KashifShah

@KashifShah@mastodon.sdf.org

Retired .NET enterprise software developer and computing nerd.
Bachelor of Arts dual-degrees in Mathematics and Psychology.
Neurodivergent and “medically frail”.
Pakistani-Irish-American, Radical Moderate, and (illiterate) Muslim.
Occasional enjoyer of kayaking and sport touring by car or motorcycle.
Connoisseur of science fiction and national-chain pizza.
Looking for ways to give back to the community.

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timnitGebru, to random
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Its depressing to see those who shouldn't risk anything risking so much and those who are so privileged and can risk a tiny bit not willing to feel the slightest discomfort. That's what I see daily.

augieray, to random
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“Until a drag queen walks into a school and beats eight kids to death with a copy of To Kill A Mockingbird, I think you’re focusing on the wrong shit.”

  • Wanda Sykes
tzimmer_history, to random
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Crucial observation from Rachel Cohen over at the new place - and it points to a larger problem: In the mainstream political discourse, especially in mainstream media coverage, terms like “moderate” and “extreme” have absolutely no substantive definition, which makes it easy for conservatives to constantly drag their meaning rightward.

https://bsky.app/profile/rachelmcohen.bsky.social/post/3jvyrl5ra4d24

xenophora,

@KashifShah @Susan60

Yup. If we start from the POV that a refusal to vote is in a sense a vote of no confidence, perhaps that would break open the mental block so many people and institutions seem to have about it...

Toastie, to random
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    IAm_THEPaulina, to books

    Could you sleep peacefully in this room?

    MadMadMadMadRN, to random

    I think a key way the capitalist class uses cultural hegemony to maintain power and control is by constantly promoting and reiterating the myth that most people are fundamentally lazy and will not work unless forced to. Despite this idea being demonstrably false, it is an integral part of most American's worldview even if they are not aware of it being so.

    MadMadMadMadRN,

    This idea that people are inherently lazy is so deeply embedded in the minds of most Americans that many who identify as liberal or left-of-center tacitly believe it. It is one of the most common arguments used against a stronger social safety net and more redistribuitve policies. Who will work if the necessities of life such as food, housing, healthcare, education, etc. are provided to all without condition?

    gcblasing, to random
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    HEY! INSTEAD OF UPHOLDING THE SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE! LETS GOVERN BY "WHAT WOULD JESUS DO"?
    LMAO! YOU THINK THE IMAGE OF JESUS HAS BEEN WHITENED AND RADICALIZED NOW? JUST WAIT!

    NickGates, to random
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    I like it. It's the first bit of useful or intelligible advice I've had all day

    KashifShah, (edited ) to random

    The Neo-KKK wants you to die.

    neilasaurus,
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    msquebanh,
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    @MacropodCare @soc_i_ety @KashifShah @PaulNickson My personal views are coloured by my background of rampant racism, ableism, bigotry & enabled by folks who are OK being super supportive online but fail offline & often are hypocrites.
    I have mass social anxiety & have had to force myself to deal with it for bigger things. Often puked pre/post events from anxiety issues. Pushed through because goal of breaking stigmas was bigger than myself. I force myself to break my own comfort barriers.

    KashifShah,

    @Judeet88 @PaulNickson @soc_i_ety In the context of Einstein-Freud Theory of War, “growth of culture” means progress towards equal rights for all.

    Freud preferred the term civilization, to the term culture, however, he was really ultimately speaking about the rights of the ruled being grown to equality, not superiority, with the rights of the rulers.

    strypey, (edited )
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    @KashifShah
    > 30 articles of rights, universal to all members of the human family, no matter how much you hate them

    This concept is seriously under threat these days, and from the authoritarian left as much as from the insurrectionist right. The two inadvertently feed each other with their increasingly war-like reactions to each other. This civil cold war distracts everyone from what the authoritarian right is up to, putting us all at risk.

    @Judeet88 @PaulNickson @soc_i_ety

    msquebanh, to random
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    suggested this vid to me today:

    Bodycam: Mormon 'Swinger' Arrested on Assault Charges After Going 'Ballistic' During Heated Argument.

    YouTube has some really strange & not very relevant to my interests suggestions.
    I didn't watch their suggested vid.

    msquebanh,
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    @kierkegaank @smellsofbikes I haven't heard of most influencers because I'm not into them & don't pay attention to them 😂👍

    rolle, to internet
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    Last night one of my toots got targeted by a bunch of bad people. My notifications were full of slurs. I noticed they are all from the same one instance that allows shitposting, trolling and hate speech. This kind of targeting and toxicity would been allowed on and but on the and I can just block the entire server once and for all.

    It's also generally wonderful that most servers won't tolerate discrimination, shitposting (like actual hate posting, not jokes) and those who do are easy to ban. It's nice to know I don't need to wait or get 💩 emoji as answer from support etc. Instead I can just block them all with one click and move on with my life.

    Btw thought I already blocked, but if you did the same mistake and it left unnoticed, please : poa.st.

    Shanitoba, to random
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    G’nite!! Keep well and take great care of you. 🥰

    Dianora, to random

    https://www.poynter.org/tfcn/2023/is-this-legit-a-media-literacy-skills-recap/

    "The first thing you should do when coming across a suspicious meme or video is to check your emotional reaction. Do you feel anger, fear, disappointment, sadness or anxiety? You might be looking at misinformation. Posts that trigger emotion are designed to get people to share them, so it’s best to pause, take a deep breath and do some fact-checking first." YES YES YES!!

    gcblasing, to random
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    NO WHERE NEAR ENOUGH OF THE THINGS IT WAS MEANT FOR!

    KashifShah,

    @gcblasing @artemis

    “The only weapon of power, its only strategy against this defection, is to reinject the real and the referential everywhere, to persuade us of the reality of the social, of the gravity of the economy and the finalities of production.” - Jean Baudrillard, Simulacra and Simulation

    artcameroon, to random
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    Painting of the Day. Prayer II
    > > https://www.artcameroon.com/prayer-2-african-christian-art/
    *This beautiful and exuberant painting by Cameroonian artist Angu Walters is a powerful and moving depiction of the importance of prayer.

    KashifShah, to random

    Noot Noot, edge-humans... 😾

    https://dads.cool/@InternetEh/110340229040209397

    https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/terrified-noot-noot

    indigenous_commentator, to random
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    Not sure if I should occupy both days that start with an S for . But here is something adorable and fun. Also, maybe if I did occupy both days you scaredy cats would start to normalize spiders...

    video/mp4

    supernovae, to random

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    jrm4,
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    @supernovae

    black person here and THIS ALL DAY.

    I am regularly accused of "siding with Nazis" for still being on Twitter.

    These clowns don't understand that -- yes, I do encourage people to look elsewhere, but Twitter is still a deeply important part of black networking, whether casual or organizational.

    Then people have the nerve to condescend about it, as if WE'RE not the ones who are EXPERTS at navigating spaces owned by the bad guys.

    GeriAQuin, to politics
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    🇺🇸#politics #gunlaws #votersuppression

    pinskal, to random
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    I explain that now, when someone asks me why I cry so often, I say, "For the same reason I laugh so often - because I'm paying attention."
    -- Glennon Doyle Melton

    antiaall3s, to random
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    Decoding the Gurus going #BothSides is not something i particularly enjoy. I did appreciate some of their earlier episodes on Peterson, Rogan, Weinberg etc. But ever since that interview with Helen Lewis (TERF) and now Matt Johnsohn (free speech absolutist), i think they are fast sliding into radicalized centrism.

    KashifShah,

    @antiaall3s

    “Postmodernity is said to be a culture of fragmentary sensations, eclectic nostalgia, disposable simulacra, and promiscuous superficiality, in which the traditionally valued qualities of depth, coherence, meaning, originality, and authenticity are evacuated or dissolved amid the random swirl of empty signals.”

    -Jean Baudrillard

    https://www.pewresearch.org/topic/politics-policy/political-parties-polarization/political-typology

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