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Felgraf@felgraf.bsky.social |
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A physicist rambling about god-knows-what. He/him "In a hundred years we'll all be dead, but here and now we are alive"-Small Gods, by T. Pratchett
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Dana Simpson 🦄
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On this day in 1904, 120 years ago, The Marvelous Land of Oz was published, and gave us Princess Ozma, a hero to trans girls who strive to escape the boy curse to this very day.
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Felgraf
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Grew up listening to his stuff on family car trips. I remember, as an older teen, as the Iraq war started... becoming so incredibly angry that so many of his songs were STILL RELEVANT. "Oh, cool! We've learned NOTHING, HUH."
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TW
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Oh yeah, these are going on the stop signs in the neighborhood
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Felgraf
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And daddy won't you take me back to Muhlenberg County Down by the green river where paradise lay? Well, I'm sorry my son, but you're too late in asking Mister Peabody's coal train has hauled it away....
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Felgraf
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well also google has become increasingly terrible over the last few years, and especially over the last few months, so...
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Felgraf
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Oh, that place is lovely~! That's where the lookout tower is, too, at the top!
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Felgraf
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I mean, I dunno, given that his stance on Brexit ("It will be a shitshow") was far more correct than a lot of the people who WERE in charge of vital things, he can't do much worse.
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Felgraf
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I think my favorite local joke is "I love summer! It was on a tuesday last year."
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Felgraf
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The way Bill Cipher went out was also quite satisfying.
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Felgraf
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If you mean on the steps, I think that's just a lichen, we have some black ones. If you mean the logs, I don't think that's char, I think that's some sort of treatment to the wood (Like tar or something)
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Felgraf
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yeah, even though I'm (probably) still immune to poison ivy, I'm glad that we don't have it here in Finland.
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Felgraf
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Yeaaaah there's a lot of that about, unfortunately.
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Felgraf
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Given that Ash's profound joy seems to be from the journey WITH his pokemon and the experiences he has with them, I'm not sure he'd be overcome. Maybe briefly a "what do I do now?" thing, but his true joy was in the traveling and living with.
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Felgraf
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oh fuck I just relaized I *WASN'T* following you here yet, yay, that is now fixed.
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Shepherd
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Gotta read the whole thread
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Felgraf
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Oh, yes, access is free and the libraries are FANTASTIC! I did not mean to detract from that, Oodi is a marvel. Alas that it was fairly far from me back when I lived in Espoo. XD (Though perhaps I'll be in the capitol once more since I'm now on the job hunt again, now that my postdoc's ended. -.-)
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Felgraf
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Originally a book series by Tove Jansson, an author that Terry Pratchett once stated was probably "“One of the greatest children's writers there has ever been" (And apparently one of the reasons Pratchett BECAME A WRITER)
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Felgraf
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Finland's also got Adult Education Centers where you can sign up for classes on.. all sorts of shit. From useful job skills to "I want to learn how to blacksmith, actually", for fees of, like. 20 euro (granted the current government is trying to cut back on some of that, if I remember right. -.- )
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Felgraf
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Yep! That was my discovery once I moved here. People were ECSTATIC to help me if I was lost or had questions. ... one of my secondary motivations for learning Finnish is so that older Finns will *stop apologizing to me that their english isn't so good* (especially when their english is FINE!) XD
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Felgraf
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I thiiiinkk for some of the stuff like 3D printing you have to pay a LITTLE (like, "The cost of the filament you used"), but that's it.
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Felgraf
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Oh yeah! The libraries in this country are AMAZING. Some of the libraries even have stuff like *TOOLS* you can check out. I think the one in Iso Omena (.. Big Apple) in Espoo even has 3-D printing machines and all you pay for is the cost of the filament you use when printing something!
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John Bull
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2nd July 1863. Battle of Gettysburg. For perhaps the only time in the entire war the Confederates seem to be winning. Dan Sickles, commander III Corps, is ordered hold on Cemetery Ridge. For reasons unknown he advances. Broken, his men begin to flee. This is the moment on which the war depends /1
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Anna Merlan
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Just saved a friend $500 by referring her to this program; please refer to it if you get prescribed Paxlovid and get quoted a crazy price! www.paxlovid.com/paxcess?cmp=...
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Felgraf
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Yep. The only principle a fascist has is power. Seeking it, wielding it, and if they can't do those two, worshiping those who do. That's it. That's *ALL*. All others are a distant second at best, and most often fig leafs. And often, THEY can't conceive of anyone having principles OTHER than that
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Felgraf
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Thank ya~!
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Felgraf
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Which dimension 20 is this? My platonic partner adores Dropout (we have a subscription!), and has been considering Dimension 20, but the sheer volume has intimidated her and she's not sure where to *start*.
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Felgraf
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I'm a little worried about stuff here in Finland but it also seems like a lot of people are MAJORILY pissed at the current coalition. Hopefully I'll be able to vote by the time the next set of parliamentary elections come 'round.
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Felgraf
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Like I can almost guarantee that any university you work at will have some other shitbags that also work at the university. the Federalist Society has tried damn hard to make sure that's the case. Does that mean you're not really progressive?
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Felgraf
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... Bud when they are in the army what exactly do you expect them to do about "Fascists in their midst"? It's not like they get to choose who else joins the army.
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Kandy
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bringing this here because i've had it
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Mekka Okereke
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There's no country on earth with a bigger differential in voting access by race. The most impacted group is Black voters. Etc For Black folk, the US has always been authoritarian by any reasonable definition. Even now, more US folk are mad about me spitting these facts, than the facts themselves.
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Felgraf
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Maybe but briefly breaking democratic norms has in fact not always been "and then everything was bad", unless you believe Lincoln was *actually* a tyrant for his habeaus corpus and other anti -demcratic actions during the Slavers Rebellion?
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Felgraf
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The outdoor building museum is very cool if the weather's nice! Honestly, there's a lot of cool stuff in helsinki, though. Have fun!
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Felgraf
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Fair enough! I shall delete that, then.
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Felgraf
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“We live in capitalism. Its power seems inescapable. So did the divine right of kings. Any human power can be resisted and changed by human beings. Resistance and change often begin in art, and very often in our art, the art of words.” ― Ursula K. Le Guin
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Felgraf
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“We live in capitalism. Its power seems inescapable. So did the divine right of kings. Any human power can be resisted and changed by human beings. Resistance and change often begin in art, and very often in our art, the art of words.” ― Ursula K. Le Guin
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Felgraf
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I admit I am not exactly *thrilled* about the current government (and the clownshow the PM's 'leadership' seems to be), but hopefully I'll have citizenship by the time the next parliamentary elections 'come round! And yeah it's still not as bad as it is back in the US.
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Felgraf
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Aye! It takes some of the stress out. Also I've been paying into a union (and paying into an unemployment fund, but you don't HAVE to be part of a union to do that!), so I'll get income-based unemployment for about 6 months once my postdoc winds down, which is about 70% of what I was making.
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Felgraf
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Might wind back up in the capitol region, too, having to go on the job hunt again. But! I have a permanent residence permit now, so I don't have to worry about being able to have a job to stay, which is nice!
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Felgraf
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Haha yeah. One of my colleagues asked me "If Trump gets convicted of a felony, he can't run again, right?" at which point I laughed hysterically.
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Johnny Cloverleaf
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Anyway.
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Winifred Burton Updates
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Instead of panicking or yet another postmortem (forgive me I've been Black this whole time so not much of this is breaking for me), link up with like minded folk for practical solidarity. Shield those more vulnerable than you and figure out how you can soften structural abandonment.
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Felgraf
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hey when are you going to talk about how Trump needs to step down from the GOP nom?
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Felgraf
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Faster than you mentally, at least.
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The Silvered Spherical Ideal Median Voter
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a thing to remember, in all of this horror, is that these are not the actions of a political party that is confident it represents the will of the people, and who is currently out of power and enslaved to a deeply flawed avatar. the struggle is not over and they have not won
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Felgraf
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Just because someone thinks Biden sucks less than Trump does not mean that person thinks he doesn't suck. Voting can be thought of as "who I'd rather have to fight next", rather than "I endorse all of this".
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Felgraf
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Yes it is also a bad idea to do it *now* because Biden ain't that great either. I'm sorry, did you think you had a 'gotcha' with that?
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Felgraf
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"Shut the fuck up friday" extends to *before* the cops ask questions. Stringer Bell's advice is ever-important.
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Felgraf
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hey buddy protip for you if you are actually serious planning on doing stuff: Do not fucking talk about it to win internet clout points do not ask other people what thing they did to see if they have the proper number of internet clout points.
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Squire Boone
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The correct response to Chevron being overturned is for every single environmental group to start filing millions of lawsuits, right now, today, arguing that various regulatory decisions didn't go far enough. Absolutely flood the zone.
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