AFAIK, you are correct, Lemmy does not have karma. Piefed has some sort of karma/reputation by account, but I think it’s geared more toward easing moderation than providing a status symbol

I will be honest, that is not a subculture I’ve ever heard of before. Good to know, though, thanks!

It seems more like places like 4chan or wherever the fuck Groypers and those types hang out. Discord? Telegram? I dunno

He seemingly once dressed up as a Pepe meme for Halloween

I watched part of the press conference, and they said one of the bullet casings had “Bella ciao, Bella ciao, Bella ciao” written on it, and another had something like “catch this, fascist” on it. Another said “notices bulges OWO”, and another said “if you’re reading this, you’re gay”. Or something like those, I only heard the guy read it once

In my unprofessional opinion, it sounds like the shooter was involved in online radical spaces, but hard to discern exactly what his motive was rn

EDIT: reporting from The Guardian - ‘On one of three unfired casings read “hey fascist! Catch!”, a second read “oh bella ciao” and a third one read: “If you read this, you are gay, LMAO”.’

Disappointing if true, but I’ll wait to see it reported somewhere other than Substack. Even before this though, I’m with Abdul El-Sayed

That do be how it is. Thank god for supportive friends!

Free Cascadia!

It hasn’t happened yet, but I’m pretty sure they’ll disown me whenever I tell them I’m trans.

Lol, if I’m a tankie, then the word has truly lost all meaning. I’d recommend spending a few of those hard-earned dollars on some history books.

I’ve heard that argument in favor of uniforms, but it also happens that then the kids with older, hand-me-down uniforms just wind up being bullied. In my opinion, suppressing children’s self-expression through uniforms does more harm than good.

But yeah, it was very dumb. I guess no boys had ever tried to wear jewelry before, but then I came along wearing necklaces and multiple rings, and they had to shut that right down. I do take a small amount of pride in being rebellious enough to cause a rule to be made haha

But now as an adult, it’s so weird - why were a bunch of adults so concerned about whether a kid in elementary school likes to wear rings?

1. I was so relieved when my wife came out to me as bisexual, you know, “just in case”

2. Being jealous of women for having all the fun colors and variety in clothing, feeling dejected that men’s fashion was much more utilitarian and boring

3. Feeling uncomfortable and not knowing how to act in groups of all men

4. Having the thought “if I could decide for myself on a do-over, I’d want to be a lesbian woman”. I assumed all men felt this way lol

5. Hating and vigorously resisting the gendered uniform rules enforced by my Catholic school (like growing my hair as long as possible, and the school had to make a rule saying that boys couldn’t wear jewelry other than a religious medal or a watch)

Oof, I’m right there on #6. I have my estrogen, but I haven’t started it yet, because I want to freeze sperm first, but I have this nagging fear of taking it and realizing I’m not trans enough to keep transitioning. A very cis thought to have, I’m sure.

Yeah, nutomic and some of their statements were a significant factor motivating my switch from Lemmy to Piefed. I’m glad we have the option here on Blahaj, and shout out to the Voyager dev for adding Piefed support!

Yeah, I’m also almost 30, and I’m 270 lbs at 6’1”. When I was in college, I ran long distance recreationally (a few half marathons and one marathon), and I was closer to 170-180, which seems like a healthy weight for my body. The pandemic and switching to a desk job really took a toll on my health, and I’m just now starting to get back into good exercise habits.

Yoga has been really great, especially because my older and larger body does not have the same willingness to spring into action without consequences lol

I’m not sure how you got there from what I said

I absolutely do not agree. Will things get worse? Yes, no sugar-coating it. But every fraction of a degree matters, and defeatism gets us nowhere. There’s still plenty to be done. So either get on board with helping, or stay out of the way, rather than trying to drag the rest of us down.

Rojava, the Zapatistas in Chiapas, Makhnovist Ukraine, Revolutionary Catalonia, the Haudenosaunee

Edit: also, the Korean People’s Association in Manchuria

Is this a bit?

Not to mention, that 65 million figure is the total number of Latino people in the US - born citizens, naturalized citizens, documented and undocumented immigrants. It’s clear that they’re ramping up to imprison anyone they deem insufficiently white.

We’re in extremely dangerous territory.