Harm (music video)
Here's a rather splendid music video by Thomas Feiner of Exit North.
"If survival of the friendliest was the evolutionary factor that enabled civilisation - then what I'm seeing now feels almost like a counter-evolution of sorts. So I've used apes as symbols for that retrograde impulse - with no animal disrespect intended!"
The fight for legal recognition of Humanist marriages in England & Wales
One of the couples in this article runs my local Humanists UK group. Best wishes and good luck to our very own Nicole and Rory.
theguardian.com/law/2025/apr/1…
‘Thousands like us’: couples to take UK government to court over humanist marriages
Exclusive: Action comes five years after lack of legal recognition for humanist marriage in England and Wales was ruled discriminatoryJessica Murray (The Guardian)
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On Intelligence
"We're taking giant steps toward the perfect dystopia: a world of smart objects and dumb humans. Sigh!"
- A social media post by Manuel
(Translated from the Spanish by Google Translate)
Harm / Terms
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A Favourite Quote
That the chemists had damaged his brain.
The cause of his sorrow
Was Para-dichloro-
Diphenyl-trichloro-ethane.
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Togetherness
"Being the flip side of a coin still makes you part of the coin."
- Scott M Stoltz, scott@loves.tech
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Follow my music blog
WordPress tells me you can follow my music blog here using the handle: crotchetyman.blog@crotchetyman.blog
Anyone care to try it?
Now Listening To ...
The original appeared on the 1967 album, Forever Changes, by the American psychedelic rock band, Love. This version is from the Truth Decay album by Adam Holzman, and it's rather good!
Now Listening To ...
If you like the music of Return To Forever, you will love Vertu. Stanley Clarke (bass), Lenny White (drums), Rachel Z (keys), Richie Kotzen (guitar), Karen Briggs (violin).
Humanists UK (@humanists.uk)
Meet Nicole, a dedicated humanist school speaker making a difference in Leicester! In this inspiring interview (we'll pop in a link below), she shares her experiences engaging with students, the personal impact of her work, and the importance of prom…Bluesky Social
Scott M. Stolz
»"Don't be afraid of losing people. Be afraid of losing yourself by trying to act like everyone around you...."« -- Tim Hanloves.tech
When life throws you a rainy day, play in the puddles.
- A.A. Milne
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Helis
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Unknown parent • • •@dch
China started selling a long time ago.
I suppose most Asian countries will soon follow, discreetly.
When the European markets follow suit, all hell is going to break loose.
SrGesus
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Unknown parent • • •Lukas
in reply to Randahl Fink • • •it's funny and stuff, but also obviously you're doing wrong to people who are actually ill.
The situation atm is down to several malevolent actors held in power by much more systemic issues. collective amnesia is much closer to the truth.
also you had four years time for these jokes in the first term, shit's starting to get old. i should get off the internet
Petra van Cronenburg
in reply to Lukas • • •@ivorytusk 💯 Thank you for saying that!
@randahl I'm so fed up with these #ableist jokes using real illness.
The worsen the situation for real people who are ill! They get more hate.
You laugh off the dangers of a person who, in *full awareness and responsibility*, whips through an ice-cold fascist ideology. Together with others like him!
Just stop these crap jokes about #dementia or #mentalhealth - one day you or your beloved could get it, too. Fascism is *no* disease.
Randahl Fink
in reply to Petra van Cronenburg • • •@NatureMC @ivorytusk
I respect your point of view, but I disagree with this being an ableist joke. As more than 130 people have understood, this is a joke about Trump in which I speculate that the reason for his bad decisions is, that he suffers from an illness.
If I joke, that Trump is playing too much golf, then that is a joke about Trump, and not a joke about golfers in general. It only becomes a problem, if you force a meaning onto the joke, that was not intented.
So please do not do so.
Aloniaxx
in reply to Randahl Fink • • •Petra van Cronenburg
in reply to Randahl Fink • • •Okee, so it's my fault that I don't understand jokes like 130 people. 🙄 Let's leave it at that.
It may not be intended, yes, but you see the effect (not only on me).
I sincerely hope that you never have to witness the suffering of those affected which is increasing in society as a result of such Trump jokes (you are not the only one making them) and armchair psychology. I personally know affected people and how they suffer from such jokes but don't have a voice to say it.
@ivorytusk
Randahl Fink
in reply to Petra van Cronenburg • • •Petra van Cronenburg
in reply to Randahl Fink • • •Thank you for your understanding!
I think we're both sufficiently above the Trump thing that we can put the mutual misunderstanding behind us. It was good to talk about it.
I tell you an ancient whisper joke of the GDR dictatorship: 'The prisoners have lined up for roll call in a prison. ‘Tomorrow our President is coming,’ the warden announces. A prisoner shouts: ‘It's about time.’'
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in reply to Randahl Fink • • •Ben Aveling
in reply to Randahl Fink • • •He knows exactly what he's doing. He just doesn't care. That's not a sign of dementia.
The 50.0001 % who voted for him however...
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in reply to Randahl Fink • • •No, no, no, ... that's not dementia; that's cruelty fueled delusion with a pathological need for attention and affirmation.
Dementia is quite the opposite, being a really enjoyable condition, the well deserved restructuring and refocusing of the mind, suitable for advice and perspective, not being in charge of anything else any more.
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