There’s a lot of people who resent that things ever changed for women, and have spent every moment since trying to put things back to the way they were. I’ve worked for a lot of them. I’ve definitely been expected to get coffee, been told not to speak to male coworkers unless absolutely necessary, been told that I dressed too well and it was tempting male coworkers to sin, been told there was something mentally wrong with me because I didn’t “take care of myself” by wearing more makeup, been blamed for work conflicts I wasn’t involved in because I should’ve been the peacemaker. All in the last 10 years. But, yeah, I’m glad I can use birth control legally.
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swelter_spark@reddthat.comtoPolitical Memes@lemmy.world•I am shocked, I say. Shocked! Well, not that shocked.English4·1 day agoSame. There are some views that should disqualify one from holding public office, and supporting genocide is one of them.
swelter_spark@reddthat.comto Fuck Cars@lemmy.world•Colorado is considering a bill that would allow people to drive adorable Japanese tiny-trucks on most of the state’s roads. US car manufacturers are fighting against the bill. English41·2 days agoMaybe they could tweak the design a little. Make it like a Chevy Spark with a rear bed.
swelter_spark@reddthat.comto Open Source@lemmy.ml•Mozilla Say Google Search Deal Vital to Firefox's SurvivalEnglish1·2 days agoThat’s true of most of them, probably. I think Palemoon is independent enough to survive on its own. Some of the others might be able to move into that role, if they had to. If the entire line of browsers died out, I guess I’d go to something webkit-based.
In some ways I2p is more secure, but it has its own pros and cons. It’s primarily used with services & sites within its own network, similar to onion sites, and used that way it’s said to be faster than Tor. It can be used for torrenting with a client that supports it, like qBittorrent or BiglyBT, without harming the network. There are outproxies you can use if you want to anonymize access to normal websites, but there’s only a few of them, and it’s slow. You can have it and Tor running at the same time without them interfering with each other, though.
swelter_spark@reddthat.comto Books@lemmy.world•This book may not be re-sold or given away to other peopleEnglish2·2 days agoBook prices have gotten ridiculous. Independently published ebooks aren’t bad, but that fact that the cheapest physical books you can find new are around $10, and $20-40 is common, puts them way out of reach of what I would buy regularly.
swelter_spark@reddthat.comto Books@lemmy.world•This book may not be re-sold or given away to other peopleEnglish2·2 days agoI could probably find the rest of the series on Z-lib, if I wanted to, but reading them would feel like engaging with the author as a person more than I now want. There’s plenty of authors who don’t speak negatively of readers who get their books used. I’d rather give them my time and attention.
Feather is open source and has Tor built in.
swelter_spark@reddthat.comto Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•Is there a suitable PeerTube instance for this?English2·2 days agoRetroshare might be a good way to share it with specific family and friends.
swelter_spark@reddthat.comto Linux@lemmy.world•Ranking Linux Desktop Environments for 2025: a tier list for my use caseEnglish1·2 days agoInteresting. You did almost all the good ones. Would’ve liked to see Enlightenment too.
swelter_spark@reddthat.comto Asklemmy@lemmy.ml•Biggs vs David sunflower seeds which do you preferEnglish6·3 days agoThey’re both good.
swelter_spark@reddthat.comto Linux@lemmy.ml•What text-to-speech application do you use?English1·3 days agoCalibre can integrate with Piper, so any document that can be opened with its ebook viewer can be read aloud.
swelter_spark@reddthat.comto PC Gaming@lemmy.ca•Suggest Me Replayable Singleplayer PC Games That Will Work Well With My Computer: i7 4770 CPU, 1660 Ti GPU, 32 GB DDR3 Ram, 870 EVO SSD (OS/PC Games/Programs), And 860 EVO SSD (More PC Games)English2·2 days agoThe Sims 2 is super replayable, and requires only modest specs.
swelter_spark@reddthat.comto Cooking @lemmy.world•minty couscous, salad (w feta, kalamata olives, crispy chickpeas), pan-fried chickenEnglish2·3 days agoThis looks so good.
swelter_spark@reddthat.comto Books@lemmy.world•This book may not be re-sold or given away to other peopleEnglish51·3 days agoI once visited the web site of an author whose series I was enjoying and was surprised by her angry insistence that selling used books is theft because the author doesn’t get a cut. Never bought the rest of the series. It just felt weird.
swelter_spark@reddthat.comtoMinnesota@midwest.social•Minnesota Supreme Court: Female breasts are not lewd or inherently sexual and can be exposed in publicEnglish1·3 days agoWhat does this mean?
Boxes is very well-organized and easy to use.