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Nefara

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  • UNH poll shows Graham Platner leading Democratic field of Senate challengers by wide margin

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  • He said it was gotten in 2007 and has since gotten it covered up. Until I see evidence of him saying actual Nazi things like advocating for violence, holocaust denialism, admiration of authoritarianism/dictators, persecution of minorities or ethnicities, and other supremacist nationalist rhetoric I'm willing to give him the benefit of the doubt.

  • Graham Platner was a Nazi extermination camp guard who killed Antifascists.

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  • He said in the video it was gotten in 2007. Until I see evidence of him saying actual Nazi things like advocating for violence, holocaust denialism, admiration of authoritarianism/dictators, persecution of minorities or ethnicities, and other supremacist nationalist rhetoric I'm willing to give him the benefit of the doubt.

  • 'The Establishment Is Spooked': Poll Shows Platner With Big Lead Over Mills in Maine Democratic Primary

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  • His website has some good policy positions.

    He wants election finance reform, believes in environmental protections, medicare for all, protecting small businesses and is anti-billionaire. Seems like the right kind of anti-establishment populist and it's refreshing to see someone so unapologetically progressive.

  • UNH poll shows Graham Platner leading Democratic field of Senate challengers by wide margin

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  • His website has some good policy positions.

    He wants election finance reform, believes in environmental protections, medicare for all, protecting small businesses and is anti-billionaire. Seems like the right kind of anti-establishment populist and it's refreshing to see someone so unapologetically progressive.

  • What do you think of Platner and will he bring new life into the democratic party or be a second Fetterman?

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  • So if someone likes druidic things and got a Celtic cross tattoo and a Thor's hammer necklace, that just makes them a Nazi? I guess someone doesn't have to do all of that pesky hating minorities and white nationalism stuff anymore.

  • Graham Platner was a Nazi extermination camp guard who killed Antifascists.

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  • Here's his response to the tattoo

    https://files.catbox.moe/op9uzi.mp4

    Honestly if he went through multiple screenings for hate tattoos and they never caught it I can see where he didn't know. There are a lot of symbols used by white supremacists and I can imagine someone accidentally wearing one if they don't know much about them. There's nothing in his platform that sounds nazi-ish, so I'm willing to believe him.

  • What do you think of Platner and will he bring new life into the democratic party or be a second Fetterman?

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  • After seeing the media blitz about the tattoo I decided to check out his website

    https://www.grahamforsenate.com/platform

    while my platform spans many issues, I view most of my job as a US Senator as to do two things: one, to ban billionaires buying elections; two, to dismantle the “billionaire economy”, in favor of an economy that works for the American worker, for small business, for the vast majority of Americans. I will be a Senator for all those who can’t buy Senators.

    Sounds like a legit progressive to me, anti-establishment and populist in the good way. I like his platform and I hope all of this attention does him more good than harm. Hard to be bothered by decades old tattoos when there are congresspeople with actual swastikas in their office.

  • What do you think of Platner and will he bring new life into the democratic party or be a second Fetterman?

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  • So he's talked about gassing people in private chats? Has he said he loves Hitler?

    Is there evidence of him using race or ethnicity as a bogeyman "other" to persecute and exile people?

    Has he advocated for violence or extreme "solutions" to perceived problems in the country?

    Frankly, nothing on his platform comes close to what is already happening in plain sight. Platner has stated he's anti-billionaire and that's clear enough a reason why all of this muck is getting raked. If you're going to do their work for them, I hope you're at least getting paid for it.

  • What do you think of Platner and will he bring new life into the democratic party or be a second Fetterman?

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  • Graham Platner was a Nazi extermination camp guard who killed Antifascists.

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  • Very interested in this guy now that the muck raking has started. Let's see why all of this nazi stuff is suddenly getting kicked up.

    https://www.grahamforsenate.com/platform

    I view most of my job as a US Senator as to do two things: one, to ban billionaires buying elections; two, to dismantle the “billionaire economy”, in favor of an economy that works for the American worker, for small business, for the vast majority of Americans

    Ah yup that would do it.

  • What's your favorite soda?

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  • Belvoir Rose & Elderflower Cordial, I love floral flavors and it's so interesting and complex. It's perfect watered down on a hot summer day or mixed with some white wine and ice and I've never seen anything else like it for sale. Unfortunately, hard to come by where I live.

    I like ginger, so I also enjoy Reed's Extra Ginger Ale. Most commercially available ginger ales don't have much or any actual ginger in them, and use artificial flavorings, but Reeds is legit and seriously gingery.

    For a go-to soda to have on a regular basis I like Ollipop low sugar sodas, especially their ginger lemon flavor.

  • Plug-in hybrids pollute almost as much as petrol cars, report finds - Analysis of 800,000 European cars found real-world pollution from plug-in hybrids nearly five times greater than lab tests

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  • We have a plugin hybrid, in our life it operates as a purely electric car 90% of the time powered on solar. For the 10% of the time we're taking it on a longer trip, I'm fine with that 20% less.

  • How to overcome lazyness and develop habits?

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  • I just finished reading "How to keep house while drowning" by a neurodivergent psychologist, KC Davis. I got it as an audiobook from my library and listened to it while driving and doing house tasks. It's about building systems to help your space function for you but also addresses a lot of the self-bullying and unproductive self-talk that only leads us to do less and feel worse. I would encourage anyone who thinks they are lazy or has feelings of guilt around being "unproductive" or "messy" to read it and really listen.

    What works for others might not work for you, people all develop different coping skills. What worked for me are having windows of limited time to get things done, that have hard starts and cut offs that push me to do as much as I can in that time. "Body doubling", productive time with a partner/witness has also worked for me. There are lots of possible ways for you to break out of the rut.

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    Who's your favorite female protagonist in a video game? (Add pic of character in response)

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  • She got an honorable mention from me in my post. She was a lot of fun to play as and the game would not have been the same with any other MC.

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    Who's your favorite female protagonist in a video game? (Add pic of character in response)

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  • Probably April Ryan from the Longest Journey. She was clever, empathetic, funny, and grounded. She certainly had more than enough opportunity to get annoying over the many, many hours it takes to play that game but I found myself reading the journal that served as a story tracker just to see what she had to say about events. I genuinely missed her during Dreamfall. Though I had a few other favorite games with female protagonists that I loved (like Rynn from Drakan, Cate Archer in No One Lives Forever), it says something that decades later I still remember April's name, and her major character traits.

  • What seems to be difficult to many other people but isn't for you?

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  • It apparently doesn't have to be as realistic as hallucinating or dreaming to be exceptional though. There are tests for aphantasia that involve picturing a loved one, their face, then some common piece of clothing they wear and if you can see them clearly in your mind and describe them as if they were in front of you that is something reasonably out of the ordinary. You might be "hyperphantasic" too

    https://aphantasia.com/study/vviq

  • What seems to be difficult to many other people but isn't for you?

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  • The downside is that when I get a song stuck in my head, it's really in there.

  • What seems to be difficult to many other people but isn't for you?

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  • I have a good imagination. After meeting people with aphantasia it seems I have an exceptional ability to call to mind sights, smells, sensations, sounds, and simulate the interactions they would have entirely in my mind. I can imagine a different set of curtains on the wall and tell you if it would clash with your paint, and I can taste a spoonful of a soup and go through a mental library of tastes and combine it with more salt, onion, wine etc and make a suggestion based on what "tasted" the best. I thought everyone could do it but some people don't have a "mind's eye" at all. Some people only can see in their imaginations, not smell or taste or hear etc.

  • AITA for using the fact that I have a degenerative eye condition that will make me randomly go blind as a reason to ask my SO with body dysmprohic disorder to let me see them naked more often?

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  • I also identify as demi, and In day to day life when stuff needs to get done sex just never occurs to me. I think when your partner says ask, they genuinely mean it. It's possible for a demi or ace to just forget sex exists entirely for a while.

    I also have been in the position where when my partner asked I felt pressured. Maybe talk about making space for intimacy, and designate a time where you focus your attentions solely on each other. Time where you can sit together and cuddle and talk, not putting any pressure or expectations on having sex but instead enjoying each other's company. Physical touch should be a part of it, but also be genuinely ok with that whether it escalates or not.

    Recreate that "date night" feeling, just at home in any hour or half-hour window of time you might have, as long as you can put life aside for a little.