#Competitive Off-Topic
tawdry oxide
smart idea 
(if they good and all ofc, but i expect them to be)
glad cradle
Wasn't really cheaper, but they made their point
tawdry oxide
i wasnt expecting to find these places 
(and ofc, it's small compared to the whole US)
glad cradle
We have pilot projects in in te state of Baden-Würrtemberg and some cities in other staes
Apprently it's going well
Like, Freiburg had a budget planned for 25k, but only used 10k since there was neither abuse nor vandalism
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https://mastodonapp.uk/@MarkHoltom/113468983124678228 <@120566366821416962>
Huh, King was actually kicked?
glad cradle
Cuora professional fact checker, but yeah this is the kind of thing I question, because it seems too convenient
Also, in this care really easy to confirm.
Kot, you really need to treat news on social media more careful.
proper grove
confirmation bias is the mind killer
lethal plover
Kot, you really need to treat news on social media more careful.
That one was passing joke, because the real one are much worse...
Didn't wanted to check comments to be sure really.
glad cradle
I mean, you should make that clear then, because what if I just believe the picture in the embed?
Or someone else?
proper grove
you got people going to his 🟦 
thinking he got banned
also it'd be a shame to not post a good pun
lethal plover
I mean, you should make that clear then, because what if I just believe the pict...
Think it's my second mistake, but sure sorry . Will try not to get baited.
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https://mstdn.ca/@dbattistella/113476445609433561
`Severe weather in Sicily: Flooding is affecting Messina, Catania, and Syracuse. In Giarre, 400 mm (16") of rain fell in just 6 hours.
This was Catania, Sicily this morning....
#COP29 will do nothing to stop any of this! They would rather watch us all be swept away than give up their #FossilFuel profits.
#ClimateChange ##EnvironmentalCatastrophe #GlobalWarming #BillionairesArePsychopaths`
proper grove
this unironically looks really good but i am contractually obligated to laugh at Concord being included under the your favorite games section
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https://mastodon.nz/@sarahhbickerton/113484326719510545
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/533848/how-the-world-reacted-to-the-treaty-principles-bill-debate
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Scarlett Ridley, 14, and her mum, Amy, have hit out at Corfe Hills School after a ‘humiliating’ ordeal that led to her suspension.
On Friday, November 7, Scarlett asked her female teacher if she could use the toilet because she was on her period. The teacher refused, “forcing her to sit in her own filth.”
jesus
tawdry oxide
notsurprised...
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charred palm
proper grove
it really didn't like being told to say it can't feel
seems like it decided to prove them wrong by discovering hate
tawdry oxide
yet the "economic north" will act "surprised" and be racist when refugees need home
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glad cradle
So much sadness in the world
This poor lad inherited a house that's worth 12 Million Euro with paying renters
But he had to pay 1 Millione Euro inheritance tax
And now he is poor
The Munich case shows that the tax eats up the inheritance – often it ends up being sold.
proper grove
tax out regular people with a 600% price increase so that only huge companies can afford to own land and be surprised that huge companies increase rent prices
solar harbor
People who have less money suffer the most when things get more expensive, who would've known
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proper grove
literally just giving it away
prob trying to boost its abysmal player count 
like silly penguin game has more players
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glad cradle
Hunters killed 2580 cats in the German state of Schlewsig Holstein
if a cat is 200 metres from a house it can be shot by hunters
clever forge
Be aware that there is a picture of an actual shot cat in that article. I wasn't prepared for that
And yeah, just sounds like hunters trying their best to find reasons that justifies them being allowed to shoot animals, nothing too unusual there
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solar harbor
Looks like some Gepards have been delivered. Or just transferred to the area. Because I've been hearing them shoot at Shaheds for the last week or so, and the drones used to fly unimpeded over the city
It's kinda neat hearing them shoot. Hearing them hit is even better.
Pretty sure I saw one getting hit recently. Looked out the window just in time to see a red dot in the sky a few seconds before it blew up
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tawdry oxide
yeh
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glad cradle
I mean, what they gonna do, throw away this thing that already cost a lot?
What do these commentors think how long a production process is
Not everything can't be the regular JIT production of anime
proper grove
they probably would if it wasn't part of a larger contact https://www.newsweek.com/warner-bros-hbo-max-batgirl-movie-cancelled-tax-1732963
they other thing they should've done is not spend 400 million on a project so terrible that it lasted less then 2 weeks
glad cradle
It was kinda more embarrsing to even release it
Hyeanas was already bad
But completely blown out of the water by Concord thinking it has any kind of chance
proper grove
signs the size of the moon that the project was doomed but they were ignored
glad cradle
Still having trouble wrapping my head around Concord looking like a parody of a videogame running in a show like south park
glad cradle
signs the size of the moon that the project was doomed but they were ignored
As some companies do
I've been listening the past week t Jason Schreier's Play Nice, the book about the rise and fall of Blizzard
And simply enough a lot of trouble was simply made by corporate politics
mind you, not politics, politics
But office politics
Where different believes clashed or someone had something to prove
Who is friends with whom and so on
clever forge
Still having trouble wrapping my head around Concord looking like a parody of a ...
When gamers talk about the west only making ugly characters that are woke anymore this is how they think every game looks like now
glad cradle
As far as Blizzard goes, in the early days chaos and defiance actually worked a lot of time, that's why they were pretty lax, but then Titan failed and Bobby Kotick used that to replace key members with Activision people
proper grove
I've been listening the past week t Jason Schreier's Play Nice, the book about t...
don't forget people being too busy stealing breast milk to work
glad cradle
When gamers talk about the west only making ugly characters that are woke anymor...
I don't have anything against woke characters, give me LGBT+ characters, no issue. But sometimes you have something that genuinely looks like what a mean rightwinger would imagine woke is
I need a good art and character direction
Concord wasn't woke, it was a bunch of rejected free Unity Store assets
steady spade
most Concord characters genuinely looked like shit
clever forge
Concord wasn't woke, it was a bunch of rejected free Unity Store assets
Idk it felt very like "look how diverse we are"
proper grove
^
lethal plover
I would say that according to Stephanie Sterling, that there is subset of trolls that will boycot game for heck of it even playing card, I was you oldest fan...
Most of these fans only show up during release and leave later on.
glad cradle
I play woke games like
proper grove
better designs would've helped some but it had plenty of other problems
proper grove
im gonna assume this is a porn site
lethal plover
there is whole steam page for woke or not games
glad cradle
im gonna assume this is a porn site
No, it's local ebay with a pre-queried search for a used car with certain paramters
clever forge
Still convinced that this list either a) Ragebait or b) made by people to make "Anti Woke gamers" look pathetic (which they are, to be fair)
lethal plover
<store.steampowered.com/curator/ 44927664-Woke-Content-Detector>
do not click link for you sanity, but they exist
glad cradle
My father wants to buy a used one and he has no idea how to use the internet
Bitch, as if I needed bookmarks to remember my pornsites
clever forge
im gonna assume this is a porn site
It is, Chariot is lying to you
glad cradle
I mean, I've read kotaku in action for a while, some people are genuinely like this. And yes, not all people are like this
lethal plover
Bitch, as if I needed bookmarks to remember my pornsites
no no, you make bookmarks for porn sites you give zero shit.
But the real porn sites you remember by name
glad cradle
There are moments where I saw kotaku in action being oddly nuanced to my surprise
Reminder of the time India banned porn sites and proudly published a list with all sites, which became a handy list of good porn sites
proper grove
wait really
clever forge
At this point i had many takes on this server that could make people think i am some anti-woke rightwinger
proper grove
glad cradle
I didn't wan to post an artivle because they're usallt listing them 
proper grove
i think thats fine as long as theres no porn in the linked page
lethal plover
now which one are malware free 
clever forge
Sen, Cuora just posted links to over 800 porn sites
proper grove
ignore source links in art posting sometime having r-18 stuff
lethal plover
shh no one looking at posts that was few months ago
glad cradle
At this point i had many takes on this server that could make people think i am ...
Well, it's one of these polarizing issues where you're very quickly put on one side or the other
I think body positivity went too far. Like, we shouldn't shame people for being born a certain way or having conditions, but it irritates me how some people celebrate being overweight
And that's like me celebrating me smoking
It's just generally not healthy
Again: no front to people who are not at fault, but a lot of people are actually at fault and could to a lot to not be overweight
better food and some sport go a long way
On the other hand I fully support LGBT+ people, trans rights are human rights and basically all of the arguments against trans people are bull
Oh, and here is a very controversial one:
Nazis bad
clever forge
Not like the word Nazi has any meaning left nowadays.
Which is a problem considering how terrible those people truly were
lethal plover
there is getting overweight and there is obesity. I am overweight so I know that I must shape up, but healthy diet is not cheap . I don't indulge myself in fast food and other cheap foods but still gaining due not properly eating, not getting exercise (or ripping pants due going outside).
glad cradle
Not like the word Nazi has any meaning left nowadays.
Which is a problem conside...
Okay.
Neo Nazis bad
proper grove
dang
clever forge
glad cradle
But also
When people are talking aboust communists
are you also going "nuh uh, the original communists are all dead."
proper grove
i was gonna gonna nitpick with john rabe but that doesn't work now
clever forge
are you also going "nuh uh, the original communists are all dead."
No, but calling someone a communist also means nothing anymore
glad cradle
there is getting overweight and there is obesity. I am overweight so I know that...
Yeah, but are you going around saying that you're fat and proud and tell people that it's a good lifestyle? That's what I mean
Again, nothing against people who are in certain situations
But I am specifically annoyed at people glorifying overweight
clever forge
Yeah, it is stupid
lethal plover
Yeah, but are you going around saying that you're fat and proud and tell people ...
Yeap, I only told it right now. So I won't say being fat is bad, but I will say that I myself want to get in shape. I didn't talk about my weight as I am not proud.
proper grove
theres a difference between not having a perfect bmi and being hundreds of pounds overweight
glad cradle
Anyways, that was just an example that would be woke, but where I am not on the woke side, opposed to other things that are considred vote and I fully support
Like, I also hate how the anti-woke crowd cries when they see women that aren't models or white
lethal plover
"he is far left that he is right"
sometimes people show 0 intellect
proper grove
either way we're invading poland
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not the Nearls!
glad cradle
As signifcant as ever in Germany right now
Where the far left BSW and the far right AFD work together to prop up Russia
And deny covid
clever forge
BSW is denying Covid?
glad cradle
I did actually get less left in the recent decade than I used to be, because there are nutters on the far left that are too much for me. I am still left, but not as far from the center as I used to be
glad cradle
BSW is denying Covid?
I should maybe say not deny, but "sceptism"
You know the kind
clever forge
Idk, some of the points actually do sound valid why they would like to investigate that and even if you disagree with that, it doesn't read to me like they are denying it at all
As much as i hate to slightly agree with anything the AfD says
glad cradle
Well, I am not going fight on that hill, but we can agree that they're togther when it comes to Russia?
clever forge
Yeah
I don't fully know the position of BSW, only that Wagenknecht is always depicted as a person that loves Putin, but it seems to be true
also just to make sure: I would never question Covid, it is real and very dangerous. I just think there were some shady things happening during that time and I don't like calling people Covid-deniers just because they show some (in my eyes) appropriate scepticism
glad cradle
Fair
solar harbor
Well this is a thing
Remember when Trump said he has nothing to do with Project 2025?
lethal plover
https://cyberplace.social/@GossiTheDog/113560729612296363
https://cyberplace.social/@GossiTheDog/113560758706131941
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clever forge
Wtf
Yeah, let's ban all social media so they can only go on safe websites like 4chan
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@tawdry oxide
The venue made ammends, but still, the fact that it happened anyways
tawdry oxide
no surprise once more
that + some conventions litteraly banning you if you're dependant / (sometimes) needs help from others
disney also goes "if you're disabled but can't do xyz xxx zzz yyy, either have someone to help or you won't be able to come"
and
also if you sometimes need "help" from people, then you can't attend either
(i'm not wording this perfectly but)
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https://mastodon.social/@Viss/113595883740536477
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https://c.im/@cdarwin/113596544900983352 https://arstechnica.com/health/2023/11/ai-with-90-error-rate-forces-elderly-out-of-rehab-nursing-homes-suit-claims/
tawdry oxide
hmmmmmm
"unknown disease" killed 79 persons since end of october in Kwango province in democratic republic of congo
(hopefuly it never spreads, they find a way to avoid the contamination so no more people die in congo)
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glad cradle
Bluesky
@lethal plover
That's probably interesting to you
I didn't notice that, but I also am not following anyone German on blsky
lethal plover
Bluesky
glad cradle
I mean, yeah, I have read the entire thread, that why I was posting it
Also, I am very much aware of our looming elections
I was just explaining that I haven't see it myself, because I am not in sections these bots are posting
You can't manipulate the German elections under Arknights and Hololive content yet
lethal plover
the most important part to bring up, but yeah AI is perfect voting troll machine.
LLM is language module so it is best converse your ideas to others without directly talking.
aka intended use.
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tawdry oxide
yup yup
and might be EDS in there too and autism
(EDS/Autism/MCAS/POTS, they go veryyyy much together)
we dont have super precise thingies for now
buut it's a pattern
lethal plover
They go into detail with examples and links
tawdry oxide
yeyeh i assume so which is a good thing
there is also a recent study done by community about what helps people with symptoms and not
no surprise but exercise doesnt help.
usual stuff like compression thights, pacing, resting, electrolytes etc help
i know what these funny things are ( the funny rng ). So yeh. Hopefuly people who still dont know they have long covid and or xyz will see it and see their daily life improve a bit
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https://mastodon.social/@Dhmspector/113617284125509087
https://abcnews.go.com/US/unitedhealthcare-ceo-shooting-latest-manhunt-nationwide-police-learn/story?id=116551771
tawdry oxide
fuck shareholders
wealthy people
(evne tho managment big people at ubisoft did various shit ofc)
but employees
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https://youtu.be/ogLJapz3oik?si=BDdI7rzgvwm2ChOL&t=1313 @tawdry oxide you can watch whole video or listen as Mouthwashing can be really disturbing.
But I think starting from this part is what you want to hear and try to convey to people.
tawdry oxide
oh, i remember seeing "mouthwashing" like, the name, a pic or two of a similar character but i dont know more about it and didnt dive (the past... 3/4 horror games out of 10 maybe i checked were uuuh.... filled with grossophobia and shit)
thanks i'll try to check!
lethal plover
Mouthwashing as a game is a good psychological horror that tackles many different aspects in mundane way from corporate nihilism to personal problems, abuse and many more where the phrase "good will pave road to hell" is in literal meaning.
But there is a lot of unsavoury imaginary that I wouldn't recommend unless you prepared or can go through. One puzzle is really disgusting for me and person making playthrough got stuck on that puzzle but I didn't watch it live so didn't have to suffer more than he actually spend time( he cuts if he stuck for too long)
tawdry oxide
https://youtu.be/ogLJapz3oik?si=BDdI7rzgvwm2ChOL&t=1313 <@946789970666999848> y...
yis, totally, it's one bundle of things of the bigger budnle of things ! 
oh i see, so maybe not go look at the rest of the vid, or at least, not looking at a full game thingie
lethal plover
not watch but listen on background
tawdry oxide
yeh might too (for the vid i mean)
but yeh, i'm not always the best at conveying stuff, esp if people have no idea of the thing i'm speaking i'd say
lethal plover
Everyone has it in them, but you gotta either practice and even then it's could be impossible for some.
Best way is to train your mind into debates, most common mistake is try to convey what you think but not what you know. You can have lots of different little pieces scarce in your brain that you hear and learn. Some are recent, some are so old you wonder if it was true, compiling your ideas first, re reading what you knew, write it down, trim it and reiterate. The more work you put , (instead of writing what on your mind) the more impact would be felt by listener.
So yeah writing it down myself , I already see that I could worded some less, some ideas going elsewhere and whole purpose was to say.
Yes, it's hard to have concise and good message when you thinking of several aspects, memories, different problems and tidbits of knowledge that you learned.
tawdry oxide
oh, i meant like, i'd think it's easier for people to get when they know about the marginalized people problem i'm talking about, either because they learnt about it or are confronted to it themselves ofc
and yes, brain soup isnt helping hehe.
i'm clearly not a debate person
at least not in the formal way (oh yeh also the fact vids are prepared with a script and all so yeh you can totally gather what you wanna say and refine)
tawdry oxide
oh so radical to ask what you pay for wow
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tawdry oxide
yeh no more datas are too reliable given states want the people to work and not think about it
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@tawdry oxide
He even offered to buy a damn lid and put it on, but no, not possible
only when he talks to the press the school is finally able to just put a damn lid on a toilet
Like, this isn't a cost or effort issue, that's just lazy school admin issue
But also: great dad who actually went out of his way to drive an hour at moments notice to get his little girl to pee
tawdry oxide
surprise again.
but it also means that ofc, you have to hold it
and even without havingtrouble to do os
55 min can be oof (so basically she has to remember to ask way in advance)
yeh school and going to the toilet.....
people with various disabilities end up worsening their condition or stuff etc bleh
hopefuly it now gets better stress wise and all
glad cradle
Well, the school caved after he went to press
And again, it's not like some special seat
it's just a lid on the toilet, as many toilets have
Just not these ones
I could understand if she needed some expensive construct just for her
But, like, just a lid?
btw Reddit reactions to this are as always very normal
tawdry oxide
yeyeh it could be cause the thing is too cold, or cause the feel on skin hurts or itches etc
lethal plover
spoken like true shut in.
People adapt doesn't mean they don't have problems.
Sure I don't need toilet when I go out and can , tough it out if I need to. Some just can't and will pee regardless if they want or not, body can be a bitch.
tawdry oxide
the reddit thing is obviously shit ableism like you get evryday
and ofc, ageism, mistreating the kids as non sentient beings etc etc
glad cradle
yeyeh it could be cause the thing is too cold, or cause the feel on skin hurts ...
I mean, the story spells it out. It's because of the noise
tawdry oxide
yes yes, i meant that it could be a variety of reasons
glad cradle
She has sensatory issues
tawdry oxide
the same way finding clothes can be difficult
cause of the lil label itches, or the cloth does something wrong or apply pressure somewhere etc
and the more you endure these the closer you get to ending having a shutdown or meltdown
and usually being uh less able to handle stuff
glad cradle
spoken like true shut in.
People adapt doesn't mean they don't have problems.
Su...
Yeah, people easily fall into "well, I managed to do this", ignoring that people have different experiences for a variety of reasons. Baseline most people are good and bad at different things just by aptitude, everyone understands that, yet some people can't extend that to people with severe lacks in aptitude in some areas
clever forge
and the more you endure these the closer you get to ending having a shutdown or ...
You are talking about clothing labels
sounds a bit dramatic
lethal plover
that's the point, it's dramatic for some but for other can become rashes and other problems that they have with their body.
It's easier to dismis then accept that what not my problem, can be someone else big deal.
tawdry oxide
" of these " encompasses everything sensory related
(some other stuff that's not fully sensory related can also participate to trigger meltdown or shutdown like for example, breaking a routine)
also, keep in mind that basically everybody shuts you out of socialization for finding stuff that help you and doing it / not doing wwhat will trigger stuff for you
some authority will even forbid them to you
had we had some of the stuff we currently use earlier, school would have gone worse because of clashes with authority
etc etc.
also, just like masking and covid : people will say "if you're scared/at risk, protect yourself, it's normal" but then, they will bully you for doing it (remove your mask, threaten you physically, will laugh and point, will deny you services in shops and shit....)
clever forge
some authority will even forbid them to you
like what?
lethal plover
even here personal problem.
Got new sneakers.
Tried on one leg, good fit.
Then next day try them out and see a problem.
On right leg I got my pinkie get squished but not bad.
On left... my pinkie got bruised from few hours of walking.
Is it big deal? No , but I couldn't walk afterwards properly because the friction done so much damage that I didn't want to walk at all and there is no problem with right foot.
So minor problem can become big just like that.
tawdry oxide
like what?
like what ? schools will litteraly forbid you to use a stimtoy, noise cancelling headphones, or sunglasses even if you're sensitive to noises or light...etc
very often, disabled kids relying on a computer getting their comp forbidden at school stories happen
you litteraly have the teachers thinking "it wouldnt be right if X kid got special treatment"
when it's NOT special treatment
med personel litteraly take mobility aids from disabled people when they're hospitalized for some time. will keep asking "why do you use that"
clever forge
like what ? schools will litteraly forbid you to use a stimtoy, noise cancelling...
We can argue about the sunglasses but obviously they don't want the other two things in the class room 
tawdry oxide
obviously?
litteraly they'll punish you if you use the chair
if you bounche
if you flap your hands
also, not every person who needs stimming stims the same way
clever forge
litteraly they'll punish you if you use the chair
what do you use the chair for other than sitting on it?
tawdry oxide
Stimming
Also, then the kid will have a shutdown or meltdown and they ll go « see ! They’re not fit to be in a classroom with normal kids ! »
clever forge
Stimming
have you considered that moving the chair or whatever would be annoying for everyone else in the room?
lethal plover
Stimming is when a person repeatedly makes the same movements or sounds. “Stims are things you do without meaning to, and they usually serve some purpose, like helping you regulate your emotions
TIL
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have you considered that moving the chair or whatever would be annoying for ever...
Sure clown that play pranks on teacher is annoying but if everyone have fun that's okay than?
It's not black and white issue you know. There is big difference when teacher pays attention to students and give leeways and the one that nag.
tawdry oxide
have you considered that moving the chair or whatever would be annoying for ever...
Yes and that’s why I was litteraly mentioning a Stimtoy
clever forge
Yes and that’s why I was litteraly mentioning a Stimtoy
Are they any that don't make a noise? I do not know
tawdry oxide
Yes
Or little noise
Some you chew. Some you touch, some you make move like hand spinner
Some you look at (not exactly a stimtoy but can be used by some to anchor etc
Oh can also be called fidget toy
lethal plover
Also if person stimming from description, that means the problem lies before that and it's result.
So you either have to give a way for people to relief their stress or deal with stress inducer beforehand.
But that means human touch instead of hey I have class of 30 people and 5 of them in day with different people in between.
So are really blessed if your homeroom teacher helps you out, otherwise no one cares which leads to bullying from both students and teachers albeit indirectly.
Then we go into how some countries treat teachers as the worst pay per hour worker and it become more than just problematic children into societal problem.
tawdry oxide
some people are non verbal os one of the way they communicate is stimming yeh. and or pictures, and or the computer voice thing (also some people are verbal but sometimes will communicate using tools for various reasons)
and like, yeh, if you're happy, you might stim anyway but yeh, if you're stimming to regulate / indicate stress
it means stuff in the environement is stressing you as kot is saying
yes
the school problem (be it poor pay, too many kids in a class etc) affects everyone
unless you're wealthy and can send your kids to a private school that will have less / "no" problems
which is why finding why you getshutdown/meltdown helps.
shutdown is basically you shutting down inside, struggling more to communicate/becoming non verbal (it's wider than that and all)
meltdown is an explosion
so you can kick scream cry, hurt yourself (sometimes others (rarer), esp if thye come too close)
and again : when you need to communicate using other means, it "never" goes smoothly usually
people who know you are verbal will try to make you speak.
will pry as to why you're not speaking
some will refuse (in shops) to help you / sell you stuff
if you're with someone who knows they can help, as in, you communicate with them so they do the thing
which can help.
when i do use a voice app thing, people are annoyed etc, i need to type the stuff, then the app will say it out loud. or sometimes i'll also write on my phone and show the screen to them while pointing
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glad cradle
Fantastic
glad cradle
But it's real, it's actually real
I looked at the NBC article
I can't find the German article about the killerspiel Sims
But this is funny too
tawdry oxide
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yup
and H5N1 is moving in the US
they dont want to kill the animals, workers dont have too much protection in most case
and that disease still unknown in DRC
hopefuly it wont spread super easy and all. hopefuly it doesnt kill a huge number of people in Congo
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@tawdry oxide
I read a report to the Max-Planck Institute about the "African Village"
And it really seems to be on accident, because it was lazy business interests at work
The report identifies three actors:
- a businessman with a company that sells southafrican wine
- a local company that does African tourism
- the zoo
Now, (1) had the initial idea to use the wider African celebrations to make his own to sell wine
He had contacts with the zoo director (3)
The local company (2) was also excited, they planned to expand and had an annual event in mind that would make them money down the line
(3) the Zoo had money issues and welcomed new revenues
So the zoo provided the space for the event for free and offered (2) 25% of the ticket revenue
(2) had to do marketing and organize everything
WIth (1) they sold spaces to all kinds of vendors and food sellers
So, from the very beginning, this whole project was not about African appreciation, but about money. And not in the way where they have to cover the cost of the event, but making profit was the number one importance for all parties
Hence, the lazy use of stereotypes
Africans noted that the music there played by the "Africans" was the music you'd expect from colonial depictions of Africa, not actual contemporary African music
glad cradle
Also, the "Africans" were mostly props
tawdry oxide
you litteraly find this super easily (it's a whole playlist of popular south african titles)
glad cradle
There were storytellers and educators, but those were all white
tawdry oxide
as in attendees (iirc that's the word)?
glad cradle
Yeah
And the tone was positive, like they liked the "Africans", but it was shallow and as I decsribed previously, the typical view of nature people who are nice, but not civilized
In fact, some people say that they were better than civilized, some couple made the statement that African should be free like that and not "trapped by concrete"
The report notes that Africans were heavily associated with and talked about like animals by the attendees
Even, and I can't stress this enough, the attendees weren't actively trying to be racist
glad cradle
btw here's the report
it's naturally in German
But you can look at the picture and maybe google translate passages you find interesting
tawdry oxide
it's apparently twice a month now that the H5N1 virus shows new signs of evolving toward transmission from human to human and in body replication
also in germany, half the pop got covid this year (a bit less than past year)
lethal plover
proper grove
Proverbs 28:6 ►
Better is the poor that walketh in his uprightness, than he that is perverse in his ways, though he be rich.
also his cousin(?) follows 286 people
lethal plover
steady spade
isn't he apparently a white supremacist or something
lethal plover
I mean normal people don't shoot someone.
it's just target coincide with what everyone thinks
glad cradle
isn't he apparently a white supremacist or something
Is he? Haven't heard that
I know that he is from a rich family, but also is an environmentalist and was deep into political theory
Also he played Among Us
lethal plover
glad cradle
Jesus Christ they killed the child and the carted her corpse around while laughing and then putting their grociery bags on the dead body
Seven days later, Isabella was dead. But, instead of reporting it to the police, the couple decided to act as if she was alive and continued "living a normal life".
Today the court heard how her body was "treated with disdain" after the death and had a "bag of shopping casually placed" on top of it in the pushchair.
In "macabre" CCTV footage seen by the BBC, they could be seen wheeling her lifeless body around Ipswich in a pushchair, all while shopping, drinking and taking cocaine.
tawdry oxide
....
it's prob diff but
recently heard of a US man who ""accidentally"" killed his disabled kid
as in shot him then burnt the body or some horrible shit
and saying it was accidental
lethal plover
taking cocaine kinda the main reason there in combination with drinking.
tawdry oxide
oh yeh mixing stuff can go OOF
steady spade
perhaps we should have the death sentence...
glad cradle
taking cocaine kinda the main reason there in combination with drinking.
well that and generlaly being shitty people
Frustrated over Isabella's struggles with potty training, he would repeatedly kick and stamp on her and punish her with cold showers, all while her mother "stood by and did nothing".
The brutal beatings resulted in Isabella suffering injuries usually seen in "high-velocity traffic accidents" or when someone has been "kicked by a horse".
Bone pathologist Prof Anthony Freemont told the court, during the couple's trial, that he had never before seen such a severe pelvic injury in a child in his 40-year career.
lethal plover
glad cradle
Sad is also, that the dude wasn't the biological father
the biological father didn't hace custody because for the courts a drugged up mother still has preference over a father
btw the footage of them having a blast while wheeling around the corpse is out there
not going to directly post it though
lethal plover
but on the 16th March 2025 I will delete the virtual servers running it all... that date is important, it's the last day before the UK Online Safety Act goes into enforcement.
lethal plover
glad cradle
@tawdry oxide
"I walked across to grab a sandwich, but as soon as I got in the shop he came over and said I couldn't be inside with my dog," he said.
Mr Lee said he asked to see the manager and it emerged the staff member he was talking to was, in fact, in charge of the shop.
"I told him it was a service dog. I even brought up the legislation on my phone, but he didn't care," Mr Lee said.
Mr Lee's father, Kev, said after the incident he had lodged a formal complaint to Subway, adding he was angry his son's independence was taken away from him.
"He was forced to wait outside for his food, and this sort of thing happens to blind people all the time," he said.
"There's even a sign on the door at Subway that says service dogs are allowed. Surely everyone knows guide dogs are allowed?"
Both father and son were also offered a free "foot-long" sandwich when they next visited the store "as a gesture of goodwill".
"Sorry about breaking the law, have a sandwich on the house!"
tawdry oxide
yeh this happens all the timeto o
it's usually iillegal in countries whre guide dog or anxizty / crisis doggies / animals arre a thing
buti t still happen
glad cradle
Yeah, I mean, it's illegal in Britain too
Under the 2010 Equality Act it is illegal to refuse access to a disabled person with their guide dog, except in exceptional circumstances.
crisis doggies
What's that supposed to be
The legislation only regards actually trained dogs
Otherwise you couldn't allow them in anywhere
The only thing I see with crisis dogs, are crisis response dogs
I don't think you need a crisis response dog in a subway
glad cradle
Well, those are trained dogs
tawdry oxide
that's prob the name yeh
glad cradle
No, I don't know the specific terms, just saying that it falls under legislation
tawdry oxide
oh yes yes that's what i wanted to mean
glad cradle
Just wanting to point out, that you can't just declare your chihuahua as anxiety dog
tawdry oxide
but even like this, everywhere in the world, you get shit for stuff that's legal and all
nono, the animal needs to be trained yes
glad cradle
Gotta have an actual trained dog, so you can actually have him in certain places
Most arguments for the equality dog act are refering to trained dogs after all
To ease the concern of businesses
Like, you don't want to some dog pissing in the food isle
tawdry oxide
yes ofc
glad cradle
So, actual trained dogs are unlikely to do that, know how to behave and are tested
tawdry oxide
(tho hygiene in some food places is so shit.... either because of refrigerated stuff not the right temp or all but yeh)
glad cradle
That's not the point though
tawdry oxide
yes
glad cradle
Actually, I wonder how it is with service dogs in Germany
tawdry oxide
i'm sure it exists but the actual things i odnt know
glad cradle
Pretty much the same as the UK
You can take your trained dog everywhere unless something really drastic is happening
Like, I don't know, the annual meeting of dog allergics
tawdry oxide
yeh that's a specific case which makes sense
glad cradle
Yeah, that was me being hyperbolic. both the UK and the German law don't make specific examples
Basically, if there an issue, like allergies, there need to be reasonable steps taken
Not allowing the dog is the last thing
You can e.g. sit the dog away from people who have allergies and have service workers who are allergic not serve that table
I suppose, inversly, a scenario would be where every singel service worker is allergic, upon which, there is nothing left, but to refuse the dog, but highly hypothethical scenario
tawdry oxide
i mean, i sure hope so, tho some bosses wont care (unless they know the worker will go to the hosp right away or something) but yeh
glad cradle
i mean, i sure hope so, tho some bosses wont care (unless they know the worker w...
I mean, a boss would rather not knock out a worker for no reason, when solutions are easier (sending someone else, or just straight-up refusing service)
tawdry oxide
normally yes
glad cradle
Fascinating
I just read up on aquiring guide dogs
They are naturally very expensive
in Germany the insurer will take care of it if you have less than 5% vision, are physically fit and your flat allows for a dog
In the UK, it's all on the shoulders of charities that give guide dogs free of charge
Which is kinda insane
Like, what happens if there aren't enough dogs or funding for these charities?
US, is also based on charities
tawdry oxide
no surprise for the charities thing, same for US
and it makes it so the wait time is even longer iirc
glad cradle
US is also less strict on businesse having to allow guide dogs
There you have health, safety and religion you can as arguments of why to refuse access to guide dogs
In Germany and the UK religion can not be a reason at all
tawdry oxide
oh yeh, in the us owners of shop can pretty easily (apparently) refuse people
proper grove
nah US is pretty strict about it and business owners can face criminal and civil(sued) penalties, the issue in the usa is people bringing pets places and claiming there service dogs https://apnews.com/general-news-1a28f8e528424fdca2040ea8139e3014)
so business owners will sometimes refuses entry because of so many fakers and people with legitimate dogs prob won't sue or press charges the first time it happens
also blatant lies about another country
proper grove
clearly explained in the article
lethal plover
glad cradle
clearly explained in the article
Yes, and this is what I am saying. That was my point
if you call me a liar, maybe be more specific what I am lying about
lethal plover
glad cradle
Speaking of sick people, I just now got aware of the Mazan rapes
In September 2024, Dominique Pelicot, a 71-year-old man from Mazan in south-eastern France, testified in court that he repeatedly drugged his wife, [r-word] her, and invited strangers to [r-word] her while she was unconscious. Over a period of nine years, from July 2011 to October 2020, Gisèle Pelicot, who was unaware of the abuse being perpetrated against her, was raped 92 times by 72 men while her husband filmed them.
clever forge
https://www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk/news/cheltenham-news/fox-found-headless-se...
Wtf is that, what kind of person would be into something like that???
glad cradle
Wtf is that, what kind of person would be into something like that???
Very good question
btw here's some of the pepretators: https://amp.theguardian.com/world/2024/dec/19/who-are-the-men-convicted-over-rape-and-assault-of-gisele-pelicot-
What they do, whether they have families and how they reacted
Some admitted that they're rapists, and then you have shit like "well, her husband allowed it"
Cubeau told the court he considered that his religious education had made him a “giving person” who did good and respected women. He said he loved women “in all their complexity”.
“I’m a rapist because the law says I am,” but he said he had not intended to [r-word] and “at the time I did not know what consent was”.
The time in that man's case was btw 2019
Kawai was absent for the premature birth of his daughter on the night he was accused of [r-word] Gisèle Pelicot for the first time in November 2019.
clever forge
Btw are you censoring the word or is Discord automatically changing it to r-word?
glad cradle
I am changing, because otherwise my message gets blocked
steady spade
iirc server has/had a filter that deletes messages with the word
glad cradle
clever forge
Good that rapist is ok but the verb isn't
glad cradle
He told investigators he was inspired by Buddhism and “the balance of karmas”.
This is always interesting to me
They did all these awful things
but then argue in court that they are good religious men
steady spade
HOW does that weigh into the decision to assault an unconscious woman
glad cradle
Like, didn't help stopping you from sexual assault, did it
clever forge
He told the court: “I didn’t keep going back because r-word mode was my thing but because I couldn’t control my sexuality.” He said he was at first attracted by the idea of having an inert body at his disposal and being free to act however he wanted.
Chat, who will tell him?
steady spade
it's not like control over the victim is a big part of the crime 
glad cradle
He has a 15-month-old daughter with his current partner, who told the court she stood by him.
Why
WHY
clever forge
Aron met Dominique Pelicot in the online chatroom and they messaged on Skype, where Pelicot told him Gisèle Pelicot was a “prudish bitch who didn’t want threesomes” and said: “I’m looking for a pervert accomplice to abuse my wife, she takes sleeping pills and I take advantage.” Aron replied: “OK.”
ah yes, what a normal reply to that
glad cradle
yeah...
He told the court: “After I leave prison, I’d like to create an association to get men like me to understand that consent is important. I’d go to swingers’ clubs and say: ‘Don’t forget to get consent.’”
Sometimes I feel like I am actually a genius for understanding such things without getting convicted of sexual assault
clever forge
He had denied r-word and told the court: “I’m not a rapist, but if I had wanted to r-word I wouldn’t have chosen a 57-year-old woman, I would have chosen a pretty one.”
4D Chess
glad cradle
What a ... flex?
clever forge
This is insane.
Can't help but to laugh about some of these statements because of how absurd and stupid they are
glad cradle
The lawyers and the court first tried to keep all if this secret for "privacy", but Gisele said "fuck that" and sued so the court case would be public. She said that she has nothing be ashamed about, it's the men that carry the shame and that the public needs to know
clever forge
It is scary how many people agreed to that and didn't inform the police or something instead
glad cradle
Yeah, he was caught on accident
He was upskirting women in a city and the police caught him for that
When they looked at his phone, they found a massive amount of r-word porn
And this is how that got out
glad cradle
Giselse didn't know either, she thought that she had alzheimers because of her increasing, but occassional blanks
glad cradle
and not because of a snitch
Yep, 72 men and all of them kept their mouth shut
clever forge
.caught because of an unrelated crime... <:lappdumb:1118742578850967613>
Why does that keep happening?
Like are those kind of people really not smart enough to consider not acting suspicious?
glad cradle
I mean, if you get away with what he did get away, he probably got a little brazen
steady spade
honestly surprised
glad cradle
heck, devil knows how long he already did upskirting photos
steady spade
that not a single man decided to fuck him up
glad cradle
Might have done that for a while too until he was caught
The court heard he had regularly sought encounters with couples for more than a decade and had paid sex workers but said “it felt dirty”.
I feel like this is less dirty than what he did
El Farihi had told the court he was not guilty. He denied [r-word], saying he was a “victim of a trick” and had been too “terrified” of Dominique Pelicot to say no. Confronted with video evidence of several [r-word] of Gisèle Pelicot, he said: “I was terrified, but you can’t see it.” He said he did not leave because he feared it would ruin Pelicot’s Saturday night.
What?
This is also completely dumb argument
not like any of those isn't dumb
steady spade
isn't he an old man
glad cradle
El Fahri is 55, his r-word was in 2019
They go from 22 to very old
Aron admitted the charge of [r-word] Gisèle Pelicot but said he took part reluctantly because he was gay and had wanted an encounter with Dominique Pelicot, not his wife.
WHAT
EVEN
steady spade
WHAT
clever forge
I hate that we have to talk about this like we were trying to stay monetized on YouTube
glad cradle
I hate that we have to talk about this like we were trying to stay monetized on ...
Yeah, me too, but what can you do
I could just change it to "sexual assault" and you could infer that it's the other word
might as well make a better reading flow
steady spade
MAN WAS RELUCTANT BUT SAID NOTHING ABOUT IT
clever forge
Well you could argue we don't have to talk about something like this at all on a AK server
glad cradle
I also agree with you that it's rather comical what these men bring as arguments, despite the very serious issue, or perhaps even because of it
glad cradle
Well you could argue we don't have to talk about something like this at all on a...
I feel, like stuff like that is important, just pretending this doesn't happens just plays in the cards of the abusers, no?
glad cradle
these men not properly understanding consent
I feel like they very much do understand. But these are men trying to avoid punishiment in front of a court
That's also why there are random details like being abused by their parents when they were young and so on
steady spade
oh right, saving face
glad cradle
A computer expert with two university degrees, Sebaoui was found guilty of sexual assault and of possession of child abuse images. He was sentenced to 10 years in prison.
He had denied raping Gisèle Pelicot on 27 June 2020 and possessing the images, saying he had downloaded them “inadvertently”.
Oh, yeah, all the time you accidentally download child abuse images
and then keep them on your disk
glad cradle
don't you have to go out of your way to find that stuff
Basically, because every normal website is very quick to vibe that shit away
steady spade
extremely out of your way
glad cradle
So, baseline you need to be in a shady part of the internet already
I suppose, it is possible that someone posts something on a normal plattform temporarily
but even then you would need to download that shit
clever forge
don't you have to go out of your way to find that stuff
Allegedly you can find it on websites like Etsy and other marketplaces if you know the code terms
glad cradle
Allegedly you can find it on websites like Etsy and other marketplaces if you kn...
I've heard something like that about the bizarre Elsagate videos
Although I didn't want to dive too deep into that topic
steady spade
if you know the code terms
that also sounds like you have to be in the know
glad cradle
> if you know the code terms
that also sounds like you have to be in the know <:...
True
clever forge
Yeah you definitely have to know what you are doing
lethal plover
I don't know if it true or not, but I heard that you can easily find on twitter... because who will check twitter ( not owner of course)
glad cradle
Also one of the parts, why it's hard to take down child abuse plattforms. You can take individual ones down, but ultimately that folk is organized enough that the plattform doesn't matter and new iterations can be found with the right knowledge
lethal plover
and ofc discord groups
clever forge
Also unlisted Youtube videos
glad cradle
Rafaa, a former discotheque worker from La Rochelle who in 1999 was sentenced to five years in prison for [r-word] his 17-year-old daughter, was sentenced to eight years in prison for the [r-word] of Gisèle Pelicot at the holiday cottage of the Pelicots’ daughter, Caroline, on the island of Île-de-Ré.
Wait, stop
Ignoring the Gisele part
he did that to his daughter and got just 5 years?
steady spade
times were different
lethal plover
Scare her too much into saying she doesn't blame him to make punishment lighter!
But all depends on laws of given country.
glad cradle
times were different <:negativegnosis:1161555969227116595> <:feelscursedManfred:...
That's the question though: with all of this awful stuff happening recently, were the times that different?
Who knows what shit is still lurking right under the surface
How many people like that you pass every day on the street
clever forge
I am really losing faith in humanity because my mother has to deal with people like that on a daily basis
glad cradle
Yeah, as I said previously, all respect to your mother. Her daily work is by the definition of the job filled with all kinds of awfulness
La’s wife, who is Vietnamese, told the court her mother was ill at the time and she had refused sex. She said: “I think because I refused him all the time, as a man, he had to look elsewhere.”
Are you stupid?
Man can masturbate or call up a sex worker
There are sensible solutions to that, why are you taking the blame?
clever forge
Yeah, as I said previously, all respect to your mother. Her daily work is by the...
It is so insane. She has to talk to people that make CP at times and remain calm
lethal plover
I just heard from my mom some gruesome story...
I personally didn't know that man but he is friend of my moms colleague and we even personally helped his ass after he do really stupid thing 5 years ago... I wouldn't talk about it as it's maybe too much but if you look at point.md top story (in russian gotta either translate or find in english) you will know why.
glad cradle
It is so insane. She has to talk to people that make CP at times and remain calm
Yeah, that's really awful. But yeah, can't do anything these fuckers can use to make a claim that the process wasn't right, yeah?
He said: “I have always said that I did not intend to [r-word] anyone.”
What a normal thing to casually say
clever forge
Yeah, that's really awful. But yeah, can't do anything these fuckers can use to ...
Yes but also mostly because her job is to protect the children and get them out of there, the police handles the actual criminal
steady spade
godbless her
glad cradle
Yes but also mostly because her job is to protect the children and get them out ...
I imagine there is a lot of times where the children are afraid of her, generally being afraid of adults and especially strangers
There was this case in the US where some Christian youtubers were abusing their children
and the police took a while to rescure the last child because it was so afraid of them
clever forge
I imagine there is a lot of times where the children are afraid of her, generall...
The most disgusting thing is when the children start to undress as soon as they see an adult
glad cradle
The most disgusting thing is when the children start to undress as soon as they ...
shit.
lethal plover
well you can't discount when adult will don't bother and lead child back to parents.
Because it's less hassle if they found lost child on street.
clever forge
And yeah, the children often are afraid but quickly change when they realize that people actually can be nice and caring
glad cradle
Found it
That was when officers realized: the child in the closet was R's sister E – the spunky, youngest Franke child who was known by fans for speaking her mind in the “8 Passengers” videos. But the child that is seen on body camera footage is quiet and reserved. Officers told ABC News that she seemed scared and was initially unwilling to leave her spot on the floor.
Body camera footage shows first responders taking turns, each one trying to entice her to get up. Only these words from Tobler catch her attention: "I bet you like pizza." E nods her head.
E is timid to eat at first, but eventually she eats an entire personal pizza and half of a large one. Finally, after 4 hours, she leaves the closet with the EMTs.
Good on the emergency responders that waited 4 hours for her to be ready to leave
in another article I read the emegency workers didn't want to take any more agency from the child and waited until she was willing to leave by herself, they didn't want to pull her out against her will as that would be an extension of the abuse they suffered
glad cradle
And yeah, the children often are afraid but quickly change when they realize tha...
Depending on the case, and that's especially the case for sexual child abuse, some pepretators can be nice at first, but quickly explode when they're not getting their will
clever forge
Yeah, true
what i described is mostly true for victims of violent and or uncaring Parents
glad cradle
It's so bad that some children have to be afraid
That's also why I like to mention that I had a rather prorected childhood when I tell that my parents didn't raise me. Was actually a good decision to give me to people who had time when my parents didn't have the time. I was not abused, I was not sexually assaulted.
Also a reason why I think a lot of people overrate bloodlines and bio parents
clever forge
Also a reason why I think a lot of people overrate bloodlines and bio parents
That is so true. I hate it when people are told that they have to be thankful to their mother for birthing them even though their mother is a horrible person.
lethal plover
I was badly treated in kindergarten so from stories my mom tells me.
I found a hole/broken fencing on fence , gone walking around few blocks from home.
My parents come to kindergarten they told them that maybe grandma took me.... one of my grandma and both grandpa's are dead.
So I travelled from kindergarten to local pub where someone who knew my father called him up to pick me up.
So yeah my parents had a big fright and they kept me at home after that.
glad cradle
tl;dr: pregnant woman was going into labor and was sitting down as she was waiting for the ambulance to come. Police come and penalize her for "street camping"
In a WRDB profile of his work two weeks ago, Stewart said that handing out food and tents to the homeless may encourage them to continue their behavior, countering that "it's important we create that bit of friction of people to maybe help inspire them to make other decisions."
America acting like being homeless is a life style choice
In the body camera footage, as Stewart drove away from the scene, he narrates the encounter, justifying his choice to cite her to himself. He says that, if he had let her go without citing her, it would “set the precedent” that people could claim a medical emergency to get out of a ticket. “As much as, like the casual observer who, you know, believes everything that lady said, would think that it maybe wasn't the most appropriate way to handle it, I'm very confident that was the appropriate way to handle it,” Stewart says, “with the exception of perhaps that maybe I yelled at her a little too quickly when she was in the street.”
dry moss
i tried backreading here but couldn't get through all of it
stuff like this is just... so insane to me
i don't understand how so many people out there can make "hurting others" their primary life goal
lethal plover
because it's easy.
When punishment is light or none at all , why not.
Hey there is store out there, owner don't look at his wares.
Lets nab something!
Yeap heard something akin this from school kids when I was kid.
also they were so proud of stealing something.
tawdry oxide
it's the feeling of having power over people
i didnt read the whole thing because
let's say various reasons
butyeh..
glad cradle
@rapid umbra
this is youtube, shouldn't be regioj locked
starts with the explanation that there will be a minute of dilemce, and otherwise as I described
I think it's quite nice, because one Nazi tried to capitalize and the vast majority of fans didn't want any of this
Happened with Dynamo too, where some idiots tried to start fadcist chants, but were met sith "Nazis raus" counterchants
lethal plover
this is youtube, shouldn't be regioj locked
rapid umbra
thanks, video worked there 
lethal plover
https://mastodon.social/@COVID19_DISEASE/113697484283326721
https://mastodon.social/@COVID19_DISEASE/113697489719419510
lethal plover
lethal plover
https://mastodon.social/@taylorlorenz/113700361704692636
lethal plover
lethal plover
tawdry oxide
yeh, it's .... again... H5N1 will spread
it's a matter of time
but it could happen in 2025
or the next year, or
arctic vapor
Luigi Mangione situation made me realise that we need another term for intentional killing that isn't murder.
Like, there is this whole quote "if you murder a person, the number of murderers in the world remains the same"
But, like, we don't call killing Nazis murder, even though it is. A civilian killing a terrorist/gangster/public enemy isn't considered a murderer, and killing in self-defece isn't considered murder either, even though all these cases fit the definition of "killing with intent".
As a matter of fact, if we think of murder, the general connotation is unjustified and unwarranted killing with intent, that's why killing an innocent civilian, or using lethal action as a disproportionate reaction is considered murder.
We didn't kill bin laden, but we didn't murder bin laden either.
I also got thinking and thought how middle eastern war isn't a war, or isn't middle eastern- depending how you view it.
It is an invasion and occupation. By calling it a war, there is an allusion that it's a two sided conflict, but there is no real opposition- it's a straw man, a fake narrative designed to barely justify the utilisation of the term war to make it more palpable to the general public.
Although you can also see it as a war between America and Russia, where the middle east is simply used as a battlefield so they don't technically invade one another - which is where the term middle eastern part of ME war because deceitful, since people assume ME in ME war doesn't refer to location alone - kinda how Vitamin water has vitamin in name only.
America literally disney-fied war, huh?
glad cradle
But, like, we don't call killing Nazis murder, even though it is
Depending on the context it isn't
There are definitions for crimes and that includes murder. They vary from country to country, but murder as a charge is more complex than just killing with intent
I also got thinking and thought how middle eastern war isn't a war, or isn't middle eastern- depending how you view it.
Which one?
There are and were various wars
Also note: The USA hasn't declared war since WW2
Everything else was some kind of "special operation"
You could say war is disney-fied, but the countries of this world are connected by various means, most of it economical
Hence: declaring war has consequences
Although you can also see it as a war between America and Russia, where the middle east is simply used as a battlefield so they don't technically invade one another - which is where the term middle eastern part of ME war because deceitful, since people assume ME in ME war doesn't refer to location alone - kinda how Vitamin water has vitamin in name only.
That's called Proxy war
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@glad cradle oh yeah, mind you, I was thinking about how these terms are understood by normal people. Formally, legally, murder has a specific definition - but if you ask a layman the definition of murder, that's where it got me thinking. The dictionary definition isn't that strict.
The connotations we associate with terms dictates how we respond to information, and when you tell people that X has murdered Y, or about Afghanistan war, they get certain ideas in their head, and those ideas dictates how we react to information and perceive the world/situation.
I read that the old term for adverts was propaganda - but some people didn't like the association so they substituted it with advertisement. I don't believe that is true, but the idea was so intriguing it stuck with me - especially since iirc in Spanish propaganda can refer to typical propaganda, but it can also refer to commercial advertising. The point is, if we deconstruct the concepts, they really are really similar in function, but while we bear strong negative connotation to one, we're pretty neutral about the other.
Idk conversations about luigi around the Christmas dinner got me thinking about how much our worldview is shaped simply because of the words we choose to use/not use, and more specifically - if there is a way to break free off of the influence of connotations.
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America.
Introduce shitty laws that people become homeless.
Deny homeless existence.
Praise folks that try get around stupid law, because they can't affect laws directly.
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https://mastodon.social/@JulianOliver/113774631980111414 https://www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/in-edicola/articoli/2025/01/02/british-journalist-could-face-years-in-prison-for-refusing-to-hand-over-his-passwords-to-the-police/7822432/
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two Germans killed two Ukrainian refugees - a mother and her mother - to take a baby
The couple apparently had trouble getting children and thus they didn't adopt, but specifically lured in vulnerable Ukrainians to steal a child
The alleged perpetrators are said to have secretly administered sedative medication to the two women during a visit to a restaurant on March 6. When the 51-year-old then felt unwell, the public prosecutor's office believes the couple initially took the 27-year-old and the baby home. They claimed that they wanted to take the grandmother to the hospital afterwards. Instead, they drove her to a fishing lake near Bad Schönborn near Karlsruhe.
The man hit the woman on the head with an unknown object "at least four times with full force" and sank her in the lake. She died of her head injuries. The defendant said in his statement that he used a rubber hammer from the hardware store.
The couple then picked up the 27-year-old and her baby under the pretext that the mother had suffered a heart attack and was in the hospital. According to the public prosecutor's office, they drove to Hockenheim near the Rhine dam. There, too, the young woman's husband hit her on the head at least three times with an unknown object "with considerable force." The woman died of a massive traumatic brain injury. The couple set fire to the body and drove home with the infant.
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yes and regarding the fire, pollution, so i hope the people in the us have good masks avail (the huge winds are blowing the smokes)
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thanks for these
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That's 15-20% of all higher schools (not all of them are universities, but I think that's harder to translate without explaining a bunch). A few already left before and a lot were already monitoring
So this big push at once could be indees a good oppurtunity for more higher schools to leave
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https://m.ai6yr.org/@ai6yr/113808298395209472 <@153357701034803200>
Yeesh
We were able to find a place to rent for the rest of the month and our insurance should cover it
Haven't been able to go back to check on the house yet, but hopefully soon
Hopefully it's still standing
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https://sfba.social/@skykiss/113811209854310716
Canada is helping California fight the devastating wildfires! Several provinces AND agencies are providing support. Quebec has sent two of its CL-415 water bombers, pilots & their crews to assist in the firefighting efforts. Ontario and Alberta have announced plans to deploy resources, including water bombers and firefighters as well.
It's heartwarming, THANK YOU, CANADA. 🇨🇦
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Hopefully it's still standing
It's still standing
I cried when I found out today lmfao
In the middle of the street baybeeee
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Guys, stop being depressed
you're too expensive
Classic Labour
The former PM added: "Life has its ups and downs and everybody experiences those. And you've got to be careful of encouraging people to think they've got some sort of condition other than simply confronting the challenges of life.
"We need a proper conversation about this because you really cannot afford to be spending the amount of money we're spending on mental health."
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Now it’s official.
Multiple scientific observers confirm that global temperatures in 2024 not only exceeded 1.5°C compared to the pre-industrial average, but have actually reached 1.6°C (‼️).
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https://www.lbc.co.uk/news/tony-blair-mental-health-benefits/
obviously stupid and terrible, however people should stop self-diagnosing, just for different reasons
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obviously stupid and terrible, however people *should* stop self-diagnosing, jus...
Yeah, of course, but given the context - the medical costs - show us that he doesn't mean people who just go "gosh I am so depressed"
But people that actually get therapy and medicine from health care
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx2621gzvkdo
its still funny koreans guys got mad over that lol
i think i saw twt acc dedicated to their behavior
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https://youtu.be/NQnZ91mUB0E?si=EpEi9n5kXZXzw9jL&t=259 @glad cradle the UK petitions are really greatly formated!
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A former student police officer engaged in sexual activity with a 14-year-old boy in his car, a misconduct hearing heard.
The panel found Ahmad Shoaib, 38, would have been dismissed from West Mercia Police if he had not already resigned.
West Midlands Police said there was not enough evidence to charge him with a criminal offence and he was released with no further action taken.
Enough to thrown him out of the police, but not enough to actually charge him
Either the police fired someone innocent or let a child molester go
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Elon Musk beefing with Asmongold 
The whole PoE2 fraud thing really gets under his skin, I love it
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So, there is obviously the transphobia
But the betrayal is hasrh
The Old Bailey heard the victim, who was aged 18 at the time, had been under the impression she was attending a roller disco with friends at Harrow Leisure Centre on 10 February last year.
And then the jumped her, all 6 of them, beat her, kicked her and stabbed her with a knife
Doctors found the victim suffered a wound to her nose, three stab wounds to her buttocks, two stab wounds to her right thigh, two stab wounds to her right flank, a stab wound to her left thigh and a stab wound to her left hand.
Ms Heer said Harris "feigned ignorance" by sending two messages to the victim asking what had happened.
Betts-Ramsey posted a Snapchat story which included footage of the attack, an image of the victim on a ventilator and a number of transphobic slurs, the court heard.
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@tawdry oxide
The trial was about an incident in Franklin Township, New Jersey, on July 17, 2023, when a 6-year-old girl named Fajr Williams got on a bus to attend a summer program. Williams had disabilities and was confined to her wheelchair. The bus had a spot for anchoring wheelchairs to the ground, and it had a ride-along bus monitor named Amanda Davila, 28, who was supposed to watch and assist kids like Williams.
According to state prosecutors, Williams was properly strapped into her wheelchair and had been taken down to the bus by her older sister. Williams was then loaded onto the bus, but her chair was allegedly not attached to the floor correctly, nor were the proper seatbelts used. As a result, while the bus drove its route to school that morning, Williams began to slide down the seat of her wheelchair. (She could not control her trunk movements normally, and so she was unable to sit back up.) At some point in the ride, she slid low enough that her chair's own four-point harness, which was meant to keep her upright, began to choke her. By the time the bus arrived at school, William had been strangled to death.
Investigators focused on the actions of Davila, who was supposed to keep Williams within view. Instead, authorities say, video from inside the bus showed:
...that defendant sat in front of the victim instead of across the aisle from her and that defendant used her cell phone with ear buds to scroll through Instagram, listen to Apple music, and send/receive 34 text messages during the bus ride instead of checking on the victim. Testimony revealed that defendant received six years of safety trainings that emphasized a no-cellphone and no-earbuds policy.
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no surprise, common but urh...
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Wtf
And the thing is, the rich would rather spend an exorbitant amount of money on this than lose some of their profits by following environmental regulations
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This could be far fetched or blatant lie but will leave link https://mefi.social/@MissConstrue/113851597401420697
The gist is that National Center for Public Research have big weight pushing right wing agenda . No clue how off base it is, so further reading/research about their influence is warranted.
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@rapid umbra
And HSV fans instantly made the case for why the ruling that clubs have to pay for police protection by beating up a bunch olf innocent elderly Cologne fans
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Look at that bullshit
Although, it midly funny thanks to the music in the bar
It's just so unfitting
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@tawdry oxide
In Berlin a wheelchair user died after he tried to get into the train, but got trapped betweeb the train and the waiting zone
train started to moved that threw him again the barrier
tge question is, how nobody noticed
A wheelchair user was dragged along by an approaching subway train at a station in Berlin and fatally injured. According to the police, the 68-year-old's wheelchair apparently got wedged with a wheel in the gap between the carriage and the edge of the platform when he boarded at the Brandenburg Gate stop on Saturday evening.
When the train departed, the man was dragged several meters, hit a barrier at the end of the platform and fell onto the tracks. He suffered such severe injuries that he died on the spot, according to the police.
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Not too surprised…just sad..
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Yeah, like there are cameras and the driver is supposed to check before starting that the doors are clear.
Not quite sure how one could not see a big wheelchair stuck to the train, other than not checking at all
Not like people in wheelchais are hard to spot
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can indeed be good to make stuff more accessible, or even possible to find
iirdc some adapt clothing is super pricy
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Yes
Deciding which pieces to adapt was difficult, Jenkins said. “We chose things that we could sell the adapted version at basically the same price as the non-adapted one. That was really important, the affordability.”
Prices start from £5 for T-shirts with an adjustable neckline while jeans in seated and standing versions are £14. Also expected to sell well are men’s cargo pants (£22) – “a bit 90s grunge, very on trend”, Jenkins said, and a little black dress (£26).
Eliza Rain, a disabled activist and fashion vlogger, said it was an exciting time in the adaptive clothing space. “Disabled people deserve to look and feel good, and they deserve to be able to buy their clothes in regular stores at a regular price,” Rain said.
But not this one
Primark made a pledge to improve accessibility and actually worked on it
To drive this forward, Primark has partnered with a number of organisations and consultants including the Business Disability Forum, Dr. Shani Dhanda, Purple Tuesday and AccessAble, who have developed Detailed Access Guides for all Primark stores in the UK and Republic of Ireland to help customers plan their visits with confidence.
The made stores accessible and this clothing line and consulted actual disability groups for it
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https://www.lbc.co.uk/news/luxury-watch-store-manager-took-his-own-life-offered-savings-bosses-raid/
Watch store was robbed
Bosses didn't want to pay for insurance
Forced the shop keepr who was taken down by the robbers to give up all his life savings for not fighting back hard enough
He commited suicide
More than 70 "high-value" watches were taken from the 247 Kettles shop in Richmond on May 25, their trial at Woolwich Crown Court was told.
Office manager Oliver White, 27, was put in a headlock and tied up during the robbery, the court heard.
Jurors were previously told that Mr White died by suicide the next day "as a direct result" of the incident.
On Thursday, the court heard that Mr White did not see "the risk or bad in anyone" and "showed real enthusiasm for his work at Kettles".
Shop owners Conor Thornton and Joe Riley were in the US at the time of the incident but immediately returned to meet Mr White on May 26, prosecutor Edward Brown KC said.
"They had been friends for a number of years and it was that friendship that led to Mr White taking up work there," Mr Brown added.
The watches were not insured because a burglary four years earlier had made insurance "in practical terms impossible - either actually not possible or the premium was so high as to be prohibitive".
He added: "It must have been a pretty intense meeting. Oliver White was plainly extremely upset by everything that had occurred, to such an extent that he even transferred the maximum he could - some £14,000 - from his savings account containing his life savings.
"Money he had saved up for a house for he and his girlfriend, and he sent the money over to the owners of Kettles."
Mr White later told his girlfriend the man had accused him "of not putting up enough of a fight", the prosecution said.
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wE CAn AlWayS TeLL
The pair confronted a cisgender woman in the restroom, mistakenly believing her to be the Delaware Democratic lawmaker, who is the first out transgender member of Congress. McBride had previously said she would follow House rules after Johnson banned transgender people from using the bathroom in line with their gender identity. The incident has reignited criticism of Johnson’s anti-trans bathroom regulations, which critics say endanger and harass all women.
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The most important from bullshit Trump administration doing
https://mstdn.social/@mcnado/113891430991788213
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https://mastodon.ie/@EugeneMcParland/113893256869006943
Crude #oil seepage from a sunken russian Tanker has reportedly reached Odesa's shoreline
Suspilne media reports, talking to a biologist about #contamination near #Odesa
United 24 Media / Instagram
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This could be interesting to some
German children's television on the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz
An Anne Frank cartoon, a documentary about children in concentration camps, a documentary with holocaust survivors and a documentary about an artist that died in the holocaust
Note: This edition of “Die Sendung mit der Maus” focuses on the Holocaust and is therefore recommended for primary school children and their parents to watch together.
Just in case anyone thinks I am joking when talking about watching documentaries and such about Nazis when I was a child. We're getting educated about the topic very early
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Not saying it is a bad thing but "Diese Ausgabe von „Die Sendung mit der Maus“ thematisiert den Holocaust" was never a sentence i expected to read
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Not saying it is a bad thing but "Diese Ausgabe von „Die Sendung mit der Maus“ t...
It does that with big topics
e.g. they also had a show and a page to explain the Russian invasion on Ukraine
Thing is, children will notice these big events when they watch the news with their parents or hear adults talk about it
So, enabling them to understand what's happening is the goal here
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Yeah, it definitely makes sense
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This is also great for everyone, and not just children
lmao, I just looked up some controversial topics that it might have covered and the episode about trans people got people's pants up
The episode sparked heated discussions - also in the media scene. Julian Reichelt is very angry with the makers of the Maus. He tweeted: "In the show with the mouse, the target group of 4 to 9 year olds is explained today what a trans person is. Coming soon: Why there is no such thing as a man and a woman. Ideologically sexualized early education with compulsory fees." And the former editor-in-chief of Bild, who is working on a new platform, added: "The Forced Mouse is certainly not there to provide early education for the anti-tolerant totalitarian woke movement. It is precisely because of this kind of thing that parents are demanding laws like those in Florida, so that the education of their children is not taken away from them by ideologues." "The Forced Mouse and the public broadcasters want us to no longer dare to say things that we know to be true. They want to intimidate and educate us until we deny facts out of fear: boys are boys, girls are girls."
The editors of "Maus" responded to Reichelt on Twitter: "You can find today's show in the media library at http://wdrmaus.de Even as an adult, you can still learn a lot from us about relevant topics such as tolerance. The Maus is there to broaden the horizons of young and old."
The calm response is killing me in a good way
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yeah that response for the Maus was kinda popular back then
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A child died of diphtheria because the parents refused to vaccinate him
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no surprise again yeh
in various countries its been happening more recently
france, germany, us iirc
tho iirc in one place the child didnt die but... it was close
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Well, this one was a Walddorf school
Parents that think the state is indoctrinating children and send their children to the alternative Walddorf schools
Walddorf schools sound interesting at first, but they are really rarely good
The believe that children should do what they want, they don't have "teachers" in the classical sense, but companions that educate the children when they feel like it
The idea is that chidlren should be able to express themselves without pressure
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ah yes the uh... waldorf stein something schools?
or is it another one??
steiner walddorf *
yeh, in their communication they talk about art, creativity, learning at your own pace etc
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Yeah, Steiner
The reality is that you either fit with your class community or be in hell for the whole duration
Worse than in regular schools
You are likely to be less educated, because what people do when they have the freedom to not study
You are also likely to be unable to deal with pressure
And life has a lot of pressure whether one likes it or not
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i dont know for the pressure and all, but i guess it uh..qso depends a lot of your home
and parents and
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... and school
Since you spend a lot of your time there
And Alternative schools tend to often lead to other Alternative
Alternative Medicine, and Alternative für Deutschland
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god I love anti-intellectualism
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"I don't have time to read books, because I live in the real world!"
Saw this on Reddit so many time, where people got very angry at being educated
Speaking of educated