ffmpeg encoding format voted #1 in "sounds like a fetish abbreviation"

hate that searching for anything on google is basically impossible now

kinda claustrophobic in some way, u know? like you had a giant window looking out into the world and now it's closed . im trying not to think about it too much bc it genuinely freaks me out psychologically. i mean. to some degree

listening to the pronunciation samples wikipedia offers of different types of consonants and you know what, I don't believe some of these are actually different sounds. I think this is some audiophile shit like gold-plated cables.

someone's mad they didn't encounter more phonemically contrastive environments during their critical period of language development

“our teeth and ambitions are bared” is a zeugma

and it’s a zeugma where one of the words is literal and one is metaphorical which is the BEST KIND

I didn’t know about zeugmas until just now! That is so awesome, everybody: 

zeug·ma

ˈzo͞oɡmə/

noun

ISN’T THAT AWESOME??

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you know what really gets my goat?

el chupacabra

I’m sorry!? What?!

Whoa, chupacabra’s a millennial?

spiders have got to figure out contracting I need to be able to call my local spiders union and be like "hey can you send a guy out for a few days the fruit flies are back" and then pay it in spider currency. I'll learn the conversion rates. I'll be generous with my rounding. please.

Dr Ghassan Abu Sitta, who was a lead surgeon in Gaza and particularly at Al-Shifa hospital, is barred from entering Germany.

German forces stormed the room that the "Palestine Conference" was being held in Berlin, Germany, cutting off the electricity and video feed as Nakba survivor and researcher Salman Abu Sitta was speaking via video.

Dr. Ghassan Abu Sitta, a firsthand witness to genocide who was working in Gaza hospitals during the war and set to speak at the conference, was detained at the Berlin airport and forcibly prevented from entering the country.

It is worth noting that Germany is currently on trial at at the International Court of Justice for its military and financial support for the zionist entity's genocide, and it is one of the most repressive countries for Arab and Palestinian activism, long before October 7th.

- Resistance News Network

german media was of course immediately invited into the space to record the spactacle - remember this was a private event. udi raz from jewish voice for peace berlin has been arrested. organisers had already jumped through hoops to make the conference possible, accepted 2500 cops on site despite just 1000 attendees being expected.

this has broken me

happy penis friday yall

guess what day it is

a selection of beasts i resonate w this week

hmm

some more beasts we find particularly resonant

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re 'Boeing killed a guy' - whether Boeing killed the whistleblower in the news right now? can't say, maybe. would be a massive own goal in terms of drawing more negative attention on their shoddy plane, but people do stupid self destructive things sometimes.

but whether Boeing has killed people in general - rather depends whether you see the gunsmith as partly culpable in the murder I suppose, but they are the fourth largest arms company in the world. Boeing aircraft have been used to kill millions of people. if the Americans ever fight a nuclear war, it will be Boeing ICBMs that carry the warheads. even the present genocide in Gaza is presumably using Boeing's F-15I aircraft. their business model - at least that of the defense wing - is facilitating the ending of human lives as efficiently as possible. they seem to be quite good at it.

so Boeing have definitely killed a guy or two.

Trump’s term is ending as it began, with a likelihood of street conflict. The following guides offer a great deal of information about how to participate in effective protests while protecting yourself and your community.

Getting Connected

Security Culture

You can find a lot of important information about general security in protest situations here.

Digital Communications and Security

This thread spells out how to protect your privacy via proper phone safety at demonstrations—before, during, and after the protest.

Dressing for Success and Security

Safety Gear

You can read some more tips about protest gear from protesters in Hong Kong here.

Strategy, Planning, and Tactics

Jail Support

When Things Go Badly

Basic First Aid in the Streets

You can obtain more graphics on this subject here.

For Experienced Medics

These four zines from the Rosehip Medic Collective include a range of useful information.

This collection of resources that appeared shortly before Trump took office includes more topical material, addressing non-violence, solidarity, white supremacy, colonialism, patriarchy, capitalism, and more.

a scholarly conversation about the future

Brent Spiner doing Brent Spiner things behind the scenes of Star Trek: The Next Generation.