Rhosgobel Tent At TOT

**modwiz** · 1st July 2023, 03:16

Originally posted by Fred Steeves

So, who were the countless natives that the Columbus expeditions slaughtered and enslaved in the Caribbean 500 years ago?

Were they black, red, or maybe both?

How did they get there, and how long had they been there?

Not sure I know the answers though I have a take on it that works for me.

I think this was a poor topic for me to put in the thread.

Enjoying the subject can be done privately.

**Chuckie** · 1st July 2023, 19:18

There as yet is no genetic traces that point to Africans in the U.S. in pre-Columbian tribes, neither Olmecs nor Yamassees. The Yamassees trace back to Western and Central Africans, where, of course, most of the slave trade was practiced.

That is what modern science says, but they are not always 100% correct due to personal biases and the like. That doesn't mean no contact ever occurred, if it did it just didn't leave enough of a footprint to be verified. Viking, Asian, and Polynesian, the same is true of all the proposed claims, if the genetic traces show up then the dates don't match and vice versa.

**modwiz** · 3rd July 2023, 10:56

Ah yes. A little humor.

Alien Confused As Earth Leaders Try To Explain All The Human Genders

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enisdXlVhzE

**Aragorn** · 3rd July 2023, 17:07

Originally posted by modwiz

Ah yes. A little humor.

Alien Confused As Earth Leaders Try To Explain All The Human Genders

To be honest, I'm getting confused too. Over here in Belgium, several municipalities are now replacing their regular "black & white" — "or color of the road surface & white" — pedestrian crossings with rainbow-colored pedestrian crossings for the Wokemons™.

But... I am a heterosexual, so where may I now legally and safely cross the road?

**Aianawa** · 3rd July 2023, 22:52

Sorta crossing that sensibill line, pushing the multi letter vibes, where will it end ?, how will it die lol, butty but it is getting some cities more colourfullll and iirc that was an Anastasia ringing ceders things, brightin n lightin n colour your city before gettin rural n bush n countryside, so maybe an xlent sign of the times Frank.

**Aragorn** · 4th July 2023, 00:28

Originally posted by Aianawa

Sorta crossing that sensibill line, pushing the multi letter vibes, where will it end ?, how will it die lol, butty but it is getting some cities more colourfullll and iirc that was an Anastasia ringing ceders things, brightin n lightin n colour your city before gettin rural n bush n countryside, so maybe an xlent sign of the times Frank.

I completely agree with what you're saying. At least, if I deciphered your Aianawese™ correctly.

**Fred Steeves** · 4th July 2023, 03:20

Glenn Greenwald interviewing John Mearsheimer, comes with my highest possible recommendation: (21 minutes)

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCLPxJ0wNhU

**modwiz** · 8th July 2023, 08:37

Nothing profound, but I found it interesting with a pleasant vibe to it.

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8uANLdARj8

**Aragorn** · 8th July 2023, 18:42

Originally posted by modwiz

Nothing profound, but I found it interesting with a pleasant vibe to it.

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8uANLdARj8

It says "Video unavailable" here. I tried to look at it on YouTube directly, and it seemed to want to start playing, but then the "Video unavailable" showed up again immediately after.

**Lord Sidious** · 9th July 2023, 07:28

Originally posted by Aragorn

It says "Video unavailable" here. I tried to look at it on YouTube directly, and it seemed to want to start playing, but then the "video unavailable" showed up again immediately after.

And yet a technugget like yourself doesn't use a VPN?
Interesting.............

**Aragorn** · 9th July 2023, 16:20

Originally posted by Lord Sidious

And yet a technugget like yourself doesn't use a VPN?
Interesting.............

Indeed, I don't. The free-of-charge VPNs are worthless, and as a disabled person I cannot afford to spend any money on things I don't really need. I've just had to spend well over €800 on two new shock absorbers and two new tires — shocks in the rear, tires in the front — for my now already 17-year-old car in order to get it through the mandatory annual inspection, plus another €500 worth of annual road tax. Besides, I've got nothing to hide.

Furthermore — and said without any arrogance or hubris — I run a very tightly secured and fully-updated GNU/Linux system on my computer, with some additional (albeit unrequested) protection from my internet provider due to them blocking all privileged ports — i.e. all ports with a number below 1024 — on domestic connections, albeit that they don't intend it as protection as much as that it's their way of preventing domestic customers from setting up an internet-facing server, because for that you need to buy a more expensive contract.

In addition to that, most VPNs have a bad reputation due to their abuse by cyber-criminals and hackers, so I don't want to have any legitimate entities misjudging me over using an IP address that happens to be blacklisted at several venues. Whenever there's a new registration here at the forum, I vet their IP address and their email address, and if they're listed for abuse anywhere — and most of them are — then I delete their registration. I expect other online venues to scrutinize their members/customers in a similar vein.

That all said, in this case I don't think it's a matter of using a VPN — there was no message about it being restricted in my locale — but rather that it would be a matter of my having an ad blocker installed, or that it's restricted to logged-in YouTube watchers. From what I could see in the brief flash of the video before it was replaced by the black "Video unavailable" box and the cookie wall dialog, it appears to be a monetized video, and YouTube has recently begun cracking down on ad blockers (again). It may take some time for the maintainers of the ad block software to catch up.

**Lord Sidious** · 9th July 2023, 16:42

Load of rubbish................

**Catsquotl** · 19th July 2023, 09:59

Originally posted by Catsquotl

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ET07vTF_y94

Because we should Listen to Lemmy more...

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63kTStzopqY

**modwiz** · 19th July 2023, 10:38

This continues the discussion about intelligence that happened some posts ago.

The talk is compassionate while bringing a focus to a reality in human society.