aasatru

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[–] aasatru@kbin.earth 6 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I think it reveals that the antagonist is more used to hunting humans than animals, and that referring to the target as an "it" takes a bit of getting used to.

For the movie it might help make the stakes seem a bit higher, underlining that this is no ordinary hunt.

But also of course it hints that he know the identity. Especially so maybe when he feels the need to correct himself - the vicar gets the feeling something is off.

[–] aasatru@kbin.earth 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Is there a pretty list of federated NodeBB forums anywhere? I like to check out which ones are listed on fedidb every now and then, but it's not the most convenient list as the topic of the forum is often obscure based on its name.

(I really enjoy being able to follow and participate in communities in forums around the web - thanks for making it possible!)

[–] aasatru@kbin.earth 3 points 1 week ago

Shouldn't we try to gift them our technology so they are better equipped to survive?

Looking at the state of affairs right now, I'm not entirely sure this is the effect the "gift of technology" has had. At this point I wouldn't be surprised if they end up outliving all of us.

[–] aasatru@kbin.earth 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

group of people who don't want to compromise on any of their values

Of course I don't want to compromise my values in order to see growth of a platform that I use precisely because it aligns with my values.

[–] aasatru@kbin.earth 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] aasatru@kbin.earth 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I installed it myself on my FP5 (bought with Android in a shop) using the online installer, which was pretty easy and obviously free of charge.

[–] aasatru@kbin.earth 10 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

They cooperate with Murena, so /e/OS is officially supported and you can buy new devices with /e/OS installed. I am running /e/OS on my Fairphone 5 and it works great.

They also seem to have given developer devices to the PostmarketOS folks, so that they hit the ground running with a working FP6 port already. I'm not sure exactly what is going on behind the scenes between Fairphone and PostmarketOS here - maybe @z3ntu@fosstodon.org can fill us in.

[–] aasatru@kbin.earth 6 points 1 month ago

On the positive side Mastodon is working on a fix.

[–] aasatru@kbin.earth 1 points 1 month ago

Working quite a bit with lawyers and law students it's endlessly frustrating that so many of them are there not because they have any interest in understanding what the law is or how it relates to society, but simply because they had good grades and they figured a law degree was the natural thing to do.

Follow your interests. If you're not interested you won't end up doing interesting things.

[–] aasatru@kbin.earth 2 points 1 month ago

The legal industry is about to get upended by LLMs.

As an LLM myself, this weirds me out every time.

[–] aasatru@kbin.earth 12 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Seems to be some misunderstanding somewhere - Jerry states elsewhere that the costs are covered by donations.

The Mastodon instance I'm on has around 200 people (not all of them active), and received around €800 in donations last year,. Total costs were less than €300.

I think the problem of scaling kicks in when we go after demographics that are less charitable on average.

[–] aasatru@kbin.earth 27 points 1 month ago (14 children)

the flagship instance of Bandwagon.fm will be taking 0% of any money musicians make.

Good stuff.

To support development, Bandwagon’s flagship instance will be offering a $10 per month Premier plan that allows musicians to sell their music and offer their tracks at a higher bit-rate, among other features.

So they will take 0% of money, except a flat fee of €10 every month in order to be allowed to sell music at all? This seems a bit more problematic, as smaller artists would lose money every month by trying to position themselves in the market.

I like the business model of selling subscriptions to the artists but giving them 100% of proceedings quite a lot, but it would be nice if they for example only had to pay a monthly fee once sales surpassed €10, or if they could sell a limited amount of tracks for free in order to test the waters before putting all their music out for sale.

Writing this comment listening to @torstentorsten@bandwagon.fm by the way. Recommended to anyone interested in German singer/songwriter music. Who isn't.

 

Immigration officials on Tuesday morning arrested 25-year-old union farmworker activist Alfredo “Lelo” Juarez in Sedro-Woolley, according to Immigration and Customs Enforcement records and Juarez’s fellow organizers.

Juarez, who is a member of the Indigenous Mexican Mixteco community, has organized on behalf of farmworker rights in Washington state since he was 14 years old and worked as a berry picker, according to Rosalinda Guillen, a longtime activist leader and founder of social justice group Community to Community Development.

Guillen says Juarez called her shortly before 7:30 a.m. on Tuesday and she heard Juarez’s partner screaming and crying before the call abruptly ended.

“(It was) Lelo’s voice saying, ‘Leave her alone. She has nothing to do with this. I was just taking her to work,'” Guillen said.

An ICE spokesperson said Juarez is a citizen of Mexico and was ordered by an immigration judge to return there in 2018. Juarez “refused to comply with lawful commands to exit the vehicle he was occupying at the time of the arrest,” according to the spokesperson, and will remain in ICE detention during deportation proceedings.

Juarez was driving his partner to her job at a tulip bulb company in Mount Vernon, said Edgar Franks, political director for Indigenous farmworkers union Familias Unidas por la Justicia. Franks said officials broke Juarez’s window and forced him out of the vehicle. Juarez later called from an ICE facility in Ferndale, Whatcom County, and said he had been detained.

Protests were held in Tacoma yesterday.

 

Protest at Tacoma NW Detention Center - March 27 5:30 pm

For those in the Seattle/Tacoma area: There's a protest today against the detention of two Union members organized by the Washington State Labor Council.

The Washington State Labor Council, AFL-CIO is mobilizing union members, community, and supporters to the Tacoma NW Detention Center (1623 E J St, Tacoma, WA 98421) to protest the detention of union siblings Alfredo “Lelo” Juarez and Lewelyn Dixon tomorrow, Thursday, March 27. Supporters will gather in front of the detention center at 5:30 p.m.

Stay safe out there.

More information: https://thestand.org/2025/03/solidarity-with-detained-union-siblings

#Seattle #Tacoma #50501 #Washington #WashingtonState

 

Very direct response to nazis in a community.

Cross-posting from !Resist

 

🚨 🇺🇸 The 50501 movement has set up its own forum! 🇺🇸 🚨

It's hard to know where to organize the resistance, as corporate platforms seem to be increasingly susceptible to censorship. In response to this, #50501 / #fivefiftyone has set up their own forum at https://50501.chat/ - completely off reach from any influence by the #US government.

The forum, which is an instance of Lemmy and therefore on the Fediverse, has State-specific communities. Users of #Mastodon can participate in the discussion directly by tagging for example @New_York@50501.chat or @California@50501.chat.

Use it to organize and spread the words of protests in your State!

Users of Lemmy or similar platforms can find the State-specific communities at, for example, !Georgia@50501.chat.

Feel free to spread the word!

 

It's almost as if American tabloids have learned they can generate clicks by refusing to recognize the reality of the situation.

Steve Bannon whipped up the CPAC crowd by talking about the possibility of Trump staying in office for a third term—and concluded his speech by giving a provocative gesture that resembled the controversial salute Elon Musk gave at a post-inauguration rally last month.

The source is Bluesky. I would suggest not following the link to the Daily Beast.

Via @dangillmor@mastodon.social on Mastodon.

 
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