Septimaeus

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[–] Septimaeus 2 points 3 months ago

Also a sizable chunk of their audience has been brainwashed to interpret any mention of climate as “getting political,” or evidence of “liberal bias,” and they won’t risk their ratings to address the elephant in the room.

[–] Septimaeus 8 points 3 months ago

Population control is an ineffective solution to a nonexistent problem, but that thread of misanthropy, woven into the worldview of most who think #thanoswasright, is based on misinformation. Knowledge is the cure.

[–] Septimaeus 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Voyager calls them “tags.”

[–] Septimaeus 1 points 3 months ago

Right, I figured they meant in order to make room. There’s too much cluttering 2.4 — zigbee, zwave, bluetooth, IO peripherals, microwave ovens, cordless handsets, walkies, and more. WRT general WiFi traffic, in dense residential settings 2.4 is often only used for initial client device handshake.

[–] Septimaeus 4 points 3 months ago

Fair. But to be clear, I’m suggesting conservative media outlets have latched onto this nickname to intentionally mislead a significant number of New Yorkers to believe the tax will affect them (because they or someone they know has a net worth of more than 1 million between life savings or property in the city) when it actually only applies to a select few who earn more than that every year.

The Mamdani campaign hasn’t used that nickname. Here is the first use of “millionaire tax” I could find. That was 4 days ago. By the following day, every major news outlet was running headlines with that nickname. I think it’s no accident.

[–] Septimaeus 1 points 3 months ago
[–] Septimaeus 1 points 3 months ago

Ah a fellow haberdasher #tips-lady-fedora

[–] Septimaeus 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

On this type of latch (mortise) the third screw is often stripped (because it’s a set screw that holds the lock cylinder in place and often the notch in the cylinder is misaligned / on the wrong side) but _un_screwing it should be easy.

The cylinder itself, however, is usually finely threaded and can require a fair amount of torque to get started, especially without using the key for additional purchase.

[–] Septimaeus 6 points 3 months ago (2 children)

an additional 2% income tax on the top 1% in NYC, who are earning over $1 million per year

That’s a slightly different definition of “millionaire” than I was familiar with. Who is calling it that again?

[–] Septimaeus 2 points 3 months ago (2 children)

I could see that, and I’m sure you’re right that it’s a mixed bag, ultimately. Also I agree that it’s a common misunderstanding among second wave feminists.

I just meant that a key thread in their prejudice appears to be a kind of reciprocal othering or tribalism which accepts the imposition that gender is defined by sex, and thus interprets the struggle against the patriarchy more literally as a form of societal trench warfare. From that perspective, there can be no trans women by definition, only untrustworthy defectors who leapt over the proverbial trench, and a proper #radical feminist won’t forget and will keep her vigil.

Pulling that thread would seem to unravel their transphobia to reveal internalized misogyny, since they misunderstood feminism as misandry from the start.

It’s just a guess, however. I am young and often wrong.

[–] Septimaeus 3 points 3 months ago (4 children)

Agreed. Only its obsolete connotation — hazardously unmeasured zealotry — would apply.

That they describe themselves as the positive kind of radical unironically speaks to how deeply they misunderstood feminism from the start.

[–] Septimaeus 25 points 3 months ago

Giving the gift that becomes a child’s lifelong passion is some top-shelf, gourmet shit.

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