Ariella @ellabellafull@librem.one

https://technicallywewrite.com/2024/07/08/wordperfect

WordPerfect was a powerful desktop word processor that ruled offices throughout the 1980s and into the 1990s.

Here's a fond look back at WordPerfect for DOS, including some sample laser printer output.

I admit as I wrote this article, I forgot how much power was in WordPerfect's styles.

@tillybridges
I've been asked in the past if I'm an LGBTQIA+ ally, and I always say it's not for me to apply that designator- all I can do is show I am an ally by words and actions, as far too many "allies" are anything but.
@timo21

I'm not gonna jump in on that thread about 'all men' but I am gonna say this:

While it's true that not all men do X, it is absolutely more true that patriarchy socializes ALL MEN to accept or be blind to certain truths about their position, importance, and relevance in the world.

Almost everything all men think of as 'natural' about their status in the world is not, in fact, true.
It was crafted through oppression, suppression, and violence.

It is also true that it takes an enormous amount of deliberate de-conditioning to throw off patriarchal thinking and praxis.

Those for whom 'not all men' truly apply (which is a small enough number to be sad and pitiful) know this to be true.

And so do the rest of us.

I have said repeatedly: by all means, Israel should go arrest and prosecute Hamas members for acts of terror. But that doesn't require destroying entire cities or blowing families to bits. That's how cowards and murderers do things. You know, like Hamas.

a super important bit from this week’s trans tuesday you may have missed

y’know this amazing speech about the impossible standards women are held to?

all of it applies to trans women too, but when we can’t meet them we get punished even *more* for it

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=CBqlDWHkdHk

From IETF RFC 1392
hacker (n):
A person who delights in having an intimate understanding of the internal workings of a system, computers and computer networks in particular. The term is often misused in a pejorative context, where "cracker" would be the correct term.

Computer companies in 1982: OWN YOUR OWN COMPUTER

Computer companies today: pay rent on every first of the month

There's no reason for digital books or **any** other digital media to have the limitations of physical media arbitrarily imposed on them. Digital "lending" is a solved problem: https://u.fsf.org/3eg #DayAgainstDRM #Libraries #ebooks