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The Amber Heard stuff I already knew about, not the extent of the bots, but the fact that a lot of the narrative coming out about her around the time was manufactured.

What was most surprising to me was the bit about fMRIs and how, if you’re with a person who displays/not-displays empathy about a specific issue, your brain patterns literally, fucking physically, change to mimic them.

It constantly blows my mind just how high humans are on the “social creature” scale in complete contrast to the myths of “individual” and “independent thinkers” and all the neoliberal and conservative bs.

And I’m sure, as the video also points out, this is 100% what is happening with the dominant narrative surround Palestine. Israel and Western propaganda flooding the traditional news and social media with their version of events and their take on these events - who’s focus is on dehumanising Palestinians - is using this same effect to prevent people from gaining empathy for Palestinians.

Like, obviously this is happening and has been happening for numerous causes and conflicts. But, man, the fMRI showing actual physical change in the brain is just…it’s just scary.

I understand we generally don’t like John Oliver around here. But a close family member and I are estranged over them falling for this sort of scam and the subsequent fallout. I’d just like more people to know about it. I think everyone here is capable of consuming this critically and separating the wheat from the chaff.

It’s not just crypto. This kind of long con can target any and all aspects of someone’s finances and is sometimes blended with more classic scams depending on who’s pulling it off. I think people being more aware in general of recognizing and preventing manipulative behavior and scammer tactics is a good thing. Stay safe, everyone.

Why do they always have to do this pretextual Palestinian leadership bad tax before you have any mild critique of Israel firsssssssssst?

I enjoyed Joel's take here.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_Gottesman

She married David Gottesman in 1950. They met in 1948 before she began her studies at Mount Holyoke College and remained married for 72 years until his death in 2022. Together, they had three children. They lived in Rye, New York.Forbes valued David's estate at $3 billion at the time of his death.

Philanthropy

With her husband David, she donated $25 million to AECOM in 2008, which was used to found the Ruth L. and David S. Gottesman Institute for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine Research, the Ruth L. Gottesman Clinical Skills Center and the Faculty Scholar in Epigenetics at AECOM.

When David died in 2022, he bequeathed a portfolio of stock in Berkshire Hathaway to Ruth, with the instructions for her to do with it as she pleased. Wanting to support education, Gottesman announced a $1 billion gift to AECOM in February 2024 to provide free tuition to all its students in perpetuity

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I'm surprised nobody here on this instance has posted this song...

How was I unaware of how incredibly based this man was what the fuck? We lost a real one

Remember the BIG DOG t-shirts? This is the dog they were talking about, he big.

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• Ernst Lubitsch - Trouble in Paradise
• Peter Weir - Picnic at Hanging Rock
• Louis Malle - Murmur of the Heart
• Jaromil Jireš - The Joke
• Ang Lee - The Ice Storm
• David Lean - Great Expectations
• Roberto Rossellini - The Age of the Medici
• Roberto Rossellini - Cartesius
• Roberto Rossellini - Blaise Pascal
• Charles Chaplin - City Lights
• Lars Von Trier - Box
• Alfonso Cuáron - Y tu mama Tambien
• Lars Von Trier - Antichrist

as commentd by "fernandoguimaraes2" 9 years ago-

So it's confirmed that Nebula wanted them to both-sides Palestine and "israel". Disgusting.

call me a softie but i love these kind of candid/slice of life compilations

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