Olives @olives@qoto.org

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/08/us-government-about-control-speech-online-protect-kids Good article from the EFF on KOSA.

Did you know that prior to acquiring YouTube, the former CEO Susan also used to run Google Videos?

Google Videos was Google's failed competitor to YouTube.

https://grimoiremanor.substack.com/p/human-brains-arent-green
Dr. Ferguson goes into how humans aren't psychologically capable of accepting dramatic reductions in their quality of living for climate change.

He proposes things like nuclear power instead.

Wait, that's a real anime title?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbzIJGh2aEk Ciconia's opening is pretty cool. #anime

Koishi is pretty cool. #touhou

I should probably use hiragana here, however, someone might read it who doesn't know that.

Some more:

彼岸花 higanbana
の no (a language construct)
咲く saku (blooms)

Higanbana no Saku Yoru ni (彼岸花の咲く夜に / "On the Night the Red Spider Lily Blooms") is probably better than Ciconia (and made by the same people to boot).

From what I remember, it's pretty short though.

Two easy characters to remember here, lol. 夜 means night and 花 means flower. #anime

I will probably never watch this but that is an interesting idea.

A post about Hellsing, huh. That was a good anime.

https://reason.com/2020/02/11/psychiatric-hospitals-can-still-force-patients-to-accept-shock-treatment-one-connecuticut-patient-has-been-shocked-500-times-in-five-years/ An example of a pretty obvious psychiatric human rights violation (there are other kinds as well).

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/checkpoints/202112/what-do-about-school-threats
Dr. Ferguson argues here for better mental health care and nuance rather than just throwing minors in prison for making threats.

"Obviously, the most worrying are those who seriously intend to carry out the threat.

Individuals who commit serious incidents of school violence may have chronic mental health problems, come from difficult homes, have a history of anger problems, and see themselves as victimized by others.

These are just general findings—not a definitive “profile.” Just as many people who fit this pattern never commit acts of violence, it’s important not to dismiss a threat because someone doesn’t fit this profile."
He has a point. He wants to prioritize mental health care and a supportive environment rather than just locking people up.

I question the point on mental hospitals (which isn't intended for the majority of cases).

They trend towards being prisons by another name and with far fewer processes for due process and human rights. With a prison, there is a process, and someone serves x amount of time, and then, they're out.

Also, we tend not to pretend that it isn't a situation where someone has a lot of power over others, and that can commonly be abused / misused.

It sounds really easy to say "just fix this", but it never really is that easy, as these tend to be very fundamental issues.