And wasps will kill any fly that dares come close. Only thing they like more than sugar is protein.
This gives so much perspective, and feels like not being alone, thank you.
Sometimes I struggle with my own, internalized expectations of masculinity and that the world expects a 6'8" guy who also has 0 external feminine traits to behave "like a man" doesn't make it easier.
I'm so incredibly fortunate to have found a strong woman who will hold me when I cry and loves me for my sensitivity and empathy.
None of this means I'm gender fluid, I'm... okay, relaxed, not unhappy with my masculinity, sometimes I can even revel in it. But modern sentiments that deconstruct social expectations of gender roles have made it sooooo much easier to just exist, even as a cis man for all the times that I strongly deviate from them. It's only that societal expectations have been internalized hard by my generation and it can still be such a struggle.
Comments like yours make it easier, because I know I'm not alone in this. Thank you.
I have encountered big american pickups only seven times in my country. They all had some kind of nazi imagery or text attached.
Je mehr Leute den ÖPNV nutzen, desto freiere Straßen, mehr Parkplätze und sicherere Radwege.
I keep repeating myself.
Bernie, AOC, Zohran Mamdani... conservatives shouldn't be shocked by their popularity, they should be thankful.
Because electing popular lefty politicians through the system and working with the system to change the system is a compromise.
The working class has other means to defend itself from the overreach of the bourgeoisie inherent in the system, and everyone who wants to hold onto the current system should be extremely thankful that the working class doesn't simply decide to violently overthrow it.
"Consider Phlebas", by Iain M. Banks.
A lemmy thread about favourite fictional society to live in introduced me to The Culture, I'm extremely intrigued by this post-scarcity anarchist space hippy commune and want to find out more.
It's british space opera, which I incredibly enjoy and it allegedly deconstructs the "lone protagonist has wide raging influence"-trope which I'm also going to enjoy.
The more I learn about ADD, the more I feel concerned that maybe I should get someone to check me out.
So much so that our immigrant population refers to Germans as "Kartoffeln" (potatoes)
I don't speak Spanish, but when I heard Colores by Ska-P ("Por la libertad es fundamental la diversidad") I was instantly in love. The music is great and the lyrics seemed straight up fire.
Then I translated their songs and now they are my second favourite band, after RATM.
A Chitón - On repression and censorship in the name of security
El Vals del Obrero - The Workers Waltz, on unity of the working class
I kicked a decrepit german shepard to death.
**WHY?!**
Wasn't my fault really, the owner had trained his dog to be aggressive and I was deathly afraid of dogs. The animal escaped the leash and charged me, I don't know if it would have bitten me, but I instinctively kicked it in the face... I'm an extremely overweight guy and was scared shitless, that's propably why my leg had some serious power behind it, so I kicked that poor puppies snout straight into its braincase.
Still have nightmares of that day. Good news is: I have sinced learned to be less afraid and love dogs now. I even regularly put my hand down the throat of a huge japanese Akita Inu who loves me to death and pull on his teeth in play.
Study after study has shown that the ROI for foreign aid is positive and indicative of an overall positive effect for the country giving the aid.
I'm only writing that to express that there are no moral and no economical reasons to reduce foreign aid. Even the right should be in favour of aid, as it lessens the amount of immigration and asylum and has a positive effect on GDP.
The only reasons to reduce foreign aid are populism, a change in political culture of the receiver (for example giving less money to Israel) and to shuffle it around in the budget, for example what Germany did with its infrastructure costs... declaring them a military necessity to be able to increase the military budget to appease Trump while still repairing our roadways.
But that is afaik not happening here... this is stupid populism.
Oh goodness, 24 years ago I was uninformed, narrowminded and had been brought up sheltered and rather conservative. So I used to be hugely trans- and homophobic. I wasn't actively hurting or confronting anyone, but I was definitely a big part of the problem.
It actually was webcomics that deprogrammed me. That showed me a world I simply did not know but quickly felt empathy for. Those were normal, lovely people who simply existed differently from me, they weren't a threat and they had so many struggles pushed on them only for being different.
Today I'm far-left, progressive, super empathetic, happy that a lesbian friend calls me "one of the good ones" and that I, as a huuuuuge white cis guy, can be an ally and create a safe space around me for everyone who needs it.
Do you folks like coffee?
Real coffee
From the Hills
Of Colombia?
The Duncan Hills will wake you
From a thousand deaths
A cup of blackened blood
(Dying, dying)
You're dying for a cup
Guatemala blend
Ethiopian
French vanilla roast
(Dying, dying)
You're dying for a cup
Prepare for ultimate flavor
You're gonna get some now
And scream... for your cream
Duncan Hills
Duncan Hills
Duncan Hills Coffee
> # Heil Trump > > Trump’s political signature, like all fascist signatures, has always followed only but one purpose: his. In his world, the concept of We exists only as tapestry-booster for his ego and his self-importance as a projection screen for his feverish supporters. It is a cult, not a legacy. The US president is not a king, he is a fascist.
I'm a huge guy, 6'8" and immensely heavy, people do a double take when I tell them I can and do windsurf.
If you want JUST DÖNER, but also crave other things.
Sorry about the image-quality, was a drive-by-📸. It says JUST DÖNER — döner and more
In der Mannheimer Innenstadt kommt es am Rosenmontag zu einem Vorfall.
> In Mannheim läuft ein großer Polizeieinsatz in der Innenstadt. Einem dpa-Reporter zufolge waren am Ort des Geschehens Trümmer zu sehen, mindestens eine Person lag demnach abgedeckt unter einer Plane. Augenzeugen zufolge war ein Fahrzeug in eine Menschenmenge gefahren. > > Der Vorfall ereignete sich nach Polizeiangaben am zentralen Paradeplatz. Polizei und Rettungskräfte seien auf der Anfahrt, teilte das Polizeipräsidium in Mannheim mit. In der Innenstadt könne es zu Verkehrsbeeinträchtigungen kommen.
Die Politzei bittet darum die Mannheimer Innenstadt zu meiden
> Polizei und Rettungskräfte sind vor Ort, ein Hubschrauber kreist über den Quadraten.
> Laut einer Reporterin von MANNHEIM24 vor Ort wurde ein Täter gefasst, weitere Täter können aber nicht ausgeschlossen werden. Die Einsatzkräfte vor Ort stünden unter Hochspannung und können keine weiteren Informationen geben. Die gesamten Planken vom Wasserturm bis zum Paradeplatz sind vollständig abgesperrt. > > Der betroffene Bereich wird evakuiert, Bürger und Bürgerinnen werden aufgefordert, die Innenstadt zu verlassen – der Fastnachtsmarkt in der Innenstadt ist geschlossen. Auch die Brücken nach Ludwigshafen werden kontrolliert, das Universitätsklinikum Mannheim hat mittlerweile Katastrophen-Alarm ausgerufen.
Die aktuelle "kleine Anfrage" (immerhin 551 Punkte) der Union an die Bundesregierung offenbart eine Liste der Organisationen die offenbar von der kommenden Regierung Merz als feindlich eingestuft werden und deren Fördergelder man gerne kürzen oder denen man die Allgemeinnützigkeit aberkennen möchte. Das sind unter anderem:
- Correctiv Magazin,
- Omas gegen Rechts,
- Campact,
- Attac,
- Amadeu Antonio Stiftung,
- PETA,
- Animal Rights Watch,
- Foodwatch,
- Deutsche Umwelthilfe,
- Greenpeace,
- Bund für Umwelt und Naturschutz Deutschland (BUND)
Ich nehme das einfach mal als Spendenempfehlung
Grünen-Kanzlerkandidat Habeck zieht aus dem enttäuschenden Abschneiden seiner Partei bei der Bundestagswahl persönliche Konsequenzen. Er wolle keine wichtige Funktion in seiner Partei mehr ausfüllen, erklärte er.
If they can elect a felon to the white house, so could we.
Edit: Better image, thanks to @PresidentCamacho@lemm.ee
Find hidden words and uncover the day’s theme.
Strands #282 “Something to see” 🔵🟡🔵🔵 💡🔵🔵🔵 🔵
Damn I'm blind
Find hidden words and uncover the day’s theme.
Strands #281 “Quiet at first” 🔵💡🔵💡 🔵🔵🟡🔵 🔵
``` Order Up 222 3/5 ⬇️
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https://orderup.games/ ```
Well this is awkward
I did not know those phrases were meant to be translated, I simply ordered by nations from a very rough understanding of who goes where.
#travle #725 +1 🟩🟩🟧✅ https://travle.earth/
I think I always went around in my training, never through the middle. Still happy about this, my first move was a guess to orient myself and it paid off immediatly.
Find hidden words and uncover the day’s theme.
Strands #280 “A timely theme” 🔵🔵🔵🟡 🔵🔵🔵🔵
This was easy
Thank you Wristwatch Revival
``` 🙂 Daily Quordle 1049 8️⃣9️⃣ 7️⃣4️⃣ m-w.com/games/quordle/ 🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ 🟨🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟨🟨⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 🟨🟨🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩⬜🟨⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ```
Got it on the last try 🥵
``` 🥵 Daily Extreme 131 6️⃣8️⃣ 🟥4️⃣ m-w.com/games/quordle/ ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟩 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨🟨⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩⬜⬜🟨 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟨⬜⬜🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜🟩⬜🟨🟨 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ```
Decipher a new quote every day! Test your skills with this new daily brainteaser.
Decipher #172 deciphered in ⏱️ 4m 30s ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ https://decipher.wtf/
Find hidden words and uncover the day’s theme.
Strands #279 “Prepare to be eaten” 🔵🔵🔵🔵 🔵🟡🔵
Find hidden words and uncover the day’s theme.
Strands #278 “Find your people” 🔵🔵🔵🔵 🔵🟡🔵🔵
A daily trivia game with 9 interesting questions. If you get three wrong…you lose. Question categories include science, arts, history, animals and math.
Tightrope, a daily trivia game | Britannica
Oct. 30, 2024
T I G H T R O P E ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ 🎉
My Score: 1970
Spoiler
Ok, the million-dollar-dress question one was pure luck again, I should not get away with guessing so much.
A daily trivia game with 9 interesting questions. If you get three wrong…you lose. Question categories include science, arts, history, animals and math.
``` Tightrope, a daily trivia game | Britannica
Oct. 29, 2024
T I G H T R O P E ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ 🎉
My Score: 1840 ```
You are shown two words. You goal is to transform the starting word to the target word. You can only change one letter at a time.
``` Flipple 4 #151 ⬇️ 🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩
Flipple 5 #151 ⬇️ 🟩⬜⬜🟩⬜ 🟩⬜🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ```
Webdeveloper from Germany, nerd, gamer, atheist, interested in nerd-culture, biology of everything creepy, evolution, history, physics, politics and space.
Progressive. Ally. SocDem. Euro-Federalist.
Political Compass: -7.0, -6.62