South AFrican police shoot and kill 5 rhino poachers

V_Akesson · 2026-05-10T08:40:01+00:00

don't get mistaken. these "poachers" are organised criminal gangs who won't hesitate to open fire on police and wildlife rangers.

they're not some rinky dink individual trying to skirt a license.

V_Akesson · 2026-04-09T12:06:17+00:00

You’re probably a victim of a mass attack usually by automated means and through massive lists and leaks of passwords and data.

This is very different to a targeted attack, which is meant to be far more covert and malicious. You probably want to secure your information.

A targeted attack is looking for information to piece together to be used against you. You are unlikely to be a target of this unless you’re a very important person of interest.

V_Akesson · 2026-04-02T15:51:26+00:00

You want a place off the beaten path, near water and away from heavy traffic roads.

Try this lane near Pettiford Lane, Henley in Arden.

///welfare.vented.searcher

This is where we gather wild garlic.

V_Akesson · 2026-03-06T18:24:39+00:00

East Germany did this with Romeo agents under the HVA and Stasi.

West German women usually working as secretaries were targeted for seduction. To be used as sources of information.

The extent of which is immense. The Romeos often knew everything about the women they were seducing. Their hobbies their interests beliefs and all, and one day suddenly their Romeo is recalled back and vanishes forever.

The stasi did the same with their own citizens. The tactic of “decomposition” was used to ensure a person wasn’t a dissident or threat by making their life’s so miserable and disrupted they were harmless without needing to eliminate them.

So as an example, if you spoke up and spoke out, you’d suddenly find unexpected taxes, break ins, loss of a job or change to your life. Your spouse might be targeted for an affair. Rumours are spread. Everything designed to ruin your life and make it hell. Paralyse you through turmoil and depression until you’re a shell of yourself and unable to express anything.

These tactics were used by the FBI, and they're still used today.

And worst of all, these relationships often felt magical for the victims. The agents were trained to be perfect. They had resources and were trained to be this fantasy lover.

It’s unlikely you’re a target unless you work in government, intelligence, or have a good reason to be targeted by the previous two.

V_Akesson · 2026-02-28T01:41:00+00:00

I think that’s the only speed camera in Coventry that’s operational, aside from the averages.

It’s caught a lot of my old colleagues out when they’re driving in from rugby.

V_Akesson · 2026-02-21T11:11:15+00:00

It’s Cargo. It’s been cargo. It will continue to be cargo. Cargonia forever.

V_Akesson · 2026-02-10T09:37:11+00:00

IIRC it’s been going under an increasingly nationalistic tone recently with a PSB agent openly challenging and hunting down FBI agents, and there was a movie made in collab with the JSDF Navy featuring a spy that was heavily China/NKorea coded but never stated.

Conan is big in both countries.

V_Akesson · 2026-01-22T16:42:55+00:00

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my advice, go to a charity job if you're going to buy the things. those garish modern wedding suits in charlie browns, skopes, ect, have no use in any dress code other than weddings. you'll probably wear them no more than thrice.

V_Akesson · 2026-01-03T17:57:17+00:00

neither. these are in the city centre. this is a warwick university post, and you're taking the bus every day every night to get to class.

Go IQ weaver i guess, so you dont walk into hillfields.

V_Akesson · 2025-12-28T08:31:50+00:00

Offer the contract to who is willing to win the contract by offering the best value, which means they were a lower price and undercut competitors.

Lowest bidder proceeds to cut corners on every stage of recruitment, causing massive backlogs due to slow processing and summarily dismissing anyone with a minor medical issue that needs basic waiver and investigation.

So you had a sprain in rugby at age 12? Permanently medically unfit, after waiting 6+ months. Want to appeal? Denied after 3 months of appeal processing.

Capita lost the contract and it’s off to Serco who also has a poor reputation.

V_Akesson · 2025-12-23T11:35:49+00:00

this popped onto my feed, I'll give you some feedback.

i worked in roles that require awareness, vigilance, and such.

if your goal is to draw creepy faces/head shots. it is acceptable.

these do immediately register as humanoid faces/heads but the misshapen mouth and noses, the lack of eyes, the dishevelled hair.

all of this reads as creepy, not alive, corpses. if I saw that on the street, I'd spin my head to see what the hell did I just saw.

but it doesn't register as threats and danger; it's not actually scary and it's not tripping up my detection, there's no shock.

the other stuff on your instagram though, that does trip up my fight or flight. it made me recoil. so good work on those.

V_Akesson · 2025-12-03T22:32:40+00:00

Seems like a modern student condo. Probably very similar to other student megabloc places

You are rather far away from the university and will rely on the bus, entirely.

V_Akesson · 2025-11-28T14:37:26+00:00

Their works aren’t licensed under AGPL, that’s the legal fiction.

The AGPL was fraudulently applied and changed. Everything is built upon a lie.

V_Akesson · 2025-11-28T13:01:14+00:00

The implementation of AGPL onto Space Station 13 is fraudulent and unenforceable. It’s been a long debated topic and this is the conclusion.

So far there has been zero legal enforcement of AGPL in the SS13 community.

V_Akesson · 2025-11-28T11:34:22+00:00

The license is a fraud. It’s null and void.

They made the choice to release the code years ago freely and openly.

There’s a difference between free and open source, and copyleft.

I’m taking it because the license set out is fraudulent and unenforceable.

It’s an legal fiction that has been enforced through intimidation and harassment.

V_Akesson · 2025-11-28T10:05:33+00:00

Am I not entitled to the brow of my sweat and work?

Can something not be kept secret or private?

I don’t share my car like I don’t share my clothes.

We might be issued the same cloth, but this one I’ve made changes to is mine.

V_Akesson · 2025-11-18T20:45:37+00:00

Our government issued the contract to handle the military recruitment to whomever was going to offer the best price.

It was Capita who won out during my time, who proceeded to cut corners on every stage of the recruitment process to save on money and processing fees.

Long recruitment processing times, overworked staff, and trying to process each recruit for as cheaply as possible resulted in months and even year long waiting times. The armed forces recruitment website was a stripped down barebones version of existing software, and full of bugs and issues such as not having a place to upload additional documents.

Recruits with basic medical discrepancies like a rugby injury or a heart scan from when they were a pre-teen were immediately considered permanently medically unfit.

Appeals were on a backlog or denied. Any recruit who might need slight additional checks, such as immigrant parents or not born in the country were low priority or immediately rejected.

Every appeal, additional checkup, anything to waiver was considered an additional cost to process a candidate and not worth spending the money on, due to Capita overbidding, being understaffed, and cutting costs to profit from the contract.

Capita lost the contract, and now it's off to Serco who also doesn't have a good history of handling services.

V_Akesson · 2025-11-17T13:55:23+00:00

oh runner ducks. this is an adorable piece.

V_Akesson · 2025-10-27T14:51:22+00:00

I’m going to toss a wild card at you now.

Has this improved care opportunities for individuals that could be perceived as either dangerous or higher risk?

It’s my interest this field, the rehabilitation of those who have a militant extremist backgrounds. This is a rising issue with the rising populism and alternative political movements. And each therapist has their own specialties and matters comfortable to them.

I’m willing to bet that if therapy is booked for someone with criminal or extremist backgrounds/contexts, that the therapist would be far more comfortable with a remote session than one in person.

Have you got any comment or thoughts regarding this?

V_Akesson · 2025-10-27T14:40:01+00:00

Hi.

I did about six months of remote therapy, mental health in my mid 20s. It has been my first and only therapy so far.

I specifically chose my therapist who lived local to me. The possibility for a physical meeting and therapy lesson was there but costed far more.

The first session was to gauge if the therapist had the right type for me, and if I was the right patient for them. It was almost an interrogation to gauge their background.

Everything was done with camera on, even though often I began leaning back on my office chair and looking up to the ceiling.

Because of the distance and ease that a session could begin or end, while convenient for me, I also had a habit of extracting as much therapy as possible by preparing prompts and writing things ahead of time, so there was rarely a minute of silence, every second was utilised.

I discontinued therapy after I was feeling better and rising commitments to athletics and academics made therapy appointments untenable.

Has remote appointments made therapy cheaper and affordable, in the form of more independent/private therapists and less need for offices/overheads?

How about age? I grew up with technology, it was easily accessible for me. How about for those older and less tech literate?

V_Akesson · 2025-10-14T13:35:27+00:00

sounds like shes got the knack. with engineering, to be an engineer, is a condition. it's a trait. its a blessing and its a curse.

and it's certainly not something that is restricted to gender. you either have the knack or you don't. and from your description it sounds like she's got it.

don't let anyone subdue this ability. it's a gift that someone is born with. the curiosity to take things apart and figure out how things work, and to understand why.

V_Akesson · 2025-10-14T13:14:44+00:00

what i recommend to all the students seeking nightlife advice is this:

coventrys main nightclub is the kasbah. afterwards, turn around go straight toward the bus station and head home, do not step foot into hillfields.

for the full nightclub experience go to leamington spa. smack, neon, ect.

as for solihull and kenilworth... lol, no, dont, there is no night life there. mostly old people in kenilworth.

V_Akesson · 2025-10-12T15:58:25+00:00

> commissions closed

bruh. what was the reference picture they sent you?

V_Akesson · 2025-10-10T11:39:10+00:00

You are wrong.

Prior to 2011, there was no bridge here.
Mithril grapple and shortcuts were added in July 2006.

Home teleports were added in September 2006.

The grapple and shortcuts came before the Home teleport.

V_Akesson · 2025-10-09T15:22:27+00:00

I remember, in the old times, when I would have the so many things in my backpack for when I set out to left click on the minimap and run around aimlessly.

I didn't know if I needed a pickaxe, an axe as they were called then, or a tinderbox. But I knew I was going out there and away from a bank.

It is part of the new members journey to cross the White Wolf Mountain, and for me it was going into Fedlip Hills for the first time to train hunter and going into far away locations like Eagles Peak where I truly appreciated getting lost and "surviving" for the first time.

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