Money supply is a magic trick
ex nihilo for the bank - years of real labor for youWinston Smith (Escaping Mass Psychosis)
ex nihilo for the bank - years of real labor for youWinston Smith (Escaping Mass Psychosis)
Zapatista “Gathering of Resistances and Rebellions” opens in Chiapas
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"Indigenous leaders and international delegates meet “to resolve and organise against capitalism and all pyramids” ~ Mateo Sgambati ~ The gathering is being hosted in Chiapas by the Zapatista Army of National Liberation (EZLN), aiming “to reach an agreement on what, how, where, and why” of demolishing capitalism and all
Indigenous leaders and international delegates meet “to resolve and organise against capitalism and all pyramids” ~ Mateo Sgambati ~ The gathering is being hosted in Chiapas by the Zapatista Army of National Liberation (EZLN), aiming “to reach an agr…anarchy (Freedom Press)
Tomato is the mother of potato?
Chinese scientists, in collaboration with Canadian and British counterparts, revealed that the potato originated from an ancient hybridization event between the tomato plant and a potato-like plant about 9 million years ago. Published in the latest issue of the Cell journal, these findings provide a groundbreaking theoretical perspective for the genetic breeding of potatoes. - PDCNews
Sydney Harbour Bridge: Tens of thousands turn out for pro-Palestine march (BBC, 2025-08-03)
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>> WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was spotted among the protesters, with other notable attendees including federal MP Ed Husic and former NSW Premier Bob Carr.
>> Sydney-based activist organisation Palestine Action Group lodged a notice of intention for the march across the Sydney Harbour Bridge last Sunday, ...
>> The police … made an application to the NSW Supreme Court for a prohibition order for the event, which was declined just 24 hours before the protest was due to go ahead.
>> … Justice Belinda Rigg said safety concerns regarding the march were "well founded", but march organiser Josh Lees … had "compellingly" explained the reasons why he believed there is an urgency for a response to the humanitarian situation in Gaza…
#PalestineActionGroup #JulianAssange
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The Sydney Harbour Bridge was closed by the march, after it was authorised to go ahead by the Supreme Court hours earlier.Katy Watson (BBC News)
@matrix the Internet is a rabbit hole
Never heard of this guy.
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Trevor Rainbolt, the “GeoGuessr guy,” explains how he learned to locate any Google Maps image with astonishing speed and accuracyMaxwell Strachan (VICE)
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What to Stream: Eddie Murphy and Pete Davidson team up and 'King of the Hill' and 'Wednesday' return
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Perplexity is using stealth, undeclared crawlers to evade no-crawl directives
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Perplexity is repeatedly modifying their user agent and changing IPs and ASNs to hide their crawling activity, in direct conflict with explicit no-crawl preferences expressed by websites.The Cloudflare Blog
Telematikboxen, die eigentlich der Logistik dienen, werden offenbar auch zur Verwarnung der Kunden genutztDER STANDARD
Lies, flattery, and a thirst for power—a shameful duo that insults the entire world. The Trump-Netanyahu duo continues to mock common-sense andВиктор Михин (New Eastern Outlook)
Race on for Bristol Motor Speedway to prepare for NASCAR after hosting the MLB Speedway Classic
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William Byron thinks Iowa win can build momentum for NASCAR's playoffs
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Surprise! There's been quite a bit of parity in the race for baseball's best record
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A's find hope in Nick Kurtz and young stars as team eyes Las Vegas in 2028
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The long read: This summer, one of my lectures was protested by far-right students. Their rhetoric brought to mind some of the darkest moments of 20th-century history – and overlapped with mainstream Israeli views to a shocking degreeGuardian staff reporter (The Guardian)
#politique #désinformation #merdias
Une petite musique fasciste de répression imbécile... Ça marche toujours.
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Une activité prévue pour des détenus à Saint-Malo a déclenché la colère d’un syndicat relayé par le RN. Le ministre a saisi la balle au bond. Un peu trop vite ?Marie Haynes (Le HuffPost)
Hank Hill returns to a changed world in new 'King of the Hill' episodes
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"It was a coup, and I'm using that term literally ... One egregious felony after another." — Stephen MillerJames Howard Kunstler (Clusterfuck Nation)
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Este texto presume conhecimento básico sobre questões de neolinguagem e de linguagem pessoal (clique nos links para aprender sobre). Se o que você procura é uma defesa mais educativa a favor do conceito, confira Os argumentos contra a neolinguagem e/ou Em defesa da neolinguagem.
Quero compartilhar isso aqui por conta de aparentemente ainda ser uma questão controversa, mas vamos lá:
Reclamar de neolinguagem é uma microagressão.
A reação de estranheza com palavras novas é natural. A estranheza com a neolinguagem em particular, porém, causa muito mais reações negativas do que gírias, nomes de empresas ou até mesmo estrangeirismos sendo importados para a língua portuguesa por questões de praticidade.
E, a questão é: neolinguagem não é só uma proposta teórica nova que ninguém usa. São construções que estão na língua portuguesa faz mais de uma década, ou até mesmo mais de duas, se formos contar um ou outro lugar usando @/el@/@ como linguagem genérica. Há vários textos e vídeos com pessoas usando neolinguagem e vários materiais explicando diferentes aspectos dela. Quem quer se acostumar ao menos com certos aspectos da neolinguagem tem a oportunidade de ir atrás disso.
Entendo alguém se surpreender com algum elemento que nunca viu, como um neopronome diferente de elu ou ile que alguém pede como parte de seu tratamento. Porém, o problema não é o sentimento, e sim reações como:
Em espaços cisdissidentes, já existe a noção de ter o mínimo de respeito pelas identidades alheias. Só pessoas transmísicas tendem a reclamar dos nomes escolhidos alheios por serem feios ou esquisitos. Presume-se que travestis e mulheres trans devem ser tratades por a/ela/a e que homens trans devem ser tratades por o/ele/o a um nível que apaga possíveis complexidades dentro de tais identidades e pessoas não-conformistas de linguagem.
Em teoria, aceita-se que pessoas não-binárias podem "usar linguagem neutra" (porque convenhamos que neolinguagem sem o objetivo de ser "neutra" acaba encontrando ainda mais resistência). Na prática, espera-se que todes nós também aceitemos a/ela/a ou o/ele/o, porque reinvindicar nossa não-binaridade dentro da linguagem é, supostamente, ou excludente de alguma forma, ou uma exigência impensável por conta de "ser novidade".
Em espaços cisdissidentes, disforia e euforia de gênero são levadas a sério quando se trata de partes do corpo, nomes, documentos e conjuntos de linguagem dentro da língua padrão. Mas contra-argumentação ou chacota contra tratamentos que envolvem neolinguagem ou comentários como "mas eu não entendo porque alguém escolheria isso" não são julgades tão negativamente, sendo comum até o acolhimento do desconforto com a neolinguagem em detrimento da saúde mental de usuáries de neolinguagem que também são rejeitades no mundo cis.
O paralelo com formas de identificação cisdissidentes é óbvio. "A sociedade ainda não consegue reconhecer mais de dois gêneros, então você tem que viver como um deles"; "a maioria não vê você como alguém da identidade de gênero que você diz, e não faz sentido exigir que te reconheçam dentro dela"; "você tem que aprender a estar confortável por si só, e não exigir que outras pessoas te tratem como você quer".
Porém, assim como pessoas cisdissidentes como um todo não desistiram de ser reconhecidas como membras de suas identidades de gênero reais, eu não vou desistir de exigir ser referide com um tratamento que me contempla. Assim como pessoas cisdissidentes em geral criaram espaços onde é impensável julgar a identidade de gênero alheia por métricas cissexistas, eu já administro espaços que aceitam conjuntos de linguagem diversos e que não toleram piadinhas sobre como a linguagem alheia é feia ou esquisita.
O que eu queria é que pessoas em outros grupos cisdissidentes tivessem vergonha na cara de desencorajar esse tipo de atitude, assim como outras manifestações de "senso comum" que beneficiam a cisnorma. Para quem não precisa da neolinguagem, há uma acomodação inerente em poder falar livremente do quanto ela é desnecessária e complexa demais para ser "aprendida", mas isso deveria estar sendo questionado, especialmente em espaços não-binários.
Para quem sente falta de ser referide usando neolinguagem: eu garanto que há pessoas como você. Eu garanto que há pessoas que lhe respeitarão. Venha interagir com a gente!
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All-knowing AI says clones are real, elites practice human sacrifice, and they’re using 5G to melt our insides. Probably NBD.Jenna McCarthy (Jenna’s Side)
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Η πρόσφυγας φίλη μου ξεκινά νέα δουλειά σήμερα και είμαι ΠΟΛΥ χαρούμενη επειδή για πρώτη φορά βρήκε κάτι που αρμόζει στα ταλέντα και τις ικανότητές της.
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When Anti-Star Trek Meets Brazil
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"Roxanne Shirazi, a librarian at CUNY, recently commented on the AI hype in her field: I attended a library vendor AI demo/upsell today and I wish I could explain to them that everything they are selling could be achieved by hiring like two more people in our library. And yet this entire team was dedicated..."
Roxanne Shirazi, a librarian at CUNY, recently commented on the AI hype in her field: I attended a library vendor AI demo/upsell today and I wish I could explain to them that everything they are selling could be achieved by hiring like two more peopl…Center for a Stateless Society
This new Image editor should blow GIMP away
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PixiEditor 2.0 is now available on Windows, MacOS and Linux!Get it now on https://pixieditor.net/downloadCheck the repo on https://github.com/PixiEditor/Pixi...YouTube
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Job-seekers are dodging AI interviewers
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Job-seekers tell Fortune they’re outright refusing to do AI interviews, calling them dehumanizing and a red flag for bad company culture.Emma Burleigh (Fortune)
Every word is true.
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What's it take to get a promotion? Time to dive into the dark arts of office politics. Here's what you need to know...Eric Barker (Barking Up The Wrong Tree)
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they don’t need to replace all of us. they just have to shatter the homogeneity, which they have.
America is about 58% White now - but that’s heavily weighted toward the older generations. we’re really more like 50% or less when it comes to people under 40.
and that makes White people a de facto minority
It is official. The Corporation for Public Broadcasting finally accepted death over balance. This week, the CPB announced that, with the withdrawal of federal funding, it would cease operations by …JONATHAN TURLEY
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But who would expect better from these snakes? My comments are in brackets and I bolded the most important sections.Meryl Nass (Meryl’s CHAOS letter (Critical Health Analysis and OpinionS))
In the corporate world, some roles are more visible than others. While CEOs and sales teams often take the limelight, the company secretary operates behind the scenes, ensuring that the business stays compliant with laws and regulations. This role, though understated, is a cornerstone of corporate governance and operational success.
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I once worked at a startup where the importance of a company secretary became glaringly apparent. We were a small, ambitious team, but we were completely unprepared for the complexities of corporate compliance. When we received a notice about an upcoming filing deadline, panic set in.
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Istiklal Avenue, or Istiklal Caddesi in Turkish, is one of the most iconic and bustling streets in Istanbul, stretching approximately 1.4 kilometers fromMuseum Pass Istanbul
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"No people will tamely surrender their Liberties, nor can any be easily subdued, when knowledge is diffused and Virtue is preserved. On the Contrary, when People are universally ignorant, and debauched in their Manners, they will sink under their own weight without the Aid of foreign Invaders."
-- Samuel Adams
(1722-1803), was known as the "Father of the American Revolution."
Source: letter to James Warren, 4 November 1775. Reference: Our Sacred Honor, Bennett (261)
"No people will tamely surrender their Liberties, nor can any be easily subdued, when knowledge is diffused and Virtue is preserved.LibertyQuotes
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by Paul Cudenec (who reads the article here) Max Weber, the subject of my last essay, was not alone in suspecting that certain religious beliefs – or the lack of them – had played a key…winter oak
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"Human nature itself is evermore an advocate for liberty. There is also in human nature a resentment of injury, and indignation against wrong. A love of truth and a veneration of virtue. These amiable passions, are the "latent spark"... If the people are capable of understanding, seeing and feeling the differences between true and false, right and wrong, virtue and vice, to what better principle can the friends of mankind apply than to the sense of this difference?"
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