artifactsofchina

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[–] artifactsofchina@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

+1 for the new community idea. I would definitely followi it. I remember when occupy was happening there was organising via reddit. It may have just been lots of pizzas being ordered, but it did seem like a legitimate community.

[–] artifactsofchina@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

As a non anxious person who recently missed a flight, thanks for this. This is my guide for 2026.

[–] artifactsofchina@lemmy.world 17 points 3 months ago (1 children)

It always gets me that Matthew Broderick killed two people in a car crash and got off with a $100 fine. I love Ferris Bueller's day off, and I think he's really talented, but like this happened just after that movie, and he just did not seem to be held to account for it.

[–] artifactsofchina@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

What is this?

Is this a Fiat?

[–] artifactsofchina@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago (2 children)

I remember hearing that the Sahara desert was created by Romans salting the earth.

That can't possibly be true?

Also I wonder how it is connected to Jesus saying 'you are the salt of the earth'. That seems like am entirely different thing, but then again maybe not?

I feel like the most modern equivalent is Vietnam.

[–] artifactsofchina@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

I'm sorry for being five minutes late again for them so that maybe one day in a hundred years time I hear me a list with a gun and we will be to see how people balance it out in a hundred years time I hear me a list with a gun and we will be to see how people balance it out.

[–] artifactsofchina@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Andre Staltz, who developed manyverse, posted recently showing himself working in construction https://bsky.app/profile/staltz.com/post/3m6qwv56xyc2v

I think he is still coding too, but it is cool to see how people balance it out.

[–] artifactsofchina@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Umm, wow!

Feel like this comment deserves more attention.

Would you share any of those photos?

Incredible.

[–] artifactsofchina@lemmy.world 6 points 5 months ago

Not in America so viewing you as on the front lines of this present catastrophe.

Please do everything you can to avoid further entrenching resentment.

It looks like your country is so bitterly divided. I've visited once, and my impression was then that there is a lot more grey than any media or the internet conveys.

If you're living close to someone who supported that maniac, please do what you can to build bridges so that they can find a way back to sanity. I get that it's not fair and that responsibility should fall on them. But realistically I think you need to be the adult in the relationship.

Please do what you can to build bridges and be compassionate, curious. Own your own sense of moral outrage and dignity, but give these people space to make their mistakes and learn from them, without your judgement. Direct your hatred and anger against the acts that upset you, but be gracious and kind in your relationships. Allow your mother in law to be wrong. Honour whatever is good in her.

Don't be a player hater!

If she says something racist, don't just let it stand. But where you can, see if you can draw out her reasons. See if you can uncover the true fears behind the scapegoating. Just let her be heard, without judgement. Be curious about the person. And where you can do so with humility, share your own beliefs and what is important to you. But share in the interests of being known, not of flag bearing.

Give yourself space where you need. It's OK to feel strongly, and to be upset. But please, do the work to build bridges, don't let your family be divided by an utter madman.

 

Like do they actually, reliably effect change in the way the activists intend?

Have they worked against Israel? Did they work against Apartheid South Africa? Could they work against Trump's America?

My hunch is that they don't, really, but can be a useful promotional tool for other issues. Like don't buy American is a simple message. If people will listen to that, they may listen to reasons why, which maybe could build a movement.

But on the whole I am very sceptical, and would be interested in any reasons for or against boycotts.

[–] artifactsofchina@lemmy.world 11 points 6 months ago

Does anyone else feel like 'my brain-washing has been completed' when they find themselves upvoting obscure loss menes?

[–] artifactsofchina@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

Thought this was a post on liminal spaces, for a second.

 

From Bert and Ernie. And it still seems appropriate.

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