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Its amalgamation of every horrible dictatorships, ideologies(Facism, Stalinist, Monarchist and etc) , feudalism (Tyrant Kings from Bronze age to Medieval Era) and religion (Every religions from earth and turn them all into extremism)
stalinist lmao. are all 40k idiotic like this?
Insane shit
Comparing those images and videos to the Sydney anti-genocide rally I highly doubt 350K people are there.
The street is around 20m wide and it looks like the protest is covering about 4 or 5 blocks (1000-1250m) and the people aren't packed together so its probably less than 1 person per square meter.
Seems like a gross overestimate
Nevertheless, the footage shows a fairly large and well organized demonstration. There's clearly a lot of money being funnelled into this regime change op.
I am not surprised that the people who hate the government of their former country are in Western countries that support the rebellion. It should be onbvious that Western politicians smuggle fake refugees into their country so that they can use the political activism of those fake refugees to spread false information and gain support to replace accountable lawful democratic governments with corrupted governments in other countries.
CEO of Vercel, Guillermo Rauch, is already facing community backlash for publicly supporting Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu, a move that’s led to boycotts and migrations off the platform among developers. All my homies hate Vercel.
Turns out CEO wants to make generous contribution towards hosting Jmail (because hosting fees are high). This generousity is because of that.
Thoughts on Incendies? I am convinced that it is hugely self-censored. Its quite clear that the setting takes place in the Lebanese civil war.
The movie obfuscates the historical setting by making up names of the cities, however it does not make up names for Canada. For an average western viewer, it could very well be any arab country, after all a place in the middle east where muslim fundamentalists fight christians sounds like any day of the week!
However there are some very obvious references and breadcrumbs to the region, a muslim refugee wears a black and white keffiyeh, a scene there is a sticker in a window that says Palestine, another scene has a half view of a flag that could be very well jordan flag or palestine flag, it is not clear which. The movie itself was filmed in Jordan, so they definitely filmed a Jordan flag but in a way that it is not clear so it makes us think it's the palestine flag. There are several more references, however i couldn't see a single reference towards Israel and i was paying very close attention.
The movie is almost 2 decades old, quite before it was plain clear to the mainstream that Israel has been waging war in the region so i imagine the director was very careful here and engaged in self-censorship, which i find disgusting because it clearly gives Israel some plausible deniability of their huge involvement in the war, ffs they leveled and occupied half the country how can you omit this.
i need more confirmation for this, is this true?
https://fixupx.com/Truthtellerftm/status/1940844768612802683?s=20
I just realized where the drive for suburbanites to wash their cars comes from. They know they should be spraying something with a hose but instead of watering their tomatoes they are spraying their car.
Sometimes I just look at my uni's degree sheets and think about double majoring for no reason. Idk why, but it feels good imagining me getting another degree. I think I just like completing things on lists and getting recognition of task completion once I'm done.
Edit: I won't cause I need to graduate though. But I might minor in physics or stats or something
getting recognition of task completion once I’m done.
oh yeah.
Please could we do trigger warnings and sensor the r word in a similar way to Hexbear? Thank you.
I dont see where the R word was used in the GDT
Not in this thread, one of the post titles on the main page.
Cell tower disguised as a tree in a historic site in china.
I wonder if statistics should be considered partially a social science rather than an entirely mathematical one. Obviously math is important but...I'll think about it and come back to this
Edit: mm probably not. I was just thinking about how economics is very much more a social science than what "economists" want it to be so I was trying to think of any other fields that may be like this
It's an interesting thing to think about - I would argue that you have a point, but unlike economics, which is by definition social because humans are fundamental to the economy - statistics can be focused on non-human subjects across the natural sciences. But, when statistics is applied to humans and societies e.g. through sample surveys, I would argue that in those situations it is operating as a social science.
I've not delved deeply into the definitions around this, my work is usually in programme evaluation in the development sector, but I'd be interested to look up academic writing around this question.
I'm unfortunately one of those crazy people who is genuinely enthusiastic about the philosophy of science and abstract definitions.
Also I feel like Tarot cards are so much more interesting in fiction then they are irl. I was considering buying a pack and then kinda just sat there thinking "what the hell am I going to do with these?"
Tbh it feels kinda oversaturated in fiction, or maybe just an easy way to do symbolism without investing time and effort.
"Oh we need a way to represent change"
"Ope here's the death tarot card".
"We need a way to represent the start of the adventure"
"Here's the fool tarot card." Etc. Etc.
It's kinda cheap since tarot cards in fiction inherently work via the chekovs gun and similar rules
I used to read tarot for people when I was a homeless wanderer. Tarot are way cooler than you think. They are a mentalist trick like cold reading but they have beneficial uses. The purpose isn't to blow peoples minds by tricking them into thinking you know things you shouldn't know (though it might seem that way) the purpose is to provide a new perspective for people think through their issues. They are a tool for single issue therapy sessions, A Dear Abby column where you don't have to expose yourself to anyone to get personal advice.
They get people to reconsider the inputs and outputs of their current situation some of them being glaringly obvious and others being obscure things they hadn't considered. Then they spell out a potential resolution of the situation based on those inputs.
If you spend lots of time around groups of people who are also wasting time they are a great way to pick up some pocket change or just make conversations with people.
more indepth explanation of the mechanics
Each card represents an archetype, a state of being, a mood or a type of transition and have keywords or phrases to express their meaning that everyone can identify with. The position of the card in the spread is where in the person being read's life that archetype or situation is. (so in a 3 card spread its past on the left present in the center and future to the right) Most of the cards tell a little story of their own in order to highlight what ideas they represent. (like the 3 of wands is a guy on a hill watching some boats, The boats are his and they are carrying his work off to another port and when they return he will get paid, and it symbolizes waiting for the results of your actions.)
A person asks a question which sets their brain up to focus on the part of their life that the cards will relate to. (I don't like them to say it out loud.) The more specifically worded the question the more focused the person is on the situation and more direct the cards can address it. (things like Will I get that job/promotion? How can I move my romantic interest to a romantic partnership? how can I help that that rad lib become a comrade?)
The reader then begins laying out cards, first explaining the meaning of the position, placing the card and explaining the meaning of the card.
The cards cast a bit of a wide net so the person reading the cards needs to pick up on which aspect of the card connects with the questioner. Depending on what the question was the questioner's mind will relate the description of the card to a specific person or situation and they will exhibit a subtle indication that this has happened. This is usually done subconsciously on the part of both the reader and the questioner which is why it seems like magic.
When all the cards are out the reader then reads out the whole spread saying only the parts of the cards meaning that the questioner reacted to. They tell a generic outline of a story and the questioner fills in all the details in their mind. The cards point the questioner at details that have contributed to their situation that they may not have considered or reaffirm their suspicions about their involvement.
So the meaning of the cards is really interpreted by the questioner. The reader is just facilitating a reexamination of the questioners situation with new context.
Its like the reader explains a synopses of a movie that they haven't seen but the questioner has seen. Some of the details the reader says are things that the questioner didn't really notice and suddenly they come into glaring focus and allow them to get a deeper understanding of the story. The reader also read a synopses of a potential sequel and the questioner is left to decide how to make the sequel better than suggested.
Side note: The reader and the questioner not knowing each other leads to the best results because the reader's job is not to think, it is just to read the cards and the questioners reactions to the cards. That way the reader acts as a catalyst for the questioner to talk to themselves. The less information the reader has the less personal conjecture they can accidentally slip in.
China: Cyberpunk without the punk
US:Cyberpunk without the cyber
I’m so sick of this system man. I want to be able to afford shit again. I should have kms when I had the chance.