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  @howtophil This question says more about the person posing it than anything else. It's just really sad because it reduces everyone around them to 'potential fuck buddies' instead of crediting people with the emotional intelligence to want to connect with interesting people without the desire to be physically intimate. Unfortunately there are also plenty of people out there who do only see others as potential fuck buddies. Reason #456 why my 'year of celibacy&amp...

• Post #3330657

  @howtophil ugh gods the saddest thing is that I used to be that person - it took decades of work to leave all that toxicity behind, and there's always more work to do. Which is a good reminder to Self not to judge anyone else, and to continue holding to the belief that everyone's doing the best they can with who they are. We're all just complicated weirdos trying to make it through the day. Nobody's life-journey looks or feels the same, and that complexity is what...

• Post #3330656

  Why publish CopyLeft? CopyLeft isn’t an invitation to a free-for-all, it’s a call from a wild soul seeking freedom from the biting shackles of capitalism. My novels are free of charge, not because they’re cheap, but because they’re priceless. Why create? Why spend an interminable amount of time devising narratives expansive enough to convey the philosophical, poetic, & social insights I unearth in the collective psyche, only to give it all away to any grabby handed shill while deman...

• Post #3330655

  @kathimmel Whenever I spy one I know magic is afoot! 🤍 🖤

• Post #3330654

  @jlou I haven't come across Copyfarleft before but it sounds similar to works I've seen/read licensed under the collective commons (or is that creative commons?). I decided against those avenue because my heart tells me that the only way is through placing no restrictions whatsoever on the work. I appreciate this means my creativity can be repurposed for capitalist benefit but every creative decision made has pros & cons, and I made my choice with full awareness of this...

• Post #3330653

  « My father-in-law asked me how I know not to lie, or steal, or murder, if I don’t read the bible… …. and that’s when I realised that my father-in-law should not stop reading the bible. » - Atsuko Okatsuka #funny #religion #noauthoritybutyourself

• Post #3330652

  Some will tell you I'm one of the kindest, calmest, most generous people they've met, others will tell you I'm a fucking nightmare and you should stay clear. You get the version of me your behaviour deserves. #selflove #thinkforyourself

• Post #3330651

  @gangrif @pluralistic this is absolutely infuriating. Especially the bit about the cash due to go to delivery drivers instead being used to prevent them unionising. I don't use these services. I also won't use Amazon at all because of Bezos' union-busing activities. I wish people were able to come together to support each other but capitalism has everyone competing against everyone else for the crumbs that fall from bourgeois tables. This relentless assault on the working...

• Post #3330650

  @MissConstrue one of the most unexpected and yet lovely things to come from all of this is that I'm learning to accept the kindness of strangers. Thank you ❤️ "just keep swimming" is a wonderful mantra x

• Post #3330649

  @clarablackink@writing.exchange @ben_hr I agree with you that we feel stories as real, and that they can be spaces for optimism and hope. I don’t feel works that are overly pessimistic are helpful. I suppose my point is that neither utopia or dystopia really exist, I think it’s often a matter of perspective. I can watch the news and feel utterly defeated, but then on an early walk to work I can pause to witness a fat bright moon hanging low in a pink rising dawn sky and realise that this time...

• Post #3330648

  @anon_opin 😆 who's gonna screenshot this so that when this account starts getting a large following and pivots to giving thoughts on world events & politics we can give them loads of shit about it?

• Post #3330647

  @ben_hr I don't have the answers either. These are the questions that keep me up at night. I like the idea of being guided by principles in the absence of a clear goal - although I've come to the conclusion that some people can hide pretty terrible behaviour behind a veneer of principles which is why I keep returning to something that's been bugging me for years: I believe that what matters most, beyond everything else, is the character (not reputation) of the people we c...

• Post #3330646

  @kathimmel I boosted this to remind me to watch it because I've been boycotting Amazon for years over their union-busting activities. Honestly, as happy as I am that Oobah made this documentary to raise the issue in the wider consciousness, especially the fact that Amazon hired hundreds of unneeded staff right around the time of the union vote which meant that the union didn't have 50% support (that is a fucking disgraceful thing to do), I felt predominantly underwhelmed by the...

• Post #3330645

  @rikiwilchins.bsky.social This is quite brilliant.

• Post #3330644

  @gwynnion this is a difficult one because I have absolutely no tolerance for bigotry in any form but do I think that censoring people whose viewpoint I find abhorrent stops their hate-speech (gender critical people for example)? Is censorship ever a good idea? I suppose I'm more in the camp of 'you have every right to say whatever it is you want to say but I have every right to tell you to shut the fuck up'.