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slothrop, 9 months ago (edited 9 months ago) to climate

In “Petro-masculinity: Fossil Fuels and Authoritarian Desire” (2018), Cara Daggett explains why, with white men, #climate denial and #misogyny so often go together.

She makes a powerful argument that the patriarchal power structures in our society are deeply entwined with our fossil-fuel based economy.

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0305829818775817

slothrop, 10 months ago to random

In case you’re currently looking for a job, a reminder:

Those “requirements” that companies put in their postings - those are just a wishlist.

If the job looks like it fits you, and you meet maybe 50% of the requirements, go for it.

“You should hire me, because… “ - if you can complete this sentence, the role is worth applying for.

slothrop, 1 year ago to random

So the CEO of online ads giant IAB made a pretty… remarkable speech, saying:

"These extremists (referring to privacy advocates) are political opportunists who’ve made it their mission to cripple the advertising industry and eliminate it from the American economy and culture."

And this, friends, is our mission statement RIGHT THERE.

slothrop, 9 months ago to Starlink

Elon Musk is a sorry shit, but I’m kinda grateful to him for reminding everyone that critical infrastructure has to be managed by states rather than private companies.

#starlink

slothrop, 1 year ago to queer

It seems that some parents worry about how to explain the existence of gay and trans people to their kids.

It’s trivially easy.

“Sometimes, men love men. Sometimes, women love women. Sometimes, people find out that although they have a man’s body, they’d be happier living as a woman - or the other way around.

All these people deserve to be happy and respected, just like you.”

And that’s really all there is to it.

#pridemonth #pride

slothrop, 26 days ago to DadBin

A question for people in Paris:

We´ll be on a family vacation in France in the 2nd half of May, and are pondering whether to visit Paris.

Are there any important limitations due to the preparation for the Olympics? Major sights blocked off, or anything like that? Lots of security hassle?

We´ll be travelling with children, so we´re trying to avoid long queues etc.

#tourism #paris #family

slothrop, 29 days ago to random

Apparent Jack Dorsey did or said something. I‘d just like to remark:

Fuck that guy.

slothrop, 5 days ago to random German

Eigentlich hab ich gerade zwei Kajaks zu verkaufen.

Aber es fühlt sich ein bisschen pietätlos an, die jetzt bei Kleinanzeigen mit Standort "Oberbayern" reinzusetzen...

slothrop, 10 months ago to random

My ROFL for the day:

The women´s football (soccer) world cup is on. In an interview, one of the German players was asked "so who´s the female Neymar"?

Her reply was "I don´t think there´s a female Neymar. For example, I don´t know any female players who keep laying on the ground for two or three minutes".

🤣🤣🤣

https://www.sportschau.de/fussball/fifa-frauen-wm/weltmeisterschaft-shitstorm-gegen-kleinherne-100.html

slothrop, 8 months ago to random

Has anyone here tried the #Fairphone Fairbuds XL? How do you like them?

I need decent sound, good noise canceling (mainly for train trips), an ok microphone for work calls, and a reasonable fit.

slothrop, 1 year ago to random

On the on hand, it’s wet and chilly here in the Slovenian Alps. Not the best weather for camping.

On the other hand…

slothrop, 10 months ago to whitewater

Found a pic of me from last year, absolutely shitting myself

#whitewater #kayaking #kayak

slothrop, 11 months ago to random

If they call you "resources", you get to call them "overhead".

slothrop, 10 months ago to random

T-Shirt idea:

Large print that says "Arial", set in Helvetica. 😈

slothrop, 1 month ago to whitewater

I have a new boat! 🤩

#kayak #kayaking

slothrop, 30 days ago to random

I’m setting up a laptop for a non-techie relative, who lives in another city. I couldn’t find a remote admin solution that would work under Debian, at least not one that seemed reliable and trustworthy.

Here’s what I ended up doing:

I created a user for the relative on my #Nextcloud instance, and opened a chat session with them titled “Tech assistance”.

The chat session has a URL, which I bookmarked in the Firefox bookmark bar.

slothrop, 1 year ago to random

Betting that Liechtenstein is the next country to courageously announce a ban on domestic short-haul flights.

slothrop, 10 months ago to random

I know #LaTeX is a PITA to set up, but have you tried formatting documents in MS Word late on a Friday afternoon?

slothrop, 9 months ago to random

Very concerning: Naomi Wu has apparently been silenced by the Chinese government

https://www.hackingbutlegal.com/naomi-wu-and-the-silence-that-speaks-volumes/

slothrop, 1 year ago to random

I wish tourists everywhere would bother to just learn how to say “hello” and “thank you” in the language of the country they’re visiting.

Two words. Takes five minutes. Delivers ample rewards, because the locals will absolutely appreciate your effort (or otherwise note its absence).

If you’re feeling like a real swot, add “please”, “goodbye”, “one” and “two”.

slothrop, 1 year ago to random

Somehow there’d be a lot less heartbreak around if more people realized that relationships aren’t something you have.

They’re something you do.

slothrop, 7 months ago to Bread

A #bread has occurred.

#baking

slothrop, 2 months ago to running

New personal record:

Ran 21.52km at an extremely modest 8’46”.

My goal was to make the half marathon distance, and I did!!! 🤩

#running

slothrop, 5 months ago to Parenting

My very image conscious 16yo is letting me cut his hair on a regular basis.

It feels like I’ve been given some sort of #parenting award 🏆

slothrop, 16 days ago to random

Plan for today