captain typ0 @ink_slinger@coales.co
Yeah, I'm a centrist. I believe both Marxists and anarchists have good points.
Seriously, though, I'm like an anarcho-curious democratic socialist. Heavily influenced by Bookchin, but still a cowardly democrat (small-d; not American).
Settler on Turtle Island living in Treaty 6 territory.
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Joined Sep 2019
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"Immunity passports are a horrible idea."
https://www.cbc.ca/news/opinion/opinion-pandemic-coronavirus-immunity-passport-1.5551528
Just gonna pin this for my own memory, as much as for sharing with y'all.
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This is an #introduction post...kinda.
Hit me up with your #pinebookpro toots. Mine is on order and I'm looking forward to getting it.
I toot a lot about #politics, especially of the leftist sort.
Here are an assortment of hashtags: #socialism #canada #alberta #canpol #anarchy #libertariansocialism #socialecology #linux #yeg #edmonton #snowshoeing #strumstick #fermentation
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It looks like this will probably be my new main account. It's with a heavy heart that I am moving on from mastodon.club, but @msh has a solid instance here that I'm happy to join.
Watch "Bee extinction: Why we're saving the wrong bees" on YouTube
https://youtu.be/VSYgDssQUtA
In the future the web will once again be decentralized, because the climate crisis will see its core infrastructure collapse (along with much of society) and it'll just turn into one big sneaker network.
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Anyway on this #AutismAcceptanceMonth I’m here to remind you that autistic people are almost never bullied for being autistic, but rather for being “weird.” Autistic people express themselves differently, use different language, and experience things like gender and sexuality differently than neurotypical people. Keep this in mind next time you’re rolling your eyes at someone you find embarrassing online
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planned obsolescence really is a big glaring counterexample to the idea that capitalism results in innovation or even improvement. lightbulbs, smartphones, could last forever, or at least 5x as long - but they don't cuz it wouldn't be as profitable. I know everyone on here already knows this, but I think about it a lot.
Silly thought - religion
Christian mystic: My weekend plans are to get super high and read scripture.
Personal finance
Finally got off my ass and joined a credit union. Now begins the slow and somewhat annoying process of moving everything over. Mortgage is done (and is what finally prompted the switch) and direct deposit info has been submitted to HR so my pay will go there. Now to start switching over bills and possibly moving our humble investment accounts.
Personal finance
Finally got off my ass and joined a credit union. Now begins the slow and somewhat annoying process of moving everything over. Mortgage is done (and is what finally prompted the switch) and direct deposit info has been submitted to HR so my pay will go there. Now to start switching over bills and possibly moving our humble investment accounts.
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"BLM protests this summer were frequently met with police and National Guard members decked out in riot gear. The mostly peaceful demonstrations resulted in dozens of arrests and some 20 deaths of protesters...
Footage appears to show police officers - who were vastly outnumbered - opening the gates to allow protesters through, while members of law enforcement posed for selfies with the rioters who had broken inside the building.""
Recommendations for a wireless doorbell that isn't crap? Doesn't have to be "smart" and definitely shouldn't be Ring or anyone else who gives camera footage to cops.
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COVID vaccine side effects
https://science.sciencemag.org/content/370/6520/1022?rss=1
So, it looks like Moderna's vaccine has a lot more side effects then Pfizers, and they both need a really good PR team to get people ready.
They should get the team that did the buckley's adds, you know the "it tastes terrible, that is how you know it is working" people? If they can sell something tasting bad as an upside, they can probably do something with 12 hours of muscle pain.
I appreciate that Spotify gives us our annual "wrapped" thingy at the beginning of December, before the results are tainted by overplaying Mariah Carey's "All I Want for Christmas Is You."
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I'm mad that "cyber Monday" isn't a lewd thing. Also mad that corporate digital security has come to be called just "cyber" so that it, too, is not lewd.
Y'all know I'm not here to be lewd by _any_ means, but come on.
Ah, the end of the year, when political parties come to ask for your support before the end of the fiscal year. I've received mail from the Green Party of Canada (I'm a member because I wanted to vote for the eco-socialists running for leadership; as yet undecided how involved I'll be given that my preferred candidates didn't win), the Alberta NDP and the Communist Party of Canada. I'm not really a Marxist-Leninist, but I don't fundamentally disagree with the CPC's program. Maybe I'll donate.
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Chess is just a fantasy tabletop for people who like their RPGs to be 100% crunch and rules lawyering
Is cyber Monday still a thing? You know, the first Monday after American Thanksgiving, during which everyone on the internet has cybersex with one another in one giant online orgy?
Silly phone saga, the end
I decided to order a Pixel 4a. The Pixel 5 just seems to not be worth the price at all, even with the Black Friday discount and the Pixel 4a w/ 5G is overpriced through my carrier (currently priced for MORE than the Pixel 5 even with the sale price).
My wife decided to also upgrade, despite her S8 being perfectly serviceable. Mainly, she wanted the better camera to capture the kids growing up over the next few years, which is fair.
Anarchist in the streets, adherent of extremely rigid hierarchies in the sheets.
I'm now debating with myself if it's worth the extra $240ish for this relatively minor difference. Plus the 5G speeds, but I don't think 5G is very widespread in Canada. I don't know if we actually have *any* true 5G networks right now, or if it's just "faster 4G" in the same way that some early so-called 4G networks were really just souped up 3G.
Yeah, I'm a centrist. I believe both Marxists and anarchists have good points.
Seriously, though, I'm like an anarcho-curious democratic socialist. Heavily influenced by Bookchin, but still a cowardly democrat (small-d; not American).
Settler on Turtle Island living in Treaty 6 territory.
Boosts are not endorsements, except when they are.
Joined Sep 2019