technology tactical_trans_karen • Now • 100%

Need some help with Chromium on Fedora

So I use Chromium for work. I installed it through Discovery and selected the "From Fedora Linux" option. It's worked fine for months. Then this morning, I closed out of it then opened it up later and it simply would not launch. It gives the little bouncy icon for a moment, then nothing. So I fiddle around with it, and downloaded the flatpak version, which worked, but I don't want it. Any idea how I can get it back up and running? Running Plasma 6.1.5, Wayland. I already tried hopping into the Gnome desktop and that didn't work. Thanks in advance!

askchapo tactical_trans_karen • Now • 100%

[Electoral dork shit] Who do you think is the next president of the great Satan?

Serious post here, what are your predictions? Do the US sign on for a subscription to Hitler or Hitler+? What makes you believe this? My take: Harris eeks out a victory, based on the vibes I get. She may flip NC too. I think that second part because the overall trend of polling has had her slowly increasing on average there. AZ is flipping back to Trump this go around. Second possibility I see is that the electoral college shenanigans the GOP is angling for in NE actually results in the first ever tie. Supreme court gives it to Trump even though he loses the popular vote. Libs say "ah well, never the less". Either way, I think there's going to be hog riots in MI, PA, and NC if it flips.

chapotraphouse tactical_trans_karen • Now • 100%

Holy fucking shit!!! The Lone Gunmen pilot episode's plot did 9/11...

It aired March 4, 2001. ::: spoiler spoiler A plane gets hacked by gov g-men and remote controlled to fly into one of the twin towers. They narrowly avoid it and clip an antenna on the roof. ::: How the fuck? I'm stunned! Also, why is this not a regular part of 9/11 memes?

chapotraphouse tactical_trans_karen • Now • 97%

Met Dirt_Owl@hexbear.net in person yesterday, they're a cutie!

Don't believe their scrappy facade, they're a softie cute lil' baby.

chapotraphouse tactical_trans_karen • Now • 100%

Fuck it, I'm saying it dude - one state solution!..

Palestine.

chat tactical_trans_karen • Now • 100%

I want to leave Burgerland.

I want to immigrate to someplace that's not a shit hole teetering on the brink. The culture is so fucking violent and geared towards crushing the human spirit, it really is a blight. Is there any place in the world that's halfway decent and isn't infected with burger brain disease? Especially if it's easy for an angloid simpleton such as myself to assimilate. Edit: also trans friendly! Or at least not a danger zone like half the US.

politics tactical_trans_karen • Now • 100%

Vance's press office and personal account follow a blatant Nazi.

Fucking unreal, dude says the holocaust was a good thing to do because the difficult logistics of the camps caused more suffering.

technology tactical_trans_karen • Now • 99%

I switched to Linux!

Fedora, it fucking slaps and worked right out of the box. I'm using it for work and play on my main rig! I dual boot for some very specific hardware things that are not normal, but other than that it's been seamless! When I booted into Windows 10 again, they auto installed copilot... Glad to be done with this crap.

chat tactical_trans_karen • Now • 98%

Prediction time: Harris will win the popular and electoral vote.

Doesn't matter who the VP pick is, the big wet boi is cooked. Trump's followers will do some terrorism like they usually do, but the majority of them will become disenfranchised and go the way of the tea party - still present, still a pain in the ass, but ineffectual. They will devote their time to Trump's new talk show and he will sell them Trump hairy balls strong man supplements and other scams. American empire will continue to expand, nothing will fundamentally change. Blue MAGA is the new order.

traaaaaaannnnnnnnnns tactical_trans_karen • Now • 100%

Anyone else feel this way?

I just need to share some meandering thoughts, please bear with me. The way I think and feel emotions is strange to me. I've spent so much time in my own head conceptualizing things I can't always process my own thoughts. I feel like there's this veil over all my perception that I can just barely catch a sense is there. I especially get it when listening to music with certain ethereal sounds. Sleep is another avenue where I try to press on this boundary, but I've never felt like I've broken through. I have a vague spiritual sense about it and I feel like realizing my trans identity was the biggest turn towards understanding it. I'm also neurodivergent with ADHD and a good bit of trauma, when I started my stimulant meds it made all these things more manageable, but there's still this uncomfortable disquiet always on my mind. Anyone else feel this way or something akin to it?

chat tactical_trans_karen • Now • 100%

Active medical sector collapse in the US?

I can't go into much detail, but I know a lot of people with medical problems who aren't being seen by doctors in the US. Time and again I see people who have what I know to be fairly routinely urgent medical concerns that do get told by the ER that they have to wait for a specialist... 6+ months out. I'm sorry, but an infection doesn't wait 6+ months for you to put them on some basic antibiotics that a PA or I think even some nurse practitioners can prescribe in certain jurisdictions. I remember when I was in the military (circa 2008), I had a colleague who told me his mother died on the sidewalk outside an ER because they couldn't afford any insurance and the hospital refused to see her. I didn't believe it, I though that it couldn't possibly be a thing in the US. But I keep seeing parallel issues time and again, but now it's for basic things and not because of insurance, but providers and networks are so fucked up that people must be dying from these things. I know someone who worked in billing and claims for medical insurance too. They share horror stories about double leg amputees being denied a wheelchair... Hope I don't get an infected cut or something, even with my decent insurance who the hell knows at this point!

music tactical_trans_karen • Now • 100%

Looking for some acoustic/indie style trans music, anybody have a rec?

I love soulful acoustic indie music, especially in minor tones. But I can never seem to find artists like this who are trans and sing about our experiences. I don't get the whole transfem screeching noises punk stuff, doesn't quite click with me. Anyway, does anyone have some recommendations? Thanks! ❤️

chat tactical_trans_karen • Now • 93%

They're not actually going to run Sundown Joe now right? Like, they can't actually believe he'll have a chance.

He's guaranteed to lose now. I can't see a universe where the mental gymnastics add up to deciding that this is a good idea. Don't get me wrong, it'd be funny as hell. But I'm really not looking forward to the idea of more Trump.

news tactical_trans_karen • Now • 100%

We've failed at doing nothing and we're pulling outta here! *MISSION ACCOMPLISHED*

apnews.com

*We may have had a little oppsie doopsy where we smoked some civilians.  We sowwy

chapotraphouse tactical_trans_karen • Now • 100%

I have an actual theory on modern conspiracy theories.

The Q brained conspiracy theorists are aging boomers slipping into dementia. As their brain is melting out of their ears, they're miss-remembering episodes of the x files. That's it. If you watch the series, there's a piece of every conspiracy theory in it. You can thank Chris Carter for Q Anon. 

traaaaaaannnnnnnnnns tactical_trans_karen • Now • 100%

Had a dream remembering my actual, irl gender indoctrination.

I regrettably was put through the christian "school system" in the 90's-early 00's. It was shit. I spent my first couple years in college having to learn some basics and unlearn a lot of bullshit. Being neurodivergent (ADHD) I got put into their special ed programming, which mostly consisted of getting tracked to low paying service work and stuck in a study hall where the alleged SpEd teachers just sneared at us delinquent kids. Anyway, in highschool you have christian classes including *Bible studies*, and *Christian ethics*. First one is true to the name, studying the text, but the second was nothing short of conservative bigot indoctrination. I can't stress enough how much this shit was just cult brainwashing, but that's not the point of why I'm sharing this. I had a dream yesterday where I remembered one of the segments. The teacher showed us a Calvin Klein ad poster and explained why it was so bad. You see, this feminine looking model here is actually a man!! Basically, every model was "not really" the gender they presented as. 'Be careful what you expose your eyes to so Satan doesn't work his way into your head' or whatever the lesson was. I remember having this learned response of "oh no, bad thing!", but not understanding what the actual problem was. I also looked closer at the picture and still didn't understand, they looked nice... Of course I know now that he was just being a transphobic bigot, but there was no language for it, they would just call it "the work of the devil" or some shit like that. I didn't know what to call people like that. I just feel gross, they deprived me of language for so damn long. The whole system is a cult, and they kept me so isolated and uneducated I didn't know who I was till I was in my 30's. God damn America, that's in the Bible!