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flash987

@flash987@hachyderm.io

Work with SQL, play with Linux. ADHD. Speculative fiction. Peace & Love. UK.

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flash987, to random
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By Mona Chalabi

This has black text on a cream background framed in blue. It says, "For years, Israeli soldiers have specifically targeted legs. "I know exactly how many knees I've hit" an IDF sniper told the Israeli newspaper Haaretz in 2020. The soldier explained, "there was a story about one sniper who had 11 knees all told, and people thought no one could outdo him. And then I brought in seven or eight knees in one day.” Another sniper explained "you see the leg even with the eye, and with a telescopic lens that enlarges to the power of 10, you can actually see the tendons".

flash987, (edited ) to random
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The devastation in has really shown up those artists and writers who are willing to take a stand (too few sadly). Writer @monicabyrne13 is one of them. Here she calls on us to support the independent writers, artists and journalists we value, to enable them to do their work free from the growing constraints of the system.

Monica's recent novel is an absolute must read for an incredible vision of a possible future for humanity, linking through the present to the far past.

flash987, to random
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Peace and potato chips: Dreams big and small as 2024 approaches in Gaza https://www.aljazeera.com/features/longform/2023/12/31/peace-and-potato-chips-dreams-big-and-small-as-2024-approaches-in-gaza

flash987, to random
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The 'slow motion execution' of Julian Assange

A very worthwhile half hour with Chris Hedges interviewing Craig Murray on the breaking of legal precedents in the Julian Assange extradition case. A great summary if you're not familiar with the persecution of this publisher of US war truths (and much more besides).

https://youtube.com/watch?v=6x9Bltb7ZYE&feature=shared

scalzi, to random
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What the actual hell, this is absolutely coming out of nowhere for me

https://apnews.com/article/obituary-jimmy-buffett-4295f355b39237f40663d485c4c6d557

flash987,
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@rotoole @scalzi This is a piece I've always found useful when considering which artists (of any discipline) get to make a successful living from their art. Hard work and talent are factors in there, but not the only ones: https://monicacatherine.com/2020/02/27/the-five-actual-factors-of-success-for-an-artist/

architecture, to climate French
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DesignBoom : greenpeace drowns rugby world cup 2023 arena in crude oil to call out fossil fuel sponsorship https://www.designboom.com/design/rugby-world-cup-2023-campaign-fossil-fuel-totalenergies-greenpeace-studio-birthplace-08-31-2023/

flash987,
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@greeneralia @architecture It's worth clicking through to the article - Greenpeace didn't actually do this in real life but produced a video simulation of it to make their point.

flash987,
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@greeneralia @architecture I do understand the direction action, as it feels like nothing else is working to bring change. I don't know if that works either though!

flash987, to solarpunk
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Direct Solar Power: Off-Grid Without Batteries

"Using solar panels without backup infrastructure makes renewable energy production much more affordable, efficient and sustainable."

Interesting new article on LOW←TECH MAGAZINEs (solar-powered) website:

https://solar.lowtechmagazine.com/2023/08/direct-solar-power-off-grid-without-batteries/

quintessence, to random
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The person I cherished more than any other, @nova , died unexpectedly late Wednesday in a climbing accident.

I have no words, only despair. The light in my soul is gone.

Joe Beda @jbeda and Nivenly are posting announcements. Others will also.

flash987,
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@quintessence You and all who knew her are in my thoughts. Such tragic news 💔

franktaber, to scifi
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Request: novels recommendations for young adults that are not set in a capitalist or feudal culture. Could be or or or any other genre. Preferably not one that is about fighting a capitalist system nor a dystopian novel but instead one where the lives of the characters takes place in a wholly different culture.

flash987, (edited )
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@franktaber The Actual Star by Monica Byrne. Set in three separate times, roughly now, 1000 years ago, and 1000 years into the future, but all centred around a cave in Belize. The future she imagines of a nomadic but connected human race, whose society is built around never staying in the same place for more than 9 days, is completely fascinating. https://www.monicabyrne.org/the-actual-star

Edit: does have detailed sex scenes so depends on how young your adults are.

jonny, to random
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does anyone else have terminal 99% syndrome.

like I work on something until it's literally done except for one tiny but crucial detail but then can't for the life of me be bothered to finish it because the fun part is done

flash987,
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@jonny

Sounds a lot like the first question on the six question ADHD screener developed by the WHO:

"1. How often do you have trouble wrapping up the final details of a project, once the challenging parts have been done?"
https://www.hcp.med.harvard.edu/ncs/asrs.php

flash987, to random
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Good article from Caitlin Johnstone on subtle vs blatant :

“Russian forces launched drones and missiles at cities in southern Ukraine from the Black Sea early Tuesday, Ukrainian officials said, a day after Moscow blamed Kyiv for an attack on a bridge linking the occupied Crimean Peninsula to Russia.”

Can you spot anything funny in that sentence? It’s not super obvious at first glance...

https://caityjohnstone.medium.com/its-not-the-really-blatant-propaganda-that-gets-you-dc067efe8972

flash987, to random
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In the UK? Petition to the House of Commons to stop the extradition of because as it says, "A free press is incompatible with the jailing and extradition of journalists who reveal material, including war atrocities and human rights abuses, in the public interest"

Sign here:
https://dontextraditeassange.com/action/petition-to-the-house-of-commons/

jwildeboer, to fediverse
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If some people say the is a left-progressive project, it only shows how successful we collectively are to block the Nazis. Loads of far-right instances and users exist in the fediverse. Gab, anyone? But defederation and blocking makes that part invisible to most of us. They still exist and federate amongst themselves. ActivityPub, the protocol, is neutral. We decide what we want and not want. The fediverse is a herd of Venn diagrams, not a closed circle.

flash987,
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@jwildeboer I guess in a sense there is no single , but a multitude of overlapping fediverses (and entirely separate fediverses) and which instance you belong to determines which fediverse you're in, and what it can feel like. Sure, most people reading this thread will feel part of the same fediverse, but it's always going to be different to a greater or lesser degree depending which instance you're looking out from. (I think I may have overused the word 'fediverse' in that post)

trailshark, to random

is imposter syndrome this feeling that i am bad at this and everyone else is good at this? i don't feel like an imposter necessarily, just inadequate. same thing, different perspectives?

flash987,
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@trailshark I think key to imposter syndrome is that you feel inadequate at something, but you imagine (or know) that everyone else sees you as competent, and you're worried about being found out.

flash987,
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@trailshark In that case, I hope you can prove them wrong :)

flash987, to random
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Happy 52nd Birthday Julian Assange

Today is Julian's 5th birthday spent in arbitrary detention in Belmarsh prison, a high security prison in the UK. His treatment can only be described as persecution.

https://youtu.be/RnvXSBE3B34

flash987, to ADHD
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Useful image from article "Symptoms in individuals with adult-onset ADHD are masked during childhood”

It visualises how can be present in childhood but not show up due to a high ability to adapt because of e.g. a stable home / higher intelligence. And then does show up in adulthood when there is less support and potentially more stressful events.

In the UK, the NHS website currently says they don't diagnose adults unless symptoms were present in childhood!

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6689273/

llamasoft_ox, to random
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Can I offer you a nice egg in this trying time?

flash987,
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@llamasoft_ox Given the size, I'd wager it's a blackbird's egg. But unless someone saw the former occupant leaving, how can we really know?

oliphant, to random

Since I shared a Bill Hicks reference earlier.

He's not a well-known comedian, at least I don't think he is...increasingly, at this point, since he's dead.

But this is how he closed out one of his last shows.

It transcends standup, where standup becomes simply "people saying shit without a filter."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KgzQuE1pR1w

flash987,
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@oliphant Yes, definitely transcending stand-up at that point! That piece inspired an @amandapalmer song: https://amandapalmer.bandcamp.com/track/the-ride

fox_rainbow_, to random

How much of Eurovision happs here I’m the feediverse?

flash987,
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@fox_rainbow_ If you're following the hashtag, it appears there's quite a lot! (At least for today)

flash987, to fediverse
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A thoughtful and detailed write up of how the moderation team is organised and deals with reports:

A Minute from the Moderators | Hachyderm Community
https://community.hachyderm.io/blog/2023/05/08/a-minute-from-the-moderators/

atax1a, to random

re: , we cannot actually boost the original post because of yet more fediverse infighting (so we're reposting the image here under a spoiler), but, god we are so tired: https://rage.love/@unfitmisfit/109985158172152257

this is not "drama", we aren't focusing on the person in question, beyond pointing out that she has invoked the white privilege of being able to walk away from a difficult conversation just because it's hard, and that's not a privilege everyone gets.

also, defederating over this isn't anti-racist praxis (ETA: except when it is, see footnote). it's the sucralose of praxis. it's disposability culture. it's the no-effort way out and does very little to actually curb racism, but i guess it sure does feel good to smash that "dispose of" button.

anti-racist praxis involves more subtle things, like "confronting the systems of power that let these covertly racist bootlickers rise to positions of control", "reflecting on one's own position in reproducing those systems", "recognizing when an apology is full of white tears", and the dreaded a-word ("accountability"), but, we know people in generally are really NOT ready for that conversation, so we're going to climb into our asbestos fursuit and scream into the void

Footnote: the way rage.love defederated hachyderm is praxis — it wasn't a knee-jerk reaction, there was a good-faith effort to curb the objectionable behavior, and the efforts led nowhere. THAT is a justified defederation. kneejerk fediblock-style 'on-sight-on-blast' is not.

flash987,
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@atax1a

You likely won't have seen it but @maegul posted this apology thread from @nova which begins "I acknowledge what I said about capitalism is racist. My comments on ownership were harmful and disrespectful." :

https://hachyderm.io/@nova/109988337092641705

The fundraising rule was addressed here:

https://hachyderm.io/@nova/110262183865788425

flash987,
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@atax1a
a) I agree, and that didn't help those of us who didn't know what had gone on.

flash987,
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@atax1a I can only speak for myself, but yes, definitely.

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