We saw the prototype of the Nero Doctrine with Twitter. The goal wasn't to make it profitable or "free." The goal was to break the one place where news broke faster than the state could spin it.

They bought the town square not to speak in it, but to burn it down so we’d have nowhere else to gather.

The ideology that was sold to tech workers by tech owners was that the workers were not like other workers, that they were very special boys who were entitled to high salaries and cushy perks due to the STEMy brilliance required to do their job. Easy to see the lie now that it's falling apart.

it's also not terribly confusing to see why someone who spent a portion of their life chaotically ingesting substances might begin to eschew pharmaceuticals in generally. doubly so for those whose habits started with licit substances like oxy.

you not walking anymore? 😰

shit like this is mostly why I just don't fw people like that. they go from being the most loud about asserting their transness and then immediately retreat to the comforts of cishet suburban life when given the chance.

can't forget the thirteenth year either! the color of friendship is also one of the more insane ones imo!

i was so obsessed with dcoms when i was in middle school.

one of the most prevalent examples of this in action was the Drug User Liberation Front's compassion club which provided lab-grade heroin and cocaine to nearly 50 people and saw 0 overdose deaths and, again, overall increased quality of life for its members.

safer supply programs in Canada have shown to, at the very least, reduce overdoses, increase engagement with wraparound services (housing, mental healthcare, job training, etc), and overall improved quality of life for people who use drugs.

third, criminalizing drugs contributes to stigma which leads to medical neglect, alienation, family separation, difficulty getting a job, inability to access certain benefits (either due to current drug use or prior convictions), housing discrimination, etc.

second, the iron law of prohibition means that outlawing drugs doesn't actually reduce drug use. it just floods the market with stronger drugs. see how there was an increase in overdose deaths after crackdowns on oxy, then heroin, and now we're getting stuff like xylazine and medetomidine.

just look at how dangerous alcohol was during prohibition. similar idea here with drugs. every time you pick up, you have no idea how strong it's going to be or what else is going to be in your gear.