Posts by KashifShah@mastodon.sdf.org
(DIR) Post #AVfy2zRIQeQFHZh71k by KashifShah@mastodon.sdf.org
2023-05-10T02:20:36Z
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@msquebanh No doubt about that! That’s why I am all about my unique, personal identity and humbly, without much fear, use my real name, here.Randomized usernames are generally a good idea, though, if you are interested in operational security.It cracks me up that people think that code names and code words would hold up against code crackers that specialize in breaking code.
(DIR) Post #AVfy30I7GGfnvOPIMC by KashifShah@mastodon.sdf.org
2023-05-10T02:28:05Z
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@msquebanh Granted, I have made my peace with death, a couple of times now, though, so that might explain some of my lack of fear. I just take it for granted that if anyone wanted to harm or kill me, they’d be able to anytime they wanted.Family definitely has received death threat letters in the past, due to my dad being humbly writing newspaper articles and such. Guilty of being Muslim, and all that jazz.
(DIR) Post #AVfy31zOwotLBvfNSq by KashifShah@mastodon.sdf.org
2023-05-10T02:35:52Z
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@msquebanh yeah, opsec is the keyword if you need nation-state level security. often illegal to export, but generally not illegal to have.
(DIR) Post #AVfy33UHNVBXpz7YES by KashifShah@mastodon.sdf.org
2023-05-10T02:40:35Z
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@msquebanh Exactly. That’s why I’m all about human rights. Take away governments and we can all still choose to live by human rights.“Grow civilization, not war.”- Paraphrasing Einstein and Freud’s letters on Why War?
(DIR) Post #AVfy34noUMP9urGfJo by KashifShah@mastodon.sdf.org
2023-05-10T02:48:08Z
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@msquebanh Greta Thunberg and Que Banh -> tiger rhino’s
(DIR) Post #AVfy36AXPMB09cuKNU by KashifShah@mastodon.sdf.org
2023-05-10T02:58:40Z
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@msquebanh No doubt about that, either. I’m independently working on #UDHR75 outreach and building out https://kbin.social/m/humanrights as my actions, for the time being.Next phase will be organizing a local chapter of Amnesty International. I still have some severe social anxiety to work on through therapy.
(DIR) Post #AVfy36tugeTMQM8Z6W by KashifShah@mastodon.sdf.org
2023-05-10T03:01:53Z
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@msquebanh thoughts on the rules?
(DIR) Post #AVfy38FveHg2cvRf3g by KashifShah@mastodon.sdf.org
2023-05-10T03:09:47Z
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@msquebanh US still hasn’t ratified one of the key treaties. And Canada is well known as an ignorer of certain UN standards. Apparently especially when it comes to reporting.The core of Human Rights, until the US ratifies ICESCR, is that each of us, individually, have to constantly hold the UDHR in mind and educate each other about it. Without UDHR, we only have our own personal moral beliefs to fall back on. And the obvious historical anguish caused by conflict between people.
(DIR) Post #AVfy39VD0xUgUbbNVw by KashifShah@mastodon.sdf.org
2023-05-10T03:15:19Z
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@msquebanh Right!! That’s what pisses me off so much, the states signed ICESCR in the 70s and 50 fucking years later, we still haven’t ratified. DNC+GOP=0
(DIR) Post #AVfy3AsHudY6kTPK7s by KashifShah@mastodon.sdf.org
2023-05-10T03:21:17Z
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@msquebanh Aye, conversated with some legal folls on mastodon and the consensus is that the logical next steps for human rights, in the US, at least, are:1) self-effecting human rights treaties, 2) relevant national legislation in support of human rights,3) judiciable lawsuits based on tangible harms
(DIR) Post #AVfy3CcPQe2I9nzfea by KashifShah@mastodon.sdf.org
2023-05-10T03:24:47Z
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@msquebanh Yup, those three things are the only way that real consequences can be had, in the states, apparently.I’d presume that it is very similar for Canada
(DIR) Post #AVfy3Dm18PJdjtUrGi by KashifShah@mastodon.sdf.org
2023-05-12T00:12:13Z
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@msquebanh following those monies might make some in KKKanada st-st-stutter #FollowTheMonies
(DIR) Post #AVfy3FMZE098fXbYsS by KashifShah@mastodon.sdf.org
2023-05-12T00:22:53Z
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@msquebanh Fosho.Wow, no, I did not know that! Mental note made to read about that.The Southern Poverty Law Center doesn’t track outside the US, as I recall, but having lived through the last vestiges of the old-KKK in the Midwest US, I was aware of this:https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indiana_Klan
(DIR) Post #AVfy3GrndMivKhE1CK by KashifShah@mastodon.sdf.org
2023-05-12T00:33:39Z
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@msquebanh ugh, yeah, most commercial social media is pretty reactionary against anything that might trigger people to hurt the bottom line of commercial dollars.sweet, thanks for that share! i’ll have to see if i can find it in a library somewhere ;)
(DIR) Post #AVmrT5MdpEpQw2qmCO by KashifShah@mastodon.sdf.org
2023-05-18T18:03:08Z
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@ParadeGrotesque check this out: https://writings.stephenwolfram.com/2023/03/chatgpt-gets-its-wolfram-superpowers/
(DIR) Post #AVnGCqnsgwDLzrwlNI by KashifShah@mastodon.sdf.org
2023-05-14T20:51:46Z
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@PaulNickson @soc_i_ety heh, there are all sorts of nuggets in there; read the whole thing, from Einstein asking the question, Why War?, to Freud’s answer, but if you are short on time, the final words are: Whatever grows civilization, works at the same time against war.
(DIR) Post #AVnGCsgrfzn3qggBiS by KashifShah@mastodon.sdf.org
2023-05-14T21:50:03Z
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@Judeet88 @PaulNickson @soc_i_ety In the context of Einstein-Freud Theory of War, “growth of culture” means progress towards equal rights for all.Freud preferred the term civilization, to the term culture, however, he was really ultimately speaking about the rights of the ruled being grown to equality, not superiority, with the rights of the rulers.
(DIR) Post #AVnGCu5iT5GOC3JY5g by KashifShah@mastodon.sdf.org
2023-05-14T22:33:33Z
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@Judeet88 @PaulNickson @soc_i_ety yes, ultimately what Freud was taking about was “equal rights for all”.after WW2, the UN decided to call that Human Rights.So, in todays terms, “whatever grows Human Rights, at the same time, works against war”
(DIR) Post #AVnGCvT9LRbOT1HmFs by KashifShah@mastodon.sdf.org
2023-05-14T23:00:43Z
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@Judeet88 @PaulNickson @soc_i_ety Yes, Freud’s point in 1932: if the ruled beat down the rulers, then the rulers become the ruled, and the cycle of violence repeats.The UN built upon the Freud-Einstein Theory of War to it’s full and “final” solution: the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.30 articles of rights, universal to all members of the human family, no matter how much you hate them.With clear limitations on rights, for when violence is needed.
(DIR) Post #AVnRzujpwwtZsyeXtg by KashifShah@mastodon.sdf.org
2023-05-19T00:52:21Z
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@strypey Human Rights is the one doctrine, a prime directive, if you will, that by definition does not pit one party against another in a power struggle. Equal rights for all!#NoHumanRightsNoAmerica #radicalmoderate #RatifyICESCR