maybe we should tho

even when reporting on literal child murder they had to finish the article with an IOF quote saying how they’re just “killing terrorists” - which while I get the backhanded approach to showing how out of touch that is - I can guarantee there’s people out there that will think “well killing kids is obviously bad but the soldiers are just protecting civilians from terrorists so it’s an unfortunate sacrifice - if they didn’t want Palestinian kids to get killed Hamas shouldn’t have started the war”

especially when they say:

That date marked the start of the Gaza war, triggered by a Hamas attack on southern Israel which killed about 1,200 Israelis (of which about 800 were civilians and 38 were children).

but doesnt even consider mentioning that just in 2022 alone Israel had killed practically as many children as Hamas did on Oct 7th - or the fact that 2,171 Palestinian children had been killed since 2000 by Israeli forces and settlers…

I know its a low ball but verifiably at least 37k people…

could it not be both? obv profits drive the desire to sell more shrimp but at the same time if you know slaves are processing your “good food” would you not feel some moral responsibility to not consume it or at least attempt to find more humane alternatives?

It’s such a shame that still only Nova supports multi-page dock icons and icon swipe gestures 🥲

mmm love me some warmongering propaganda arm funding my wholesome foss game engine…

i mean good for devs since 30k a month in funding is practically nothing for a game engine but just wish we didn’t have to get scraps from the PR of the industrial military complex…

Commission Blanch said it was not his “intent” for the technology to be used at protests “except if we have intelligence that there is a significant risk of someone seeking to do harm”.

But he said that could be the case at the upcoming Land Forces defence expo, which Perth will host in October, if police had intelligence of a threat to that event

inb4 harm means Palantir top brass not being able to attend because there’s protestors blockading the event

Asked about the cameras, opposition leader Basil Zempilas said he supported police having more tools to do their job.

“I’ve always had the view if you haven’t done anything wrong, you haven’t got anything to worry about, and I’m not sure it’s any different when it applies to this,” he said.

another dont thread on me shitlib licking the mass-surveillance boot at every opportunity

also let’s not pretend the recovery email is for the user - it’s for proton to ensure they don’t register spammers that can get their domain blocklisted

wait you’re telling me that all this time governments could have just threatened CEOs with jail time over not doing something?? why not start by jailing the zucc for his company directly partaking in sex trafficking children?? - why do they need to scan every message ever sent if we already have evidence of this happening and no-one is being held accountable?? or what about all the epstein pedophiles - where is bill gates’ arrest warrant?? if any of this was ever to protect children this is where they would start…

oh shoot my bad - yeah I’ll redact that!

I got confused because of his wife and the story about Robin Ince having to step away from The Infinite Monkeys Cage due to his pro-trans, pro-Palestinian and anti-trump comments on socials - to which Brian hasn’t said anything and is continuing with the show without Robin (which imo feels Cox is at the very least fence-sitting)

Just FYI: Cox is pals with JK Rowling and (wrong Brian Cox sorry) but his wife used to be on the advisory board for the terf advocacy group Sex Matters

I’m sorry but you have to recognise that Ukrainians are refugees and those that want to return are expecting to do so once the war is over (ie making it not an ethnic cleansing) while the same is not the case for Palestinians (ie the “one-way journey”) which is the part that makes this an ethnic cleansing

I’m in a union myself but how do we reconcile with the fact that modern day unions rarely fight for workers rights (4 day work week, more control of the workplace, etc) and instead usually boil down to just getting more money? Like I’m not saying that it’s bad for workers to be paid more - but it seems to be the only thing unions are fighting for these days

all trackers hate this one trick

epistemic authority ≠ oppressive hierarchy - stop with the strawmans and go read some theory…

Calling out China for unnecessarily being the second largest trading partner of Israel after the US is called “purity testing” 🙅

But a handful of Kurdish anarchists taking US money and weapons because they have no other options is the real threat to global geopolitics

Thank you so much for sharing! That sounds genuinely terrifying - hope you’re staying safe and are managing to get your medicines safely 🙏

I’m not sure you had a chance to look at the stickies zine I linked in the original post but a major benefit is that you can get:

10 months’ worth of stickies for every month’s worth of tablets

This is only 5x if you’re already using tablets sublingually or buccal but it’s definitely an improvement either way

I’ve personally not tried it yet but you can read up on reddit and a lot of people swear by it (you can also up your dosage and do mono if you’re finding it hard to get ahold of androcur/anti-andros)

but yeah I’ve also heard of a diy lab mixing e-powder into gel and injectables in France - but usually people here find LQBTQ+ friendly professional labs that are willing to test those diy mixtures for purity - I’m guessing that’s not really an option?

again thanks so much for sharing 🫶

100% agree - still I don’t think disaster events will be completely overnight but more so increasingly harsher reductions in quality of life - if we get to fully cataclysmic events then yeah it doesn’t matter

but I feel different things will disappear at different rates - food and other necessities will be prioritised but hormones probably not as much - which is why I’m focusing on community as well - I guess my main point was more so as a community what can we do?

like does it make sense to think more about how vital medicines like hormones (including insulin) can be brewed in local bioreactors?

I know https://fourthievesvinegar.org/ is a thing but I’m not well enough versed in biochemistry to do much. has anyone tried anything like this with their network?

thank you for sharing 🙏

yeah I’ve actually wondered about this as well and the good news is that QoL seems to be relatively the same between natural and surgically induced menopause (what transfemmes would be most similar to)

tho physical effects seem to be much more severe:

Compared with women of the same age who still had their ovaries, women who were under age 46 when their ovaries were removed were 64% more likely to have arthritis, twice as likely to have obstructive sleep apnea, and nearly three times as likely to have had a bone fracture.

however they do say that if you’re on HRT until 50 the risks are greatly reduced

I would also imagine that using expired hrt tablets might help as well since they just become less potent over time and from what I’ve read estradiol tablets are pretty shelf stable so if stored well could retain up to 50% potency for decades post exp. date - might be worth getting some just in case to vaccum seal and store in a cool dark drawer

idk what anarchists you’re around but all the ones I hang out with are vocally pro Iran even if they dont approve of the Ayatollah on principle - but yh I’d take mls over liberals any day of the week - I feel part of it is that anarchists aren’t a solid block so while some may block shipments other might fight against what they see as oppression that on a geopolitical scale can result in helping colonial forces - idk we’re all imperfect so I hope we can recognize that and through different means still continue to erode imperialism instead of fighting with each other at the benefit of colonizers