[-] hildegarde 1 points 4 days ago

explain the value of quid pro quo when the quoer no longer has anything of value to offer?

[-] hildegarde 2 points 4 days ago

sure, but why would trump, now that he has the same access being the head of the federal government, use that access altruistically to help someone who is no longer useful to him? that's not really his character.

if it were as simple as writing a check using the access, why wouldn't trump write checks for himself instead?

[-] hildegarde 3 points 5 days ago

The best time to transition was 14-16 years ago. The second best time is right now!

Take small steps. If it feels right keep going.

[-] hildegarde 5 points 6 days ago
[-] hildegarde 75 points 1 week ago

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biden basically did that already. ever noticed there are no byds on the road in the us?

i seem to recall it wasn't an outright ban, but unreasonable tariffs on chinese evs specifically. a soft ban, but enough to be as effective.

[-] hildegarde 66 points 3 weeks ago

Winning a point is a very low bar. You don't have to beat her. You don't have to win a set or a game. You just have to score a single point. All it takes is a single mistake from your opponent to win a point. With enough time even the best will make a mistake, and tennis matches are long.

The shortest possible game is 4 points. A set without a tie breaker has 6 games. A women's tournament match is best 2 sets of 3. So at minimum a match of tennis has 48 points. You only need one.

If you're passible enough to return the ball some of the time, and do a valid serve you will probably win a point at some point. She may be one of the best tennis players of all time, but she's not infallible. Its really unlikely she wouldn't mess up at least once.

[-] hildegarde 46 points 3 weeks ago

Whenever a headline is written to imply something without saying it, don't trust it.

The words in the headline are not false, but they chose to cover this story nationally because they can write a headline that strongly implies that there was an attempt on the president's life because they know that will entice a click.

If there was evidence of the exciting implication that would be the headline.

A depressed person attempting suicide by cop isn't something relevant to a national audience, but people will click because of the headline.

[-] hildegarde 38 points 1 month ago

Its one of the most effective ways to prevent male pattern baldness.

[-] hildegarde 34 points 1 month ago

the transfem blahaj community has about 3,600 users, this one has about 600.

Its a pattern I've noticed on online platforms. The trans population's gender balance tends to be the opposite of the site's cis population. The fediverse seems disproportionally male generally, so it tracks.

When I discovered I was a trans woman my instinct was to look up the trans communities on the sites I already used. I didn't reevaluate my entire internet habits holistically, and switch to female dominated platforms to match my new identity. I get the impression that's what most people do.

I'm not surprised to read that bluesky has more transmasc content. Whatever platform has more cis girls will probably have more transmascs as well, at a guess.

Its probably not for the best for trans people to be on platforms dominated by opposite gendered cis people, but it seems like an inevitability of the internet.

[-] hildegarde 36 points 1 month ago

Can't meetup that would require going outside

[-] hildegarde 178 points 1 month ago

"niche market," is a way of saying they made a bad product few want.

pickup trucks are hardly a niche product especially in the us

[-] hildegarde 91 points 1 month ago

Its worth remembering that ICE continues to exist even when republicans are not in the white house.

You can and should oppose ICE all the time. Less deportations happen when people resist. Direct action is more effective than voting. The work doesn't stop when your pick is in the office.

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