Notices by Madies Scythian (madies@mastodon.social)

Xenophobia has now been a political platform for 3 decades. We on the tolerant left appear to have accepted it as a valid one.

But as it turns out, the agenda of 1) making it difficult to move country, and 2) making it difficult to be an immigrant, has, to nobody's surprise only made racial tension worse.

It is time to rethink the analysis, before more countries elect populist maniacs?

Is it time to approach racism with something else than the appeasing & misguided "your concern is valid"?

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@br00t4c ""Hi AI, write me a 500 page tense narrative about a summer solstice celebration that goes wrong when the guests cannot leave a remote vacation compound in the style of Rumaan Alam"

@br00t4c @johnlogic But... we already have 0.1% of the global CO2 output managed by CCS! We're on the right path </sarcasm in case it wasn't clear>
Also, have you seen that the all-wise mods of mastodon.social have hidden you profile, limiting your reach? https://fedi.tips/transferring-your-mastodon-account-to-another-server/

@br00t4c Carbon capture, but without the "storage" part.
We are not a smart species.

@br00t4c For now

@eribosot I have half a bottle you can have. I've not opened it for several years. But it's so sugary I don't know if I can in fact open it, with all the dry sugar in the cap.
For the crepes, if you find any similar stuff that's cheaper, it'll taste the same. There are so many competing citrus flavours in crepe suzettes.
But.. of course it doesn't look the same if you use Tesco brand at the table.

@eribosot As in "individual plates for the people eating", opposed to a serving platter. If you have 4 people eating, use 4 plates.
But reading it your way is more fun, definitely.

@aral Remember that there is no third option this time

@aral As the meme goes "Just because Alfred is old, you don't put The Joker in charge of the Batcave"

@randahl Surely, if we allow Putin to take over Donbas, we shall have Peace In Our Time™️

@aral made a good case almost 8 years ago that we should use the word muslimophobia instead of islamophobia. I'll remember it from now on. https://ar.al/notes/islam-is-privilege/