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FIRSTLY, YES, I posted this yesterday. I might just keep posting it til I find it. The lack of results made me think I had imagined it, but then I asked my partner, and she said she definitely remembers me showing her the image.

Here's the original post:

I remember seeing a photo of a number of high profile American journalists recreating a photo, themselves posing as either dead bodies (in Iraq?) or hostages, in a big group photo.

It really stuck with me. I am sure something like this happened. I am sure someone on hexbear showed me it. I now can't find it.

Help! I've tried everything I can think of. I even asked ChatGPT (which was useless, of course).

Many thanks

THINGS IT WASN'T, THAT HAVE BEEN SUGGESTED ALREADY, that were much appreciated nevertheless:

"Was it this? https://www.behance.net/gallery/1245693/In-The-Playroom

"Are you thinking of the pictures at Abu Ghraib where the one female soldier was giving the thumbs up?"

FINAL NOTE:

Is there any way to search through your hexbear notifications? It could be in there if I could search it.

Title says it all. I need this god dam photo.

I remember seeing a photo of a number of high profile American journalists recreating a photo, themselves posing as either dead bodies (in Iraq?) or hostages, in a big group photo.

It really stuck with me. I am sure something like this happened. I am sure someone on hexbear showed me it. I now can't find it.

Help! I've tried everything I can think of. I even asked ChatGPT (which was useless, of course).

Many thanks

EDIT: I'm still searching. Can't find a fucking thing. I feel like perhaps it wasnt even widely reported as scandalous at the time.

hey, do we have any Foundation guys here, dudes or non dude guys who know stuff about foundations? like how bad does this look

There wasn't any noticeable shifting on the floors inside. The realtor used a phone app as a level but I'm pretty sure that's real iffy as an accurate measuring device.

the big crack on the corner by the exposed cables is on a side of the house near a large tree on the neighboring property

the realtor thought the shifting in the foundation was caused by the drain (covered by leaves in one of the pics) dumping water straight down, but when I looked at it again I noticed concrete that was poured under the gutter, probably intended to slant away and divert it into a little ditch leading to the street

so I'm thinking the shifting in the foundation predates the drainage issue and was maybe caused by the tree? I didn't see any big roots TOO close but, idk

this house is kind of small (smaller than our apartment) but it's in a bourgie cracker restaurant neighborhood, or close enough to walk to it, so I imagine the ol' housing-as-commodities we got going on means it will constantly increase in value as long

but idk if something like this means it's like totally fucked because we can't really afford to buy this place AND put tens of thousands of dollars into some foundation repair bullshit

p.s. side note it has a really nice neighborhood, neighbor across the street has a FREE SEED LIBRARY! and a COMMUNITY PLANT EXCHANGE! that's amazing, the neighbor on the side grows peppers and idk what else in above ground containers, looks like spicy shit too. The other neighbor is a soccer fan but nothing can be perfect right?

p.p.s. the realtor kept speaking of insane plans to expand the bathroom but it also has a very large attic that like imo if finished could add like A Bunch of Value to the house? so, idk, it might be a good idea???

it's so hard to decide because it's so much money and contracts and like what if the foundation is totally fucked??? I guess the owner was a contractor and he checked it out when he bought it, but it's been a rental property since 2007. The HVAC also looks old.

but if we take too long to decide, someone might just buy it up because like why not it's in this great location! who cares if the foundations is fucked if you have a million dollars to spend fixing it!

Surce: https://youtu.be/PPmx1KG9Rz8

I had a dream that I planted the most delicious fruit(some kind of spikey lychee) but it got so big I couldn't reach high enough to harvest it. I felt an immense amount of guilt. The lack of control over my responsibility. Fruitflies galore from unmanaged fruit. Being punished for it somehow because my family punished me over nonsensical things, simply for the joy of of abusing and controlling me. To the point I was trained to automatically control myself without them needing to punish me anymore.

I had to keep the entire house so neat and tidy that it made me want to scream everyday. Or else punishment for not being a good servant. I wasn't allowed hobbies, and if they let me do anything I liked, it was to keep me more on edge because they would go "see you can't handle this. Now we're taking it away forever. You will never be allowed again. Also you're being punished for not keeping a picture perfect job at this thing we gave you the PRIVILEGE of doing!"

I think this is about my need to escape my old programming. I love the idea of planting fruit trees. However I can't get over fear of lack of control over how big and fruitful they may get. I would like to stop feeling guilty. I love plants and homegrown food and I'd like to let go of control over how big plants can get. And let go of the possibility of some excess rotting food. Just let it happen, you know?

I think I read on here once that Israel supports Nazi groups in the West with the idea being to make Israel the "only safe country for Jews". Is this true? Does anyone have any sources or info on this?

fcc

cross-posted from: https://hexbear.net/post/3813309

I’m thinking of learning it

I use PHP for work and figure it’s time to learn. Seems like a very batteries included framework with sensible defaults, but I just did a hello world project init and am a little overwhelmed by the sheer amount of batteries included in the top level directory.

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I don't really follow politics and I just remembered the guy. Did he solve the middle east thing?

I've heard quite a few rumours about this

Hmmmm

Preferably something that goes over the pre-2022 history, covers the 2014 coup and subsequent civil war in Donbass, and NATO expansion.

My goal is to try to MAYBE convince some libs that yes, there are in fact two sides to this conflict, and all things considered NATO is the aggressor here. It's not just ebil Putler trying to rEcReAtE tHe SoViEt UnIoN and INVADE EUROPE !!!!!111

Thanks comrades!

I’m guessing not, but at least they have data privacy laws. Better than nothing I suppose

Amazing how my negative feelings toward this have only grown to adventure time mode since the seemingly overnight and carefully curated fascination with LLMs.

I truly wish someone would do something. Like legitimately anything

Shit’s only getting worse and worse in the industry

Inspired by some of the discussion in this thread. I don't think it's appropriate place for that discussion there, but hey why not have a separate thread for it

If I think religion is not good in general, am I Reddit and cringe and basically Richard Dawkins?

I'm guessing it's like Christianity where there are leftist Christians who follow Jesus' more progressive messages such as giving to the less fortunate and healing the sick, and then there are the scary Christian evangelicals that want A Handmaids Tale and conversion therapy. Logically, Islam probably isn't a monolith in a similar way other religions aren't.

However, I have never heard about what those of the Islamic faith actually believe outside of the hysterical post 9/11 Islamophobia I've been indoctrinated with as a child.

I want to know what the truth is and hear the other sides story. To me it's obvious that Islamophobia is wrong, however when Islamophobes make wild claims about it, I can't really refute them confidently because I'm simply ignorant of the facts. Please educate my dumb, white ass.

These people sure seem serious about their soccer, but I don’t have a home team.

Should I just copy my wife? It might be funny to root against her soccer team sometimes tho.

What is hexbears opinions on British soccer?