Erica "digifox" Kovac
@digifox.binaryden.net
Software Engineer | Social Democrat | Pro-Nuclear, Pro-Growth | in the vicinity of "Tomboy Transfemme", she/her | Opinions are mine, not my employer's.
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let the version of the industry that does this repent through bankruptcy; if I pay for technology I expect it to serve *my* interests, not those who wish to control and surveill me
Software is a tool, and tools should serve the user above all else.
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Idk. The deal to end the shutdown seems pretty obviously bad. Keeping the shutdown going is also bad. All of the options post-11/5/24 have been varying degrees of bad. I'm not happy with how this is playing out but I can't convince myself to be truly angry.
November 11, 2025 at 4:37 AM
Idk. The deal to end the shutdown seems pretty obviously bad. Keeping the shutdown going is also bad. All of the options post-11/5/24 have been varying degrees of bad. I'm not happy with how this is playing out but I can't convince myself to be truly angry.
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There are only two kinds of crime shows:
- Bummertown
- Rogue Genius Detective
- Bummertown
- Rogue Genius Detective
November 11, 2025 at 4:28 AM
There are only two kinds of crime shows:
- Bummertown
- Rogue Genius Detective
- Bummertown
- Rogue Genius Detective
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I mean:
1. I don't believe this for one second and...
2. If it is true, @schumer.senate.gov is incompetent and should go retire and hang out with Andrew Cuomo, and let someone competent take over.
1. I don't believe this for one second and...
2. If it is true, @schumer.senate.gov is incompetent and should go retire and hang out with Andrew Cuomo, and let someone competent take over.
SCOOP: Schumer privately fought to extend government shutdown
Scoop: Schumer privately fought to extend government shutdown
"We let him know what we were doing," said Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.).
www.axios.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:04 AM
I mean:
1. I don't believe this for one second and...
2. If it is true, @schumer.senate.gov is incompetent and should go retire and hang out with Andrew Cuomo, and let someone competent take over.
1. I don't believe this for one second and...
2. If it is true, @schumer.senate.gov is incompetent and should go retire and hang out with Andrew Cuomo, and let someone competent take over.
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tbh it’s weird to me there’s a sincerely held belief that everyone should use the same definition and metrics when discussing The Economy
I followed the chain back and I don't think the claim is really consensus belief on here, I just think the relevant nexus of beliefs highly correlates with "likely to get in a fight with Will Stancil" and that is distorting his perception somewhat.
This is literally the consensus belief on this website. And because everyone knows it’s the consensus belief, big tastemaker accounts completely refuse to challenge it, because their game is to say things that they know the majority of their audience will agree with. So the falsehood spreads.
November 10, 2025 at 1:22 PM
tbh it’s weird to me there’s a sincerely held belief that everyone should use the same definition and metrics when discussing The Economy
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This thread resonated me, so will clip it again. I’m really not a Buttigieg fan, but Buttigieg discussing the struggle with coming to terms with being an gay person during the 80s-2000s is just so basic; it’s a bedrock feature of Gen X and Millennial LGBTQ culture. A 🧵
Pete Buttigieg: I struggled with accepting my sexuality but I’m glad I eventually figured it out because I have a wonderful family now
This freak: talking about his coming out journey is proof that Pete Buttigieg is Gollum
This freak: talking about his coming out journey is proof that Pete Buttigieg is Gollum
November 10, 2025 at 6:53 PM
This thread resonated me, so will clip it again. I’m really not a Buttigieg fan, but Buttigieg discussing the struggle with coming to terms with being an gay person during the 80s-2000s is just so basic; it’s a bedrock feature of Gen X and Millennial LGBTQ culture. A 🧵
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A loser, a coward, and a quitter walk into a bar. The bartender says "Hey Senator King, what's good?"
November 10, 2025 at 6:29 PM
A loser, a coward, and a quitter walk into a bar. The bartender says "Hey Senator King, what's good?"
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there is mechsploitation everywhere for those with the eyes to see them
October 11, 2025 at 1:53 AM
there is mechsploitation everywhere for those with the eyes to see them
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Gell-Mann Amnesia Effect: "The cognitive bias of recognizing the consistent failure of journalists to accurately describe domains about which you are knowledgeable, yet continuing to trust reporting in other areas despite acknowledging that failure."
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gell-Ma...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gell-Ma...
November 10, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Gell-Mann Amnesia Effect: "The cognitive bias of recognizing the consistent failure of journalists to accurately describe domains about which you are knowledgeable, yet continuing to trust reporting in other areas despite acknowledging that failure."
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gell-Ma...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gell-Ma...
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It was very obvious they were never going to take this case and some people got very mad if you said that.
Supreme Court declines to hear case on constitutionality of same-sex marriage
The Supreme Court on Monday morning turned down a request from Kim Davis, a former county clerk in Kentucky, to reconsider its 2015 decision recognizing a constitutional right to same-sex […]
www.scotusblog.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:50 PM
It was very obvious they were never going to take this case and some people got very mad if you said that.
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Dems are very proud of themselves for their “savvy” willingness to tell their base to simmer down and let the experts work. What they don’t seem to understand is the intangible, but very real, damage that does to the enthusiasm of their voters, who feel abandoned. And then the “experts” fail!
The Dem base wants the shutdown to continue because it’s the only time we’ve felt like our electeds were representing us: trying to squeeze the GOP instead of squeezing us to accept concessions; directing their anger at the Republicans instead of at their own voters for wanting them to resist
November 10, 2025 at 4:32 AM
Dems are very proud of themselves for their “savvy” willingness to tell their base to simmer down and let the experts work. What they don’t seem to understand is the intangible, but very real, damage that does to the enthusiasm of their voters, who feel abandoned. And then the “experts” fail!
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fully funding SNAP a year out is what makes this a potential ceasefire not a surrender. it takes starvation off the table as potential stakes.
I would be more enthusiastic about that if I had any confidence that they actually would take another go at it in January.
November 10, 2025 at 1:03 AM
fully funding SNAP a year out is what makes this a potential ceasefire not a surrender. it takes starvation off the table as potential stakes.
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I think we need to stop calling it empathy and go back to calling it decency. It isn't a favour you're doing someone else, it's you proving that you aren't a fucking ghoul
November 7, 2025 at 2:09 PM
I think we need to stop calling it empathy and go back to calling it decency. It isn't a favour you're doing someone else, it's you proving that you aren't a fucking ghoul
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Performative decency is actually *so* important for this reason.
It tricks the 10% of ghouls into thinking that there are only 1% of ghouls.
And it makes the 30% of people that don't care one way or another follow the mostly decent crowd
It tricks the 10% of ghouls into thinking that there are only 1% of ghouls.
And it makes the 30% of people that don't care one way or another follow the mostly decent crowd
November 7, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Performative decency is actually *so* important for this reason.
It tricks the 10% of ghouls into thinking that there are only 1% of ghouls.
And it makes the 30% of people that don't care one way or another follow the mostly decent crowd
It tricks the 10% of ghouls into thinking that there are only 1% of ghouls.
And it makes the 30% of people that don't care one way or another follow the mostly decent crowd
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if the Democrats are willing to accept this deal, in particular, i don't think a single Senator should make it through their primary. this just makes health inequity worse and lets Trump send out checks with his name on them!
"A development that appeared to break the logjam: Republicans proposed that healthcare funding be provided directly to households rather than used to pay for a 1-year extension of ACA subsidies. That involves sending federal money into FSAs instead of insurance companies" www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Republicans Pitch Alternative to ACA Extension to End Government Shutdown
A proposal by GOP senators to send money directly to consumers’ health accounts rather than to insurance companies showed signs of breaking a stalemate on negotiations.
www.wsj.com
November 9, 2025 at 10:20 PM
if the Democrats are willing to accept this deal, in particular, i don't think a single Senator should make it through their primary. this just makes health inequity worse and lets Trump send out checks with his name on them!
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If you're ever tempted to believe or cite Jonathan Haidt's moral panic crusade against social media, you should consider that he's now also part of Heritage's crusade to criminalize porn.
November 2, 2025 at 5:00 PM
If you're ever tempted to believe or cite Jonathan Haidt's moral panic crusade against social media, you should consider that he's now also part of Heritage's crusade to criminalize porn.
We desperately need to make electronic payments a public utility.
Who wants to use a credit card / go to a store when you can't tell if the form of payment you brought is accepted until you try it?
The best explanation here is: they know much of the American economy is more collusive than competitive, so consumers generally won't have a choice anyway.
The best explanation here is: they know much of the American economy is more collusive than competitive, so consumers generally won't have a choice anyway.
November 9, 2025 at 7:17 AM
We desperately need to make electronic payments a public utility.
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From the outside US evangelicalism is a very puzzling religious group because ostensibly they are very concerned with the moral teachings of a publicly accessible text but also they seem to have inferred completely the opposite lessons from that text than what everyone else thinks is the plain read.
so my town has been hosting an emergency food drive for snap recipients. the town, high school clubs, the Y, the churches (Episcopal, Presbyterians, Lutherans, Baptists, Unitarians, and the Catholics) & the synagogue, are involved.
You know who isn't participating? the fucking evangelicals.
You know who isn't participating? the fucking evangelicals.
November 7, 2025 at 8:02 PM
From the outside US evangelicalism is a very puzzling religious group because ostensibly they are very concerned with the moral teachings of a publicly accessible text but also they seem to have inferred completely the opposite lessons from that text than what everyone else thinks is the plain read.
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Over at the bad place I ended up following a fair few sex workers because...
Back in 2016 California had a ballot measure to mandate condoms in porn. I didn't have a strong opinion, but I figured sex workers might so I sought out their opinion on their workplace.
And many had things to say!
Back in 2016 California had a ballot measure to mandate condoms in porn. I didn't have a strong opinion, but I figured sex workers might so I sought out their opinion on their workplace.
And many had things to say!
Talarico's response is so cool though. "Jesus followed strippers, and are we not commanded to live like Him?" beastmode lmao
November 9, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Over at the bad place I ended up following a fair few sex workers because...
Back in 2016 California had a ballot measure to mandate condoms in porn. I didn't have a strong opinion, but I figured sex workers might so I sought out their opinion on their workplace.
And many had things to say!
Back in 2016 California had a ballot measure to mandate condoms in porn. I didn't have a strong opinion, but I figured sex workers might so I sought out their opinion on their workplace.
And many had things to say!
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right, like, if you pay attention to the youth wing of the normie right parties, they are uhhhhh, not a good look for the future of society
The state of conservative youth politics is so fucking bleak. Even in Australia, all the Young LNP people are swimming in the same rancid sewer as the Groypers. The fascist internationale is all too real.
November 9, 2025 at 12:15 AM
right, like, if you pay attention to the youth wing of the normie right parties, they are uhhhhh, not a good look for the future of society
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I cannot express how much this makes me want to somehow boycott them even harder and also donate to whatever nonprofit is gonna represent some employee in their eventual lawsuit about this shit.
"Store employees are now required to smile if they are within 10 feet of a shopper.
They also must make eye contact with and wave to or greet the customer.
If they’re within four feet, the employee should ask how the customer’s day is going or if they need help."
🙄 Won't stop the boycott, y'all.
They also must make eye contact with and wave to or greet the customer.
If they’re within four feet, the employee should ask how the customer’s day is going or if they need help."
🙄 Won't stop the boycott, y'all.
Target is now requiring its employees to smile more
As the holiday season fast approaches, Target is urging its employees to add a little more “jolly” to their work routine.
www.wilx.com
November 8, 2025 at 6:28 PM
I cannot express how much this makes me want to somehow boycott them even harder and also donate to whatever nonprofit is gonna represent some employee in their eventual lawsuit about this shit.
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I completely forgot that this was Avery Brooks
November 8, 2025 at 5:16 PM
I completely forgot that this was Avery Brooks
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Been rewatching DS9 and my main takeaway is that I would listen to Avery Brooks read car maintenance instructions for hours.
Also, if the Dominion invaded that planet where everyone is holographic, they coulda titled that episode "Jem'Hadar and the Holograms"
Also, if the Dominion invaded that planet where everyone is holographic, they coulda titled that episode "Jem'Hadar and the Holograms"
November 8, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Been rewatching DS9 and my main takeaway is that I would listen to Avery Brooks read car maintenance instructions for hours.
Also, if the Dominion invaded that planet where everyone is holographic, they coulda titled that episode "Jem'Hadar and the Holograms"
Also, if the Dominion invaded that planet where everyone is holographic, they coulda titled that episode "Jem'Hadar and the Holograms"
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Speaking as a customer if I encountered this kind of behavior regularly I would never, ever come back. It's bad enough being perceived by the cashier.
"Store employees are now required to smile if they are within 10 feet of a shopper.
They also must make eye contact with and wave to or greet the customer.
If they’re within four feet, the employee should ask how the customer’s day is going or if they need help."
🙄 Won't stop the boycott, y'all.
They also must make eye contact with and wave to or greet the customer.
If they’re within four feet, the employee should ask how the customer’s day is going or if they need help."
🙄 Won't stop the boycott, y'all.
Target is now requiring its employees to smile more
As the holiday season fast approaches, Target is urging its employees to add a little more “jolly” to their work routine.
www.wilx.com
November 8, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Speaking as a customer if I encountered this kind of behavior regularly I would never, ever come back. It's bad enough being perceived by the cashier.
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Haha, this from the New Yorker is getting passed around the math dork community. I did a comic about this kind of thought a few years ago: www.smbc-comics.com/comic/commut...
November 7, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Haha, this from the New Yorker is getting passed around the math dork community. I did a comic about this kind of thought a few years ago: www.smbc-comics.com/comic/commut...