Dunnerslach. Ein (nach heutiger Lesart) trans Mann im Spanien des frühen 17ten Jahrhunderts. Soldat, Conquistador, Händler. Nach der Enttarnung mit Segen des spanischen Königs und der katholischen Kirche offiziell Mann und Ehrenbürger Roms.
Trans* Kinder und Jugendliche werden oft von Erwachsenen bevormundet. Viel besser wäre es, wenn die Erwachsenen den jungen Menschen zuhören. Denn die können für sich selber sprechen, wie das lesenswerte Buch "Wir sind wir" zeigt. (Buch - Sachbücher)
Hermes #Phettberg hat uns viel hinterlassen, darunter auch seinen Vorschlag zum „#Entgendern nach Phettberg”: Statt Konstruktionen mit umständlichen Sonderzeichen wird das Wort zum Neutrum und ein „y” am Ende eingefügt. Der/die Schüler/in wird zu das Schüly. Mehrzahl die Schülys.
Wer sich das #Entgendern nach Phetttberg” etwas ausführlicher erklären lassen mag, schaut diesen 8 Min 30 Sek Beitrag von Thomas Kronschläger an: youtube.com/watch?v=xVmGb7qACf…
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Geschlechtsneutral zu formulieren, ist im Deutschen nicht einfach. Sobald wir versuchen, über Menschen zu sprechen, schleichen sich geschlechtsspezifische Pronomen ein, und bei Verwandtschaftsbezeichnungen wie "Schwester" oder "Vater" ist das Geschle
🥁 Trommelwirbel...! Hier ist es unser Jahresrückblick 2024 aka #Wrapped der Bremischen Bürgerschaft. Wir haben einige spannende Zahlen für euch, viel Spaß!
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In Berlin, Germany, 1,000 ice sculptures melted under the sun to symbolize the impacts of climate change. This public installation by Brazilian artist Nele Azevedo was organized by WWF Germany to draw attention to a report on Arctic warming risks.
"In Berlin, Germany: 1,000 ice sculptures melted under the Berlin sun as symbols of the effects of climate change, drawing attention to a new WWF report on risks of Arctic warming.
I'm not a new follower but I really appreciate the beauty your posts bring to my feed. Thank you for your excellent work!
I recently discovered the paintings of Emil Bisttram and I'm kind of obsessed. I don't know if any street artists out there are painting in that sort of "transcendent 1920's modernism" style, but they should!
Feline Inspired Street Art: A Global Phenomenon The world of street art is a vibrant, ever-evolving canvas that reflects the thoughts, ideas, and aesthetics of diverse cultures around the globe.
14 Street Art 3D Masterpieces You Won’t Believe Are Real
Get ready to be mesmerized by the fascinating world of 3D street art!
In today’s blog post, we’ll delve into the mind-bending realm of anamorphic masterpieces, as we explore how these optical illusions are created and what makes them so captivating. So, buckle up and let’s dive into the intriguing world of 3D street art!
It’s all about perspective! The Art of Anamorphosis:
Creating Illusions Anamorphosis, the technique behind 3D street art, involves creating distorted images that only appear in their correct proportions when viewed from a specific angle or through a reflective device. This mind-blowing technique has been around since the Renaissance, but it wasn’t until the late 20th century that artists began applying it to the streets, transforming ordinary pavements into magical wonderlands.
We can’t talk about 3D street art without mentioning its pioneers, Kurt Wenner and Julian Beever. Both artists started creating anamorphic illusions on the streets of Europe in the 1980s, revolutionizing the street art scene. Their innovative works have inspired a new generation of artists to experiment with perspective and create their own jaw-dropping 3D masterpieces.
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By Kurt Wenner
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By Julian Beever
The Process: From Sketch to Lifelike Artwork
Creating 3D street art is a labor-intensive process that begins with a detailed sketch of the desired illusion. Artists then use mathematical calculations and perspective techniques to determine the correct proportions for the final piece. Once the groundwork is done, they meticulously apply chalk or paint to the pavement, using shading and highlights to bring the illusion to life.
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By Leon Keer, Ruben Poncia, Remko van Schaik and Peter Westerink during the 4th Sarasota Chalk Festival in Florida USBy Leon Keer, Ruben Poncia, Remko van Schaik and Peter Westerink during the 4th Sarasota Chalk Festival in Florida USBy Leon Keer, Ruben Poncia, Remko van Schaik and Peter Westerink during the 4th Sarasota Chalk Festival in Florida US
The Impact: Engaging and Interactive Art
One of the most captivating aspects of 3D street art is its interactive nature. Viewers are encouraged to engage with the artwork, often becoming a part of the scene themselves. This immersive quality allows people to connect with art on a deeper level, sparking curiosity and inspiring creativity.
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3D Pedestrian Crossings Are Slowing Down Speeding Drivers in Iceland
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Braga Last1, also known as Tom Bragado Blanco Brings Old Gas Tank to Life with Stunning Sphynx Cat Illusion.
Where to See 3D Street Art: Festivals and Events
Eager to experience these incredible optical illusions for yourself? Keep an eye out for street art festivals and events, where many 3D artists showcase their talents. Some popular events include the Sarasota Chalk Festival in Florida, the Lake Worth Street Painting Festival, also in Florida, and the Fiera delle Grazie in Italy.
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Sleeping kitten by WA in Lima, Peru.
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‘Knowledge speaks – Wisdom listens’ – Mural in by WD (Wilddrawing) in Athens, Greece.
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By Made in Graffiti: The sleeping beauty – In Picardie, France.
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By Peeta in Mannheim, Germany.
To understand the 3D effect better, see more photos of the mural here.
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Horse by Nikolaj Arndt in Neustadt, Germany.
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Giraffe Eating the Plants by Jan Is De Man in Utrecht, Netherlands.
We hope this exploration has left you with a newfound appreciation for this unique art form
And there you have it – a closer look at the fascinating world of 3D street art and the anamorphic masterpieces that have captivated viewers around the globe. We hope this exploration has left you with a newfound appreciation for this unique art form and the talented artists who bring it to life. Don’t forget to share your favorite 3D street art experiences in the comments below, and keep exploring!
Photo by Dmitry LevochkinStreet Artist ShozyBy Shozy in Solnechnogorsk, Russia for International Mural Festival.Shozy is a renowned street artist known for his mesmerizing 3D murals and o
The 1: "Black Fox" in Riga, Latvia by students of the Art Academy of Latvia and organization Dzivnieku Bedriba. More photos and video here!: streetartutopia.com/2021/10/29…
Title: Black FoxLocation: Riga, LatviaArtist: By students of the Art Academy of Latvia and organization Dzivnieku Bedriba https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_LwmAKdFYE&feature=youtu.
Street Artist Annatomix Origami fox mural by Annatomix for St Modwen Homes in Longbridge, Birmingham, UK. Annatomix: So pleased to have finished these foxes for #stmodwenhomes in #longbridge.
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33 Cute Street Art Pieces by Creative Genius Tom Bob That Will Make You Smile
In the hands of New York street artist Tom Bob, the cityscape becomes a canvas for wildly imaginative creations. This ingenious artist doesn’t just exist in the world; he’s on a mission to transform it.
Tom Bob specializes in turning the mundane into the extraordinary, breathing new life into everyday urban objects. His world is a playground where drab urban furniture becomes vibrant art, each piece infused with Tom Bob’s signature playful spirit and vivid color palette. His creations – from charming characters to whimsical animals – invite passersby to pause, engage, and most importantly, smile.
The scope of his creativity is vast: an ordinary pipe becomes an anteater, a dull fire hydrant transforms into Princess Leia. There’s no limit to what Tom Bob can conjure with his creative vision. While his work is predominantly seen on the streets of NYC, Tom Bob’s transformative touch extends far beyond the city limits, sprinkling creativity wherever he goes.
With Tom Bob on the loose, nothing is safe – everything is a potential canvas, a chance for an ordinary object to become part of a delightful urban fairy tale. He has an uncanny ability to
Please share your pictures of Tom Bob’s work and other similar vibrant street art in our Facebook group Your Street Art Utopia. Let’s explore and celebrate the diverse and joyful world of street art together!
So professionell arbeite ich nicht. Und ich komme mir schon etwas seltsam vor, weil ich mein noch wesentlich unprofessionell erstelltes Namensschild bei mir auf Arbeit Zuhause nachbearbeitet habe - den Namen vervollständigt, die Farben etwas satter gemacht und mit noch einen Regenbogen aufs Schild gepackt, den ich unbedingt wollte.
Keinem einzigen CIS-Mann wurde durch das Selbstbestimmungsgesetz auch nur ein Privileg geraubt; nicht einmal ein Fitzel! Dafür konnten Tausende von Menschen in Deutschland das erste Mal in ihrem Leben aufatmen. Spüren, was es heißt, ein "ich" zu sein. Viele haben erstmals einen Hauch von Normalität erahnen können.
Doch der Hass der Union auf LGBTQ und alles Nicht-Heteronormative ist tief verwurzelt: "Wir schaffen das Selbstbestimmungsgesetz der Ampel wieder ab!"
Die Union plant einen Wahlkampf auf Kosten von trans, inter und nichtbinären Menschen: Laut Wahlprogramm-Entwurf wollen CDU und CSU das erst Anfang November in Kraft getretene Selbstbestimmungsgesetz wieder abschaffen. (Politik - Deutschland)
Angesichts der ziemlich sicheren politischen Entwicklungen mit Bundestagswahl und so, wünsche ich mir irgendwie ein stabiles, flauschiges, hilfreiches Untergrundnetzwerk von "TIAN-Logen", die auffangen, empowern, solidarisch helfen, Wissen sammeln, bewahren und verbreiten, und aus denen kreative, unterstützende und konstruktive Aktivitäten hervorgehen.
Ja, ich befürchte dystopische Entwicklung. Aber ich bin nicht gewillt, auch in dystopische Denke zu verfallen.
@stevE 🌼 TIAN bedeutet das gleiche. Trans, inter, agender, nichtbinär. Ich habe aber Diskussionen innerhalb von TIAN Gruppen erlebt, wo AFAB Menschen sich an TINA gestört haben, weil es an den "weiblichen" Vornamen erinnert.
danke, vielleicht sollten die das dann auch etwas aktiver auch den queeren Lexika usw. mitteilen. Ich finde meistens TINA und so gibt es doch recht wenig Treffer für das passende TIAN. (Mich erinnert tian nur an ein veganes Restaurant und den Begriff für "Pfanne, Schüssel".)
EDIT: This is not my own text, I found it online, but I do not know who created it.
EDIT 2: This has gotten more retoots than I expected. For those of you who think this text is wrong, you do you. Let's agree to disagree. I am not going to discuss this with you.
Ich zeichne Fantasylandkarten, für Autor*innen und Verlage. Ich liebe es, entsprechende Welten zur besseren Orientierung für die Leser*innen visuell darzustellen. Die Landkarten zeichne ich ganz klassisch von Hand mit Bleistift oder Fineliner, um einen schönen handgemachten, »alten« Look zu erzielen, wie er für viele Fantasysettings gut passt.
With laws changing to restrict access to HRT this may be a literal life or death matter in coming days. Already Tricare, the health insurance that covers military personnel, retirees, & their families, is being restricted by the government from covering HRT for minors. This will only spread. I'd like to have a resource for the youth to refer to that at least introduces the topic. I personally cant counsel anyone to DIY but I can make sure it exists in our library. Thank you
Das Wahlprogramm der Union verspricht 99 Mrd. € Steuerentlastungen im Jahr, 2,2% BIP. Überwiegend für Besserverdiener & Reiche. Mehr als die Hälfte (52 Mrd. €/Jahr) geht (zunächst) an die reichsten 10%. ➡️ x.com/SBachTax/status/18682436…
Von den genannten 10% wählen 4 die #FDP und die anderen #CDU. D. h. dass neben 20% #AfD, 6% #BSW auch 25% Unions-Wähler einfach nur komplett bescheuert sind.
10% unserer Mitbürger haben andere Interessen als wir und 51% sind bescheuert oder irre.
Dass rund die Hälfte des Geldes an die obersten 10% geht, ist aus meiner Sicht nur ein Kollateraleffekt. Viel wichtiger – und vermutlich das eigentliche Ziel der Union – ist doch, dass knapp 30% an das oberste eine Prozent geht. Da soll ihnen noch mal einer "Inkompetenz" vorwerfen. Die angeblichen "Christen" die so tun, als wären sie "demokratisch" oder "sozial", sind einfach nur perfekte Diener*innen ihrer Herr*innen und das deutsche Wahlvolk merkt es immer noch nicht.
die CDU nennt es "Steuerentlastung". Ich würde es als 99 Mrd. großes Loch im Haushalt bezeichnen - ohne seriöse Vorschläge zur Gegenfinanzierung.
Und in der empirischen Wirtschaftsforschung werden derartigen Steuersenkungen (für Reiche) vernachlässigbare Wachstumseffekte zugeschrieben, das neoliberale Dogma des trickle-down gilt als widerlegt.
Imagine this: a gift that’s not just a one-time gesture but a sustained act of care – a love letter service delivered monthly, complete with a poem, holographic sticker, and exclusive treasure.
Gift it for up to a year – perfect for last-minute Christmas giving. No malls, no frantic scrolling, just handcrafted love mailed monthly.
“And then, one Thursday, nearly two thousand years after one man had been nailed to a tree for saying how great it would be to be nice to people for a change…”
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La crucifixion de JC est le résultat d'un contexte historique et socio-culturel complexe. Jésus, considéré comme un dissident juif, menaçait l'ordre établi par l'Empire romain, ce qui a suscité la peur des autorités. Culturalement, sa mort coïncide avec la Pâque juive, une fête symbolisant la libération, ce qui a amplifié la tension. Les dynamiques de pouvoir, les manipulations politiques et les croyances religieuses ont conduit à sa condamnation. #Jésus #Histoire #Crucifixion ✝️🕊️
Jesus knew our sin so well that 1) He knew the Pharisees and Romans would kill him, and 2) He let it happen to pay the impossible debt of sin for everyone for all time. Then he arose from the dead to prove that the debt had been paid in full. We don't need to explain ourselves, he already knows. All we need to do is turn to Him and accept his amazing grace.
Die drei vorigen fanden wir ziemlich gut. Die meisten Folgen sind leider nur beim ORF mit geofence noch in der Mediathek mediathekviewweb.de/#query=vie…
Och, vier Stunden einen ausführlichen, 20000 Zeichen Foren-Beitrag geschrieben zu Nichtbinarität, Hormontherapie, Beratungslandschaft und pluralen Personen.
Naja, ich hab auch nebenbei den Pelletofen ausgeschöpft; Pellets raus, Brennraum gereinigt, Förderschnecke durchgeprökelt und etliche Testläufe gemacht.
Da hatte sich doch irgendwas oben am Übergang von Förderschnecke zum Fallrohr gestopft.
Aber mit diversen Werkzeugen lässt sich das frei machen.
Lifehack: Reitgerten verschiedener Steifigkeit eignen sich gut für die Vorarbeit 😏
Ich hoffe, dass diese Person verstanden hat, dass Geschlechterrollen und -archetype nur Vorurteile sind, die Erziehung und Gesellschaft in uns eingetrichtert haben.
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In den Medien und im Internet gibt es immer mehr Sichtbarkeit für queere Menschen. Aber eine Gruppe, über die in der Öffentlichkeit nur sehr selten (ernstha ...
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Ich hatte bei Amazon ein schönes Bambus-Kästchen bestellt.
Als ich es heute auspacke, gibt es als Beilage darin einige luftdichte Beutel und auf einem Kärtchen werden luftdichte Dosen für "Kräuter" angeboten und andere Utensilien für Cannabis.
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Das Kästchen ist aber trotzdem erst mal für was anderes gedacht.
I'm the oldest daughter of two Lt Colonels, and the product of a three-generational military family on both sides, and I think y'all need to listen to the next bit:
We ended the draft because the military's analysis of the Vietnam War revealed that 90% of all draftees would not shoot to kill, even when it was life or death. They'd shoot high or low, but they *couldn't* shoot to kill. As such, they actively degraded the war effort.
So you need to think twice before arming yourselves.
There's a lot of *wildly* irresponsible rhetoric floating around right now about how all queer folk should arm themselves to resist what's coming. And, deadass?
If you're armed, and you're not 10000% sure that you can shoot to kill, the only thing you're gonna do is get yourself and everyone around you dead.
Period.
A weapon is a *massive* escalation. Meanwhile, the tool that really gets you out of deadly trouble in a fascist dictatorship?
Resistance is about far, far more than the image we have in our heads of the brave French resistance fighter in WWII. It's making the gears of their fascist machine grind. Drop a little sugar in the right gas tank. Lose important paperwork and records. Follow all the rules, *exactly,* in excruciating detail, explaining to the fascists that their superiors will come down on you if you don't.
Fascism is a machine. All machines have moving parts. You don't attack the reinforced bits. And fascism, specifically, is a machine built to kill. When you take up the same arms, you're attacking them where they're strongest.
So, when you plan your resistance, unless you're a very rare sort--probably with preexisting military experience--don't plan for a violence that you can't and won't win.
Also also? Not to put too fine a point on it, but arming one's self is a responsibility - to do so safely involves building and maintaining perishable skills. And the best time to have started that is not "now" it's "some years ago".
Weapons aren't magic talismans; they're tools with a specific purpose and like any other tool they're not that useful for someone who doesn't know what they're doing.
What the fuck, people?! I talk about how bad an idea it is to arm yourselves and a bunch of yall start arguing about blades and homemade bombs instead of firearms?! When I said weapons and not firearms, I meant ***all*** weapons.
This is not a fucking movie. This is your lives. All your posturing is gonna do is get you and the people around you dead.
I train with bladed weapons (well, blunt ones) every week, and the thought of using them in self-defense is fucking stupid. Like what's the plan here? You get jumped and then expect to have a minute to pull a knife out of your bag? Or walk around with one in your hand whenever you feel unsafe, thus pre-escalating any confrontation? A knife is an offensive weapon, not a defensive one. They only get more people hurt.
No, your first plan should always be to de-escalate and defuse the situation. Keep your hands low, make it clear you're not interested in a fight. Don't brandish anything at anyone.
Your second plan, if you can, is to run. Keep an eye on your escape routes, don't let people back you into a corner.
Only after both those options are exhausted should you turn to fighting. And the only "weapon" I'd recommend is a good stout umbrella. It's not perceived as a weapon, meaning you can still de-escalate with one in your hand. You can give someone a swift knock in the jaw or round the head to daze them, or you knock the knife out of their hand, and then you run.
Self-defense is about getting away safely, not escalating a confrontation into a fight.
Jesus fucking christ, a lot of you need to get your heads out of your asses and out of video games/action movies. You are not fucking John McClain. You need to *survive*, you lunatics.
The people cosplaying John McClain remind me of Summer in that one R&M episode. "Walkie talkie Die Hard, motherfucker" youtube.com/watch?v=Fe26UAtNHy… (don't mind me, just trying to make light of some of this madness 😅)
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don't bother answering, but has your home ever been broken into? mine was as a child - we were robbed. and then i *caught* someone breaking into my apt as a single woman the gun was useful that day
i really appreciate that some people will never want to own a gun, & those that do should learn a lot about them, & maybe consider not getting one if they have kids.
but in 2024 USA i'll NEVER agree that we should tell all Americans "guns are bad, stay away from them no matter what"
@MisuseCase It's apocalyptic thinking. People want to go out in a heroic blaze of glory, because doing so has been held up as an ideal.
Its just evangelical rapture-thinking.
Yeah, in the grimmest times, someone has to do the dangerous work, but they need to *live* afterwards. The fascist machine wasting resources fruitlessly chasing them is the real benefit to what they do.
So I've been thinking about this, and if he goes through with this whole Mass Deportation thing, it will be ridiculously difficult and impractical, and I think there's room there to get mud in the gears.
I also recommend reading “Steal this book” by Abby Hoffman. It’s got some amazing ideas, and even though it was written a while back (Nixon’s time) it’s got a lot of applications today.
Well said. Force them to dedicate resources to something they didn’t plan for. That diverts and slows their efforts to their goals. Frustration eventually begins to create morale problems within them, people get pressured for results, eventually get fired. That lowers morale more. Some defect and quit. The longer we resist, the more impatient the population gets when expecting taxes to go down: they won’t. Prices will go up, goods get scarce, people unhappy. Goal.
What we're calling fascism now, is probably a lot more sophisticated than the fascism of the past (though built on it).
It's possible to smash things, but a lot more difficult to destroy things that we're dependent on, or feel dependent on
Then there's the better the devil you know. If people are so used to something harmful, they might not try to escape it, because of fear of the unknown
First of all, LLMs are not intelligent. They're autocomplete on steroids. Their use actively degrades work efficiency according to every survey I'm aware of.
Second, the mass surveillance is the problem. The government now captures *trillions* of hours of video a year, plus an absolutely incomprehensible amount of text data--so much that it hasn't known what to do with it for decades.
The point of the observation regime is your post. It's the panipticon.
not to mention LLMs are EXPENSIVE to run at scale, they're not something you can keep in a cloud and analyze all the data with unless you are gushing money like niagra falls (as is happening with OpenAI and similar) so the mass surveillance is mostly done on-device, which means you can easily control what data is analyzed by choosing what devices to keep.
If your device has an NPU and an operating system not under your control (non-rooted android, iOS, windows, etc.), it's likely going to be analyzing your data whether you want it to or not. Older android phones work with most apps anyway, because phones haven't really changed in years! Remember, regular data is practically useless to surveillance agencies (analyzing it is hard) but metadata is incredibly useful, so they'll try to make the analysis and such into features (tag your friends with their face on facebook!)
And to justify upgrading these new phones and spending all that money, they try to make it all features... they don't bother hiding away the surveillance but instead trying to make it the hot new thing...
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not to mention LLMs are EXPENSIVE to run at scale, they're not something you can keep in a cloud and analyze all the data with unless you are gushing money like niagra falls (as is happening with OpenAI and similar) so the mass surveillance is mostly done on-device, which means you can easily control what data is analyzed by choosing what devices to keep.
If your device has an NPU and an operating system not under your control (non-rooted android, iOS, windows, etc.), it's likely going to be analyzing your data whether you want it to or not. Older android phones work with most apps anyway, because phones haven't really changed in years! Remember, regular data is practically useless to surveillance agencies (analyzing it is hard) but metadata is incredibly useful, so they'll try to make the analysis and such into features (tag your friends with their face on facebook!)
And to justify upgrading these new phones and spending all that money, they try to make it all features... they don't bother hiding away the surveillance but instead trying to make it the hot new thing... LLM summarization in iOS? also easy to do sentiment analysis (not necessarily what they're doing but it's easy). Recall in Windows is treated as a feature but is also a very searchable surveillance tool (that luckily got pushback but is still going to be activated and forced on users).
Recall got pushback because it's an incredibly tangible form of surveillance that's suuper easy for people to understand the implications of: "oh my god it screenshots what i'm doing? i'd hate it if some random person did that to me" is easier to understand than abstract privacy stuff like collecting sentiment analysis and profiling people for ad tracking.
Fair enough. But now, if we assume that whatever's left of due process and rule of law are about to go away, then wouldn't looking suspicious as fuck be enough to make them come down on you with extreme prejudice, even if they haven't sifted through *all* the data?
so in other words be like the scambaiters, flood trans reporting hotlines with the bee movie script, do r/maliciouscompliance, poison the data well, and overall be a total prankster gremlin? can do!
@technobaboo Precisely. The script of the bee movie has done more to defend trans rights in the last twenty years than all the weapons owned by all trans people in America combined, as bizarre as it is to say.
that reminds me of the end of Bonelab, this super innovative VR game where everything has physics and avatar/body switching is a main mechanic (and jimmy here just saved you from a conservative small town where any modification of body, mind, environment is against the law and they hung you at the start of the game for it):
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Really don't agree with this last part. Bullies will bully you for being different. The fascists, and they ARE fascists, don't care about whether you're actually breaking the law. If you look suspicious to them, if you look other to them, they're going to f*** you up.
I listened to an episode of the wonderful "99% Invisible" podcast about "Orange Alternative," a 1980s polish art collective / resistance group. They used puzzling graffiti and "happenings" (dressing as dwarves and handing out tampons and TP) to mess with the heads of the police and military.
I’ve always admired people who can successfully navigate what I refer to as “Kafka’s Castle,” a term of dread for the many government and corporate agencies that have an inordinate amount of power over our permanent records, and that seem as inscruta…
If we're talking French Resistance and making the gears of the fascist machine grind, there's René Carmille, slow-walking the identification of Jewish people from census records for years and generally using his position as a senior bureaucrat to hinder the Nazis and aid the resistance and the Allies
True. Strikes will create violence. Productivity and slowdowns won’t. Strict process and by the book procedures will make things frustratingly slow. Small mistakes happen just don’t be obvious.
Your good advice reminds me of the John Steinbeck novel "The Moon Is Down," written to hearten the inhabitants of Nazi-occupied Europe.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Moon…
I recently watched a video (french only) about resistance in France on a huge dam building site. The crew was mainly made of resistants (Veterans from Spanish war...). Their goal was to slow down the building enough that the nazis could not use the dam but not too much so it could be achieved when the war was over. No sabotage. For example, they sent the same questions to different authorities, got different answers and used this to slow down m.youtube.com/watch?v=lgZH9_mv…
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to reinforce that point, a *lot* of resistance during the Second World War was quiet and subtle. Factory workers and slaves discreetly sabotaging things, people hiding Jews, etc.
Plus, those who used guns & bombs had active help from Allied nations via the British Special Operations Executive and US Office of Strategic Services.
Very worth keeping in mind - having a gun in the home multiplies suicide risk by like 6x. Not just for you but for everyone in the home.
Are you absolutely ironclad for certain sure neither you nor anyone in your home has ever struggled with suicidal thought nor ever will? If not, maybe don't get a gun lest it do the fascists' job for them.
I have so many conversations about why I don't have any firearms that are basically just different versions of this.
I usually focus on not wanting to spend the range time I believe anyone carrying should spend practicing, but not having any illusions about my willingness to take a life is another big part of it.
I *might* be able to if the chips were down, but I suspect the psychic wound would linger.
We're conditioned to consider retreat as being cowardice.
If I find myself unexpectedly having to retreat, either I've been taken by surprise, unprepared, or I've miscalculated or ignored the risks before going into the situation.
Continuing to push forward when retreat is the best option, is not brave, it's foolish
plus, and that even starts with pepper spray (not arguing against carrying that, but beware), if you manage to attack first, they have a reason to detain you and maybe even do worse to you in prison. Even holding can be very bad for queer people and they don't need a conviction for that.
A friend recommended a bright tactical flashlight and shoes you can run in - at least noone can kill you with those.
@scatty_hannah Steely guts and a silver tongue. If it comes to weapons, you've already lost. The machine is doing what it does best.
The part everyone firgets is that a fascist regime really really wants it's citizens to be alive. Fascist states tend to alienate trading partners badly, and so they rely heavily on internal productivity for taxes and power. That's why all of the bureaucratic nonsense has such a disproportionate effect on them.
I think about this a lot. There's a good deal of psych research on the "gun effect." When a gun is present (or sometimes even just alluded to), everybody starts thinking and acting differently, and usually not "good" different. If a gun comes out, I suspect everything very suddenly changes, and not in a good way.
I'm homeless. I don't carry any kind of weapon or even silverware like a fork(yes, kops are afraid of forks).
If I can't deescalate with words I use open hand techniques. No weapons. Find places that teach self defense without weapons. Now, having said that, I grew up with guns and am a veteran. I can shoot 😛 but I again say "no weapons".
Just being near someone, kop or not with a gun, keeps me on super high alert for THEM to use it. As a veteran, I believe in and swore to defend EVERY part of the US Constitution but EVERYTHING has a time and place.
Even if you can't shoot anybody, you might still be able to build bombs or set traps. If you don't need to actively kill anybody, it's much easier. Also, explosives can be made from a number of chemicals that aren't easy to control, especially if you have a farm and thereby can easily buy huge bags of nitrates. Many simple explosives consist of nitrate and something that burns, they may not be as effective as modern ones, but still good enough to destroy a building or blow somebody up in their car. Nobody is born a warrior, and not everybody can become one, but sabotage of infrastructure or equipment can still hurt the enemy.
I post a lot about how queer people should arm themselves. but I always try and maintain that the guns are an absolute last resort.
My ability to have a friendly mask and de-escalate a situation is certainly going to get me much farther than all this time and money I'm spending on firearms training.
But I'm going to be so glad if it comes in handy.
It is not a dream of mine to kill and die in glory. It's my intention to not die by being unprepared.
This is an interesting take. Might seem counterintuitive, but I agree with you. I’m an old guy who has been a gun owner for a very long time and am 100% for people being able to protect themselves. But if person isn’t able to shoot someone in self-defense, they shouldn’t buy a gun. It will just be used against them. An alternative I use and carry is pepper gel (not spray) when I’m outside my home
I recall, way back in high school, someone came to describe the American Civil War, show local artifacts, that sort of thing. I remember them mentioning that muzzle-loaded weapons had been found wi...
A pro-gun rights talking point I sometimes see is: "If the Jews in Hitler's Germany had armed themselves they wouldn't have been rounded up."
And this of course is nonsense. Any Jews raising a gun against the Nazis would have been arrested or gunned down on the spot, and their neighbors, the so-called "Good People of Germany" would not have intervened.
If you are not *trained* (and anyone who thinks going to an air conditioned, indoors, well lit, controlled spaces range, to shoot at a fixed paper target, once or twice a month is "trained", they are woefully deceiving themselves) you are far more likely to hurt someone around you, usually someone you care about.
The myth of firearm for home protection? If a firearm is SAFELY STORED, it's NOT READY. If it's READY for use, it's NOT SAFE. Far more likely some kid or a dumbass ends up hurting/killing someone who belongs to the household. See also about "training", above.
Wanna get trained? Another bag of cats, entirely.
Signed, someone who rolled with operators, and was, at some point, issued and used some pretty exotic bang-bang.
@bifouba armed self defense was *always* the minority for Black folks. There were a few who carried, and in doing so made it much riskier for white oppressors to harass Black folks. And most of those people who did were indeed veterans, as I understand the history.
@ahuggingsam lol, yeah, that's a dumb fucking idea too.
Seriously, the number of people in this thread who *absolutely do not get it* is astounding.
And for the record, everyone? I'm from a military family and I don't own a weapon of any kind *because I'm from a military family*. I did not enter service because I know myself well enough to know that I am not capable of enacting that sort of harm.
IIRC, in one episode of the TV series The Prisoner (UK 1967-8), the main character organizes a group of "jammers" to distract their jailers with suspicious behavior. I don't know if there's an actual resistance technique called jamming, but I've been thinking about this quite a bit.
@bifouba there’s an excellent book on this topic by Charles E Cobb, Jr called This Non-Violent Stuff’ll Get You Killed. Zoe is right, to a point.
However, most white people will never appreciate what the world was like for Black folk during the Civil Rights Era. Having a gun for physical protection meant something vastly different to my family than it does to middle class white people whose first experience with oppression is the comically disconnected threat of social media memes about death camps. My father was beaten into the hospital by police for drinking from a fountain.
I would strongly advise against any equivalency between these two populations in what it means to hold a gun for the protection of your own life.
This idea that individuals arming themselves to fight the government is as stupid as the 2nd amendment folks are about their need to keep guns in order to be sure the government doesn’t overreach to turn us all gay, or whatever else it is that they are trying to fight. If anyone thinks building bombs or killing other Americans will help win this fight against fascism, you’re just wrong. It will end by making our enemies stronger. We’ve gotten through 4 years of Trump before, by defeating him at the ballot box. Violence will only damage our future chances. Self defense is different, but a gun thrown into a conflict is going to make it worse.
The book _Generation Kill_ by Evan Wright is a good read on people not being able to shoot to kill and the amount of training needed to get them to do it, amongst other “strange” reactions to war.
Great thread.... Love the story of Citreon in WWII when the Nazis took over the factory... The owner had the mark on the oil dipstick lowered to always indicate that the engine had sufficient oil .. when it didn't
Small acts of irrigation like a wasp in the dark... Can have large consequences
Yep I was conscripted at 22 and I shot high - even though I was being shot at. Because I couldn't face the rest of my life if I hadn't. All that training of me was a complete waste of time and resources.
I'll throw in a bit of egg_irl culture critique that is less talked about than the gatekeeping & denial - demonising testosterone. Sth like testosterone poisoning doesn't exist, it doesn't drive aggression in humans that is a myth Everyone should have the endocrinology they crave, stand together not divided
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Ach, der Artikel ist doch sinnlos, die ganzen Querschwurbler sind nun geimpft, genesen oder gestorben. Kalle hat das gesagt. Genauso sind Chatkontrolle und Staatstrojaner nur Verschwörungstheorien, Schutzhaft nur für Terroristen wie die von der Letzten Generation, fällt Vietnam fällt Kambodscha und dann die ganze Welt, Babys in Brutkästen, Massenvernichtungswaffen, China, Pegasus, ClearView AI und hybrider Krieg, NSO und NSA, Selbstbelastungsgebot, DigiTask, Polizeigewalt, Zensur und Amnesty International, Schengen, Versammlungsfreiheit und Völkerrecht, Pommes, Brot und Butter.
Mhm, ja. Kann man sich überheblich und oberflächlich drüber lustig machen. Hat nur eben ein leichtes Geschmäckle von burying.
Keine zwei Wochen mehr bis Weihnachten und da es für zu viele Menschen immer noch mehr Stress als Erholung ist, möchte ich einmal folgendes los werden. Als alter, weißer Mann in Deutschland spiele ich das Spiel des Lebens auf "easy". Auch wenn ich hin und wieder nörgel, ist mir bewusst, dass andere viel Schlimmer dran sind. Als Sohn, Vater, Bruder, Onkel und Ehemann möchte ich euch deswegen sagen:
Ihr seid es wert geliebt zu werden. Ihr seid genug. Ihr seid gut so wie ihr seid. Ihr habt ein recht auf glücklich sein.
Und es ist vollkommen OK "nein" zu sagen.
Fühlt euch gedrückt, geflauscht, in den Arm genommen oder norddeutsch zugenickt.
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