The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.

The possibility of a US coup is becoming more real everyday with the Trump administration.

A US coup is becoming more real everyday with the Trump administration.

I’m just one person wondering why it seems like bats are involved so often in stories like this.

At this point I think we should stop being coy and just say things like, “More proof that it was about bigotry, not the economy.”

For the record I wasn’t disagreeing with your point or criticizing it at all. Just trying to give some context that might explain what you were observing.

🙂

This would indicate its not a cut and dry as the youtuber suggests and also I would assume he is not a historian(no clue who he is) so its unclear why his opinion or definition of computer program should usurp that of most historians who would recognise a term may change over time and be less well defined initially when inspiring a new technology?

He’s a long-standing member of the tech pundit community (dare I say the Linux community), and in recent years has been exposed as antivax, anti-woke, and a bigot. Before that he was just a confident sounding asshole with sometimes interesting opinions.

Been there, had that conversation.

People are right generally about billionaires.

But she’s constantly in the news doing nice things with her money. Certainly she’s doing more good with it than other billionaires I could name.

LONG article:

https://www.billboard.com/lists/taylor-swifts-charity-donations-gifts-timeline/

Maybe the answer to your question is that she already has.

I’m over here hoping we’re a cautionary tale for you all right now.

Not one the US is in. We elect our presidents after they stage an insurrection.

Also on Lemmy you can see the moderation history for any user or comment.

https://lemmy.ml/modlog?userId=1660834

Do with that info what you will. It’s very helpful sometimes when folks claim mod abuse.

I love that all, thanks for sharing the story!

Oddly thematic.

The thing is, I think that might be out of the frying pan and into the fryer at this point.

Vance is cooler under pressure in interviews and generally more coherent sounding. I think he does a far better job of saying ridiculous unreasonable things with a convincing tone of voice and demeanor than does Trump.

If Trump has one too many cheeseburgers tomorrow, then we’ve got young, clean-cut, smooth talking first-term President Vance to worry about, and I bet he won’t be threatened by the attention Musk gets as long he he gets his cut. (Hell, I’m not even sure having to take over for Trump in that circumstance would count as his first term.)

It’s roughly the same percentage of Canadians who are SOMEHOW pro-US invasion of Canada

Yeah, I noticed some of those users when blocking a bunch of magas elsewhere, and it was very o_O to see, too.

How the hell do only 78% oppose?

Trans rights are human rights.

So are all other LGBTQ+ rights.

You will never make me believe that Picard would have felt differently, and if you think he would have, I really don’t know how you missed so many of the fundamental messages across all Trek properties.

I didn’t see your comment before the mods removed it, but the beauty of Lemmy is it’s in the modlog.

You’re a disgrace to the fictional character you have chosen for your pfp.

Yes, that was one reason for the quotes. (and the winking)

Now that the Israeli military has done several more attacks in Gaza since the ceasefire (including by a sniper who killed a child), and attacked a refugee camp in the West Bank for good measure, I stand even more so behind my assessment that taking the cease-fire seriously without having a reason to think it will continue is just poor pattern recognition.

You could have had Kamala Harris, who you could say might have been worse or might have been better than Biden. Instead, we have Trump, who is catastrophically worse, in every objective sense, by such a wide margin that I don’t want to think about it. Congratulations, I guess.

No matter how I try to express this it’s never eloquent enough for folks who don’t already see this to see it. I hope you are having better luck, you definitely crafted your argument better than I often do.