Posts by heinragas@mublog.nl
(DIR) Post #Ac8j6x14bXJlGuesm8 by heinragas@mublog.nl
2023-11-24T15:56:36Z
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But then I thought: "It is _my_ party, and I want to celebrate my birthday surrounded by people who like me in _every_ context." So I rang his doorbell, his parents let me in, and seated in their living room, with his parents present, I un-invited him to my birthday party because of his behaviour at school. When I left, he was very quiet, and I think his parents were impressed with how I handled it. They did not interfere in any way. 5/
(DIR) Post #Ac8j6xrtR9ZJujN46a by heinragas@mublog.nl
2023-11-24T15:56:48Z
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When I returned home, I reported that I did go through with it. Later, my dad told me that they had not expected me to actually go through with it. They were impressed as well -- but if you think about it, it totally makes sense: you shouldn't invite someone who bullies you to a space you curate, that is about you and about the way you want to treat people and be treated by other people in return. 6/
(DIR) Post #Ac8j6yjQE8O2akPoXY by heinragas@mublog.nl
2023-11-24T15:57:12Z
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Later, after the birthday party, we sort-of made up in that casual way children can do. We never spoke of it again, but I don't think he ever forgot that incident. He never bullied me again, but our friendship never was the same as it was before. Because he had broken my trust, and you can't just casually get back from that. 7/
(DIR) Post #Ac8j6ze8pFkzQex6wq by heinragas@mublog.nl
2023-11-24T15:57:41Z
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Now that a fascist party won the election in the Netherlands, there are calls to not treat everyone that voted for them as a racist, because maybe they voted for this party for other reasons. "Love and understanding begets more love and understanding" and all that. To which I say: fuck that. They decided that the racism, homophobia, islamophobia and fascism was not a reason to vote something else. 8/
(DIR) Post #Ac8j70YVRgqMFTK7ns by heinragas@mublog.nl
2023-11-24T15:59:10Z
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So many profile pieces in the media about MAGAs after Trump won in 2016. Did they become milder? No, they disgusting fascism just became mainstream. We know where this ends._They_ are the bullies, and _we_ get to decide if we want them at our birthday parties. And we don't. I have no empathy for those who lack it completely. 9/9
(DIR) Post #AhOArKqvQGnuIXk3Ky by heinragas@mublog.nl
2024-04-29T18:37:48Z
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@djoerd One could argue that it is not "adversarial" if the search engine company also benefits from the ad spam....
(DIR) Post #AiLPObVqVykGPCe4ZM by heinragas@mublog.nl
2024-05-28T08:28:38Z
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@djoerd :spinthinking:
(DIR) Post #AkhL3m7qz34ZiGUHIG by heinragas@mublog.nl
2024-08-06T18:07:56Z
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@ErikUden I always understood Oracle to be an acronym for "One Rich Asshole Called Larry Ellison"
(DIR) Post #AkxDnAMk11wYorwWFU by heinragas@mublog.nl
2024-08-14T10:01:54Z
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@drmambobob @DanielleVossebeld That kind of defeats the purpose of an article -- an article has to stand on its own because it can't come with a live conversation.
(DIR) Post #AlUMOypYYwqjthdmIC by heinragas@mublog.nl
2024-08-30T09:43:47Z
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@ErikUden Though in some tourist areas in the Netherlands, Dutch people will speak German to Dutch people...
(DIR) Post #AlxlLJgtCASZsFm4AK by heinragas@mublog.nl
2024-09-13T14:09:56Z
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@catandgirl I forgot I sent you a donation, imagine my surprise to see it called out like that! 😅
(DIR) Post #AmAX6FTfhkeA9yzYDQ by heinragas@mublog.nl
2024-09-19T08:03:47Z
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If tech companies enable some feature, _except_ in the EU, then that's an excellent indication that the feature is bad and should not have been built.
(DIR) Post #ApukK6IRK9CcJAVESu by heinragas@mublog.nl
2025-01-09T09:51:32Z
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Looking at the news coming out of LA about the wildfires, I am reminded on a tweet I once read:"You will experience climate change as a series of increasingly wild disaster videos, until one day you are the one making the video."
(DIR) Post #Arp7omea394dqXlpYW by heinragas@mublog.nl
2025-03-07T21:21:56Z
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@catandgirl We need more recipe corners in comics
(DIR) Post #AuuVV9yPl541bNGtIu by heinragas@mublog.nl
2025-03-17T21:30:50Z
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@skye Also works for introverts: get the others talking so you don't have to.
(DIR) Post #Av9wuWa9qNHKujMs2C by heinragas@mublog.nl
2025-06-15T16:04:20Z
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@stux @irina Maybe a noisy machine is not the best way to pursue a panicking horse, poor Walter kept running away from it.The marrow of horses is fluid. So if a horse breaks a leg (for instance by being hit by a car!) they have to be put down because the leg will never heal again. Seeing poor Walter running through traffic like that gave me anxiety.
(DIR) Post #AzAj5e3auqv90M9OeO by heinragas@mublog.nl
2025-10-13T14:13:13Z
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@jmaris Is it even a race? And if it is, where does it lead? Is this a race we even want to win? To participate in?
(DIR) Post #B05RyA6FjBuDjlgesC by heinragas@mublog.nl
2025-11-08T07:28:01Z
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@foone Like a fidget toy for a bygone era
(DIR) Post #B0AVdjEBIcCiD5hueO by heinragas@mublog.nl
2025-11-12T11:54:34Z
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@futurebird I have a TV with a Switch, a Blueray player and a computer hooked up to it. I chose "Yes", because even if we're watching videos on the computer with it, we treat it as a TV.
(DIR) Post #B2clJqKegqNA0YqDcO by heinragas@mublog.nl
2026-01-24T18:40:35Z
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Keeping watch#Caturday