justafrog

justafrog, 6 days ago to random

Religion really is dying in the Netherlands.

The general trend is that religiosity is more common among old people, who don't manage to entice all of the next generation to stick to their faith.

Note that the graph is about "Are you religious, and if so which one?"

Weekly attendance is a lot lower, at only 18% of those who claim a religion. Catholics specifically have it at only 6%.

Source: https://www.cbs.nl/nl-nl/nieuws/2024/20/vooral-oudere-mensen-zeggen-deel-uit-te-maken-van-geloofsgemeenschap

justafrog, 8 days ago to random

Hospitals in #Gaza are turning off all medical devices, because they ran out of fuel for the generators.

So many life-saving treatments simply halted because there's no way to keep the devices going.

Incubators, continuous ventilators, and everything else, just turned off.

There's only one party responsible for this atrocity.

Fuel would be coming in if Israel allowed it.

justafrog, 11 days ago to random

While dialysis is still not available in #Gaza , medical staff now report they don't have supplemental oxygen anymore so people who need it can just fucking choke to death.

Most moral army making sure the atrocities are as horrible as they can be.

There is only one party blocking fuel, food, medical supplies to Gaza. It's not complex.

This is what #genocide looks like.

justafrog, 14 days ago to random

There's currently no dialysis for anyone living in #Gaza.

Takes about 8 days for half of dialysis patients to die without it.

Maybe 40 days for all of them?

Note that some dialysis patients can't even manage 2 days without it.

It might not be getting shot, or bombed, but it still counts as murdering civilians.

justafrog, 15 days ago to random

"You're not worth the trouble." I say, before launching into a 61-point rebuttal which I will come to regret, in time.

justafrog, 14 days ago to spain

Meanwhile, #Spain doesn't beat the crap out of students for supporting #Gaza and life goes on without any real problem.

Note that this is a very real and possible choice that leadership could be making, in any other country.

justafrog, 16 days ago to climate

In order to deal with #ClimateChange the Dutch government has opted to place giant pumps at the Afsluitdijk, which can displace 275 cubic meters (roughly 9700 cubic feet) per second.

The previous method was to wait for low enough tide and open locks.

The tide doesn't get low enough for long enough, due to a combination of higher sea level and there just being so fucking much water to discharge.

https://nos.nl/artikel/2519481-rijkswaterstaat-plaatst-zes-gigantische-pompen-in-de-afsluitdijk

justafrog, 22 days ago to random

Meanwhile, in Portugal, the new ruling coalition proposed using military service as a sort of juvie, and the Portuguese military responded with with "No, fuck off." and "You have no respect for what we are."

Not fun to get told off by the military when you're trying to project a Tough Man image, but they "saved face" by claiming it was merely a thought experiment and they never intended to implement it for real.

Spoiler: They are lying.

justafrog, 22 days ago to random

It's never good to combine criticism of Israel with nazi talking points about "The Jews".

Don't ever even try to defend it.

No matter how ugly Israel's actions get, it will never be okay to embrace literal nazi shit.

If you're sincerely against genocide, that includes being against the fucking nazis, who got over 20 million people killed, and were planning on many more.

justafrog, 29 days ago to climate

Unless we suddenly discover a way of sequestrating CO2 at scale which costs less energy than emitting it yields, the obvious solution to #ClimateChange is to emit less.

From an engineering standpoint, it's really not a complex problem.

What makes it complicated is that people make money off continuing emissions. That's like 99% of the complexity.

It's not that they want to transition off fossil fuels more carefully. It's that they want to not transition at all.

justafrog, 1 month ago to random

Parts of India and Bangladesh have wet bulb temps of 27C or more, while it's past the middle of the night, there.

30C at 85% relative humidity is not at all easy to deal with, and it'll be worse come sunrise.

Definitely dangerous heat.

justafrog, 1 month ago to random

Wanted to get good, but instead they got me good.

justafrog, 1 month ago to random

Boss takes a shit, I make a dollar and flush a dime.

Things are wack on company time.

justafrog, 1 month ago to random

So, the British Museum is complaining about someone stealing many artifacts and I can't help but feel that's more than a little ironic.

justafrog, 1 month ago to random

@eniko Made me look.

justafrog, 1 month ago to random

Dutch women's darts team managed to hit the national news today.

Unfortunately, not about competition wins.

Two members of the national team have resigned, because they resent that one of the team is trans.

They went 100% on bigotry, quoted with "a biological man playing on the women's team".

Note that the trans woman in question gets better tournament results than the two who quit.

Source in Dutch:

https://nos.nl/artikel/2514076-dartsters-stappen-uit-oranje-selectie-omdat-teamgenoot-trans-vrouw-is

justafrog, 2 months ago to random

For the first time in a very long time, I have Ardbeg.

Pour one glass. Entire room smells like Ardbeg.

Nostalgia trip.

A skeeter falls to the floor, dead.

A spider flees.

I lean back, relax and smile.

justafrog, 2 months ago to random

John Oliver's bit about Clarence Thomas ends in a very strange way.

In Oliver's words, "How the fuck is this legal?"

justafrog, 3 months ago to random

Apparently cookies produced by Merba in Oosterhout are metal af.

Like metal splinters.

They're having a product recall.

Potentially contaminated batches were delivered to multiple grocery chains in Belgium and the Netherlands.

justafrog, 3 months ago to random

@StillIRise1963 So now I've still got Fantasy stuck in my head.

This is 100% your fault.

justafrog, 3 months ago to random

Why are there so many graphs in the tab where I put all the climate science guys?

... oh, yes, the science.

That would explain it.

justafrog, 3 months ago to random

People posting pics of cranes, storks, herons and such ilk.

I just want to boo and hiss at them all.

justafrog, 3 months ago to random

So at what point do Taylor Swift fans realize Musk doesn't give a shit about them and is fine with her getting dragged all day every day?

There are alternatives to twitter.

I sincerely don't get using a shop which is that hostile to you, when it's not even selling anything that you must have to survive.

justafrog, 3 months ago to random

Well, looks like the ICJ went mild.

"Please be more careful." is not a useful response to blatant mass murder and widespread razing of civilian infrastructure.

Israel's PM already promised that they'd continue as before, and I see no reason to doubt him.

The only serious response possible here is a complete embargo on weapons to Israel, and continuously incrementing sanctions on everything else.

Anything less is just letting it happen.

justafrog, 4 months ago to random

Now I know that virgin camel urine is marketed as a cure-all and I hope you enjoy having this knowledge, too.