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dawnlight melody (⏸️🤖,⏩🏳️‍⚧️) @dawnlightmelody.bsky.social · Mar 1

the reason i am trying to make LGBTESCREAL a meme is that i think leftists and EAs have a lot more in common than they might think, and were they to learn from each other, both would be stronger

fret to the social order @witchof.space · Feb 26

I sincerely believe it is far more productive to form alliances than to alienate people who seriously care about suffering in order to score cheap dunks against techbros.

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dawnlight melody (⏸️🤖,⏩🏳️‍⚧️) @dawnlightmelody.bsky.social · 12h

i think i like too many posts lol

dawnlight melody (⏸️🤖,⏩🏳️‍⚧️) @dawnlightmelody.bsky.social · 12h

i obviously don't know anything for absolute certain, but it feels hard to explain the sequence of events any other way, especially given how he reacted afterwards

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dawnlight melody (⏸️🤖,⏩🏳️‍⚧️) @dawnlightmelody.bsky.social · 20h

jfc that's terrifying

dawnlight melody (⏸️🤖,⏩🏳️‍⚧️) @dawnlightmelody.bsky.social · 22h

i know this is a fairly aggressive thing to say but i think it's worth it bc our society trains people to ignore abuse if it's possible to read literally any ambiguity into the evidence.

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dawnlight melody (⏸️🤖,⏩🏳️‍⚧️) @dawnlightmelody.bsky.social · 22h

well, good to have a test run for how local people will react to obvious abuse caught on camera. a significant number of you failed.

dawnlight melody (⏸️🤖,⏩🏳️‍⚧️) @dawnlightmelody.bsky.social · 2d

i *just* left the rationalists because they circle the wagons around scott alexander way too hard. i am not going to circle the wagons for hasan fucking piker

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dawnlight melody (⏸️🤖,⏩🏳️‍⚧️) @dawnlightmelody.bsky.social · 2d

yeah 😔
thanks for the well wishes, hope things are okay with you too

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dawnlight melody (⏸️🤖,⏩🏳️‍⚧️) @dawnlightmelody.bsky.social · 2d

...holy shit given his position here i don't know why anyone is even *trying* this argument lol
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dawnlight melody (⏸️🤖,⏩🏳️‍⚧️) @dawnlightmelody.bsky.social · 2d

well yeah, and if you've seen the statistics around how often people abuse others in their power, it would color your thinking too. shitty people abound pretty much everywhere, and it doesn't feel that unusual for a tankie-adj guy to do something like this

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dawnlight melody (⏸️🤖,⏩🏳️‍⚧️) @dawnlightmelody.bsky.social · 2d

maybe but. idk

dawnlight melody (⏸️🤖,⏩🏳️‍⚧️) @dawnlightmelody.bsky.social · 2d

for context my priors on this are probably related to the multiple abusers i've had to fight tooth and nail to get people to take as serious threats in my own social circles (including one who openly admits he likes abusing people "as a bit")

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dawnlight melody (⏸️🤖,⏩🏳️‍⚧️) @dawnlightmelody.bsky.social · 2d

i don't think assuming he isn't lying is a good prior; he's going to say the same thing either way, and i think it's kinda weird for a dog to yelp like that with a vibration collar

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dawnlight melody (⏸️🤖,⏩🏳️‍⚧️) @dawnlightmelody.bsky.social · 2d

genuinely, what makes you think it's grasping at straws? iirc there were comparisons to the website of the company?

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dawnlight melody (⏸️🤖,⏩🏳️‍⚧️) @dawnlightmelody.bsky.social · 2d

didn't people also get images of the shock collar, compare it to models from the company when he tried to claim it was a vibration collar, and aren't there older statements of him doing similar things?

dawnlight melody (⏸️🤖,⏩🏳️‍⚧️) @dawnlightmelody.bsky.social · 2d

what's your evidence against?

dawnlight melody (⏸️🤖,⏩🏳️‍⚧️) @dawnlightmelody.bsky.social · 2d

i mean yes, plausibly, but this also could mean they arrested the girlfriend of an activist to threaten them

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dawnlight melody (⏸️🤖,⏩🏳️‍⚧️) @dawnlightmelody.bsky.social · 2d

where the hell did i say that.

dawnlight melody (⏸️🤖,⏩🏳️‍⚧️) @dawnlightmelody.bsky.social · 2d

i *just* left the rationalists because they circle the wagons around scott alexander way too hard. i am not going to circle the wagons for hasan fucking piker

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dawnlight melody (⏸️🤖,⏩🏳️‍⚧️) @dawnlightmelody.bsky.social · 2d

yeah i really don't like the apparent "we have to defend everyone with a leftist card" requirement of being a leftist. if this is a requirement for joining your coalition, i'm just going to pursue justice on my own

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dawnlight melody (⏸️🤖,⏩🏳️‍⚧️) @dawnlightmelody.bsky.social · 2d

explain like i'm an idiot, but which parts are doctored?

dawnlight melody (⏸️🤖,⏩🏳️‍⚧️) @dawnlightmelody.bsky.social · 2d

yepppppp

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dawnlight melody (⏸️🤖,⏩🏳️‍⚧️) @dawnlightmelody.bsky.social · 2d

update: apparently the other three kids sold out and let lachlan buy their shares. we aren't getting rid of fox anytime soon i guess

dawnlight melody (⏸️🤖,⏩🏳️‍⚧️) @dawnlightmelody.bsky.social · 2d

yeah i mean i do want to clarify i'm not *perfectly* certain and already disliked hasan. but it does seem more likely than not at this point

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dawnlight melody (⏸️🤖,⏩🏳️‍⚧️) @dawnlightmelody.bsky.social · 2d

if it's the vibration collar thing, i've heard that the collar he displayed looks more like a hastily modified shock collar than the vibration collar from the same company. i've also seen records that he has behaved this way towards his animals in the past

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dawnlight melody (⏸️🤖,⏩🏳️‍⚧️) @dawnlightmelody.bsky.social · 2d

i mean, it's a generally interesting point in the abstract, i just don't think it's a good idea to bring it up when discussing a specific case of animal abuse

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dawnlight melody (⏸️🤖,⏩🏳️‍⚧️) @dawnlightmelody.bsky.social · 2d

...oh. i missed that particular development, haven't looked at this since a couple months ago.

dammit why did james sell out?