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Comment on Gift recommendations in ~life
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Comment on Gift recommendations in ~life
DefinitelyNotAFae Link ParentIf you like OTOTO kitchen products may I recommend the vampire shaped garlic crusher....Gracula And the Nessie family of colander spoon, ladle and tea infuser The Gracula has been a delight for...If you like OTOTO kitchen products may I recommend the vampire shaped garlic crusher....Gracula
And the Nessie family of colander spoon, ladle and tea infuserThe Gracula has been a delight for folks who don't want their hands to smell like nothing but garlic or if your hands struggle to chop/crush, and it's way easier to clean than the old school crushers.
I don't have my Nessie ladle anymore but I've always wanted the full set. They stand up and are cute.
The brand does a good job of being cute and functional, sometimes creatively so!
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Comment on Cato Institute - The Government unconstitutionally labels ICE observers as domestic terrorists in ~society
DefinitelyNotAFae Link ParentThe conservative claim is really pretty simple. The left is lying. The left claims that the org isn't real despite countless violent incidents. The group "pitches itself" as antifacist. Most of...The conservative claim is really pretty simple. The left is lying.
The left claims that the org isn't real despite countless violent incidents. The group "pitches itself" as antifacist.
Most of them would still be anti-fascism in the sense of being anti-Third Reich. But if they don't consider their team to be fascist and antifa is
protestingattacking "them" then clearly antifa is not antifacist.An example
Trump designates Antifa terrorists as critics dispute if group exists | Fox News
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Comment on Cato Institute - The Government unconstitutionally labels ICE observers as domestic terrorists in ~society
DefinitelyNotAFae LinkIn the voice of Ted Danson: "The Cato Institute figured it out? The Cato Institute?!" I'm being facetious, but also... DUH. Yes. Precisely. The whole "antifa" being the number one domestic...In the voice of Ted Danson: "The Cato Institute figured it out? The Cato Institute?!"
I'm being facetious, but also... DUH. Yes. Precisely. The whole "antifa" being the number one domestic terrorist "organization* is absolutely ridiculous. I watched a shorter version of this clip where Mississippi Representative Bennie Thompson deflates the whole argument. There's no HQ, no membership, etc. and the literal operations director of the FBI's National Security Branch looks like a fool.
"Sir you wouldn't come to this committee and say something you couldn't prove..."
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Comment on Your grocery store is a bewildering sea of overly processed food. Here’s why and what to do. in ~health
DefinitelyNotAFae Link ParentOne of the things that got me was the link the article provided to pre-cut veggies which basically linked to something with a highlighted section that literally mentioned how washing the soil off...One of the things that got me was the link the article provided to pre-cut veggies which basically linked to something with a highlighted section that literally mentioned how washing the soil off root veggies lost 10% of the iron on it. It also mentioned that trimming can lose mineral rich parts of a vegetable and talked about freezing and canning.
Pre-cut veggies are more expensive and add to packaging waste but allow for much greater accessibility of fresh foods to busy and disabled people. Frozen veggies are a way to get in-season vegetables year round and canned allows them to be shelf stable and be usable by people without kitchens/homes or who rely on pantries.
None of those are the reason diets are unhealthy and theres a sense of the letting the perfect be the enemy of good.
And that was one claim in half a sentence with a single link.
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Comment on Brown University shooting leaves two dead, nine injured as police search for killer in ~news
DefinitelyNotAFae Link ParentAgreed wholeheartedly. We just had a small safety audit for our offices. I appreciate our emergency management team and police both don't fearmonger. Like giving us some basic changes that could...Agreed wholeheartedly.
We just had a small safety audit for our offices. I appreciate our emergency management team and police both don't fearmonger. Like giving us some basic changes that could help in a variety of emergencies without focusing on a mass shooter which is one of the least likely.But it's still dystopian, even just for staff.
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Comment on Brown University shooting leaves two dead, nine injured as police search for killer in ~news
DefinitelyNotAFae Link ParentAgreed, it's just the current reality.Agreed, it's just the current reality.
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Comment on Brown University shooting leaves two dead, nine injured as police search for killer in ~news
DefinitelyNotAFae Link ParentIt makes this feel more like a targeted shooting than a typical mass shooting. As if the two people killed were maybe the specific targets. I'm not sure the last time it happened with a school...It makes this feel more like a targeted shooting than a typical mass shooting. As if the two people killed were maybe the specific targets. I'm not sure the last time it happened with a school shooting but I'm thinking about the manhunt after the Minnesota assassinations or after am the insurance executive's murder rather than the people who are seeking attention and death themselves.
We probably won't know motive though until they catch the shooter.
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Comment on Eleven killed in shooting targeting Jewish community at Australia's Bondi Beach, police say in ~news
DefinitelyNotAFae LinkAdditional info: Gift link Live Updates: Police Say They Plan to Charge Suspect in Hanukkah Shooting in Sydney Two unnamed attackers - father and son. The father was killed, the son is injured but...Additional info: Gift link
Live Updates: Police Say They Plan to Charge Suspect in Hanukkah Shooting in Sydney
Two unnamed attackers - father and son. The father was killed, the son is injured but likely to survive and will be charged. The father was a shooting club member with a hunting license giving him the right to possess a long arm weapon. He owned six guns.
There were two improvised explosive devices that were disabled. The son was "known" to police but not in any way that made them suspect a terrorist attack.
The hero who tackled one of the gunmen is having surgery for his injuries.
The prime minister stated they will be reviewing the gun clubs and hunting licenses laws. The head of NSW wants guns to be harder to import.
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Comment on Jeffrey Epstein emails show close connection with MIT's Noam Chomsky in ~society
DefinitelyNotAFae Link ParentHe was convicted of soliciting a child for prostitution in 2008 and the emails were from 2017ish. We could assume that people who are otherwise considered very intelligent, educated and informed...- Exemplary
It certainly looks bad in retrospect, but how much anyone knew about Epstein at the time probably depends a lot on circumstances that aren’t revealed in the article.
He was convicted of soliciting a child for prostitution in 2008 and the emails were from 2017ish. We could assume that people who are otherwise considered very intelligent, educated and informed were oblivious... or that they chose to overlook sexual violence or coercion the way they have in basically every single other case among the wealthy.
Of course we could just take his own words and not assume at all:
“Like all of those in Cambridge who met and knew him, we knew that he had been convicted and served his time, which means that he re-enters society under prevailing norms — which, it is true, are rejected by the far right in the US and sometimes by unscrupulous employers,” Chomsky wrote. “I’ve had no pause about close friends who spent many years in prison, and were released. That's quite normal in free societies.”
He was also charged in 2006 with the same crime with charges dropped, charged in 2019 with sex trafficking and Chomsky 's statements are from 2023.
This information was commonly and publicly known among people who were meeting him, traveling with him, and accepting his money.
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Comment on Good News Everyone! in ~news
DefinitelyNotAFae Link ParentI appreciate how she highlighted the donations of others and that she doesn't put restrictions on her donations. She seems quite genuine in donating her wealth in significant amounts.I appreciate how she highlighted the donations of others and that she doesn't put restrictions on her donations. She seems quite genuine in donating her wealth in significant amounts.
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Comment on Gift recommendations in ~life
DefinitelyNotAFae Link ParentI love my African net sponges. They're so good. Glad you enjoy yours.I love my African net sponges. They're so good. Glad you enjoy yours.
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Comment on Good News Everyone! in ~news
DefinitelyNotAFae Link ParentSo we're basically doing Armageddon right? /J I've heard about it but only a little so thanks!So we're basically doing Armageddon right? /J
I've heard about it but only a little so thanks!
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Comment on Brown University shooting leaves two dead, nine injured as police search for killer in ~news
DefinitelyNotAFae Link ParentFor sure, I just work at a university so those specific things hit me more, as does how today's college students have grown up learning how to run/hide/fight, literally how to die while slowing...For sure, I just work at a university so those specific things hit me more, as does how today's college students have grown up learning how to run/hide/fight, literally how to die while slowing down a shooter so others might live.
It is everywhere though.
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Comment on Brown University shooting leaves two dead, nine injured as police search for killer in ~news
DefinitelyNotAFae Link ParentThey also use that phrase if they have an idea of the motive, like if they were targeting a specific person, or small group, vs wanting to cause chaos and die in a shooting. Often those are the...They also use that phrase if they have an idea of the motive, like if they were targeting a specific person, or small group, vs wanting to cause chaos and die in a shooting. Often those are the "not a mass shooting" sorts of reasons
It's probably not the case here but it's just another interpretation of the phrase. Especially since they're keeping this investigation close right now
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Comment on Good News Everyone! in ~news
DefinitelyNotAFae Link'Extinct' Scimitar-Horned Oryx Thriving in the Saharan Wilds Thanks to Decades of Captive Breeding Previously considered "Extinct" in the wild, this oryx species has moved up to "Endangered" status!'Extinct' Scimitar-Horned Oryx Thriving in the Saharan Wilds Thanks to Decades of Captive Breeding
Previously considered "Extinct" in the wild, this oryx species has moved up to "Endangered" status!
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Good News Everyone!
Welcome back to another edition of the good news thread. Where I challenge folks to find and post good news. Don't just link to a source of good news, pick one out and share it. Personal good news...
Welcome back to another edition of the good news thread. Where I challenge folks to find and post good news. Don't just link to a source of good news, pick one out and share it. Personal good news stories are also welcome!
Even if it's good in the face of bad, even if it's the sort of good that can also remind you that shit's fucked up. For this thread, we focus on the good and we don't let the fact there's still also bad in the world drag us down.
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Comment on Brown University shooting leaves two dead, nine injured as police search for killer in ~news
DefinitelyNotAFae (edited )LinkI don't even have any primary trauma related to school shootings/mass shootings and still I can sit in my office at work or be in the residence halls, or be teaching a class and just see what...I don't even have any primary trauma related to school shootings/mass shootings and still I can sit in my office at work or be in the residence halls, or be teaching a class and just see what would happen. And I do every time I see videos of terrified students and reports of yet another shooting. Secondary trauma is some bullshit.
It's so deeply unjust that this is what childhood and adolescence consists of in this country.
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Comment on Things are crumbling around me and a lot of it is my fault in ~health.mental
DefinitelyNotAFae LinkTo cosign the "not living in shame just visiting" one of the things they teach in bystander intervention training is making sure you're safe before getting involved and staying safe when being...To cosign the "not living in shame just visiting" one of the things they teach in bystander intervention training is making sure you're safe before getting involved and staying safe when being involved. You were functionally the target, not even a bystander, and there's not an obligation to put yourself at risk, even of losing your job and all the things that come along with that. This wasn't a situation where you could have protected someone else by your actions.
If you feel the need to visit shame, use it to decide what you'll be able to do in a future, similar situation. Take the energy, transmute it into the job search and give yourself grace. ♡
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Comment on Eleven killed in shooting targeting Jewish community at Australia's Bondi Beach, police say in ~news
DefinitelyNotAFae (edited )Linkhttps://bsky.app/profile/bnonews.com/post/3m7ws7si2q22l Just to try to highlight something somewhat positive... A bystander Ahmed al Ahmed, father of two, disarmed one of the gunmen. The shooter...https://bsky.app/profile/bnonews.com/post/3m7ws7si2q22l
Just to try to highlight something somewhat positive... A bystander Ahmed al Ahmed, father of two, disarmed one of the gunmen. The shooter later retreated back to the second shooter and rearmed himself but this was all time that he wasn't firing, and the second gunman redirected his fire.
ETA: per the link below he was injured and is undergoing surgery for his injuries.
It does not form a screw top, scent resistant seal like other things that grind. Just you know, if that matters.