Sven Slootweg (soft-deprecated) @joepie91@pixie.town

Just in case you didn't know... the ☮️ symbol now mostly called the "peace symbol" or similar was created specifically to be a symbol for nuclear disarmament.
The thing inside the decorative circle is a combination of two letters in the flag semaphores alphabet,
flags held in the positions Λ=N and │=D,
spelling "ND" short for "Nuclear Disarmament",
originally created for the organization "Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament" (CND, https://cnduk.org).

🧠💭 Heb jij te veel spellen? 🎲📚🧺

🧙‍♂️ Spoiler: Dat is precies waarom we Tavern’s Market organiseren. Geef je spellen een nieuw thuis — en scoor zelf misschien ook weer wat moois!

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Things you can do to help immigrants in the US right now:

Stay vigilant, ICE is raiding parks, hospitals, restaurants, anywhere immigrants work (everywhere)
Print out Red Cards which outline the rights of someone being arrested by ICE. Print them out, leave them on the bus, in the library, in the bathroom https://www.ilrc.org/red-cards-tarjetas-rojas
Do not talk to ICE. If they come to your work you say "I do not know the immigration status of anyone who works here. Am I free to leave?". And then leave.
If you see someone being arrested, document it. Film it if you can, write down details if you can't. Don't post to social media. Instead look up who to report ICE raids to in your state (do that now), and call them.

Hi, fountain pen lovers.

A friend gave me an antique fountain pen that they could not figure out. It had been stuck together. A lot of cleaning and elbow grease unstuck it.

Can anyone identify it?

The oddest part is the brass-covered, magnetic weight on the cap. I guess that it was to hold the pen vertically with nib down?

On the weighted cap is the brand "Parker".

On the back of the nib is the letter M.

Can anyone further identify it? Are there other photos that might help?

#FountainPen #Parker

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So many Dutch progressives seem to believe propaganda was invented in the 1930s, ended with the fall of the Soviet Union (outside of North Korea, China, and a couple of other countries they don’t take seriously), and they’re immune to it because they’re just so goshdarn smart.

Draisines. And an upside down house. Because why not?

Particularly I want to know:
- how to balance accused's right to respond if the accuser doesn't want details shared?
- how to handle vague second-/third-hand accounts, without retraumatising victims who don't want to talk about it again?
- how to handle cases when both sides have plausible-but-contradictory accounts?
- at what point does trust in known individuals become favouritism?
- how to approach it from a perspective of restoragive justice?

Does anyone have any zines / guides about how to deal with allegations of abuse and/or sexual misconduct? This is something that keeps coming up for me.

As a friend, a moderator (not here), an event organiser, and someone who cares about the safety of my local queer community, I keep having to deal with difficult scenarios, and I am never confident in whether I've done the right thing.

anyway hi Germany it's over 30° in dry heat! welcome to heat!

- sip water all day even if you don't think you're thirsty
- eat salty snacks or salty food when you're sipping water all day
- wear loose, breathable clothing such as linen or sports synthetics
- cover exposed skin with either sunscreen or loose, breathable clothes
- when you go outside take: sunglasses, head covering, water bottle
- avoid being in the sunlight when the sun is high
- stop trying to not sweat. sweat is natural when it's hot and it's a very efficient cooling system (as long as you're wearing loose, breathable clothing)
- don't work when the heat is cooking you alive in the office. in the absence of a siesta tradition, procrastinate. bullshit. kill time. surviving is enough.

do you feel lethargic and vaguely ill when it's hot like this? do you feel fatigued and unable to do anything? follow these simple measures and I guarantee you will feel better think of it as dressing up on 2+ layers plus overcoat, beanie and gloves during winter but like, the other way around. you will definitely not regret protecting your health from the heat

The second one in particular was asking if this is the train to London. I said "this is the train to Paris actually" and he goes "yeah but I think there's 2 stops", literally does a "waving away" motion with his hand, and walks away.

My man I've taken this train dozens of times, there are indeed multiple stops and none of them are London 😳