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Apologies for pushing stuff I’m involved with but The Devil’s Library fulfils that criteria - it’s a book related podcast with myself and fellow atheistic Satanists talking about books (nothing to do with Satanism, just ordinary fiction). No ads, no sponsors. It is very lightly edited just to improve audio quality and eliminate the odd moment when we talk over each other but other than that, what you hear is what we’ve said.

It is mostly also available on PeerTube but the last couple are missing as the instance we’re on has been struggling a bit, we’re trying to get it sorted in the new year.

I am almost constantly amazed that, given how I lived up to the age of 40, I am somehow still alive. Conversely, I am appalled that I have survived to see the resurgence of fascism.

For email, yes. For search, not until the subscription engines like Kagi go open source (maybe Kagi are and I just missed it but I can’t see a link to a repo on their website).

I have no objections to paying for a service but I am long past just trusting software. As for kagi in particular, $10 (plus tax) per month for unlimited search is a ridiculous price.

I think I’m probably more interested in the train of thought that lead to you wondering such a very specific thing.

Lots of assumptions in this thread that the concept of ‘religion’ is interchangeable with ‘theism’. It isn’t. There’s quite a few large religions that are, or can be practised, in a nontheistic way including Buddhism, Hinduism, Taosim and Jainism. There’s even a branch of Quakerism that is nontheistic.

Wider definitions of religion exist than simply ‘belief in a supernatural deity/deities’, including my own - that of modern atheistic Satanism.

In terms of bigotry - being shitty to whole groups of people based on their belief in a non-existent being feels weird to me. Being shitty if they then use that belief to justify their own bigotry is not weird and is called activism. Or to put it another way - if someone believes in a god and prays in a church and makes no comments that support the infringement of other peoples rights to exist and live their lives as they want to then that’s totally fine by me.

Lack of audit is not great I agree. I can see from a basic web search that security is an issue but I’m not sure ‘nightmare’ is warranted. The lack of audit seems to be main focus of concern and I’d say thats a judgement call for each person depending on threat model. I was hoping for something more conclusive than that. Its certainly adequate for a more privacy-centric way of communicating than an app that doesn’t cater for Apple users at all.

Could you link me some resources for that? I may need something to demonstrate that to others.

Seems pretty similar to Jami except that it lacks the iOS and desktop clients that Jami already has.

It’s also easy to learn and ready-to-go on just about every shared hosting package on offer.

At the risk of sounding like a boomer - as long as you let algorithms decide what your expectations of both yourself and any potential partner are, you are hamstringing yourself. All people are more than a set of preconceived roles that a bunch of influencers decided were relevant.

You need to date. By which I mean go outside where people are, socialise, find people you like for multiple reasons (so not just perceived attractiveness, not just wage, not just the role you think they might have) and ask them out. The worst that can happen is they say ‘no thanks’. And if it takes 20 times before someone says ‘yeah OK’ then so be it. Its not a competition and no one is keeping score. Dating someone is literally the only way to get to know them beyond your own assumptions.

What an odd question.

You clearly know you have a ‘type’ and can easily point out examples of that type - that being the case why on earth do you need a word for it? How does applying a word help you find more people of that type? You’re not classifying a new species.

Changes literally every day! At the moment I’m loving Witch Club Satan’s new single You Wildflower.

Also (sorry for the spam), I co-present a metal radio show which plays music from explicitly antifascist and/or anti-bigotry artists called Contra Odium.

Iconography clearly ‘designed’ by coders.

It would improve the society

No. It would create a society in which the powerful have decided which genes are the ones they like when in reality, its diversity and complexity that is what’s ‘best’ for humans.

and people quality of life

That is not how eugenics works.

I don’t understand why is it bad

Then take a biodiversity and ethics class.

Just to Godwin the thread, eugenics is the province of nazi’s and other totalitarian regimes. Even though it could never work in the way they want, all anyone who advocates eugenics really wants is to eradicate other people different than them.

It’s not a bad idea at all - more people should try things they’re curious about. As long as everyone involved exercises informed consent its your call what you do.

The first step in implementing a military coup is to secure your base.

1. Sometimes
2. A mix. Maybe influences would give a better clue - Shirley Jackson, Peter Straub, Giosuè Carducci, Henry James, Sylvia Plath, Anne Sexton, Hilary Mantel.
3. Daily, except when I don’t want to.
4. Already have.

Again, I would have to check, but I think that might’ve been where Bruce got the idea.

I’d have to double check but I think it was a New 52 run. You’re right to say he has no set, specific plan but his best work-in-progress is using her own warrior tendencies against her by making her constantly fight an unbeatable opponent.

He has a few possibles for Diana, largely centred around trapping her in a virtual world with an unbeatable enemy she is forced to fight until she dies of exhaustion.