Notices by Louis Ingenthron (louisingenthron@qoto.org)

@servelan @stephstephking Uh, yeah, Twitter use is now explicitly funding fascism. Staying on the platform is akin to donating a couple bucks to the Trump campaign yourself.

@VirginiaMurr @heidilifeldman Three democratic congressman have called for Biden to step down. That doesn't happen unless a *lot* of normal people and political people are talking about it. It would be journalistic malpractice not to cover the issue.

But, yeah, as Trump (and now some liberals) has found, it's often easier to blame the media than to participate in introspection.

@freemo It's true that it is used in that context, but I think that's more of a softening euphemism for "trapping". Kind of like how we say "pest control" instead of "rodent genocide".

Most uses I know of imply a live catch, and then you decide what to do with it (i.e. catching fish, butterflies, fireflies, dogs).

@freemo Both the meaning of the idiom and choice of the word "catch" imply a desire to attract rather than repel.

Okay, I just legitimately forgot gravity existed for a second there...

Why is it that kids so often like bread with the crust cut off while adults so often love the crust to the point where we buy shit like french bread?

@freemo Out the window? I'm flying a 50-year-old Cessna. If I open the window in flight, the window will be what gets thrown out! 😆

Just did my first cross country (120nm) #flight at night in #VFR! KORL to KOCF back to KORL.

Most important lesson I learned? Don't #fly at night under visual flight rules. I should wait until I get my instrument rating if I want to fly at night.

#pilot #aviation

@freemo @niclas @AmpBenzScientist Yep. Dogs eat grass to settle their stomachs. People drink coffee to make it easier to poop. And all-natural honey makes for an amazing burn salve. Food is medicine.

@freemo I prefer "ignorance" in that maxim, rather than "stupidity", as it implies a problem that can be fixed.

@freemo In many cases, all people need to be self-sufficient is a stable home, which UBI helps to provide. More importantly, it would provide enough for those who want to dedicate their lives to charity to be free to do so.

What other welfare services do you feel are essential that would be unavailable under UBI?

@freemo Giving people enough to be clothed and fed and have a roof over their head "harms" them? You've got to be kidding.

@freemo Giving people enough to be clothed and fed "harms" them? You've got to be kidding.

@freemo Eh, he's certainly not what he used to be, but "senile" might be a bit far. Every time I start thinking that, he delivers a good speech or jokes around with reporters, showing a degree of cunning that seems incompatible with senility.

@freemo Oh, it's not exclusive to gay men. There are straight men who use that voice. Usually, they are referred to as "metrosexual". It's just that straight men have *significant* societal pressure to speak "normally" if they want to ever get laid or be employed, whereas gay men have the opposite incentive (at least for the getting laid part). I truly believe that *every* man has that voice inside him... just a matter of how close to the surface it gets.

As for the thing about trans women: many of them are seeking, above all, to fit in as their new gender, so they tone a lot down. But there are absolutely women (cis and trans) who are every bit as catty as the gayest men. Just watch any reality show on TV, lol.

@freemo Much of it is just natural femininity that has been stamped out of most men at a young age. Gender, and its expressions, are a spectrum, but society enforces a strict divide on us and forces us to choose a side.

What you're seeing are people bucking that trend and living their authentic selves. That's why you also see the distaff counterpart: butch lesbians.

@freemo Yeah, the apathy of insurmountable odds is real, no doubt.

But, I believe it's impossible to truly reduce harm without a little bit of faith, and that's a good enough reason in and of itself to try to push through the apathy.

Even if my actions only help to make things get worse a little slower, that's still better than nothing.

@freemo Yeah, totally, for one, it definitely doesn't come close to reflecting how unbalanced the playing field is in real life. But still a good way to explore deeper motivations.

@freemo (and would have to live only on the dividends of whoever got elected, which would suck, and I guess kind of also be the welfare of this analogy? Idk, I'm probably pushing the metaphor way too far, lol)

@freemo That would be quite a nihilistic take.