thesuburbanerd
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Worst part of getting into a taxi cab is having to listen to commercial talk radio and realize just the sort of unashamed, bold-faced lies and unexamined premises that the public is marinating in. Heard a show where people called into vent about things and the host just blamed Justin Trudeau for everything, and then finally someone called on and asked the host to just define "woke" for the audience, and there was this kind of stammering moment where she eventually settled on "pandering to left-wing political correctness" (unfortunately the caller didn't ask her to define "political correctness"). Then the caller talked about the genocide in Gaza and she flat out said that it wasn't happening. Just flat-out genocide denial, right on the air waves. Perfectly acceptable use of limited AM radio bandwidth, apparently. Just absolutely loathsome shit, completely bold-facedly presented.
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Black Christmas (1974) dir. Bob Clark
When a Stranger Calls (1979) dir. Fred Walton
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R. I. P. John Trimble
(image via Mike Okuda over at the once-bird place)
From his and Bjo's Facebook page:
In 1966 they found a group of people interested in mediaeval combat and arts. They joined the Society of Creative Anachronism (SCA) . John served 2 terms as a member of it’s board of directors, was a landed Baron of the first Barony. His arms were the very first to be registered with the college of Heralds and both John and Bjo have been members ever since. Later that year he said to his wife, “Gee it’s a shame a good science fiction show like Star Trek is going to be canceled. We should do something about that!” And the same Star Trek campaign was born. For over 58 years John and Bjo Trimble have been ambassadors for science fiction, the space program and the SCA. Meeting and hosting people from all walks of life, all over the world.
John has touched thousands of lives in a way that positive and full of joy. He will be greatly missed.
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STAR TREK: DISCOVERY // S5E4 Face the Strange
We are always changing. With everything that happens to us, with the choices we make, what's meaningful to us.
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It's 2023 and this joke is still somehow even funnier than ever.
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Wow... people having to identify themselves to a government because of they are part of a group that is seen as ¨other¨ or because they want to learn about a certain topic...where i have seen this before...
I don't know... maybe what it is considered one of the biggest red flags in steps of dehumanization of groups, mainly minorities?
Btw, this is what the people behind KOSA are trying to impose in all the United States of America.
[Image ID: News politcs article about USA politics that says ¨Kansas governor passes law requiring ID to view acts of 'homosexuality' online, vetoes anti-LGBTQ+ bill¨ /.End ID]
Link to the article:
https://www.advocate.com/politics/kansas-veto-age-verification-gender-affirming-care-abortion
Edit: Since this gained more notes, for those who don't know KOSA is, it is a USA bill that was reintroduced on May 2023 (last year). It is called ¨Kids Online Safety Act¨ (KOSA for short). It has been introduced and reintroduced for a while now since 2022.
It is meant with the intention to ¨protect kids¨ by restricting their use of internet by pushing age restrictions and people having to present their ID to use internet or access certain websites, quite similar to the Kansas state bill that got passed.
Many groups and people have criticized this bill for the potential censorship it can come with it and do more harm to the kids than help them. Possible censorship that has been suggested this bill can bring is LGBT+ content, politics and news, mental health search, political and social opinions in general (adults included).
What is more, it has been put into question the possible invasion of privacy for both minors and adults by having to share an identification to use certain websites. That people could get censored or doxxed by doing this.
As for the bill itself, there was a hearing earlier today in the Senate. ( April 17th-Wednesday). It could take a while before it gets voted and has to pass different stages. Then it would take months (18 months) to be implemented if it gets passed.
I'm not American myself, so i'm not sure how much i can do about this. What i do recommend is making calls to senators and people involved in pushing this bill to make clear your disapproval of it. Try sign petitions or just telling others about it.
Some sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kids_Online_Safety_Act
https://www.stopkosa.com/
https://www.badinternetbills.com/
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/02/dont-fall-latest-changes-dangerous-kids-online-safety-act
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