Sven Slootweg @joepie91@pixie.town

@oldladyplays awww how sweet!! Well I'd just got back from wandering about the mountain hehe, but I was basically gonna say-

Many young people are disillusioned by the promised SA the ANC and Mandela had envisioned.

Mass unemployment. White people still living separately in their fancy estates and beach towns, while now claiming to be victims of white genocide. Ethnic tensions amongst black people and fellow Africans still rampant.

So you know, just products of colonialism and neoliberalism.

@oldladyplays unfortunately from the BBC, but-
"In 1990, Mr Mandela confirmed the intentions of the African National Congress (ANC) - the liberation movement which he led into government in 1994 - to nationalise mines, banks and "monopoly industries".

But following concerns that nationalisation would have a ruinous effect on the economy and to ensure a smooth transition of power, Mr Mandela dropped the policy. "

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-67622924

Let me gather my thoughts and drink water. Will elabora-

Y'all gotta stop quoting Mandela so much, that nigga a sellout bruh 😭 he's like the MLK of Africa bruh, take that as you will.

Good morning everyone. :)

I hope you have a Magnificent Monday.

Always remember, you are loved and your dreams matter.

Today we are gonna be talking about how Hard Disk drives work.

An HDD consists of one or more rigid disk platters, typically made of aluminum or glass. These platters are coated with a magnetic material that allows for data storage. The read/write head, also known as the disk head, is an electromagnet mounted on a movable arm. It can both write data onto the disk by aligning magnetic particles on the platter and read data by detecting the orientation of those particles. The disk platters are spun at high speeds typically between 5,400 and 15,000 revolutions per minute by a spindle motor, allowing for quick data access. Data is stored in concentric circles, called tracks, on the disk platter.

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(not taken in London)
#photography

anyone have a contact at Voxility? they're dropping my traffic and won't answer my emails because I'm not a customer

We all know the Rodalies fire moodboard, but how about the exploding VIRM? www.treinreiziger.nl/ns-onderzoekt-ontploffing-elektriciteitskast-in-intercity-niet-bekend-of-er-gevaar-is-voor-andere-treinen/

@morachbeag Yeah, this always bothers me. It always comes from the most from hardcore marxists, but like... Marx was racist. Yeah, class is important to focus on, and I'm for a balanced socialist society, but Marx also said Mexicans were lazy, despite not having actually lived in Mexico to understand why you would take a nap in the middle of the day: the same reason mid-day naps are common in Vietnam, the heat will kill you. He just broadly attached the concept of "lazy" to any people of color he didn't feel like "worked hard enough".

Mexico isn't/wasn't poorer because the people there are "lazy". There's something else, and that something else is important to note: colonization and resource extraction from wealthy white people, mostly from other countries, particularly Europe.

Sorry to tangent. This just really bothers me when people say to "set aside racial differences" and focus on class. Black people were literally not allowed in white unions until relatively recently in history. You can't simply ignore that.

What Happened Yonder? My @why2025camp talk: 'Consent for Hackers, negotiating consent based on HTTP status codes' has been accepted and confirmed.

Let's talk to people about negotiating consent before engaging in personal and physical interactions. Your browser does it with every webserver, so why shouldn't you do the same with people?

#WHY2025

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Succes voor actiegroepen tegen medeplichtigheid aan genocide in Gaza: schip Maersk Izmir met F35-vleugels mijdt Rotterdamse haven
#DoorbraakEu

https://www.doorbraak.eu/succes-voor-actiegroepen-tegen-medeplichtigheid-aan-genocide-in-gaza-schip-maersk-izmir-met-f35-vleugels-mijdt-rotterdamse-haven/

Wij begonnen allemaal ons leven op dezelfde manier als mijn piepkleine dochter nu: hopeloos afhankelijk. En niemand van ons ontgroeit dat echt, ook al wordt ons geleerd net te doen alsof. Dit is namelijk de centrale leugen van het liberalisme: dat we onafhankelijk zijn, zelf ons eigen leven opbouwen, en dat we los staan van anderen. Maar het conservatisme is niet minder bedrieglijk. Het prijst het gezin aan als de ideale eenheid van het sociale leven, maar dan een gezin dat hiërarchisch opgebouwd is en zich afsluit voor buren, vreemden en mensen in nood. Het pleit zogenaamd voor orde en persoonlijke verantwoordelijkheid, terwijl het stiekem de banden van solidariteit, die het zelf romantiseert, doorsnijdt. Het resultaat is een wreedheid die zich voordoet als stabiliteit, een cultuur van ongeïnteresseerdheid, verpakt in de taal van traditie. https://www.doorbraak.eu/nu-de-wereld-in-brand-staat/

I learned something. Tent pegs are named after fish in Western Europe, but a different fish in every language.

Dutch: haring (herring)
French: sardine (sardines)
German: aal (eel)

Another round of Amsterdam public comment on the war machine.

#AmsterdamPublicComment #StopNATO #gaza #palestine #abolishNATO #freepalestine #iran #pspol #AmsterdamGraffiti #eupol

Save future videogames from planned obsolescence!

There is an initiative asking the EU to regulate or at least clarify video games being made inaccessible remotely by publishers.

The initiative is on an official channel provided by the EU itself, if it reaches one million signatures the European Commission will have to look into the matter and provide a response, there is still a month until 31 July.

https://eci.ec.europa.eu/045/public/#/screen/home

#stopdestroyinggames
#stopkillinggames #retrogaming #gaming