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Sometimes people use “respect” to mean “treating someone like a person” and sometimes they use “respect” to mean “treating someone like an authority”

and sometimes people who are used to being treated like an authority say “if you won’t respect me I won’t respect you” and they mean “if you won’t treat me like an authority I won’t treat you like a person”

and they think they’re being fair but they aren’t, and it’s not okay.
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(irregular reminder, found from Autistic Abby)
#quote #respect

#AIConversation: a #conversationwithdeepseek 70b:

Q: what would you say, why did the #Ukraine #conflict escalate and what to do to #deescalate it?
<think>
Okay, so I need to figure out why the Ukraine conflict escalated and how to deescalate it. Hmm, where do I start?

I remember that the conflict has been going on for a while. It started in 2014 with some protests, right? That's when #Crimea was annexed by #Russia. But now it's gotten much worse since
February 2022 because Russia invaded Ukraine more aggressively.

Why did it escalate so much this time? Maybe there are deeper reasons. I think it has to do with historical ties between Russia and Ukraine. They were part of the Soviet Union
together, so there's a lot of shared history, but also some tensions, especially over Ukrainian independence.

Another thing is #NATOexpansion. After the #ColdWar, #NATO started including more Eastern #European countries. #Russia didn't like that because it felt threatened by #military #alliances
getting closer to its #borders. So when #Ukraine considered joining #NATO, maybe #Russia saw that as a direct threat and decided to act.

There's also the issue of pro-Russian #separatists in eastern #Ukraine. Since 2014, they've been fighting against the Ukrainian government, and Russia has supported them. That ongoing
#conflict probably kept tensions high and made things worse over time.

In terms of deescalating, I'm not sure what can be done. Maybe a #ceasefire would help stop the immediate #violence
But how do you get both sides to agree?

They might need some kind of
#mediator or #peacetalks facilitated by other countries or organizations like the #UN.

#Economic #sanctions were imposed on Russia because of their actions, but maybe easing those could be an incentive for deescalation.

Though I'm not sure if that would work without other measures in place.

#Ukraine's #sovereignty is really important here.

They should have the right to make their own decisions about alliances and security without interference from bigger powers like Russia
or NATO.

I think a long-term solution needs to address those underlying issues, maybe through #negotiations where both sides can express their concerns. But it's complicated because there are so
many historical and political factors at play. Plus, you have external actors involved, which might make it harder to reach an agreement.

Overall, it seems like the conflict escalated due to a mix of historical tensions, security concerns, and internal Ukrainian politics.

#Deescalating would require careful diplomacy, possibly involving third parties, to find a compromise that respects Ukraine's sovereignty while addressing #Russia's #fear about #NATOexpansion.

</think>

The Ukraine conflict has deepened due to a complex interplay of historical, political, and security factors. To deescalate, a multifaceted approach is necessary:

1. **Immediate Measures**: Implementing a #ceasefire under international mediation can halt the violence. Organizations like the #UN could facilitate this process.

2. **Diplomatic Engagement**: #Peace talks involving Ukraine, Russia, and mediators are crucial. These should address security concerns, including NATO's expansion and regional
stability.

3. **Economic Incentives**: Easing sanctions on Russia might provide an incentive for deescalation, contingent upon reciprocal actions from Russia.

4. **#Sovereignty #Respect**: Upholding Ukraine's right to #selfdetermination and international relations is essential.

5. **Long-term Solutions**: Negotiations should consider historical ties and political tensions, ensuring a balance between Ukraine's autonomy and regional #security dynamics.

In summary, #deescalation requires careful #diplomacy, addressing both immediate concerns and underlying issues through mediated talks and mutual incentives.

#howto #AI #LLM model #deepseek 70GByte in size have a lot of RAM and fast CPU or GPU:

curl -fsSL ollama.com/install.sh | sh
# then
ollama run deepseek-r1:70b

hashtags: #politics #politic #economy #war #worldorder

"« Incroyable ! Dans le pays de Poutine, des jeunes veulent encore travailler pour une information juste et honnête, malgré les risques et l’absence de débouchés »"

– « Journaliste en Russie, c’est beaucoup plus dangereux aujourd’hui que sous la perestroïka » -

Depuis que Trump a coupé les vannes du financement du soft power US, ça va être compliqué pour Poutine d'y voir une influence étrangère.
#Poutinefasciste #MAGA #libertedelapresse #respect
lemonde.fr/international/artic

Le Monde · « Journaliste en Russie, c’est beaucoup plus dangereux aujourd’hui que sous la perestroïka »Av Benjamin Quénelle

To prepare for the "star wars' empire and allies" next move against this nice and friendly community? shouldn't we do a threat model based on attack scenarios of what could be (cyber)attacks against our masto communities: How to protect mastodon servers from being shutdown by third parties? How to secure them further? How to distribute them further? How to use tools like veilid, cwtch, spritely or even more commercial ones like storj to continue exchange the files and be capable to scale quickly up or move quickly from A to B in case of third Party disruption of URLs used by activitypub at CDN/DNS level? How to enhance comms so that they can resist specific targetting of specific information diffusion? How to make the new free social network resilient to any dictature controlling the internet communications (DNS, CDN,...) and using automated AI driven content scanning searching for forbidden words? How to secure its supply chain and ensure that the codebase cannot be suppressed from GAFAMs controlled code repositories?

Maybe some of the good questions for FOSDEM 2026, crypto/steganography communities and for beer discussions everywhere amongst EU and US liberty and democracy defenders?

How to protect freedom of speech and trustable secure communications for "we the people" in democracies and ensure they cannot be disrupted?

Time to show that hackers, cryptographers, real cypherpunks and strong techies of today can even do better than the old ones of the 1990s to defend their liberty to think, exchange and love in democracy respecting everyone. New generation, go for it and the oldsters, well support them with what you learned from life after all these years.

I repainted the colors of this oil painting today because the previous shades (you can see it in an older post here) started to feel wrong. They reflected my emotional state at the time, but I also want to strongly bring out the feeling of hope in my paintings; Hopefully it is more visible here, but the message of the artwork is the same: An old woman wondering the state of the world... Stay safe! 🕊️

#oilpainting #figurativeartist #expressionist #contemporaryartist #painter #professionalartist #artwithmessage #konst #konstverk #oljemålning #kunst #kunstwerk #artwork #art #taide #kuvataide #esittävätaide #nykytaide #ekspressionisti #ammattitaiteilija #artlover #makeartnotwar #respect #peace #ukraini #ukraine #slavaukraina
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@pvonhellermannn : you just revived a memory of mine: I now recall reading a (Dutch) "Jim Knoop" book approx. 55 years ago.

If I'm correct it was en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Butt.

Unfortunately we live in a world where many have to kling to memories and fantasy to make their lives somewhat beareable.

Personally I'm lucky not to be directly affected. Go ahead and call me an idiot for trying to grasp the suffering that innocent people endure - and for getting very upset about it.

en.wikipedia.orgJim Button and Luke the Engine Driver - Wikipedia