Linux Thinkpad / Math / Transfem

Linux thinkpad / math / transfem

these things coincide oddly often (it’s me I’m the coincidence)

Anyone have any recommendations for laptops? My plan is to install Linux on it, and my budget is ~$500

I keep hearing this; is there somewhere I should look for a proof?

Thank you for adding to my infinity post, and for doing it kindly! My mutual asked me for a fun fact about infinity, so I do the same to you!

One of my favourite things involving infinity is the construction of some interesting topological spaces!

You can construct the Long Line using the first uncountable cardinal, which is an example of a sequentially compact space that isn't compact!

Sometimes it's also possible to make "infinite dimensional" versions of some common topological spaces! This can be done if there is an inductive way of defining those spaces. For example, we can construct Sⁿ by gluing two copies of Dⁿ to Sⁿ along their boundaries. For S² this is exactly the construction of taking the equator (S¹) and gluing each hemisphere to the equator. Because this is inductive, we can define S^∞ to be the space we get at "the end" of the process. The formal way of doing this is with a categorical limit!

One fun fact about S^∞ is that it is contractible, that is we can deform it into a point (formally, S^∞ is homotopy equivalent to the one point space). But none of the finite spheres are!

friendly reminder that you can (hopefully) choose at least some of the things that you allow in your life and “because I really don’t want to latch onto that as a special interest/hyperfixation” is a valid reason to not want something in your life.

I'm addicted to a 'single-player tabletop role playing game': it's called Mathematics

also can we stop with the whole “[my way of being trans] is the greatest threat to the patriarchy” thing?

This might be a hot take, but I know a couple of transfems who have seized onto that as a way to feel special about their gender. But when trans people start putting together a hierarchy of subversion, it undermines the whole point of solidarity. the queer community as a whole is a threat to the patriarchy, emphasizing further subdivisions exist only cause strife.

#except volume I stand with the quiet gays

No group of trans people has inherent power/privilege over another group of trans people.

Trans men are not your oppressors.

Trans women are not your oppressors.

Nonbinary people, regardless of AGAB, are not your oppressors.

It is important to interrogate your own biases towards your fellow trans people.

Oftentimes, a decent place to start would be to make friends with Other trans people. You'll probably find that you have much more in common with them then you realize.

I'm a transmasc demigirl, if you'd like to know more about our community and my experiences, please feel free to leave a comment, send a dm or send an ask.

This movie will never stop haunting me. I saw the director’s cut when I was fifteen and haven’t been precisely the same since. I’m _not_ recommending it for minors (quite the opposite), but it’s not an unpleasant haunting.

My favourite movie ever: Bound 1996

Violet & Corky 🎀💋

Ngl I think about them everyday, this movie honestly changed my life and is honestly the best lesbian movie I’ve ever watched next to but I’m a cheerleader. Violet and corkys relationship is just so exciting to watch on screen , felt like I was holding my breath everytime they kissed 😫. Also Gina Gershon in a butch roll changed my brain chemistry forever I need her BAD.