Millie 1y ago • 35%
I do believe I said "immediately attacking and dogpiling trans women who point out that the situation would be much worse under Trump", not using transphobic slurs or whatever.
Nice astroturfing, though. I see you out here.
Millie 1y ago • 100%
I drive a cab and talk politics all day in one of the most leftist regions in the US. I've never so much as heard the name in person. Including from other socialists and active agitators for workers rights.
Millie 1y ago • 34%
Good thing hexchan's take is totally irrelevant!
Millie 1y ago • 100%
Queer rolls off the tongue a lot better than LGBT. Though I have heard it pronounced like 'el gibbity' and I fully approve.
Millie 1y ago • 100%
Can I have it? I'd never buy one but I use Spotify constantly in my cab. It'd be nice to have it not attached to my phone.
Millie 1y ago • 100%
I love this take. It reminds me of like that picture of a guy in a hoodie and sunglasses from the early 20th century, or when an older show or movie has a line that seems to refer to the name of something that hadn't been invented at the time, but it's actually referring to something else.
Or like when they fix time travel paradox in a story by faking an 'inescapable' event.
It's perfect.
Millie 1y ago • 28%
Nope. Blocked the community and all the users who replied. Go dig around in their trashcan of an instance if you like. Or just tell them you're trans and want to make sure Trump doesn't get into office so you don't have to flee the country and watch them come out of the woodwork.
Millie 1y ago • 100%
Being swayed by reality would require having a drop of moral integrity. No prosecutor has that.
Millie 1y ago • 100%
Whoever made this small army of bots spam posting new sports communities on an empty instance, can you stop?
We get it. You're desperate for attention to your server. All this gets you though is blocked and defederated.
Millie 1y ago • 100%
Hexchan ain't really doing any better. Sure are patting themselves on the back about what great allies they are though! I know that's what I like in an ally, not actual help with the whole rights thing, but empty posturing and condescension!
Keep it up!
Millie 1y ago • 71%
I feel like those posters aren't really socialists either. There's a point which just claiming a worldview isn't enough to justify the accuracy of that label while holding all the opposing positions to its values.
Millie 1y ago • 100%
When I was a kid one of my cats adopted a family down the road. He'd come home most nights, but would stay sometimes and would regularly eat at both houses.
Millie 1y ago • 66%
That sounds like a happy cat who gets to have a healthy relationship with being inside or outside.
Millie 1y ago • 100%
Imma make it stick.
Millie 1y ago • 39%
I've been having a number of conversations on Hexchan recently trying to make sense of their politics. The most common instance of their hateful hypocrisy I've encountered is this constant assurance that they support trans people while immediately attacking and dog piling and trans people who point out that the situation would be much worse under Trump.
I live in Massachusetts. We are a very blue state and we're one of the best places in the world to transition. We have informed consent, legal protection of our basic rights, and mandatory insurance coverage of trans health care, which state insurance also covers. Whatever you think of the DNC, the Democrats in Massachusetts are absolutely allies of trans people who've worked to actively protect our rights.
Still, I'm well aware of the danger that federal law could potentially pose. I know there may be a time when I have to flee the country if things get bad enough, and that's a lot more likely under Trump.
But they don't actually care about my rights, happiness, or safety, or those of any other trans people. They don't care what happens to us, they just want to use us as a bludgeon to dunk on people.
The hexchanners who aren't actively Russian trolls seem to be little more than useful idiots for conservatives, minimizing the damage they do to vulnerable populations and engaging in high school level pettiness and hate.
Millie 1y ago • 71%
So what, you just keep them locked up and anxious forever? Is that punishment for the birds?
Like, what's your angle?
Millie 1y ago • 100%
My right to exist. I'm a trans woman who is very aware that I may need to flee the country in the next few years depending on where things go. I'm extremely aware of the attacks on my life and my access to the medication I need. This shit is not abstract for me.
There's a very big difference between having lipservice support from the federal government while living in a state that's literally one of the best places on Earth to transition, and hoping said state will protect me from a federal government that's actively hostile.
Are federal Democrats actively allies to trans people? Eh.
Are Massachusetts Democrats? You bet your ass they are. We've got more rights than trans people in most of the EU. We have informed consent, mandatory insurance coverage for trans health care, actual legal protection from discrimination.
You act like there's no difference, but I'm literally better protected here than I would be anywhere outside of like maybe like the Netherlands.
I'm not in this to act like a high school child, I'm in it because people want to fucking wipe me and everyone like me out.
Millie 1y ago • 100%
I ain't from hexchan. Just somebody who thinks animals should be treated decently and not just collected.
Millie 1y ago • 83%
I mean, you don't actually have to take other species prisoner at all.
It's that time again! It's been 2 years since our last new recommendations thread, and there are plenty of new businesses since then! Let's kick off the Lemmy community with another one! Feel free to plug any restaurants and other entertainment venues, excellent local businesses, favorite parks and nature spots, and pretty much anything that you think deserves wider recognition and acclaim! Bonus for anything recent that even locals might have missed!
Given the overlap in interests between mechanical keyboards and Lemmy, I thought some of you might be able to make use of this macro. When you open a Lemmy link in a new tab and trigger the macro, it'll switch to the tab and automatically search the URL on lemm.ee, then open the first result. You could pretty easily swap it over to another instance that you have an account on, but you'll have to count the tabs yourself if they have some extra links or buttons or something. Pretty simple, but it's been really useful to make browsing and posting between different fediverse platforms much smoother. Hopping from Calckey over to Lemmy and getting to the particular instance I need feels a lot more seamless now. If you run into issues with some instances not federating with one another, you could also easily set a second macro with another instance for those communities that have defederated from one another, such as open-registration communities and human-verified ones if you prefer one or the other. I'm honestly still kind of blown away by just how much smoother a few macros can make day-to-day PC use. I'm curious what others have made with VIA and how it's affected their every day experience and their work flow. What unique VIA macros have you made? Have you made anything that might make Fediverse integration a little smoother? Anyway, here it is so you can try it out! It should be pretty simple to modify or make your own from scratch! ``` {KC_LCTL, KC_TAB}{400}{KC_F6}{400}{KC_LCTL, KC_C}{40}lemm.ee/search{KC_ENT}{4067}{KC_TAB}{KC_TAB}{KC_TAB}{KC_TAB}{KC_TAB}{KC_TAB}{KC_TAB}{KC_TAB}{KC_TAB}{KC_TAB}{KC_TAB}{KC_TAB}{KC_TAB}{KC_TAB}{KC_TAB}{KC_TAB}{KC_TAB}{KC_TAB}{KC_TAB}{KC_LCTL, KC_V}{703}{KC_ENT}{4000}{KC_TAB}{KC_TAB}{KC_TAB}{KC_TAB}{KC_TAB}{KC_TAB}{KC_TAB}{KC_TAB}{KC_TAB}{KC_TAB}{KC_TAB}{KC_TAB}{KC_ENT} ```
I've got a Calckey server up and I'm testing integration with Lemmy and Mastodon. It seems like Mastodon's working well, and I've been able to follow communities, but I'm not sure if it actually displays posts (we're about to find out). What other Fediverse instances have you used, and how has connecting with Lemmy or other federated instances worked on it for you? If you run your own instance, have you had much luck with relays? Are there any you'd recommend? Edit: So on my end it seems like Calckey will allow you to follow Lemmy communities, but it only displays posts if they're 'boosted' by the community. Which, I have no idea how that happens!