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   Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Wednesday, 01-Oct-2025 16:24:44 JST Aral Balkan

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   @antimundo Thanks.

   So, first off, no verification process can 100% guarantee that everything a person says is true.

   In the video calls, @joynewacc joins me and, being from Gaza, she can immediately tell if the person is speaking the Palestinian dialect.

   Beyond that, we ask for outside views. Again, it’s rather easy to tell when you’re shown around a tent city with the sounds of drones overhead. (Either they’re in Gaza or a Hollywood-grade film studio.)

   There are also other checks we are implementing as we go but I am not going to reveal those at this point.

   To put it into perspective, this immediately separates the non-Gazans from the Gazans. Are there one or two Thénardiers left? Perhaps. But we are evolving ways of detecting that (not least of all because we now have a trusted group of people in Gaza to help).

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   Madeleine Bonsma-Fisher, PhD (mbonsma@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 15-Oct-2024 00:08:36 JST Madeleine Bonsma-Fisher, PhD

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   When I was very pregnant and walking was slow and painful, my upright bike made me feel light and free. The idea that all disabled people need cars or that no disabled people can use bikes is just not true.

   In fact, by providing more non-car options to get around, cities can reduce congestion and parking competition, making it EASIER to drive for people who rely on cars. Helping people who don't need to drive switch to other modes benefits everyone.

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   Jenny Andrew (drandrewv2@freeradical.zone)'s status on Sunday, 19-May-2024 18:47:37 JST Jenny Andrew

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   If there’s one thing I’ve learned from living with #MECFS, it’s that “a change is as good as a rest” is just not true.

   In the absence of rest, a change *might* be better than nothing, but you still need rest - and REGULARLY.

   Eg: 1hr physical exertion + 1h mental exertion is better than 2hrs mental exertion, but neither gives any rest at all. You might not know it, but your cortisol levels and your nervous system absolutely do.

   You can’t cheat at resting.

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   Border Commander Cosmicino (cosmic@noauthority.social)'s status on Thursday, 11-Apr-2024 21:50:45 JST Border Commander Cosmicino

   When I tell people to buy cheap real estate, I commonly hear “you have to pay if you want good schools.”

   I am not sure this is true.

   In 2024, if you get a hoity toity school district then they will troon your kids. If you pay $1m for an urban house then your kid will get the beatdown from gangsters in training like it’s prison.

   Sure, rural schools are a bunch of dumb hick kids, but I’d think a small city school in a red state would be just ok. Not great, but ok.

   Am I wrong?

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   Paul Chernoff (paulc@mstdn.social)'s status on Tuesday, 20-Feb-2024 08:52:27 JST Paul Chernoff

   @GossiTheDog We had this is the old days.

   The story of the person who used a lawn mower to trim their hedges, hurt themselves, and then successfully sued the maker of the lawn mower. It isn't true.

   In the 1980s a reporter investigated the story after a major insurance company put this story a full page newspaper ad to push tort reform.

   There was no source for the story, no proof. It was a lie

   The insurance company almost lost its license.

   We've always had fake stories that spread.

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   Jeffrey Phillips Freeman (freemo@mastodon.acm.org)'s status on Sunday, 11-Feb-2024 05:25:59 JST Jeffrey Phillips Freeman

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   @wild1145

   The fact that the active user count on your instance has dropped by 75% in the last half a year or so and has continually dropped every single day for the last 6 months it would seem to suggest this is not true.

   In fact it suggests your user base is quite unhappy and leaving in record numbers. Say what you will but the facts say otherwise.

   @BobMastodon @oliphant