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Il leghista Sasso vorrebbe toglierci il diritto di non simpatizzare per il genocidio di cui lui è complice? gayburg.com/2025/12/il-leghist…


"Oppressive language does more than represent violence; it is violence; does more than represent the limits of knowledge; it limits knowledge."

#OnThisDay, 7 Dec 1993, Toni Morrison gives her Nobel lecture, part of her acceptance of the Nobel prize in literature.

Watch her speech here: nobel-videocdn01.azureedge.net…

#ReadMoreWomen #NobelWomen #WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #Histodons

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Language, oppressive or otherwise, is not violence. Violence is violence. If you start calling language violence you are taking a powerful word away from victims of violence and putting it into a box of inflationary language. Try telling the victim of a gang beating that the racist drunk cussing at the black bartender is being violent. Does that feel right?
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Inflationary language is a tool in the box of the oppressed Olympics. It's another way of saying my experience is just as serious as yours. Well, I'm sorry, but experiences are different and the differences are sometimes real and visible. A victim in a shelter should not have to explain to a literature graduate writing poetry that they mean 'real' violence and not some oppressive rhetoric.
Okay. I'm now taking a breath. This really annoys me. Stealing others' experience for poetry.
in reply to duncan

@duncan_lithgow So you need to pick that up with Toni Morrision, after reading her speech. Given she was talking about violence towards black women.
in reply to CarveHerName

I watched most of #ToniMorrison 's speech. It was good. Beautiful voice and prose, as I could have expected. But that changes nothing about my views of how the word 'violent' is being misused. Since you chose to quote that part of her speech maybe you'd like to tell me your views on how/whether we should constrain our use of words to avoid diluting their meaning.
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The loggers and ranchers are closing in but still #Brazil’s Kawahiva people wait for protection - theguardian.com/global-develop… come on, act before it is too late


Türchen -20 des #39c3-Kalenders: Tomatenfarben
#Tomaten sind erstmal grün. Während der Reife bauen sie rötliche Lycopine (Carotinoide) auf und grünes Chlorophyll ab. So entsteht Orange und schließlich Rot. Manche Sorten behalten ihr Chlorophyll; sie sehen bräunlich aus, weil Grün und Rot sich überlagern.

Violette Tomaten haben einen zusätzlichen Farbstoff: Bei Sonne bilden sie in der Haut Anthocyane. So bekommen sie blau-schwarze Flecken oder werden sogar komplett lila.

plantura.garden/gemuese/tomate…



Pour son entrée dans la quarantaine, Disiz commençait à se revisiter sur des nappes synthétiques où son chant explorait des formes plus pop. Il est notre Face B de la semaine, en écho au «Bitume caviar (vol. 2)» d’Isha et Limsa d’Aulnay.
lesjours.fr/obsessions/face-a-…


Elon Musk compared the European Union to the “Fourth Reich” by publishing a provocative image byteseu.com/1606478/ #Europe


what you can plant in December allforgardening.com/1531545/wh… #december #garden #gardening #UKGardening #UKGardens


#Giubilata della domenica: rappresentanti della politica (compresi sindaci con fascia tricolore) e delle forze armate alla messa al santuario diocesano di Laterza (TA) per il #giubileo dedicato a loro organizzato dalla diocesi di Castellaneta.👇
diocesicastellaneta.net/giubil…


Hello tout le monde,

je recherche :
- une avocate en droit du travail sur Paris ou 1ère couronne (est de Paris de préférence mais bon)
- une psy du travail, dans l'est parisien/1ère couronne (Montreuil, Bagnolet, Pantin, Le Pré, Vincennes, Saint Mandé...)

Les boosts sont appréciés. En vous remerciant.

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Emilie Videcoq
Delphine Borgel
Aline Chanu
Savine Bernard
Judith Krivine

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Poland’s foreign minister warns Musk’s anti-EU claims aid hostile powers byteseu.com/1606476/ #Europe


Jarenlang werd op extreem rechts de complottheorie verspreid dat een mega rijk persoon achter de schermen grote macht en invloed zou uitoefenen op de politiek en de media. Zelfs op internationaal niveau. Totdat een van de verspreiders van dat complot dacht: wat een goed idee eigenlijk!

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Trump hosts Kennedy Center honorees and teases hosting skills: ‘I’m sure they’ll give me great reviews’ - theguardian.com/us-news/2025/d… shame on all those who accepted them from trump


booksns.com/177056/ Newbie here – Clueless on selecting my next read! #BookSuggestions I recently started reading and am loving it so much. So the thing is whenever I go to a book shop I’m clueless on how to select a book and which book will keep me engaged. I saw angels and demons movie, started reading Dan Brown. Finished deception point, digital fortress, angels and demons and
in reply to BOOKSNS

What kind of SciFi?
Hard Fiction (based on science), SpaceOpera (epic storytelling), classics (for Example H.G.Wells Time machine), strange ideas? There is a lot to discover. ;)

That's a world in a world ... As in any genre. ;)



still weird to me people were throwing a fit over "owner" (as in, "task owner".)


Labour MP issues plea to Lammy to scrap 'stupid' jury trial plan
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c989p51r7xjo?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into Politics @politics-BBCNews

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On one side you have #labour calling for scraping jury trials for every crime except murder/manslaughter and rape.

On the other side you have #reformuk whose manifesto says mandatory life sentences for everyone who commits 2+ crimes and calls for putting them in rented foreign prison cells abroad because there aren't enough UK prison places.

These are the 2 binary options presented to UK people. We can all see where this is heading...

#uk #justice




U.S. sets 2027 deadline for Europe-led NATO defense, officials say byteseu.com/1606474/ #DonaldTrump #Europe #NATO #Russia #RussiaUkraineWar #U.S. #U.S.Military #Ukraine


Use positive affirmations as passphrases.

Like: I'llDoItAsSlowAsPossible



#SilentSunday evening walk.

When Lusha isn't grinning from ear to ear, she looks more wolfy.

(There is a small yappy dog in the cottage behind - sometimes he escapes and tries to come walkies with us)

#landscape #photography #mondog #dogwalk #WolvesOfMastodon #DogsOfMastodon

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Hamas has said it was ready to hand over its weapons in Gaza to a Palestinian Authority governing the territory on the condition that the Israeli army’s occupation ends.

#Gaza
#news