#PDF of Samuel J. Gershman’s review #paper “The molecular memory code and synaptic plasticity: A synthesis” about alternatives to the synaptic-plasticity hypothesis #toread
#Susan-Walters is an active Reddit user, frequently advising people how to escape from #intimate-partner-abuse.
#Susan-Walters comments on the Reddit discussion about her killing the hitman her husband sent to kill her. In her victim impact statement: “If at any point in our marriage I thought you needed to die, I would have had the balls to kill you myself.” Her comment on that: “I had a year [to] think about the victim statement. I had notes, pictures, and spoke for an hour. Deciding that someone deserved to die is very personal. As I spoke about that, I suddenly pause, looked at my still then husband, and the words just spilled out of me. I never wished him dead, I wanted to be happy again.”
Origin of “Rustled my jimmies”: “On June 16th, 2010, an image macro of a frowning gorilla with the overlaid text “That really rustled my jimmies” was posted by an anonymous user who has currently deactivated his account.[23] On July 18th, 2012, the image had an overall score of over 100 with nearly 7000 views. The original photograph of the gorilla can be found in a Flickr post titled “nors”[7] uploaded by Frank Wouters on July 4th, 2007.”
The original “rustled my jimmies” image macro.
James Ferrario, who killed a locksmith and a deputy who came to evict him following foreclosure in 02012, apparently killed himself and then was burned in his house when the police apparently set it on fire. He had posted to 4chan during the standoff. “It was not clear how the fire began, but the Bee reported the sheriff has acknowledged flash-bang devices and tear gas could have been responsible.” #crime #news #history
"The Toxoplasma of Rage" #history #epistemology #memetics #politics
#news on the #immigration plant raid in Georgia, #USA: “[President] Lee, who was speaking at a news conference to mark the first 100 days of his presidency, said “the situation is extremely bewildering,” while noting it is common practice for Korean firms to send workers to help set up overseas factories.
“If that’s no longer allowed, establishing manufacturing facilities in the US will only become more difficult... making companies question whether it’s worth doing at all,” he added. (...) Last week, US officials detained 475 people - more than 300 of them South Korean nationals - who they said were working illegally at the battery facility, one of the largest foreign investment projects in Georgia.
#LG Energy Solution, which operates the plant with #Hyundai, said that many of its employees who were arrested had various types of visas or were under a visa waiver programme.
A worker at the plant spoke to the BBC about the panic and confusion during the raid. The employee said the vast majority of the workers detained were mechanics installing production lines at the site, and were employed by a contractor.” #politics #Korea
South #Korea to probe possible #human-rights abuses in #USA raid. “ICE officials said the South Koreans had overstayed their visas or were not permitted to work in the US.
A South Korean worker who witnessed the raid told the BBC of panic and confusion as federal agents descended on the site, with some people being led away in chains.” #immigration #politics
#Discord deleted Tyler Robinson’s account for killing Charlie #Kirk because it violates their “off-platform behaviors” policy against “Participating in acts of violent extremism” and/or “Any activity that results in or could cause a physical safety risk” such as “manslaughter”
#Susan-Walters #video describing part of how she killed the hitman her husband sent to kill her. In the comments, she clarifies what the hitman said: “His last, and only words, to me were You’re strong. After my divorce I considering changing my last name to Strong.” #crime
A mugger tried to steal the cellphone of UFC fighter Polyana Viana with a cardboard gun. She beat him badly and held him in a chokehold until the police arrived. #crime #news
no real #news in the Charlie #Kirk case today at the arraignment, just repetition of the note under the keyboard, the transgender roommate and/or romantic partner, and the planned crackdown on dissenting #politics by #Trump
In NHANES data, 89% of men are stronger than 89% of women. Nice bubble plot of grip strength by age. #dataviz
“People who are very early stage demented also tend to wake up more confused post op. In the older population, it is very well documented that a general anesthetic can lead to some cognitive decline for months after surgery. But whether that is all #anesthesia or in conjunction with their severe disease process that lead to surgery causing a decline, its hard to say.” Oh my. #medicine
#news story about #Susan-Walters #crime. “But she’s revealing new details now, going back to how she met her husband. She’s telling this story for the first time, and is working on a memoir about her experience.” This seems like the most complete account. It includes a letter of forgiveness from his aunt.
#stealth-camping can save your life. #news
#news #video footage of Tyler Robinson charges being read by County Attorney Jeff Gray. Refers to the roommate/lover (who Robinson allegedly asked to delete text messages) as “him”, suggesting Robinson was bi or gay, although Chris Stewart (the troll who created this video) says the roommate was MtF trans. “A biological male who was involved in a romantic relationship with Robinson”, according to the prosecutor. Robinson’s text message: “I am still ok my love, but am stuck in orem for a little while longer yet. Shouldn’t be long until I can come home, but I gotta grab my rifle still. To be honest I had hoped to keep this secret till I died of old age. I am sorry to involve you.” Then he confessed. When asked, “Why?” he said, “I had enough of his hatred. Some hate can’t be negotiated out. If I am able to grab my rifle unseen, I will have left no evidence.” Prosecutor also alleged, “Robinson’s mother explained that over the last year or so, Robinson had become more political, and had started to lean more to the left, becoming more pro-gay and trans rights oriented. She stated that Robinson began to date his roommate. This resulted in several discussions with family members, but especially between Robinson and his father, who have very different political views.” The video is unbearably long and full of talking heads and repeated stock footage and stills. The trolls making the video say they expect federal charges, though so far only state charges have been filed, and that probably Robinson would be better off in a Federal prison. #USA #politics #Kirk
#video of Tyler Robinson’s hearing today; the next hearing, a “waiver hearing,” is September 29th at 10 AM, via WebEx. The judge issues a pretrial protective order in favor of Erika Kirk. Judge Graf reads the charges, including a “victim targeting enhancement” (Utah code, annotated, 76-3-203.14(2)) because it was a political assassination. #USA #politics #Kirk #news
Utah code 76-3-203.14, “Victim targeting penalty enhancement,” adding penalties to criminal offenses committed against people selected because of political expression, sexual orientation, sex, matriculation, status as an emergency responder, etc., which is one of the things Robinson is being accused of (which seems almost certain to be correct). #Kirk #USA #politics
bodycam and Ring camera footage #crime #video “Dad Kills Daughter’s Obsessed Ex” of Allyson #Duckro’s father Mitch killing her ex James Rayl with three shots on the front porch after he tries to break into her parents’ house through the front door in Sidney, Ohio in 02022, where she lived with her father and her mother Stacie Duckro. The neighbors come over and sportscast Rayl’s gradual death. Allyson: “I’m not mad at you (...) You’re the best dad ever. You just saved my life.” But all three of them are pretty traumatized, and Allyson has chest pains that may be related to her heart condition. The voicemail he left her the night before (after she hadn’t talked to him in a year) didn’t seem especially obsessed or threatening; it sounded like he was just hoping to reconnect with her.
#crime #video showing James Rayl getting shot to death by Mitch #Duckro once he broke open the front door, staggering away toward the driveway as he received more gunshots, before collapsing where he died.
#crime #news “A grand jury declined to indict homeowner Mitchell #Duckro for the July 31 deadly shooting that killed 22-year-old James Rayl outside of Duckro’s house in Sidney, Ohio. Duckro’s daughter, Allyson Duckro, previously dated Rayl, but they had ended their relationship more than 18 months prior.” Apparently Mitch Duckro was holding the door shut from the inside against James’s attacks. Having done this, I think it’s a bad idea; being right next to the door means that someone outside it can shoot you through it at point blank range, and if they’re armed with a knife, you’re within knife range of the door when they come in. “Allyson Duckro said she was on the phone with 911 by that point when Rayl broke the glass and the door frame became loose, and she went to hide before hearing gunshots. Police arrived on the scene soon after.”
Sabine #Hossenfelder #video summarizing the #AI bubble bursting signs
#video on new #Kirk assassin Robinson evidence: DNA matches, engraved shell casings in his house, text message evidence #USA #politics
Tweet from 02022 with Nick #Fuentes saying he’s a “proud incel” who “hasn’t chosen” to have sex yet. #USA #politics
Vice profile from 02023 of #Fuentes’s “groypers” on Instagram such as Kai Schwemmer (“Kai Clips”) and #Ye24. Apparently Fuentes went on Infowars with Ye for an “hours-long interview”. #USA #politics
Tweet from 02022 about #Fuentes and his “cozy.tv”: “Nick Fuentes has launched a new streaming video platform called Cozy.TV. What makes it special? ‘It’s free speech. No censorship. We are anti-gay, anti-woman, anti-Black, antisemitic.’” #video #USA #politics
Vice’s earlier article about #Fuentes’s “groypers” in 02022. ‘“I got redpilled,” said [Jaden] McNeil, using a term that describes a person’s radicalization into radical right-wing #politics. In June 2020, McNeil shared a racist tweet about George Floyd’s death, which led to calls from the student body for his expulsion. Fuentes reached out and offered him a ticket out of campus politics. “He said, “Why don’t you come out to Chicago? I bought a building, you can live in the basement, stream there, not pay rent, it’s its own unit, and I’ll pay you on top of that’,” McNeil recalled. “Leave my family, leave the girlfriend, leave all the things I had going on back in Kansas or whatever and drive out to Chicago.”
On the podcast, McNeil said his years as a loyal footsoldier to Fuentes has left him with a “Hatewatch” profile on the Southern Poverty Law Center’s website, no money, no friends, and no prospects.’ #USA #politics
#Susan-Walters news story from just before her ex-husband died in prison, discussing her fear of his parole.
John Adams explaining why it’s so important not to convict the innocent of #crime: “We are to look upon it as more beneficial, that many guilty persons should escape unpunished, than one innocent person should suffer. The reason is, because it’s of more importance to community, that innocence should be protected, than it is, that guilt should be punished; for guilt and crimes are so frequent in the world, that all of them cannot be punished; and many times they happen in such a manner, that it is not of much consequence to the public, whether they are punished or not. But when innocence itself, is brought to the bar and condemned, especially to die, the subject will exclaim, it is immaterial to me, whether I behave well or ill; for virtue itself, is no security. And if such a sentiment as this, should take place in the mind of the subject, there would be an end to all security what so ever.”
“The Rumpelstiltskin effect: therapeutic repercussions of clinical diagnosis” #paper #toread #psychology
a bunch of translated posts from Weibo I think? A window into #China
more translated Weibo posts, talking about the #Kirk assassination from the perspective of someone in #China: “You can say that Robinson removed a vermin for the world, and removed a threat to China. (...) So, this Kirk event has destined that once #Trump is out of office, the Democrats will be back in power. And this homosexual, Robinson, with hands covered in blood might encourage others from the same camp to learn from him.” #politics #USA
#video of standup comedian Maddie Wiener #humor about #incels
On #polyamory among the “#rationalists”.
#video #interview excerpt with #CIA whistleblower John Kiriakou (the guy who was sentenced to 30 months in prison for revealing that the #USA was torturing people, then supported #Snowden) about the #Mossad, describing how they called every single nuclear scientist in #Iran on the phone on the same day to threaten them with death — and then calling their wives. And then killed them. He says that spying on #Israel was absolutely verboten when he was at the CIA.
four-hour #video #interview #toread with #CIA whistleblower John Kiriakou
#video of George #Carlin #humor criticizing the Iraq War, etc. #toread
Nick #Fuentes’s “Groyper” movement started in 02019, two years after the Halloween photo of Tyler Robinson Slav-squatting in a tracksuit. So evidently he wasn’t a Groyper at the time because Groypers didn’t exist. #Kirk #USA #politics
“Why Do Slavs Squat? is a satirical catchphrase associated with imageboards and forums discussing Eastern European people and cultures. The catchphrase is usually accompanied by pictures of squatting Slavic people in tracksuits, most time engaging in stereotypical eastern European behavior like consumption of vodka and cigarettes and participation in street gambling. The pose was closely related to the Gopnik stereotype about Russian and Slavic men.” This is the 02012 meme Tyler Robinson was referencing in his 02018 Halloween costume. #Kirk #USA #politics #history
this is the 02016 origin of the Pepe Slav Squat image that Tyler Robinson was probably referencing in his 02018 Halloween costume, upvoted to 11200 points. #Kirk #USA #politics #history
KnowYourMeme #video on the Charlie #Kirk assassination: 2-minute. #USA #politics #history
Ken Klippenstein got leaked text messages from Tyler Robinson to his friends on Discord, naming his lover Lance. The Discord seems to have been almost entirely apolitical. #Kirk #USA #politics
Times of India #news reports that Tyler Robinson’s lover Lance Twiggs has changed her (?) streaming name to Luna, and was very unhappy about Trump’s electoral victory. ““Trump winning has motivated me to finally fix my life,” the 4tran post read. “I won’t let the idiot cisfags who want me to be miserable win. I’ll be independent, fit, happy, and trans and they can’t stop me.””. #Kirk #USA #politics
Newsweek #news refers to Tyler Robinson’s lover Lance Twiggs as “she”, and documents her . “Twiggs and Robinson lived together in St. George, Utah. A neighbor told reporters he had seen the two kissing and holding hands shortly before the attack. Family members of Twiggs have described her as politically outspoken, though investigators have not drawn conclusions about her influence on Robinson.” #Kirk #USA #politics
#news of Lance Twiggs’s name came from an interview with Dan Bongino on the Megyn Kelly show. #Kirk #USA #politics
#Trump was saying there were “very fine people” protesting against tearing down the statue in #Charlottesville, as well as on the other side, but explicitly excluded the “neo-Nazis and white nationalists” from his “fine people” characterization, saying that they should be “condemned totally”. #USA #politics #history
#video from a month ago showing Charlie #Kirk hating and fearing Muslims, and showing footage where he explicitly rejected the idea of separation of church and state. #USA #politics #history
Lance Twiggs’s Reddit account. He’s apparently a fan of a band called Tally Hall and of videogames, but has no posts more recently than 5 months ago. Lots of sarcastic humor, much of it criticizing landlords. Also mentions (apparently seriously) having suffered from bulimia. #Kirk #USA #politics
a Reddit comment by Lance Twiggs on /r/exchristian: “yeah, always my recommendation to people nowadays. if you have to deal with wacky evangelism, simply leave because you won’t be able to help them and they will continue to hurt you,” after describing as an “experience with spiritual abuse” “was told i was possessed by a demon and then within 30 mins kicked outta the house because i started laughing and wouldn’t go to the bishop for a blessing. later found out they just didn’t like me and were looking for a way to get me out of the house, wasn’t even 18 at the time.” #Kirk #USA #politics
Right-wing extremist Andy Ngo (“Ngo’s coverage of antifa and Muslims has been controversial, and the accuracy and credibility of his reporting have been disputed by journalists. He has been accused of sharing misleading or selective material,[8][9][10] and has been described as a provocateur.[11][12]”) tracked down Twiggs’s alleged Instagram account sir._.lancelotte, Reddit account lancelott3, TikTok lanclotl/lancelotte, and Steam fluxalotl. #Kirk #USA #politics
a Reddit comment by Lance Twiggs on /r/Anarcho_Capitalism criticizing, I think, Drag Queen Story Hour, saying “i like how you worded this.” in response to “When they are showing a man, balls out, in demon make up, reading to kids, they are not representing that community well. I’m not talking about the confused 13 year old kid who just wants to feel normal. They go find the worst of society to hold up just to “own the right”,” the context being a post entitled “The left deliberately makes transpeople look bad” #Kirk #USA #politics
a Reddit comment by Lance Twiggs on /r/shrooms saying, “i’d go to conversion therapy if that [taking shrooms to bring out sexual feelings you didn’t feel as much before] was the shtick lol, better than the electroshock my area endorses.” #Kirk #USA #politics
a Reddit comment by Lance Twiggs on /r/JordanPeterson, in response to the question “How can an average person like myself avoid perilous pitfalls, such as ideological entanglements, when even individuals with higher moral and intellectual caliber have fallen into them?”, answering, “Honestly I think everyone is going to land in these pitfalls, it’s part of being human. Doing your best to recognize and remedy that is all you can do. Keep your strongest truths close to heart and don’t be easily swayed in any direction without a strong and well put together reason. Even then you’ll sometimes realize the environment, friends, or communities you choose to spend time with aren’t helping you grow or progress, or may otherwise be pushing towards an echo chamber. Being able to take a step away and reprioritize is the best you can do. If you aren’t ever in a situation you didn’t want to be in, chances are you never go out and meet people in general. Remember that just discussing a topic doesn’t mean falling into an ideological pitfall. Keep your statements and opinions in line with each other, and make your own opinions based on factual evidence you have seen or read. I think the largest pitfall anyone could fall into would be to simply take to heart the opinions they see on social media. If you don’t choose a side, a side will many times choose you. Keep yourself grounded mentally and emotionally, and don’t worry yourself about being infallible.” #Kirk #USA #politics
a Reddit comment by Lance Twiggs complaining that /r/JordanPeterson is not an actual #Jordan-Peterson subreddit but just discussed “shitty clickbait articles”, saying, “Oh no I’ve read Jordan Peterson books, listened to lots of his YouTube lectures also, I just enjoy trolling post kinda subreddits” #Kirk #USA #politics
The Reddit community Ngo said Twiggs participated a lot in is set to private now. #Kirk #USA #politics
10 days ago #4tran wasn’t private and had 22935 users, 22 concurrently. #Kirk #USA #politics
#Mercosur signs a free trade agreement with #Iceland, #Norway, #Liechtenstein, and #Switzerland! #news #politics