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[ July 9, 2025 - July 11, 2025] Conference or similar: Workshop on Walter Benjamin’s “theory of fascism” https://philevents.org/event/show/127314

Workshop on Walter Benjamin’s “theory of fascism”
The aim of this workshop is to schematize what we might call Walter Benjamin’s “theory of fascism.” The name “Walter Benjamin” may not necessarily call to mind an explicit theorization of fascism. While Benjamin is well-loved for his aesthetic theory, his critique of historical and technical “progress,” and his theorization of juridical violence, none of these necessarily indicate a unifying or even detailed theory of fascism such as we find in the work of his contemporaries, such…

Hey Canada, Greenland and Panama, did you know that "...the U.S. government argued that Bin Laden and Soleimani posed an imminent threat and that the killings were defensive and, therefore, justified under international law."
I'm not saying anyone should hurt anyone. Violence is never a good answer. I also think someone threatening to invade and take possession of you by force is...bad.
quote source:

What does international law say about targeted killings? | CBC News
It certainly wasn't the first time a government was accused of orchestrating a killing on foreign soil, but observers around the world were nonetheless shocked by Prime Minister's Justin Trudeau's allegation that India's leaders had a hand in killing a Canadian citizen earlier this year in B.C. 

[ March 25, 2025] CFP for publication or other deadline: null https://philevents.org/event/show/125826

Parenthood, Eugenics, and the Body (Special Issue of Christian Bioethics)
Submissions are invited for a special issue of Christian Bioethics on the theme: “Parenthood, Eugenics, and the Body.” Theme Description: There are a plurality of views of what it means to be a parent. There are a plurality of categories of parenthood as well: biological, genetic, adoptive, etc. This issue will examine the nature of parenthood from perspectives within the Christian faiths. Contributors may explore what it means to be a parent from a Christian perspective, how Christian stan…

"But in the end, a majority of American voters chose Trump because they wanted what he was selling: a nonstop reality show of rage and resentment. "
Tom Nichols
Trump Voters Got What They Wanted
https://www.

Trump Voters Got What They Wanted
Those who expect that Donald Trump will hurt others, and not them, are likely to be unpleasantly surprised.

really surprised to see all this traction around #bluesky right now. not sure what to make of it WRT fediverse and mastodon. kind of bums me out that people are not migrating here.

Thierry Neuville, FINALLY 2024 #WRC champion!! A decade in the making.
Really sad that it came at the expense of Tanak who was driving masterfully, but really excited to see what these two can do next year!

Useful #shakespeare quote to squirrel away and use over the next four years...
*"What cracker is this same that deafs our ears with this abundance of superfluous breath?"*
The Life & Death of King John, Act 2, scene one.

Series B, Episode 04 - Horizon
AVON: What did it say - decode.
ZEN: It is in Federation code nine. Message reads, "Top priority signal to any Federation pursuit unit, from Kommissar, planet Horizon. Request assistance. Ruler of Horizon unreliable, am disposing of him. Rebel spaceship at grid reference ten by thirteen double-u zed. Request you destroy this spaceship at once. Also inform Federation Central Control of this action. Await confirmation."

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Sonnet 024 - XXIV
Mine eye hath play'd the painter and hath steel'd,
Thy beauty's form in table of my heart;
My body is the frame wherein 'tis held,
And perspective it is best painter's art.
For through the painter must you see his skill,
To find where your true image pictur'd lies,
Which in my bosom's shop is hanging still,
That hath his windows glazed with thine eyes.
Now see what good turns eyes for eyes hav…

What. The. Actual. Fuck.
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Mikey Shulman, the CEO and founder of the AI music generator company Suno AI, thinks people don’t enjoy making music.
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Suno was trained on heaps of copyrighted music it fed into its training dataset without consent, a practice Suno is currently being sued for by the recording industry.
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https://www.404media.co/ceo-of-ai-music-company-says-people-dont-like-making-music/

«How to Learn Rust in 2024: A Complete Beginner’s Guide to Mastering Rust Programming»
– from @… on @… blog
Yes, I admit, I have to seriously go through this because I still find learning Rust difficult.
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How to Learn Rust in 2024: A Complete Beginner’s Guide to Mastering Rust Programming | The RustRover Blog
So, you're thinking about choosing Rust as your next programming language to learn. You already know what it means to write code and have some experience with at least one programming language, probab

@… updated his browser extension "Social Visual Alt Text" to add Bluesky support.
I install this addon whenever I can to quickly see what alt text people have written on Mastodon.
Go get it for Firefox or Chrome:

My dear dear friend had been misdiagnosed with lingering pneumonia in the spring, and had spells of being very sick, nothing was helping. She finally got a breast cancer diagnosis a couple of weeks ago, and it had already spread everywhere, two weeks later she passed. I’m still in shock. Please stay up to date with your self exams and mammograms, and if you have an ailment that’s not clearing up, keep seeing doctors until they figure out what it is, get second opinions! Don’t wait. Love you Mary.

This poor dude has to explain what transpired on an absolute freakshow of an #online #date and... wow.
I mean, I've had some bad ones in my single years but OMG SO CRINGE LMAO

You know the North Koreans are getting owned when I can share a new, 4 minute long video of them getting owned and owned and owned by a plethora of drone strikes, AND share an article about how they are getting owned and owned and owned by cluster munitions, to what appears to be an even greater degree.

Ukrainian Artillery Rained Cluster Shells On Exposed North Korean Troops
A single Dual-Purpose Improved Conventional Munition dispenses 88 submunitions.

What is even better than #rsync?
@… \o/
That's how I shovel TBs of data through my tiny copper line.

#Blakes7 Series C, Episode 11 - Moloch
CALLY: What sort of answer's that?
ORAC: A succinct one. - To elaborate, the Sardoans avoid any form of social contact which might lead to genetic change. Their decision to avoid the normal evolutionary process followed exhaustive computer projections into their future.

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What's the path of least resistance to archive reddit.com threads that are somehow still online?
I've seen that web.archive.org and archive.is can get blocked by reddit's bot detection, and even if not, they don't archive all the permalinks to nested comments etc.
#datahoarder #dataarchival #webarchiving

Oxfam: Carbon inequality kills https://policy-practice.oxfam.org/resources/carbon-inequality-kills-why-curbing-the-excessive-emissions-of-an-elite-few-can-621656/

Sonnet 077 - LXXVII
Thy glass will show thee how thy beauties wear,
Thy dial how thy precious minutes waste;
The vacant leaves thy mind's imprint will bear,
And of this book, this learning mayst thou taste.
The wrinkles which thy glass will truly show
Of mouthed graves will give thee memory;
Thou by thy dial's shady stealth mayst know
Time's thievish progress to eternity.
Look what thy memory cannot contain,
Commit to th…

I asked my daughter what that big machine was and she guessed “a synthesizer?” 😂 #synthesizer https://chaos.social/@leyrer/113452077797444486

leyrer (@leyrer@chaos.social)
Attached: 1 image Unattended children get an IBM System/370 and a Cobol starter lecture.

"My own hope and belief about what would transpire last night was sadly and profoundly wrong—like many, I have the emotional and intellectual flaw, if that’s what it is, of assuming that people are wiser and more decent than they actually turn out to be. I feel chastened—distraught—about my apparently naive view of human nature."
George Conway
America Did This to Itself

America Did This to Itself
And now we all must suffer through it.

Awkward when you're literally doing more organizing in a whole other city where the knob who thinks he's — actually I don't know what he thinks he's accomplishing — lives, than the actual knob who &c.
🖕🏾

Just came back from Las Vegas & had a really great time doing everything I wanted to do including everything at Area15. Sure glad I didn't miss any----- WHAT THE @#$% THE CRYSTAL METHOD PERFORMING LIVE GODDAMMIT
https://area15.com/events/tcmxritm/?event_dt=2024-12-0…

The Crystal Method x Rabbit In The Moon
Join us at AREA15’s The Wall on December 6th for an electrifying night with Rabbit in the Moon and The Crystal Method. Get Tickets Now!

Series D, Episode 04 - Stardrive
TARRANT: What use will that be? The main drive chamber can't be pressurized. How do you carry out a delicate repair operation wearing a spacesuit and gauntlets?
VILA: I don't.
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/404/48 B7B5

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So I've finally finished #Arcane but not sure what to think. I couldn't do a rewatch of S1 as I wanted, but I didn't feel the same connection and impact as back then.

To all my #Microsoft employee followers, it's almost time for the annual announcement of the company #UglySweater holiday charity benefit. No idea what they have planned.
Prepare yourselves. 😜

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#Blakes7 Series D, Episode 04 - Stardrive
AVON: They couldn't. Which means that that one has been fitted with a new form of main drive unit.
ORAC: Which also means that the photonic space drive has been finally perfected by Dr. Plaxton.

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But in better news today I also finished #Frieren and holy cow that was amazing, can't wait for season 2.
My full review: https://boxd.it/80sUvz

A ★★★★★ review of Frieren: Beyond Journey's End (2023)
Season 1 When you think the series has reached its peak, when you think you know what's going to happen next, when you think the story can't get any better: it does, and it surprise you in many ways. I'm not really into fantasy/medieval series, specially in anime where it gets a little bit cliche for me. And yet, this has become easily one of my favorites Animes. If you are holding on for this reason, I highly encourage you to watch it.

Series D, Episode 13 - Blake
SOOLIN: Another calculated risk?
DAYNA: Try and get the sums right this time.
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/413/180 B7B5

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Series A, Episode 05 - The Web
VILA: All I said was what do you think of the outfit.
ZEN: Repair monitors report explosive device attached to primary power channel.
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/105/95 B7B5

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Don't ask why I trust #BLAKE3, you too or do you recommend something else and for what? 🧑‍💻 :BoostOK:
#code #sha #hashtag

#Blakes7 Series C, Episode 09 - Sarcophagus
VILA: What's Cally supposed to have?
TARRANT: No time for a discussion, Vila. You stay here.
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/309/251<…

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Series C, Episode 04 - Dawn of the Gods
DAYNA: It had a sort of claw.
AVON: Designed to tear things apart. Space craft, for example.
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/304/219 B7B4

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Series A, Episode 10 - Breakdown
JENNA: It all happened so quickly. One minute he was crying with pain, then he went beserk.
VILA: I'm glad he's a friend. Could get very painful if he really didn't like you.
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/110/10 B7B3

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Series C, Episode 03 - Volcano
MORI: [V.O.] If you come in that approach, you will find no detectors to pick you up, and no opposition.
SERVALAN: Excellent. We will regroup immediately and approach on that bearing.
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/303/565 B7B3

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Series B, Episode 06 - Trial
BLAKE: Yes ... I don't suppose you know how to speed up the timer on a hom- [Sees that Zil is out of earshot] - homing beacon? Yeah. [He straightens up and starts after her. Zil has collapsed.] Zil, what's wrong?
ZIL: Zil is lost. [The ground opens near her. Blake scoops her up and walks off with her.] The Host will take...
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Series C, Episode 03 - Volcano
SERVALAN: [V.O.] Message received. Battle fleet, withhold action.
[Two troopers enter, one carrying Orac.]
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/303/435 B7B5

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Series C, Episode 05 - The Harvest of Kairos
TARRANT: The harvest week ended twelve hours ago. Whatever goes on down here is about to start.
DAYNA: If it hasn't started already.
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/305/432 B7B2

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#Blakes7 Series B, Episode 03 - Weapon
RASHEL: What do you think's out there?
COSER: How should I know? I don't care as long as it stays there.
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/203/355

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Series A, Episode 11 - Bounty
JENNA: Goodbye.
TYCE: Goodbye, Blake. You'll always be welcome on Lindor.
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/111/541 B7B3

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