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The Concil of Thai Transwomen just declared a war on 4 Filipino trans women.

Granted, the pack of Filipino women attacked a Thai trans woman unprovoke and this is a revenge, but I have to wonder of this is a festering Xenophobia we had for a while after so much government attempt to promote tourism, and people from afar start acting like they own the place, causing the cost of living shot up and discriminating against locals.

Anyway, this is what happen when you kick a Thai trans women, you get stomped by 12 of them.

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Ex-prime minsiter of Thailand fucking over people queing for MRI scan so he can have a fake scan to his fake illness, so he can be imprisoned at Police hospital instead of jail... and he didn't even stay in the hospiral as the entire justice system halted its regular work to help him finds a loop hole that get him pardoned.

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Last time I was in Washington, I walked over a mile to go see HER again.

J. William Fosdick, Adoration of St. Joan of Arc, 1896, fire etched wood relief, three panels, each: 109 3⁄4 x 49 1⁄2 in. (278.8 x 125.7 cm.), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of William T. Evans, 1910.9.8

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Years and years ago, I read a book on cryptography that I picked up because it looked interesting--and it was!

But there was a side anecdote in there that stayed with me for more general purposes.

The author was describing a cryptography class that they had taken back in college where the professor was demonstrating the process of "reversibility", which is a principle that most codes depend on. Specifically, it should be easy to encode, and very hard to decode without the key--it is hard to reverse the process.

So he had an example code that he used for his class to demonstrate this, a variation on the Book Code, where the encoded text would be a series of phone numbers.

The key to the code was that phone books are sorted alphabetically, so you could encode the text easily--picking phone numbers from the appropriate alphabetical sections to use ahead of time would be easy. But since phone books were sorted alphabetically, not numerically, it would be nearly impossible to reverse the code without exhaustively searching the phone book for each string of numbers and seeing what name it was tied to.

Nowadays, defeating this would be child's play, given computerized databases, but back in the 80s and 90s, this would have been a good code... at least, until one of the students raised their hand and asked, "Why not just call the phone numbers and ask who lives there?"

The professor apparently was dumbfounded.

He had never considered that question. As a result, his cipher, which seemed to be nearly unbreakable to him, had such an obvious flaw, because he was the sort of person who could never coldcall someone to ask that sort of thing!

In the crypto book, the author went on to use this story as an example of why security systems should not be tested by the designer (because of course the security system is ready for everything they thought of, by definition), but for me, as a writer, it stuck with me for a different reason.

It's worth talking out your story plot with other people just to see if there's a "Why not just call the phone numbers?" obvious plot hole that you've missed, because of your singular perspective as a person. Especially if you're writing the sort of plot where you have people trying to outsmart each other.

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Technically, you wouldn't even be the one who lie, but you need to have a ride-or-die friend.

About the cat, do you know someone who DOES meet requirements who could adopt and "pretend" to have the cat but actually give it to you? Whenever the shelter checks in they can lie and say "well the cat is out roaming somewhere!" :P because I have pulled things like that when I've been refused adoptions for stupid reasons ("you cant have a cat because your pet turtle isnt fixed"????) and it works like a charm

Nah don't know anyone. Plus that's just way too much effort when there's always cats being given away free/cheap on local reselling pages.

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unfortunately my transfusion today was considered an elective procedure (Canada thinks that having blood is frivolous and unnecessary), so I had to pay $694 out of pocket.

WHICH MEANS a spontaneous store sale! you can get 35% off everything at greerstothers.shop with the code 'blood'

#bruh wtf #reblof for blood

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almost a year after i released a 2019 copy of the nofly list for journalism and research there is now an in depth paper on the ethno-religious over-representation in it. very interesting read, and confirms much of what we already suspected!

Garofalo, M. (2024) “Singular Purpose: Calculating the Degree of Ethno-Religious Over-representation in the US No-Fly List”, International Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy. doi: 10.5204/ijcjsd.3069.

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All people my age saying kids these day are cringe because they weren't bullied enough LiKe uS can all go to hell. We are all becoming "Boomers" that never once enjoy finacial freedom and security they had, and you fucking spent your screen time bulling Gen Z???

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going through my craft stash and seriously you guys if you ever want some zippers, embroidery thread, buttons, fabric, printed patterns or anything sewing based let me know, not trying to sell anything just trying to slim down on my stuff. I am open to trades if you like but it's not necessary. I just like knowing they are going somewhere to be used lol

It's like I'm trying to start my own craft store in here.

seriously just message me

#signal boost

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Dangerous Voyage

A sea voyage can be a very dangerous thing. Especially if the waters are infested with sea monsters. Will the brave vikings prevail?

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I have to eat cow ass today.

The rest of the cow is taken. This fuckin family.

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They are desacreting my dog's grave to build a dam man.

This is my life now. I don't want to be sad so close to new year man. I am supposed to be happy. Aw man.

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James Somerton Sage still not over???

Worst apology video, may be.

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Human Clund Retain now, bird Xiao when.

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Oh man, forgot to post this.

#tf2 christmas #tf2 #Youtube

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Oh my god, they are rewritting laws to keep ONE guy outside the prison.