There's this little Chinese restaurant that Katy and I like to order from occasionally. Because this is Canada, the fortune cookies tend to have English and French on them (one language on each side of the paper). They're manufactured in such a way that when I crack them open, I usually see the French side first, which usually isn't a problem.
I'll admit that my French is not as good as my English, but I'm more or less bilingual. This time though, I swear the French side of the fortune was generated by a Markov chain or something. I was actually forced to read the English side to figure out what they were trying to say.
The French side:
Vos yeux délicieux, voire dynamiques, ont fait naître un admirateur mystérieux.
The English side:
Your dynamic eyes have attracted a secret admirer.
Am I just forgetting how to speak French, or is this a really clumsily constructed sentence?
Ep. 307 Cult Chatting with Caroline Ansley
This week we finally have a new episode. I sat down with Caroline Ansley to discuss cults and coercive control. Caroline, a medical doctor, activist, advocate and cult survivor, is doing SO much to combat these issues in her homeland of New Zealand.Spreaker
shakedown.social/@chopaganda/1… chopaganda@shakedown.social - Twitter literally suspended the people who outed the Nazi instead of the Nazi himself. Why? The Nazi asked Elon to suspend them.And some of you reading this still help to keep Twitter alive. Get the fuck off that shit and don’t look back.
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20…
After appeal to Musk, X suspends accounts that outed neo-Nazi cartoonist
Researchers, journalists are blocked from sharing the alleged identity of Stonetoss.Ars Technica
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Ep. 306 Scientology - 20 Years In - Episode 65 Remastered Part 2
This was one of my first introductions to Scientology. Can you tell? Lots has changed in terms of my understanding of cults, of Scientology and my interview style. In this interview, I chat with Fred.Spreaker
Ep. 306 Scientology - 20 Years In - Episode 65 Remastered
This was one of my first introductions to Scientology. Can you tell? Lots has changed in terms of my understanding of cults, of Scientology and my interview style. In this interview, I chat with Fred.Spreaker
At some point (apparently last December) a new #Friendica version came out and I hadn't noticed. Finally got around to upgrading, and it seems to be running much more smoothly than the previous version.
Also, there's a "channels" feature now? Gonna have to look into what that is.
The reason I dislike pure free-market #capitalism is that it invariably leads to decisions being made by accountants that should instead be made by scientists and engineers. When this happens, people tend to die.
Since the capitalist typically doesn't suffer these consequences directly, the only factor that ends up mattering is what it does to their balance sheet.
Strong regulation can translate these human costs into financial ones. To those who argue against this approach, I submit that the only alternative solution to the problem is decidedly... less kind.
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&& as having a higher operator precedence than ||. That led to a fun little bug.
Today while I was out, I saw a guy at a busy intersection holding a handwritten sign. Obviously, I assumed he was panhandling, because people frequently do that there.
As I approached, I saw that his sign only had a URL on it. Out of curiosity, I visited it. Turns out it was some bitcoin mining scam.
While this was definitely a novel marketing approach, I wonder how they figured this particular tactic would instill confidence in anyone...
Mysteries on the True Crime Express - International Women's Day Special!
...1 historic steam train... ...9 exceptional true crime podcasts... ...9 tales woven with the spirit of Women's Day... ...Spreaker
Ep. 304 The Children of God with Daniella Mestyanek Young - Episode 110 Remastered
In this episode I talk with Daniella about her experiences growing up in the armageddonist movement The Children of God - now known as The Family International.Spreaker
Ep. 303 The Unification Church with Lisa Kohn - Episode 93 Remastered
In today's episode I speak at length with Lisa Kohn - author of the Memoir "To the Moon and Back: A Childhood Under the Influence". Lisa talks us through her childhood coming into the church and her struggles with leaving it behind.Spreaker
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@screwlisp At the moment, the only way in is by teleportation. I've requested a link in from TinyTown, but the person who owns the area hasn't been online in about a month.
You can use @go #43453 in the meantime.
I'll link it into my already existing area if necessary, but I was hoping for something more central.
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TIL that "ACAB" is in Nintendo's list of "banned words" in #AnimalCrossing. I suppose this makes sense if they want to remain apolitical.
Interestingly enough, "MAGA" is perfectly fine... so I guess there goes that theory.
#ACNH #censorship
When you think about it, blood glucose meters need to be shockingly precise. Let's take a real-world example to illustrate this.
This morning, my glucose levels were 6.7mmol/L. What does that mean? Let me dust off my high school chemistry and bust out a calculator.
The internet tells me that glucose has a chemical composition of C6H12O6, which would give 1mmol of glucose a mass of about 180mg (0.18 grams).
A reading of 6.7mmol/L means that in a litre of blood, there would only be about 1.2 grams of glucose.
For perspective, a litre of water is 1000g. I don't off hand know the density of blood, but I imagine it's not too far off.
My meter was able to tell this from a drop of blood.
That's pretty wild. Can someone check my math on this?
@PerryM ✅ I don't understand Freedom Units, but I tried to put everything in the same unit (grams) to give an idea of the sense of scale. My main takeaway is that the glucose measurement makes up somewhere in the ballpark of 0.1% by mass. The fact that it's possible to get that precise a reading from a single drop of blood is downright bananas.
Edit: 0.1%, not 1%. 1% would probably be lethal.
Jon, I was "pulling your chain". Your math is perfect and your amazement logical.
Not questioning the accuracy is nearly the same as not questioning the building an ARK big enough to hold 2 of every animal on earth and feeding them and what comes next and even getting all of them on the Ark without DHL!
Ep. 302 Interview with Teddy Hose - Unification Church Part 2 - Episode 85 Remastered
In the start of this months Unification Church coverage, spokesperson against the church, Teddy Hose, speaks with me about his upbringing in the Moonies and his life after. Check out some of Teddy's media presence here: https://www.youtube.Spreaker
Ep. 302 Interview with Teddy Hose - Unification Church Part 1 - Episode 85 Remastered
In the start of this months Unification Church coverage, spokesperson against the church, Teddy Hose, speaks with me about his upbringing in the Moonies and his life after. Check out some of Teddy's media presence here: https://www.youtube.Spreaker
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What I do remember though is that I must have gotten sick on them or something because to this day the mere thought of eating one makes me queasy!
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