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adhd_traco

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Just another weird millennial

Please no romancing

  • What book(s) are you currently reading or listening to? January 27

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  • Very different stuff. Due to chronic pain that affects my focus, I'm not reading thaaat much anymore, especially stuff for leisure, as it's even harder to focus when I'm supposedly relaxing. :)

    The closest, I guess, is Homer's Odyssey as an audio book (Emily Wilson translation) which I'm currently enjoying. In the beginning I thought she's going way too much into all the stuff surrounding the story, but after a while it made sense, and I'm grateful for it.

    Something I've read recently-ish: Psychopaths Anonymous by Will Carver. Kinda literary fast-food, unless you have an interest in the theme, but still both gruesome and funny. I think True Crime folks would enjoy this.

    The novel Children of Gebelawi by Naguib Mahfouz. He is a legendary Egyptian author. Someone told me he'd write his novels sitting outside cafes after work.

    Also by an Egyptian, and an easier read, I think, Beer in the Snooker Club

    Also currently reading: Ancient Egyptian Myths and Legends - Spencer, Lewis. This is somewhat leisure, I think, but non-fiction of course :)

    In a similar fact/fiction vein, I'm also working my way through: Strange Stories, Amazing Facts Stories That are Bizarre, Unusual, Odd, Astonishing, and Often Incredible.

    One of my favorite authors remains Haruki Murakami. Wind-up Bird Chronicle is my absolute favorite novel. Norwegian Wood, and 'Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World' come close behind.

    Broken Phoenix by Edmond Manning is something I really wanna read, to get some fantasy in there, but couldn't get my hands on yet 😭

    What kinda stuff do you enjoy?

  • What book(s) are you currently reading or listening to? January 27

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  • Glad you enjoyed it! Unfortunately my memory is really bad on his books. And what I liked back then as a teenager I might cringe at today. :) I think these two were my favorites.

    I remember reading Brighton Rock while in Brighton, though. It was written as a money-spinner, but apparently had pretty good reviews and he was happy with it. One site says it's one of his most famous works. Again, I don't remember anything about it 😅.

  • Ye apologizes for antisemitic remarks, again

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  • The Anti-Defamation League called the apology overdue, saying it does not undo the harm caused.

    Also overdue for them to get dissolved. Hypocritical Zionist harassment engine accusing anyone who doesn't like Israeli oppression as hateful...

    Prior to 2007, the ADL described the Armenian genocide as a massacre and an atrocity, but not a genocide.

    In 2010, the ADL issued a statement opposing the Park51 Community Center, a proposed Islamic community center and mosque two blocks from the World Trade Center site in New York.

    The ADL considers anti-Zionism to be antisemitic.

    In June 2024, the community of the English Wikipedia reached a consensus that the ADL was "generally unreliable" on the topic of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict,[280][281] including "the intersection of antisemitism and the [Israeli–Palestinian] conflict, such as labeling pro-Palestinian activists as antisemitic".

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-Defamation_League#Reception

    This is purely directed at the ADL. I have no comments on Kanye West, as I don't follow anything he does.

  • After the Devastation of Trump’s First Year, These Popular Rebellions Offer Hope

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  • There has to be a point where people look in the mirror and realise whatever qualms they have against going out into the street doesn't hold up vs the future that's coming for them personally, if they don't try something.

  • The color of humans

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  • Well, firstly here, have an 🍎 and please, don't hesitate to ask for more if you ever feel hungry again, like ever :)

    On a completely unrelated note, here is some propaganda about how vegans are more attractive!

  • If you like it do it!

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  • ~ We do kinesiology without apology ~

  • The color of humans

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  • We aren't even stranded and there is more than enough food!

  • Confused why I can't see the posts of a certain user in a thread

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  • Ok, thanks :)

  • Over 36,500 killed in Iran's deadliest massacre, documents reveal

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  • You don't need religion to be authoritarian, tyrannical and self-centred.

  • Amanda Gorman, For Alex Jeffrey Pretti "Murdered by I.C.E January 24"

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  • Thank you both :)

  • Amanda Gorman, For Alex Jeffrey Pretti "Murdered by I.C.E January 24"

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  • Your definition of a poem might not hold up under scrutiny.

    "Poetry (from the Greek word poiesis, "making"[note 1]) is a form of literary art that uses aesthetic and often rhythmic[1][2][3] qualities of language to evoke meanings in addition to, or in place of, literal or surface-level meanings."

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poetry

    Also, the form is intentional. She is an established poet.

    "Amanda S. C. Gorman[1] (born March 7, 1998[2]) is an American poet, activist, and model."

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amanda_Gorman

  • Amanda Gorman, For Alex Jeffrey Pretti "Murdered by I.C.E January 24"

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  • Does anyone know what that symbol is "Love your people (?) you will die". I'd like to know for certain, so I can make proper alt-text.

  • Rise Against - Broken Dreams, Inc. (HEALTH Remix)

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  • Damn, never listened to a remix of a Rise Against song before. Good stuff!

  • Over 36,500 killed in Iran's deadliest massacre, documents reveal

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  • Supporting Time article:

    Iran Protest Death Toll Could Top 30,000, According to Local Health Officials

    EDIT: I'm not just gonna potentially do the propaganda work of a nation state. So I'll add my personal opinion here. It is very possible both these sources are influenced to pushing regime change, and not for the people, but their own self-interests. The numbers are extremely high, and many adjacent information don't line up with this narrative. Please use your own critical thinking.

  • [Non comic] Increase of bot accounts

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  • Another idea is to work with it in the meantime. Threads like this make people aware. Comics that make fun of this stuff or show the opposite side of the coin, etc.

    Alright, I spammed the thread enough 🤐

    🤪

  • Rise Against - Satellite

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  • Welcome to the gang! A lot of us here really like Rise Against :) similar story to mine, btw.

  • [Non comic] Increase of bot accounts

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  • I'm a volunteer and can't read this shit. DENIED.

  • [Non comic] Increase of bot accounts

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  • I'm out of my depths here. Automatic federation seems like something that shouldn't be a technical necessity though.

    I hope others will chime in on this thread :)

  • [Non comic] Increase of bot accounts

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  • But I think if it became the norm, instances can be straight-up blocked who don’t do have this process, even if many people use it. As people will see the good stuff is elsewhere and anyone who cares enough will do this little extra step. (the philosophy of being active in good places to grow them)

    In other words. If this became a real thing, any respectable instance could just not federate with instances that don't have this process.