30 November 1899 | A Czech Jew, Valtr Pollak, was born in Liberec.

He was deported to #Auschwitz from #Theresienstadt ghetto on 19 October 1944. He did not survive.
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Video about the history of Auschwitz: youtu.be/Fxnl5HTygrs

Guy has a lot of data and a few speculations as to why people are "less weird than they used to be".

People are less weird than they used to be. That might sound odd, but data from every sector of society is pointing strongly in the same direction: we’re in a recession of mischief, a crisis of conventionality, and an epidemic of the mundane. Deviance is on the decline.


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Watching Sandra Bullock (61 years old) Cate Blanchett (56), and other 60something actresses and how they look. They all have a look, which I suspect is a result of personal trainers, dieticians, and plastic surgery. It finally hit me: Gelflings. They look like gelflings.

No judgment--I assume being anyone in #Hollywood, especially a woman, brings ridiculous image pressure. I'm just saying they look like gelflings.

(Furthermore, let it be said once again that Helena Bonham Carter can do no wrong)

#TheDarkCrystal #movies #women

Heads up, for those using Arch, and Arch-based distros. May want to hold off updating Linux Firmware/AMD Ucode for awhile.
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Thailand bans World iris scans, orders company to delete data therecord.media/thailand-world…

'Trimming the Tree'


A crayon drawing of a pair of pet mice playing in a tree as it's being trimmed. The brown mouse is playing in the tree while the white mouse is giggling at him in the foreground.

In the background are varying colors of tinsel and varying artworks that the mice's caretakers made over time.

There are also some ball ornaments of varying colors strewn about the scene.

This was photographed with an EOS Rebel T3i with a Vivitar Series 1 19-35mm f3.5-4.5 FD-mount lens attached to it, and I fired the flash for this one in an attempt to get the glitter crayons I used to show up in the shot.

#cute #cuteanimals #cuteart #mouse #mouseart #crayons #crayonart #traditionalart #eosrebelt3i #canonfd #vivitarseries1 #vintagelenses

i should've left it at this I think, it's obvious things got out of hand when I made another comment contradicting this that I think porn is evil; most things in life are evil, porn being evil isn't spectacularly noteworthy.


Immediately turning it into a moral question over whether you're a bad person for feeling things is so disingenuous and annoying

#aint gonna eat out
I admit you've got the biggest brown eyes
And you know how to
Part your lips to tantalize
Sure
You can get any man you want going and ya do it
And don't say you don't know
Ya do
Felix Cavaliere, American rock singer, songwriter, and keyboardist (Rascals is 83
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the Russian space corporation that operates Soyuz appeared to downplay the incident 🙄although “video imagery of the launch site after liftoff showed substantial damage, with a large service platform appearing to have fallen into the flame trench below the launch table”…

#Russian made any thing is not to be trusted (my personal experience during #Soviet era fol lows

arstechnica.com/space/2025/11/…

in reply to Rita, antifascist 🏴🦯🦯🦯

my aunt bought her first ever car - a new Moskvich. she was so proud. 3 days later it was broken & left by the side of the road. no parts. no garages. no tow trucks. (she lived in tri-cities Sopót/Gdynia/Gdansk so it was not a village).she never saw the car again. (1978)

> 2 Peter 3:10,11 📖

> But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night;
in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise,
and the elements shall melt with fervent heat,
the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.

> Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved,
what manner of persons ought all of you to be in all holy conversation and godliness,

#bible

Robert Altman's "Brewster McCloud" (1970) is a spiritual predecessor to Wes Anderson, a zany, bizarre movie with a large ensemble cast filled with idiosyncratic characters, stilted dialogue, quirky camerawork, and an oddball plot that uses a quirky professor's inane lectures about birds as a framing device for the gonzo action Rather enjoyable movie, although I imagine a lot of people will think it's dumb as hell (it is, but who really cares?).

First a Democrat, Chuy Garcia, sets it up so his seat passes to his hand-picked successor. Now this GOP jabroni wants to hand his seat over to ...his brother 🙄

House Republican Troy Nehls wi...

The year is 2038. In western countries, all social media is banned unless the webpage has embedded Google Analytics, the feed contains at least 75% advertisments, the user has been identified by the server operator using 200 points of ID, and the posts of no more than 5 people you follow are displayed in any 24 hour period. The Prime Minister lauds how free we are compared to the Russians and Chinese, (especially the Chinese, who get free electricity but don't even get to choose which company supplies it).

In the west, some maladapted individuals oppose the current system, even going so far as to browse social media that contains no advertisments. Fediverse servers can no longer run via ...co.uk, ...au, ...org, ...com or similar. To read their DMs, Fediversians must set up temporary mesh networks and ssh into their servers located in:

  • Malta (0 votes)
  • Panama (1 vote)
  • Antigua and Barbuda (1 vote)
  • Transnistra (0 votes)
  • Radio Free Albemuth Satellite IV (2 votes)
  • People's Republic of Cambodia Autonomous Zone (1 vote)
Poll end: in 23 hours

RE: privacysafe.social/@LearnToLiv…

I signed this petition about #Google restricting the installation of APKs and software sources like @fdroidorg .

c.org/vfCG2X2kV7

I will paste my comments on the petition into the thread below 👇

in reply to Sean O'Brien

I am the founder of @yaleprivacylab , where we have investigated #privacy and #security issues in #Android apps since 2017. I can say without hesitation that this change makes Android users less safe.

Android is based upon free and #opensource software (#FOSS) and that has always been defined by user choice. Blocking the capability to install apps directly from trusted sources outside #Google Play is not a small tweak. It removes a core freedom...

in reply to Sean O'Brien

@yaleprivacylab We should not need permission to run software on devices we own.

Framing this change as protection does not reflect the reality of the #Android ecosystem. #Google Play has long allowed unsafe apps, invasive tracker SDKs, and supply chain threats that slip through automated review. Independent audits have consistently revealed these issues inside of Google Play, even *after* Google claims to have scrubbed.

in reply to Sean O'Brien

@yaleprivacylab I think they were envious of Apple's walled garden and the enormous profits (at the expense of its users and numerous others indirectly affected along the way) that it allows.

It's difficult to change from an open system to a closed one, but they seem to be trying.

We are fast reaching a point where people need to just not even allow stock Android to exist on a device at all. But blocking third party distros will certainly be high on Google's list of things to kill as well...

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in reply to Nazo

@nazokiyoubinbou @yaleprivacylab For this reason, I think the most sustainable development efforts are those that direct energy into true GNU/Linux smartphones. That's one of the reasons why our @privacysafe dev team is putting our efforts there before targeting Android or iOS.

From my testing, the most featureful and stable experience is @ubports on a Fairphone. But the UI/UX is definitely not what most Android or iOS users expect, as it developed in parallel to them over many years

in reply to verita84

@verita84 @privacysafe @yaleprivacylab @nazokiyoubinbou That's the kind of open question asked eternally for any edge solution and carries a bit of built-in criticism, IMO 😀

These non-Android distros run on plenty of "normal" consumer phones now. That's not the barrier - there's always other issues with market penetration, critical mass, mainstream adoption, enterprise use etc.

Generally, consumers may demand iPhones, but only use Android because it's bundled with carrier plans...

in reply to Sean O'Brien

@verita84 @privacysafe @yaleprivacylab @nazokiyoubinbou For this conversation, it's worth noting that *not* believing in GNU/Linux smartphones and investing in Android has got us to this point.

Is it time to diverge and invest in future sustainability? Nothing stops devs from building for Android and iOS (and I think they still should) but let's start treating GNU/Linux mobile devices as first-class citizens. It's been decades of skittering around Google.

in reply to verita84

@verita84 @privacysafe @yaleprivacylab @nazokiyoubinbou I'm very proud considering where it started 😀 Those numbers are great considering all the factors at play.

I've been at this now with Free Software for 25 years and plan to continue for at least 25 more. So, I see a LOT of progress and of course setbacks as well.

Many technologies are used by thousands or millions, but never reach mass adoption.

I don't have a savior complex. If I can't save the planet, I still try. How else?

in reply to Sean O'Brien

@privacysafe @yaleprivacylab I don't know. From where I'm sitting I haven't seen too many such options and most people who have had the opportunity to use them all state the same thing: that they just aren't production ready. Not as in "too different to get used to" as in "lacks the necessary features/reliability/etc."

And the hardware issue is absolutely 1000% an issue that can't be brushed aside. SoCs using ARM, Mali, etc etc are all so proprietary that even those who sign the NDAs and pay the millions to gain access still don't quite 100% know everything about writing stuff for them. True open source can't use such drivers anyway. But reverse engineering is a painful, long experience and they change every generation without following any rules.

in reply to Sean O'Brien

@yaleprivacylab For example, the X-mode SDK persisted long after it was banned in the USA by the FTC enforcement action, and was still present in many #Google Play apps until Google was called out by my own investigation. Initially, Google responded by saying I was wrong but then acknowledged their error in press. Long after that, other tracker SDKs associated with X-mode and the wider ad-tech #surveillance economy have persisted.

Man Eats Coke & Drops Dead During Traffic Stop - YouTube

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🚨 Paris, minutes ago. During Macron’s live address to the nation, a Republican Guard soldier posted directly behind him suddenly BREAKS protocol ⚠️

He shifts rapidly, glances around nervously, then abruptly turns and marches off stage in full view of the cameras while Macron continues speaking without missing a beat.
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Bangladesh’s Khaleda Zia hospitalised in ‘very critical’ condition
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/11/30/bangladeshs-khaleda-zia-hospitalised-in-very-critical-condition?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

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