Move slow and repair things

men are somewhat predisposed to rape and kill because they are more likely to be in a position to successfully perform the act and get away with it; it is more practical and the negative outcome is less likely, therefore the expected value is substantially higher. this is due to a number of economic and social factors and has very little to do with a penis or lack thereof.

And we don't need to theorize on this without evidence. From Abu Ghraib to concentration camps to slave owners: when women are given the power to rape and kill and get away with it, a disturbing amount of women do exactly that.

OP is an optimist

that post about “you get bandits when you cut soldiers loose without pay” reminds me of the Thirty Years War, because one could say that beneath all the religious schisms and diplomatic jockeying, the heart of the thirty years war was “what happens when you have a state with just enough capacity to raise massive armies but without enough financial capacity to actually pay those armies” and the answer is that the line between professional armies and roving gangs of bandits disappears and every time you try to raise an army it just becomes another independently acting wildfire devouring the countryside. No matter how bad things get, every day I wake up and thank my lucky stars that I do not live in 17th century Europe. Or 17th century China. Or the 17th century Americas. Or basically anywhere in the 17th century.

My liege told me bandits keep ravaging the countryside before his armies can wipe them out, so I asked how many armies he has and he said he raises a new one after he can't pay the first one so I said it sounds like he's just feeding armed military men to the banditry and then the treasurer just started cryings

I really like when he says that ancient Greek has no word for mind. Like, νοῦς avons de nouvelles informations pour vous lol.

Cannot enthuse enough about looking at the flyers on corkboards. As soon as you start noticing them, a whole world of unique events opens itself up to you. There are always people offering guitar and piano lessons, but I’ve also seen flyers for queer game nights, town hall protests, hiking clubs, live music festivals, student film showcases, indie film screenings, stone carving sculpture classes, Pride events, jazz in the park, genderswapped Star Trek stage plays, bike-a-thons, cyberpunk drag shows, an online asexuality archive… tons of the events being promoted are even free and they’re things I never would have known about if not for a flyer in a café or ice cream shop or park kiosk

WAIT HOLD ON I cannot fucking believe when I was like four years old my parents were cajoling me to walk with the family and trying to get me to keep up even though I kept insisting that I was "tired" until they took me to a doctor and found out my LUNGS DIDN'T WORK. how insane that we live in a world where reasonably loving parents think their FOUR YEAR OLD is trying to be LAZY. like they were mortified to be clear. adults are just so trained to ignore children's complaints as untrustworthy, kids just need discipline, they can't possibly speak for themselves. what the fuuuuck.

YOU ARE NOT IMMUNE BTW you should always be trying to take children seriously, especially very little ones but definitely all of them. the most disempowered class basically legally defined as property and most people are like "yeah that's good actually I hate when they Loiter lol they're stupid and loud and i actually think children should stop existing. restrict their personhood more actually"

If you’ve ever wanted to read a book by a trans person before, I’ve included dozens of links in here to help you get started! There is absolutely no expertise required to do this work 🩷 Cis people can help too!

This one is making the rounds now, and is still both relevant and pressing!

cultivate bird-forward language. "Im so happy!" -> "im so harpy". Now you are a bird also

Just fyi this article is AI-written and is only useful to activists to the extent that this is basic common sense info. It's full of generalizations and useless but seemlingly profound details. You are way better off studying notrace.how to understand how authorities actually get information from activist circles. And don't forget activistchecklist.org for all the mundane but sorely needed digital security measures you can implement. And google what OSINT is.