cognitive and emotional support through shared interests like listening to sound art/goth/punk/jazz/reggae, underground music, BDSM culture, communist history, film, animal care, trees, nature, coffee!

- Engage in relaxed activities such as watching tv, news (especially Democracy Now!), discussing social justice topics like climate change, or reading together

This is a flexible, paid companion role emphasizing emotional labour and community connection. It pays a bit higher than a regular Personal Support Worker (PSW) rate and no specific qualifications or certifications are required. If you know someone in Victoria who fits this description, please reach out directly. Cheers and thanks!

steffania (they/them)Feb 21

Anyone know of a Canadian version or small local versions of this (diy archival research question) as lately I have been really digging punk visual archives as an inspiration for a diy sound/audio-based archive structure I am working on - https://www.abby-banks.net/punk-house.html

Punk House

My photo documentary of Punk Houses across America. Portraits of the people who live in co-ops, squats, treehouses, long-term and temporary autonomous zones. The bedrooms, kitchens, living rooms,...

ABBY BANKS

steffania (they/them)Mar 25, 2025

https://uppingtheanti.org/journal/article/20-political-policing-and-the-surveillancematrix

funny tru story by comrades - State-Surveillance Strategies & Resistance & How We Keep Us Safe(r)

Political Policing and the Surveillance Matrix

On May 18, 2010, a group calling themselves the fffc1 claimed responsibility for the firebombing of a Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) branch in the Glebe, an upper-middle class neighbourhood in Ottawa. The incident occurred three months after the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics, and a month prior to the g8/g20 Summits in Toronto. The rbc was targeted by activists as part of a campaign to raise awareness about the bank’s role in funding the Tar Sands and the Olympics, as well as other socially and ecologically harmful investments. One month later, Matt Cicero—one of the co-authors of this article—and Roger Clément were arrested and charged with arson. Clément ultimately pleaded guilty and received a sentence of four years for arson and mischief over $5,000 for two separate actions against different rbc branches. Cicero’s charges were stayed and then dropped as the Crown did not have enough evidence to proceed with a trial. Additionally, part of Clément’s plea agreement with the Crown involved the Crown dropping the charges against Cicero.

steffania (they/them)Mar 25, 2025

legit do not understand this site and need a youtube walkthru link or sumthin...

pronouns:	they/them
location(s):	MTL, Kanien’kehá:ka/Mohawk Nation, Tiohtià:ke & home town - Tkaranto (Toronto) Treaty 13
languages:	english, understand written french, italian (dialect), spanish (better than spoken/working on braving verbal communication),will eavesdrop hard on conversational russian
access needs:	captions, no strobes/flashing lights/fog machines, chairs, handles on stairs, signs in low-vis areas with stairs, harm reduction minded-souls, access needs minded-souls ... often wearing sunglasses and noise cancelling headphones these days