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Apropos of nothing...
In September 1964, The Beatles were told their upcoming concert at the Gator Bowl in Jacksonville, Florida, would be racially segregated. Far from bowing to pressure from promoters, John Lennon famously declared the band would "sooner lose our appearance money" than play to segregated audiences.
The promoters were forced to back down, and integrated the stadium for the concert. Brain Epstein later added an anti-segregation clause to all of the band's US concert contracts.
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lol "Music isn't political, it never was, stop making me care!"
What cowards.
@Lazarou "[insert band name] were great before they got all political!"
[Band]: You've never actually listened to our lyrics, have you?
Occasionally, their politics get worse (im looking at you, Atari Teenage Riot!), but usually, they get more left wing.
@lambdacalculus @Lazarou Alec Empire took a hard right turn - pro-Zionist, anti-palestinian, promoting NFTs and crypto, stealing other people's music, including remixes, then releasing them on his label and keeping the proceeds- he slso denies ever having any Left-leanings.
They're like in that old German saying: "If you aren't leftist in your 20s, you have no heart. If you're still leftist in your 40s, you have no brain" :(
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I came across a similar saying when a student over forty years ago.
At least I still have a beating heart.
Not sure how long my brain will hold up.
@stuartb oh yeah, I heard about ATR....😬
and John Lennon's famous song Imagine all the people living life in peace is a good testimony to their faith in the equality of all people on earth!
I mean... I don't remember any controversy about the Beatles that didn't start with some conservative getting in a huff about perfectly reasonable and normal opinions by the band. mind you, I don't think they were perfect angels, but they always seemed to be pretty righteous dudes.
@kyonshi Just regular working class lads who happened to have some musical talent, so practiced and practiced and used that to get ahead. 🤷🏻♂️
Like, who told them it would be segregated? And why tell them? Were the promoters thinking they'd get a big 'thank you' and a pat on the back from the lads?
Brain Epstein the best Beatles manager by far!
@3dcandy I've only just noticed I mistyped "Brian".
I'm going to leave it and see if anyone else notices. 🤭
IIRC, According to the Ron Howard Documentary, Whoopie Goldberg (ST: TNG, Ghost, Sister Act) attended this concert.
One wishes Ed Sheeran would have such courage today so that he would stand up to Robert Kraft's demands for censorship.
They would have backed down to Sheeran too. If he had balls.
that time when bands and even Epsteins knew better lol
That's one damning lesson for Ed Sheeran...
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While the rest of his class were drawing father's day cards for their dads, my youngest boy was painstakingly applying little wax dots to paper to make me a braille card. The card said:
unisex accessible toilet rh
The background is that he didn't have a braille alphabet to work with, but there was a braille sign on the toilet, so he copied that. It's the thought and effort that counts, right? And you work with what you have, right? Man I laughed.
This kid is bizarrely quirky in the best possible way. He also put together an audio card in Garage Band which was equally unhinged, again in the best possible way.
unisex accessible toilet rh
The background is that he didn't have a braille alphabet to work with, but there was a braille sign on the toilet, so he copied that. It's the thought and effort that counts, right? And you work with what you have, right? Man I laughed.
This kid is bizarrely quirky in the best possible way. He also put together an audio card in Garage Band which was equally unhinged, again in the best possible way.
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Wonderful!! Fabulously quirky, thoughtful & kind. 🤗
What does the RH mean? Was that really on the sign?
@jaybird110127 I assume it means right handed or right hand? I have no idea what that's supposed to mean in context though. It must've been on the sign, but I don't know why. It was a bit tricky to read, so I might have misread or he might have made an error in copying, but I don't know what else it could have been. I'll have to look at it again in case it could be read some other way.
maybe it's supposed to be a toilet in profile with the bowl to the right, and someone sitting on it. although it could been a dots 1 2 5 6 instead of an h, hmm. @jaybird110127
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No, the RH or LH is written on the sign in Braille as well as the signage for the sighted, the letters indicate which side a person in a wheelchair will need to transfer on to the toilet, eg for a RH Transfer, if you're in a wheelchair you'll have move right from the chair to get onto the toilet seat.
Image below is from mplsignage.com.au/blog/what-is… it also explains the difference between an accessible and an ambulant toilet.
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No, the RH or LH is written on the sign in Braille as well as the signage for the sighted, the letters indicate which side a person in a wheelchair will need to transfer on to the toilet, eg for a RH Transfer, if you're in a wheelchair you'll have move right from the chair to get onto the toilet seat.
Image below is from mplsignage.com.au/blog/what-is… it also explains the difference between an accessible and an ambulant toilet.
@jcsteh @jaybird110127
What is a LH Transfer vs a RH Transfer on an accessible toilet?
As a braille signage specialist, this is something we get asked quite regularly by people who aren't too sure which version of the sign they need.MPL Signage
@jaybird110127 yep, “right hand”. So the open space to park a wheelchair before transferring is on the right of the toilet itself, I think.
(I’ve worked on a project where this came up a few years ago, I think this wasn’t common outside of Australia, but it was requested by a customer somewhere here in Finland)
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Love this story.
May he go far thinking out of the box like that.
May he go far thinking out of the box like that.
So I guess Father's day will be forever known as unisex accessible toilet rh day from now on? :)
that is very thoughtful and creative. You got a good boy.
that's really nice! sounds like a great kid.
Haha brilliant. And funny and cute all at the same time.
Lololol!!!! That's hilarious!
this is the best. I got a coupon book for things like "a hug", "playing a computer game" and "listening to dad". But I think you won father's day, well done
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"Cadeira de Pernas Cruzadas" (Crossed-Legs Chair)
By Brazilian #artist and #designer Luiz Philippe Carneiro de Mendonça
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Luiz Philippe Carneiro de Mendonça (1957), Cade...
Cadeira donzela de jacarandá e palhinha.Galeria Alphaville
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I love whimsical, witty art like this.
I would 💯 have that piece in my home. 🙂
that is.... perfect!
am I…..supposed to feel and look at furniture in this way? 😂
it's sassy and classy!
@Gaolaitch I feel this is very you!
Have caned several chairs. This is amazing.
this chair will cane you if you point and laugh
Amateur crafter. Underwater basket weaving was not offered in school. The easiest test of quality and experienced manufacture is can you find a knot or the end of a strand? Mine will cut you.
Finally! A chair that saves me the effort of doing it myself!
chair on its day off? ;)
chair.exe stopped giving a fuck
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Te Mata Peak, Hawke's Bay, NZ.
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Imagine if the USA was a dictatorship
Sacha Baron Cohen *The Dictator* Watch and have a laugh as a form of entertainment, and learn nothing from it. #cinema #movies #dictatorship #democracy #uspol #farright #Ignorance #socialjustice
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The season is coming to an end, and as the days cool, the butterflies need to spend more time sunbathing to raise their body temperature. This makes them a lot more docile, making closeups a lot easier!
I snapped this beautiful Painted Lady #Butterfly on some Black-eyed Susans in the little butterfly garden at the library in #Maynooth University.
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Just going through some of my music, and I came across this gem????
I can't recall where it came from, but here for your pleasure is
The Ballad Of The Assistant Banana Ripening Manager - Bruce Michael Baillie
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Carol Cleveland Sings - Thomas Hughes & Gretchen Lohse performing "The Kinks - Waterloo Sunset" (1967)cargocollective.com/carolcleve…#music to #resist #pop #rock #fyp
About - Carol Cleveland Sings
Carol Cleveland Sings is the psychedelic bedroom pop project of Thomas Hughes (of Spinto Band and Elephant 6 act the Music Tapes) and Gretchen Lohse.cargocollective.com
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Please listen. Please boost. Please please take action if you can. I think we are about to witness period of genocide on a scale not seen since the Black Death entered Europe.
If we live past this, she will be canonised a saint someday.
Like any of the martyrs.
All who strive.
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Yes it would be great to have the transcript (obviously not through genAI)!
Yes it would be great to have the transcript (obviously not through genAI)!
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38 Degrees
A bombshell undercover investigation aired by Channel 4 News last night exposed senior Reform UK Party members allegedly breaking the law!
Will you sign the petition to the head of the Metropolitan Police, Mark Rowley, demanding a full and thorough investigation? If we can get it to 50,000 signatures in the next few hours, we'll send it to him today and splash across the news:
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#politics #ReformUK #corruption #fascism #Farage
Sign the petition to hold politicians to account
Together, we can make sure no one - however rich or powerful they may be - is allowed to take us or our democracy for a ride.38 Degrees
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Bloody Electric cars!
I have an MG ZS Tropy which I am quite happy with!
Yesterday I used the MG i-Smart app to schedule charge the car and had no problem. Today, after a drive I put the car on the home charger and tried to set the app to start charging immediately, but it wouldn't because the app was saying that it prohibits VPN!
I had this problem earlier in the year, but it was rectified in May, looks like they have updated/backdated the app!
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Yesterday was the anniversary of the 1670 "Bushell Case", which enshrined the right of juries to acquit defendants according to their conscience. A plaque commemorating the decision sits outside the Central Criminal Court in London.
Solicitors, judges and barristers staged a protest outside the Old Bailey in support of Rajiv Menon KC, believed to be the first barrister in British history to be charged with contempt of court.
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Kicking and screaming is the only way I go anywhere, but the boring dystopia we're heading towards has earned it more than most 🤔😂
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Nooooooo. I've been Calvin for so long. How am I now the dad?
@GinevraCat Welcome to the future, where you can kick and scream all you want 😜
*Booming, ominous voice-over*...
BUT NO ONE CARES
BUT NO ONE CARES
@GinevraCat There, there, let it all out, you can also kick the wall if it helps 😜
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Since the humiliating day when I kicked my foot through what I thought was a solid desk, got stuck, and had to call my mom, the reason for the kicking, to help free me, I no longer kick stuff!
Since the humiliating day when I kicked my foot through what I thought was a solid desk, got stuck, and had to call my mom, the reason for the kicking, to help free me, I no longer kick stuff!
I was talking about data theft in general just yesterday with some work colleagues on a Signal group chat (yeah, I got them to ditch WhatsUp). One started moaning about how all his groups are on WhatsUp and anyway, all this data theft stuff is a good thing. No one replied. Eventually he said that he had used Google to look for tickets to go to Sri Lanka to visit family and as soon as he hit search, offers started popping up everywhere, even on apps that weren't even open, for cheaper flights. So he saved money. Without having to bother searching. But at what cost? I tried to explain but sometimes, when you see them sticking their fingers in their ears and shouting naaa ne naaaa nahhh repeatedly all you can do is kick and scream.
@RosePuckey The thing is that those flights aren't even necessarily cheaper, it's just whoever payed the algorithm the most to get their "cheap" offer put in front of him...
I did point this out but sometimes unruly 4 year olds with adhd will hear more than someone claiming adulthood but also in the clutches of mainstream meeeja brainwashing.
@RosePuckey As they say, "It's easier to fool someone than to convince them they have been fooled." 😁
Well that's true enough.
But the most telling thing about this comic is the copyright date! 1993.
@nosrednayduj Yeah, the idea definitely isn't new... It's just getting more prevalent.
I like physical books over ebooks and I wasn't even born when this comic was made.
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No ebooks in 1993. It's more about the transaction.
Here in New Zealand, electronic transactions are sometimes (rarely) the only option for some stores. Cheques are no longer used.
Cheques have never been a thing here, it seems weird it's like cash but less useful? 🤔
I think we could be headed for quite the exciting dystopian scenario, think in terms of your favorite disaster movie. 🤔
@Huntn00 It is a possiblity...
Oh God. That's me. I'm the Dad.
@rightsprung You say that like it's a bad thing 😁
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in reply to Natasha • • •There was a very short run tv show here in Australia called "Embassy".
It was set in a fictional country that was definitely Indonesia.
In one episode the Australians and one American were in a crisis. The Australians had to discuss something in the "secret, no foreigners" part of the embassy.
The American was incensed. He exclaimed: "I'm not a foreigner! I'm an American!"
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in reply to Natasha • • •“All hate begins as self-hate.” - Dalai Lama
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in reply to Natasha • • •technically, not really. among their own preferred race, they're not assholes. racism, by its very definition, requires an external trigger. remove that, and you just have people.
in a very similar fashion to 'foreigners'. they're foreigners everywhere except their own country.
i get what the message is trying to say, but the message is not thought through.
it also indirectly implies being a foreigner as a negative ("hey, you're a foreigner, but at least you're not a racist").