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hko, to random
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The conservative death toll count for Gaza stands at over 28.000 (of Gaza's total population of ~2.3 mio) in the past 4 months.

A majority of the population of Gaza has fled their homes, is suffering shortages of food, water and medical services. Many have lived in temporary shelters for months. Of those, 1.5 mio are said to currently shelter in the Rafah area.

Imagining larger scale military operations in that area is disturbing, to say the least.

(Some reporting at https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/feb/12/middle-east-crisis-live-updates-israel-gaza-hostages-freed-rafah-strikes-latest-news)

hko,
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@lirontocker are you saying that my intent appears deceptive?

hko,
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@lirontocker Taking another step back: I was quoting the best available numbers, to my knowledge. Framing this as me "quoting Hamas" does not sit entirely well with me.

larsmb, to random
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This is not an excessive spread of chocolate bars.

Just a decadent one.

hko,
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@larsmb indeed, this seems like a very modest selection.

The Dulcey is super weird (and to my mind probably does not make sense to taste in the vicinity of any other bar).

Bonnat are attractive, but also very weird, in that they seem to be very subtle. I suspect that the cocoa solid content is comparatively low. But then, their texture is clearly appealing to many.

I'll be curious to read your thoughts :)

hko,
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@larsmb Right, I assumed you'd know what you're getting yourself into, with the Dulcey :)

It's interesting. And of course sweet (a kind of thing that mammals tend to enjoy). But this caramel affair is very distinct from "chocolate", to my mind. Both have their place :D

I see what you mean about "chalky". I'm personally not sure how I excited I am about Bonnat. But I think whoever is excited about them will most likely be excited by the texture.
Even their 100% bars tasted "muted", to me.

mivox, to random
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It’s fucking cold out, in case anyone was idly wondering how Fairbanks, Alaska is doing today.

hko,
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@mivox damn

larsmb, to random
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I absolutely can't fathom how there's a real chance the US, a supposed first world country, will elect Donald Trump again.

As in, his hatred and deranged fuckery seem to be the actual political will of the majority of the people.

How. Just how.

What's wrong with the human brain?

hko,
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@larsmb this spectacle strikes me as a particularly blatant instance of public discourse being utterly dysfunctional.

I hope we can find out to have a constructive and somewhat reasonable societal/global discourse that can underpin democratic and just societies, some day soon.

hko,
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@larsmb Are you saying we should resign ourselves to ... damage control within whatever the hell we have now, instead of a system that is built on a sufficiently shared understanding of the world, and rational-ish collective decision-making?

ErickaSimone, to random
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Aaaah yes. That annoying, yet predictable time of year where hegemonics who probably voted for Trump and hated everything MLK jr was about… start posting up vanilla quotes from him in order to deflect and deny their inherent, intense anti-Black hatred.

Please send help in advance. Thank you.

hko,
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@ErickaSimone new rule: no one gets to post MLK quotes before having spent some time seriously engaging with his "Beyond Vietnam" speech (the historical recording is an amazing document, I can't recommend it enough).

hko,
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@ErickaSimone the "beyond" speech impressed me so much, when i slowly understood what it means, and what context it was given in.
It was such an incredibly principled and "obviously tactically wrong" thing to do.

(Of course his other writing and speaking is also mandatory reading and listening)

hko,
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@ErickaSimone I often wonder how the world would be different if that generation of black leaders hadn't all been murdered. If they had been able to co-shape our world for another half century or so, as they should have. It's a heartbreaking thought.

hko, to random
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"Gaza Is Starving - The chief economist of the World Food Program explains how the scarcity of food may tip the territory into famine."

https://www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/gaza-is-starving

> "[..] The report noted, 'This is the highest share of people facing high levels of acute food insecurity' ever recorded 'for any given area or country.' [..]"

> "Gaza needs more food coming in. On a good day, aid groups are bringing in maybe twenty-five to thirty per cent of what they need. [..]"

cstross, to random
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NO FUCK OFF GET AWAY FROM ME YOU CREEP— https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/01/ai-comes-for-your-pcs-keyboard-as-microsoft-adds-dedicated-copilot-key/

hko,
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@cstross X11 applications can run on Wayland, via Xwayland

hko, to random
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Thinking about state violence. And its very uneven public rejection.

Clearly, one of the tricks to living a happy life is not to be part of a marginalized (let alone maligned) group.

(Still, there might be some progress. Rejection of at least some state violence seems to grow more widespread. There's a long way to go, though.)

hko, to random
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Trains are growing more similar to inkjet printers than i would have anticipated.

CrimethInc, to random
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Back to the Future: The Return of the Ultraliberal Right in Argentina

https://crimethinc.com/Argentina2023

Last week, the extreme right won electoral victories in the Netherlands and Argentina. The global reactionary wave that brought Donald Trump to power did not subside with his electoral loss in 2020.

In this reflection, an Argentine anarchist explores why Javier Milei won the election and situates Milei's politics in historical context. Although Milei's "anarcho-capitalist" rhetoric may seem new, this is just the latest chapter of a story that is very old in Argentina: the combination of cutthroat capitalism with ruthless state violence.

Demonstrators and riot police clash in Argentina in 2017.
Barricades surround the presidential palace in Buenos Aires on December 20, 2001.

hko,
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@rysiek Agreed, and/but as I read it, the toot frames Trump as a manifestation of a "global reactionary wave" - which seems fair enough to me?

hko,
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@rysiek I'm glad that no part of my job description is "framing history and current political events in a helpful way" 😅

I honestly have no idea which framing is "useful" for which purpose (and even more: for which target audience), there.
Decentering the US (and "Western Europe") is one optimization that I definitely see value in. But ... I have no grand unifying idea.

(I'm thinking out loud, ramblingly, not disagreeing.)

bagder, (edited ) to random
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In my today

From: Lindsay

Thank you for making it so easy for me to see that you have hacked into 3 of my very own devices throughout the year. I'm going to be holding onto all of my finds that have your name all over it and not by me because I have absolutely no reason to hack my own belongings. I will be adding this to stuff I have already for my attorney.

(plus another 40 lines of rambling in the same style)

https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2023/11/26/you-have-hacked-into-my-devices/

hko,
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@bagder in fairness, I also get the impression that curl is following me around 🤷

larsmb, to politik German
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Ich würde von der Opposition und den Medien trotz allem erwarten, dass sie gelegentlich die Notwendigkeit linksgrünversiffter progressiver Politik erklären, oder wenigstens alternative Lösungen anzubieten, anstatt die Herausforderungen zu leugnen.

hko,
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@larsmb Consent manufacturing machine goes brrr.

rysiek, (edited ) to random
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Okay let's settle this once and for all. 🔥 🔥 🔥

Please be civil in replies, we do not want a flammwar here. 👈

hko,
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@rysiek but how about a .. tasty flammwar? 🤤

seachanger, to random
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last night I had dinner with a few friends and one told me at the table they’d just flown in from a work conference (unmasked) and I was like oh so you could be giving us all covid right now, and well the vibe was not the same after that

hko,
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@seachanger So much this.

An entire register of constructive negotiation/communication is missing, and it seems we'll have to come up with it as we go 😕

mivox, to random
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Let the enshittification begin! 🙌 https://journa.host/@samlitzinger/111355612993924476

hko,
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@mivox bezos wants to make a bit of cash, from his blog? That's weird 0.o

hko,
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@mivox I always assumed that he just wanted to spend some money to have a rather involved propaganda outlet.

To write stuff like: "Unionization at Amazon is bad, actually"

hko,
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@mivox right. I keep forgetting the paywalling. Good point. Weird.

rysiek, to random
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There's this ugly hole in the ceiling of the corridor in the apartment building I live in. And it's been bothering me for a while.

🧵/1

hko,
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@rysiek that is amazing news!

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