The #canadiangov needs to update their official travel advisories on the federal info website.
#boycottUSA
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A French scientist traveling to Houston to attend a conference was denied entry to US after a search of his phone & computer revealed messages critical of Trump's science cuts, "which [says CPB] conveyed hatred of Trump & could be qualified as terrorism". Computer confiscated.
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Etats-Unis : un chercheur français refoulé pour avoir exprimé « une opinion personnelle sur la politique menée par l’administration Trump »
Le ministre de la recherche français a dit sa « préoccupation », mercredi, après cette décision des autorités américaines.Le Monde avec AFP (Le Monde)
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Trump thought his invasion of Canada would be swift, but it’s been tougher than any of us thought. Who knew that after deploying their entire military and reserves they’d reach the depths they did in recruitment that they did? Turning to amateur hockey players to fill their ranks. For whom violence is a hobby, and somehow seems to be about half their population.
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I thought December was the worst of the frigid torture, but January has brought a fresh new hell frozen over.
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We’re 55 miles south of Winnipeg, and temperatures go down to -25 degrees Celsius (a bad metric habit we plan on breaking them of if we win) these days.
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Many of us Yanks are freezing to death in these sub-arctic temperatures. My platoon is fighting hypothermia by taking turns in a hot tub made out of a foxhole and geothermic heat, a technique a Canadian Prisoner of War (POW), Jean-Pierre, taught us when he got bored.
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The Canadian soldiers are in t-shirts, playing bunker hockey. Damned snowbacks.
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In a rather nice display of kindness, they throw mittens over to us. Well, we thought it was ‘nice’. We learned quickly that they keep our fingers from falling off due to frostbite — but it also means we can’t return fire as our trigger fingers don’t work when mitten covered. The bilingual bastards knew this.
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These snowspooks knew a lot of things — like having winter fatigues that are entirely white. It turns out our camo uniforms stick out like a sore thumb in Canadian winter.
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Despite not having the war chest that we have, they’re surprisingly clever. They’ve whittled down hockey sticks into shanks and are using them as bayonets in hand-to-hand combat.
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These syrup-suckers trained their Canadian Geese, what they call “Cobra Chickens”, to pick our drones right out of the air. The nerds they brought in from the Canada Space Agency easily learned how to reprogram them. So they’ve found an endless source of drones, courtesy of the American government.
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Their surprisingly ample supply of groundhogs from the prairies have been trained to burrow into our bunkers and drop explosives. And their beavers have successfully choked our supply of fresh water with their dams.
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The toque-wearing poutine junkies learned to coat grenades with maple syrup, to stick to whatever they’re thrown at.
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In some ways, they are the polite adversaries that we had hoped for. Every time they throw a Molotov cocktail made out of a Molson Canadian beer bottle into our bunkers they yell out ‘sorrey’. That’s quite polite of them. However, that good grace is entirely undone by their brutal psychological warfare.
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The Canooks play Nickelback and Justin Bieber on a subwoofer, 24 hours a day, to break our morale.
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They’ve been airdropping marijuana onto our side. Half my platoon has been incapacitated by the potency of their pot. Steve said, and I quote, “I’m higher than Snoop Dogg at a Willie Nelson concert” before laughing like a lunatic for 87 minutes straight.
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Entering the war, they clearly knew more about us than we knew about them. They’ve dangerously tapped into our overwhelming urges for patriotic pride by having one soldier yell out the names of states and cities. “Is anyone from…North Dakota?” The minute the Dakotan pops up in pride yelling “ME!”, their sniper picks him off.
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For a country that doesn’t have a lot of guns, they surprisingly have some of the best snipers in the world. As we learned far too late, 3 out of the top 10 longest sniper kills in the world are Canadian.
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Thankfully, they’ve grown since their Geneva Convention days, when their official policy was ‘Fuck Around and Find Out’. I learned from our POW, Jean-Pierre (surprisingly nice guy, he taught me how to make maple taffy in the snow), that they refer to the Geneva Conventions as the ‘Geneva Suggestions’, or the ‘list of things Canada isn’t allowed to do anymore’.
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I can see why the Geneva Conventions were invented in 1949 after the end of WWII. It was to stop the Canadians. They were (and are) savages, who did things like throwing canned foods into German trenches only to lull them into a false sense of security, and then lobbing grenades.
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They also took no prisoners and killed the wounded.
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My entire platoon is desperately hoping they keep to the Geneva Conventions should any of us be captured.
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But so far they’ve adapted an even more evil-maniacal strategy when it comes to POWs. They’ve been treating them so well that they turn. When captured, they get a trip to a nice Canadian hospital and a full workup. They also teach them how to ice skate and play hockey. They feed them authentic poutine, which is a welcome treat compared to the MREs our government has been purchasing from Russia. Nobody likes Borscht, Trump.
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I saw my buddy Dave the other day, he’s fighting with the Canadians now. He’s taken his new Canadian patriotism seriously, he started chanting “Build the wall!”…then he started building it.
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Pfft, turncoat.
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To boost morale, Trump sends us sporadic visits from Mr Beast and The Village People. Our morale hasn’t been boosted. And we’re starting to prefer even the Nickelback.
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But the Canadians have been successful in keeping their spirits up. Their government has kept them entertained by Ryan Reynolds, who learned some surprisingly quippy stand-up routines — and performs them in the Deadpool outfit. And Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson has been their motivational speaker, who in a surprise move activated his Canadian citizenship to distance himself from this embarrassing war.
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I have to say, there’s something paralyzingly majestic about watching the Canadian soldiers ride into battle with smiles on their faces atop their military-grade moose (mooses? meese? meeses?).
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Mom, I fear we shall not be victorious and I fear for our safety. In addition to the millions of toothless amateur hockey players, who fight like angry badgers, joining their ranks — they’re calling up an even more terrifying brigade of soldiers.
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Menopausal women.
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These fearless she-demons are seemingly impervious to cold — and have redefined the term running amok. Hailing from Gen X, absolutely nothing instills fear into their hearts. America however continually refuses to activate our menopausal brigade, due to our conservative government and gender and age discrimination.
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All of us hope not to confront these hot-flash-having lady devils in battle.
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I don’t know what Trump was thinking. We can’t even beat these hosers in battle, how does he expect to keep 40 million of these hostile Zamboni-riding bastards under control if he wins?
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I have to stop writing now, my fingers are so numb from frostbite that I can’t fathom why we want to take this land. It seems inhospitable, despite the occasional hospitality of the Canucks.
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Mom, please send maple syrup in your next care package, Jean-Pierre is going to teach me how to make even the borscht palatable with it.
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You know what, scratch that, Jean-Pierre just promised if I helped him escape he’d give me Canadian citizenship, 7 Saskatoon berry pies, and a date with Nina Dobrev.
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O Canada, here I come.
wildingout.substack.com/p/the-…The 2027 American War with Canada — A Soldier’s Perspective
A tale of humorous woe from the sub-arctic front linesRobin Wilding (Wilding Out)
Everything you say to your Echo will be sent to Amazon starting on March 28. Amazon is killing a privacy feature to bolster Alexa+, the new subscription assistant.We unplugged ours a few weeks ago, before I read about this.
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I would feel sorry for the workers but if I could I would still press a "hurt" button, I'm afraid.
Portugal had never placed an order to cancel. Their F16s are at the end of their lifetime. They were considering F35s, and now they are saying they might consider others if they eventually do get to replacing them
Portugal's government wants to reconsider order of US-made F-35 jets — but it must be reelected first
In March 2025, Portugal's government said it would cancel its order of U.S.-made F-35 fighter jets to replace its aging fleet of F-16s.Anna Rascouët-Paz (Snopes.com)
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Republican billionaires respond with funding for a war.
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Heritage Foundation and Allies Discuss Dismantling the EU - DeSmog
The group that drafted a key blueprint for Donald Trump’s second term convened a meeting in Washington D.C. this week to consider proposals for bulldozing the European Union (EU).Sam Bright (DeSmog)
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it seems that Portugal never had an “order” for F-35s. They were just considering them.
Love you Mr. Takei but you just made me look bad in front of my friends. Now I have to verify stuff that you post too?
win stupid prizes.
Finland is also on the edge of cancelling their contract.
Good!
Canada is also taking a closer look at their contract to see how much of it can be cancelled.
FAFO 😀
♲ @sjvn@diaspora.glasswings.com:I'm with you Nancy.
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Trump's betrayal has catastrophic consequences in #Ukraine.
10,000 Ukrainian soldiers face #encirclement in #Kursk region, — The Telegraph
The main offensive against the Ukrainian armed forces began right after the United States stopped sharing intelligence with Ukraine.
Did #Trump inform the #russians about the stop BEFOREHAND?
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Mapped: 10,000 Ukrainian troops at risk of encirclement
Putin’s forces advance on vital supply line after US stops sharing intelligence with KyivVerity Bowman (The Telegraph)
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Mike Johnson: Soros paid protesters because actual GOP voters couldn't possibly be angry
Republican House members have been facing a fierce backlash in their districts to Trump's heavy-handed firings and suspensions of federal programs, but Mike Johnson passed the buck onto the usual right-wing boogeyman.
crooksandliars.com/2025/03/spe…Mike Johnson Blames Soros For Protesters Causing Havoc At Republican Town Halls
In MAGAland nothing is ever their fault.John Amato (Crooks and Liars)
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And yet Saudi was left untouched.
That right there suggests something is wrong with NATO.
That not one of its members was able to say "hang on dudes, the conspiracy and funding and people came from Saudi"
Oh - and why was the Bin Laden family allowed to fly in the immediate US no-fly restriction?
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Well there are pretty good at disrespecting whose who came to the aid of #USA
""I didn't even know they were in the war," panellist and comedian Doug Benson added. "I thought that's where you go if you don't want to fight. Go chill in Canada."
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J D Vance as a Senator voted against aid to Ukraine
...and he wants thanks for that?
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And Trump has irresponsibly withdrawn US troops from Afghanistan, throwing hundreds of thousands of people under the Taliban's feet.
When men invade a country, they also take responsibility, which was once again broken by the usa and its allies.
Before that, he made one of his great deals with the Taliban, which ultimately led to a refugee crisis in Europe too. Fuck you #Trump!
I think it is important to recognize that the MAGA coup is close to a fait accompli. Impeachment is the only practical remedy available. All efforts need to be concentrated on achieving that result soon. It is only necessary that a handful of Republican representatives honour their oaths to achieve this end.
Coyote and Crow RPG is getting a card game (a normal one, no randomized packs). It is called Primacy, and it is coming to Kickstarter soon!
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Surely he would have to answer yes, because he stated that is not funny to have "illegal" aliens.
And then he should have ask to this guy if he knows that impersonating an officer is illegal.
That would be funny to see.
MAGA are imbeciles
He is so stupid he doesn't even realise he is committing a crime. Using uniforms to impersonate police etc is a crime.
His only two infinitely small brain cells are high on drugs, he has a small body and must have a small dick syndrome. His uniform should say CUNT.
But it's just that: Trump brings our the worst in people
You can find a large random selection of open source #TTRPG resources on our site now for easy reference. Borrowed from the Forever Open Source game jam series I host every year.
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Open Source TTRPG Resources - Thought Punks
Here's a collection of forever open licensed tabletop roleplaying games and resources. Borrowed from and inspired by the Forever Open Source RPG game jamRevCasey (Thought Punks)
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Ninja Cats - 猫の忍者 - [Urban Legend.]
Ninja Cats - [Urban Legend | Yokai] - aka: "猫の忍者",“猫忍" Neko-Ninjas", Neko Shinobi” • About this Yokai: Aggressive Ninja Cats! - Described by the witness as a pair of Bipedal Russian Blue cats standing on their hind-legs, wearing ragged black clothi…Sam kalensky
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Making Upgrades to Blue, my Windows 2000 PC! by Aervosa
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ALT: une photo de jeunes femmes peu vêtues en haut "what you think rusdian prostituées look l'île" et en bas une photo de Trump et Musk et Vance "what they really look like".
C'est d'un sexisme totalement débridé (comme disons 70% des mèmes d'ailleurs, le reste étant raciste).
Comme d'habitude pour critiquer des hommes on les compare à des femmes. C'est tout à fait dans l'esprit Trump d'ailleurs.
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Yes.
I dare you to screenshot this Mastodon post with a bluesky screenshot that contains screenshots from Twitter posts
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Sean Duffy..."The American people will not stand for disrespect of our President"
....unless he's a Democrat...right Brandon?
How sad is the reporter who asked #Zelenskyy why he's never wearing a suit..
The guy has aged 10 years the past few years and that's what you ask?!
"I'll put on a 🤡 costume after the war" was the correct response
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You do know that was a reporter from Russia, who was not supposed to be in the White House at all
Trump had to have approved his being there
It was an attempt to embarrass and belittle the Ukrainian President
@martinvermeer Ah yes. You are correct. Brian Glenn of Real America's Voice, a maga rag
He's dating Marjorie Taylor Greene, so that's how he got in the room
My vile senile POTUS always wears a suit w/ a clown red tie.
And he insists people always call him SIR.
Zelenskyy stands for his people regardless of his attire. . .
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Not unexpected from the clown show that is running Washington right now.
I respect Zelenskyy tremendously. Governments offered to fly him out when the war broke out (this time around), and he refused.
The man should be able to wear whatever the hell he wants.
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I had this in 2008. Eventually Unity and Gnome3 messed up everything I had for my most preferred productive workforce.
Took months to get anywhere close to what I'd had after Gnome2 was gone.
When I finally retired it I had a 6 page single spaced 11pt doc of just my Dragon Age mods. I still miss that super modded Origins game... Hmm I still have that hard drive so 🤔
Hey, been there, done that.
Once completely destroyed the MBR without having any clue how I did that.
I feel very much accused right now.
But, to be honest, most of my computer stuff works.
Except for the printer.
And that VM.
Oh, and that other VM.
And why is this one PC not booting correctly...
And...
And...
And...
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@ParadeGrotesque I have a stack of laptops, maybe a dozen. Only one of them currently works - two, if you count the one that works but the Enter key is broken. Which turns out to be one of the important keys.
All the rest are broken but in fixable ways. But I never get round to actually fixing them because I already have a working laptop, two smartphones and a newish tablet with keyboard and mouse.
The tablet was for traveling abroad, but I haven't been abroad so it's nearly unused.
@infernusgoatus I was gonna make exactly this parallel, its the cobblers children problem.
Similar to computers, the people who are very cars probably have two broken ones sitting around, and a pretty ok daily driver that breaks but they somehow always fix in 5 minutes with a multitool.
The problem with being Very Computer: When it works, its very satisfying. F-you Apple, I'm running my own media server ha ha.
When it doesn't - which I'm not saying is any more or less frequent than the consumer box - its more frustrating cause instead of just taking it to BestBuy or factory reset+pray, we start reading `man` pages and pulling updates.
I spent 30 mins last night arguing with my Jellyfin server before restarting my laptop which actually solved the problem. :/
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I sure hope this story is true but these is no factual data presented.
Lets all work to up the quality of news articles.
lets pass that on here. Healthy inquiring minds what to know:-)
it needs to become a standard; news articles have footnotes that point to the referenced material.
It's common practice in academic circles and needs to become common practice in #News.
It also provides attribution to the original authors, a prime principle in the Free/Libre Open Source Software business model.
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This is just perfect! And kudos to everyone who stayed.
By the bye, the first time I spoke in public, outside a classroom or small meeting with coworkers, someone requested an ASL interpreter.
Everything was going fine, and then about halfway through I caught a glimpse of the interpreter--signing MY words! I got totally distracted!
Had to pause, apologize, and double-check my slide to find my place again.
Totally worth it. The audience was cool.
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It took me a bit to recall all of the letters, but at one time I knew the deaf alphabet well. One of my brothers was deaf, and he taught me.
@stargazersmith there's that meme going around that you can say "he's an idiot and 90% of all people will know exactly what you're talking about."
I don't know ASL at all, but I took one look at it and concluded it probably said exactly what I expected it to say. 😂
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European Commission on Mastodon
Mastodon instance managed by the European Commission.Mastodon hosted on ec.social-network.europa.eu
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That's great news! Now, if only the entire government would stop using foreign owned walled gardens to communicate with Canadians.
If only there was some sort of open, easily federated platform that could be run within the gc.ca domain, thereby verifying every person and post on the platform. 🤔
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That’s a great start!
Referring everyone just to go over to Meta though … *sigh*
Great they are abandoning Twitter, but the others mentioned are not much better.
To me, it would be better to move to BlueSky and/or Mastodon, leaving Facebook and Instagram.
we must also bolster our electoral system. These actions of my petition already have legislation in place. The integrity of #Canada democratic system is at risk as foreign #disinformation campaigns continue to threaten public trust.
Protect the integrity of our election as it is a national security priority, take immediate action to safeguard our #democracy. #petition ourcommons.ca/petitions/en/Pet…
Are they aware that you cannot see them on LinkedIn or facebook if you don't have an account? It is like they are trying to communicate with the public using private radio
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Trying to keep similar actions — #LeaveTwitter — on this side of the border.
All best & good luck!
And then they direct you to all US based 'social' media platforms.....
Where is their own Mastodon server?
Well, their reactions will be: "What?!"
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Got an email from Dark Horse Comics (publisher of Hellboy, Witcher, Cyberpunk and Avatar comics) announcing that they are killing the digital comic book libraries their readers accumulated over the years.
Their FAQ makes it painfully clear you DO NOT own the DRM-ridden digital products the stores claim to be "selling" to you.
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For the record, the "website access" will also be retired in a few months.
Full FAQ: digital.darkhorse.com/faq/
Frequently Asked Questions | Dark Horse Digital Comics
Read your favorite titles for only $1.99! No iPad/iPhone? No problem! Read Dark Horse Digital Comics on your Internet-connected laptop and desktop!digital.darkhorse.com
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If I can these fines every time a company lets me know they decided not to hire me I wouldn't need a job.
@mosiejczuk @pluralistic @Unixbigot
This is unfortunately not surprising in this day and age.
I suppose this is a good time to quote the phrase, "If buying isn't owning then piracy isn't stealing." Or however that goes...
That seems to describe this situation pretty well.
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GitHub - threedo/DarkHorse: DarkHorse Comic Scripts mainly used for capturing the bookshelf, organizing your books, sorting, renaming ec.
DarkHorse Comic Scripts mainly used for capturing the bookshelf, organizing your books, sorting, renaming ec. - threedo/DarkHorseGitHub
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And this behavior is the reason I avoid streaming anything. If I can't buy a physical copy, or at least possess a digital download that I can back up and access at will, I consider it ephemeral.
I still buy CDs, DVDs and Blu-Rays of stuff I like.
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you DO NOT own the DRM-ridden digital products the stores claim to be "selling" to you.
I thought this was common knowledge ever since this hellscape was introduced to consumers.
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Hrm... That's a great test. I love the framing of it.
Personally, I got 8 before I would have to start internet search.
But then I'm not a misogynist anti-trans a-hole. 😀
@MissAurora
1. Julia Child
2. Padma Lakshmi
3. Madhur Jaffrey
4. Christina Tosi
5. Samin Nosrat
Not as familiar with transfolks who are famous chefs, but I'm going to learn as much as I can about them!
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How 4 Trans Chefs Are Reshaping Restaurant Culture
A new generation of trans chefs are throwing out the old playbook and starting fresh.Isle McElroy (Bon Appétit)
Excellent! I will begin to use this strategy asap!
I usually go w/:
*How many girls/women’s sporting events have they attended in the last 2 yrs?
* Are they a donor supporting local women’s athletics?
* know the when Title IX was adopted in this country?
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I can't really name any athletes without looking them up.
The only time I obsess about trans women in sports is when there is another story of them being treated unfairly once again.
It's kinda personal...
I am stoned though this sounds like a fun challenge:
Nadia Komanich
Martina Navratilova
Steffi Graf
Serena Williams
Venus Williams
Mary Kom
Last Tova
Peekaboo
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MAGA: I hope you liberals can see now that DEI was always the problem. And I know what you're going to say, no that doesn't make me racist, facts don't care abo–
LIBERAL: Oh definitely.
MAGA: wait what?
L: I agree with you. DEI is 100% the problem.
M: Explain...?
L: See, here we were, the majority, all ready to get behind our candidate and really do some wonderful things in this great nation, all united behind one single cause. But then, out of nowhere, diversity struck. MAGA, the Tea Party, christofascists, the KKK, even literal actual Nazis, all under the banner of "Republicans". I don't think we need all that Diversity. We're going to get rid of it.
M: wait what do you mean get rid of—
L: But how did all that diversity gain power, when the majority was against it, you ask? I'm glad you asked. The electoral college. This DEI policy has gone on too long. It allows a bunch of red states with tiny populations to think they deserve equity in terms of voting for president. Obviously that Equity needs to stop.
M: but that would mean Kamala—
L: And it gets even worse. Because not only do red state minorities think they get to have equal voting power for president, they also think they get to be included in the Senate! Imagine, a tiny red state that's mostly dirt like Wyoming or Montana thinking their ideas about the law are as important as a gigantic world economy like California. Clearly, we don't need Inclusion either. The majority left can just write your laws for you.
M: no I don't want—
L: I'm so glad we're finally on the same page! Finally, after all these years of divisive rhetoric, we can band together and work to rid ourselves of the scourge of the Republican party, the electoral college, and tiny red states in the Senate. DEI was ALWAYS the problem. Down with DEI! Down with DEI!
M: BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT DEI MEANS
L: well what did you think DEI meant?
M: I THOUGHT IT MEANT BLACK PEOPLE
L: There it is.
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@Lana@beige.party DEI was explicitly about preventing this kind of racist patronage. It EXPLICITLY helps to keep mediocrities from undermining group effectiveness with their prejudice
I understand the desire to co-opt their terminology. But Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion is not a term they made. Renaming it desegregation or whatever is just such a sad step backwards
I understand that leftists do not own the media, but realize that accepting the premise of "DEI bad and leads to a lack of merit" is poison
So what you're saying is, you knew that I, a woman, knew the point I was making via very obvious satire, but you, a man, still felt the need to explain my idea back to me. Gee if only there were a word for that.
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Sparky, "your point" is my point, explained back to me as if I was too stupid to understand my own point.
That's the point.
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@OldAndCranky @ariaflame I can make my own points and comments. I'm sorry if you feel that they lack merit.
I'm sure that if i used gender to ironically disparage people, no one would point out the harm.
/s, for those who need it.
I'm very aware that white women have been the primary beneficiaries of DEI policies. I am also aware of ongoing efforts to resegregate the workplace. I don't think snarkily pretending i lack reading comprehension when i merely commented on language is nice.
No, I did not think my own points lack merit. That's why I went to the trouble of making them via the very obvious use of satire.
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@OldAndCranky @ariaflame I don't know how i could take that away from you.
Have confidence.
@Lana@beige.party @OldAndCranky@sfba.social @ariaflame@masto.ai you misread me again, by the way. I did not say you think your own comments lack merit. That would be odd.
Edit: if misreading me was a joke, I'm not sure what the punchline would be? I did not misunderstand you initially, purposely or otherwise. Which i explained.
I'm not going to correct your communication. But I'll note that you switched to a serious mode to accuse me of mansplaining, only to purposely misrepresent me. Unless, ofc, you misunderstood.
Good day
Lmaoooo this is art. This is performance art. It has to be.
@OldAndCranky @ariaflame i think some women wouldn't like it if I called the incompetent loyalists recieving Trump's patronage "girls who couldn't cut it" and implied they were getting benefits on that basis.
DEI was most often used by Republicans to disparage people of color. They are branching out now, but if you look at earlier usage in their propaganda i think you'd see my point. They called a black Mayor the "DEI" mayor. i think they started using it inclusively more after the planes
@EricFielding @OldAndCranky @ariaflame i still understand that. I'm not the language police. What point are you people making?
I also think that using woke sarcastically can be uncouth. But maybe i have a different perspective on some things.
The only reason i commented, was that a great many people on this network were using DEI in that manner. In other circles, that usage wasn't so prominent. So i commented on a popular post.
This social network has a very particular tone.
Ironically, focusing on verbiage is something the OSS (CIA predecessor) recommends as a way of sabotaging and derailing meetings & organizations (page 28, item 5).
cia.gov/static/5c875f3ec660e09…
Again, I'm not trying to be the word police. But on that day, DEI was primarily being used to mock & denegrate. Having seen what happened to "woke," I decided to add another perspective.
I understand sarcasm. I was not trying to "cancel" anyone. I wanted visibility. I didn't (try to) hijack the thread.
The post was already somewhat viral. Maybe pointing out potential impacts of joking in that way was rude, but the original poster didn't even say that. Whether or not she understood what i meant is something only she knows. She certainly didn't want to engage with it, other than to accuse me of missing her point and being sexist. Which i don't think was a joke or sarcasm.
I'm generally the one joking & being scolded on this site. I like to think I take input well, but maybe we all can be better
I know i was being a buzzkill. I just thought the value of people on this site seeing my comment outweighed this potential blowback. Considering the fact that they only accused me of being unable to detect sarcasm 3 days later, I don't think I actually bothered them. She changed arguments repeatedly, all while trying to paint me as having poor reading comprehension.
Most people argue to win. But the only thing she seemed after was painting me negatively. Engaging further did not feel productive
I'm not really the type to argue, frankly.
The best points stand on their own.
I didn't impune her in my first comment, but feeling rebuked doesn't surprise me. That said, i think she took a very unfair and disingenuous tack. I never asked her to validate my views, though she claimed my point on language was the same as lampooning republican hypocrisy while amplifying their warped definitions.
Her post wasn't bad, really. I just wanted visibility. Hopefully i won't miss much, after blocking
I think it was incredibly... Something... To say that a person of color highlighting how language has been weaponised against them is "mansplaining." Apparently, one mustn't mention something so very off-color in the presence of a White Woman.
I worked towards that further up, but was derailed. Nevertheless, a disorienting accusation. While trying to paint me as a buffoon! And flip-flopping between angles and tones.
Maybe experiencing this around Black issues on mastodon shouldn't surprise me.
It wasn't the electoral college, not this time at least.
I'm all for getting rid of it, also all for dethroning your king,
but you need a better understanding of what happened, or it'll just happen again.
No, I don't know what it is. I suspect it's capitalism and the accompanying need to be better off than at least someone else, but i'm not sure. Ask people smarter than me.
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@chelivan @sonic81 He did not run in 2012. He suggested he might, but then didn't.
His TV show got renewed that year, so he stuck with that instead. In 2016, his show got cancelled, so he ran for office instead, but probably just as a way to promote his 'brand'.
I don't believe he expected to win, or wanted to. Once in office, though, he committed enough crimes that he had to win again so he could avoid prison.
Wow, that convo is an amazing example. I wonder if the folks disparaging DEI have ever actually had to *hire someone, anyone* or *manage people* using DEI protocols? It's not about quotas. JFC.
Except maybe in the dark South?
Unidentified Men Drag Woman from Coeur d’Alene Town Hall as Sheriff Films
A shocking incident unfolded at a Coeur d’Alene town hall Saturday, as unidentified men forcibly removed a woman from the event—and no one seems to know who they were.
📍 What Happened?
During a legislative town hall at Coeur d’Alene High School, Post Falls resident Teresa Borrenpohl was grabbed and dragged out by plainclothes men after heckling lawmakers. Sheriff Bob Norris, who was present, attempted to pull her from her seat before stepping back and signaling to the unidentified men, who took over. As Borrenpohl repeatedly asked who they were, she received no response.
🎥 Captured on Video
Our footage shows Sheriff Norris recording the incident on his phone as the men forcibly removed Borrenpohl. She can be heard shouting, “This man is assaulting me,” while Norris commands, “You, out, now.”
🚨 Who Were These Men?
That remains a mystery. Event organizers, including Kootenai County Republican Central Committee Chair Brent Regan, claim they don’t know who arranged security or which company was used. Even Sheriff Norris denies involvement, despite being present and appearing to direct security toward Borrenpohl.
📢 Why It Matters
🔹 Who authorized these unidentified men to detain a citizen?
🔹 Why did the sheriff film instead of intervening or ensuring proper procedures were followed?
🔹 Why is there no transparency about the security team’s identity?
With no clear accountability, this raises serious concerns about due process and the use of force at public meetings.
📌 Watch the video and decide for yourself. Who were these men, and who gave them the power to remove a citizen from a public forum?
#CoeurDAlene #TownHall #CivilRights #FreeSpeech #SheriffBobNorris #KootenaiCounty #IdahoPolitics #GovernmentTransparency #WhoAreThey #Accountability #BreakingNews
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Print it on your shirts! On your hoodies!
And then ... let's play!
Fuck the Patriarchy!
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Atari Teenage Riot:
Delete Yourself! You Got No Chance To Win! -> Message to MAGA-Nazis ... und der neunte Schuss ging sauber durch die Stirn!
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#ATR
Atari Teenage Riot - Delete Yourself! You Got No Chance To Win!
Album: Delete Yourself
Genre: Digital Hardcore
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Musste mal kurz rauskramen, volle Aufnahme gibt es auch: reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%…, ist wohl aufgenommen von der Fotograf*in Marlena Kuczko.
Ja - das gibt es schon länger und wandert immer mal wieder rum.
Fantastisch eingefangen und es passt gerade hervorragend!
ich brauche das jetzt endlich mal auf einen zipper 😀
i believe that we are better! that we are stronger! we just forgot what it was like to fight for ourselves and our rights because we weren't really threatened.
But now ... now or never!
Aber wir verlinken auf keine Faschisten-Plattform, bitte 🤗
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That reminds me of a blog post I read once:
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You are not, in fact, the granddaughter of the witches they couldn’t burn
Say you are me (sorry about that) and you are minding your own business online, just trying to survive in a world of unrelenting horror when suddenly you are served an ad. Because of the dark…Going Medieval
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The author attempts to historically condemn a political statement.
And she is wrong! Women were accused of being witches and burned. Everywhere in Europe. They were also murdered in other ways. But I think her article is very poorly researched and also one-sided.
Because today's patriarchy tries to punish women who don't submit to them in other ways, for example through abortion rights.
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From her stated educational background and area of interest I doubt it's very far off the mark wrt accuracy even if she was putting something together quite quickly for a blog post. None of the the articles and videos I've seen of hers suggest an anti-woman agenda either.
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The phrase "We are the granddaughters of the witches you couldn't burn!" symbolizes the resilience and legacy of feminist struggles. It is a reminder that women have been oppressed, persecuted and silenced for centuries - whether through witch hunts or social structures, such as abortion rights today.
du musst den Wortsinn erfassen!
Oder es fallen gleich alle haecksen hier über dich her ...
I didn't drink from it, though, because it was high up in the cabinet with other unused mugs.
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Menno
in reply to Paul Schoonhoven 🍉 🍋 • • •Ach ja, mijn vrouw komt van het eiland Antigua.
Toen hurricane Irma daar de boel zowat volledig plat gooide (vergelijkbaar met situatie St Maarten) kwam BuZa 3 dagen later met een mailtje dat het misschien wel een goed idee zou zijn om daar even niet heen te gaan.
Uiteraard was 2 dagen vóór de storm al vrijwel zeker dat ze geraakt gingen worden.
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in reply to Menno • • •Wat natuurrampen betreft doen meteorologen het steeds beter. Voor politieke ontwikkelingen zullen we wel afhankelijk van de politiek blijven.
@Sustainable2050 @syb
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Thing is, until there's evidence that NLers or Europeans are *often* illegally or unfairly detained, or other serious issues, it's not something that they would put on there. See for example China: code is yellow.
"Willekeurige arrestaties
Als buitenlander in China kunt u gearresteerd worden om onduidelijke of politieke redenen. Bijvoorbeeld omdat u wordt verdacht van spionage of het in gevaar brengen van de nationale veiligheid."
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in reply to Martin Vermeer FCD • • •Yup. Until it's clear that traveling while under the influence of melanin is a problem they will not do anything.
kaika1975
in reply to Kees van der Leun • • •Dawn Nafus
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in reply to Dawn Nafus • • •Menno
in reply to Kees van der Leun • • •Absolutely. But do realize that they ask you for your social network accounts upon entry or in the ESTA. And they might simply look you up online.
Menno
Unknown parent • • •Yup.
Maar in their defence, tegengehouden worden aan de grens is technisch gezien nog geen veiligheidsrisico.
Een eerlijk is eerlijk, in de kleinere lettertjes wordt toch wel een beetje gewaarschuwd.
Toran "Torspedia" Shaw
in reply to Kees van der Leun • • •Kees van der Leun
in reply to Menno • • •@MennoWolff @VoordeMus @syb mastodon.energy/@Sustainable20…
Kees van der Leun
2025-03-20 06:33:25
Menno
in reply to Kees van der Leun • • •Ja, fair point.
Maar de voorbeelden in dat artikel gaan allemaal over problemen met werk- of verblijfsvergunningen. Mensen die wellicht goed bedoelden, maar technisch wel een fout hadden gemaakt. En gek genoeg niets over Europeanen.
Tot zover heb ik 1 voorbeeld gezien van 1 Europeaan die het land niet in mocht. Geen verhalen over onrechtmatige detentie.
Oh ja, die Engelse, maar ja, Brexit.
Menno
in reply to Menno • • •@VoordeMus @syb
Oh.... Alsof je het over de Duvel hebt.
newsweek.com/britain-issues-tr…
Britain Issues Travel Warning for US
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Menno
Unknown parent • • •Hmm. Ik was vooralsnog alleen op de hoogte van de Fransoos.
Als het zo doorgaat zal er over een paar weken wel wat komen te staan Ja.
Kees van der Leun
in reply to Menno • • •Welsh tourist in US chained 'like Hannibal Lecter'
Nelli Bird (BBC News)