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Connections #600 2025-01-31 in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 hours ago 
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‘How do you even f—?’ In Russia’s anti-queer crackdown, police have spent years raiding nightclubs, private parties, and medical institutions. Now, the authorities have the data for another Great Terr (meduza.io)
 

Since November 2023, when Russia’s Supreme Court designated the non-existent “international LGBT social movement” as an “extremist organization,” police departments across the country have executed a full-scale crackdown on the queer community. Officers have raided clubs and parties and placed LGBTQ+ people under surveillance while bigots harass queer community members and try to expose them to employers and parents. Wherever the authorities go, they collect evidence that facilitates monitoring, from video footage and business records to fingerprints and even mouth swabs. Meduza special correspondent Lilia Yapparova has learned that Russian officials are also discussing overhauling the country’s data-collection practices to create a single electronic registry for monitoring LGBTQ+ individuals — a database that would make blackmailing and persecuting queer people vastly easier.

[Opinion] Goodbye to the lost children of Gaza. You were loved, you are remembered, you did not deserve it | Nesrine Malik in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 days ago

But all the concerted efforts made to lessen the value of the lives of those who died do not make it a fact. Before we hurtle to the next stage of Gaza’s calamity, we owe it to them, and ourselves, whatever our politics, to pause and open ourselves up to the fullness of the little lives that were snatched away. Goodbye to the children of Gaza. You were loved, you are remembered, you did not deserve it.

Pope Francis warns that excessive scrolling causes 'brain rot' in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I wonder if there are a number of people who will always read an article if the pope is mentioned, so if he's related to a topic even a little bit, he gets to be in the headline.

Epic Games CEO Confirms Alan Wake 2 Never Coming To Steam in c/pcgaming
[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 days ago

There are a lot of reasons for this, and it's been normal in some places for a very long time. If it's new to you, it's probably just a regional difference that you haven't heard it more. The way you worded your question makes me feel like you are trying to start a fight, so I think I'll push down my instinct to link you to resources.

Pope Francis warns that excessive scrolling causes 'brain rot' in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 66 points 5 days ago (15 children)

This article is fascinating in its choice of headlines. It briefly mentions the headline quote, and then goes on to primarily talk about the number of journalists who were killed last year. It was just an article about a conference the pope spoke at, but i really thought it'd be about something else before i read it. Successful clickbait, i guess???

Connections #595 2025-01-26 in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

weird! it looks right on my end, so i just deleted it.

When the only food at home is ingredients 😢 in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 days ago

The next scene is someone going "let's order food!" and everything is suddenly supersaturated and beautiful. you turn to see the person who suggested it. it's the devil.

Connections #595 2025-01-26 in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 days ago (3 children) 
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25 January 2025 in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 16 points 6 days ago

One of those cow tools comics where I wonder if the joke is just what I see or if it was a reference

I got bloodwork today in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 days ago

I found out recently from a blood test that i have low iron and really low vitamin d. I'm taking a high dose of vitamin d for a while and i'm experiencing less fatigue.

Why is no one helping you and just let you suffer? Why are humans so unfair and cruel? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 days ago

This got long and rambly, sorry.

My main suggestion: Make connections over dumb shit, like the videogames and shows you like, and eventually you'll meet people who are real friends who want to help. That's what a friend of mine did. They struggled for years to find a medication that did something, moving around, starting over, struggling with jobs, moving back home, and so on. And sometimes their anime conversations turned into chats about what was going on in their life, and their fandom pal's life, and sometimes they'd just vent. Those nerdy people weren't all winners, but there were enough who wanted to help that they kept going until they were more stable.

They had their mental breakdown around the same age you did, which is why they came to mind. I had mine around the age you are now. What worked for them is going to be different than what can work for you, but it's worth it to keep going.

Also, shame in being where you are is a big thing that kept me, personally, from getting help. I look back at myself and I'm like, I was sick and struggling. I was allowed to be that way. Past me needed help, damn! Anyone who thought badly of that was a shithead! I didn't deserve the way I was treated as a child, either. I was just a dumb kid! I look at kids now, and I'm like, how could you treat one of these how I was treated. They don't know shit and will learn when people teach them!

Switching meds helped my friend. I think they turned out to have a bipolar that looked like depression, so figuring that out helped find a drug that did something. This took ages, but they joined a mental health day group at the local hospital and they had an expert in psych medicine who wasn't afraid to switch things up. Sometimes you can get access to better expertise joining a group like that, if it's tough to find it one on one.

I dunno. If you just keep trying stuff, you'll have a shot at finding the right combination. Sorry about the long ramble. My 20's sucked. I've met a lot of people who had shitty years who met each other because of dumb shit and that's how they got a job, med advice, or a place to move. Maybe it's bad advice but there are people who want to help out there and silly connections over hobbies can up your odds of finding them. Probably purely by upping the numbers of people you know, but, whatever.

The Auto Sort Is Broken, a game where you play an RPG store owner that organizes NPC players' inventories while listening to their adventure stories, released on Steam in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 week ago

I hate inventory management, because it takes away from the fun parts of the game. When it is the game, they've made the effort to make it fun (or it's just a bad game). If you like puzzle games, an inventory managenent game is just one of those, basically. It stands on how good the puzzles are.

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A gay NYC councilmember’s viral videos helped defeat a very unpopular law (www.lgbtqnation.com)
 

Gay Gen-Z New York City Council member Chi Ossé has successfully done something that has failed in past attempts — ending the longtime practices of having apartment-seekers pay expensive brokers’ fees… and he did it, in part, by using social media videos.

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Distant creature... (media.kbin.earth)
 
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Cat cone suggestions? (kbin.earth)
 

My poor cat scratched his head by accident and won't leave the cut alone, so it's cone time. Unfortunately, every cone we've tried had been incredibly disruptive to his life. The newest one is at least lighter and he eats okay wearing it, but he's still miserable.

I'm willing to even make one if someone has a pattern they've used. I tried a hat, but he gets it off right away. I clip his claws shorter already, and it's not quite enough to keep him from reinjuring himself.

Any suggestions? He has allergies, so this is going to be an occasional problem.

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Linxicon - #273 (linxicon.com)
 
Game #273
Shortest path: 8 (Avg. 6.1)
Total words: 27 (Avg. 19.4)
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https://linxicon.com/
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Linxicon #271 (linxicon.com)
 
Game #271
Shortest path: 4 (Avg. 5.9)
Total words: 9 (Avg. 19.4)
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https://linxicon.com
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Primer - Japanese City Pop (maximumfun.org)
 

Primer is a music podcast about translation and illumination. In its first season, music writer Yosuke Kitazawa (PBS SoCal, Light in the Attic) joins Christian Dueñas to explore Japanese City Pop.

Primer invites both newcomers and crate diggers alike to find their next favorite album and learn more about the music they already love.

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In the Forest (Hans Emmenegger, 1933) (media.kbin.earth)
 
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goodnight (media.kbin.earth)
 
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Duotrigordle #955 (duotrigordle.com)
 
Daily Duotrigordle #955
Guesses: 35/37
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1️⃣0️⃣ 3️⃣1️⃣ 2️⃣2️⃣ 1️⃣2️⃣
1️⃣3️⃣ 2️⃣3️⃣ 3️⃣2️⃣ 3️⃣3️⃣
1️⃣4️⃣ 1️⃣5️⃣ 3️⃣4️⃣ 1️⃣6️⃣
1️⃣7️⃣ 0️⃣5️⃣ 2️⃣4️⃣ 0️⃣6️⃣
2️⃣5️⃣ 2️⃣6️⃣ 0️⃣7️⃣ 1️⃣8️⃣
1️⃣9️⃣ 2️⃣7️⃣ 0️⃣8️⃣ 3️⃣5️⃣
2️⃣0️⃣ 2️⃣1️⃣ 2️⃣8️⃣ 0️⃣9️⃣
https://duotrigordle.com/

Strained my ankle so duotrigordle time

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Linxicon #233 (linxicon.com)
 
Game #233
Shortest path: 7 (Avg. 6.4)
Total words: 40 (Avg. 19.8)
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https://linxicon.com
#Linxicon

I had one connection early on that was .1 from linking everything. Obviously it took a lot more guesses.

The model for this game seems weird, but I like how it makes me think about the different meanings of words. Probably any model that does this will seem wrong, since word meanings are so dependent on region, dialect, age, etc etc.

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Linxicon #166 (linxicon.com)
submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Shortest path: 7 (Avg. 6.8)
Total words: 10 (Avg. 20.1)
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https://linxicon.com
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