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beckett

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Durham parent. Dharma slacker. Quick study, slow learner. Use my super powers for good. Supplanting capitalism? Ask me how!

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lzg, to random
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hell yeah i found The Dress of Many Requirements (it only needs some light alterations!)

beckett,
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@lzg It looks great on you.

mekkaokereke, to random
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So... there was a shooting at Drake's house today. Someone got shot.

🤔 Is this rap beef still funny? Not a rhetorical question. Is it "real" yet? Is this entertaining enough?

For the record, no, I don't think Kendrick or any of his people had anything to do with it. If something bad happens to Drake because of them directly, it will most likely happen in LA or the East Bay or Atlanta or Miami. Because that's where it always happens.

beckett,
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@mekkaokereke I’d be surprised if the whole diss battle isn’t a coordinated PR campaign.

idoubtit, to random
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People are so clueless and paranoid, they freaked out over pollen.

Mysterious powdery substance falls on Roscommon lake, cars and houses.

https://roscommonherald.ie/news/mysterious-powdery-substance-falls-on-roscommon-lake-cars-and-houses_arid-15823.html

beckett,
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@idoubtit Here in North Carolina, the pervasive yellow powder is how we know it’s springtime.

idoubtit, to Paranormal
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Browsing a large collection of dissertations about topics. So much good stuff. It’s a shame these inquiries haven’t reached the masses. Some are so useful.

beckett,
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@idoubtit What are some good examples?

GottaLaff, to random
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No pay wall.

"Extremist Militias Are Coordinating in More Than 100 Facebook Groups

After lying low for years in the aftermath of January 6, exclusive reporting shows, militia extremist groups and profiles have been quietly reorganizing and ramping up recruitment and rhetoric on Facebook." https://www.wired.com/story/extremist-militias-are-coordinating-on-facebook/?bxid=5be677284b2ef40b1e6d155f&cndid=42353131&esrc=bx_multi1st_dailyext&source=Email_0_EDT_WIR_NEWSLETTER_0_DAILY_ZZ&utm_mailing=WIR_Daily_050224

beckett,
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@GottaLaff FYI, I get a paywall.

beckett, to random
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“To be clear: I, a member of the UNC faculty, was nearly caught in a line of pepper spray being fired at UNC students, by UNC police, working under direct orders of UNC administration, as I left class on the last day of the semester.

“These cops were in a blind rage, with zero care for bystanders. They were out of control, pepper spraying the people they were hired to protect.”

https://triangleblogblog.com/2024/04/30/unc-faculty-member-i-dont-think-i-will-ever-get-over-what-i-saw-my-employer-do-to-its-own-students-and-faculty-today/

beckett, to random
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Police have “stormed” the campus genocide protest encampment of UNC students in Chapel Hill.

https://www.wral.com/story/police-begin-arresting-pro-palestinian-protestors-at-unc-chapel-hill-tuesday-morning/21405640/

beckett, to random
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This describes what I have seen happening at Duke and other institutions. When you stack the boards of trustees with investors, you get institutions that operate to benefit investors. https://mastodon.social/

beckett, to random
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@CARROT Do you have a cicada activity data point?

RickiTarr, to random
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If you could have one new skill starting right now, what would it be?

beckett,
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@RickiTarr Neurotypical executive function. @Adam_Cadmon1

juliancday, to Gaeilge
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Can't explain it but this came up in Duo this morning, & is my favourite Irish word so far: Féinphic ("self-pic"), "selfie". #gaeilge

beckett,
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@juliancday Féinphic Friday? Dé hÁoine Féinphic?

flexghost, to random
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I guess Trump‘s mental health isn’t the only thing in decline.

🇺🇸

beckett,
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@flexghost The sharks are cashing out by selling to the idiots.

brewsterkahle, to random
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Early stages in reconstructing Hernando Columbo's library

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1twwcPYNd9m3JvJ3HqfZcjNSLQag1Bn1EGP1I4EH_bvk/edit#heading=h.su1lcq4zgwqv

And got to check out a book from 1571: his book on his father Christopher from Biblioteca Angelina in Rome .... 1/5

beckett,
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@brewsterkahle There is considerable irony in that statement including a google link.

mekkaokereke, to random
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Congratulations to all James Madison University students! For unwittingly and unwillingly becoming investors in a professional sports franchise!🤡

James Madison University charges students a non-optional $5,662 "student fee" every year. $2,362 of that student fee goes to funding athletics.🤯

So if you're a JMU student, don't tell me you're "not that into sports." I don't believe you. Because your wallet is!

But congratulations to JMU sports investors! It's working!

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Pofh1lKI4rU

beckett,
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@mekkaokereke I suspect that athletic fee supports “non-revenue” sports like Track & Field and Swimming, and that “revenue sports” make no contribution to that.

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    beckett,
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    @LeftistLawyer The Guillotine is fun to joke about, but we really don't want to bring that kind of thinking back.

    "Those who take their own powerlessness for granted assume that they can promote gruesome revenge fantasies without consequences. But if we are serious about changing the world, we owe it to ourselves to make sure that our proposals are not equally gruesome."

    https://crimethinc.com/2019/04/08/against-the-logic-of-the-guillotine-why-the-paris-commune-burned-the-guillotine-and-we-should-too

    beckett,
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    @LeftistLawyer More of a "yes, and" than a "tut tut." I'm sorry you received it that way. We're on the same side. And I am deeply opposed to state violence. @paninid

    beckett,
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    @LeftistLawyer Did you ever see the Untouchables film? How about graffiti like this in Peter Thiel’s private elevator. No corpse necessary.

    LeftistLawyer, to random
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    Serious question, please boost for reach.

    I’m a 50+ white male.

    How many old white guys out there would be willing join a 501(c)(3) whose mission is to oppose old white guys in positions of power? How many people would be willing to provide financial support for the same?

    Nothing like this currently exists in the U.S. and I think it could be a damn effective form of protest. Personally, I’m sick and tired of seeing old fucking white guys in power everywhere I turn. Am I an aberration?

    Oh, and despite thinking of myself as a bit of wordsmith, I’m admittedly terrible at acronym generation. What’s a good name for an organization pursuing said mission?

    beckett,
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    @LeftistLawyer C3 or C4?

    mekkaokereke, to random
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    Happy !

    I'm still not up to Black History! I'm still working through white US history. Bear with me! Almost there!

    Q: Why does it seem like everything has to be woke now? Even our scientists?! It never used to be that way! Why does it seem like these days, even higher education has to think about race, when it didn't before?

    A: Higher education, including STEM, did think about race before. That history has just been hidden from you. Because racism.

    beckett,
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    @mekkaokereke North Carolina Central University, Durham, NC. A fine institution and unrecognized anchor to the city.

    bicmay, to science
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    "Duke University has decided to close its herbarium, a collection of 825,000 specimens of plants, fungi and algae that was established more than a century ago. The collection, one of the largest and most diverse in the country, has helped scientists map the diversity of plant life and chronicle the impact of humans on the environment.

    The university’s decision has left researchers reeling."

    https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/21/science/duke-herbarium.html?_hsmi=295219570&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--49-1nkXMbh-xwvpU36ZVfMCLhO7_9YXbh3TiDO_u8FYKsy-xSY1mFj2WTFp20g_wfTIS-YGXpABnnLm2siwYodUXVFw

    beckett,
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    @bicmay Yet another underhanded, opaque decision by Duke covered by a bullshit explanation.

    beckett,
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    @aburtch Just like that. @bicmay

    beckett, to random
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    No relation to its academic or scientific value, it just wasn't profitable.

    “We have concluded that because of this large set of needed resources, it’s in the best interests of both Duke and the herbarium to find a new home or homes for these collections. The collection deserves to be in a facility that has the resources to maintain it for posterity.”

    https://www.dukechronicle.com/article/2024/02/duke-university-plants-biodiversity-herbarium-climate-commitment-kathleen-pryer

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    @jordinn

    rossgrady, to random

    The fact that in the USA, they're also highly likely to be armed does not really change this equation. We gotta fight them now or we'll be fighting them later when they're way more entrenched :(

    RE: https://kolektiva.social/users/ItsTrainingCatsAndDogs/statuses/111953791646974005

    beckett,
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    @rossgrady @ItsTrainingCatsAndDogs I recall that the OG* Nazis used physical attacks on their marches as a planned pretext to be violent all the time.

    I’d be up for throwing rotten garbage at our new fascists, though. And heaping ridicule on their demonstrations.

    *Original German

    LeftistLawyer, to random
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    beckett,
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    @LeftistLawyer Yet they’d say the same about you. Don’t go down the path of dehumanization.

    beckett, to random
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    Cease fire now!

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