More than 1,400 killed in sectarian violence in coastal Syria in March, report finds
https://apnews.com/article/syria-coast-violence-alawite-assad-sectarian-2823b51d22279b69f17b325663a42a56?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
Posted into International News @international-news-AssociatedPress
There are many illegal marijuana farms, but federal agents targeted California's biggest legal one
https://apnews.com/article/marijuana-farm-ice-raid-california-trump-immigration-b47161266719a9e22ce44a5bd6ff29c1?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
Posted into Business and Finance @business-and-finance-AssociatedPress
Bradley Beal's unexpected gift to Chris Paul: A number with meaning
https://apnews.com/article/chris-paul-bradley-beal-clippers-1df86e3d867efe911ea4592dc8c7cd82?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
Posted into Sports @sports-AssociatedPress
“If the universities – or in this case a university press – are not willing to stand up for what is core to their mission, I don’t know what they’re doing. What’s the point?” – Thea Abu El-Haj
#Palestine
#Censorship
#AcademicFreedom
theguardian.com/education/2025…
As Harvard’s feud with Trump escalated, so did tensions over an ‘education and Palestine’ issue of a prestigious journal. Scholars blame the ‘Palestine exception’ to academic freedomAlice Speri (The Guardian)
Directed by Kar-Wai Wong. With Brigitte Lin, Takeshi Kaneshiro and Tony Chiu-Wai Leung.Chungking Express Blu-ray (Criterion) https://www.criterion.com/films/...YouTube
Whenever I post on Facebook I include the phrase "mass detention ends in mass death" because I don't want any of the "conservatives" I know who are justifying this bullshit to say they didn't know where it was going.
They'll say that anyway. But I'll know..
One thing I've learned from Facebook: the people from my previous life that I trust and respect & the people I don't.
Because the people I trust & respect say something about atrocities, & those who don't apparently either are happy about it or don't want to lose face among conservatives.
Facebook posts don't do much, but at least it's a chance to tell people that truth exists and that it fucking matters, & I appreciate that my parents and a few others of their generation are not silent.
I know vocalizing protest alone does not itself address the issues, but if we are going to address the issues, we need to protest loudly, so it is part of it.
And aside from anything practical, aside from convincing anyone or changing anything, it is simply *human* to express outrage & grief at atrocities.
I think that is the hardest thing about seeing all the people with nothing to say.
Like, news out of Gaza doesn't make you want to scream in unspeakable sorrow & anger?
Learning of ICE kidnappings & torture doesn't compel you to speak out?
If you're not boiling over with *something* to say about all the cruelty, violence, & death...how? What is wrong with you? Where tf is your humanity? Have you forgotten it? Lost it? Where is your compassion? Your sense of justice?
Aside: I just realized that nearly every person that I'm thinking of who is saying something is neurodivergent (ADHD &/or autistic), which I guess isn't surprising. We are known for having a rigid sense of justice & being non-conformist.
I'm starting to wonder if those "disorders" are an evolutionary feature that ensures *some* percentage of a population is harder to manipulate with social conditioning.
(obviously, you can also be neurotypical & resist conditioning—a lot of factors contribute)
I think the explanation for the latter is that most neurotypicality *is* just successful conditioning (dependent on innate capability and willingness to do so) to perform it.
Many of the same traits and behaviors that overlap with "neurotypicality" also lie on the vast spectrum of neurodiversity, and are not the product of conditioning. But most instances are probably the result of conditioning, to the degree that "neurotypicality" would not be a majority/default if you only included people who just happened to be that way without conditioning.
@dalias
I like that perspective. I frequently feel really, really cynical about humanity right now, but I am trying to hold that in balance with the fact that people are so manipulated, controlled, conditioned, indoctrinated, and misinformed.
It can feel like a lot of people choose that or are naturally that way, but that's frustration with how hard it is to deprogram people from something built into the social constructs we inhabit.
@dalias
And yeah, sometimes I get the sort of "are the straights ok?" feeling about "neurotypicality".
Example: when I talk to a "neurotypical" person I often get a strong sense they have buried their personality to conform with the group, and it's like... it's not that you don't HAVE unique interests or a desire to be yourself, you just don't seem to know that you can simply embrace those things.
Hiding who you are and what you like out of a desire to be perceived as "normal" is not innate.
YES @dalias I ponder this a lot!!
I also have spooky moments where I ponder how effective all these tyrannical regimes have (or have not) actually been at stamping the capacity for resistance out of populations-- from a cultural standpoint AND, spookier, from a eugenics standpoint. It would probably take thousands of generations to physically breed out independent minds and reduce default human behavior to placid submissiveness, if such a thing is even possible but lord knows they've been wanting to try and EW.
Nature, nurture, social engineering, yeeeeek
I mean, some of the neurodivergent 'moral rigidity' is really just because of a greater need for consistency. And a lot of instances of injustice have components of inconsistent applications of rules (not necessarily the whole of it though, and not necessarily all instances of injustice).
I don't really know enough to theorize on why there's a shared need for consistency - just some vague thoughts on consistency helping with cognitive processing efficiency - but it seems to be a shared feature across ADHD and autism.
@dartigen
I wonder if there is a socialization component for this need for consistency.
Something ADHD and autistic folks have in common is being frequently misunderstood as children & being punished/corrected for things that don't make sense & aren't clear to them.
I think it makes sense to develop a need for consistency in that context. If people want us to abide by their rules, we would argue they had better spell them out and then abide by all the logical consequences of those rules.
@dartigen
We also are forced to explain our actions and justify our choices significantly more often than others, so we probably are more likely to approach a question like "what should I do about x thing?" from the existing mental framework that we use to try to convince others to treat us fairly & with consistency.
I think about how I would justify my actions to others to the point it is unhealthy, but I have always had to explain my choices to people who misinterpreted or misunderstood them
This could be a big component of it, yeah!
I was thinking more along the lines of how moral rules, like lots of other rules and rule-like frameworks, help to provide a cognitive shortcut. If it's always right to refill the coffee pot if you used the last of it, for example, you don't have to waste any cognitive energy considering if it's good in this instance to refill the coffee pot - it's always good, therefore refill coffee pot. Or if you always eat soup for lunch on Wednesday, you can cut down on the cognitive energy needed to decide on what to eat for lunch on Wednesday - you can bypass all other food categories and jump straight to deciding what kind of soup, instead of having to start from 'all possible lunch foods' and drill down to 'all possible types of soup'.
I feel like some of it may also run into empathy as well though - or maybe we all take the 'imagine yourself in this person's situation' description of empathy way too literally, and actually do that, and figure that we'd find that situation upsetting or infuriating and would probably react similarly, or we can at least understand how that person came to that reaction.
Heuristics, yes!
A lot of organized religions really lean on this "we did the heavy thinking so you don't have to / because you can't be trusted to" thing where they hand down dogma you're just supposed to default to without actually analyzing it in depth or even questioning it at all.
I was always an instinctive questioner (me at like 6 in Sunday school: "the Lord is my shepherd?? Shepherds EAT sheep!") so it's hard for me to wrap my head around the way so many people are much more comfortable following rules and really really don't WANT to look deeper because it genuinely freaks them out.
Yes, that is something very basic in the relationship between sheep and shepherds that xtians completely fail to grasp.
So I'm reading Skunk Works by Ben R. Rich, it's a book about the formation of the first stealth bomber program and the trials and tribulations associated with getting the first stealth bomber off the ground and all the headaches it entails.
About fifty or so odd pages in and the author talks about working on this program while under many various government laws such as the EEOC, affirmative action, having to employ a certain amount of X or Y kinds of people.
So even back then you had these laws severely limiting and threatening the very existence of a technology which changed the aerospace industry forever.
𝕕𝕚𝕒𝕟𝕒 🏳️⚧️🦋 reshared this.
RIP Ozzy...
youtu.be/K3b6SGoN6dA?si=Donx3V…
Black Sabbath performing "War Pigs" live at the Olympia Theater in Paris, France on December 20, 1970Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/BlackSabbathInstagram...YouTube
like this
Black Sabbath's Ozzy Osbourne dies aged 76
Link: bbc.co.uk/news/live/cn0qq5nyxn…
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4…
A statement from his family says Osbourne was with them and "surrounded by love" when he died this morning.BBC News
reshared this
Blip: Peer-to-Peer Massive File Sharing by Former Dropbox Engineers
Link: blip.net/
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4…
Send big files with no size limits, at full quality, across platforms, directly to other people and devicesBlip
Video shows Florida deputies punching and dragging a Black man from his car
https://apnews.com/article/florida-driver-police-beating-video-mcneil-jacksonville-d76afa9e59eb196ca6471b6348405c1a?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
Posted into U.S. News @u-s-news-AssociatedPress
MOSIMOSI JINA NA SERE QOYouTube
Olkhon Island is the sacred centre of Lake Baikal. Sean Thomas travels to the world’s deepest lake to learn more about the history and traditions of this mysterious place.Odysee
#invitation #mewe #groupe #antistatism
🚫🏛 Tired of state control? Step into the world of Anti-statism – English.
🔥 Resist state intervention in personal, social, and economic life. Connect with like-minded people, share ideas, and explore solutions.
👉 Join the Anti-statism – English Group:
mewe.com/join/anti-statism-eng…
💬 Whether you’re here for deep theory, practical advocacy, or just an open chat, this is your space.
🌐 New to MeWe? It’s the platform where free expression meets real connections.
✨ Join today: mewe.com/
Brilliant features with no BS. No Ads. No Spyware. MeWe is the Next-Gen Social Network.mewe.com
Worse, fewer and fewer consider the brand safe.Jonathan M. Gitlin (Ars Technica)
Coded Artist likes this.
Coded Artist reshared this.
DrRyanSkelton likes this.
Don't animate height
Link: granola.ai/blog/dont-animate-h…
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4…
Kson quits VShojo and calls the JP branch CEO (for now) live on stream
youtube.com/watch?v=9plb8diJy0…
Seems to be a similar reason to Ironmouse, not getting paid what she is owed since SEPTEMBER.
Michi is also out.
Kson talks about the current VShojo situation and calls the VShojo JP CEO for an explanation7/22/25 Kson 💜 https://www.twitch.tv/ksonsouchou❤️ subscribe for...YouTube
#our #website #thankyou #resharing
✨ Welcome to our website! ✨
Shoshin (my husband) and I, Nancy, share our projects here with lots of heart and kindness. ❤ Come take a look!
SOSHIN / DANS L'ESPRIT DU DÉBUTANT / IN THE BEGINNER'S MINDSoshin / Dans l'esprit du débutant / In the beginner's mind ...
Digit likes this.
currently back on my old herbstluftwm. ... uuuuuuutterly loving it.
so much joy.
so, so, SO much joy.
like, nearly bouncing off walls overexcited from the elation.
definitely a bad design to route the - or + BMS power connection anywhere near the proximity of the bare battery surface.
I bet they were dropped by the user to exacerbate the bad design, though.
I wonder if robots did the assembly or did slaves?
Coded Artist likes this.
A Walk Through the Mind - Episode Listbillybon3s.com
#woke
For those wondering how Trump got elected: wokeness was a godsend… the perfect fuel for his bullshit tractor.
Coded Artist likes this.
Pour ceux qui se demandent comment Trump a été élu : le wokisme, c’était du pain bénit… le plein d’essence pour son tracteur à conneries.
The organ harvesting racket is coming to light in the US too:
As has become clear in the UK, COVID atrocities were not the first time that hospital murder became the standard of care.
Today's threads (a thread)
Inside: Conservativism considered as a movement of bitter rubes; and more!
Archived at: pluralistic.net/2025/07/22/all…
1/
Hey, German-speakers! Through a very weird set of circumstances, I ended up owning the rights to the German audiobook of my bestselling 2022 cryptocurrency heist technothriller *Red Team Blues* and now I'm selling DRM-free audio and ebooks, along with the paperback (all in German and English) on a Kickstarter that runs until August 11:
kickstarter.com/projects/docto…
2/
🤖 Tracking strings detected and removed!
🔗 Clean URL(s):
youtube.com/live/GLrDwHgeCy4?t…
❌ Removed parts:
si=NUWxPphk0FS_3g9J&
Co-op Congress brings together those working to build a fairer economy to share ideas, get inspiration and take action. See the full programme of Day One at ...YouTube
Did you know there is a My Little Pony movie about that?
🌈 Phyllis shares the most perfect products to protect earth ponies from the ~evil~ unicorns and pegasi, but Sunny has her own plan of attack up her sleeve… ...YouTube
Cory Doctorow reshared this.
Ozzy Osbourne, pioneering heavy metal singer and Black Sabbath frontman, dies at 76
Very sorry to see this. We're glad that he got to experience his final show and the love of his fans. Makes it all the more poignant.
nbcnews.com/news/obituaries/oz…
Iconic heavy metal singer Ozzy Osbourne, who became a huge solo success and later a reality TV star after being fired from Black Sabbath, has died.Ethan Sacks (NBC News)
reshared this
Ascending to 14,410 feet above sea level, Mount Rainier stands as an icon in the Washington landscape. An active volcano, Mount Rainier is the most glaciated peak in the contiguous U.S.A., spawning five major rivers.www.nps.gov
The Fedora project is seeking feedback from its user and developer community over potentially updating its release criteria to no longer block on optical media boot issues (DVD images) as well as whether to continue honoring dual boot issues for Inte…www.phoronix.com
like this
like this
Besides the corrections others have said, I really can’t think of any reason people would intentionally use legacy BIOS on a machine with UEFI for a new install.
Like, I could get doing it for an old install - I know someone who installed Windows 7 in 2015 on their then-new desktop build and later upgraded to 10 but is stuck on legacy BIOS for now with that machine because 7 only ran on that.
I could see something similarly jank happening to someone in the Linux world and then decide not to address it for “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it reasons”, but certainly not for no reason.
Paret-Peintre wins Tour de France stage on Mont Ventoux, where Pogačar deals Vingegaard another blow
https://apnews.com/article/tour-france-stage-16-9035f08ef328a8bf518b9b6d1e394c76?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
Posted into Sports @sports-AssociatedPress
Commanders GM says non-football topics such as President Trump's comments don't reach him
https://apnews.com/article/trump-commanders-name-stadium-adam-peters-a2e1c75f5cd01aa39cca6eaec49d1a32?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
Posted into Sports @sports-AssociatedPress
Jim Jordan was finally forced to testify under oath in the Ohio State sex abuse scandal.Sarah Jones (PoliticusUSA)
So long...
variety.com/2025/music/obituar…
Ozzy Osbourne, the frontman for Black Sabbath and a pioneer of heavy metal music, has died. He was 76.Chris Morris (Variety)
Republican Jim Jordan deposed in federal suit tied to sex abuse by late Ohio State team doctor
https://apnews.com/article/ohio-state-team-doctor-congress-jordan-deposition-e93ccc3f13d74ff8b3486826fb0391ba?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
Posted into Sports @sports-AssociatedPress
#USA #MeWe #Community #Discussion
🇺🇸 Hey America lovers! 🇺🇸
Join the “USA - English” community on MeWe and dive into everything that makes the United States tick! ✨
📣 What’s waiting for you? Hot debates, culture, breathtaking landscapes, fun activities, and even a corner to swap cool finds with fellow members. 🗣📸🎁
🔗 Join here: mewe.com/join/usa-english
🌐 Check out MeWe: mewe.com/
Brilliant features with no BS. No Ads. No Spyware. MeWe is the Next-Gen Social Network.mewe.com
@nando161 hi! I am desperately in need for help. I need my insulin to bring my blood sugar back down. It’s €300 That’s all I need. I’m not asking for a windfall, just a little help, please.
Be blessed 💓
Coded Artist likes this.
Coded Artist reshared this.
matrix07012 likes this.
Font Comparison: Atkinson Hyperlegible Mono vs. JetBrains Mono and Fira Code
Link: anthes.is/font-comparison-revi…
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4…
Coded Artist likes this.
Coded Artist reshared this.
Sensitive content
Connecticut Democratic Rep. Jim Himes gave Trump's Commerce Secretary the treatment he deserves when asked about Trump's continued threats to fire the Fed Chair, Jerome Powell.Heather (Crooks and Liars)
#Greece #protests #IsraeliTourists
@palestine
"Israeli passengers on a [Israeli] cruise ship docked on the island of Syros in Greece were unable to disembark due to large pro-Palestinian protests at the dock on Tuesday"
"Protesters near the Syros dock flew Palestinian flags, held banners reading slogans including “Stop the Genocide,” and “No AC (Air Conditioning) in Hell.”"
english.manartv.com.lb/2461813
Israeli passengers on a cruise ship docked on the island of Syros in Greece were unable to disembark...Al-Manar TV Lebanon
The Blob is back—and other explanations for the Trump administration’s foreign-policy flip-flops.Stephen M. Walt (Foreign Policy)
General Zod had spittle coming out of his mouth.John Amato (Crooks and Liars)
Apparently, we are NOT better than this.
ICE Jailed a 6-Year-Old With Leukemia for More Than a Month
truthout.org/video/ice-jailed-…
#ICE #DHS #KristiNoem #PamBondi #USPol
The boy, who was jailed along with his sister and mother, cried every night, a lawyer for the family said.Amy Goodman (Truthout)
Facing growing outrage and legal action, Trump admin frees chunk of withheld education funds.Stephen Prager (Crooks and Liars)
Coded Artist likes this.
Coded Artist reshared this.
Rose reshared this.
CND has called out the UK government for its secrecy around US nuclear cargo landing at RAF Lakenheath in Suffolk.The Canary
This week on 'Yeah Nah Pasaran!' on Melbourne/Naarm community radio 3CR, @sexenheimer & I talk to Nicola Guerra about the ‘Strategy of Tension’, ‘Years of Lead’, geopolitics, & hobbits.
4.30pm, Thurs, JUL 24, 2025 /// 855AM, digital, streaming, Community Radio+ app, podcats 🐈
slackbastard.anarchobase.com?p…
This week on Yeah Nah Pasaran! on 3CR we talk to Nicola Guerra. Nicola is an Adjunct Professor at the University of Turku, Finland, and the author of The Italian Far Right from 1945 to the Russia-U…slackbastard
On ITA, we spoke to David Broder back in 2022:
slackbastard.anarchobase.com/?…
On this week’s episode of Yeah Nah Pasaran! on 3CR we talk to David Broder [Twitter]. A translator and Jacobin Europe editor, his next book is titled Mussolini’s Grandchildren: Fascism in Con…slackbastard
And in 2020, we spoke to Caterina Froio about Casapound:
slackbastard.anarchobase.com/?…
On this week’s episode of Yeah Nah, we talk to Caterina Froio [Twitter], Assistant Professor in Political Science/e-politics at Sciences Po, Centre for European Studies and Comparative Politics (CE…slackbastard
If you enjoy laughing at glue sniffing imperialists while they drag us all down into the abyss:
The Hudson Institute published a plan (for lack of a better word) for how the U.S. should bring about regime change in... wait for it… China (!), a plan that involves a "military occupation”. Of China. By the US.
I don't think there's an emoji for that.
arnaudbertrand.substack.com/p/…
This might be one of the most insane reports ever produced by a U.S.Arnaud Bertrand
Proletarian Rage reshared this.
Less than you, it seems. I've only discovered him recently and hadn't picked up on China (or presumably specifically CCP?) propaganda. Not disputing your assessment at all, just to say I've only read a handful of things and this is the first one to even mention China as far as I remember, so I wouldn't know. Thanks for the warning.
#ozzy
Ozzy Osbourne est décédé / Ozzy Osbourne has died.
clarice overhere likes this.
Global Jews for Palestine event on Thursday sees anti-Zionist Jewish speakers from around the world come together against genocide and occupation “Silence is complicity!” says the Globa…SKWAWKBOX
Stewart and Stephen Colbert separately went on expletive-laden rants against CBS.The New Republic
The massive buyouts of veterinary clinics in Canada by foreign interests and multinational corporations are leading to skyrocketing prices and a blatant decline in access to services.
Everyone with animals is noticing it.
House Republican leadership is rushing to provide Donald Trump cover in the Epstein files debacle.The New Republic
Sensitive content
Palestinians in the West Bank are facing an unprecedented crisis in accessing enough water. But drying water resources isn’t the problem — it’s the fact that Israel extracts and controls all of the water from under their feet.Qassam Muaddi (Mondoweiss)
youtu.be/cOeKidp-iWo?si=3BAlof…
Whhhaaa... t?
Bruce Hornsby & the Range's official music video for 'The Way It Is'. Click to listen to Bruce Hornsby & the Range on Spotify: http://smarturl.it/BruceHSpoti...YouTube
@ajaxStardust, video not disponible
Alternative upload
"The Way It Is" is a song by American rock group Bruce Hornsby and the Range. It was released in September 1986 as the second single from their debut album T...YouTube
Sick
news.antiwar.com/2025/07/22/re…
On Tuesday, Rep. Randy Fine (R-FL) said on X that Palestinians in Gaza should "starve away" while also claiming the reports of people dying of hunger due to the US-backed Israeli blockade are a "lie.News From Antiwar.com
“Is he going to stand with the pedophiles and underage sex traffickers?” asked Representative Tim Burchett. “Or is he gonna pick the American people and justice for the victims?”The New Republic
HAVANA, Cuba, July 20 (ACN) Cuba sent warm greetings to and expressed its full solidarity with the brotherly people of Nicaragua on the 46th anniversary of the triumph of the Sandinista Revolution.www.cubanews.acn.cu
kaia
in reply to bartholin (Frankenstein arc) • • •