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@ Swarming @sh.itjust.works

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A postgraduate in philosophy, politics, and jurisprudence, now employed at a small book publishing firm. I have interests in ancient history, cross-cultural dialogue, religion, mysticism, and psychoanalysis.

  • Pro-Palestine protesters chant ‘Gas the Jews’ outside Sydney Opera House

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  • I don't think burying this and pretending it didn't happen is helpful when Jews around the world are telling us right now that they are terrified and under attack

  • Russia demands €4,2 million as compensation from Norway for 40 deer staying on its territory for two months

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  • Why does Russia think anyone cares what it says at this point? Until the war ends, nobody is required to do anything for Russia.

  • 'All pain for no gain': Reality of post-Brexit trading conditions bites

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  • Nothing but respect for my country deciding to impose economic sanctions on itself 🫡

  • BBC launches an ‘experimental’ Mastodon server

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  • Classic Mastodon moment

  • Sweden police grant permit for Qur’an burning protest outside mosque

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  • I think we're all capable of recognising the important differences between burning a flag representing a particular state, or some aspect of its government or policies, and burning a Torah in front of a Synagogue, as happened frequently in Nazi Germany, or in this case burning a Qur'an in front of a Mosque.

    It's a hateful act designed to encourage hatred with the intention of turning that hatred into acts.

    The person burning the Torah in front of a Synagogue is not saying "I disagree with the Torah's rulings on x", they're saying "those who follow this religion are disgusting and we should do something about it."

    The person who burns a LGBT pride flag is not saying "I think this movement oversteps the legitimate reach of the state", they're saying "those who are part of this group are disgusting and we should do something about it."

    Same with the Qur'an.

    It needlessly inflames tensions, encourages hatred and horrible acts towards Muslims, and both makes Muslims feel unsafe and directly contributes to making them unsafe. It's not the sort of thing a decent, civilized society should tolerate.

  • Sweden police grant permit for Qur’an burning protest outside mosque

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  • Even when it both makes Jewish people unsafe and encourages an atmosphere of racism, which only ever results in one thing?

  • Sweden police grant permit for Qur’an burning protest outside mosque

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  • Does that right extend to burning a copy of the Torah outside of a Synagogue?

  • Sweden police grant permit for Qur’an burning protest outside mosque

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  • They want to burn a Qur’an right outside Stockholm’s main Mosque. How is that not incitement to violence or racial hatred?

    If I burned a copy of the Torah outside a Synagogue, would that just be an expression of ‘free speech’? Or would I not be giving a pretty unambiguous signal of both what I think of the people inside and the way that we should treat them?

    This absolutely should not have been allowed to go ahead. It is incitement to violence and racial hatred.

  • CD Projekt: "We need to fix the relationship with our players" | GamesIndustry.biz

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  • I don't think he's completely wrong. A lot of people felt similarly. I know SkillUp felt similarly that if you had a really good PC and could overlook the (unforgiveable, admittedly) bugs, it had a lot going for it.

  • Cyberpunk 2077 Phantom Liberty First Look: PS5, Xbox Series X, PC RT Overdrive (Digital Foundry)

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  • I maybe got like 10-15 hours into it? I quite liked it but it felt underbaked in many areas. I'm curious to see just how expansive the improvements to basic core gameplay systems are in the final product here. Because graphically and narratively, I felt they had something pretty special.

  • Lemmy 0.18.0 Released

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  • Yeah doesn't work in comments either. I tried Firefox on my Mac too which had never even browsed to this website before, signed in, tried to upload a picture to my /c/Books sub, same error. Tried to reply to this comment with a picture, nope, same error.

  • Lemmy 0.18.0 Released

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  • Strange, may be the implementation? I've tried using both Chrome and Brave

  • Lemmy 0.18.0 Released

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  • That was fast! Layout seems to have changed a little bit, but in mostly subtle ways.

    But now I can't seem to upload an icon to my /c/books community, I get a JSON error. Should I try deleting site data from my browser and refreshing?

    Specific error message:

    SyntaxError: Unexpected token '<', "

    <html>

    <h"... is not valid JSON

    Similar errors when I attempt to update the sidebar.

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    Lemmy.world starting guide

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  • What is the ideal resolution for a community banner so as not to unnecessarily 'weigh it down' with a super high-resolution image?