Or maybe multiple works/bodies of work can exist and demanding everything meet some standard of ideological purity is a boring way of engaging with the world. I read the original because of the memes, it was kinda comforting in some ways, a little off putting in others, overall a worthwhile use of the time spent. It’s not any deeper than that to me.

and interrogate why you want to be a fascist’s property

Because under capitalism not having one’s needs met is viewed as moral failure, we have little agency but are told that we do, and trans people are generally reviled. Thus, fantasies about having ones needs met, being stripped of agency in such a way that it is clearly not a failing on our own part and being able to express and be viewed as an object of desire without shame are attractive. Bodice-ripper type beat.

as a white person

Wrong.

Ma’am, I’m going to need you to put that out (on me).

Oh my g-d just let me fantasize about a universe where I don’t have to go to work in the morning and someone gives a fuck about my wellbeing and I don’t have to pay through the nose for gender affirming care in peace.

Oh yeah I didn’t even consider the base tier, I’d blow through the searches inside of a week.

For my part, it’s just enforcing something I’d do anyway, I’ve got monthly recurring donations of $5-10 for a bunch of open source projects that I find useful, particularly ones by solo devs, so, it’s not much of a stretch for me.

My girlfriend acquired 37 limes In a row?!!

Long term, if you want good privacy respecting services, you will need to pay for them directly. Free anything is not sustainable unless they monetize it by selling your data or serving you advertisements, which will lead to selling your data. If their revenue is dependent on you believing that the service is worth paying for, then they are incentivized to improve their service and maintain your trust. 

The free tier high enough that you can get an idea of how well it works, but of course you’re not meant to stay on the free tier, it’s a trial.

Yes, that helps a lot. Knowing that Grainger/McMaster-Carr aren’t throwing money behind neo-nazis is a big help.

I’m thinking more for like, warehouse type stuff. Not so much for shipping as storage/organization.

Genuinely what is the alternative to them? Like, is there another company that offers standardized shelving/totes/general logistics supplies that isn’t also in bed with republicans (and maybe isn’t as awful to their workers as uline)?

Goncharovia

Huh, I’ll have to do some looking into that.

I mean, I’m a hardliner on this sort of thing, no bank apps or mobile banking in general, GrapheneOS on the phone, apps via obtanium for the most part and aurora for the work shit, but, I suppose it’s not a zero sum game and there’s things even I’m not doing right.

Republicans have always cared about supporting “the troops” and abandoning veterans. Anyone who buys what they’re selling after… well shit after the parties became what they are today in the early 70’s.

None pizza with left bottom

Yeah, most people, myself included, don’t like AI on principle, but there are valid use cases for it, and not having the capability of integrating with AI tools is going to be a dealbreaker for someone.

That said, I’ve heard MCP is a bit of a shitshow of a standard and is woefully inefficient.

I refuse to believe the default subs in reddit aren’t dominated by bots. There’s still good content in the niche subs, but I stay far away from any of the big ones, it’s all LLM generated ragebait.

You’re on fediverse, you know what f-droid is and use it to install apps…

Why are you even on the Play store in the first place? Even for the shit that my work makes me use I have a separate profile on my phone and use aurora store (and even that is a stopgap until I can get a separate work phone).

California never cancelled the high speed rail, it’s just taking forever because it’s so easy to mire any project in bureaucracy and lawsuits.

On the plus side, it’s probably the hardest regulatory environment to do such things, so, once it’s finished, my hope is that it’ll lead to an explosion of high speed rail now that it can be done with the benefit of all of the lessons learned.

I mean, at least we’re still fuckin trying.