Pat @Pat@qoto.org

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Oh, and by the way, while all that was happening we landed the first astronauts on the moon.

#moon #nasa

@tedherman

As I said, I don't like violence, however, you need to remember that whatever comes to pass, if the new guys kill fewer than a million Americans they're doing better than the regime we have now.

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The Beatles song "Revolution" was released amid the revolution that occurred in the US during the late 1960s and early 1970s.

The revolution resulted in:

- the removal from office of Richard Nixon, the 37th president;

- the ratification of the 27th Amendment in 1971 lowering the voting age to 18;

- Establishment of the Environmental Protection Agency

- ending the Vietnam War;

- large scale integration of schools in the South;

- and many other substantial changes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGLGzRXY5Bw

#revolution #the1960s #beatles #music #USPol #nonviolence #vote

@tedherman

That article is about violence. I don't want violence, I want a non-violent revolution.

@tedherman

Earlier this year I found out that the CDC lied about there being a shortage of respirators available during the pandemic. Long story short, this confirmed that they were actually making decisions to make the pandemic worse, rather than to try to end the pandemic.

I no longer support the US because of this and many other causes. Now I support a revolution in the US.

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"...the hashtag symbol # originated as a stylized abbreviation of the Roman term libra pondo, written as ℔."

"libra ponda" is latin for "weighing a pound" (# is also used to abbreviate the unit of weight, pound)

#hashtag #trivia #history #writing

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Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor has received more than $3 million in book advances from Knopf Doubleday Group. The first advance, more than $1M, came as she was seated on the court.

I wonder why the media are not talking about that.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2013-06-07/sotomayor-s-book-advances-from-knopf-surpass-3-million

#USPol #corruption #scotus #bribes #revolution

@acjay

I like Mastodon.

@peterdrake

One vote out of 160 million will not matter regardless of how it's done.

(ps - you don't need to be ashamed of posting pol content on qoto)

@freemo

I fired just about all of MSM a long time ago.

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Tucker Carlson and Don Lemon are fired on the same day. If anyone needs any more evidence that the mainstream media are entirely contrived by the plutocrats...

#BoycottMSM #oldmedia #revolution

@msafaksari

Is that true?

@jentaub

Well, it's a start. Now if the rest of them at Fox can get canned,
along with most others who produce the mainstream media, and all the incumbents in Congress, and the Executive branch and SCOTUS, and the CDC, that would help...

@acjay

>"Like, if a kid is abusing some object and doesn't respond to correction, I take it away. Not as a punishment, but as a consequence of the fact that they aren't using it correctly/safely/whatever."

Yeah, this seems like a better approach than just punishment which to the child probably seems more arbitrary.
Your approach feels more like a natural consequence which I think probably provides a better world model for the child.

>"...fair point on violence. I think of both things as violence...."

I think it's semantics and probably more of a issue for me because the broadening of the definition of "violence" in other contexts bumps into my strong feelings and support of free speech.

>"But it can cause physical trauma..."

Yes severe psychological trauma during brain development can actually cause damage to the functioning of parts of the brain -- it's pretty bad stuff.

@jainparul

Mind reading. Cool.

@acjay

I agree. Here are some additional thoughts (not that I'm a good parent, I'm just old):

- I think a lot of consideration should go into understanding the particular personality and possible disorders a child may have; and use techniques that are individually customized for each child.

- Punishment is for learning and training. It's to provide non-harmful consequences so the child can learn to avoid harmful consequences.

- The term "emotional violence" doesn't work for me. I think "emotional trauma" sounds better. (to me violence means physical violence)

Thank you for your thoughts.

@natharari

I think it's pretty foolish to rely on internet availability generally during a disaster.

@2ck ?