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fifilamoura

@fifilamoura@eldritch.cafe

I write and think about culture (for fun and to pay my rent). My obsessive interest is people and how we work, individually and collectively, which makes me interested in most things, with a particularly keen interest in cogsci and psychology (I grew up around medical science). I studied painting and drawing at uni and I used to play in bands and work in the music industry. Maybe I'll switch to using my real name here eventually.

Photo description: White woman with black hair and saxophone

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fifilamoura, to random
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I wonder what the crossover is between "Democrats will force us to eat bugs" and people who loved the all you can eat shrimp at Red Lobster? Sea bugs are still bugs people!!!

fifilamoura, to random
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A fantastic piece prompt by man vs bear...

"Patriarchy has everything to do with men, but at the same time, nothing at all. In a male-centered society where maleness is associated with power, what’s really being centered is power itself. What’s suppressed is mutual relationality. Patriarchy is intertwined with colonialism, racism, and other oppressive social structures based on hierarchy. It is a fundamental fracturing of our human wholeness."

https://bikepacking.com/plog/man-or-bear-debate/

fifilamoura, to random
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In the latest round of Legault handing out favors to rich people and jobs they're the least qualified to do....bet she pitched him on private hotel hospitals or some bullshit. Things really are not okay in Quebec.

"A hotel magnate has been appointed as chairperson of the board of directors of Santé Québec, one of several pro-business appointments to the agency that will manage the province’s beleaguered health system."

https://montrealgazette.com/news/quebec/hotel-magnate-christiane-germain-appointed-head-of-sante-quebec-board

msquebanh, to random
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I had a few rest days & felt much better today. Cooked up a storm - so expect some new food photos to be posted soon 😊

fifilamoura,
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@msquebanh That all looks and sounds incredibly delicious!

fifilamoura, to random
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Just to be clear, it's extremely hard for a nation to reverse and heal the damage conservative governments do, particularly when the next government is neoliberal and not actually leftist or worker-oriented in any real way. Canada still hasn't recovered from having Harper in power, this is because it takes a lot of conviction and steadfastness for a politician to actually stand up to the rich and international corporations (and the integrity to be able to pass up oodles of rewards for fucking over workers after leaving office, like cushy positions on the boards of corporations that destroy nature and workers lives...). AND it's because it's much, much easier to tear things down and sell them off than it is to build institutions and social service networks.

fifilamoura, to random
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How are the Greens doing in England, any chance of them as an option? (Starmer is not going to do anything other than continue to pander to the rich and racist. So sad Labour was subverted from wtihin...again!)

fifilamoura, to random
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So Biden's government threatening the ICF for doing it's job is just something else. The US has always refused to be responsible to the rest of the world but now Biden is trying to take down the ICF and UN....just like Trump wants and threatens to do. This won't make Trump voters switch to him but it will certainly make it clear that the US is out of control and make it much harder for a lot of America's allies who are already uncomfortable with the moves the US is making.

Adam_Cadmon1, to random
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So no, I don't fucking like cops and I don't trust them as far as I can throw them. I know what they say about us (Black Men and Black people) when they think no one is listening.

Black cops especially grind my gears. Your easily influenced ass is not going to "change the system" from within. The system is going to change you, chew you up and spit you out.

Fuck you.

fifilamoura,
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@Adam_Cadmon1 See also female cops who just double down on the sexism and abusiveness to impress the white men.

evan, to random
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When the best thing your defenders can say about your warrant for crimes against humanity is that it was announced alongside the wrong people and should have been done separately, well, that's not really a ringing endorsement.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canada-government-reacts-icc-arrest-warrants-1.7210073

fifilamoura,
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@evan Yeah, this is such a weird attempt to pretend Israel's war crimes are somehow special and different. If anything, it seems to me that a well established state has MORE responsibility to behave withing the law. Anyway, both Palestine and Israel signed onto treaties that mean these warrants are valid and need to be sought out of respect for those treaties.

clive, (edited ) to random
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People of Mastodon!

I'm researching the growth of ebikes ...

... in cities around the US

I've talked to many people who love them!

But also want to include the perspective of folks who have concerns ...

... i.e. about the speed and weight of ebikes in accidents with pedestrians or other cyclists, and the like

If anyone has thoughts they wanna share, ping me! I'm all ears: clive@clivethompson.net

Pass this along if you know anyone else with perspective they want to share

fifilamoura,
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@clive Are you interested in Canadian takes?

alanferrier, to random
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Fixed that for you, New Statesman.

Fun fact: England is the only country in the world to have fully privatised its water and sewerage systems.

Via the Financial Times: "Scotland—which has its own state-owned water company—massively outperformed its neighbours with water standards similar to much of Scandinavia."

fifilamoura,
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@alanferrier The English are literally wallowing in their own shit at this point.

caseynewton, to random
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The past week of news out of OpenAI illustrates how a company that once prized moving with caution is now dead set on winning at all costs, whatever Scarlett Johansson or anyone else thinks about it https://www.platformer.news/open-ai-scarlett-johansson-her-voice-sam-altman/

fifilamoura,
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@caseynewton I wouldn't buy that "moving with caution" propaganda either, much like their pretense at being "open" and a non-profit was merely a way to avoid regulation and to pretend their aims weren't nefarious.

Jaden3, to random
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Looking after yall mind is more important than Looking after yall bodies.
If you are suffering from depression and anxiety it don't matter how fit you are. If you ain't happy it don't mean fck.
Love yall stay calm ,stay happy and fck all dat meaningless shit it ain't worth it .
Imma go retrain my brain now to focus on NOW fck yesterday fck tomorrow 😤
I love yall 💗 stay happy
Love Jaden ❤️

fifilamoura,
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@Jaden3 It's often kind of the same thing, though people can certainly work on their bodies but not their thinking or their emotional intelligence! The brain is part of the body and exercise helps keep it healthy too, we just need to also exercise our brain/mind (via thought, learning new things that are hard and using our minds in focused ways). Learning how to more fully focus on the "now" is important but so is developing skills like our ability to think into the future (chess and strategy games are fantastic for this). Stay healthy and happy!

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