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ʙoarᴅ cerᴛɪꜰɪeᴅ ᴛecʜno-ᴘʜaɢe. mʏ mɪnᴅ ɪs ʜunɢrʏ, anᴅ ꜰeeᴅs on noveʟᴛʏ. ᴅo ʏou ʜave someᴛʜɪnɢ ᴛo sʜare ᴛʜaᴛ ɪ never ʜearᴅ? "𝔅𝔢 𝔠𝔞𝔯𝔢𝔣𝔲𝔩 𝔣𝔬𝔯 𝔫𝔬𝔱𝔥𝔦𝔫𝔤; 𝔟𝔲𝔱 𝔦𝔫 𝔢𝔳𝔢𝔯𝔶 𝔱𝔥𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔟𝔶 𝔭𝔯𝔞𝔶𝔢𝔯 𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔰𝔲𝔭𝔭𝔩𝔦𝔠𝔞𝔱𝔦𝔬𝔫 𝔴𝔦𝔱𝔥 𝔱𝔥𝔞𝔫𝔨𝔰𝔤𝔦𝔳𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔩𝔢𝔱 𝔶𝔬𝔲𝔯 𝔯𝔢𝔮𝔲𝔢𝔰𝔱𝔰 𝔟𝔢 𝔨𝔫𝔬𝔴𝔫 𝔲𝔫𝔱𝔬 𝔊𝔬𝔡. 𝔄𝔫𝔡 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔭𝔢𝔞𝔠𝔢 𝔬𝔣 𝔊𝔬𝔡, 𝔴𝔥𝔦𝔠𝔥 𝔭𝔞𝔰𝔰𝔢𝔱𝔥 𝔞𝔩𝔩 𝔲𝔫𝔡𝔢𝔯𝔰𝔱𝔞𝔫𝔡𝔦𝔫𝔤, 𝔰𝔥𝔞𝔩𝔩 𝔨𝔢𝔢𝔭 𝔶𝔬𝔲𝔯 𝔥𝔢𝔞𝔯𝔱𝔰 𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔪𝔦𝔫𝔡𝔰 𝔱𝔥𝔯𝔬𝔲𝔤𝔥 ℭ𝔥𝔯𝔦𝔰𝔱 𝔍𝔢𝔰𝔲𝔰" - 𝔓𝔥
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mleku 1 week ago
so, ɪ manaɢeᴅ ᴛo ʙurn mʏ wʜoʟe 4ʜ sessɪon aʟʟocaᴛɪon wɪᴛʜ cʟauᴅe aɢaɪn ᴛoᴅaʏ, ꜰɪrsᴛ ᴛɪme ɪn a monᴛʜ. was ᴅoɪnɢ a reꜰacᴛor, removɪnɢ seɢwɪᴛ anᴅ ᴛaᴘrooᴛ ꜰrom a ʙᴛcᴅ ꜰorᴋ, anᴅ concurrenᴛʟʏ, sᴛarᴛɪnɢ a reꜰacᴛor on ᴊumʙʟe, ʙecause ɪ'm sɪcᴋ ᴛo ᴅeaᴛʜ oꜰ ᴛʜe ʟacᴋ oꜰ ᴘersɪsᴛenᴛ conꜰɪɢuraᴛɪon ꜰor manʏ seᴛᴛɪnɢs ᴛʜaᴛ are ɪmᴘorᴛanᴛ ᴛo me, anᴅ ᴛʜe ᴅeꜰauʟᴛ, sᴛɪcᴋʏ "oᴘᴛɪmaʟ reʟaʏs" oᴘᴛɪon ɪn ᴛʜe ᴘosᴛ comᴘose ɪnᴛerꜰace. ɢonna cʜanɢe oᴛʜer ᴛʜɪnɢs ᴛoo, ꜰor now, ᴊusᴛ ꜰɪnɪsʜeᴅ a reʙranᴅɪnɢ anᴅ some ꜰɪxes on ᴛʜe css, ʟoᴛs more ᴛo ᴅo ʏeᴛ ʙuᴛ sɪnce ɪ'm 2 ʜours unᴛɪʟ sessɪon reseᴛ ɪ'm ɢonna ʜave a naᴘ.
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mleku 1 week ago
ɪꜰ ʏᴏᴜ ᴡᴇʀᴇ ʟᴏᴏᴋɪɴɢ ꜰᴏʀ ᴀ ᴠᴘꜱ ʜᴏꜱᴛ ᴡɪᴛʜ ʙɪɢ ꜱᴛᴏʀᴀɢᴇ, ᴀɴᴅ ᴍɪɴɪᴍᴀʟ ᴋʏᴄ, ɪꜱ ᴀɴ ᴏᴘᴛɪᴏɴ. ɪ ᴡᴀꜱ ꜱᴇᴀʀᴄʜɪɴɢ ꜰᴏʀ ꜱᴏᴍᴇᴛʜɪɴɢ ᴛᴏ ᴅᴏ ᴅᴇᴠ ᴏɴ ᴍʏ ʙᴛᴄʀᴇʟᴏᴀᴅᴇᴅ ᴘʀᴏᴊᴇᴄᴛ ᴀɴᴅ ᴘᴀʀᴛ ᴏꜰ ᴍʏ ᴅᴇꜱɪɢɴ ɪꜱ ᴛᴏ ꜱᴛᴀʀᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ᴄʜᴀɪɴ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴛʜᴇ ᴘʀᴇ-ꜱᴇɢᴡɪᴛ ᴄʜᴀɪɴ ᴀꜱ ɪᴛꜱ ɪɴɪᴛɪᴀʟ ᴄʜᴀɪɴ, ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇɴ ɪᴛ ꜱᴡɪᴛᴄʜᴇꜱ ᴛʜᴇ ᴘʀᴏᴛᴏᴄᴏʟ ʀᴜʟᴇꜱ, ʜᴀʀᴅ ꜰᴏʀᴋ, ᴛᴏ ᴀ ʙᴜɴᴄʜ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜɪɴɢꜱ. ᴀɴʏᴡᴀʏ, ᴛʜɪꜱ ɪꜱ ᴛʜᴇ ꜱᴘᴇᴄꜱ: image 47.97 EUR/mo ɪꜱ ᴛʜᴇ ᴘʀɪᴄᴇ ꜰᴏʀ ᴛʜɪꜱ ʀɪɢ, ᴛʀᴀꜰꜰɪᴄ 25ᴛʙ, ᴀɴᴅ ɪᴛ'ꜱ ʟᴏᴄᴀᴛᴇᴅ ɪɴ ʟɪᴛʜᴜᴀɴɪᴀ, ᴍɪɢʜᴛ ʙᴇ ᴏᴛʜᴇʀ ʟᴏᴄᴀᴛɪᴏɴꜱ ᴀᴠᴀɪʟᴀʙʟᴇ ʙᴜᴛ ᴛʜᴀᴛ'ꜱ ɢᴏᴏᴅ ᴇɴᴏᴜɢʜ ꜰᴏʀ ᴍᴇ ᴀʟʟ ᴛʜᴇ ᴏᴛʜᴇʀꜱ, ʜᴇᴛᴢɴᴇʀ, ᴛɪᴍᴇ4ᴠᴘꜱ, ᴀɴᴅ ʀᴀɴᴅᴏᴍ ᴏᴛʜᴇʀ ᴏɴᴇꜱ, ᴀʟʟ ᴡᴇʀᴇ ꜰᴏʀᴄɪɴɢ ᴍᴇ ᴛᴏ ᴅᴏ ᴋʏᴄ ᴀɴᴅ ᴍʏ ᴘᴀꜱꜱᴘᴏʀᴛ ɪꜱ ᴇxᴘɪʀᴇᴅ ᴀɴᴅ ɪ ᴄᴀɴ'ᴛ ꜰɪx ᴛʜᴀᴛ ɪᴍᴍᴇᴅɪᴀᴛᴇʟʏ ʙᴇᴄᴀᴜꜱᴇ ꜰᴏʀ ᴡʜᴀᴛᴇᴠᴇʀ ʀᴇᴀꜱᴏɴ, ɴᴇᴛʜᴇʀʟᴀɴᴅꜱ ᴇᴍʙᴀꜱꜱʏ ɪꜱ ʙᴀɴᴋᴇᴅ ᴜᴘ 3 ᴍᴏɴᴛʜꜱ ᴏꜰ ᴀᴘᴘʟɪᴄᴀᴛɪᴏɴꜱ... ᴋɪɴᴅᴀ ᴡɪꜱʜ ɪ'ᴅ ʟᴏᴏᴋᴇᴅ ɪɴᴛᴏ ᴛʜɪꜱ ꜱᴏᴏɴᴇʀ ʙᴇᴄᴀᴜꜱᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ꜱᴇʀᴠᴇʀ ɪꜱ ꜰᴀꜱᴛ, ᴀɴᴅ ɴᴏᴡ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴍʏ ʀᴇʟᴀʏ ᴄᴀɴ ʜᴏꜱᴛ ᴍᴇᴅɪᴀ, ʜᴀᴠɪɴɢ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ʜᴇᴀᴅʀᴏᴏᴍ ᴡᴏᴜʟᴅ ʙᴇ ɴɪᴄᴇ, ᴏɴ ᴛᴏᴘ ᴏꜰ ʙᴇɪɴɢ ᴀʙʟᴇ ᴛᴏ ᴜꜱᴇ ɪᴛ ꜰᴏʀ ᴡᴏʀᴋɪɴɢ ᴏɴ ᴄᴏᴅᴇ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴡɪʟʟ ɴᴇᴇᴅ ᴀᴛ ʟᴇᴀꜱᴛ, ɪᴅᴋ, ᴍᴀʏʙᴇ 160ɢʙ ᴏꜰ ꜱᴘᴀᴄᴇ ꜰᴏʀ ᴛʜᴇ ᴄʜᴀɪɴ.
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mleku 1 week ago
ʙᴛw, sanᴛa ɪs ʙaseᴅ on ᴛʜe ᴅuᴛcʜ saɪnᴛ nɪcʜoʟas. ᴛʜe ᴅuᴛcʜ saʏ "sɪnᴛaᴋʟaas" as a ᴘorᴛmanᴛeau, wʜɪcʜ ɢoᴛ manɢʟeᴅ ʙʏ amerɪcan marᴋeᴛers (wʜɪcʜ ɪncʟuᴅeᴅ coca coʟa, wʜo reaʟɪseᴅ ʜɪs cosᴛume ʜaᴅ ᴛʜeɪr coʟors) anᴅ ʙᴛw, ᴛʜɪs ɪs wʜaᴛ ᴛʜe acᴛuaʟ ɢuʏ ʟooᴋeᴅ ʟɪᴋe (ʏes, ʜe was ꜰamous ꜰor ɢɪvɪnɢ ᴘresenᴛs ᴛo cʜɪʟᴅren): image
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mleku 1 week ago
#ORLY?🦉 #devstr #progressreport v0.38.0 just dropped, bumping twice because of three new features: 1. polished up the user's view of their blossom uploads: image 2. added an admin view for blossom (only for OWNER level) that lets you see everything everyone has stored, as you can see, and now i know, that nobody else on my follow list has added to their blossom configuration (see post settings, select blossnom, put that URL in your preferred blossom setting). image cody hasn't made this setting persistent, so if you log out you have to go back and set it again. ok, i will post about the next feature in a reply to this because it's currently being built
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mleku 1 week ago
ɪ'm one oꜰ ᴛʜose crazʏ ᴘeoᴘʟe wʜo ᴘaʏs $9/monᴛʜ ꜰor ʏouᴛuʙe, anᴅ aꜰᴛer ᴅoɪnɢ ᴛʜɪs ꜰor over a ʏear, ɪ ᴊusᴛ reaʟɪseᴅ ᴛʜaᴛ ɢɪves me access ᴛo ʏouᴛuʙe musɪc no exᴛra ʙuʟʟsʜɪᴛ. new eᴘ ꜰrom ʜocɪco ɪn coʟʟaʙoraᴛɪon wɪᴛʜ some ᴋɪnᴅ oꜰ mexɪcan ʜɪᴘʜoᴘ arᴛɪsᴛ sᴘɪᴛᴛɪnɢ venom ɪn a nɪce ᴅueᴛ wɪᴛʜ erk and rasco anᴅ (Eric Garcia aka Erk Aicrag and Oscar Mayorga aka Racso Agroyam)
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mleku 1 week ago
ɪ ꜰɪnᴅ mʏseʟꜰ so oꜰᴛen wanᴛɪnɢ ᴛo cʜeer ᴛo cʟauᴅe ꜰor ᴅoɪnɢ sucʜ ɢreaᴛ worᴋ, ʙuᴛ wʜaᴛ use ᴅoes an aɪ ʜave ꜰor ᴘraɪse? none, ɪ ᴛʜɪnᴋ. ɪᴛ ɪs wʜaᴛ ɪᴛ ɪs. ɪꜰ ɪᴛ ꜰucᴋs uᴘ, wʜo ɪs ᴛo ʙʟame? oʜ ʏeaʜ, anᴛʜroᴘɪc. so, ʙravo ᴛo anᴛʜroᴘɪc, as ɪ ʜave some ᴘraɪse ʙanᴋeᴅ uᴘ ᴛʜaᴛ ɪ can'ᴛ sᴘenᴅ on ᴛʜe ꜰunnʏ macʜɪne.
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mleku 1 week ago
i had a dude once tell me that i was a "techno-phage" and i'm not sure he understood the meaning of this expression, because it isn't something about "magic" in the sense of shamanism or ritual or other variants. it's a word that means to devour. i might say that is probably correct, in a very abstract sense, though, i'm not an "art lover" but rather a sensitive critic of art, art, being the meaning of the word "techne" the greek. here is the definition of "phage" as it is used: ----- ● Phage has several related meanings: 1. Bacteriophage (shortened form) — A virus that infects and replicates within bacteria. This is the most common scientific usage. Phages are studied extensively in molecular biology and are being explored as alternatives to antibiotics (phage therapy). 2. Suffix: -phage — From Greek phagein (to eat/devour). Used to denote something that eats or consumes: - Macrophage — immune cell that engulfs pathogens - Osteophage — cell that breaks down bone tissue 3. Root: phago- — The eating/consuming concept also appears as a prefix: - Phagocyte — cell that engulfs particles - Phagocytosis — process of cellular "eating" 4. Rare standalone usage — Occasionally used poetically or in fiction to mean "one who devours" or "consumer." The underlying Greek root φαγεῖν (phagein) always carries the core meaning of consumption or devouring. ----- i definitely am hungry for techne. techne mainly meaning applied science. i am repelled by fashion, because it rarely involves actual novel technology, but when a "fad" seems to stop being a fad, i go all in, like i have with using LLM agents, and many other things in the past, psychedelics, stimulants, cutting edge experimental music... devourer of art. i like it. i'm gonna refer to myself as a techno-phage from now on. that dude was definitely onto something. btw, he also recited the entire "fool's jouruney" including each suit of the minor arcana. idk exactly where he had been but he certainly had been trained by someone who knows their shit.
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mleku 1 week ago
see, cʟassɪc examᴘʟe oꜰ ᴛʜe mexɪcan sᴛanᴅoꜰꜰ oꜰ ʙɪᴛcoɪn's ɢame ᴛʜeorʏ. View quoted note →
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mleku 1 week ago
● Native American Trackers & Hair: The Story The claim you're asking about is a widely-circulated story alleging that: 1. The U.S. military recruited Native American trackers from reservations during the Vietnam War for their exceptional tracking abilities 2. After military haircuts, these recruits lost their "almost supernatural" tracking skills 3. Secret tests supposedly proved long hair was essential to their abilities, leading the military to exempt them from haircut regulations The Verdict: Urban Legend This story is unverified and likely false. Key findings: - No historical documentation exists of specialized Native American scouting units with long-haired soldiers - The U.S. Army Special Forces historians have called the story "pure mythology" - The earliest traceable source is a 2010 blog post by David "Avocado" Wolfe, with no cited sources - No scientific evidence supports hair providing tracking or sensory abilities What's Actually True - Many Native Americans served in Vietnam (most volunteered before being drafted) - They were integrated into regular units, not special tracking units - The military did recruit scouts, but targeted Viet Cong defectors who actually knew the terrain and enemy tactics Alternative Explanations Some have proposed that if any decline occurred, it could be: - Psychological: Loss of confidence after losing a cultural symbol - Trauma: The forced haircut as cultural severance affecting morale Sources: - - - > so, in other words, the psychological torment of military service and degrading of the value of the individual is more important. and probably also the unfamiliarity of the loss of a part of their body they were used to from a young age ● Yes, that's a more grounded interpretation. Even without supernatural claims, there are real factors at play: Cultural trauma: For many Native American cultures, long hair carries deep spiritual and identity significance. Forced cutting was historically used as a tool of assimilation in boarding schools ("Kill the Indian, save the man" policy). A military haircut would echo that same cultural violence. Proprioceptive disruption: Hair does provide subtle sensory feedback - wind direction, proximity of objects near the head, environmental awareness. Someone who has had long hair since childhood would have decades of unconscious calibration to that input. Removing it suddenly could genuinely cause disorientation, similar to how people feel "off" after major physical changes. Military deindividuation by design: The uniform haircut serves the explicit purpose of stripping individual identity to create unit cohesion. For someone from a culture that was subjected to systematic erasure, this "standard procedure" carries a different weight entirely. Performance under psychological stress: If a tracker believes their ability is connected to their hair (regardless of whether it physically is), confidence matters. A demoralized, disoriented person performs worse than a confident one - that's not mysticism, that's basic psychology. The supernatural framing makes the story easy to dismiss. The actual dynamics of cultural trauma, bodily autonomy, and psychological warfare are harder to wave away.