#Introduction, I guess. I'm not new per se, but everyone's doing it, so here goes.
I'm Amber Alex. Queer, neurodivergent, 23. Pronouns are subject to change at the moment, so let's go with she/her for now (more detailed in bio).
What else do you put in a post like this? I dunno. I like and make music (metal, punk, mostly), books (SF and YA fantasy mostly), nerd stuff (ST, ATLA, DW). Sometimes programming and soldering stuff. I use the word stuff a lot.
No selfie for privacy reasons.
Pinned tweet time! Let's talk follow requests.
I keep my account locked, meaning I have to approve each new follower. I'm fairly picky about that, have been on Twitter (not sure how much I'm gonna keep that up now that I'm here). Over there, I curated my followership quite extensively.
If you're queer, an outspoken ally (outspoken means visibly so), a friend of friends, or look to me like a good person: welcome!
All others: please don't take it personal if I don't approve your follow request.
Not being a cunt, a dick or an ass increases your chances of getting whichever of those it is you're looking for.
privacy / gossip / uspol
To be more clear, if someone tells you they missed their period, and then a month later they haven't said anything, gossiping to others that they might be expecting isn't just rude any more. It can cost people their freedom.
People tell you all the time: don't talk to the police. But why not?
Here's one reason you may not be aware of. In most American jurisdictions, once police have you in an interrogation room, they are free to lie to you if they believe it will help them produce a confession.
What kind of lies do they tell? Things like:
* "We have surveillance video of you committing the crime."
* "We have multiple eyewitnesses who saw you committing the crime."
* "We have a confession from the friend who was with you at the time, saying you talked them into helping you commit the crime."
Let's assume you are actually 100% innocent. Even if that's the case -- if you believe that the police have evidence that could convict you anyway, you are going to be under enormous pressure to confess, EVEN THOUGH YOU DID NOT DO IT. Your brain leaps to the thought that, if you're going to be convicted regardless, maybe confessing will at least get you some leniency.
So you confess, and the cops are happy. A confession nearly always leads to a conviction, and they just produced a confession out of thin air.
You just convicted yourself.
So if I wanted a mechanical keyboard WITHOUT unnecessary gadgets (no LEDs, no multimedia keys, etc) that lets me press more than three keys at once, what would I want to get?
Preferably in grey. IBM M style you know. Don't like black keyboards. Loud and clicky and tactile. No gaming keyboards (too many bullshit gadgets). Built to last please.
tfw your update is so bad, you have to bugfix the bugfixes 😂
This happens with literally EVERY Telegram update. After every update, major or minor, they post bugfixes within a day. Methinks they're not testing their updates enough before deploying them.
This is so cute 🥺 🥺
https://wumble-stuff.tumblr.com/post/687784306431721472/
abortion
Corporations funding anti-abortion campaigns:
AT&T
Entergy
Exxon
Amazon
Walmart
CBS
CenturyLink
Comcast
Disney
Facebook
Honeywell
Microsoft
Sprint
Verizon
Archer Daniels Midland
Coca-Cola
AFLAC
Amgen
Anthem
Bristol-Myers Squibb
Centene
CIGNA
DaVita
Eli Lilly
J&J
HCA
Humana
Pfizer
UnitedHealth Group
WellCare
American Electric
Chevron
Conoco
Halliburton
Marathon
Occidental
Phillips
Deere
GM
Southwest Airlines
Capital One Financial
Citigroup
https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/follow-money-behind-anti-abortion-laws
May contain traces of neurodivergence. Part-time woman, full-time nuisance. Cisn't. Now you say ‘pronouns in bio’ because you have no other jokes.
Anti-fascism. Intersectional & queer feminism. Prison abolition. Liberation for all. International solidarity.
Not a fan of discourse. I've been around long enough to see every queer infighting done several times over, so spare me the bullshit.
Disabled. White. Adult, in case that matters. Thank fuck not American.
On Fedi since 2019.