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justafrog, to random
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People who dare not call a spade a spade remind me of this piece of satire, made for German TV.

I imagine 99% of the press taking the guy with the hat's viewpoint.

https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=zvgZtdmyKlI

timorl,
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@justafrog This always reminds me of the wikipedia talk page for Walther Sommerlath (the Swedish queen’s father) where some people literally argue that “just because he was a member of the Nazi party doesn’t mean we should be calling him a Nazi!”. :blobfoxthinkgoogly:

justafrog,
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justafrog, to random
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Religion really is dying in the Netherlands.

The general trend is that religiosity is more common among old people, who don't manage to entice all of the next generation to stick to their faith.

Note that the graph is about "Are you religious, and if so which one?"

Weekly attendance is a lot lower, at only 18% of those who claim a religion. Catholics specifically have it at only 6%.

Source: https://www.cbs.nl/nl-nl/nieuws/2024/20/vooral-oudere-mensen-zeggen-deel-uit-te-maken-van-geloofsgemeenschap

justafrog, to random
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Hospitals in are turning off all medical devices, because they ran out of fuel for the generators.

So many life-saving treatments simply halted because there's no way to keep the devices going.

Incubators, continuous ventilators, and everything else, just turned off.

There's only one party responsible for this atrocity.

Fuel would be coming in if Israel allowed it.

justafrog, to random
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While dialysis is still not available in , medical staff now report they don't have supplemental oxygen anymore so people who need it can just fucking choke to death.

Most moral army making sure the atrocities are as horrible as they can be.

There is only one party blocking fuel, food, medical supplies to Gaza. It's not complex.

This is what looks like.

justafrog, to random
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There's currently no dialysis for anyone living in .

Takes about 8 days for half of dialysis patients to die without it.

Maybe 40 days for all of them?

Note that some dialysis patients can't even manage 2 days without it.

It might not be getting shot, or bombed, but it still counts as murdering civilians.

justafrog, to spain
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Meanwhile, doesn't beat the crap out of students for supporting and life goes on without any real problem.

Note that this is a very real and possible choice that leadership could be making, in any other country.

justafrog, to random
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"You're not worth the trouble." I say, before launching into a 61-point rebuttal which I will come to regret, in time.

mentallyalex,
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@justafrog 🫂

justafrog, to climate
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In order to deal with the Dutch government has opted to place giant pumps at the Afsluitdijk, which can displace 275 cubic meters (roughly 9700 cubic feet) per second.

The previous method was to wait for low enough tide and open locks.

The tide doesn't get low enough for long enough, due to a combination of higher sea level and there just being so fucking much water to discharge.

https://nos.nl/artikel/2519481-rijkswaterstaat-plaatst-zes-gigantische-pompen-in-de-afsluitdijk

justafrog, to random
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Meanwhile, in Portugal, the new ruling coalition proposed using military service as a sort of juvie, and the Portuguese military responded with with "No, fuck off." and "You have no respect for what we are."

Not fun to get told off by the military when you're trying to project a Tough Man image, but they "saved face" by claiming it was merely a thought experiment and they never intended to implement it for real.

Spoiler: They are lying.

justafrog,
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@melanie Very much doubt that.

Portugal only recently crossed 50 years since the last dictatorship.

Most Portuguese people are aware of how horrible that turned out, and don't want it back.

mxk,
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@justafrog @melanie it takes a lot of inside to understand, how strongly the public cares about democracy.
Spain has a similarly young democracy and it's strongest safeguard is the Spanish crown ironically.

justafrog, to random
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It's never good to combine criticism of Israel with nazi talking points about "The Jews".

Don't ever even try to defend it.

No matter how ugly Israel's actions get, it will never be okay to embrace literal nazi shit.

If you're sincerely against genocide, that includes being against the fucking nazis, who got over 20 million people killed, and were planning on many more.

eribosot,
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@justafrog I’m at the same time deeply opposed to the atrocities being committed in Gaza, and deeply suspicious of people who vehemently criticize Israel’s action without taking any interest in other atrocities taking place around the world.

justafrog, to climate
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Unless we suddenly discover a way of sequestrating CO2 at scale which costs less energy than emitting it yields, the obvious solution to is to emit less.

From an engineering standpoint, it's really not a complex problem.

What makes it complicated is that people make money off continuing emissions. That's like 99% of the complexity.

It's not that they want to transition off fossil fuels more carefully. It's that they want to not transition at all.

justafrog, to random
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Parts of India and Bangladesh have wet bulb temps of 27C or more, while it's past the middle of the night, there.

30C at 85% relative humidity is not at all easy to deal with, and it'll be worse come sunrise.

Definitely dangerous heat.

Spiricom,
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@justafrog This Osram 100W bulb definitely behaves in a distinctly dangerous fashion when wet.

justafrog, to random
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Wanted to get good, but instead they got me good.

justafrog,
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@msquebanh Snacks make everything alright again, don't they?

msquebanh,
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@justafrog They make bad things, feel bit better 🙌

justafrog, to random
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Boss takes a shit, I make a dollar and flush a dime.

Things are wack on company time.

justafrog, to random
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So, the British Museum is complaining about someone stealing many artifacts and I can't help but feel that's more than a little ironic.

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