juspie

Huh...I don't seem to be able to react with an emoji for some reason. Putting it here as a comment:

👍🏼

I'd be happy to step up if no one else is interested!

Very insightful! Thank you for this comment @msage@programming.dev

CCI has always been a lethargic and toothless body.

Given the foreign policy implications of this move in the Trump era, and the potential for economic fallout domestically, I am speculating that Apple will be allowed to prevail in this matter in the end.

I support the proposal to defederate.

Thank you admins for your efforts, and also for soliciting this feedback before taking the proposed action!

https://www.mumble.info/downloads/

Not really Canadian, but it may or may not have some Canadian contributors on the team.

Also https://mumla-app.gitlab.io/

Both are free (gratis) and open-source, so I think it should be okay for me to comment about them here.

In medical terms that concept is called "social determinants of health". Very real stuff that's been well-studied and taught in medical schools for many years now.

I hope that one day in the future, even if its a few years away, you'll write in your diary that the reason for your not needing anti-depressants anymore is "having healed from the patriarchy".

Back before 7cups went to shit I used to volunteer there as a listener, taking chats from peers about their mental health.

A few lines into the chat I'd often get asked if I'm human. "Barely", I'd think to myself, and then I'd reply with a simple "Yes".

Sometimes the person would go on to request that I chat with them as a friend, and not as a professional. Which, of course, I'd struggle to accommodate as much as possible while simultaneously trying to explain that that's just how I communicate 🫠

I posted a very similar question on here recently. I would have to say, for me, the biggest hurdle in finding a play partner would be just finding a group/scene where folks are somewhat likely to be open to dating. But of course as a demisexual this still excludes dating apps and other such scenarios more geared towards immediately quenching a thirst.

I like the general suggestion that was given on my post: Find fun things to do as a way of meeting people. It eases the pressure, and one is more likely to be open to connecting when already having fun 😀

Along similar lines, I must say how frustrating I find the fact that there are very few examples of narrative-driven, long-form pornography (like movies).

But I also realize that there is barely any market demand for something like that. eg. I don't often watch porn, and I almost never buy movies 🤷🏻

Good suggestions, thanks!

About your freezing up/dissociating: I too live with PTSD and sometimes I find my own patterns of behaviour to be very difficult to change.

But difficult just means difficult, not impossible, right? 💪🏽

Over time I think we can get better at coping with trauma ❤️‍🩹