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Interested in Technology, Science, Chemistry, Education, Fediverse, GNU/Linux and free software.

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Torbay Trojans American Football
All lined up ready for the snap

Torbay Trojans
American football

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Torbay Trojans American Football
Pre game d-line drills

Torbay Trojans
American football

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Team Talk
Torbay Trojans huddle round Defence coach to discuss strategy

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Torbay Trojans vs Swindon Storm

Sunday 30th April Trojans vs Storm 2pm Kick off

Foxhole community Centre Field
(next to Kings Ash Academy School)
Bellfield Road
Paignton

atomicpoet, to random

I left my Diaspora server for three months, and when I come back, it's full of racists and anti-vaxx conspiracy theorists.

Decentralization is not a magic serum that fixes social media.

It's just one tool.

zleap,
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@atomicpoet I found the same years ago, one of the reasons I left.

sikkdays, to random

Hitting a paywall at a news website is like a cruel prank in an 80s movie where the nerd is seduced into exposing themselves in front of the whole school.

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@sikkdays

Like in American Pie ?

BNONews, to random
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BREAKING: Rose State College near Oklahoma City reports "active shooter" on campus

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@BNONews

Here we go again?

noturtlesoup17, to random
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Don Lemon just posted on Twitter that he has been fired from CNN.
https://twitter.com/donlemon/status/1650533617636966400

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@noturtlesoup17 I am not that familar with US media, so based on what is on here about fox being bad, and full of lies and fake news items etc. Would I be right in thinking that Don Lemon is one of the good guys compared to Tucker Carson who has also just beed kicked out of fox. ?

holyramenempire, to random

I don't mean to be alarmist, but I keep seeing this misinformation everywhere, including from okay outlets like : There are NO!!!! exceptions to the FULL BAN on ALL transition medical care in Missouri that will take effect on Thursday April 27.

It doesn't matter if you've taken HRT for decades, have no sex organs anymore, or have additional medical reasons to take HRT. Your doctor will not be allowed to prescribe medication or surgery to treat gender dysphoria. There are requirements in the "emergency rule" that claim to allow you to continue HRT if you meet them...

BUT THERE IS NO WAY TO MEET THOSE REQUIREMENTS. How can you "resolve" autism, anxiety, depression, personality disorders?

zleap,
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@holyramenempire What happened to the Hypocratic oath taken by doctors to 'do no harm'. Doctors and medical experts are now being forced legally to do harm if they are banned from treating people, so this surely conflicts with the oath.

While doctors may risk being prosecuted, they need to stand up and defend their oath and be able to practice medicine properly without interferance or being told to with hold that treatment. UNLESS they are advised to do so by a person with a medical degree and experience in medicine. Do Ron De Santis, Donald Trump et al behind this tick the medically trained professional box ?

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@holyramenempire If under normal circumstances you deny a person medical treatment without good reason and that person comes to more harm as a result you would expect to be struck off from medicine and perhaps in the USA sued.

Perhaps given the current circumstances you are being TOLD to deny treatment, explain this to patients, and say this is the current law, made by politicians xyz, and you in your medical professional opinion hold THEM accountable for damage done.

The medican profession need to stand firm, here and ensure you don't get blamed for consequences of policies that you know go against medical ethics.

I am sure patients, will be angry but hopefully understanding so they can aim their legal / civil action(s) at the right people.

clerie, to random
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alias vi="libreoffice --writer"

zleap,
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@clerie

emm we could have fun with this too

alias vi="emacs"

for example

doctorjaymarie, to random

"While the South lost the Civil War technically, White Southerners did not in fact lose the war substantively. After all, Jim Crow, convict labor, and lynching happened with near total impunity, and African Americans experienced decades of pernicious neglect from the federal courts and government."

Imani Perry, South to America: A Journey Below the Mason Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation

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@doctorjaymarie @SharonGibson3

They teach about this properly here in the UK, if I get a chance I will see if I can get a note added to the teaching notes that students should defend the REAL story and narrative so we can help counter new less accurate narratives.

natureworks, to climate
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gave a speech about at demo on Saturday 22nd April. This is the text:

”I’ve got 5 minutes to talk to you about insects. I love insects, always have. Let me tell you a bit about them. Insects have been around for 480 million years, that means they are twice as old as the oldest dinosaurs. They’ve survived the previous 5 mass extinction events.

1/8

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@natureworks

Raw sewage is being dumped in rivers and the sea. I agree the government seem to be going round in circles, a sign they are out of ideas.

Ddiamond, to internet

I tried to explain what drove a reporter like me to quit (even if it’s temporary) after years and years of thriving on the site.

Looking forward to really seeing what Mastodon has to offer the next few weeks. https://dandiamond.substack.com/p/i-quit-twitter

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@Ddiamond

Welcome to fedi

annettamallon, to random

Vale Barry Humphries

In a time when drag artists are being falsely accused of grooming and pedophilia, persecuted and losing rights, it is even more sorrowful to farewell a pioneer in the field of general and commercial entertainment.

Dame Edna Everage - megastar housewife from Moonee Ponds - was a regular fixture on Australian TV screens as well as the stage for literal decades. Humphries brought gentle satire, biting wit, and on point commentary to a nationwide audience, a groundbreaking presence that paved the way for others over time. While not queer himself, his work has softened access to opportunities for queer performers both in the antipodes and overseas. This was thanks in no small part to her oft-mentioned son Kenny, as her work often referred his wildly successful interior design business as well as life-long "friend".

A supportive, intelligent and incredibly hard working light has gone out in my personal firmament. Thank you for all your hard work Mr Humphries - I guess you are now burning a purple wig and gladioli in your personal fireplace.

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@annettamallon

I guess in her words it is now 'Goodbye, Possums'

isaacfreeman, to random

The worst thing that ever happened in software engineering was when Kirk asked Scotty how long something would take and Scotty said thirty minutes and Kirk said you’ve got five and Scotty got it done in five and impressionable children watched this and grew up to become managers.

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@isaacfreeman

Scotty chats to LaForge about this in Relics (TNG)

DavidSchwartz, to random

"Why won't you pay the $8?"

Five months ago, before she died, my 91-year-old great-grandmother described to me how, while her mother was taken to the gas chambers by the Nazis, she asked her mother, "Where are you going?" and "When are you coming back?" She never saw her mother again. I was literally shaking while I was listening.

Now, when I checked Twitter, I bumped into two accounts, one "verified," and the other one lost their "verification" yesterday. I'll just leave it right here...

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@DavidSchwartz

Seems 24 days late for an April fool joke, this is just disgusting but not remotely surprising given what is going on with twitter.

Who the hell is approving all this, other than Musk.

Our thoughts are with you, of course

Perhaps

@auschwitzmuseum

Can help share you great-grandmothers story.

Will boost to help spread what is going on too.

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'Should get lynched': Former student sues school for ignoring racist attacks https://www.rawstory.com/hartland-high-school/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

zleap,
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@gratefuldread

What I have found in the past is where teachers have 'tried' to enforce rules or instill discipline, the person causing the trouble kicks off with the 'I have rights' argument, this undermines teacher authority, but any student can do that.

So when a teacher tries to stop racist bullying they are told they can't as the purp has rights,so hands are pretty much tied, as the parents kick off too sometimes.

However victims are also just as likely to step out of line at times and then remind teacher sof their rights.

So teachers are damned if they do, damned if they don't.

If we want to create a society where people are safe and have the right to do things, go to school without fear, walk down the streets without fear. People also need to be held to account, so when they step out of line, they can be punished in a way that is appropriate and proportionate to their age, the crime and other factors.

That way also if victims of bullying / abuse come forward to disclose, they know the teachers are actually able to DO something about it, hopefully backed by the parents too.

In the case of disclosing abuse, teachers need to know that the local authorities will back them and investigate properly. Victims may come forward once, it takes al ot of bravery to do so, so that disclosure is a one chance to help that person.

SweaterVest, to random

a 16 year old in America can get a prison sentence for taking a photo of his or her own body.

It is pure insanity.

Destructive as hell.

and it is a direct result of neo-puritan culture infantilizing young adults.

https://www.buzzsprout.com/1112270/3883976-sexting
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zleap,
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@SweaterVest

It is illegal in the UK too.

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If you see this post, do you mind boosting it? I'm trying to get my PKUTalk.com server to reach more lovely folks on Mastodon, and the easiest way to do so is a .

Thank you very much!

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@soheb

Sure, no problem.

Teri_Kanefield, to random

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    @Teri_Kanefield
    Would be a great coup to get em here too.

    Quinnae_Moon, to random

    Regarding Twitter's permaban of Wired reporter Dell Cameron, I must reiterate what I have been saying for a while:

    If you're a reporter, or academic, or merchant, or anyone else who's depended on Twitter for some measure of their work, you need to leave before the choice is made for you. There is no degree to which you can keep your head down and do your job and be allowed to remain on the platform, unhindered.

    The best time to leave was yesterday; the second best time is now.

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    @Quinnae_Moon

    "If you're a reporter, or academic, or merchant, or anyone else who's depended on Twitter for some measure of their work."

    Lets hope thatr fedi can be a real replacement twitter as far as commerce is concerned but we get the right balance as I do appreciate people don't want to be bombarded with advertisements, we need to ensure communication is two way, post info on my latest product, and interact with responses to that.

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    @paninid @Quinnae_Moon

    Yeah, so we need a way to have refer links but perhaps in a limited capacity, not sure.

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    @paninid @Quinnae_Moon

    I am confident that things are moving in the right direction. We should just be very mindful of what happens when big tech companies start to notice this sort of thing, they try and embrace, extend, extinguish.

    ShekinahCanCook, to random

    Christianity does not have the right to decide for everyone else what is acceptable clothing, social or sexual relationships, culture, beliefs, or lifestyle.

    Christianity only has the right to tell their own cult members what to do or not do.

    Legislating religious beliefs is unconstitutional, period.

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    @ShekinahCanCook

    Would I be correct in thinking the following:

    It is almost as if the Republicans want the US to be a caliphate, but while Islamic State wanted the Quoran as the law, the Republicans want the Bible as law.

    In both cases either group have taken a legitimate relious text, found the more extreme interpretation and tried to make that the law.

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