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local history (Footscray and environs), etc. pro-swamp, pro-grassland, pro-basalt
Footscray//Kulin land lizcrash.com/underfootJoined August 2019

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yeah human translators aren’t getting replaced by machines anytime soon
Screenshot of machine translated Wikipedia article. Text:

“Generally, according to the current reading situation of the ancient sound, it is divided into four dialect areas shown in the following figure: the Sichuan Qiang piece of the sound returns to Yangping, the Chongqing small piece of the sound of the West Shu, the small piece of the Chinese side of the sound of the sound, the West Shu piece of the return of the sound of the sound, the Jianggong, and the sound of the sound of the sound of the sound of the sound of the sound of the sound of the sound of the sound of the sound of the sound of the sound of the sound of the sound of the sound of the sound of the sound of the sound of the sound of the sound of the sound of the sound of the sound of the sound of the sound of the sound of the sound of the sound of the sound of the sound The Xishu piece Yagan small piece [1] [14].”

Source: Chinese Wiki article on Sichuanese.
https://zh.m.wikipedia.org/zh-cn/四川话
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i’ve been working on a project which touches on the history of sex work in victoria. the people who want to criminalise sex work are always the same people who oppose safer sex promotion, or sometimes even antibiotic treatment for STIs. they’re harm maximisation advocates
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it’s wild how long it’s been illegal for sex workers to meet clients at home. pure misogyny. you can trace it back to 19th C laws criminalising “keeping a disorderly house” — i.e. being a single woman with male visitors. Dec 1 can’t come soon enough
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of course, just because the ALP came from defeat doesn’t mean it was a bad idea. i think it was, but then, i wasn’t there. who knows what myriad possibilities they saw? i’m here, now. all i can see is how it actually played out
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the whole “the light on the hill” thing was a 20th century thing. that was not the vibe of the early ALP. it was not founded in a moment of hope for democratic worker’s representation. it was founded in a moment of disillusionment: “if you can’t beat ‘em, join em”
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the thing about the Australian Labor Party is that it’s the product of despair. the 19th C labour movement was largely sceptical of parliamentary struggle, but then a series of crushing defeats in 1890-1 created an “if you fight you lose big time. i want to sit down” sort of vibe
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“The roads in this country are a disgrace. and another thing, show some respect for the ANZACs” type of vibe from the Book of Rites tbh
《曲禮上 - Qu Li I》

[Also known as: "Summary of the Rules of Propriety Part 1"]

71. 四郊多壘,此卿大夫之辱也。地廣大,荒而不治,此亦士之辱也。
Many ramparts in the country round and near (a capital) are a disgrace to its high ministers and great officers. Where the wide and open country is greatly neglected and uncultivated, it is a disgrace to the officers (in charge of it).
	
72. 臨祭不惰。祭服敝則焚之,祭器敝則埋之,龜策敝則埋之,牲死則埋之。凡祭於公者,必自徹其俎。

When taking part in a sacrifice, one should not show indifference. When sacrificial robes are worn out, they should be burnt: sacrificial vessels in the same condition should be buried, as should the tortoise-shell and divining stalks, and a victim that has died. All who take part with the ruler in a sacrifice must themselves remove the stands (of their offerings).
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(reads 2 philosophy articles) i’m embodying sagelike energy. i’m striving to be a Perfected Person. ah shit i meant i’m not striving. goddammit. ok. lemme try — NOT try —
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you should either never read posts or never post. getting within 10% of either one of those is fine. it’s the middle where you get fucked up. if you ask me how i calculate 10% of nothing i won’t read it btw
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ancient chinese philosophy rules because no one came out alive unless they had a solid working theory of how to navigate a lethally hostile bureaucracy. otherwise you got purged and your work was lost to history
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omg this is 100% why they’re giving everyone blue checks. counterinsurgency
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scientology brain. paint huffing used car dealer brain. pillhead grandma brain. shit stained herman miller brain #BlockTheBlueChecks
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it’s so important to make only falsifiable claims, not like those idiots from the past whose claims have since been falsified. someday science will arrive
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herodotus was wrong and credulous a lot of the time but he was, nevertheless, a historian. freud was wrong and credulous a lot of the time but he was, nevertheless, a psychologist. but science begins this week, with my new publication in the Journal of Molecular Structure
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i love it when nerds split hairs like this. sorry pal, looks like science has led us straight back to the four classical elements
Modern science does not support the classical elements as the material basis of the physical world. Atomic theory classifies atoms into more than a hundred chemical elements such as oxygen, iron, and mercury. These elements form chemical compounds and mixtures, and under different temperatures and pressures, these substances can adopt different states of matter. The most commonly observed states of solid, liquid, gas, and plasma share many attributes with the classical elements of earth, water, air, and fire, respectively, but these states are due to similar behavior of different types of atoms at similar energy levels, and not due to containing a certain type of atom or substance.
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fascinating example of how terms like “vulnerability” reframe problems of unsafe environments as one of weak individuals who need special care and protection. “people crossing a residential street while freight trucks barrel past” here become “our most vulnerable road users”.
Interim safety measures have been in place at the intersection since January 2022, including the installation of flexible bollards, yellow pavement treatment and new ‘watch for pedestrians’ signs to improve awareness of the crossings.

The project forms part of the Labor Government’s Safe Pedestrian Program, which focuses on improving safety for our most vulnerable road users.
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