sparseMatrix

sparseMatrix, 10 months ago to politics

Concerning this this thing with people refusing to do business with people who are 'gay':

YET AGAIN, SCOTUS IS ASKING/ANSWERING THE WRONG QUESTION.

The question isn't whether you should be able to refuse service to 'gays' or whatever -- the question should be whether you have the right to refuse service to anyone at all.

In fact, you do: to suggest otherwise would imply that you are not free to choose who you work for, and when. That you are a slave to your customer, or to your own business.

It doesn't have anything to do with 'gays'. It has everything to do with personal liberty.

If you don't want to work for someone, or someone doesn't want to work for you - everyone should be fine with that. Look at it this way, would you want to be forced to work for these assholes?

People who are saying they won't work for you 'because...reasons' are simply assholes, and here's a pro-tip, whether you identify as gay or straight or a fucking spayed martian demigod you don't want to do business with someone that you consider an asshole, or that considers you an asshole.

There are so many people who do want your business, no matter who you are, and when you engage those people, you and they form an instant mutual support community that is nothing but positive. Seek THOSE businesses out, and to hell with the others, they're not worth your time. That they missed the opportunity to increase their earnings through engaging you is their dilemma, not yours.

Don't fertilize the hate 💖 but if you're going to pick a hill to die on, sweet babeh jeebus, you can do so much better than this.

In the interest of full disclosure, I am not gay, neither do I have a problem doing business with gay people, but if you're an asshole, I will kick you to the curb, as they say, no matter what part of the sexual spectrum you have personally staked out.

I put 'gay' in quotes because I don't want a single person to think I'm using the word negatively; indeed, my point is, this is not about being gay or being a gay person refused service. Don't let them make their asinine behavior about you. Just get away from them.

This is about being forced to do business with someone with whom you do not wish to engage in business. and I'm not defending these jerks, I'm just trying to clue you in that you don't want to eat one of their damn cakes anyway, and I sure wouldn't want to eat or serve a cake I forced them to bake in court.

Come on y'all, this is common sense, why is this even a thing.

sparseMatrix, 10 months ago to fediverse

YOWSA, my masto server is on fire https://hackers.radio.

I don't actually know it to be on fire, and I really hope it isn't, it was in the vein of '..fighting fires...' in the old IT-Speak.

It sure ain't workin' thouigh, some IT Type needs to get over there and put out the fire, as it were. ;)

A warning the U.S. Army issued troops in 1945 rings true today: historian (www.rawstory.com)

On March 25, 1945, the United States Army issued “Fact Sheet #64: Fascism!” to promote discussions amongst American troops about fascism as the war in Europe wound down to a close. Discussion leaders were alerted “Fascism is not the easiest thing to identify and analyze; nor, once in power, is it ea......

sparseMatrix, 10 months ago to amateurradio

Straight from the Department of Things that make you go "Hmmm.":

https://www.esa.int/Applications/Observing_the_Earth/FutureEO/Swarm/Swarm_probes_weakening_of_Earth_s_magnetic_field

So many things impact condx. The variability of the Earth's magnetic field is bound to be one of 'em.

Cheers!

How to Kill a Decentralised Network (such as the Fediverse) (ploum.net)

Everyone who’s into the fediverse concept should read this article.

sparseMatrix, 10 months ago to amateurradio

I GOTTA FUCKIN' SAY,
I feel like I've done some RADIO today, friendos...
...I've been looking at that hf.dxview.org map, thinking 'fuck you, map', and I started wondering where their data comes from. I'm still not sure.

But I do know, maybe it comes from *what tx I can get through the ehter to my spotters."

So today I said, Ham is not looking at a friggen map and giving up.

Ham is about drawing that map. Ham is about understanding that it takes all of us to draw the map, and if my radio is off, what good is it doing me or anyone else?

So I've been transmitting today, in spite of the impossible MUF described by the map, and in spite of being completely locked out of 20m, according to the map, and hopefully, even if it wasn't statistically significant, I contributed something to the global awareness of condx; because I'm all over that bitch.

Y'all know you know how to use it, I don't need to make a screenie.

Love y'all babies, I'll stop back in later! XD

(OMG WHERES MY EMOTIES)

Russia: Prigozhin tells mercenaries to turn back from Moscow advance to 'avoid bloodshed' - BBC News (www.bbc.com)

A Delaware city is set to give corporations the right to vote in elections (www.cbsnews.com)

Seaford, where 340 people voted in the last election, could open the process to 230 corporate entities.

AE4WX, 11 months ago to random

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Are Supermagazines a thing? (kbin.social)

Apologies if this is obvious or already a feature (or if I'm doing this wrong, it's my first post), but is there a way to create supermagazines?...

Air pollution impairs successful mating of flies (www.mpg.de)

High levels of ozone destroy the chemical mating signal of the insects and may thus contribute to global insect decline

UK suffers marine heatwave (www.esa.int)

Some of the most severe marine heat increases on Earth are occurring in the seas surrounding the UK and Ireland. Satellite measurements show that water temperatures in certain areas are above average for this time of year.

Earth Tilted: We’ve Pumped So Much Groundwater That Earth’s Spin Shifted (scitechdaily.com)

The shifting of mass and consequent sea level rise due to groundwater withdrawal has caused the Earth’s rotational pole to wander nearly a meter in two decades. By pumping water out of the ground and moving it elsewhere, humans have shifted such a large mass of water that the Earth tilted nearly

sparseMatrix, 11 months ago to internet

I have an account on reddit over ten years old, with not quite 100k karma. I have never made a second account there, I have always represented only myself, and have owned my posts. I posted almost exclusively on /r/politics, /r/news, and /r/worldnews.

I haven't posted much at all there the last few years, because of getting banned for life over stupid things - for instance, I got banned from /r/politics for agreeing with another user (who was from Mississippi) concerning the governor of Mississippi, that he was not just 'special' (the Miss. guy's bit), but 'short bus special' (my own contribution to this).

I get it, it was pretty insensitive. It doesn't help that that particular phrase, is something my wife uses to considerable effect, and has as long as I've known her.

Anyway, boom, lifetime ban from /r/politics. I kinda think it was a setup, because I had grievances against the mods of /r/politics.

In any case. It's good to be able to speak up about politics again.

sparseMatrix, 11 months ago to internet

Sonofa bitch, no error 500.

Glad y'all got that fixed, I haD BEgUn tO DesPAiR

What is the best way to make sense of the alternative federated communities?

It's a little daunting to me that in some cases there are 2 or more communities between the federated alternatives; what's the best way to corral these? I had thought I could perhaps subscribe to Lemmy instances on kbin; is that correct? If so, how? Thank you in advance....

Donald Trump Just Got Dumped by His Lawyer Again (www.thedailybeast.com)

The lawyer wrote in a filing he could “no longer effectively and properly represent” Trump because of “irreconcilable differences.”

College Board says it won’t alter AP courses to comply with Florida’s laws (thehill.com)

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