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@hex@kolektiva.social
2025-06-14 10:21:24

I have my share of issues with Parkrose Permaculture, but she has a lot of things I do strongly agree with. I can't stress enough that you never dehumanize your enemies. You can respond appropriately to violence. You can defend yourself from them by any means necessary. But you do not dehumanize them. You always limit your response to the minimum necessary to defend yourself.
There are a number of former Nazi skins who became antifascists after realizing they were wrong. Those folks tend to be some of the most dedicated because they feel a debt, and some of the most knowledgeable because they were there. Coming out of these types of cults, police included, is hard and takes time. A lot of us don't have the ability to work with them. But some do.
By repeatedly humanizing your opponent, you can break some of them. The #Seattle Police Department was not defunded but saw a massive reduction in numbers because their morale was destroyed. Some people will never change. Some people are broken and feel like they need the power. But if you change one person's mind, even give them something to think about, it's a crack. If even one cop quits, that's one less trained gun pointed at you in the future.
The 18 year old marines and federalized national guard troops out there are literally kids. A lot of them came from poor communities. They are being used in a way they haven't been trained to do, doing things they (should) have been told are not legal. They joined to get out of poverty, to go to college, or to "defend the American people" (regardless of how misguided that is). Few, if any, of them joined to abuse people. They will be especially open to persuasion.
Remind those troops that they are carrying out illegal orders, that they are being called on to violate their oath to protect the constitution, that they are suppressing the free speech of the fellow Americans they swore to defend. Remind them that the people they could be illegally arresting now are just like their parents, their neighbors, their families, the friends who didn't join. Remind them that this is the first step. They will be called on to kill Americans if they let this keep going.
Remind them ICE sleeps in hotels while they sleep on the ground. Remind them that their drunk and incompetent leadership thinks of them as disposable tools. Remind them that some of these people are out protesting *for them* against cuts to the VA and other services. Remind them that the people they're defending refuse to make college free so they can recruit from poor schools. Remind them that they will always be welcome when they're ready to join the side of freedom and justice.
When you dehumanize your enemies, you unify them. When you humanize your enemies, you can divide them. There is no weapon available to us right now so powerful as compassion.
youtu.be/YtWOYUDMsBw

@gfriend@mas.to
2025-04-14 17:19:08

And from the [not] #freemarket annals: 
"And of course, patients don't get to merge to monopoly (that's what governments are for, and we know how Blue Cross feels about single payer care). Workers don't get to merge to monopoly either (that's what unions are for, and no one hates a union more than a health care monopolist)."
PS: CEO says "authorization never sa…

@jake4480@c.im
2025-06-11 11:40:31

The original Jurassic Park flick was released in U.S. theaters today (June 11) in 1993. I was 13 at the time, and had actually read Crichton's book. I was psyched to see Jurassic Park in the theater, which I did, with my family. I loved it- it was wild. I was intrigued by dinosaurs then, and still am. But this was and still is the only JP movie I've seen- I never saw any of the sequels.
I've certainly had a crush on Laura Dern ever since 😍

The Jurassic Park movie poster, black background with dinosaur logo in black, red and white
Jurassic Park characters stare at a Brachiosaurus from a Jeep
Laura Dern and Sam Neill
The T-Rex and jeeps in the rain

Chris Landry has a green card.
Lived in the US since he was 3 years old.
But, "In 2004 and 2007, Landry faced charges of marijuana possession and driving w a suspended license... suspended sentence & paid his fines."
"never thought that that would threaten my status"
nbcnews.com/ne…

@TFG@social.linux.pizza
2025-07-14 07:32:53

So.. my partner and I had dinner yesterday while there was a documentary on TV in the background.
After dinner she asked me if I knew about this weirdo the documentary was about.
I said "Of course."
She replied "I didn't until today"
.. I was like ... no way...
Ladies and gentlemen ....it's still possible... at this day... to meet someone who never heard about

@kurtsh@mastodon.social
2025-07-12 16:37:57

If you're in #LasVegas, be sure to dine at the best restaurant in town, "Le Cirque".
And say hi to our waiter, Martin. Literally the best in the business.
✅ Our Interview with Chief Waiter Martin Fischer of Le Cirque Restaurant – The Las Vegas Book

@pgcd@mastodon.online
2025-06-14 16:53:11

This goshawk (?) was completely frozen in place - she had just killed what seems to be a crow, and the other crow on the fence was making a call i never ever heard (kinda like a cat looking at a bird, iykwim) and there were a couple other crows circling around.
I found it a very sad demonstration that life is a bit shit for everyone involved.

A goshawk (probably) on the ground with what seems to be a crow chick in her claws.
A hooded crow watching over the goshawk while calling (for help, maybe?)
@arXiv_csCY_bot@mastoxiv.page
2025-07-14 08:17:22

Effect of Static vs. Conversational AI-Generated Messages on Colorectal Cancer Screening Intent: a Randomized Controlled Trial
Neil K. R. Sehgal, Manuel Tonneau, Andy Tan, Shivan J. Mehta, Alison Buttenheim, Lyle Ungar, Anish K. Agarwal, Sharath Chandra Guntuku
arxiv.org/abs/2507.08211

@chris@mstdn.chrisalemany.ca
2025-07-10 18:35:54

I don't usually advocate for an outcome like this... but this time I am because really the question isn't about the CBC. It's about Canadian sovereignty. Trump should have no part of any decision in Canada, period. So whether you love the CBC or not, the only correct answer here is No because we should never allow a foreign dictator to make decisions for us.
#CanPoli #CdnPoli #ElbowsUp
mastodon.online/@ZebKing/11482

Little more than a year ago,
Kristi Noem’s political prospects appeared to be in freefall.
The then South Dakota governor was criss-crossing the country on an ill-fated book tour,
widely seen, at least initially, as an audition to be Donald Trump’s running mate.
Instead, Noem found herself on the defensive – a position Trump never likes to be in – after revealing in her memoir that she had shot the family’s “untrainable” hunting dog,
a 14-month-old wirehair poi…