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zalasur

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I play strategy games, write software, and stream on Peertube (not necessarily in that order). Also, sock monkeys! Preferred pronouns: he/him/his.

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theautisticcoach, to actuallyautistic
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Do you use the word "Neurodivergent"?

Why or why not?

Do you think it's ableist?

If you don't use it, what word do you use?

#ActuallyAutistic #AskingAutistics @actuallyautistic

zalasur,
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@theautisticcoach @actuallyautistic I never was a fan of the terms "neurodivergent" or "neurotypical". I can't really place my finger on why that is, but those terms always seem to rub me the wrong way.

I've tended to use the informal "on the spectrum" to describe myself, though the topic doesn't really come up at all except in those situations where my autism brain causes an awkward social interaction. 😅

zalasur, to random
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It looks like is getting some free press lately, so now is a good time to let everybody know again that I have a peertube instance at https://video.surazal.net

My main account is at @zalasur which you can follow from Mastodon.

I do mainly live streams there but I also upload my canning and fractal zoom videos as well, and whatever else I feel like doing 😄

briankrebs, to random
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We're big supporters of the EFF, but I can't get on board with the idea that somehow it's wrong or a slippery slope for Tier 1 ISPs to be blocking Kiwifarms.

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/08/isps-should-not-police-online-speech-no-matter-how-awful-it

zalasur,
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@briankrebs This has been s major sticking point for me and why I've withheld from supporting them directly. At best, it's very naive of them to take this position. At worse, it's tacit support for Kiwifarm's online harassment activities.

They seem to forget that people's rights end where other people's noses begin, as the old saying goes.

zalasur,
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@simSalabim So, you think it's ok for a platform to actively engage in targeting and harassing minority groups, and putting people's lives in real, tangible danger with no repercussions whatsoever? That they should be able to engage in such activities without restriction?

Because that's what kiwifarms did. All this fact-based evidence that the EFF presented seems to gloss over those difficult-to-ignore realities. That's why it's naive (at best).

zalasur, to random
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I think I'll need to come up with some fresh avatars for my instance to make it easier to tell the difference between my mastodon account and my peertube one.

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