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This is how it should be…

A woman gets pregnant. She needs OR WANTS an abortion. Ask once. “Are you sure” then do it.

If YOU are against abortions. Don’t have one. Do not make the choice for a person to have to raise a child they don’t want. The reason doesn’t matter.

@NewSammyChan
So just for clarifying... about the scenario - it might not be clear as apart from the intentional knowing it's broken and not saying, but often one doesn't know and if using a condom then most don't pull out so seems a bit like two scenario with first being obvious it's wrong and the other I'm not sure so maybe you could clarify as 'stealth' to me seems to possibly mean not having condom on or pretending... so a broken condom wouldn't be stealth... anyway clearing that would help see what you meant.... thanks

In a closed society where everybody’s guilty, the only crime is getting caught.

@collectedoverspread

Highlights of: "Ruling Out Everything Else"

TL;DR Something said could mean BOTH or more than one thing...

so if arguing about X =X then this is often wrong between humans who value or think of things as [X=X and a bit of Y and Z to me] and it can change instantly according to further discussion / argument like [X=Y now that I heard a bit more and agree with your points of view / interpretation]

like you would attached sentiment attributes to something or have a variety of situational interpretations about a happening etc - and that is multiple meaning multiplied by how many people there are!!

Excerpt from page:

Blake: "No, X just means X!"

Cameron: "It means both....

MULTIPLE MEANINGS
The above shows the flaw of (human interpretation or situational application (of numbers and words especially) where I can say a number or word and may mean MULTIPLE MEANINGS OF WHAT IT REPRESENTS.....

WHAT IT REPRESENTS *** TO ME **** NOT YOU SEEMS IMPORTANT...

Now maybe you don't care what it means to me and maybe I don't care what it means to you, but IF I'm AN AUTHORITY around here then you will understand how important / unfair these multiple meanings are and how harmful it can be !

(deliberate misuse / being ambiguous to introduce manipulation / swindling / scamming / victimising others without explicitly saying)

End of multiple meanings lesson!

Android phones have comparable functions. So just leave your mobile at home. If you fear for violent clashes or need the assurance, switch it off, put it in a faraday cage and only switch it back on when you are at a busy place where people obviously meet. 4/n

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@mike_hales @mako Most coop people don't understand software, let alone Free Software. Most Free Software people don't understand coops. The intersection of these two groups is tiny, but hopefully growing.

What I would like to see would be more people interested in learning, and less people trying to impose their very particualr views on the other camp.

The implied assumption that Free Software projects can't possibly stay honest is indicative that a lot more work is needed.

@feditips @konni@toot.kartonrad.de @roq
Cool - good to know the theory.
And as always expect more to the story. Generally 'these guys' generally seem to do thing right or by their own good ways so it's reassuring there is a good reason and even shortcuts are measured or part of the overall which fill in later despite some initial 'aesthetics' and missing stuff let's say :)

The best visual example and how I feel with great people and good work to do!

This is important to me to express how it feels talking to the greatest people on Earth and be trusted for the love of it all!
Thank You!

(And I hope you the reader in future can make friends of the planet too!)

I enjoy listening to music between everything and keeping the energy of music like one long fitness session!! (fitness of the mind too!). And this energy permeates right through all of what I do... even when not listening.

So listen to some music and then let's talk....

But not after dancing and bopping your head wherever you are!

Bring your best tracks and favourite talking topics!

Now is the time to get in touch and dance!... Get in touch with someone else and dance some more! Spread the love in all things!

Mastodon creator Eugen on the podcast talking about Mastodon. Thanks!

The audio attached has 0 adverts + 0 tracking. The video to this doesn't but anyway is just a static logo with small audio bars moving up and down a bit.

Audio saves the planet and your privacy + native playback on Mastodon for important Eugen/Mastodon-related media!

For video, if you really need, then visit these better links below that filter the video ads and tracking (to 0). It works with any YouTube video not just this podcast:

invidious.sethforprivacy.com/w

or

redirect.invidious.io/watch?v=

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Mastodon needs to sort this linking to Google out - It's fundamental and very similar to the existence of Mastodon in the first place it seems. So we could avoid pushing links to Google YouTube and at least offer alternatives for our people (PRIVACY BY DEFAULT) and then use originally pasted youtube links as the fallback (we re-route links by default and offer original as backup).

Mastodon and privacy as the the default everywhere if not just for the 100000000's links every day!

You have the stats admin - how many links are click-thrus to Google? And is it our responsibility? ❓ :equipped:

Eco-friendly portable swimming

A way to relax. A bit of fun for the city dweller and even to collect some rainwater for something else after...

@downey
It is what it is - main thoughts:

-People need to stop funding it / choose where our taxes go
-Need to build more trust within people and build something
-Focus on something else that is not a short term loop of the 'Next bad thing' like television

Things like this ok for 1 look but we know now the template and the money fuelling it... as ever.

~30% of websites use Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS)
"Cloud" computing or remote storage more technically.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon_W

Sites on the internet are stored on Amazon servers, giving them even more access to data trends and physical control over the internet existence. Something of an end-game there if we become dependant on that.

Even if mitigated it's still their pipe and space, which ultimately you can monitor, if not simply in the way of needing pay for it / maintain contact with them.

If you don't shop at Amazon, consider this also as it's not as clear but you're shopping at Amazon.

The cheap upgrades and all-you-can-eat appearance is not a good model and eventually encouraging bad computer / costing energy mass.
So anyway as the world expand nd contracts you're going to be back one day to running on a hard disk or finding your own geographic solutions (Germany seems strongest at the moment. Tutanota email etc) since AWS is fracturing and centralising the damage constantly for you in USA to appear 'all you can eat' 24/7 but isn't really. It's just a spike in how it's possible and it is also political in the way it's setup / consumed / paid for.
Just a thought.... and some end-game reality after this period of perceived excess dips back down.

@Tutanota
Google / Youtube Video links can be Filtered using filtering servers

redirect.invidious.io/watch?v=

(works with any youtube video, just change after v= or search using search engine to get same video - No tracking / No Adverts):

@unpopop LOOKING FOR HELP ON POLITICS TO CONVINCE ME (I'M WILLING) ABOUT HOW IT WORKS:

A few comments and even adjustments, at least in my view -

Politicians are Businessmen.
This is the main thought, but I try convince myself as I go down the page and be softer than I am initially:

Politicians and Government Politics (is different to our personal politics).
Government Politics is just another soft-form of leadership and coercion in my current eyes using the roots that push things out and get them implemented (for Government itself). Being lead and killing time is a main process or just how things happen to happen (in my eyes) which is not direct enough as change and always leans toward these things- they (the mentality/the group) just keep measuring what they can do directly and the rest is slow increment and re-invented snakes later... much like the grandma game when things creep up on you when you turn your back, when you go to work or are busy with life and they are still there trying to do what they first signalled they wanted, even faster perhaps when you're not looking or simply the attack is to attack everything (this is a definition of Government perhaps!). No good, for everything, eventually, everything bad.

The position of politician seems either by definition or de-facto a kind of worker for that (please correct me) and they are haggling or softly grouping / representing people while mainly serving those that pay them / their heads / their parliament / their hierarchy / their government and all the swore in legal stuff probably in place like lawyers that when sworn in sweat never to go against the system. Probably the usual backroom / backdoor stuff also (life is not exactly transparent in all business I guess and maybe that's unfair to rope Politics also- would helps see all the 'books' and accounting).

Each politician represents a larger group and most have no contact of affiliation with those politicians but anyway it assumes control or representation of them.
Government definition #2 perhaps!

I hope someone can correct me in a way I can find the positives to increment...
I think Politics is actually a sport I could play but like watching cricket or train-spotting (which I can understand now) people might not understand and be repulsed against participation until the right person comes a long and shows how one ball game is very similar to the other or game dynamics interesting like a b c d.... but each sport does have it's fun once you know them of course... which is what I ask for and my aim with politics... but doesn't help that often I don't get a reply for these types of people.

So anyway as I see it now, rather than the people controlling politicians they are being represented by them in-directly and not enforced by the people.
Other points hope someone can make me eat my words afterwards:
Politicians probably get paid either way.
Politicians are in a limited system as many people looking our for their job MOER THAN ANYTHING LIKE ANY OTHER JOB.

BUT.... I'm really impressed with Pirate Party (in various countries...) although the name is probably the more paradoxical / genius turn off for people as they might not be able to bring themselves to say I vote for Pirates :)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pirate_P
That kind of amazing multi-meaning paradox is like existentialism... or maybe the badly labelled software that eventually is too great to ignore.
You will wonder about voting for a black flag logo (genius!) and then realise the The Pirate Bay type origins (see notes on Wikipedia) are nothing but honourable... if a bit scruffy looking sometimes (the knowledge and output has all increased 1000% it seems)

You said:
> So such leaders invariably end up being labelled bad.
> No matter if they are really bad or not.

I agree there, I'll label them badly because I believe xyz and measure the system to little of what I know (the system of people and government incentives/mechanism in place) which isn't totally correct - it's a long undoing of the system so all will look bad but can be perhaps honourable in this long slog. I will lean towards negative descriptions but I'm wrong to say all are bad and not just a mixture of less bad things like parents that don't know how political money is and for the war machine but end up growing kids totally on it and expect you to ignorantly do the same at 'whatever' job is available 'just for now'.
The system basically over time has been developed in such a way that it's difficult and ultimately controllers are not interested in humanity but pricing stuff. (over-simplified version there to cut myself short)

but having said that and I am gaining confidence in people more, even those in politics.
Those who can could talk about how it work more... so I don't have big gaps in my knowledge or have concrete example without battling anyone about it at the same time.

Videos shorts as a small break, one liners and scenes that reflect parts of what I think :

Scattered, Divided, Leaderless

invidious.snopyta.org/watch?v=

The World Isn't Run (Only) By Laws...
It's Run By People

invidious.snopyta.org/watch?v=

Knowing What to Fix
invidious.snopyta.org/watch?v=
(Looking for a solution o the mind, not what you hear)

The Moment You Think You Got It Figured, You're Wrong

invidious.snopyta.org/watch?v=
[Great American accent)

Fuck Them All joke

invidious.snopyta.org/watch?v=
(quite funny / true in the corporate sense)

@BlinkRape
No question mark at the end of your last sentence, so maybe it's not a question or big things... but generally I could say the 'beauty' of tech is also the weakness;

100's of people doing things that seem organised and that's why it can often seem such a mess which constantly needs fixing...

So behind the tech are lots are many factors... and people.
Buyer beware. [scary overtones]

See 1st post of any user, just add to URL: ?min_id=0 

See 1st post of any user, just add:

?min_id=0

Example for my profile's 1st post

qoto.org/@freeschool?min_id=0

Nice! :

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