@aral@mastodon.ar.al2025-10-17 14:42:01
Today, @… and I had the pleasure of talking to the families behind four Mastodon accounts from Gaza over video chat and we’re very happy to welcome them to Gaza Verified.
They are:
• Talal Naser – https://
@Techmeme@techhub.social2025-08-15 19:01:40
Sen. Josh Hawley launches a probe of Meta following a report on its AI policy allowing sensual chats with kids, tells Zuckerberg to produce docs by September 19 (Jonathan Vanian/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/08/15/meta-ai-bot-child-investigation.html
@hex@kolektiva.social2025-10-15 11:10:50
Perhaps the most interesting thing about the Nacirema people is their insistence that they do not participate in practices of which they clearly do. Equally unusual is the fact that, unlike other sacrificial cultures who raid neighboring tribes for victims, both slaves and victims for human sacrifice are only taken from within the society. In fact, there is a very strong cultural taboo against sacrificing or enslaving those from other tribes.
They are aware of the rituals of human sacrifice in other tribes, but claim such rituals to be inconsistent with their society. Yet their human sacrifice rituals are some of the most elaborate in the world. These rituals are so important that there is a whole part of Nacirema society dedicated specifically to arguing about who should and should not be sacrificed, restraining and feeding the potential victims for the years during which these arguments take place, and ultimately preparing and administering the ritual poison.
This is strangely similar to their approach to slavery. Both human sacrifice and slavery were once a much larger part of Nacirema society. Their human sacrifice rituals now take far longer and happen far less often, but at no point have they ever recognized these ritual sacrifices as such. Meanwhile, the Nacirema do acknowledge that slavery was part of their culture once. During the time when they did recognize their practice of slavery, they did raid other tribes for slaves. Now they follow the same complex ritual for slavery as they do for human sacrifice.
It is strange that, by following this ritual and only choosing victims from within their society, they seem to become incapable of seeing their behavior for what it is.
@leftsidestory@mstdn.social2025-09-17 00:30:02
On The Road - To Xi’An/ Urban Spots 🟤
在路上 - 去西安/ 城市的点 🟤
📷 Pentax MX
🎞️Fujifilm Neopan F, expired 1993
#filmphotography #Photography #blackandwhite
@Dragofix@veganism.social2025-10-12 22:59:56
When men drink, women and children pay the price #health
@cheryanne@aus.social2025-08-06 19:08:40
Mind Bubbles: Exploring Children's Big Feelings In A Fun Way
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: https://www.greataustralianpods.com/mind-bubbles-exploring-childrens-big-feelings-in-a-fun-way/
@ubuntourist@mastodon.social2025-09-10 14:40:06
“According to our president, there’s only two genders..."
Also according to him experiments with injecting bleach, shining UV lights up your ass, hydroxychloroquine, etc. should be pursued. I hope said student is following that advice too.
https://www.theguardian.c…
@benrosstransit@mastodon.social2025-08-06 13:08:12
Car culture at its absolute worst meets an unjust legal system. Parents lose a son and are then convicted of a felony because they let him walk across the street. Gift link https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/06/opinion
@Techmeme@techhub.social2025-10-08 20:26:20
New York City sues Meta, Alphabet, Snap, and ByteDance, accusing them of fueling a mental health crisis among children by addicting them to social media (Jonathan Stempel/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boa…
@benrosstransit@mastodon.social2025-08-06 13:13:48
Car culture at its absolute worst meets an unjust legal system. Parents lose a son and are then convicted of a felony because they let him walk across the street. Gift link https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/06/opinion
