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Here is a (slightly broken) PDF: https://files.catbox.moe/il992g.pdf

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While I certainly agree with you, I think that the upper crust of TERFdom is much less interested in performative contrarianism than they are in inflicting actual harm. Their ideology is entirely centred on attacking anyone they perceive as a threat to their status. Like most fascists, they justify their merciless cruelty as self-defence and that aligns nicely with Netanyahu's justifications for his genocidal attacks on Palestinians.

Julie Bindel gets mentioned... Yeah, Julie Bindel is a big time TERF too and the Venn diagram of those "feminists" and TERFs happens to be a circle. The F in TERF stands for fascism.

It depends on what you expect. Of course, most games - even with a leftist message - are more entertainment than learning tools, but there are hidden layers that are often dismissed: If you know how to organise a raid guild in an MMO, you have most of the tools to unionise your workplace. And most city builders are essentially "socialism simulators" which can teach you a lot about distribution of resources.

These may not be the hardest lessons and replace real-life experiences, but they are also not nothing.

The art is by Aïda Amer who works for Axios.

If you consider every action by MAGAists as the behavior of a cruel, schoolyard bully who will hurt you and then mock you for your inability to defend yourself, everyone of their actions makes sense.

The cruelty is the point.

Yeah, even in the best possible light, they completely lost touch with reality.

Oh, she is going to be livid. Rightfully so, but I still fear for her blood pressure.

It's quite amazing how these people show their asses on LinkedIn and think it makes them look smart, instead of proving that they completely lost touch with reality. It fits the picture that one the very same day they laid of thousands, Microsoft also send out an invitation to hear them pitch genAI at GamesCom. That's corpo brain on late stage capitalism.

I was once a fan of Nina Paley, because of her activism against copyright and even bought some of her merch. Then I found out that she is a capital-letters TERF.

You can find a "TERFy Archive" with all her transphobic writing on her website, she hosts a transphobic podcast with the subtitle "A TERF and a t-slur walk into a podcast studio" which she uses to promote the "autogynephilia" conspiracy theory, among so, so much more transphobia.

Paley would consider this comment of mine to be "censorship". As usual with her type she wants to dish out, but doesn't want to be criticized for it.

Fair point. I remember seeing some tweet or similar with said something in the vein of: "ChatGPT sounds like a middle manager on LinkedIn. No wonder, middle managers think that ChatGPT is intelligent."