Part of a tiling of the hyperbolic plane where 7 equilateral triangles meet at each vertex, wrapped isometrically onto a surface with curvature K=–1:
z = ±ξ |E(arcsin(cosh s) | m)–E(m)|
ρ = √[ξ^2–1] cosh s
E is elliptic integral
ξ is max radius
m = 1–1/ξ^2
s is dist from waist
Straight from #kremlin playbook.
"You don't need to see Ukrainian nazis to believe that they are there".
I tried so hard to empathise with pro-palestinian people, I even have a textual evidence of me discussing that with my Jewish friends, but it's so hard to feel empathy towards, let alone associate with people who post arab propaganda and ask their readers not to make evidence-based judgements.
What's especially fucked up them comparing the ratko mladich's unprovoked massacre with retaliation strikes for a documented (not least by hamas and palestinians themselves) massacre. By that logic, the author of these toots should side with serbs during the retaliation that was happening in Yugoslavian war.
I can't even.
It's scary to see that the organizations that I felt represent quintessential evil, that killed #AaronSwartz, that facilitated useless mass surveilance, that robbed "the people" of dignity, turn out to be the allies of the #freedom, even if temporary, whereas the organizations that I felt represented quintessential good, that facilitated surveilance avoidance, that gave us all options to talk securely about whatever subject we want to discuss, fall to dreadful actors like #russia, #iran, #hamas.
The most fucked up thing is that there are a lot of fellow lefties who are blind to this effect. Women who support killing women by the "guardians of the revolution" in #Iran, mothers who support slaying Jewish children in Israel, social justice advocate who support slamming #Ukraine with rockets just because they have read a book by a guy who never made anything real in his life (#Marx) and heard that #Lenin was also cool.
When you read about the Cambridge Five and you think "what a bunch of fools, how could they have fallen for the soviet narrative?", look around. Take a walk in London past UCL. Count the leninist posters featuring, I kid you not, Vladimir Ilyitch Ullianov-Lenin (I bet the stupid fucks don't even know his full name, hah). Authoritarian brain-washing is very strong and will be strong, no matter which authoritarian state we're talking about. Brainwashing is a pillar of survival of such states, thus it will always be ahead of the Western propaganda.
There are new Cambridge Fives, and possibly in the organizations that you or I have donated to before.
Finally, this idiocy of the left only pours more water on the right-wing watermill.
The least we can do right now, is to TEMPORARILY stop donating to the far-left orgs and orgs like @eff, stop relaying opinions of or mentioning russian agents like Snowden, actively isolate iran, hamas, russia supporters and track them with best effort. Knowing to be careful around them or feeding them disinformation, can literally save lives.
The war is in everyday life, don't underestimate your impact.
A convenient diversion. Today's cartoon by Max Murashko. More cartoons: https://cartoonmovement.com/search?query=&sort=created&order=desc
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It follows indications of the alleged spreading of illegal content and disinformation, in particular the spreading of terrorist and violent content and hate speech.
We are investigating X's compliance with the #DSA, including:
- Policies and practices regarding notices on illegal content
- Complaint handling
- Risk assessment measures to mitigate the risks identified.
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@jonn @thomasfuchs @normis Same, really. I was always sympathetic to Palestine and critical of Israel. But today Hamas helped me make up my mind. How can Israel tolerate such a threat at - or actually inside - its borders? Of course they have to retaliate. And of course civilians in Gaza will suffer. They should thank Hamas.
QT \neq endorsement
We are at war.
There is only one war.
You can pretend that you’re not involved and that it doesn’t affect you, and that you can afford to ignore it.
By doing so, you enable the forces of doom.
Or you can acknowledge the fact, and put whatever bit of spare energy you can manage towards my side that’s fighting for life on the planet.
For some, that means full-time activism and pouring massive financial resources into the cause.
For others, maybe that just means being a #fella
My point is that we need to acknowledge the fact, spread the word, and act accordingly.
That https://doma.dev guy
#lean #rust #typescript #react #nix
In my non-existent free time I design and run #TTRPG
If you use tools made by genocide-apologists, you are a genocide-apologist.
#lemmy users aren't welcome here.