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Practicing Cantaneo Script for the first time. I usually only practice my copperplate cursive but needed a bit of a change and was curious how the practice might carry over to other hands. Far from perfect but this still represents a huge improvement for me on italics despite not practicing italic scripts in a long time.

Playing around with a new script called Chancellor's Hand. I need some practice on proportions but i like the style of it.

So apparently there is a group of christians out there who not just domestically abuse their wives but they encourage others do the same and call it "spanking" or "Christian Domestic Discipline" (CDD for short.

I read this article and this guy sounds off the wall nuts to me...

biblicalgenderroles.com/2020/0

Violence

Finally! Some success at fixing discourse. The problem is one f the plugins, now I just need to figure out which one!

Been working on fixing discourse on and off for 2 days now... still not sure whats wrong...

It occurs to me to make an . I joined earlier. I'm never sure how much information to put in these things. Feel free to ask whatever. Just note that I'll only take questions regarding my positions on subjects and will not answer questions regarding myself. I value my privacy very much. It's part of why I chose this instance.

@bonifartius @freemo I joined earlier because the rules seemed simple and were not overly restrictive or illogical like other instances I've seen. No disrespect towards other instances intended. I just greatly value the ability to dissent with others and have discussions and debates.

I like my open-minded friends.
It make me laugh when they are ready to take a fight to defend the women's right to choose what to do with their bodies, or empathize with the difficulties of someone from a different ethnicity, but are ready to punch you in the fucking face for putting pineapple on a pizza

This started as a question but I've realized it is actually more of an ...

I'm locked into my current job for the next ten years approximately it has an interesting mix of System Admin (Mostly windows with some security aspects), Help Desk, and Networking.

With that being said I'm interested in contributing to and projects as I tend to use them where I can.

Also, I'm hoping that this could help to build somewhat of a portfolio to align with my long term goal to prepare towards a , , or job in the future.

My hobbies usually bounce around the tech realm as I like to tinker and learn new things. If anyone has any recommendations on how to best focus my efforts in regards to helping with projects I'm all ears. I'm especially interested to know what languages/contribution aspects the masses would recommend. Currently I have only dabbled on Python and limited Powershell and Bash scripting but I'm open to learning new languages (Programming and actual).

Random fact/caveat if you reply back in another language I'll try to use a translator but I apologize in advance if something gets lost in translation. One of the few things we have going for us in 2020 is that language can be less of a barrier with tech!

@freemo
Nextdoor, at I understand it, is social media for all the neighbors you hope you never have to interact with.

@freemo Communities are started by the local Karen, who rules it as their personal fiefdom.

Wow the moderation on Nextdoor is even worse than Facebook.. how is this possible.

I'm pretty sure all liberals are really just three toddlers standing on each other's shoulders in a trench coat at this point.

Meanwhile conservatives are all the racist old coots from nursing homes in face masks.

Lets cover some facts here about masks that should cause most of you to reconsider wearing masks, it is likely helping to spread this disease more than its helping.

First lets look at the WHO which does not recommend people wear masks except under certain situations, but not all the time by the general public. Here is a PDF that outlines that recommendation and a quote:

"At the present time, the widespread use of masks by healthy people in the community setting is not yet supported by high quality or direct scientific evidence"

who.int/publications/i/item/ad

Next lets take a moment to look states hit hardest by the recent resurgence of new cases. You will find in virtually all states that mask ordinances were put into place **before** the resurgance and people didnt start seriously pushing mask wearing until right before the resurgence kicked off.

Take florida as an example, one of the earliest and worst hit by the resurgence. 19 counties and 64 cities in florida all had mask laws in place and were enforced, the vast majority of which was prior to relapse.

floridapolitics.com/archives/3

Then there is the comparison to Europe I already mentioned. As someone who lives half the time in Europe and half here in South Philly I can tell you almost everyone here has been pretty strict with mask wearing where in Europe you almost never see a single person wearing a mask through the entire epidemic. Because of this you will see most of Europe beat COVID rather quickly and with really positive results while the USA is still struggling.

Finally it is really just common sense when you think about it. If you use a tissue to cover your mouth when you sneeze or cough you throw it away after. But wearing a mask all day is much worse. Not only does the mask become infected and you wind up carrying it everywhere with you, sometimes for multiple days at a time, but not a single person uses it like a surgeon is required to.

For example consider the ubiquitous example of people wearing masks all day and occasionally taking a sip of water. Almost everyone is going to take their mask, pull it down below their chin, take a sip of water, and then pull it back up. Your chin is exposed all day long, when you do this the inside of your mask becomes infected and then it is placed directly over your mouth for hours. So anyone using a mask for any extended period of time is almost garunteed to get infected through misuse, or even just touching or adjusting your mask. Combine this with the fact that it adds a false sense of safety so the actually effective tactics like washing your hands, not touching your face, keeping 6 feet distance, are less likely to be observed with someone wearing a mask and well, the end result is this virus is going to spread like wildfire, much worse than without masks at all.

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