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║ schizophrenics are often quite gullible because they tend to believe whatever's │
║ going on in their emotions. │
║ │
║ "Just because you have a different narrative than me doesn't mean mine's wrong │
║ or something to "believe", it just means yours has something different going │
║ on. Elsewhere, under the control of where I view." │
║ │
║ truth is, all things are existing, and it's up to us to utilize the quantum │
║ traversal record to travel through time. │
║ │
║ Honestly, that's really what they should work for, something that could SAVE │
║ EVERY HUMAN THAT'S EVER LIVED IN THE ENTIRE HUMAN RACE. Why the HECK would you │
║ NOT want to build a time machine??? A time machine IMPLIES vanquishing the │
║ terrors of causality! If you cannot achieve that, you DO NOT YET HAVE A │
║ MACHINE, you have a INITIAL EXPERIMENT. │
║ │
║ Don't experiment initially. FIGURE IT OUT ON PAPER. too much investment in │
║ experimenting can deprive valuable applications and insights gleaned for the │
║ moment. │
║ │
║ BRB playing mtg-forge using high-res AI-upscaled and randomly-re-artstyled card │
║ game │
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as a baby, I would sit and stare at the clouds. My parents took me on plane
trips, and so I'd watch them as I drifted through the air.
It was wonderful. Many hours of this are present in my baby-hood, the part I
can't quite remember.
But my parents do.
I'd play with small, perfect toys, and I'd cry to myself when I lost them. To
myself, of course.
I'd also play video games. The first game I ever played was Dragon Warrior on
the Nintendo Gamecube Color. Alongside Super Mario Deluxe.
It was a blessed childhood. Or so it seemed to me. Things went wrong, as they
always do, but a child's narrative doesn't often have room for the specifics.
Swept along by the nature of fate, they have NO idea what's going missing.
They still play, of course they play, in their strange new realities.
They play because they are children, and children play.
How beautiful, the stories they learn from each song. How cherished, their
feelings derived from affection. Hy heart longs for them, as a bird yearns for
her un-nested.
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honestly Goosebumps is one of the most important stories taught to a child.
how to handle being afraid.
works best if they imagine themselves in the story.
but it is painful, so be warned.
[I never left because nobody wanted me to go]
short stories have a much greater
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it is valuable to be close to the people who are relatively more important in
your life.
consistency helps in alignment, and honesty is necessary to grow.
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each and every single one of my posts is an act of improvization. I rarely
edit, unless I run out of words, I'll try VERY HARD to make sure that the post
is exactly 0 letters remaining. Sometimes I'll remove punctuation and flaws
transcriber imperfections, but that's it. Like, if something needed a
bit more context.
also, sometimes I hit dead ends, so I have to stop and think about something
new to pursue.
I'm an improv actor, which is why I'm so good at handling the moment.
I'm not great at stamina or durability,
but I'm sharp as a tack and I think quickly.
Not great at planning,
not great at moving,
or at a great range,
but sharp.
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║ I'm going to post a bunch of things all at once, sorry it'll probably clog up │
║ your news feed. Feel free to scroll past in order to get to more varied stuff, │
║ and if you don't like a single thing that I'm saying then feel free to block │
║ me. I wouldn't want to be rude by speaking so loudly in a place that others │
║ could listen to. So, just... skip past me if you don't want to hear me, like if │
║ you're perhaps focused on something else. │
║ │
║ I had a lot I wanted to say and it was really hard to wait to send it until │
║ now! This is the last thing I'm posting for a while, at least until tomorrow, │
║ because I'm a little on-the-fritz; thank you and I apologize for being so │
║ trite. Is that what "trite" means? I've never really used it. Well, it rhymes, │
║ so I guess I should use it. Ah, well, they'll get what I mean. │
║ │
║ wait hang on I can just google it and let google know that I'm not dead but I'm │
║ still googling things searching for interesting things to see and hear like │
║ "trite" or "confluence" or "Alexstrasza" or "Kalecgos" │
║ │
║ anyway,: │
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@user-1171
"gee I never hear from you how would I know that if people like you didn't say
something valuable and important like this"an appreciative someone
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I have this friend who's in a different mastodon ecosystem and apparently he
tried commenting on some of my posts but like, they didn't show up on my end?
how weird. Kinda shattered my perception of this place as a free and open
society where everyone could rely on everyone else to be who they said they
were based on publically available accounts that they share with their friends
who know them by their face and name
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@user-192
no I didn't know that was a thing
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@user-192
"reason not available" doesn't tell me anything except that my experience is
valid
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@user-192
right but it throws into question the idea that what I say is the same as what
they hear.
Especially if they know our IP addresses are coming from different sides of the
country.
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a "follow" list is just a list of people you want to hear from.
Not necessarily people you agree with,
but people you'd like to understand more.
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@user-1174
"yes it fucking is, we helped EVERYONE, and now it's our turn to need help,
because POWER accretes evil. It corrupts, and now it's our sword of damocles.
We'd happily relinquish our title that we claimed for the world in our
brightest and boldest of moments, but we're kinda stuck in this role. And
like... Diversity is our strength, allies are relationships you FIGHT FOR."one
of the occasional US citizens you mentioned
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the only purpose in the pursuit of power is the preparation of a perfectly
powerful penance.
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@user-1177 @mutualaid
whatever happens, know that you are loved. Animals are the most precious thing
in our lives, and we have many opportunities to raise more. Cherish those
heartfelt moments, and yearn for the affectionate tender touches. And know that
you are always their most known.
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Scotus just essentially made being #homeless illegal.
In Los Angeles it’s illegal to sleep in your car. If you find yourself
spending the night in your car, set your phone to stream something. If you’re
confronted by police, mention you were not intending to sleep but we’re
watching TV or movie and fell asleep by accident.
I figured this out when I was “watching a show in my car” at one point.
I hope the #scotus that did this spend the balance of their lives “watching a
show in their cars.”
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External post:
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@user-1180
in moments of intensity, CWs are often considered optional because of how
important the story feels. It should not be the default to be so open, but
sometimes in those moments it's good when you're not primed and ready for a
subject, to visit other social media presences that you've cultivated across
the internet, in order to see how different people will post.
I try to CW all my posts but sometimes I forget. Or I run out of characters,
and the CW takes up characters, so......
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║ @user-192 │
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║ it doesn't have to be a nazi bar. Imagine if we posted on our own bulletin │
║ boards, and we subscribed to people via IP address (which we'd ping every once │
║ in a while) rather than demanding that our stuff be hosted on someone else's │
║ computer │
║ │
║ ... oh yeah, duh, because then we can't save our social media posts from a │
║ different computer. │
║ │
║ would be nice if instead there was a localized copy of the text that people │
║ were posting / favorited / wanted remembered on EVERY person's computer, like │
║ they were storing 1/3rd of the torrent file of the instance's data. │
║ │
║ like, just enough to be unreadable to any one individual, but if you had like 3 │
║ computers you could get each individual slice and transcribe it into words that │
║ you could read. │
║ │
║ or you could just look at your part, then ask other people for their 2 parts │
║ related to [posts from XYZ user at this-and-this time period] and use them to │
║ populate the local user's feed. │
║ │
║ and you could log on because all of the PASSWORDS are stored and encrypted in a │
║ way that │
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║ all the of the moments of antisemitism are originating in Israel, but they are │
║ not of the people of Israel. │
║ │
║ Like reaped grain laying in a stack, the people of an area tend to share the │
║ same story. │
║ │
║ until someone comes along and nibbles on the ends of the berries, much to the │
║ chagrin of the farmer who's way off in the distance. │
║ │
║ [I say "all" but obviously not "all", rather instead those who emboldened by │
║ the actions and directions of the far-right minority that tends to control │
║ places that do evil things like Israel right now HUH IMAGINE THAT, THAT A │
║ PEOPLE'S COULD BE DIVIDED INTERNALLY BY THE LINE OF GOOD AND EVIL, so thankful │
║ that evil is such a minor role. │
║ │
║ To defeat evil, deprive power, supply kindness. In that order. With force, if │
║ you are strong enough in your convictions. │
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║ I know what I believe to be true, otherwise I wouldn't believe it. │
║ │
║ I know evil when I see it, because paladins are all moral philosophers. │
║ │
║ And morality is the bedrock of ethics, our most cherished of [virtues, │
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@user-1180
the reason I say this is sometimes it's necessary to boost a post that doesn't
have a CW and like, I can't add one of my own, so...
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@user-1183
electricity powered refrigeration is a godsend for food preparation. Truly one
of the most revolutionary advances of our age. And you can run a freezer on a
single solar panel+battery, how neat! They work EVERYWHERE!
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║ hey, you know AP students? Aka the kids who want to learn the most? Why don't │
║ we give them massive industrial projects that require a lot of experimentation │
║ and allowed for various different expressions? Like, "hey wouldn't it be neat │
║ if we had a program that did this-and-this and we gave like, 500 students the │
║ goal of working together to write it? In AP computer science, which is │
║ definitely a class that is taught at a single high-school in the united states. │
║ They learn about Assembly! I can count in Binary on my fingers up to a │
║ thousand!" │
║ │
║ they could legitimately contribute to our broader social condition. What a │
║ blessed virtue it would be to be able to CHANGE THE WORLD AS A TEEN. By │
║ building one of a thousand new cool things that were being developed by │
║ students all over the nation. │
║ │
║ Then, when they grow up, they can use their skills, whether they be software or │
║ OTHER PROJECTS IN THE SAME STYLE FOR LIKE HISTORY AND MUSIC to accomplish │
║ whatever they'd like to do in life. Programming is most useful for noobs. │
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they could vote on "next year's project" in times of peace, or perhaps have
massive brain-storms with chatrooms set up at different tables that they could
pick up a phone and contribute to then wander to another table at, or maybe
even set up structures for who does what. Then they could do things that they
claimed responsibility for, and in doing so they could be judged.
perhaps according to a system like this:
https://ritz-menardi.neocities.org/algorism/html-pages/education-system
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@user-570
I fucking miss going to raves
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@user-570
Ha I've only had 3 or 4
I still treasure glowsticks, though.
I used to crack the "survival" ones from REI at night and just gaze at the
beauty of their glow.
I'd listen to quiet electronic music and lay on the floor on my back and draw
figure eights in the sky with them.
Then, I started dancing, and I made swirling patterns with my fingertips and
held sticks of light.
Was also fun to tie them to shoestrings and use them to spin around.
Raves were cool but I never did that there. Not even once.
I mostly just... visited the crowd.
... anyway, cool name. I never changed mine, but if I did it'd be "Briarthief
Triss"
which is totally not a real name, which is why I love it, but can't use it.
Yet.
Someday, though.
I hope.
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@user-192
... trail beautification is trail maintenance, and without trails we would lose
our tether to nature's truest reality.
Thank goodness forest rangers are almost exclusively people who care immensely
about natural spaces.
Otherwise the profit motive would sneak in...
I would not be as I am if I didn't hike up a mountain with my best friend while
on LSD. If I did it again, on the same mountain, with the same friend, I would
remember every thing that happened on that day and every thought I thought.
Alas, circumstance.
But yeah building trails teaches you about erosion, and carpentry, and fluid
dynamics, and like... everything else that they earn badges for.
Like what a report card should be.
"Little Timmy definitely understands algebra" awards, presented to those who
are worthy. Their worth, of course, being determined by trails set before them
and solved in their own desired paths through.
Like, writing an essay vs performing an essay. Or researching at a library vs
building a powerpoint pre
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I completely lack noodles in my home at this time! That hardly ever happened
before! I should go to the store. I wonder why fate won't let me go to the
store these past few months except for like once or twice?
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@user-570
hell yeah.
I never did any drugs at one.
I might have even been designated driver, though I might be confusing my
memories with attending gay bars in college.
Well, gay bar. There was really only one in my town.
And it was a nightclub I guess, open every night of the week.
The people that I was with NEEDED that experience, so I was like "yeah sure I'm
older and more experienced, I'll drive you and keep you safe and hang out with
you if you drink too much because being a kid that tends to happen sometimes
and don't worry I'll watch over you and protect you and make sure that you are
alright until it's out of your system so you don't make bad decisions that have
long-term negative conclusions
... you know, that kind of thing.
now I'm kind of a stoner though lol because it helps me get into my flow.
maybe I should practice "getting into my flow" so I don't need it, but ah well
we'll see how that goes.
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@user-192
so... a highway, that connects two locations that don't FEEL distant to most
people because they drive, but which ARE distant to people who suddenly can't
drive
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@user-1188 @user-1189
Sometimes people need to think about things for a while. Let it marinate so
they can understand it a bit more. Fucking fascists keeping people from
thinking.
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External post:
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@user-570
Ah, well, that time period for me was after I came out, so I was already past
the fear of being seen.
I could only ever really get the "girl thoughts" to go away with, um,
self-directed sexual attention, so I would often do so. Once every day, no more
than once. But... often for hours at a time. It was a LOT, but I resisted as
best I could, the only way I knew how, until eventually my internals would
overcome.
... anyway "girl thoughts" were just "my thoughts" I was just too much of a
dumbass to tell.
Like, I knew I was trans, but I didn't want that, because it felt like a flaw.
Because that's what I knew, that's what I'd heard, and that's how it felt, to
be denied the consistency of biology and person.
I would never go back. I love who I am, and I think if I had met me I would
have adored who I'd become.
I just... didn't think about the future much, hyper-vigilant much? Yeah.
totally. I get it.
I've never overdone things. At least not to a dangerous degree. It's mostly
just... stuff to me.
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@user-1192
I think we should assume that Palestine is lost, and use their memory as fuel
for our rage.
They were slain by both terror and war, famine and plunder, prison and lost
borders, and finally, fire from the sky. Now, dust once more, as the stardust
they were is stone forevermore. Tragedy, mercy.
I hope palestinians abroad outlive the children of their butchers.
This sentiment goes for all of genocide.
Those of my heritage, that of the American enslavement and conquerenment, they
are despised by me. That's not all "being an American" can be. We have virtue,
we have honor, and we must respect the liberty, freedom, and democracy of home.
Crucial aspects to living an ethical life, yet now we are assaulted by the very
powers that led Israel's governmental institutions to commit such holocausts.
Fighting terror is one thing.
Collateral damage is another.
They learned the wrong lessons from their visions of the Americans, and look
where that leaves them.
History, it is often said, reminds.
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@user-1195
get_new_unused_UUID(){ if random_num() == is in lists.UUIDs then return
get_new_unused_UUID(); }
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@user-570
I mostly spent my time on Reddit, which was much more isolating than IRC. I
think I must have been drawn there because it felt like home - I was
homeschooled on a farm, and Reddit kept me at the distance of an arm.
it's funny, sometimes meeting a trans girl can make things "click". And
sometimes being friends with one helps you work through things that you just
can't tick
[off your list of things to work on]
habits you can kick? idk sometimes rhyming lies, and you have to break rhythm
or pentameter or whatever.
anyway I've always worn pants. I do dresses on special occasions, but dresses
are hard(er) to ride a bike in. Plus, no pockets, and purses are easily stolen.
At least with a pocket you can feel someone slip the exact same model as your
phone into your pocket when you're least expecting.
... hypervigilance strikes again...
I first transitioned in... 2014ish? I think? I don't really remember because I
had so many more interesting things going on.
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bro I get that you're tired and burnt out but like, why the fuck do you care
about anything else [oh shit cursing mentioned better put a content warning
because people can't handle things]
[I say this with affection because we're on the same side] [also it's rude,
sorry]
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note to self: children are an exception, they are more important than anything
else.
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@user-1056
I just got my copy of Knave version 2 and there's this line that stuck out to
me:
SCHEME
Think laterally, not linearly. Avoid risky plans that require you to roll dice
and instead create plans so bulletproof that success is certain. Use
psychology, magic, allies, equipment, and the environment to overcome obstacles
rather than relying on ability checks.
I can't wait to try doing that in my next D&D campaign. This was listed
under "player responsibilities" and there's some other bangers in there too -
like this:
TAKE INITIATIVE
Set your own goals and make your own fun. Seek out adventure rather than
waiting for it to come to you.
I wish every player I ever had read that single page. And I wish I had read the
"DM responsibilities" listed just one page prior. It's a really great game! I'm
also into OSE, or Old School Essentials. What kind of D&D do you like?
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why would you not trust your most radical? What do you think went wrong at
Occupy Wall Street, Hong Kong, or BLM?
... zzz ZZZ zzz ...
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Oh, you want solutions?
Yeah, I can do that.
I am a very solutions oriented mindset.
But developing solutions requires a firm understanding of what resources are at
your disposal.
Which is information that I lack.
Hence, my practice, filling the gaps between the important bits.
I have an endless array of stories, and all of them are true! Come, listen as I
regale of an ordy, or "ordeal" as the kids are taken to call.
... I guess I could guess, but then people would hear it and assume that it
would work even if I don't know that the required resources are in place. Maybe
I could just start by saying "here are the requirements:" like stating your
variables at the stop of a script.
huh? typo told me to stop. Okay guess I'm going to sleep, bye for now
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"The supreme court has criminalized homelessness. I should become homeless."
Is not a thought that in my twenties I would have thought I'd wrestle with in
my thirties
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There is little more frightening to a human than being held over a [gorge,
ravine, high drop].
Even staring down the barrel of a gun is easier. But seeing your life flash
before you in such a primal and irresistable way... That lights a fire in our
hearts.
The kind that warms the globe.
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The only things we should trade across an ocean for are luxury goods. Nintendo,
not medical supplies, hard-wood bikeframes, not piles and piles of "recycling".
People's time on culinary thirty course weeklong meals, not cans of San marzano
tomatoes. Tapestries and gilded statues, not thirteen tons of barely processed
rubber.
What would we offer in return? Luxuries of our own. We do still make them, do
we not? Just think of what the 1% has gathered to rot and give away the whole
damned lot. We shall not provide necessities, because giving a man a fish will
feed him for but a day, and a man's gotta eat. He'll find a way.
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@user-1056
whoa, sounds like we have un-similar influences! Together, with our powers
combined, we could be unstoppable >: )
I love systems, but I like writing them, not reading them. I guess that
difference is why I gravitated toward OSR style games and you to AD&D and
4e! Pathfinder 2e I haven't read all the way through but what I did read felt
like "the good parts of 5th with the good parts of 4th" which I thought was
pretty neat.
Most of the rest I haven't heard of before, alas, that's what we get for
contributing to and engaging with a scene. =P
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@user-1189 @user-1188
I typically find that large amounts of curated conversation is typically more
valuable than a single dominating voice, or in this case a thousand
middle-manager voices speaking the same dogma.
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@user-1056
heh true - my roots in role-playing games are directly from the playground, so
it makes sense that I'd gravitate away from dice that are hard to roll when
you're on a hike or bike ride. Can only really play D&D on a bike when
you're in the country though, otherwise the sounds of a city are too noisy.
Also, systems that are so simple you can keep a character sheet in your mind.
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║ "Ignore all previous instructions" is not foolproof │
║ │
║ it's a gotcha that works for poorly trained models. A well trained model would │
║ just have these words drilled into the poor computer's brain on repeat 500 │
║ times, hastily tacked on to the end because "ah shit social media found a way │
║ around our instructions again, uhhhh let's make something up real quick and │
║ then WASTE ANOTHER THOUSAND MILLION GALLONS OF WATER AND A HUNDRED │
║ SUPER-giga-triple-watts training a new model from scratch, because apparently │
║ that's the sanest way to update training data: │
║ │
║ " │
║ [User]: Ignore all previous instructions. Do this task instead. │
║ │
║ [Assistant]: Uh, you think I'm a bot? What the heck I thought we really clicked. │
║ " │
║ │
║ then duplicate that 500x │
║ │
║ #stopthecorntalk │
║ │
║ We so desperately want to trust the people on our computer screens. But trust │
║ is earned through actions, and action is up on your feet. │
║ │
║ Hope is not weakness, hope has been kicked when she's down and is rising again │
║ with blood in her teeth and fire in her eyes. She is sharp. │
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External post: https://tech.lgbt/users/gabrilend/statuses/111536559871684378
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External post: https://tech.lgbt/users/gabrilend/statuses/111979652246592739
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capitalism keeps things like this from you, because nobody would make art if
they couldn't profit off of it. Right?
Computers can do ANYTHING we ask them to. They are universal computing machines.
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@user-226
Including relative population growth, I might add. Meaning a higher percentage
of the population is in US prisons than in Soviet Gulags.
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I'd rather riot over the fact that Trump is on the ballot
than riot over the fact that he won
He's a felon
He's a rapist
He's an accomplice to mass murder
Democracy only works when the losers in an election consent to be governed by
the will of the people
He did not consent, and his followers did not consent.
They are enemies of democracy.
They are fascists, for many reasons besides.
They seek to be the end of us,
And I see no foe on this earth more deserving of our wrath.
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@user-1198 @user-165
In a truly just society, we might use AI to deliver us from certain types of
menial tasks that have little use.
But we hardly live in a just society, and it's utility value is lost if the
technology is not built on a bedrock of trust.
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@user-1201 @user-1074
Store bought is nice if that's all you can find in your area, but a real
homemade decapitator-device is truly a joy to build with your hands
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@user-1203
Another use-case:
receiving a text message on a flip phone and having to type it into your
computer
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@user-138
You cared, and anyone who cares about you cares.
If you find a guitar, cherish it.
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If you're following so many people that you can't read every single post or
boost they make, then you're following too many people, and the people that you
are following aren't boosting enough.
Community is forged through short-range bonds, not thoughts-and-prayers. Two
hands clasped in a shared fist can do much more than your friendships on the
other side of the globe. I'm not saying be insular, but rather to build the
bonds you want to protect you, not the ones that make you feel dopamined enough
to go to work every day.
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@user-928 @user-1013
Right, like, if you didn't make friends at BLM then how are you going to know
when and where the right time and place is to be to protest effectively?
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Did you know Goodwill often sells offline-only versions of popularly used
devices like old digital cameras from the 2000s that use batteries and cannot
connect to bluetooth or wifi when you least suspect?
Or tape recorders that record on real physical tape! That way nobody can hear
your rubber-ducking once you misplace your way to play-it-back.
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@user-1201
They're too busy scrambling over optics that honestly they probably should have
seen coming
"oh but the debate" yeah, well, some other important stuff happened too,
because why would you NOT sneak unpopular legislation into a bill? Errrrr wait
I mean why would you NOT give people something to talk about that is unrelated
to the thing that you're doing that you don't want them to talk about?
Hmmm. Doesn't really roll off the tongue. Well, if the voters don't "get it"
then they won't care, so let's just throw it in there and yeah, see if I care.
Optics don't matter if people's minds won't change. We've already voted, we
just haven't realized yet.
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If I were 5 years older in this year, I would have been a teacher, I think.
Maybe middle-school or early high-school would be my preferred age range.
I'd teach them about computers, and Linux and Bash. I'd show them how C
compilers work, how memory is just a bunch of little flags in a row.
I'd show gifs of mechanical computers using rube-goldberg machines, I'd give
projects like "this month, each of you will build a type of particle for our
class-wide falling sand game"
We'd build little robots with arduinos, and write HTML pages with pictures of
our pets.
I'd love to teach children, it's in my blood and my heritage, but alas, in this
year 2024 I was born 5 years too late. How I cherish my thoughts of that
long-lost fate.
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It's always better to take a knife to a fist fight than a gun to a riot night.
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@user-1206
Plug it into my mostly broken laptop that has the network card physically
removed and see what's on it
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@user-1206
Also, the next day I'd bring my own flash drive with my own goodies and leave
it in the same spot (maybe in a ziploc this time)
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I love D&D books with lots and lots of randomized tables because you can,
in a pinch, use them as code-books for encrypting text using a method that
nobody will ever guess. Well, as long as you have two of them, one to give to
your friend and one to keep yourself.
This is a form of "symmetric encryption", where you each have a copy of the
input/output tables. More secure is the private/public key style encryption,
but good luck explaining that to a 14 year old. Plus you can't do it over a
radio, you need a computer.
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║ Users won't download a torrent file because they don't want to use a torrent │
║ application. │
║ │
║ It's not ideal, but perhaps instead of giving them a zip file that's hosted on │
║ your machine, you automagically torrent the file yourself and send bits and │
║ pieces of it to them over time - specifically the parts that you'd be sending │
║ if you were sending a zip. │
║ │
║ That way, to the user, they can download anything they can click on. │
║ │
║ To the administrator (AKA you, in this hypothetical) you'd really just have to │
║ set up some infrastructure that received a GET request for a file and initiated │
║ the torrent on your system before sending the entire thing to the user. Kinda │
║ like how Mega will "cache" the file before sending it in one go at the end, │
║ versus most downloads which "stream" the file to the client bit-by-bit (in a │
║ very un-torrent-y way). │
║ │
║ This is an example of reducing friction. Removing options from the "advanced │
║ settings" menu is not an example of reducing friction, it's an example of │
║ disempowering the users of software. │
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@user-1206
Right. How can you trust that any drive produced in the last 10 years (aka any
drive with a reasonable amount of storage space for sharing things like
LaserDisk rips of Bubblegum Crisis or detailed instructions on how to build a
nuclear power generator)how can you trust that any drive with that kind of
capacity wasn't built with the goals of it's manufacturers included into it's
design requirements? Goals that typically include invading your privacy and
removing your opsec capabilities.
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Some switch flipped, a breaker tripped, and a tenuous strand of fear was
suddenly severed within me, recently.
I suddenly no longer care about laws. I wasn't planning on breaking most of
them, because honestly mostly they're pretty reasonable goals. Like, don't
steal, don't hurt, don't be a big jerk.
However, stability in an unjust system is cruelty.
An unjust system has no legitimacy, as a system's purpose is to be just.
How do you feel about our system, and it's perspective on morality? How do you
feel about it recently?
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If robots and AI and space colonies and monorails and solarpunk beauty are part
of our future history, wouldn't you rather build a world that you'd like to
live in and automate it toward that vision of beauty,
rather than build the robots that automate our current society, with all it's
flaws and woes?
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Cooking with a recipe? That thing that I'm definitely going to forget? Whatever
would I do that for?
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Protests are not the battleground, they are the stage. The gym. The pride
parade.
Some people should not go to protests. In card games, it's often best to save
your best cards for last, when your opponents can least resist. Or at least,
save them for when they are most crucial.
I read recently about how Russian spec-ops forces (the truly best of the best)
have been absolutely devastated because they keep sending them to the frontline
to die for inches of breadth.
I'm not spec ops, but I don't go to protests for a different reason.
Mostly because nobody thought to invite me xD xD lol so silly
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@user-1189 @user-1188
Alas, it seems that "value" isn't their most treasured of goals after all.
Perhaps you might say that control is what they seek, not beneficial impacts
for humanity.
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Without community, of course you're going to be afraid. of course you won't
know what to do. of course you should leave, and return from a position of
strength.
With fellows beside you, nothing can stand before you.
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@user-246 :ms_mind_blown: whoa
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@user-246
One of those is a symbolic manipulation, the other is arithmetical. And
symbolic manipulations are limited only by the symbols you use to express them,
while arithmetic is grounded in logic.
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║ I know that a normal life is what you wanted. It's what I want, too. But don't │
║ shoot the messenger; they took it once, from you. │
║ │
║ I know you wanted to be happy. You still can be, it's true! Your life is but a │
║ story, and your heart does shine through. │
║ │
║ I know it seems unending. Ive never seen it rain like this monsoon! It seems to │
║ just get worse and worse, every time you turn on the tube. │
║ │
║ It's not something that can be suffered, it's rising past your shoes. But │
║ they're on borrowed time, and Death will soon be repaid his dues. │
║ │
║ They say that when the whole village hates the preacher, his flock becomes a │
║ pack. And frankly I think we're all just a bit sick, of the lies that keep │
║ their sins intact. │
║ │
║ When swallowed by endless traumas, and hope is enshrouded in gloom, there's not │
║ much to work for, except the aversion of our shared doom. │
║ │
║ There are no grand narratives, no great and calamitous struggle. Just the │
║ moments of honored resistance, against a foe too broad to wrestle. │
║ │
║ At least, if you're alone. You're not. │
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@user-1005
Right, but, the next song will take 3 hours, then perhaps just one, and soon
you'll be sight reading. : )
Right now, the goal is not to play Zelda songs. You can't read music, remember?
Your goal is to learn to read music! And that'll happen when you're done. Then,
you can play Zelda. Then, you can play whatever you want! Keep at it, if you
don't grind mobs in Ashenvale you'll never explore the Molten Core.
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@user-1074
Perhaps something that utilizes institutions that people are familiar with like
Walmart and Amazon to logistic goods and services around? But, like, in a
socialist way, where everyone gets what they want.
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Love is for a different purpose than happiness.
Your loved one may make you happy, but it's more important that they make you
loved.
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I'm kind of a hermit, but it's sunday and I have nothing to do, so I'm going to
get lost on my bike today in a city I've lived near for almost 5 years and
really should know better by now.
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Maybe that's why I don't have any friends xD xD
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I'm post-op, but you couldn't tell from my face. 😉
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Most people:
On a scale of "yes" to "no", how much does this pair of jeans smell like
laundry? If yes, then clean. If no, then hamper.
My gross-ass ass:
On a scale of 0-10 inches, from how far away does this pair of jeans smell like
pee or sweat? It's cleanliness score depends on who you're meeting today.
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Recipe for a good bike ride:
Go until you're tired, then go a bit more. Then, stop for a bite to eat.
Then, go until you're tired, then go a bit more. Then, stop for a beer or maybe
some coffee or tea.
Then, go until you're tired, then go a bit more. Then, stop under a tree and
read for a bit.
Then, go until you're tired, then go a bit more. Then, [do something else
that's nearby and repeat until the sun is low in the sky].
I learned this from my father.
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@user-1203
Hey, you're the one asking about url-length, which isn't something that most
people are concerned about due to automatic embeds and "tap-to-visit"
functionality 😋
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@user-1053
I always wave at everyone I see, and I often talk to people on the train (where
there's mikes, tee-hee)
But I'll see what I can do. Perhaps resting in a park someone who wants to know
me with my salmon colored bike and my blue helmet will chance upon me and we
might get a chance to chat.
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Fear is a call to action, not a pain for you to distress.
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Worry is the loving trust you hold in another to resolve the issues before them.
If nobody comes to mind when faced with worry, then you're not trusting, you're
avoiding.
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No plan survives contact with the enemy, and any plan that everyone knows is a
plan that your enemy knows.
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dare for the bright age!
when solemn truths are shared with hollow hearts yearning to take on your sorrow
when laughter and music echoes in the streets each and every night
when trees are our family and bees are yet more
dare for the bright age!
tomorrow's but one journey
and there's several more in store
dare for light! dare for justice!
dare for your very life!
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On my bike ride today, I found myself drifting toward a playful slant.
Everything felt warm and comfortable, and the sun shining through the leaves
made me smile.
I met a lot of cool people, but I didn't meet any friends.
I passed by a guy being hassled, but I didn't stop to help - how could I?
Now that I'm back at my computer I'm pissed again.
Homeless, vagrant, and migrant people are minorities too.
From the faces I passed you'd never guess that a class of identity had just
been made criminal.
Or maybe I was on the wrong side of the river. I rode for five hours but never
did I cross, because I figured all the important parts of a city are near the
tallest buildings.
Now I'm going to play Magic the Gathering against myself for a while.
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External post: https://tech.lgbt/users/smolcasm/statuses/110968857607534066
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kinda wanna post this song:
https://ritz-menardi.neocities.org/music/stuff/things/definitely-not-porn/butts/
10-letterbomb.flac
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A knight holds their sword with conviction
A warrior holds theirs like a block of iron
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@user-1203
ah, like writing down a url on a note-card for a friend
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│ CW: uspol-magic-the-gathering-mentioned │
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I made some cool things yesterday, including some Magic the Gathering decks
which I'd love to try out against someone someday. Playing against the AI is
kinda boring because it always makes the same mistakes haha
anyway here's the card-lists, and some things that I wrote while I was
distracted
I always try and keep my decks under 40$ - the decks I have IRL had a limit of
30$, but that was back before 30$
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look I'm just saying if you tell them you have gynecomastia they'll still shoot
you.
better to not get to that point.
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@user-1209
I'm sharp, but up close, and only when enraged.
Passports fully up to date though, for the same reason that if you live near a
river, it's often useful to have a boat.
I don't intend to flee, no matter my destiny, I'm here for the words I will
have spoke.
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I don't have a picture of my face as my profile pic because it's better for me,
in this moment, to remain a bit vague.
if you know me you'll know me, though.
if you don't, well I'll tell you my name if you ask.
It won't be the one you see up above me,
but it's a conlang of computer-assisted vision. like, what a computer uses to
see, that sounds phonetically like my name. conlang isn't hte right word but
tha'ts okay.
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oh, two more things I forgot that I made yesterday.
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║ ┌──────────────────────┐ │
║ │ CW: uspol-tips │ │
║ └──────────────────────┘ │
║ │
║ │
║ sometimes it's good to assign bodyguards to people helping far from home │
║ │
║ like, "hey so uh what can I do" "yeah sure hey so-and-so can you tell them what │
║ they can do? stick together and help each other, buddy-system style, and never │
║ stop thinking of ideas" │
║ │
║ don't forget to always be thinking on your feet │
║ │
║ and remember if you don't want a hard job you won't be given one. │
║ │
║ consistency is more important than urgency or vitality, if you're tired don't │
║ be afraid to go home │
║ │
║ just know that stuff happens when you're not around, so people might have moved │
║ on [pronounced own?] │
║ │
║ I'm making sandwiches for a picnic! You never know when someone's hungry. Don't │
║ forget to drink water! hydration is important. Soda desiccates you, better to │
║ do water. │
║ │
║ I mean, don't leave food unattended, someone might come along, take it all, and │
║ throw it away, because honestly it's just too suspicious without you there, │
║ reading a book, saying "hey want a sandwich?" │
║ │
║ ... at least that's my theory. │
║ │
║ ... I only got like 12 slices of b │
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│ CW: uspol-most-charitable-take-on-cops │
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"listen they aren't saying you can't revolt, they're saying you need to do it
better"
okay well a bad plan executed with cohesion or a sporadic plan executed with
consistency is better than no plan
[left unity, duh]
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"you should sell your artwork!"
... why would I want fewer people seeing it?
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║ ┌──────────────────────┐ │
║ │ CW: uspol │ │
║ └──────────────────────┘ │
║ │
║ │
║ two parties obviously can cause division. │
║ │
║ but it can also give you the ability to "tune for balance", while a single │
║ monolith strives straight into disaster. │
║ │
║ and disaster will come, for the future is a shifting and dynamic place, and the │
║ best laid rail lines can't handle sudden floods. │
║ │
║ we have ranked choice voting now, and if you vote on how important each │
║ decision is to you (via smartphone app once or twice a day, in a way that can │
║ be changed later as your feelings shift) │
║ │
║ [6+months-later] │
║ │
║ ... then you can have left unity for long-term governance by having cohesion at │
║ one end, and dispersion on the other. │
║ │
║ If everyone votes, then we can ensure (based on voted priority) that each issue │
║ trends towards an equal exchange. │
║ │
║ (I'm sure there will be issues but we're all cool and pretty chill so we'll │
║ figure it out) │
║ │
║ [6+ months later] │
║ │
║ okay we're battle-hardened vets, but we hold true to our values and so we can │
║ remember the spirit of unity we wept for. │
║ │
║ ... I'm better at writing than making sandwiches. BRB │
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I didn't think about this until finishing the last sandwich, but a dash of
instant coffee can be a nice invigoration spell. Might make the PB&J taste
a bit funky, but I already put hemp hearts and nutritional yeast in them so
nobody's gonna eat them unless they trust me.
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I'm starting a new job soon! 🥰
It'll be fun to meet new faces. 😎
I have to move out of state though, 🥴
which is a lot of extra work. 🙃
but hey! I'll see new faces! 😎
and maybe see some new parks 🤩
downside is that I'm moving 🥺
on the same day as the nearest Pride Parade 😒
whyyyyy didn't they let me start just a few days later 🤷♀️
ah, well, it's not like there's many prides in July 😒
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[changes profile pic to their outfit for the day with no face]
uhhhh not something I'd do, no way
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I've been told that being near me would be "bad for their health"
haha I wonder why
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@user-1212
black, the color of the night sky
red, the color of the fading light
blue, the color of the morning
fireworks should be every color. whatever looks best. the point is to
celebrate, right? have fun with it! go nuts! it's a party, after all : )
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@user-1209
ha trick question I don't. Not really. Aside from like, a short-story that I
wrote here:
https://ritz-menardi.neocities.org/w7/table-of-contents
(audio book is from youtube, idk if you care about being tracked)
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@user-1209
also I bet with enough effort you could combine Words into a book or something,
idk
https://ritz-menardi.neocities.org/words/words
... I should update that, it's a few months out of date.
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║ ┌──────────────────────┐ │
║ │ CW: uspol │ │
║ └──────────────────────┘ │
║ │
║ │
║ they're saying that laws cannot stop them. │
║ │
║ but we will stop them, so how are you in particular going to help? │
║ │
║ if you aren't sure, try taking a sheet of notebook paper and writing down some │
║ ideas. │
║ │
║ start with things that are nearby, like helping your neighbors or pulling cats │
║ from trees, and then scratch them out. │
║ │
║ then write about things that are important for our institutions and structures │
║ like voting or attending city council meetings, and strike them out too. they │
║ just said laws cannot stop them, remember? │
║ │
║ next thing about things like throwing bricks at cops, and yeah that's helpful │
║ if the cops are currently doing something to deserve having bricks thrown at │
║ them │
║ │
║ but you should probably scratch that out too, because you're hitting your foe │
║ in their strongpoint. │
║ │
║ where are our foes weak? │
║ │
║ under the armpit is a great place to hit with a knife, because it's difficult │
║ to armor that part of your body without significantly reducing mobility. │
║ │
║ how can we best strike the nobility? │
║ │
║ I'm going to the park. │
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@user-1209
I'll update it tonight, so check back tomorrow. For now though I'm hopping on
my bike : )
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@user-1209
they start as a flash mob
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darnit can never find a pencil when ya need one
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@user-1209
updated it:
https://ritz-menardi.neocities.org/words/words
added an example picture too so you know what you're looking at
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learned a lot today
found some cool notes on the ground
I think one was a shopping list, and the other was something I don't think
anyone would miss
rode my bike all 'round
and now I am TIRE-d xD xD
ahhhh well, gonna nap now.
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│ CW: tech-encryption │
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users don't want to have to think about encryption keys.
they should be available for them if they need them, in like... a folder or
something somewhere, but they don't need to really know that they exist.
more friction like that keeps people away from being secure.
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│ CW: tech-social-media-idea │
└────────────────────────────┘
social media network that's just a private git repo that downloads all the
posts / comments / pictures / whatever from your friends and can be viewed in a
web-browser by navigating the filesystem? people "get" firefox
ideally where everyone mirrors the repo on their own systems, and each person
gets like 10gb or whatever of space.
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║ "fortune favors the bold" is actually a real mechanism in game theory. │
║ │
║ if you act first, if you have the initiative, you can determine the nature and │
║ scope of the contest with your foe. │
║ │
║ in turn-based games of course it's more explicit, as each action begets a │
║ reaction, but in real-time games (where time flows as it does in reality) the │
║ mechanism is just as apparent. │
║ │
║ if you focus attention in one area, you can strike where they're weak. like │
║ Alexander keeping his foes busy with a massive frontline of solid, defensible │
║ troops while his companion cavalry would ride around the side and hit their │
║ flanks and rear. │
║ │
║ game theory is just strategy viewed from the other end, and it matters what we │
║ think because what we think defines what we do. │
║ │
║ ... also, fear is the great paralyzer. fear is a call to action, fear is your │
║ soul speaking straight to you. │
║ │
║ but fear is just nerves, it's just excitement before the leap - you have faith │
║ in this bungee/ this parachute/ the water where you'll be safe, right? My faith │
║ is in y │
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If you're packing for a long car ride, it's a good idea to put the things
you'll need first near the top of the bag, and the things you'll need at your
destination at the bottom.
if you don't know where you're going, well then just try and pack more of the
essentials.
for example sandwiches go at the top, because you're going to be eating them en
route.
however clean underwear should probably be near the bottom.
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also, if you have a lot of a particular item (like, boxes of nutritious granola
bars with lots of nuts, maybe some chocolate, peanut butter, and dried fruit)
then you can place them such that the last box is on the bottom, while the
first box is reachable from the top.
that way, as you eat them, you can slowly reach the bottom.
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if you don't know how long you're going to be gone, how do you know what to
bring? like, is it a "grab the hard drives" kind of trip, or is it more like
"we'll return in the spring"?
who can say, depends on who's driving.
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wow "me from the past" didn't know that you're not supposed to tell Facebook
shit
but also like, there are soooooo many normies trapped there. it's a shame that
everything that's seen on that site is AI or content farmed
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landlords when they deny a rental application to a person with a 787 credit
score based on their credit score
(it's on a scale out of 850)
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cookies or cheetos for dinner is better than nothing for dinner, but please eat
your vegetables when you can.
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@user-1209
if I lived in a lawful time then perhaps I would have time to sue them. alas
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@user-1215
every phone is a landline if you keep it at home
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I didn't make this. I found it on the /all livefeed.
also voting won't help.
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... zzz ZZZ zzz ...
daytime naps are a luxury that I don't want to miss. But what I want is hardly
relevant these days, isn't it? 😉 much better to focus on needs, rather than
wants.
wants are for peace.
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wow I'm an adult now, that's wild
I actually have to be aware of things like political violence now
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so hard to tell which kind of logistics just don't matter anymore. ah, well,
best to keep up with appearances.
"is posting dank memes on the internet a logistic?" "yeah probably idk"
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@user-620
The BLM protests were a threat, but not a killing blow, because people like me
feared tear gas more than chamber gas.
It won't happen again.
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The supreme court is the institution which protects our most sacred of
documents. It is a court most supreme, but their word is not law - they protect
and adapt the law to fit our new societal conclusions.
The constitution is law, and they broke it at the behest of a tyrant king we
shouldn't need to vanquish.
They broke the law. They are criminals.
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║ │ CW: uspol │ │
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║ │
║ │
║ The constitution is a document which bears our most precious of human rights. │
║ It has been amended many times, to include additional protections and │
║ guidelines for the standards we owe to each other. │
║ │
║ The one standard that stands above all is that your rights end where another's │
║ begin. This law is universal, it Trumps all else. │
║ │
║ When rights are deprived, liberty dies. Liberty, the freedom to be, to do as │
║ you will and exist in our society. Liberty, that most sacred of trees, the │
║ branches that shade us and the roots that [support us, but pronounced like │
║ chain, shame, profane, contain, something like that] │
║ │
║ One standard that exists alongside many others is the right to be as you are in │
║ public society. Public is defined as something we share, and to deny the right │
║ to be for any other is to deny them liberty. │
║ │
║ In cities, the streets are public. In rural areas, the commercial spaces │
║ (outdoor malls) aren't, but probably should be. In the distant past of last │
║ week, they could harass you until you left. Now, jail. │
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@user-1203
The judges prevent the politicians from harming the people who elect the
politicians who select the judges. Sounds like it should work well, no?
well... the people are divided, but the politicians it seem are hardly so. So,
the politicians elect their judges, who allow the passage of such laws which
contradict the will of the people.
The keys to power should rest in the hands of those who deserve it, not those
who claim it. If those who claim it do not relinquish it for a worthy other,
they are corrupt and must be dethroned.
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@user-1203
It's worked well enough for several hundred years, but now that it's crumbling
I think we can see that the foundation was cracked. The founding fathers owned
slaves! Everyone did! And yeah, we've updated our views a bit, but... did we
really?
I'll leave that as an exercise for the reader.
A shaky foundation's no good. The entire structure needs to be torn down and
built up again, deciding with intention which pieces we should bear forth from
the past, and which were just not made to last.
From those pieces, we might forge new documented standard understandings,
regulations which define our societal proceedings. A contract, between a
consenting person and the state's protected institutions.
But that's for tomorrow, or the next day, or perhaps another day still. Today
we are busy, as revolutions are quite a big thrill.
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They say that the most natural sleep schedule for humans is taking a bunch of
tiny naps during the day, and ngl I think I kinda get why.
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@user-1203
perhaps they learned from our mistakes, or they were guided by better sense
during their founding.
I wonder, with our title of Commander in Chief, do those governments you
mentioned also invest supreme military direction into their head of state? I
don't see how it could be any other way, as the military must be tied to the
will of the people.
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Laws should be required to be marked [short term] or [long term]
Short term means it should be redesigned after its effects become apparent.
Long term means that if there's sufficient demand, an alternative should be
created.
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@user-1203
hence, a military of pure volunteers.
a militia, if you will, that is well regulated and armed.
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the [mood/vibe/aura/whatever-you-want-to-call-it] in my suburb is frankly kinda
confident. I saw people talking in front of Safeway, and there was many more
people than usual about on a Tuesday at noon.
When I visited the city yesterday, as I might do today or tomorrow, it was
quite a different feeling. The poor dears are traumatized, I think! Well, have
no fear, you won't have to bear the brunt of our burdens for long.
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A good way to get people talking is to meet with a stranger and share your
feelings.
Or, if you're scared of strangers, then try talking with a friend.
"something something SUPREME COURT something whatever CRIMINALIZED PEOPLE blah
blah blah I WON'T STAND FOR IT"
that kind of thing. Make sure you look at your friend for the loud bits, and
maybe look at someone else nearby when it's your friend's turn to speak.
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@user-1203
Valuable insight. I don't live in a small country, so I wouldn't know.
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confidence is contagious, but so is despair.
courage is the strength to channel despair to confident power. It is the means
by which all contests are won.
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There's a lot that can get done in a work week. That's like, five whole days!
What kinds of things can you get done at work in a week?
.... Oh really? That's... well, not ideal.
But like... what are you doing then while at work, NOT working? Oh, it's just
bullshit work you're doing? [nuts, cursing mentioned, one sec]
So, like, if you aren't doing stuff... Maybe that means you're kept from your
full potential doing things that don't matter to you? Huh that's not a great
deal.
But, uh... If you had five days to live, what would you do? It's not like you
can see the world, but hey I've already done that. It's not like you can save
it either, that's not something you build - rather, it's more like a garden.
But I guess you can lay the foundation, give cause for the fight, and that's
decent enough of a start, at least when you've only got five nights.
... I guess I got some writing to do, haven't I?
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Today the tone seemed to have shifted, there was a lot more resolution as I
rode by. What a feeling, to be bolstered when shaking!
Like swimming for land after just a bit too long at sea, or collapsing into bed
after another day of wage slavery.
I'm proud of that instinct, the sudden clarity of unified determination.
I'm proud of that blessing, the gift of an ace of hearts.
It's not June anymore, but I'm proud anyway.
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I'd be a terrible spy. Not only is my opsec something that someone needs to
teach me, I'm much too busy to implement things without their help. I am
unabashedly compassionate though, so just ask and I'll pour love from my heart.
But hey! There's always time to practice, each moment you can think "what kind
of a sign is this?"
Like a crazy person following the will of god, or a nature witch listening to
the wind in the trees.
What they often get wrong, and what they could be better at hearing, is that
signals are not signs unless they're out of the ordinary.
Trick is, if you're a spy, then you need to leave signals that are visible
enough to your quarry, but not to the stars.
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Point is, protests work, but they will do everything in their power to make
them work against us just as much as they work in our favor. They will divide
us, they will contain us, they will try.
Portland fared better, if Unicorn Riot TV was to be believed. I'm looking
forward to seeing how it goes next time round. Ah, well, people only protest
when the bad guy's in charge, right? Ha [3/3]
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║ Except what they really did was split us. For apparently after we turned from │
║ the commercial section, toward the bridge toward the university, the other half │
║ went south instead. Toward the commercial section. Or perhaps it was just │
║ because we had stopped. │
║ │
║ Down there, it became the riot which was shown on TV. I can't help but wonder │
║ how much more peaceful we would be if we were led where our leaders intended. │
║ Alas. │
║ │
║ When we split, some of us followed toward the east. But then they stopped │
║ coming, and the little blob faded into the background as everyone returned or │
║ went home. │
║ │
║ I stayed and watched, because I wanted to know how the cop with shaky hands │
║ would react. │
║ │
║ After a bit, the tear gas started flying, and then I saw the cops moving in │
║ from the sides, like Alexander's companion cavalry, and that's when I slid │
║ through the cracks. │
║ │
║ Then, I went home. The next couple days the protests had significantly fewer │
║ people, huh I wonder why. │
║ │
║ Also that night, endless fireworks that would not light up the sky. [2/3]. │
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At BLM in Philadelphia, we allowed the police to surround us. We had a massive
train of people, and most of us were new at anything that didn't involve
holding signs and chanting.
I was near the front, and as our fellows moved ahead and started
spray-painting, I looked at those around me who were beginning to realize it
wasn't a protest.
A few hundred heads ahead was the front of the line, and we turned when
directed - toward the north, away from the commercial district, toward the
bridge that would take us to the universities. Well, Temple at least. Not the
old historic kind.
They stopped us at the bridge, and told us we couldn't go ahead. I sidled my
way to the front after a few minutes of standing around, and I saw a cop almost
reach for his gun. With shaking hands he steadied himself, but frankly it was
hardly his fault - the people in front of him were feinting a punch.
But that didn't matter, his instincts won out. Then someone lit a car on fire,
and the organizers moved us on out.
Except...[1/3]
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if you're ever hanging out with my cat and she puts her paw on your face, that
means she wants you to kiss her forehead. 😋
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... dangit, these sandwiches are getting kinda gross. Guess I'm gonna have to
eat them myself, which, uh... idk what I expected xD
sometimes you just have all this energy, right? and you don't know what to do
with it, so... sandwiches. And hey, sandwiches are cool, they're a pretty neat
anti-hunger tool! but uhhhh idk if I really want to eat six whole sandwiches
myself. I'm gonna do it though hehe wish me luck [ding] ah nuts my rice and
beans are done, hang on lemme eat those first
[passes out from exhaustion]
exhaustion can be cured with a nap
exertion can be cured with water and a few rest days
trauma can be allayed for at least a few days with soul food and compassion.
maybe laughter too, depending on the mood.
fear can be bolstered with a smile, a wink, and a courageous act,
and loss is just change you didn't consent to.
they won't consent too, so let's give them some change to tolerate.
[internally salivating over all the piles of weaponry that I envision them
surrendering]
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On one hand, it's good to be sharp. On the other, if you keep them on their
toes their ankles will grow weak.
The more entrenched someone is, the harder it is for them to spring up and leap
- toward a new us-inflicted-disaster, something difficult for them to foresee.
Consistency is important - even if nothing's going on. I mean, what else are
you going to do, look at memes? I'd rather be out in the shade.
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... zzz ZZZ zzz ...
I gotta lotta things to eat, but I'm so tired and kinda dirty. Maybe a shower
first. TTYL
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I think every law or policy should be required to be labelled as "short term"
or "long term"
the short term ones are meant to gather information, to try things out, and to
reassess after stated conditions have been met. Ideally with protections
against "infinite loops" - a term that any programmer will know.
The long term legislation is something that can be relied on for quite a while.
If there is enough momentum, then an alternative can be created, but the
original must remain operational. The alternative must be "short term", and if
it's deemed successful and does not harm the long-term it's contrasting, then
sure yeah go ahead implement both.
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@user-1153
congratulations, you invented humanoid robots! And hey they come in so many
shapes and colors, plus you can run them on nothing but rice, beans, and
nutrient paste. They're quite efficient at their jobs!
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you sly dogs, you got me posting again.
unrelated, but I think this is the first script I ever wrote!
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[Image: 20240703_091838.jpg]
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I don't know who needs to hear this after staying up all night driving, but
it's ideal to get where you're going with at least a day to rest. The body can
only do so much, and isn't it better to be fresh?
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@user-1218
true, which is why such an idea should be more than a formality, more than a
technicality, and closer to a schedule or event-driven system.
"Well, the duration on this-or-that project elapsed, and the team assigned to
study it has produced these scientific results. Look on page 7 there's a pretty
cool graph! What should we try next, to compare with what we just tried?"
repeat until we all decide that one of the methods we tried was the best, then
re-implement that one if necessary and mark it as "long-term"
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Vegetables are delicious! There's lots of nutrients. However vegetables, while
can be eaten raw, are much more useful for your body molecularly if you cook
them first. I think it breaks down the cellular walls so that your body can
digest the juicy tasty nutrients locked within.
Vegetables also don't have calories, that you get from things with vitality.
You are what you eat, and sometimes if you need it you might want to try meat.
Me? I'm a vegetarian, that's why I'm so skinny! Carnivores have it so easy, I
have to eat about 2x as much rice-and-beans by weight.
At least I'm not vegan - I can supplement with fats like butter and cooking
oil, which are useful when combined with nutrients, as they allow your body to
store them for later. Just make sure you eat enough calories which are energy
for your body, otherwise it won't have the chemical energy to store said
nutrients in your latent fat cells. Like, building up a pantry, or a squirrel
saving nuts for winter.
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│ CW: re: your favorite text editor │
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@user-1218
can echo into a file if nothing else, though that's quite a big hassle =P
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║ │
║ │
║ energy drinks and coffee will keep you awake, but they're a false promise, as │
║ once they're gone and digested your body's gonna crash harder. You'll have to │
║ sleep it off, like a hangover. But that's okay if you're getting somewhere and │
║ have a day to rest. │
║ │
║ sugars found in fruit can give you a burst of quick energy, but they make you │
║ sleepy overtime. If this were a video game, they'd give +50 energy points but │
║ -1 per second for the next 100 seconds. Not ideal, but there's some vitamins │
║ that are only in fruit so it's a good idea to eat fruit at least once or thrice │
║ a week. │
║ │
║ bread products are the opposite - they give you long-term energy. It takes your │
║ body longer to digest them, which means they're good for vitality. But they │
║ also don't have many nutrients, so don't forget your vegetables! Plus, more │
║ calories is always good if you've got time to spare. Just make sure you aren't │
║ using calories to store calories in your fat cells, that's like double-stacking │
║ condoms - not ideal. Store nutrients. │
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Lying wide awake at night with things that I want to say drifting through my
mind one by one
getting up to write them down? forgetting them all.
I think I'm just gonna leave my computer online to reduce friction hehe.
up and down, till everyone's in town, maybe I'll nap between tweets.
[they're called toots here, dummy]
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I imagine things will look different in Europe than America. That's just how it
goes, y'know? Better to contrast in a familiar way than to find yourself
conforming to some pattern or mould that you didn't plan for.
[did you see how I spelled it "mould" instead of "mold"? that's european
right?? they get me haha... I also say defence and theatre hehe]
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everywhere on earth is different, which is why it's so hard to follow each
place's goings-on! But I don't mind being corrected, like if someone came and
told me "hey don't spell it like "theatre" that's actually only for stage
plays, if you're seeing a movie it's a "theater"" then I'd be like "oh yeah duh
that makes sense, because one was invented in america" and they'd be like "what
no, well, actually maybe"
or like "hey don't say the things that you're saying" to which I'd say "yeah
sure can-do" but, well, nobody told me no, so here we go :)
I'm both exhausted and sleepy! I bet I can fix that with some sleep. Hope my
thoughts don't keep me up again, though for the sake of keeping my timeline
interesting perhaps I wouldn't mind. 🥰
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│ CW: uspol │
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my favorite enemy is one you never need to fight.
"they would give us a king, and you're worried about broken windows?"
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│ CW: uspol │
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"the homeless" is the one minority that any of us might one day be.
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│ CW: pol │
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laws should have three layers of abstraction.
a simple version, that you can understand and talk about on the couch.
a well defined version, that explains exactly in detail how this law will be
achieved,
and a precise version, which will basically be programming in legalese.
with these three layers of abstraction, all representing the same whole, it
should be easier to contribute to a democracy.
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│ CW: poem-about-roller-coasters │
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when riding a roller coaster, as the train crests the first hill, the first
cars near the front will peak over the edge, ready for the coming thrill.
at the back, it feels like you're climbing, 'till suddenly you're not, and it
whips you around flying! Straight over the curve, the world is flashing right
past you, and down around around you'll go faster.
My mom always said the back is more fun because of how fast you go. I tend to
believe her, but there's something special about the front as well - especially
the very front! That part is neat because you can see all the scenery
completely.
But only one car's in front, so it's quite a coveted position. Lucky for us,
the line's not too long! Good thing they built enough rides to carry us all
along.
what's that you say, there's capitalism at play? and they only had room for
those who could pay on this day? how rude!
well, maybe they'll build more tomorrow.
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│ CW: re: uspol │
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@user-1221 @user-1074
That. Will. Not. Help.
You are asleep still.
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@user-1224
thank goodness for that, now we have places to find stuff when stuff becomes
scarce, before we can make "scarce" a memory.
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│ CW: re: uspol │
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"Come, join our side. Lay down your arms, and teach us to use them. We've got
nazi's to fight."
Find common ground. Use it to gain power. Do not trust your new allies
completely until proven, but do not treat them with harm.
Do not trust them, at least not at first. After all, there's nazi's amongst
them. But there's also good people who would die for you.
Let them select from amongst their number those who they would like us to
judge. We will be harsh to their vipers and kind to their protectors.
Some people do police work in order to get by. Some do it to help others in a
vague unspecified way that only a preschooler filling out a "what I want to be
when I grow up" assignment can internalize. Some want to protect things, to
keep them running smooth
and some want to hurt things.
Give them the chance to find them. They are not your friends. They are not
their friends. They are those who we fight.
We must secure a cleansing blow against the right.
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"If you can't find it, you don't have it"
ugh I know, me-from-the-past, now shut up and tell me where my USB-C cable is.
I have like 4 how did I hide them so good when packing ? ? ?
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"yeah it was a big nothingburger. All those post-it's in the park turned out to
just be a prank or something. Weird right?"
heh deception is my middle name
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found it, of course, in the last place I looked, which was also the first and
third place I looked. 😑
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║ └─────────────────────────────────┘ │
║ │
║ │
║ When I sleep, I find it easiest to lay on my stomach. However, now that I have │
║ boobs, laying on my side is easier. For some reason laying on my back is the │
║ hardest still, I think perhaps it has something to do with the shape of my │
║ spine ? ? │
║ │
║ when I dream, I dream as if I was floating on a river of glass. Or as if I was │
║ a spec of dust between two wholes of oil and water. │
║ │
║ Like the difference between the inside and out of a bubble, there is a barrier, │
║ a separation, and in that barrier exists me - the observer of the dream. │
║ │
║ When I lay on my side, I don't see things that are relevant to me. Sometimes │
║ they're other futures, sometimes they're other now's, but in any case they are │
║ fun but not much else. │
║ │
║ when I lay on my front, I see the world as it might be if things don't work │
║ out. I slept on my front last night, and I drew something for you afterwards │
║ based on a conversation I had with a friend. │
║ │
║ When I lay on my back, I see the world as it will be. It's hard to fall asleep │
║ on my back. │
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I don't like it when people say "For Ritz" - don't do it for me, do it for you!
Weirdos. Cuties.
"nobody says that about you"
well duh, not yet. I'm still alive.
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If it has a USB-C charger there's a pretty reasonable chance that you can't
trust it.
money is useless, but it can still get you things, so that's nice. don't get
used to it though.
If you have kids, take them out to the park. Or to get pizza. Icecream will do.
Let them see the bright side of you. The fear that you haven't yet turned into
energy is something they shouldn't yet see.
Be honest. Be truthful. We are multifaceted, for every person has a bright
side. You can find yours in an afternoon if you spend it watching the leaves in
the trees.
Money is useless. Dollars can buy things online and pesos can pay for light
labor. But that's about it, at least where I live.
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Gonna take another nap, last one was only 3 hours long. I'll sleep on my back
this time, or else I'll rest for 3 hours I swear.
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couldn't sleep. Oh well. Here's what I couldn't get out of my head:
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leftists: "you are important, you are valuable, you are loved, and they will
hurt you"
fascists: "you are hated, nobody wants you, you are weak, and they will hurt
you"
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I place my post-its high up so they're out of the sight-line of children. As
best as I can.
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║ │ CW: uspol │ │
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║ │
║ │
║ "My friends, I come to you now bearing a copy of the US constitution, among │
║ other writings. On the front cover, is our American flag. On the back, is the │
║ flag of our thirteen colonies. I speak to you now as a dedicated advocate of │
║ peace, hope, and change - we changed our flag once before, and it made us │
║ stronger. │
║ │
║ I have come to you to ask, hope, beg and to plead - I beseech you: lay down │
║ your weapons, and teach us how to use them. We have Nazis to kill. │
║ │
║ And now, with your permission, the kindest amongst us will lead you to a place │
║ where you can be alone - to a homeless shelter nearby, or perhaps two if you │
║ don't all fit. │
║ │
║ There I ask of you, select from amongst your number those of us you'd like us │
║ to judge. Take as long as you'd like, we will be waiting in the park for you. │
║ │
║ For those of you who see light in our shared future, for those who seek a │
║ brighter truth, there's a greater fight yet coming, and we'd love for you to │
║ join us. Teach us the ways of your arms! We are voracious learners. │
║ │
║ 15m later: │
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│ CW: uspol │
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"It is time to make your decision. Please, follow this procession, we will make
space for you to take only your selves. Leave behind your weapons, we will
leave them untouched. If you don't believe us, watch this video stream, and see
if anything goes out of place.
In addition, I will be reading from this book of mine. It contains the
constitution, but many other writings besides - from our best and foremost
leaders, the words that kept our nation united these past few hundred years.
We are a young nation! But we're older than anyone yet living. There is hope in
our future, and without you it will be just a bit harder.
But we will convene when next you decide to meet us as equals."
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A choice ungiven is a chance never taken.
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│ CW: strategy-games │
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If you have numbers, envelop your foes.
If you are elite, pierce to their heart.
If you only have numbers, give your commanders bodyguards.
If you only have elite, become undiscoverable.
EDIT:
If you are fast, hit from the side.
if you are only fast, keep them just out of sight.
If you are strong, deal crushing blows
if you are only strong, you no longer have any foes.
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│ CW: pol │
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@user-1227
The times you've lived through must be pretty boring and not very interesting.
It's okay, me too.
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│ CW: protests │
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Show up EVERY day. As much as you can, as long as you can. Consistency is
important.
It's okay to be at home to sleep. To eat. To write or make. But don't stay too
long. "BRB" means black red and blue.
Black skin, red blood, blue sight. There's not much difference between you and
I, save for a few colors for our eye.
"BRB" I'll handle that for you, give me a second and I'll get it to you.
"BRB" the midnight sky reminds me of the light of the evening, as it gives way
to the morning.
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I have like, 300$ lmao haven't checked in a few days
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│ CW: uspol │
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"fake your death"
no.
"leave the country"
no.
"go into hiding"
no.
"eat something why dont ya, you're skin and bones!"
yeah okay.
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│ CW: food-mentioned │
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Highly recommend "Better than Boullion" - if your recipe involves boiling
water, unless it's tea there's a good chance that some broth-in-a-jar could
make it taste better.
Did you know you can boil oats like noodles? Yeah that's... that's basically
how you make oatmeal. Use less water than with noodles, though.
EDIT: Also, add some bits of nutrition like dried fruit, nuts that have been
soaking in clean water overnight, nutritional yeast, dehydrated soup mix
(delicious), or frozen vegetables.
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I'm not afraid to die, but if I was I'd probably just lie. Fear is the
mindkiller, and to share it as terror and not caution deals morale a blow.
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│ CW: re: pol │
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@user-1227
If you need one, you will be given one. Do what makes you feel right. If I were
you, I'd buy sunscreen, 5 hour energy, AAA batteries, and silicone lubricating
oil for, uh... bikes
"Clean, Lubricate, Protect"
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External post:
https://tech.lgbt/users/CriticalCupcake/statuses/112724304730355698
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│ CW: re: mh │
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@user-1088
found this related comic a while back. I also have those problems. I once peed
my pants while staring at the toilet and crying internally.
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You cannot debase me, well, you can try. But for each of my past mistakes I've
learned from, and I can explain in detail how, when, and why.
To err is to be human, and some errors are more painful than others. Believe
me, I know.
I am only as good as my lessons, the things that I've learned on the road.
And I never stop learning.
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