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…
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
yeah that’s fair - but I feel they serve different purposes?
like I see anarchism as a form of counterbalance to state power irrespective of where it is - without needing to be dogmatic
as in undeniably Uruguay is materially much better now than its ever been (while still being at the peak of it’s colonial project even under socialist governance)
same with Bolivia giving relative power to indigenous peoples while improving living conditions even under a corrupt government
neither is perfect but vastly better than western powers seizing their resources and wage enslaving their populations - same goes for other socialist Global South countries
and yet I see the value of anarchist “purity” criticism in that it should continue to challenge all governments when the time is right - even socialist ones - as at the end of the day we all want a stateless society - and until then I dont see why anarchism and socialism can’t strive to achieve that through productive structural tension?
bro wat - I’m yet to see a socialist party group turn up to an anti-fash protest and put themselves in harms way to protect vulnerable groups instead of standing on the side lines selling political newspapers and dipping out as soon as their leaders decide they’d like to go home
yeah I mean I do have an account on another instance but all the communities on this instance are still unavailable while the server is down - but yeah it would be more of a hassle (as any multi-region replication is)
cool - yeah I can have a look myself but let me know!
yeah I think I could spare 1TB of storage and my ping to Portugal is around 50ms
Yeah I agree - from the research I’ve done it doesn’t seem to be an established Fediverse practice so I couldn’t find any off the shelf tools or guides but I would be interested in teaming up with people and working on a novel solution if need be
I like that this meme implies women and enbies write immaculate code and never regret what they’ve written before 😎
a very respected Arab leader
you mean the guy who was caught taking £1bn in bribes from BAE for the Al-Yamamah arms deal? the guy who reportedly funded Fatah al-Islam terrorists in Lebanon? the saudi intelligence chief nicknamed “Bandar Bush” because he was so deep in the pockets of the American war machine? that’s your credible source on Palestinian leadership failures?
sorry I don’t have time to go point by point why you’ve presented a very one sided story that conveniently omits the main reason why Arab states feel reluctant to support the Palestinians - the fact they’ll have to go against the US empire and its buddies which economically and militarily outcompete them - your posturing around how its the Palestinian authorities fault they can’t have allies under an active occupation turned genocide just shrugs away responsibility from the ones that have real power onto those that have extremely limited options of resistance.
that’s a whole load of words to victim blame and say the Palestinians brought this upon themselves and that they deserve everything they’ve gotten and that it could be worse since their main “allies” are doing “worse” genocides in other countries so they should feel lucky…
you’re right - there isn’t - both are equally disgusting
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