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Dave Rahardja@drahardja@sfba.social
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Anti-DEI is white supremacy. Black lives matter. LGBT+ rights are human rights. Healthcare, security, a decent income, and housing with dignity are human rights. Abortion is healthcare. Science is our best hope. Kindness and empathy are the noblest of human traits.
It can ALWAYS get worse.
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Dave Rahardja@drahardja@sfba.social (2026-08-16 10:44:42)
#TodayILearned that the word “benzin”, used to mean “gasoline” or “petrol” in many languages around the world, came from the name of an aromatic gum from Java called “lubān jāwi” in Arabic (lit. “Javanese frankincense”). The word then traveled to medieval Catalan where it was rebracketed into “lo benjuí”. It then entered French as “benjoin”, and the rest is history. “Benzin” and other variants were used to name any number of things that produced a volatile or combustible vapor, including petroleum.
Interestingly, petroleum is called “bensin” in Java, and I never realized the term traveled around the world and returned full circle.
Video source: hxxps://www.facebook.com/reel/1709454410291684
Also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benzoin_resin
#etymology #English
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Dave Rahardja@drahardja@sfba.social (2026-08-16 10:30:13)
Mike Huckabee—well-known end-times enthusiast Evangelical and Zionist and current ambassador to Israel—is calling Israelis who have laid siege on West Bank homes “Israeli terrorists”.
Mike. Huckabee.
Mike.
Huckabee.
#genocide
https://xcancel.com/GovMikeHuckabee/status/2087736809069465867#m
Dave Rahardja@drahardja@sfba.social (2026-07-17 16:53:07)
“PLEASE USE AI” — poem by Joanna Atkins-Potts
Source: hxxps://www.instagram.com/p/DZaR5o_iKNy/
#ai #Poetry #Poem
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