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aral

@aral@mastodon.ar.al

I make small things.

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aral, to random
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Thank fuck for helicopters and orcas is all I have to say.

aral,
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@rad An unreliable one.

touaregtweet, to Polls
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What do Americans really know about Trump and Biden?

Why Biden’s good news isn’t getting through, and what Biden should do about it - @rbreich

https://robertreich.substack.com/p/what-do-americans-really-know-about?utm_source=profile&utm_medium=reader2

aral,
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@touaregtweet @rbreich Gee, I wonder if it could be the genocide? Could it possibly be the genocide? I mean, I guess there’s a chance it could be the genocide.

aral,
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@JosjeT @touaregtweet @rbreich Indeed, damn both those zealous bastards supporting a genocide and those opposing it; they’re both as bad as each other. Can’t we just agree that a moderate amount of genocide is the healthiest option?

yatil, to random
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Love that we here in Germany are basically prohibited from getting vaccinations, even voluntarily, unless we meet certain condition – mostly age and existing illness.

“You first have to get LongCOVID before we allow you vaccinations to avoid the thing you got” is bad policy. https://zirk.us/@AlexKourvo/112469763159775160

aral,
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@yatil Same in Ireland. You have to be 80 to get a booster. It’s madness.

TheBreadmonkey, to random
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With everything that's going on in the world, at least Birdseye - a self-proclaimed ethical fishing business, owned by a massive conglomerate, previously fined billions for fraud, artificially inflating the value of produce, price fixing, overturning ethical standards, discrimination, hazardous working conditions, destroying culturally significant land for offices and public health violations - but apart from all that (and all of the product recalls for E.coli, Salmonella and fatal bronchiolitis), an ethical fishing company who use the highly destructive bottom trawlers (responsible for damaging up to half of Norway’s cold water corals reefs), but apart from that an ethical fishing company who buy a third of their produce from pirates who deal in illegal catches and over-fishing.....have commissioned someone to spend 100 hours to make a cute miniature sandwich! Aah, sweet!

World's smallest fish finger sandwich measures under 1cm tall
https://metro.co.uk/2024/05/15/worlds-smallest-fish-finger-sandwich-measures-1cm-tall-20844820/?ico=mosaic_weird

aral,
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@TheBreadmonkey Stop teaching journalists how to do their jobs, Ben, you’re embarrassing them.

aral, to ireland
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Capitalism: a social system where the rich live and the poor die.

Ireland’s two-tier cancer drug system: ‘I can give one drug to one lot of patients, not to another’

https://www.irishtimes.com/health/2024/05/20/irelands-two-tier-cancer-drug-system-i-can-give-one-drug-to-one-lot-of-patients-not-to-another/

#capitalism #ireland #cancer #healthcare

kde, to kde
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If you don't use Bing with Edge, Microsoft will tell you your computer needs repairing.

https://www.tomsguide.com/computing/windows-operating-systems/microsoft-now-says-your-pc-is-in-need-of-repair-if-youre-not-using-bing-with-edge

They are not wrong.

To mend your machine:

  1. Ditch Windows
  2. Install Plasma
  3. Your computer is ready.

https://kde.org/plasma-desktop/

@kde

A laptop running the laters version of Plasma, Plasma 6.

aral,
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@kde @kde Guess what, Firefox does the same thing (a refresh will reset your privacy settings and your default browser, all of which affect Mozilla’s revenue streams) but they’re a tad sneakier/cleverer(?) about it.

(Firefox is not private by default so getting you to reset your settings is how they try to influence you to return to their preferred configuration.)

#firefox #mozilla #deceptiveDesign

aral,
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@dajix @kde @kde It’s deceptive. They know exactly what they’re doing. That’s why they also ask if you haven’t used your browser for a while.

aral,
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@Aaron @kde @kde Yes, to non-private defaults. Let’s put it this way: if Firefox’s defaults respected your privacy, Mozilla would go bankrupt tomorrow.

aral,
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@Bro666 @kde @kde Which would make perfect sense if I had said “Plasma forces you to use Firefox.” Would you like any other straw men to rile against?

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aral,
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@lanartri Alt text: Young women in what appears to be a classroom in Iran uncovering their hair and giving the middle finger to portraits of Iran’s clerical leaders.

aral,
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@lanartri Thank you 💕

WrenArcher, to random
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Going to the restroom for a trans woman can be so anxiety inducing. I know for me it can be anyway. All I wanna do is get in and get out without any issues, hassles or problems.

But I had something happen while I was at lunch with my mother in-law that was rather affirming as a woman. It’s the opposite of what I’ve imagined could happen to me going to the women’s restroom.

I was washing my hands when a woman about my age came out of the other stall. She looked at me, straight in the face and asked if I could zip up the back of her dress. She didn’t even wait for a response. She just turned around and pulled up her hair. Then said, “It’s so hard to do this by yourself. So much easier when you have help. Thanks.”

She didn’t see me as a predator. Didn’t see me as someone who shouldn’t be in there. She saw me as another woman who simply would understand the need to have help zipping up the back of her dress.

I almost started crying.

I, a trans girl, went into the women’s restroom and nothing happened, except for another woman asked for my help.

aral,
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@WrenArcher 💕

aral, to Israel
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“The soldiers at several points fired bullets next to their feet in an effort to terrorize them, perhaps to make them amenable to following orders.

“Every time they shot at us, I instantly poked my back to check if I was still alive,” said Ahmad, recalling the soldiers’ giggles at how scared he and his family were.”

https://mondoweiss.net/2024/05/what-its-like-to-be-used-as-a-human-shield-by-the-israeli-army/

aral,
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“At other times, a tank would rapidly move towards them, then drift back, less than a meter away from them. Ahmad realized the soldiers were toying with them.

At one point, soldiers picked Ahmad’s brother, Saeed, and tortured him, breaking his jaw. They kicked him in his genitals like they were ‘hitting a football,’ according to Saeed. They beat him so severely that he blacked out at one point.’”

https://mondoweiss.net/2024/05/what-its-like-to-be-used-as-a-human-shield-by-the-israeli-army/

aral,
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@DavidKnestrick Can you please take your conspiracy theory bullshit elsewhere? Thanks.

b9AcE, to random
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"Helicopter carrying Iran's President Raisi crashes in mountains, official says"
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/helicopter-iranian-presidents-convoy-accident-says-strate-tv-2024-05-19/

No comment.

aral,
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@b9AcE Alt text:

  1. Photo of crashed helicopter.
  2. Portraits of the five killed, including the Iranian president, crossed out in red.
aral, to Israel
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Looks like the #FediVision2024 entries are up. So lovely to see so many this year.

Here’s my shoddy afternoon’s effort: https://fedivision.party/#UFOP

You can vote for your favourite three here:
https://fedivision.party/vote

#aNumberOnAPage #Israel #Palestine #Gaza #settlerColonialism #apartheid #ethnicCleansing #genocide

w7voa, to random
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As President Biden speaks to the Morehouse College commencement ceremony in Atlanta someone is holding aloft behind him a flag of the DRCongo while one graduating student has turned his back and draped himself in the Palestinian flag.

aral,
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@w7voa Oh, the arms dealer thinks the genocide is heartbreaking. That’s sweet.

aral, (edited ) to random
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To those Americans getting offended that their president and country are being criticised for arming a genocide may I just remind you that there is something a tad more offensive than being criticised for arming a genocide which is arming a goddamn genocide. Get some fucking perspective.

aral,
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@moftasa Fuck that shit. I’ll shut up when I’m dead.

aral, to Israel
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Joe Biden could still turn this around and not lose to Trump by defunding Israel’s genocide of the Palestinian people. If he doesn’t, there will be only person to blame for Joe Biden losing to Trump in six months and that’s Joe “I am a Zionist” Biden.

aral, (edited )
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@ariaflame https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Jov9jxRecFc

Don’t let the door hit you on the way out.

aral,
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@knowprose He is a self-professed Zionist.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Jov9jxRecFc

aral,
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@matty They’re stuck between two candidates. As the centrist/neoliberal Democrats would rather see Trump in power than a left-wing politician like Bernie Sanders, the only two choices are Biden and Trump right now unless either or both of them croak before the election. But, beyond that, any criticism of Biden arming and funding a genocide in Palestine is being painted as rooting for Trump and folks are being told: “Shut up and vote for Biden or you’re helping get Trump elected.”

sarajw, to random
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GRAAAARGGLEFLARBLEGRAAGGHAAARGGG

aral,
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@sarajw @andycarolan Haha, that’s awesome :)

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