Why is a woman still not safe
@treemuseums.bsky.social
dirty leftie. sitting under a tree by a creek reading a book. feminist of course. mama bear to a queer kid. fix your hearts or die ❤️
This just in: more than four thousand sexual assault lawsuits.
Uber’s Strategy for Fighting Sexual Assault Suits: ‘What Were You Wearing?’
The ride-hailing giant promised to handle legal claims “in a way that is best for the survivor.” Its lawyers are pursuing a far more aggressive strategy.
nytimes.com
It's demoralizing living in a nonstop Abuse-a-thon: we've had to learn the sordid details of so many men's abhorrent behavior; I mean this summer has been Graham Platner, Andrew Tate, Jared Leto, Max Miller, plus the horrific L.A. rape-murder of the child by the rapper, to name a few lowlights.
This is another way we live in rape culture; we live in a culture where we have to hear about monstrosity all the time. Sometimes I look at those top stories lists and wonder if I'm the only one who notices that two or three or four of the ten are about violence against women.
This. It has definitely taken a toll this year (and every year prior, but this year feels especially noxious).
Rebecca Solnit@rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 15h agoThis is another way we live in rape culture; we live in a culture where we have to hear about monstrosity all the time. Sometimes I look at those top stories lists and wonder if I'm the only one who notices that two or three or four of the ten are about violence against women.
There’s no contradiction between this kind of pornographic misogyny and puritanical misogyny of the old Christian right. Both use sexuality to enact men’s domination over women. That one sect forces sex and the other prohibits it is largely a matter of taste.
But when it comes to their own wives, children and, frequently, staff members, in the same way that they'd be outraged if vandals trashed a shed on their property but would feel wholly justified in trashing it themselves, their concerns re: sexual violence begin and end with Who Owns That Person.
Which is also, not coincidentally, why they're angrier about people wanting the Epstein files released than they are at their contents: because they see the victims as either the rightful property of their abusers, or as ownerless property that the abusers were free to claim.
Conservatives scaremonger to their base about the sexual threat posed by outsiders (migrants, liberals, queer folk) solely because the hypothetical victims here "belong to" conservative men. But they reserve the right for those same men to treat their own property however they wish.
It's vital to understand that the conservative obsession with calling their political adversaries groomers, rapists and pedophiles while simultaneously protecting sexual offenders in their own party isn't a contradiction, but the result of an ideology that views rape as a crime of property damage.
Ron Filipkowski@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 16h agoPure scum wrapped in fake piety.
Men believe they should get to own a slave with no effort on their part. “Can’t you just manage my life and my emotions and my ego without getting anything in return?” THEY ARE NOT. LONELY. ENOUGH.
so anyway this weekend I was at a coffee shop and next to me was a 37-year-old realtor meeting with her client, a 77-year-old male toddler I know their exact ages because he asked her, then harangued her when she demurred, then told her he was 77 to peer-pressure her into disclosing
I'm just gonna say: it somewhat baffles me that people who are understandably skeptical of opaque LLMs as legitimate sources of information will suddenly go full on "the computer KNOWS" when they are using opaque tools to "detect" AI. The computer does not know.
Susanna Kearsley@susannakearsley.bsky.social · yesterday❤️ Gillian Green, publisher at Tor Bramble, told The Bookseller: “HM Wolfe has confirmed that Daggermouth was written entirely without AI. We stand behind our author, and we do not recognise third-party AI detection tools as a fair or reliable measure of authenticity when used on their own.”
"Those in favour of women's rights versus those in favour of trans rights" - 5 minutes on the BBC and it's really not a surprise that the UK has turned into one of the most transphobic countries among developed democracies
‘If we don’t fight back, we don’t have a future’: the journalist taking on the ‘tech fascists’ of Silicon Valley
‘If we don’t fight back, we don’t have a future’: the journalist taking on the ‘tech fascists’ of Silicon Valley
As Elon Musk, Peter Thiel and their peers have grown richer and more influential, Gil Durán argues they have all but abandoned democracy – and found the perfect government to enable them
theguardian.com
I wrote this essay Monday evening, in a state of agitation after watching Max Miller’s use his wife’s act of making him dinner as evidence that he couldn’t possibly have abused her. I published it this morning, and mere hours later it’s all gotten even more horrific. 1/ dot-connecting.ghost.io/on/
On Max Miller’s dinner
Believing survivors means understanding that survivors do many things to keep themselves safe — including cook dinner for their abusers.
dot-connecting.ghost.io
Really weird to me how incredibly rich white men get to say stuff like "in three to four years we'll be achieving nuclear fusion from honey" and the stock markets go "wow, sounds great bro!" and the news just reports it with maybe a paragraph at the end of "critics say this is unlikely".
It's difficult for words to convey just how disappointing this NSW Govt decision really is. Apparently, some kinds of hate deserve criminal punishment, while others don't. And the main difference seems to be whether faith groups are doing the hating. #nswpol #auslaw www.smh.com.au/politics/nsw...
NSW government rejects own inquiry’s hate speech findings after months of delay
The Minns government will ignore the key recommendation of its own inquiry into hate speech laws.
smh.com.au
SOLAR IS WINNING ‼️ 0.1 TW to 1 TW: 120 months 1 TW to 2 TW: 29 months 2 TW to 3 TW: 19 months
Europe shuts nuclear power plants due to drought. Now imagine putting nuclear power plants on the driest inhabited continent on earth 🙄
“This [gambling reform] bill is all we get, and frankly, it's piss-weak – it's a piss-weak response to a public health crisis.” Shame on Albo. Shame on Labor. #GamblingCrisis #MurphyReport #auspol
Hello, universities are a linchpin of democracy and a sine qua non of civilized society, not a profit center
Glen O'Hara@gsoh31.bsky.social · 8h agoUniversities cannot make money teaching home undergrads or doing funded research. Indeed, those run at a large loss. Only teaching international students make sense in any way. The logical endpoint is taking only international students, reducing research and moving many ops out of the UK altogether.
If only someone had warned us..
suspiciously green bananas is sadly one of the funniest things i’ve read in awhile
This is the no win situation abusers like Miller place their victims in. If an abused woman prioritizes protecting herself & her children by seeking authority intervention & limiting accessibility, they'll accuse her of alienation. If she fawns, it's evidence he's a good father.
Check out the Croakey article & you can read the report here: fare.org.au/alcohol-and-gambling-sponsorship-in-australian-sport/
Alcohol and gambling sponsorship in Australian sport
Everyone in Australia – especially children and young people – should be able to watch and follow sports free from alcohol and gambling advertising. For years, the community has been calling for this ...
fare.org.au
Meta appears to openly desire a world in which the company profits off addiction by blurring the lines between gambling and daily online conversation.
Mark Zuckerberg sure sounds eager to get young people hooked on online gambling
The Meta CEO is developing a social network betting market app—and wants help from Polymarket and Kalshi.
motherjones.com
The explosion of online gambling and sports betting, as well as the advertising behind it, is attracting a growing number of young people, most of them boys. n.pr/4tu8hgQ
More teens are getting hooked on gambling. Parents say it often goes undetected
The explosion of online gambling and sports betting, as well as the advertising behind it, is attracting a growing number of young people, most of them boys.
n.pr
Meta sure sounds eager to get young people hooked on online gambling
Mark Zuckerberg sure sounds eager to get young people hooked on online gambling
The Meta CEO is developing a social network betting market app—and wants help from Polymarket and Kalshi.
motherjones.com
