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"You have been conditioned to see the fight against transphobia and transmisogyny/noir and the fight against white supremacy as separate plights. They are not. The first does not go without destruction of the latter." -- Salem Void (thewarmvoid), 2022-10-23

On this date:
1799-12-14 George Washington died
1972-12-14 Apollo 17 astonauts lifted off from the moon at 17:54 EST (22:54 UTC)

"Yankee Candle review index; Reddit 'weird flu' mentions index; mother-in-law 'my allergies are acting up' index: what other indexes do we have that are more helpful than case counts for seeing COVID surges?" -- Amanda Hu (amandalhu), 2022-11-12

"Dominatrix Fainting Flower Index.

"Seriously: a whole bunch of Dommes I follow have had numbers of subs pass out/faint, have unusual reactions to peripheral stimuli (changes in perception of smell/heat/cold/pain) or unexplained breathing/circulation issues during sessions."

-- Miss Emily Anarchy:Ukrainian Foreign Witch Brigade (MsEmilyAnarchy), responding to Amanda Hu

"We are left with the inarguable reality that the worst thing for a MAGA Republican Party in this day and age is actually having to govern, because it makes all the internal contradictions, all the trolling, the political nihilism no longer theoretical." -- Chris Hayes (chrislhayes), on the MSNBC show All In with Chris Hayes, 2022-12-09

"Si tu viens, par exemple, à quatre heures de l'après-midi, dès trois heures je commencerai d'être heureux. Plus l'heure avancera, plus je me sentirai heureux." -- the fox, in Le Petit Prince (1943) (The Little Prince) by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (b. 1900-06-29, d. 1944-07-31)

"If you come, for example, at four in the afternoon, I'll begin to be happy by three. The more time passes, the happier I will feel."

"I had my patience tested. I'm negative" -- Dumb Beezie (dumbbeezie), 2017-08-13

"I wish I had the work ethic of a cosplayer" -- Elly (EllyJBurg), 2022-12-02

"I think our society is run by insane people for insane objectives. I think that’s what I sussed when I was 16 and 12 way down the line but I expressed it differently all through my life. It’s the same thing I’m expressing all the time. [...] I think we're being run by maniacs for maniacal ends [...] I think they're all insane. But I am liable to be put away as insane for expressing that, you know. That's what is insane about it." -- John Lennon (b. 1940-10-09, d. 1980-12-08), interview, 1969-06-06

"I've spoke to a few old friends that aren't on Twitter recently. None of them knew what Long COVID was. They just knew of people that hadn't totally recovered after being infected. They didn't know there were better masks than the blue medical ones. Public health has failed us.

"As much as I've assumed that people were intentionally not masking in every scenario to be malicious, it seems that tons of people simply don't have the information needed to protect themselves properly & many just don't understand how dangerous COVID actually is."

-- Roxi Horror (roxiqt), 2022-12-02

[I know not enough people are getting good COVID-19 information from mainstream media -- nor from govornment sources, at least in Anglophone countries -- but it'd be interesting to compare how different communities on social media sites are doing about spreading good informaion.]

Today is the anniversary of the bombing of Pearl Harbor (1941) and the birth of Harry Chapin (1942)

[above an image of the Eye of Sauron] "HE SEES YOU WHEN YOU'RE SLEEPING / HE KNOWS WHEN YOU'RE AWAKE / HE KNOWS IF YOU'VE BEEN BAD OR GOOD / SO KEEP IT SECRET, KEEP IT SAFE" -- JRR Ho Ho Hokien (joshcarlosjosh), 2022-11-29

[I try to avoid using things that rely on a visual for quotes-of-the-day, but this was too well timed for when I was looking for a St. Nicholas Day quote. Do check out the replies to the tweet -- there are more gems there! And a good St. Nicholas' Day to everyone celebrating it! Alas, on a distinctly noy-cheery note, today is also the anniversary of the 1989 Ecole Polytechnique massacre.]

Today is
Gregorian: 2022 December 06 -- St. Nicholas' Day
Julian: 2022 November 23
Hebrew: 5783 Kislev 12
Islamic: 1444 Jumada I-Ula 12
Persian: Azar 15
Mayan: 0.0.0.13.0.10.1.17
Indian (civil): 1944 Agrahayana 15
Coptic: 1739 Hathor 27
Discordian: 3199 The Aftermath 48

"Elon is really doing an excellent job at educating the public about how capitalists end up aligning with fascists to maintain their wealth and limit the power of the working class." -- SHER FUCK IT I'M STAYING (1shermoore), 2022-12-02

"He did not wait till the world was ready,
 till men and nations were at peace.
 He came when the Heavens were unsteady,
 and prisoners cried out for release."
   -- from "First Coming" by Madeleine L'Engle (b. 1918-11-29, d. 2007-09-06)

eilooxara:

Do you ever get bored on the internet and then grab your phone to see what the other, smaller internet is up to?

yieldsfalsehoodwhenquined:

human: ha ha ha, silly cat, that door leads to the same outside as the door you just came in

human: this post

2017-09-10

"The sad realization that perhaps our economic system - so long touted as raising the standard of living for so many - was just borrowing from the future of all of humanity. And very much by design, those most invested in it are the only ones with the means to change it." -- frances_larina@Mastodon.lol #Mastodon (Frances_Larina), 2022-11-29

"Continues to be shameful how many parents in this country lose their children to illness, poverty, and criminalization but the most you've ever heard about 'parents' rights' is from people who think Satan is a drag queen" -- Gillian Branstetter (GBBranstetter), 2022-11-30

"O Scotia! my dear, my native soil!
 For whom my warmest wish to heaven is sent;
 Long may thy hardy sons of rustic toil
 Be blest with health, and peace, and sweet content."
  -- Robert Burns (b. 1759-01-25, d. 1796-07-21), The Cotter's Saturday Night (1786)

[A good St. Andrew's Day to everyone who celebrates it!]

"The lapis lazuli, used to form the [Tutankhamun's mask's] eyebrows and the makeup surrounding the eyes, came from much further away: the mountains of Badakhshan in Afghanistan. To access the lapis lazuli, miners piled wood against the rock face and set fire to it. Then, they threw water over the wall, causing it to cool and crack, revealing the lapis lazuli. Once hacked free, these lumps entered the Near Eastern trade network, passing through Mesopotamia to eventually reach Egypt, often as a gift of the Babylonian king." -- from "Four things you probably didn't know about Tutankhamun's mask" by Garry Shaw, The Art Newspaper, 2022-10-04

[The calendar file on the system where I have a shell account shows today as the 100th anniversary of the opening of Tutankhamun's tomb, but Wikipedia explains that the first step of the entrance staircase of the tomb was uncovered 1922-11-04, the antechamber was cleared bewteen November 1922 and February 1923, and the seal of the tomb itself was broken 1923-02-17. Archaeology Archive goes into more detail about late November 1922. 26 November: first look into tomb [antechamber]; 27 November: "Carter and Carnarvon, along with latter's daughter Lady Evelyn Herbert, explore the Antechamber and Annexe, noticing a sealed door to another chamber"; 28 November: "Carter, Carnarvon, and Herbert re-open an ancient looters' passage through the sealed doorway and enter the Burial Chamber." Then 17 February 1932: The Burial Chamber is officially opened. So I guess the NetBSD calendar file is off by one day regarding first entry into the burial chamber by a back way, and Wikipedia notes the media event covering officially opening the main door?]

"Some of the most horrific acts of violence in human history have been preceded by a campaign of dehumanization during which propaganda is used to foment disgust against the targeted group.

"Disinformation about sexual 'grooming' is meant to evoke that same sense of disgust."

-- Caroline Orr Bueno, Ph.D (RVAwonk), 2022-11-20 (middle of a thread)

"I swore never to be silent whenever and wherever human beings endure suffering and humiliation. We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented." -- Elie Wiesel (b. 1928-09-30, d. 2016-07-02), Nobel acceptance speech, 1986-12-10

[A happy first Sunday of Advent to everyone celebrating!]

"so much toxicity online these days, tried to join a chat server for dressmaking tips but it was just sewing discord" -- Crowsa Luxemburg (quendergeer), 2022-11-06

"I suppose a nation needs a military, for all it's faults, the risks of NOT having a military is greater than the risk of having one. However, that leads to people actually wanting to use it, whether it should be used or not. The military is not to blame for the messes of the past 2-3 generations; the political leadership gets us into those, then decides to use the military for what cannot yield to a military solution (or at least not a purely military solution)." -- warriorsavant 2021-11-12