#saccon

[b5ksrockhaus]

PJ Harvey by Jose Saccone for Mojo, 2023

[religion-is-a-mental-illness]

Can I just share something here about my own personal life and why this video really just strikes a chord with me? I'm gonna share it.

When I was a child, I liked so many feminine things. I played with Barbies. I had a feminine attitude. I genuinely thought that I was supposed to be a girl. Because the things that 'girls liked,' I liked. So, I assumed that's what it meant.

Now, my parents didn't validate that. I ended up being just gay and being, you know, a little bit feminine as a man, right?

But if we all just take a step back, and think about our childhood and how good it felt to be rewarded by our parents, how when we did something right and our parents said, 'yes, good job,' how amazing that felt? Because all we cared about was the validation of our parents. Can we just open up the conversation just for a second to think about the potential harms of letting parents do things like this with their children, and what's specifically happening here?

The lighting up of the face of this child reminds me of my childhood when I would get rewarded by my parents. Do we see how easily predatory this can be? Because, if it was me and my parents did this, and I was in the situation that I was in, I would not be the man I am today. I wouldn't.

I understand that dysphoria is a debilitating situation to live with. I truly do. And because of that, I also understand that positively reinforcing that in your young child, who may not be actually experiencing it, who is likely not, is not a good idea.

Positive reinforcement is the most powerful way to shape and mold a child's mind. If we have parents who are told to blatantly affirm everything a child says, it is not setting them up for a life that is going to be easy. Dysphoria is not easy, okay. And it's not something that should be glorified in children.

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For a bit of context, the father has established a business based on him putting everything about his family online. Including his wife's miscarriage. So, the kids have grown up online.

Which makes the song "Popular" from Wicked, which touts the importance of popularity over "brains or knowledge," or being "who you were.. or are," even more disturbing. This boy is learning that doing what ever it takes to gain attention and Likes and Subs is the most important thing of all. Especially getting Likes from his father.

And if it turns out his nature is just that, like Clarkson, he's just gay, he's already learned that his father would rather have a "girl."

Hilary Cass cautioned in her interim report that social transition is "not a neutral act" and is "an active intervention."

https://cass.independent-review.uk/publications/interim-report/

Social transition – this may not be thought of as an intervention or treatment, because it is not something that happens within health services. However, it is important to view it as an active intervention because it may have significant effects on the child or young person in terms of their psychological functioning. There are different views on the benefits versus the harms of early social transition. Whatever position one takes, it is important to acknowledge that it is not a neutral act, and better information is needed about outcomes.

[videomessiah]

Rock Scene, April 1987 - Ronnie James Dio Interview

[debutart]

"Fujisan," new personal work by artist Jose Saccone.

[moradadabeleza]

Emma Saccone

project: january has two faces

[silentlondon]

The First Year (1926): The cure for matrimonial measles

This is an expanded version of an essay I wrote for Sight and Sound in 2020. The First Year (Frank Borzage, 1926) screens this week at MoMA on the opening night of the After Alice, Beyond Lois programme, curated by Kate Saccone and Dave Kehr to commemorate 10 years of the Women Film Pioneers Project. Frank Borzage was one of the greatest Hollywood directors of young love. When we remember his…

[gemstarb]

Shari Franke Destroys Family Vlogging & Jonathan Saccone Joly Takes It T...

[unfilodaria]

Ci innamoriamo di persone che ci completano?

Eh, magari fosse sempre così.

Per lo più ci innamoriamo di chi agisce i nostri lati oscuri, di chi ci permette di distrarci dai nostri difetti perché li esplicita in modo smaccato e ci consente di incazzarci con loro invece di migliorarci.

Ci innamoriamo anche di chi lavora sulle nostre mancanze e le colma al posto nostro e ci permette di restare nella zona di comfort.

Come diceva la mia amica Marisa, l'amore è l'incontro di due patologie e funziona solo se le patologie in questione sono compatibili.

Solo che nella pratica ci mettiamo un sacco di tempo a capirlo, ammesso che lo capiamo.

Forse l'amore vero non è altro che la capacità di lasciare l'altro nella sua malattia, senza volerlo curare né farsene contagiare.

(Brunella Saccone)

[truthdogg]

This article is from 2018, but it’s extremely relevant today, because of how influential David Barton has been over the past five years since it was written. The change in tone from the right has shifted in that time as more and more of Barton’s followers have taken office and implemented his ideas.

One of the key elements of his phony mythology, for starters, is that the founders were divinely inspired evangelicals, and that they cannot be criticized whatsoever. From the article:

“It's also telling that so much of this revisionist American history is about blending Christianity with a very specific form of American (usually white) nationalism. Figures like Barton blend the idea that America is a "Christian country" with the idea that the only critiques of the Founding Fathers - that, say, they owned slaves or contributed to racial inequality - come from "politically correct" historians seeking to discredit America's great history for political ends.

“The founders double as hero-saints to Barton. Central to the idea that America was founded as a Christian nation is the idea that America was founded unproblematically; that only a return to this mythologized past will somehow solve perceived problems of structural inequality. "Real" America, in other words, is above criticism.”

This is the entire basis of DeSantis and others’ “anti-woke” and “anti-CRT” philosophy.

Further, watch out for any elected official claiming the US Constitution is divinely inspired. Whenever you hear it, you’re hearing a Barton-following Dominionist who should not hold political office.

And here the article explains just why so many Republicans are no longer hiding their complete & utter disdain for democracy itself:

“…Barton is among those who believe the ultimate goal for American government should be a Christian theocratic state, which is necessary to properly usher in the apocalyptic End Times. Dominionism takes many forms, …(n)evertheless, its fundamental principle is the same: Christians must work toward a theocratic state in which Christians are in control. Or, as current congressional candidate (and fellow Barton enthusiast) Rick Saccone said in an interview last year with Pastors Network of America, God wants Christians “who will rule with the fear of God in them, to rule over us.” ”

If you don’t recall, Saccone fortunately lost that election as well as the one after. (Thank you, Pennsylvania!) But others like him continue to win. Ron DeSantis and Ted Cruz are notable Dominionists, and even Donald Trump has publicly embraced these ideas. This worldview they share isn’t undermining their support; it’s why they have any. Republicans’ strongest supporters are with them because of these views, while so-called moderates like Mitt Romney, Adam Kinziger & others continue to lose party support. This is exactly why influential pastors like Robert Jeffress and David Jeremiah are such avid Trump campaigners, because they believe in Christian authoritarianism and believe that Trump can (and will) make it happen.

We need to be very clear about this. Today’s Republicans are mostly Barton-inspired fanatics at all levels, especially locally. This is why after Tennessee Republicans ejected Reps. Justin Jones and Justin Pearson, they were caught on tape claiming that they were personally at the forefront of a “war” for control of the nation.

Base Republicans believe this nonsense. That’s why the very next thing the Tennessee legislature did after that recording was made was vote to allow unlicensed concealed carry, because they want their soldiers armed if and when they are voted out of office. If you look at the collateral damage of their war—our now-daily mass murders—it’s easy to see what impact their belief is having. The fear and distrust these killings create serve their goals as well, as those are critical ingredients for any authoritarian regime.

If we don’t start paying attention to this poisonous religious & racist rhetoric, we will not be able to stop not only our daily violence, but the coming violence as well. January 6th is going to look like the tourist visit Republicans claim it was. This is urgent. The change in right-wing rhetoric from this 2018 article to today’s full-throated endorsement and implementation of its ideas should make that very clear.

[fumandovetro]

A luce spenta, in camera, da sola.

Mi sono toccata per ricordarmi che esisto oltre a tutto questo. Per ricordarmi che posso anche emozionarmi da sola.

I pensieri poi vagano e mi fanno domande a cui non saprò mai dare risposte.

A quante persone ho fatto male io? Ho mai ferito qualcuno andandomene? Ho deluso con i miei comportamenti, con i limiti dettati sempre dal bisogno d'amore, quando nulla mi sembrava mai abbastanza?

Esiste veramente l'idea di vedere i buchi altrui e di amare anche quelli? Amare le fragilità? Io lo faccio con gli altri solo perché spero di ricevere amore, accettando tutto? Anche spesso a costo di essere trattata come un saccone smunto da boxe?

Esistono i piedistalli, i giochi a due, gli universi privati dove rintanarsi con l'anima dell'altro?

Esiste tutta questa roba o me la sono solo sognata? Soprattutto esiste una fine alla fatica?

C'è un modo per riemergere ed essere di nuovo sereni? Può il futuro smetterla di farmi paura?

Avrei voglia di sistemare il passato, aggiustare tanti buchi, avere più lieti fini. Se potessi scegliere dopo la morte vorrei vivere una vita che ha avuto sempre e solo ciò che desiderava.

Le stelle, la via lattea, cieli violacei, il sentirmi al sicuro.

Giuro, non sto facendo la vittima.

Mi dispiace e basta.

Per me, per lui, per tutte le anime erranti di questa terra.

Perché l'amore manca sempre e ce lo togliamo a vicenda, tutti. Sempre tesi a costruire muri e palizzate.

Sempre a pensare solo a noi stessi e cosa ci manca. Mai capaci di renderci conto di cosa abbiamo, di ciò che andrebbe semplicemente curato come un giardino.

Potando dove serve, portando via le erbacce.

Ho deluso andando via? Ho ferito? Ho distrutto?

O forse il mondo fuori funziona diverso da me.

Forse quando vado via non faccio rumore.

Non tutti sentono il frastuono assordante che fa, l'assenza.

[yourtrashcollector]

La vita è meravigliosa, affascinante, magica, divertente, folle. E gli esseri umani sono sbalorditivi. Sappiamo tutti che siamo destinati a morire eppure continuiamo a vivere. Urliamo, imprechiamo e ci angustiamo se si rompe il saccone pieno di immondizia anche se ogni attimo che passa ci avvicina sempre di più alla fine. Siamo sopraffatti dalla meraviglia per il tramonto nettarino sulla M25 o per l’odore del collo di un neonato o per l’efficienza dei moduli da montare da soli sebbene siamo coscienti che tutti quelli a cui vogliamo bene un giorno non ci saranno più. Non ho idea di come ci riusciamo.

Dolly Alderton, Tutto quello che so sull'amore

[characterdesignreferences]

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[mostlysignssomeportents]

This day in history

#20yrsago DVDs rot over time https://www.smh.com.au/national/a-bad-case-of-dvd-rot-eats-into-movie-collections-20030201-gdg75r.html

#20yrsago Record exec argues for file-sharing https://www.salon.com/2003/02/01/file_trading_manifesto/

#15yrsago Sony kills DRM stores — your DRM music will only last until your next upgrade https://memex.craphound.com/2008/02/01/sony-kills-drm-stores-your-drm-music-will-only-last-until-your-next-upgrade/

#15yrsago Amazon’s anti-DRM tee https://memex.craphound.com/2008/02/01/amazons-anti-drm-tee/

#15yrsago Chinese dissident’s “Rear Window” video of the cops keeping him under house arrest https://www.theguardian.com/news/video/2008/feb/01/hu.jia

#10yrsago Dial-up handshaking illustrated https://www.windytan.com/2012/11/the-sound-of-dialup-pictured.html

#10yrsago RIAA bigwig who architected anti-technology lawsuits is now #2 at the Copyright Office https://www.techdirt.com/2013/01/31/former-riaa-vp-named-2nd-command-copyright-office/

#10yrsago Magic, copyright, and internal enforcement mechanisms https://web.archive.org/web/20130207082939/http://www.law.villanova.edu/Academics/Journals/Jeffrey S Moorad Sports Law Journal/~/media/academics/journals/sportsandentertainmentlawjournal/docs/191/VLS_191_103.ashx

#10yrsago Why can’t Americans look up their own case-law for free? https://sunlightfoundation.com/2013/02/01/open-public-access-to-court-records-for-aaron-freepacer/

#5yrsago LA’s soaring homelessness is distorting the national statistics https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-homeless-how-we-got-here-20180201-story.html

#5yrsago Teen Bo$$: a magazine advising tweens on how to get rich by being “social media brands” https://fashionista.com/2017/06/teen-boss-entrepreneurs-magazine

#5yrsago America’s school systems serve unencrypted web resources that are riddled with ad-tech trackers https://www.edtechstrategies.com/tracking-edu/

#5yrsago The latest IoT botnet displays evidence of a halfway clever botmaster https://www.technologyreview.com/2018/01/31/145919/a-fast-evolving-new-botnet-could-take-gadgets-in-your-home-to-the-dark-side/

#5yrsago The Germans have a word for all your hard-to-process Trump emotions https://web.archive.org/web/20180131091447/https://www.alternet.org/news-amp-politics/7-german-words-perfectly-capture-feeling-living-trumps-america

#5yrsago An incredibly important paper on whether data can ever be “anonymized” and how we should handle release of large data-sets https://www.cs.princeton.edu/~arvindn/publications/precautionary.pdf

#5yrsago GOP candidate Rick Saccone hates government waste, bills the public purse indiscriminately for his own personal expenses, which totalled $435,172 https://theintercept.com/2018/02/01/rick-saccone-congress-pennsylvania/

#5yrsago Australia put an algorithm in charge of its benefits fraud detection and plunged the nation into chaos https://logicmag.io/justice/austerity-is-an-algorithm/

#1yrago The Mafia hires good accountants https://pluralistic.net/2022/02/01/collaborators-not-fools/#triple-entry-bookkeeping

[lamilanomagazine]

Milano, 30 anni fa la strage di via Palestro. I parenti delle vittime: «Chi dietro la mafia?»

Milano, 30 anni fa la strage di via Palestro. I parenti delle vittime: «Chi dietro la mafia?». Milano oggi ha ricordato le cinque vittime della strage di via Palestro, nell’anniversario dei 30 anni dall'attentato mafioso in cui una bomba è scoppiata davanti al Padiglione di Arte Contemporanea nel centro della città. Alle 23.14 del 27 luglio 1993 l'esplosione di un’autobomba provocava la morte di cinque persone: i vigili del fuoco Carlo La Catena, Sergio Pasotto e Stefano Picerno, l'agente di polizia municipale Alessandro Ferrari e il venditore ambulante Moussafir Driss che dormiva su una panchina. La giornata del ricordo è iniziata con il prefetto Renato Saccone e il sindaco Giuseppe Sala sul luogo dell’esplosione, insieme ad altre autorità, per deporre corone di fiori. «Quella bomba ci ha colpito al cuore ma non ci ha abbattuto», ha detto Sala, che ha precisato: «Non ci ha abbattuto nemmeno in quelle ore di paura e smarrimento che ci hanno fatto rivivere le stragi di Capaci e via D'Amelio. Cinque nostri fratelli sono stati uccisi dalla mafia. Trenta anni dopo Milano ricorda con il massimo impegno quella pena e la lezione sul disgusto della mafia che abbiamo imparato con il sangue». Tra gli interventi, anche quello di Nicola Perna, cognato di Carlo La Catena e presidente della omonima associazione che ricorda le vittime della strage di via Palestro: «Dopo 30 anni c'è ancora tanto da aggiungere e da sapere. La cattura di Matteo Messina Denaro non è un arrivo, semmai un altro tassello di questo puzzle che bisogna continuare a riempire. Capire bene anche chi si è nascosto dietro la mafia facendo questi attentati per destabilizzare il nostro Paese. Non dimentichiamo che quel giorno c'è stato un carosello di bombe e quando Ciampi si è precipitato a Palazzo Chigi ha trovato le linee interrotte. Era un colpo di Stato? Io sono arrivato sul luogo della strage la mattina del 28 luglio e qui era un'apocalisse, un campo di guerra. Quello che vedete oggi non c'era più, tutto buttato giù. C'era una grande buca, un campo di battaglia». A margine della commemorazione, l'intervento del Presidente della Regione Attilio Fontana: «È doveroso rendere onore a chi non c'è più, tenendo alta la guardia, con un impegno serio e costante nella lotta alle mafie e alle organizzazioni criminali, in tutte le loro forme e trasformazioni. Il problema mafioso oggi è diverso, apparentemente meno aggressivo ma altrettanto pericoloso». “Ricorrono trent'anni da quella notte, tra il 27 e il 28 luglio del 1993, in cui la mafia effettuò gli attentati in via Palestro a Milano e davanti alle Basiliche romane di San Giovanni in Laterano e di San Giorgio al Velabro. Si è trattato di una sfida alla nostra convivenza civile, di un tentativo di minacciare e piegare lo Stato democratico, costringerlo ad allentare l'azione di contrasto al crimine e il rigore delle sanzioni penali. Fu un piano eversivo che è stato sconfitto”. A ricordarlo, in una nota, il Presidente della Repubblica Sergio Mattarella. Ribadendo la necessità della lotta alla mafia, “questione morale che orienta l'azione quotidiana del Governo”, la Presidente del Consiglio Giorgia Meloni ha dichiarato in una nota: “Nessuno potrà mai dimenticare quegli anni così difficili per la nostra Nazione, caratterizzati da feroci attentati e da una lunga scia di sangue e violenza. Il male non ha avuto l'ultima parola”.... #notizie #news #breakingnews #cronaca #politica #eventi #sport #moda Read the full article

[geekynerfherder]

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