Fluff Logic

The random bloggings of a guy.

[keystonewarrior]

I still need a few more than I thought I need.

[flufflogic]

Oh man. One second...

That's the full Discworld up there, as well as the full "The Long Earth" series, The Bromeliad, and my signed Nation, as well as Disc and Ankh Morpork maps. I need the full Johnny series and that's about it I believe.

[drchucktingle]

tough but fair

[depsidase]

[tockthewatchdog]

this scientology hq as real life roguelike is hilarious

[flufflogic]

Finally, the internet has come back to my computer

There's some serious fucking irony in the idea that the current point of the History curriculum I'm at with my year 8s is about all the things that protest has got this country, right as the very government in control of said curriculum bans Hasan Piker and Cenk Uygur from the country for criticising Israel. And seeks terrorism charges against peaceful protestors.

It's fucking dumb out there, ladies and gentlemen. Might be time to consider some good old industrial large scale action supported by unions across the spectrum.

[adobe-outdesign]

Love how Pokemon games will spend 5 billion hours giving a complete tutorial on every single mechanic possible and then turn around and have the Mold Breaker ability say "[X] breaks the mold!" and never give any further context

[a-book-of-creatures]

it draws 2 cards

[thisurlwasnttakenbutnowitis]

[flufflogic]

In all seriousness, a large part of this is poor translation by Game Freaks. "Mold breaker", for instance, is just "your abilities don't stop my moves hitting/hurting", ie if I hit a floating Pokemon with a Ground type move it'll be affected, which normally it wouldn't be.

But, frankly, the biggest issue Pokemon has now is Added Feature Bloat. We're about to get a tenth generation/mainline game, and they just keep adding new dumb shit that makes it more awkward. On top of that, SwSh and ScVi had DLC with even more damn mechanics, and so the feature list has got a little crazy.

It's also hurt by both the physical and digital TCGs, which constantly add even more weird shit to the mix like Formes and G-Max and V-Max and several other not particulalry clear tournament nerd baits.

[flufflogic]

Five days.

It's taken five days to be mostly done with moving home.

Day zero: Keys collected for new house.

Day one: boxes and clothes bags into truck, packing, collecting new furniture. Boxes and bags taken to new house and unloaded into kitchen. Mistakes were made, now thoroughly worn out.

Day two: a million helpers, and 3 trips later, basically everything (*1) is out of old house. Unpacking and rearranging begins. Slept on mattress on floor rather than set bed up.

Day three: bedroom furniture arranged, bed built, living room arranged, boxes all taken to correct rooms, clothing all taken to correct rooms.

Day four: everyone is utterly knackered, but more work to do. Visit to B&Q to acquire decorating materials and such. Attempt to remove washer in kitchen. Attempt to put washer back. Roll sanity. Fail. Have full on breakdown.

Day five: reset. Go to doctors. Sort stuff with them. Go to old house. Clean. Therapeutic destruction of sofas (*2). Gather final bits. Gather keys. Close everything up. Go home. Start sorting office. Run out in sudden shower to put cardboard in shed so it can be put out for bin men Saturday. Get online by tethering phone. Decide to have an evening off as all shattered.

Still to come:

Office Shelfageddon: This Time It's Powertools

The Great Adult Child Bedroom Sort

Decorating

New internet (2Gb!)

Eero Mesh 2: "This Time It's Hopefully Strong Enough" Boogaloo

*1: Look, we'd done 3 van trips, we loaded 2 large mirrors and a 6 foot glass cabinet in, got the cats collected into carriers, and then found we'd missed some odd bits. We were Super Not Into It.

*2: I have a history of this. I mean, I cut down a tree with a hammer, destroyed a massive decking wood castle with two hammers, and generally can take anything apart with a hammer. I'm beginning to think for my birthday one year I need one of those "pay to just fuck shit up" rooms booking.

[yesornopolls]

Would you pay ~€4 for a seat reservation on an almost full train so you dont have to sit on the floor in the doorwell (the bit between coaches where the door is, but obviously the doors closed when the trains moving)?

Would you pay ~€4 for a seat reservation on an almost full train so you dont have to sit on the floor in the doorwell (the bit between coaches where the door is, but obviously the doors closed when the trains moving)?

Yes

No

Voting ended onMay 26

[flufflogic]

And have, and STILL ENDED UP THERE. THIS WEEK.

(Previous train got cancelled, all reserved seats null and void to accomodate double passenger load)

(Ain't privatisation great)

[mercuryfountain-deactivated2024]

Sodom and g'morning

[stroebe2]

[queeranarchism]

Oury Jalloh was burned alive in a German police cell while his hands and feet were cuffed to a bed. the cops claimed he had set himself on fire but offered no evidence. No one was convicted. It took 2 more violent deaths in the same police building (Hans-Jürgen Rose, died from internal injuries from blunt force impacts, Mario Bichtemann died from a skull fracture), before one cop had to pay a fine. No cop faced real consequences.

15-year-old Jerryson Noor was shot and killed by police in the Netherlands after being accused of trying to steal a bicycle. We was running from police and clearly posed no threat.

[telavivdelhi2]

Independent forensic tests and later expert analysis commissioned by Jalloh’s family suggest it would have been very difficult for someone bound to ignite the mattress on their own and that fire accelerants such as petrol may have been involved.

A 2019 autopsy commissioned by the family also found fractures (broken rib, broken nose, skull base fracture) indicative of serious injuries before the fire — a point the courts did not allow as decisive evidence. (DW)

[anarchistmemedistro]

Between 2020 and 2022, thirteen EU countries reported a total of 488 deaths occurring in custody or during police operations. Despite international calls for transparent reporting on such fatalities, most European countries still do not meet UN standards for investigating these deaths, leaving persistent gaps in accountability and oversight. Inconsistencies and inadequacies in data availability further underscore the challenges in maintaining adequate transparency in law enforcement practices.

Deaths in custody and police operations - 2024 - European Data Journalism Network - EDJNet

Deaths in custody and police operations Between 2020 and 2022, thirteen EU countries reported a total of 488 deaths occurring in cus

[anarchistmemedistro]

not to mention that the coastguard in europe are primarily a border patrol force and routinely watch migrants drown to death without intervening.

the migration data portal estimates at least 1700 died in the mediterranean in 2024 alone

No More Refugee Deaths – Time for Change!

[anarchistmemedistro]

Up to 600 people drown off Pylos, Greece - only days after EU leaders agreed to further erode the right to asylum • Sea-Watch e.V.

Open letter by over 180 human rights organizations and initiatives together with Tima Kurdi, aunt of Alan Kurdi.   Today on World Refugee Da

The Pylos Shipwreck Was No Isolated Case - Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung

One year after 600 migrants drowned off the Greek coast, no one has been held accountable

Greek coastguard threw migrants overboard to their deaths, witnesses say - BBC News

More than 40 people are alleged to have died as a result of Greek coastguard actions, BBC analysis reveals.

[anarchistmemedistro]

don’t get me wrong america is a genocidal settler slave state but the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree

[isuggesteatingtherich]

i have a suggestion

[flufflogic]

Have we already forgotten Jean Charles de Menezes?

It's ALL not AMERICAN in ACAB.

[flufflogic]

Saw Daniel Sloss with my daughter yesterday. Great show. But, for me, mostyly an excuse to be back in the place the word "city" makes me think of: Newcastle.

It's changed a lot since I was last there for any time, but damn did it all flood back being there.

[flufflogic]

So, Tumblr. I need your help.

I have a Tomodachi Life island. It is full of weirdos and eccentrics. Not all of which are loveably weirdo, some of which are genuine crazies.

Current residents: Peter Kropotkin, Liza Minelli, Solid Snake, R Truth, Tony Hawk, Patrick Moore, Tim Curry, Lord Lucan, Tank Girl, Heero Yuy, Rei Ayanami, Alex Jones, a gay Frog, Old Gregg, Jareth the Goblin King, the son of Jareth and Old Gregg, Barack Obama, Nigella Lawson, Frida Kahlo, Marceline, Elphaba, Lars Ulrich, Maya Angelou and Zavala from Destiny.

So the question is simple:

More real people? Or more media people?

Real weirdos!

Made up weirdos!

Voting ended onMay 14

Suggestions for who said weirdos should be in comments/hashtags, please.

Bonus: group photo! Minus Lord Lucan, a recent (today) addition.

Banned: Robin Williams, Eddie Izzard (both are talked about, but not islanders)

Currently being considered: Keith Flint, Gerard Way, John Cena, Locke Lamora, Moist von Lipwig, Sabrina Carpenter, Rey Mysterio...

[depsidase]

[niggazinmoscow]

THIS RIGHT HERE

[afronerdism]

You guys are dangerously close to realizing specifically what kinds of people they keep from voting and why.

[molothoo]

I want to drill this into everybody’s head:

The United States of America has the highest prison population in the world

Black Americans and Latin people make up the majority of this population (many of whom are non-violent offenders)

Federal Prisons in America require that their state keeps their prisons at a maximum occupancy at all times.

The 13th amendment did not entirely abolish slavery…just one form of it. It remains legal through industrial prison system

[scretladyspider]

Oh and we have privatized prisons which allow companies to actually make money off of keeping people incarcerated 

[dantalaois]

[odinsblog]

Here’s what’s really perverse: prisoners, who cannot vote, still get counted in the U.S. Census. The more prisoners a county has, the more representation it gets, even though the prisoners cannot vote. See how that works? The more black and brown people they lock up, the more government resources and political representation they get. Even though those prisoners have no say and cannot vote.

If county-A has a population of 50 voters but no prisons, and county-B has a population of 50 voters and 50 prisoners, the county with the prisoners gets more government funding and more political represention. This is sometimes called “prison gerrymandering” and it is used in redistrictring.

Not so fun Fact: Southern states that reliably vote for Republicans also have the highest prison population in the United States. (source). So mass incarceration is a double whammy. It’s both a form of voter suppression and a tool to strengthen white people’s political power.

[isuggesteatingtherich]

i have a suggestion

[i-suggest-landback]

me too

[i-suggest-prison-abolition]

Me three

[spankerella]

I think we all should.

[lawbreaker13]

YES

[flufflogic]

So, yet again the UK leads the way.

The way in demonstrating that FPTP is a shit deal for everyone.

The whole of Yorkshire is looking likely to fall to the Reform Party, and in many cases for the same reason right wing parties historically win in the UK: low voter turnouts.

Fear and hate wins again. Woo.

[ayeforscotland]

Apparently he'd resigned before the election but after the ballots were already sent out. Received the most votes anyway. If Reform is truly committed to saving taxpayers' money, I'm sure they'll foot the bill for a byelection 😒

Trying to verify that but apparently he stepped down before the election but ballots had already been sent out.

Daniel Devaney previously came under fire for calling Muslims ‘pure scum’.

The interesting thing for any Reform candidate is that they often don’t know what they are signing up for. It’s one thing to ride a wave of anti-immigrant sentiment to get elected.

But that changes when you are specifically scrutinised as an elected official, and people are demanding you do something about the bin collection.

A lot of candidates will straight up fold under the pressure.