Notices by Elly, nasty enby :heart_pan: (elizafox@mst3k.interlinked.me), page 46

dysphoria is the trans equivalent of The Game

Now listening to safety

@Elizafox @luciferMysticus WHAT DID THEY DO TO MY CLARISWORKS?

Appendix to friendly reminder since I have chars:

1. Salvation army is transphobic/homophobic & you shouldn't give money to bell ringers.

2. If it's bell ringers vs. "officers" (yes, ugh, church militant and they have name tags) they're not IN the church and may be experiencing homelessness or doing some kind of rehab and at the mercy of the Salvation Army. So be gentle with refusal/don't hold them accountable for the policies they're probably under too (like being forced to pray to eat, being made to sit through sermons, etc.). They are often extremely vulnerable folks doing their best to survive.

I don't like the whole "CW everything" movement because they're turning CW's into meaningless things that people will just ignore, like the boy who cried wolf. It also is a reaction to fake outrage trolls, which I don't like either (if you aren't familiar with them... oh boy... you don't wanna know).

Believing you can please everyone is nonsense.

@dartigen Escaping capitalist thought in general is something that's important.

The idea capitalism can be defeated with itself is one element.

Another is the selfish ways of thinking ingrained by capitalism. I see it a lot; a lot of socialists more interested in their own lot without considering the whole, or the future of the planet and sustainable development, or such.

>looks at comcast's paid prioritisation plan they've basically disclosed to the FCC

Obviously, media executives who don't know a damn thing about how networks work have come up with this plan.

What will really happen: "we run our ports hot as fuck and want people to pay for dedicated ports"

So, ultimately, the customer loses. Comcast will just suck ass for most people, and they'll blame the ISP, not the web site.

Sounds like Comcast's problem to me.

I'd just like to note that any activism that doesn't really include people from within the group or take their opinion into account is actually kind of insulting.

Any regulations to prohibit such throttling need careful drafting, and a regulatory body that isn't bought and sold by industry.

The only time traffic shaping is a problem is when ISP's begin throttling competitors for no reason. But drafting regulations for this can result in unintended consequences.

And the FCC's rules were very vague and basically used as a weapon by Netflix against ISP's... even though Netflix afaict has a history of trying to get peering deals when the reality is they should be buying transit because no peering deal with Netflix can be equitable.

Which btw, the FCC allowed for traffic shaping under the net neutrality rules. So, they don't even do what a lot of faux woke Ars Technica assholes think.