Neekerbreeker 🇺🇸🇺🇦 @Neekerbreeker@social.cleverlibre.org
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Chemist, science defender, medical writer. Tolkien & LeGuin fangirl but will read cereal boxes and ketchup bottle labels in absence of other material. ❤️ Classic rock, words, mythology, clouds, maps, paleoanthropology, and the history of timekeeping 🕰️ (Profile banner, Irina Irbis, ArtStation)
Joined Nov 2022
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The Holocaust did not begin with killing; it began with words.
Genocides do not start with mass murder. That's where they end up.
Genocides & other mass atrocity crimes begin with words - specifically, with powerful people dehumanizing a minority.
Once they are seen as less than human, anything is possible, even mass murder.
👉 You can speak out loudly today for the rights of others, or you can stay silent & wait for tomorrow, when your rights will be taken away too.
I was just alerted of a large Twitter data breach. Info at first link below.
The security expert who originally broke the news in a tweet dated 23 Nov 2022 was suspended (second link). Thanks, Elon 🙄
https://web.archive.org/web/20221124080139/https://twitter.com/chadloder/status/1595557696131911680
#newbie #mastodontip Hi all, I just found the hashtag #trunk and thought it might be of interest 😊
The link below shows #fediverse #topics and people to follow and/or to which you can contribute. (Please note requirements; e.g., 20 original posts on your profile).
For people: follow in the usual way. For topics: make a post, tag one of the listed mods, and request to be added to your topic(s) of interest.
Please be patient as it appears they're super busy!
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When challenging someone's perspective stop and ask yourself these questions...
1) What do I understand about the others perspective?
2) What do I understand about my own perspective?
3) Could I be wrong?
4) What do I want the other to understand about my perspective?
5) What do I want the other to understand about their own perspective?
If you find yourself skipping the first three, you're not really trying to have a discussion and may want to check your ego.
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Today's blog post is a little odd. If we wanted to change the common name of a species, could we? I looked at data from three real attempts! https://scientistseessquirrel.wordpress.com/2022/11/22/can-you-change-a-species-common-name/
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Looking over the parapets of #Carisbooke #Castle we can see the #boneyard beyond. This castle was once the living heart of the Island, but now it is but a broken one. Windswept and grey, a hulk that has stood in one shape or another for over a millennia. How many have died on these walls and how many #shades stand here looking at the #graves? The #shadows of the past clinging thick with the restless dead. #Ghost #GhostStories #Folklore #Cemetery #Folklore #MythicMonday #TombTuesday
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https://youtube.com/watch?v=bmzv_12C6q8&feature=share ⚡️🇬🇧 Eugen Rochko, Mastodon CEO/Founder Interview on (BBC Newsnight VIDEO) #Ukraine #News #War #Russia #Twitter #Mastodon #Musk #ElonMusk #TwitterRIP #StarLink #SecurityRisk
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@Ged LeGuin is one of my favorites too. It's nice to meet another fan!
I recently found a talk in which she reads a portion of the first chapter. I loved hearing her pronounce the goat spell! This should start there (14:00 min.):
If you're accessing Mastodon from a Mac and you're willing to use apps in beta, I recommend trying Mammoth. Some features are still in development but I've been trying it alongside Metatext. I like them both but Mammoth is pulling ahead due to a very nice UI!
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RT @shannonrwatts@twitter.com
THIS is what the NRA posted yesterday - a meme mocking people with they/them pronouns.
Gun manufacturers foment bigotry, racism and misogyny, and then watch the money roll in when Americans buy guns after every mass shooting.
The hate is a feature, not a bug. https://twitter.com/nra/status/1593772334032248832
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/shannonrwatts/status/1594492205032673280
@Ged That’s gorgeous! Thank you. Orkney is high on my travel list…hope I can get there someday. The historic sites look wonderful.
(Btw I noticed your username. Is it from A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. LeGuin?)
@monsterlander Wow, beautiful! Thanks for sharing.
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Calanais, Isle of Lewis
#StandingStoneSunday #ancient #scotland #hebrides
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Tomnaverie recumbent stone circle, Aberdeenshire
#StandingStoneSunday
#Aberdeenshire
#NorthEastScotland
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@richieholland I came here to create a "parachute" dependant on how things go on Twitter but despite a largish following there, I much prefer it here and hope I can make this my primary place and help to grow it within, what seems so far, to be a more mature community.
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Chemist, science defender, medical writer. Tolkien & LeGuin fangirl but will read cereal boxes and ketchup bottle labels in absence of other material. ❤️ Classic rock, words, mythology, clouds, maps, paleoanthropology, and the history of timekeeping 🕰️ (Profile banner, Irina Irbis, ArtStation)
Joined Nov 2022
