DefinitelyNotAFae's recent activity
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Comment on Weekly US politics news and updates thread - week of October 26 in ~society
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Comment on Federal agency emails praising US President Donald Trump may violate ethics laws, experts say in ~society
DefinitelyNotAFae LinkMay? Sure. We all know it does, so someone do something about it.May?
Sure. We all know it does, so someone do something about it.
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Comment on Weekly US politics news and updates thread - week of October 26 in ~society
DefinitelyNotAFae Link ParentAs someone else somewhere said, AIPAC (and lobbying in general) doesn't turn folks into terrible people, they're just absolutely willing to give terrible people money. Plus this shit always reads...As someone else somewhere said, AIPAC (and lobbying in general) doesn't turn folks into terrible people, they're just absolutely willing to give terrible people money.
Plus this shit always reads too much like antisemitism without some evidence of a recent donation and direct ties to a stance.
Someone did something awful? Ah the Jews are behind it - it's a weird reflex.
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Comment on Weekly US politics news and updates thread - week of October 26 in ~society
DefinitelyNotAFae Link ParentShe's murdered her political career for an endorsement that is too late to do anything. I'm sure she's got money enough and can pivot to whatever grift she's lining up. But the absolute fuckShe's murdered her political career for an endorsement that is too late to do anything. I'm sure she's got money enough and can pivot to whatever grift she's lining up. But the absolute fuck
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Comment on Halloween night! in ~talk
DefinitelyNotAFae (edited )Link ParentI keep a list of costumes I see from the college students Top costumes this year (in terms of amusing me) Chipotle burrito Alvin, Simon, Theodore Full set of "sexy" chipettes Biblically accurate...I keep a list of costumes I see from the college students
Top costumes this year (in terms of amusing me)
- Chipotle burrito
- Alvin, Simon, Theodore
- Full set of "sexy" chipettes
- Biblically accurate angel (his wings broke alas)
- Shrimp 🦐
- Crossplay/genderbent Halle Berry style Catwoman (this was amazingly well done)
- Couples costume: Slinky Dog
- Cosmo and Wanda from Fairly Odd Parents
- The employees at the food place are wearing Krusty Krab hats
This is setting aside the clear themes of "inmate/sexy cop", sexy Race car driver, and sexy superhero parties
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Comment on Halloween night! in ~talk
DefinitelyNotAFae LinkWe're handing out candy, but our block doesn't get as much traffic as some of the subdivisions so it's been slow. I also have some 3D printed skeletons for the non-candy folks I also have to work...We're handing out candy, but our block doesn't get as much traffic as some of the subdivisions so it's been slow. I also have some 3D printed skeletons for the non-candy folks
I also have to work as I oversee our night security and we're doing extended hours of making the students check in with a person at their hall so we hopefully avoid anything super ridiculous happening. So we're ending candy hand outs early.
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Comment on Growing number of families in Denmark are taking children with special needs out of regular schools, saying the system fails to accommodate neurodivergent students in ~life
DefinitelyNotAFae Link ParentIf someone's name was Mark and kids were calling him Bark to make fun of him, and a teacher believed a kid intentionally did that, would you equally be upset because they "said a normal thing?"...If someone's name was Mark and kids were calling him Bark to make fun of him, and a teacher believed a kid intentionally did that, would you equally be upset because they "said a normal thing?"
Kindness is really not unreasonable. Plus students who need therapy should get it, plus of you remove the anxiety over, say, a test then over time the response to the word can reduce.
I'm general the posts here demonstrate why isolating kids and indeed people with disabilities is such a bad idea. We are so quick to find them inconvenient. Paying teachers more and creating smaller classroom sizes would actually make classrooms more accessible, not less. And the money exists, if schools weren't paid for by local property taxes, if we don't have school vouchers, if we don't dismantle the Dept of Ed and its federal access grants, etc. Separate school facilities and teachers are more expensive not less.
And everyone who grew up in the era of the "short bus" being a synonym for "special needs" and being used derogatorily knows what exclusion of disabled kids does.
We can do so much better than we do now, without returning to that being the norm.
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Comment on Growing number of families in Denmark are taking children with special needs out of regular schools, saying the system fails to accommodate neurodivergent students in ~life
DefinitelyNotAFae Link ParentIt's called Universal Design and it's as relevant to classroom management as construction of school buildings. Things can be built to serve everyone (or at the least, all but a very very few outliers)It's called Universal Design and it's as relevant to classroom management as construction of school buildings. Things can be built to serve everyone (or at the least, all but a very very few outliers)
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Comment on Anthropic's financials are surprisingly strong in ~tech
DefinitelyNotAFae Link ParentThat's a great point. From now on I'll appreciate AI, not just for its intelligence but for its artificiality.That's a great point. From now on I'll appreciate AI, not just for its intelligence but for its artificiality.
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Comment on Patrick Stewart dead: 'Star Trek' captain, 'X-Men' superhero was 86 in ~movies
DefinitelyNotAFae Link ParentGNU Sir Patrick Stewart!GNU Sir Patrick Stewart!
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Comment on Popular fanfic site "Archive of Our Own" (AO3) down for 2-4 weeks in ~tech
DefinitelyNotAFae Link ParentThey're ran by the Organization for Transformative Works which also provides legal representation for fanfic and fan works. They work with the EFF. The OTW publishes their own peer reviewed...They're ran by the Organization for Transformative Works which also provides legal representation for fanfic and fan works. They work with the EFF. The OTW publishes their own peer reviewed journal.
Their board members include a cybersecurity guy, a lawyer, and a specialist in systems and process documentation, among others. They have their own whistleblower policy!
They have been well regarded by folks in support of freedom of speech online for quite a while, and that has to come with security. Someone noted reading habits, but many people write on AO3 and they have a very "read the tags and don't complain about the topics in the tags, you chose this" aka "Dead Dove Don't Eat" policy to, well, literally just about anything but AI works and a few carve outs.
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Comment on Alphabet shares tumble in $500bn rout [as AI-mode search threatens advertising profits] in ~finance
DefinitelyNotAFae Link ParentThe number of times I've clicked on the sources and found absolutely nothing about the answer it gave.... Maybe it's right, but if I can't see that, then it's pointless. (And often it's still very...The number of times I've clicked on the sources and found absolutely nothing about the answer it gave....
Maybe it's right, but if I can't see that, then it's pointless. (And often it's still very wrong)
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Comment on Patrick Stewart dead: 'Star Trek' captain, 'X-Men' superhero was 86 in ~movies
DefinitelyNotAFae (edited )LinkNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO FUCK Ó╭╮Ò ┻┻︵ヽ(`Д´)ﾉ︵┻┻ THIS FUCKING YEAR ETA: Patrick Stewart was a queer ally who since I knew him was always just there saying the right thing. He also was a big supporter...NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
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THIS FUCKING YEAR
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Patrick Stewart was a queer ally who since I knew him was always just there saying the right thing. He also was a big supporter of DV charities and again, he was just always there having understood the thing to do.Gah he'll be missed.
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Comment on [SOLVED] Help identifying a show by a half-remembered scene in ~tv
DefinitelyNotAFae Link ParentPerhaps ironically, I've never seen itPerhaps ironically, I've never seen it
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Comment on [SOLVED] Help identifying a show by a half-remembered scene in ~tv
DefinitelyNotAFae Link ParentYay glad I could helpYay glad I could help
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Comment on [SOLVED] Help identifying a show by a half-remembered scene in ~tv
DefinitelyNotAFae (edited )LinkDo you have a recollection of whether this is played for 100% serious and tense or does this have, for example, a dry British sense of humor to it? The Phone Booth: Despite Google's AI trying to...Do you have a recollection of whether this is played for 100% serious and tense or does this have, for example, a dry British sense of humor to it?
The Phone Booth:
The Caller: Now doesn't that just torque your jaws? I love that. You know like in the movies just as the good guy is about to kill the bad guy, he cocks his gun. Now why didn't he have it cocked? Because that sound is scary. It's cool, isn't it?
Despite Google's AI trying to swear that your quote is part of an audio trend, I couldn't find the exact line. But this seemed close.
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Comment on Dimension 20: A Starstruck Odyssey Season 1 in ~games.tabletop
DefinitelyNotAFae Link ParentIt was definitely one of my favs too and normally I don't enjoy ship based combat so much. I think the setting being so inherently bizarre really helped work with the Intrepid Heroes shenanigans....It was definitely one of my favs too and normally I don't enjoy ship based combat so much. I think the setting being so inherently bizarre really helped work with the Intrepid Heroes shenanigans.
I forget the order, have you seen Burrow's End yet? It's soooo good
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Comment on Dimension 20: A Starstruck Odyssey Season 1 in ~games.tabletop
DefinitelyNotAFae LinkThe ball is rolling up!The ball is rolling up!
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Comment on Proposal: For sensitive topics, if a thread is intended for a particular demographic, there needs another thread open for everyone to discuss without having to join the targeted thread in ~tildes
DefinitelyNotAFae Link ParentBoundaries are essential to good relationships (general not romantic) and similarly communication. I don't agree with your definition as it's nothing I've ever heard used to describe the term....Boundaries are essential to good relationships (general not romantic) and similarly communication.
I don't agree with your definition as it's nothing I've ever heard used to describe the term. Having to be invited to Tildes to participate is itself a boundary and clearly isn't antithetical to discussion
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Comment on Proposal: For sensitive topics, if a thread is intended for a particular demographic, there needs another thread open for everyone to discuss without having to join the targeted thread in ~tildes
DefinitelyNotAFae Link ParentOn the contrary, I think that boundaries are necessary for mutual respect and functional discussion.On the contrary, I think that boundaries are necessary for mutual respect and functional discussion.
Look, I get it, I understand how this may be intentional use in her case. But the use of AIPAC and Zionism as coded Anti-Jewishness is rampant enough that I'm not willing to let it go unsaid. The "check from AIPAC" comments are incredibly frequent across the board when a politician does something people don't like. And practically it makes no sense to think the amount of money people get from one PAC is somehow all-corrupting. Instead PACs support people that agree with them; the checks come after (as do the attack ads). It's fair game to criticize but like, we should do good criticism.
But it also sounds like a dog whistle. There's more than enough to criticize about AIPAC and about Israel, but it's not a coincidence that the criticism comes back to money and "who really controls the politicians". It's just frustrating to see it uncritically adopted by the left.
Tl;dr: The check cleared is a low effort throwaway comment and I think we should do better here. Especially when it carries a lot of past and present implications of hate along with it.