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Israel has shut down the Internet of Gaza to intensify its genocidal operations.

Iran did the same in 2019 and killed civilian protesters all around the country in the dark.

Fascist states are alike despite their geopolitical differences.

Milo Manara's comic adaptation of Umberto Eco's "Name Of The Rose"!

Holy shit, incredible, why am I only hearing about this now, etc etc etc.

I mean---look at this goddamn art (from the bit where Adso has a religious vision while looking at reliefs on a door, like the dork he is):

The best and worst thing about my Wi-Fi is that it doesn’t reach the toilet.

Heads up: all your posts here on Bluesky can be read. There is no “privacy” even in the current invite-only model.

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The Apartments with No Entrance - The Fourth Media A shady land sale has left the residents of Sea Park Apartments locked in a decades-long land dispute, with no control over their own homes.

I’ve always told people that if my current rental doesn’t work out, this apartment block is my next best option.

Sad to learn of the unusual legal quandary the residents are in

If it helps my tattoo artist is also scared of injections

Hahaha I’ve been planning to organise a queer fanfic event in early 2024, should I ajak you sekali

I have been thinking lately of returning to blogging, a place to collect my thoughts more coherently

Lmk if you want the ebook! I have it in epub I think

Critics Furious Microsoft Is Training AI by Sucking Up Water During Drought Some people in Iowa are mad that Microsoft used a ton of water to train AI while Iowa has been in a drought caused by climate change.

"ChatGPT is not a necessity for human life, and yet we are literally taking water to feed a computer."

There’s also a follow up book Polywise, and I wish I knew if I could just jump to it immediately without losing much.

It’s valid to consider it super personal, are you comfortable drawing the boundary when asked about it?

I am having one of my disgustingly productive days today.

Finally reading Polysecure to better understand poly relationships and it immediately launches into a basic intro on attachment styles.

No wonder the young poly queers around me keep asking what my attachment style is.

(A dubious online test said “secure”, but apparently that cannot be possible)

Every week I watch my German colleague discover the various shades of ask/guess culture across Southeast Asia, and I marvel that she can still be so steadfast in her absolutes.

Then the app will say they follow PDPA, except the PDPA excludes application on government, so essentially it does fuck all

Colleague: We must not do this.
Me: When you say we cannot do this, on a scale of 1–10, how much can we not do it?
Colleague: 10?! It’s serious. Do not do this.
Me: *mentally trying to gauge if this is an 8, 9, or actually 10*

This is what my German colleague and I are often like.

Ahhhhh you’re the reason they pop up so much on my algorithm