@redsad reminds me of this I re-posted last week
may have cost me a friend
be warned, its very triggering
@solitha it might have been another post saying to not get triggered by feminists, vegans and trans people
he does not like vegans
perhaps they killed his parents or something 
@solitha my medical condition makes being vegan difficult, but I do eat a low meat diet, do what I can
I live in the countryside, my options for meatspace friends is limited
this guy has always treated me right, but his politics suck
he is at best a centrist who sees bad people on both sides, and at worst culturally right wing thanks to the slop on social media
my brother is worse, far right, sigh
@mancavgeek @redsad
I think you can probably go to Saudi Arabia and speak loudly, negatively, publicly about the Royals and the Regime if you want to be murdered
but you won't be thrown in the back of a police van for simply being heterosexual
@mancavgeek @redsad
oh, same, I would never go to the US now that I'm (aware that I'm) bi-gender-fluid
I'm scared enough about getting bottled to death in the UK by one of Farage's fan-boys
in the US it'll be a bullet in the back, maybe not even intended for me
I am kind of stuck in the UK though due to some medical treatments
if Reform win I'll have to go Home Alone on my fellow country-people

This would actually explain all the anti-science rhetoric
They wouldn't believe in gravity even if it hit them in the head... with an apple... 
@mancube @redsad Is he? He gets some stuff right:
https://www.distractify.com/p/roger-waters-politics
And some stuff wrong, although I need to understand if people calling him a "Putin apologist" is in the same vein as people calling him antisemitic for opposing the genocide in Gaza. I will look for more detail.
@redsad
Irrelevant facts:
Newton was also an Alchemist & thought 7 was of special significance (Music of the Spheres?), so arbitrarily names or picked 7 colours for the rainbow or light split by a prism. There are thousands of colours visible. The "Gay" flag has 6 colours.
There is no dark side to the moon. It's tidily locked so as it orbits the Earth, it rotates to keep the same face. We see slightly more than 50%. The far side gets plenty of sunshine & photographed in 1950s by Russia.
@raymaccarthy @redsad Didn't Newton invent an extra colour (indigo) just to make the number up to seven?
Also, though there isn't a permanent Dark Side, there is a distinct Far Side (if we ignore wobbles). But as a title, "Far Side of the Moon" doesn't really convey the dark tone of the album.
@henstridge @redsad
No, Newton didn't "invent" any colours or colour names.
Some societies, times, and people have less names for colours, but plenty of colour names in Newton's society. He reduced the number to seven.
Indigo was originally the name of a dye, but it was a colour name from the 13th C. in England. Newton published the work involving a Prism in 1704.
Search 17th Century colours!
Top hits on Qwant
https://painterspalettes.net/17th-century-colour-palettes/
110 pigments are discussed.
https://www.designandpaper.com/a-17th-century-guide-to-colors/