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justafrog

@justafrog@mstdn.social

Full-time amphibian.

Strongly committed to treating all individuals of the most common primate species fully as valid persons as much as possible.

Concerned about covid19, climate destabilization and economic equality.

Likes complete information abstract board games which have been played for centuries, straight into this modern time.

Middling at chess, kind of okay at baduk. Into the second year of taking shogi seriously.

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eniko, to random
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one thing i wanna do when kitsune tails is out and i can take some time off is replay final fantasy X but i can't decide if i wanna play the PS2 version or the PC version

justafrog,
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@eniko You could do both?

Dadlyambitions, to Metal
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https://youtu.be/UgpXvSzaqjo?si=ExJ7RJkjVkuDBXBK

AOTY 100%

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justafrog,
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@Dadlyambitions They tease, too.

But, out in june instead of july.

Also, fuck the idiots who say nobody makes good music anymore.

justafrog,
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@Dadlyambitions Nah, it's perfectly normal for jazz to have a dynamic or not-readily-apparent time signature.

justafrog,
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@Dadlyambitions It's good jazz, isn't it?

futurebird, to random
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I've been reading some history books about Europe in the middle ages. The matter of the education of kings is incredibly interesting. It seemed nearly universally recognized that an excellent education is essential to a family holding on to power. And even in the controversies of the day (such as religion) children of the ruling class were exposed to a surprisingly wide range of ideas. Including those treated as heresy for the general population.

justafrog,
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@futurebird No absolute ruler wants to have people who can tell him that his plan is very bad.

It's received as trying to constrain his actions.

A true absolute ruler will want his mistakes to simply cost the livelihood, health and perhaps life of other people.

Nothing so horrible as him losing face or being forced to accept that his words aren't pure perfection.

msquebanh, to random
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I got these fugly looking from a farmer friend. I get free fugly veggies from farm friends if they don't sell everything at market. These are damaged & definitely far from prime condition but still very good to eat/cook with! All free. Free, is my fave price 😊

justafrog,
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@msquebanh No matter how ugly they look, once they're properly cooked, they're just as good between my teeth as a pretty one.

Adam_Cadmon1, to fallout
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I could deal with most everything in Fallout...except the giant roaches.

justafrog,
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@mentallyalex @Adam_Cadmon1 You haven't really finished Baldur's Gate until you hooked up with each one.

msquebanh, (edited ) to random
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Choosing to be 'neutral' - while active genocides are happening, in more than one area of the world - is choosing to be a coward.

Inaction, is in itself a conscious action.
Silence only helps oppressors & not the oppressed.

Grow some fu*king courage.
Start making some more noise, against multiple crimes against humanity!
Stand up, speak up for more than yourself & a paycheque. Many of us have already taken risks & we're marginalized folks. Don't tell me that you don't have any personal power!

justafrog,
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@msquebanh You don't have to personally wage the hardest battles.

Small things like not buying things from genocidal countries, or avoiding events with people who support that evil.

Of course, if you're up to it, by all means do as much as you're able to. Just don't think it's that or nothing.

justafrog,
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@msquebanh I'm sure you know a lot more about these things than I do.

I just want to encourage people with more modest levels of courage.

And you, too, since you're definitely doing a lot of good in this world.

justafrog,
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@msquebanh Seizing up the means of destruction.

Not bad for a first time.

pvonhellermannn, to random
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Unprecedented heatwave in Bangladesh

With temperatures soaring past 40 degrees Celsius, crucial crops have wilted and yields are expected to plummet.
The prolonged heatwave has scorched ripe chillies, pulses, sunflowers, almonds and paddy crops, among others.

https://www.downtoearth.org.in/news/climate-change/unusual-heat-scorches-bangladesh-as-april-s-consecutive-heatwave-breaks-76-year-record-96034

justafrog,
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@pvonhellermannn Terrifying, really.

It renders the availability of water irrelevant.

You basically can't do agriculture if it gets too hot for plants to survive.

And we're still on the way to worse.

RickiTarr, to random
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Anyway, sometimes my brain creates really sad scenarios, and I play out my reactions to these scenarios, and it makes me really upset, but it's like I'm trying to prepare myself for every possibility even though it's both impossible and destructive.

justafrog,
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@RickiTarr Bonus: If you hit a scenario you're well-prepared for, people will hate on you for being cold af about the upsetting thing.

There is literally no way to win this game.

RickiTarr, to random
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I'm going to ramble a bit, but it will hopefully come around to something. When I was growing up, I read a lot of older historical book series, a big one would be the Little House On The Prairie series. While I really enjoyed it, there are some very obviously negative portrayals of Native Americans and African Americans. I remember being angry about it as a kid, and my Dad telling me, that part of learning about history is that we have to acknowledge the people we were, and still are. But because Little House on the Prairie is only semi-autobiographical, I still have mixed feelings about this. I do think they are well written books by a female author, an interesting perspective on early American life, and as an adult I can see and acknowledge the issues with the text. If we try to get rid of every author with racist ideas there wouldn't be much left to read from the 20th Century, and it also feels like being dishonest about who we are. So, I'm very mixed, how do you all feel about it? Do you think children can handle books with racial issues like this if it's explained to them? What is our responsibility here?

justafrog,
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@RickiTarr I think it's good to let kids see how normal racism was.

How completely uncontroversial and just fine.

It's the most important part they need to know about racism.

justafrog, to random
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While dialysis is still not available in , 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 looks like.

futurebird, to random
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Homo naledi is the most interesting new human like primate. They are from South Africa, little people. walked upright, but primates walking upright goes way back.

They had hands just like modern humans but longish arms and powerful shoulders ... so they could probably zip up a tree.

They have small brains half modern size. This has made people astonished that they may have had fire.

I'm glad I'll never meet one, a smart little firebug with powerful arms sounds terrifying. 1/

justafrog,
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@futurebird @sashin Don't most human children need to be taught not to grab the fire?

NanoRaptor, to random
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The one true USB3 connector.

justafrog,
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@futurebird @NanoRaptor I'm sure there's a mini version of it, just like with USB 2.

StillIRise1963, to random
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"Come July 1, school districts in Florida could authorize volunteer chaplains — those who are religious or not and with no training — to provide support and services for students in public schools, though GOP-controlled legislatures across the country are rejecting similar proposals.”

https://www.rawstory.com/chaplain-schools-in-florida/

justafrog,
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@StillIRise1963 I can't think of a scenario where it isn't at the very least a gigantic waste of money.

Just imagine if the same budget had been allocated for a trained counselor, or even just an extra janitor?

You know, someone USEFUL!

TonyStark, to random
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One of the many problems with instances not dealing with antisemitism among their users at all or making a moderation announcement that borders on excusing antisemitism is that all the users who’ve been widely blocked, limited, and suspended elsewhere for antisemitism will notice your instance doesn’t do much about antisemitism and just start moving there.

Then your instance is filled with a whole lot of antisemitism.

justafrog,
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@TonyStark When deciding what to allow, always consider if it would be okay if 1000 people on your instance did exactly that same thing, every day.

It's never ever only just this once.

The internet is not that kind.

justafrog, to random
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There's currently no dialysis for anyone living in .

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.

BlippyTheWonderSlug, to random
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It's a holiday today in Germany: Christihimmelfahrt (Christ drives to heaven) or something like that.

Which explains why it's so quiet, and the trash bins haven't been picked up.

justafrog,
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@BlippyTheWonderSlug Hemelvaartsdag, in Swamp German.

There should be an indication on the trash calendar from your local municipality.

justafrog,
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@BlippyTheWonderSlug You talk like basing a trash collection schedule on the bible is strange and unusual.

fkamiah17, to random
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One to watch, given the University has set up the camp again today.

https://nltimes.nl/2024/05/08/amsterdam-city-council-hold-urgent-debate-university-gaza-demonstrations

justafrog,
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@fkamiah17 Always fun to see which protests get that treatment and which don't.

Always the right wing astroturf which gets treated with kindness.

Climate? Human rights? No mercy!

justafrog,
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@fkamiah17 I just read that Utrecht's uni closed some locations till monday, to avoid having their buildings continuously reoccupied.

Let's see how much success they'll have managing the yoofs today.

justafrog,
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@fkamiah17 TU Delft, where students are talking about withdrawal from military work such as the F35.

unir, to random German
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How I defeated Fascism with The power of love

justafrog,
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@unir Reminds me of this classic:

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