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6:13:24
Colleen
www.youtube.com/watch?v=opI... Website (HTML), Title: The Columbo Dimension - YouTube
6:13:24
Colleen
www.youtube.com/watch?v=opI... Website (HTML), Title: The Columbo Dimension - YouTube
7:41:06
isoraqathedh
PincerAttack: I don't know about you but it seems like every time I post something like this I get no reply.
7:46:57
isoraqathedh
No one who gets the nearby context I can talk to, or I can talk to them and then they dismiss my concerns. And... those that I feel OK talking to, like you, maybe you don't have all the context.
7:49:42
PincerAttack
Sorry I cannot offer some kind of advice or support whenever you mention how tough it is for you.
7:52:01
isoraqathedh
I'm doing this stupid "DEI" training right now and I just noticed how many of the words ring hollow and meaningless to me.
7:56:38
gingerale
Yeah, though even providing context it'd be hard to relate emotionally, despite understanding the situation as really bad. Just no familiar reference point. Is there anything the people there are trying to do?
7:58:16
isoraqathedh
There's still some brave souls out there that are standing up in the wind and rain to visibly protest.
8:00:52
gingerale
Sorry to hear that. I really wonder why we barely get any news from there anymore. Like the latest Hong Kong related news from Reuters is about mountain climbing.
8:03:53
shinmera
isoraqathedh: Just like gingy, I typically don't really know what to say. I do read everything you post, both here, mastodon, and twitter. I also keep up with the china thread on SA usually, but... well. I don't know if there's anything I can do?
8:04:39
shinmera
isoraqathedh: If you feel left out, there ought to be communities on the net somewhere that are more familiar with your situation? I find it hard to believe that there would be nothing, especially for something that made as big a splash as this.
8:04:40
isoraqathedh
Yeah I guess it is the case that it isn't much you can do physically. Maybe just give me some signal you've read it, somehow.
8:05:54
shinmera
I'm still hoping that there's a way for you and your family to leave, but that's just that -- a hope. I don't actually have any idea on how that would be accomplished. It's tough, for sure.
8:16:11
isoraqathedh
As much as I wish for a solution to just fall out of the sky, it's just not going to happen. I have so many bonds that tie me here, it's awful.
8:16:47
isoraqathedh
Any other time and I would be okay with it, maybe even be happy. But well, now I have to lose something that means a lot to me.
8:40:49
gingerale
There's a job opening in IT development department for our social insurance organisation. I'd love that but I don't really want to just leave the job I have right now.
8:47:12
gingerale
Remote is a possibility but it's a four hour trip if I ever need to actually go there.
8:48:01
gingerale
They should have an IT department in the capital area, though they don't seem to be hiring at the moment. I'll keep checking for that though.
9:42:14
isoraqathedh
I have nine "compliance training" courses to complete and they all seem to take like half an hour.
10:14:04
gingerale
"Compliance training" is rather creepy. Does everyone have to do it or just people of certain groups?
10:16:10
isoraqathedh
Sometimes it's stuff like fire safety. Sometimes it's legal. Sometimes it's... /cultural/ (I say with utter contempt).
10:18:00
gingerale
Ah, fire safety practices. They're nice to have. We kept getting practice runs of those multiple times at the office one summer, so when there was an actual fire hazard some folks decided to stay working. Firemen checking the place weren't too happy.
10:18:39
gingerale
It wasn't anything serious. Just an LED light for a sign burned and caused smoke near a smoke detector.
10:18:44
isoraqathedh
It was so bad. I think it increased my tinnitus by a significant margin those four years.
10:20:46
isoraqathedh
Anyway, there's also GDPR stuff, cybersecurity stuff, and "DEI" training (the order of those letters are very important.)
10:36:48
isoraqathedh
They mislabelled the expected time that these courses can be complete. By like 100%.
12:21:36
isoraqathedh
Thunderbird has this thing where if you click on a link that's like <a href="https://a.example.com">https://b.example.com</a>, it will offer to take you to b.example.com and not a.example.com.
12:22:13
isoraqathedh
It's also brilliant at: [a] defusing rickrolls and [b] bypassing tracking redirects.
12:25:03
isoraqathedh
https://zetrystan.tumblr.com/post/654484647516979200/zetrystan-zetrystan-technically-true-he#notes
12:25:04
Colleen
zetrystan.tumblr.com/post/6... Website (HTML), Title: Sea of Dreams — zetrystan: zetrystan: Technically true. He...
12:25:04
Colleen
zetrystan.tumblr.com/post/6... Website (HTML), Title: Sea of Dreams — zetrystan: zetrystan: Technically true. He...
13:03:25
Colleen
www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3h... Website (HTML), Title: The Psychology of Fascism and Sexual Repression | 1Dime - YouTube
13:03:25
Colleen
www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3h... Website (HTML), Title: The Psychology of Fascism and Sexual Repression | 1Dime - YouTube
15:44:21
minty
well... i think ima go be dead again until tomorrow. not cuz i want to but this chair's terribly uncomfortable and i need to rest