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50M is a new record, for a midterm, I think Pretty sure 2022 was ...

2026-10-31T20:51:52Z

In reply to nevent1q…2ux5
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50M is a new record, for a midterm, I think
Pretty sure 2022 was also a new record for a midterm - and we're about 5 million past that already.
High turnout for a midterm is usually a bad sign for whichever party is running things... people don't generally turn up in record numbers to ... leave things as they are.
Especially for the midterms, which usually have low turnout in general...

not sure about vi dying out, it (or some variation of it) is ...

2026-10-17T19:21:23Z

In reply to nevent1q…q8hm
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not sure about vi dying out, it (or some variation of it) is still installed on everything, but, I wouldn't be surprised if new users are drifting to nano while vi becomes more a thing only the programmer and techy sorts bother with.

Yeah, nano is honestly a pretty reasonable option to use as a ...

2026-10-17T19:19:15Z

In reply to nevent1q…evzn
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Yeah, nano is honestly a pretty reasonable option to use as a primary editor nowadays, doesn't have all the fancy bits of emacs or the vi family, but, it has quite a lot of the ones that actually matter.
I'm not sure I'd call it an improvement over vi, but, it's at least a reasonable alternative and easier for a new user to figure out how to do basic things with.

The fork of microemacs he is known for is from the 1987 version ...

2026-10-14T14:45:09Z

In reply to nevent1q…encg
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The fork of microemacs he is known for is from the 1987 version of microemacs - so, before pico (parent of nano) split off of it, even.
So, I wouldn't be surprised if it doesn't have ctags support..

... but it's grandchild nano does, and has since like the 90's/early 00's I think. So, don't even need to learn proper emacs, nano is already a huge step up while being in the same editor family...

Yeah, Still kinda pissed that it came down to their own gross ...

2026-10-13T20:53:17Z

In reply to nevent1q…sp2x
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Yeah, Still kinda pissed that it came down to their own gross incompetence, rather than, y'know, shutting the entire country down until they were dragged out of their offices in chains, and that despite the overwhelming incompetence it's still not 100%.

"roughly $20 billion lower than anybody had previously ...

2026-10-11T09:38:23Z

In reply to nevent1q…g6z3
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"roughly $20 billion lower than anybody had previously expected, including, it seems, OpenAI itself."

They underestimated their own revenue by the GDP of a small country? that's the narrative we're going with, rather than, like... 'leaked misleading numbers' or 'lied and mislead the public'? Seems a charitable read...

Honestly I can't tell how much of it is just astroturfing, ...

2026-10-11T09:18:32Z

In reply to nevent1q…k2u0
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Honestly I can't tell how much of it is just astroturfing, and how much is people legitimately joining the eugenicist cult and trying to do missionary/conversion jobs for it. Like, a lot of these sorts pop up into communities they never engaged with before, do their "But the pedofash slopbots are good actually" song and dance, and either turn the community into a nazi bar, or get banned.

That we've had, like, 3 of the largest protests in US ...

2026-10-09T20:28:32Z

In reply to nevent1q…qqzk
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That we've had, like, 3 of the largest protests in US history, how the siege in Minnapolis/St. Paul turned out, etc. is hopeful - The People - a couple armies worth, at least - are not happy, especially the young ones who are in good enough shape to be out on the streets and throwing dildos and shit, so, whatever the hail-mary turns out to be, there's at least some signals that it won't go unopposed.

Would be nice if it were more clear one way or the other. I think ...

2026-10-09T20:20:04Z

In reply to nevent1q…pphn
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Would be nice if it were more clear one way or the other. I think the uncertainty makes it more stressful. It looks a lot more hopeul than it did, even just this time last year, but, it's fucking stressful to have the lives of basically everyone I care about in the country hanging on how a dice-roll turns out.

yeah, there's been plenty of talk of 'No ICE at the ...

2026-09-29T18:24:57Z

In reply to nevent1q…3frs
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yeah, there's been plenty of talk of 'No ICE at the polls' legislation,
but basically none about Hocul sending in the national guard to shoot the fuckers when they turn up and try to walk out with the ballot box anyway.

That they are floundering so much this election cycle, despite ...

2026-09-23T22:53:45Z

In reply to nevent1q…rqae
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That they are floundering so much this election cycle, despite the giant flashing signs telling them the answers in all directions, is... uh... not encouraging.
Like, this *should* be the easiest home-run election cycle the dems have had since fucking Hoover.

Like, not even getting into some of the Nth order risks of, like, ...

2026-09-23T22:19:06Z

In reply to nevent1q…dwr3
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Like, not even getting into some of the Nth order risks of, like, your child's data being harvested and weaponized against them before they're even old enough to know what any of that means, just, entrusting one of the known-least-reliable technologies available, who's main purpose is to generate bullshit and propaganda, with anything relating to your kid seems.. like a remarkably bad "Someone should call CPS about it" degree of negligence...

... How the fuck do you wake up and decide "Y'know, ...

2026-09-23T22:15:33Z

In reply to nevent1q…w6ue
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... How the fuck do you wake up and decide "Y'know, I'm gonna have the notoriously unreliable slop and propaganda generator automate taking care of my literal human child." and not for a moment pause to realize how horrible a parenting decision that is...

Yeah, but this also likely means we're entering into the ...

2026-09-21T17:36:23Z

In reply to nevent1q…5t4m
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Yeah, but this also likely means we're entering into the "Cornered a rabid autocrat" phase of this, which means he'll probably do even more stupid and destructive shit, with even less concern for the consequences, as it sinks in that it is now 'do or die' for his coup.

If it was 'irrational anger' why direct it at some ...

2026-09-15T01:50:59Z

In reply to nevent1q…esa6
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If it was 'irrational anger' why direct it at some preteen girls? why was it only *some* of them - the ones who already avoided those students - who suddenly treated them worse?
It was more a mask-off moment; the racists felt safe to be open about it. And we did not punch enough of them in the face to put that shit down when we could, now it's become the basis of the last 25 years of US governance.

I was still in school and a lot of what I remember in the ...

2026-09-15T01:48:29Z

In reply to nevent1q…6nrw
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I was still in school and a lot of what I remember in the aftermath of 9/11 was a bunch of people in my family suddenly being much more openly racist than they were - not more racist, just willing to say it in public now - while a some (but not nearly all) of the people at school - other white students, but, even some staff, basically overnight, started treating my muslim classmates like shit, which really only got worse in the years following.

I've seen the same 5$ mark; do you know of any where someone ...

2026-09-15T01:04:20Z

In reply to nevent1q…f7pp
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I've seen the same 5$ mark; do you know of any where someone has explained why they think that is where the line is, though?
(Not disagreeing, just, have not been able to figure out if it's "5$ is a significant shift in how expensive it feel, and people will riot over it" or if it's more like "We ran the math and some basic shit in the economy starts to break around that cost, like the cost of people's commute no longer justifies their paycheck."

"Don't vote for a candidate trying to kill you" ...

2026-09-12T23:42:13Z

In reply to nevent1q…h2ss
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"Don't vote for a candidate trying to kill you" applies just as much to the dems as it does for the GOP.
If the "Lesser evil" is saying 'I'm going to continue the genocide against you' and the "greater evil" is saying 'I'm going to continue the genocide against you', then, it's not really a "lesser" evil anymore in any meaningful way.

The harms associated with it have shifted significantly - but a ...

2026-09-06T19:01:09Z

In reply to nevent1q…da85
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The harms associated with it have shifted significantly - but a lot of organizations, and the legal system, are trying to treat it as the same or at least "close enough" to what was happening previously.

A lot of the problem is that the fair uses they are using to ...

2026-09-06T19:00:07Z

In reply to nevent1q…xkgr
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A lot of the problem is that the fair uses they are using to defend this were not competing with the original creators in their own field..
Like, previously, someone scraping your blog for research was not going to turn around and use that info to compete directly with your blog - so, it was largely tolerable as it didn't generally harm the writer or risk their career/livelyhood in any direct manner.
Now; it is taking your writing, and using it to devalue/replace you.

Yeah, I've been a bit distant from the news, but, I still ...

2026-09-05T17:13:33Z

In reply to nevent1q…adxh
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Yeah, I've been a bit distant from the news, but, I still check a handful of sites daily and somehow didn't see this? the fuck?

It's also why every nazi, fascist, authoritarian, despot, or ...

2026-08-31T23:45:14Z

In reply to nevent1q…0lyg
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It's also why every nazi, fascist, authoritarian, despot, or otherwise horrifically evil person in power globally wants your kids to never take their eyes off the fucking screen.
Your 6 year old does not have *any* way to defend against it, if you leave them alone in front of the endless-propaganda machine.

yeah, there was a push for a general strike, and then stuff got ...

2026-08-31T22:44:18Z

In reply to nevent1q…9pcx
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yeah, there was a push for a general strike, and then stuff got quiet.
News coverage has also shifted off the protests, like, there was barely even a mention of the large protest in DC over black voting rights ( https://www.reuters.com/world/us/thousands-march-washington-leaders-warn-voting-civil-rights-rollbacks-2026-08-28/ ).

Worked much better than the last 50 years of elections did, ...

2026-08-31T22:30:29Z

In reply to nevent1q…wee6
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Worked much better than the last 50 years of elections did, worked better than so many phone calls and emails that the inboxes of most representatives in the country are permanently full, worked better than fucking anything else that's been tried with maybe one exception.
We need to just shut it all down until these fuckers are gone. A "Until our demands are met" general strike (rather than a 'day of action') *will* get concessions, and can probably even get convictions.

... Ah, that makes more sense. Where does the guardian even did ...

2026-08-30T03:10:08Z

In reply to nevent1q…cr90
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... Ah, that makes more sense.
Where does the guardian even did these people up? Or do they take submissions?
... Can I get paid to send completely unhinged shitposts to the guardian?

... "Fundamentally unenjoyable"? Like, I can't even ...

2026-08-30T03:00:15Z

In reply to nevent1q…s3vf
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... "Fundamentally unenjoyable"?
Like, I can't even eat the food, but, the fundamental *nature* of a barbecue - 'let's get all the people we get along with together in a place with some fire and make a bunch of food' - is kind of a core human activity, that seem to be near universal across culture and time. It is arguably one of the most fundamentally enjoyable human experiences, unless you hate the people you're there with.

The solution to the problem seems to be about the same either ...

2026-08-30T01:31:56Z

In reply to nevent1q…xhe8
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The solution to the problem seems to be about the same either way... throw them and their boss in a volcano.

When a bunch of experts on fascism started fleeing the country, ...

2026-08-28T23:23:10Z

In reply to nevent1q…a8sx
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When a bunch of experts on fascism started fleeing the country, any excuse to ignore that it's fascism left with them.
Like, fine, a lot of people don't get what fascism is - but when the people who's *entire fucking job* is to know fascism when they see it start fleeing because of the fascism? When antifascist groups are declared "terrorists"? There's no plausible deniability or benefit of the doubt.

They also seem to care at least a little about having a habitable ...

2026-08-27T07:11:39Z

In reply to nevent1q…qveg
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They also seem to care at least a little about having a habitable planet, and don't have a large, politically-powerful cluster of people trying to actively bring about the end times by starting a holy war in the middle east...

Okay, yeah, I would definitely fuck that up and just... empty the ...

2026-08-27T06:29:57Z

In reply to nevent1q…0dy4
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Okay, yeah, I would definitely fuck that up and just... empty the bag into the pitcher, that seems way more intuitive to me, lol.

Lol, I have never actually had to interact with one - I don't ...

2026-08-27T06:22:01Z

In reply to nevent1q…943g
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Lol, I have never actually had to interact with one - I don't fuck with milk either way - so no idea what the protocol is for actually using one.

Clearly the milk in bags thing is cause for war though, ...

2026-08-27T06:19:01Z

In reply to nevent1q…2gkp
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Clearly the milk in bags thing is cause for war though, that's just blasphemous.

but it's also... the sort of thing some oil CEO would name ...

2026-08-27T03:27:37Z

In reply to nevent1q…qpkr
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but it's also... the sort of thing some oil CEO would name their bullshit "think tank"/oil lobby front.
So, not sure if it's fake, or just, like... a rough translation of an arabic organization name.

Yeah, it would not be surprising if it's fake, it just caught ...

2026-08-27T03:25:54Z

In reply to nevent1q…v0n8
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Yeah, it would not be surprising if it's fake, it just caught me as a suspicious organization name, because... I've never heard of it, but the name looks "close enough" to the World Economic Forum that I could see it being easily-misread or some bullshit from the slop bots.

seriously, this organization is not showing up when I search for ...

2026-08-27T03:20:24Z

In reply to nevent1q…gdyz
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seriously, this organization is not showing up when I search for it, the article provides no link or citation, and the person they cited shows up with like... social media profiles for someone working in the oil industry, and articles all citing this same 'analysis' that none of them seem to link to.
Does this assessment/organization exist, or is it just made up to sound like a Legitimate Organization? Or did they just translate an arabic name and not give the actual name?

The fuck is the "Forum of Economic Activists"? I'm ...

2026-08-27T03:11:52Z

In reply to nevent1q…dcjx
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The fuck is the "Forum of Economic Activists"? I'm getting like no search results trying to figure out what this organization their source founded like... actually is?

Didn't bin laden talk about it in his letters and interviews ...

2026-08-27T02:40:25Z

In reply to nevent1q…c57h
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Didn't bin laden talk about it in his letters and interviews too?
... Between his own horrifically evil bullshit, not gonna recommend people go read through everything he's said/written, but, it's not exactly new or unknown information...

... Tech bros taking a page from the terf playbook? (This is just ...

2026-08-26T01:32:32Z

In reply to nevent1q…45h2
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... Tech bros taking a page from the terf playbook? (This is just reminding me of the 'TERF is a slur' bullshit.)

(I'm in the range where I'd prob get sick and/or die from ...

2026-08-24T23:56:08Z

In reply to nevent1q…jczd
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(I'm in the range where I'd prob get sick and/or die from it and I'd still leave it at "Yeah, we deserved that." if the US tries to invade/annex canada and they jsut nuke DC and solve a bunch of global problems all at once.)

... I wonder how long it would take canada to get themselves a ...

2026-08-24T23:53:34Z

In reply to nevent1q…kcvu
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... I wonder how long it would take canada to get themselves a nuclear weapon or two... iirc they don't currently have any, but, they're likely in one of the better positions to fix that in a hurry...

They somehow manage to be consistently worse than most gas ...

2026-08-24T00:33:37Z

In reply to nevent1q…px0k
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They somehow manage to be consistently worse than most gas stations for just, like, a cup of black coffee.

This is very much a "Creating a problem for the new tech to ...

2026-08-23T20:26:52Z

In reply to nevent1q…dhlu
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This is very much a "Creating a problem for the new tech to solve" case, near as I can tell.
Making information harder to find in ways that have worked for decades, so the path of least resistance leads to the pedofash slopbot.

Most of the search engines have gotten worse, too, so it takes ...

2026-08-23T20:24:46Z

In reply to nevent1q…rwfc
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Most of the search engines have gotten worse, too, so it takes significantly longer (and more fucking around with keywords, excluded terms, required terms, date range specifications, etc. etc.) to try to find anything useful from them, and filter out the ever-growing pile of SEO-bait slop.

Outspent by 16x and lost anyway. It's like 1am so I'm not ...

2026-08-19T05:33:27Z

In reply to nevent1q…hj28
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Outspent by 16x and lost anyway. It's like 1am so I'm not gonna look it up, but, how often in US history have this many candidates outspent by this much, just to lose anyway?

Watching over the last 2-3 years, as a lot of journalists and ...

2026-08-19T03:22:34Z

In reply to nevent1q…ta9d
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Watching over the last 2-3 years, as a lot of journalists and writers completely lose any voice, or style has been... interesting.
And disappointing, but, that's kinda part for the course at this point. Everything in a fascist regime that doesn't kill you is at least disappointing to have lived through.

... Also, when has a people ever risen up against their ...

2026-08-19T02:43:22Z

In reply to nevent1q…jvs8
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... Also, when has a people *ever* risen up against their government, to help the people of *another* country?
I can't think of any examples.... ever?

Wait ... which is the one that might have been for another ...

2026-08-19T01:00:21Z

In reply to nevent1q…qlgf
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Wait ... which is the one that might have been for another reason?

Y'know, I'm starting to think that, just maybe, cheap ...

2026-08-19T00:23:58Z

In reply to nevent1q…q3zp
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Y'know, I'm starting to think that, just maybe, cheap underwear isn't actually worth occasionally bombing a girl's school over.

Honestly, bring some pink fuzzy handcuffs to every public ...

2026-08-18T21:36:59Z

In reply to nevent1q…4f2x
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Honestly, bring some pink fuzzy handcuffs to every public appearance, and run on the "Vote for me, I'll arrest the pedophile myself if I have to." platform, and I probably won't even look at the rest of the platform.

Most of them don't even seem to bother mentioning that there ...

2026-08-17T20:58:15Z

In reply to nevent1q…2c0d
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Most of them don't even seem to bother mentioning that there was... no sign of an attack.
Like "He thought he was gonna be attacked and left a bunch of his minions to die in his place" would be a reasonable criticism.
But - it's consistently framed as "They tried to assassinate..." not "He believed they were going to try to assassinate..."
Despite no evidence that they were *trying* to do anything.

... I get the impression a lot of people don't really get ...

2026-08-16T04:37:52Z

... I get the impression a lot of people don't really get *why* so many cultures end up building civilizations around active volcanoes.
I had this come up about Pompeii again, and, it's ... not that complicated.
People knew damn well the volcano was dangerous - it's a mountain that occasionally spits out fire, ash, and death in all directions, even if it hasn't done so recently, there are Stories about the last time it did. That shit sticks in cultural memory for a long fucking time.

Yeah, Scared makes sense, scared is a perfectly legit reaction to ...

2026-08-15T21:32:39Z

In reply to nevent1q…h5cq
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Yeah, Scared makes sense, scared is a perfectly legit reaction to people getting murdered in the streets by the government. Most of the people out protesting and trying to resist this shit are scared too. That's kinda how this works.

Even if you read the whole article, there were a couple times I ...

2026-08-15T06:37:08Z

In reply to nevent1q…fgh7
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Even if you read the whole article, there were a couple times I had to stop and re-read a section, just, because the tone does not at all match what they're saying, and it set off that "No, I must have misread something..." response.

Also just, dropping in the last paragraph, that she will be ...

2026-08-15T06:31:18Z

In reply to nevent1q…zg08
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Also just, dropping in the last paragraph, that she will be ensuring that, if elected governor, she gets to appoint her replacement in the senate from the transition, as if this is perfectly reasonable behaviour, for someone who is actively covering for the bankers helping run an international child sex slave ring.

... So we doing a ground invasion then? Because, so far, they ...

2026-08-15T01:10:19Z

In reply to nevent1q…w3nj
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... So we doing a ground invasion then? Because, so far, they haven't even been able to escort ships through the strait, let alone annex anything.

Most universities take plagarism more seriously than sexual ...

2026-08-14T22:47:22Z

In reply to nevent1q…4nmp
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Most universities take plagarism more seriously than sexual assault, regular assault, drugs, vandalism, really just... anything. Even just a false accusation of plagarism can cause migraines for the accused & related institutions.
They certainly ain't covering up shit for a black man.

Also, as much as they've made a show of supporting Israel and ...

2026-08-14T21:45:46Z

In reply to nevent1q…4sh4
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Also, as much as they've made a show of supporting Israel and their shouting about antisemitism ... The like nazi-on-the-street level understanding seems to be that the US jewish population will be relocating to Israel - all of them, whether they want to or not.
Which... is an attitude that should absolutely be making an alarm go off in every Jewish person's head.

but, even despite that, I have had to interact with far more ...

2026-08-14T21:38:17Z

In reply to nevent1q…y3ej
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but, even despite that, I have had to interact with far more nazis than I am comfortable with, and I've seen a lot of them mention in various ways things like
'Yeah, my life is getting worse now, but, that's just because the (gays/mexicans/jews/whatever) are still here and the (radical left/dems/whatever) are fighting back, once they're all gone we'll get all their (property/assets/jewish gold/slave labour/whatever) and life will be great!'

Yeah, I think they're just... too selfish and greedy to ...

2026-08-14T21:34:01Z

In reply to nevent1q…rx3l
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Yeah, I think they're just... too selfish and greedy to recognize that sharing like that would be useful for maintaining popular support among their in-group; which... I'm honestly relieved about, because it means the less dedicated followers are starting to get that sinking "why isn't my life improving from this?" feeling.
If they were actually sharing the loot even a little bit, we'd be in much worse shape than we are now, and it's already pretty dire.

A lot of them are willing to accept living in a boot, so long as ...

2026-08-14T21:24:12Z

In reply to nevent1q…zqj0
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A lot of them are willing to accept living in a boot, so long as their hated target-demographics end up in mass graves.
(A lot of them also think, sincerely, that once the gays and mexicans are dead, they will be promoted out of their boot into the house some gay or immigrant use to own.)

Like, the philosophical implications of the perspectives of ...

2026-08-14T04:28:17Z

In reply to nevent1q…6qas
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Like, the philosophical implications of the perspectives of lunatics, madmen, etc. is already a pet topic-of-interest for... possibly obvious reasons to anyone who knows me,
but also - maybe power should not be held by a minority population so severely disconnected from consensus reality that they don't know what "real" means.

From a "Reads way to much philosophy" perspective, the ...

2026-08-14T04:25:39Z

In reply to nevent1q…a54n
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From a "Reads way to much philosophy" perspective, the fascist metaphysics and epistemology is a little fascinating to me, in that it can function at-fucking-all,
especially with how poorly documented it is - since they will never write about it honestly, and I'm not sure are even capable of recognizing it honestly without inducing some severe cognitive dissonance?
But, i'd rather not have to deal with it and it's consequences in the wild as an ongoing existential threat. -.-

... I wonder how hard it would be to turn trump tower into a ...

2026-08-13T05:18:47Z

In reply to nevent1q…pt6c
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... I wonder how hard it would be to turn trump tower into a defenestration museum/gallery... you could arrange the defenestrations for the nazis to align with group tour times. There's certainly enough of them to keep it operating for a while on that schedule...

Is "The bitch" you, or the cat, in my hypothetical ...

2026-08-12T23:38:42Z

In reply to nevent1q…4xzt
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Is "The bitch" you, or the cat, in my hypothetical reaction?

Meanwhile, the republicans are openly the "Make Pedophilia ...

2026-08-12T14:35:56Z

In reply to nevent1q…hyzn
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Meanwhile, the republicans are openly the "Make Pedophilia Great Again" party...

Also, they know damn well they're losing all over the fucking ...

2026-08-12T14:01:42Z

In reply to nevent1q…lkf3
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Also, they know damn well they're losing all over the fucking place, especially in traditional dem strongholds -
I think their plan, at this point, is to try to keep enough power that they can join the republicans in this new round of the red scare, and try to crush the progressive wing & DSA through force and suppression. Again.
Rather than try to win on policy.

The establishment candidates have more funding, name recognition, ...

2026-08-12T13:57:43Z

In reply to nevent1q…ykag
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The establishment candidates have more funding, name recognition, endorsements - that it was a close race is still a loss for the establishment. They may be taking a victory lap over it, but, winning by less than half a percent, with significantly more spending & institutional support than their progressive opponents?
They're absolutely pissing themselves when the cameras aren't rolling. That's way too tight a margin to be a 'big win'.

One of the downsides of using journalists in your fashy schemes, ...

2026-08-11T23:11:18Z

In reply to nevent1q…9ymy
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One of the downsides of using journalists in your fashy schemes, is, it's literally their job to write about it,
and "The president tried to sacrifice us to Iran to protect himself" is definitely one of those headliner stories that will show up in the documentaries about this shit in 30 years.

Considering it seems confirmed that the "decoy" plane had ...

2026-08-11T23:09:10Z

In reply to nevent1q…v02f
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Considering it seems confirmed that the "decoy" plane had like 100 people more important than trump himself could ever hope to be on it, I imagine this is an attempt to control the narrative about what happened since, like, as soon as the journalists on the plane found out they were bait, there was gonna be an article somewhere about it.

Just as a confirmation; I found it cited as coming from ...

2026-08-11T21:17:25Z

In reply to nevent1q…ynhz
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Just as a confirmation; I found it cited as coming from https://program.dsausa.org/#demand-end-war-machine

Which... seems to be the official site of the DSA? unless a bunch of other sites have the wrong website listed... So, Seems like An Actual Thing™
Unless someone is going *very very* hard on the psyop, but, haven't seen the sort of outcry I'd expect if it was like, the website being hacked or taken over or something.

Yeah, I thought it was odd that he always seems to have at least ...

2026-08-11T02:01:50Z

In reply to nevent1q…fjms
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Yeah, I thought it was odd that he always seems to have at least 2 flags in frame for every shot, but, now that you mention it, he does seem to just have *everything* on display, all the time...
Which... makes sense, his decorating style is basically "Make it as tacky and expensive as possible".

Yeah, so pro working class and genocidally racist are conflicting ...

2026-08-10T20:08:55Z

In reply to nevent1q…0zwh
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Yeah, so pro working class and genocidally racist are conflicting positions to try to maintain.

(yes, not all latinos are blue-collar-workers, but, the sorts of ...

2026-08-10T20:03:10Z

In reply to nevent1q…nx4a
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(yes, not all latinos are blue-collar-workers, but, the sorts of jobs the nazis like to highlight - construction, manufacturing, farm-workers - get a growing share of their employees from the growing latino population in the US.
I'm not trying to stereotype them all as working class, just point out that, a growing proportion of the working class, is exactly the people they're trying to kill.)

Also... latino folks are like, the fastest growing ...

2026-08-10T19:54:21Z

In reply to nevent1q…elrk
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Also... latino folks are like, the fastest growing blue-collar-worker demographic in the country - even *with* the mass deportations, because most of them were already citizens anyway - so, you *can fucking not* be pro-worker while also saying fuck the "mexicans" (which usually means "anyone their white ass can't differentiate from a mexican" and thus includes most of an entire continent-and-a-half worth of people groups)

Either way, my point isn't that the nordic countries are ...

2026-08-09T20:41:09Z

In reply to nevent1q…78ln
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Either way, my point isn't that the nordic countries are perfect - or even close - they have a lot of the same sorts of problems, they just have them alongside better social safety nets and programs that are comperable to the sorts of things the DSA is pushing for here, and, while it's not at all a cure-all, it's clearly working out better than the US's efforts to go full-nazi about it. At least until the local nationalists get those programs shut down.

Poorly, but the US has a government-sponsored paramilitary doing ...

2026-08-09T20:37:42Z

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Poorly, but the US has a government-sponsored paramilitary doing that systematically, in addition to the nationalist groups doing stochastic terrorism like the nordics have been dealing with for a while. (Unless I missed an update and sweden has a gestapo of it's own now or something.)

More emotion over an old man's fucking vacuum than over any ...

2026-08-09T20:02:54Z

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More emotion over an old man's fucking vacuum than over any of the humans he and his collegues have gotten killed in the last 90 years.

Apparently Finland, Norway, Sweden, are hell on earth, miserable ...

2026-08-09T19:16:55Z

In reply to nevent1q…9v98
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Apparently Finland, Norway, Sweden, are hell on earth, miserable stalinist dystopias, depite being better than the US at *checks notes* ... every measurable indicator of happiness, well-being, and freedom.
American media has been fighting a war against reality itself.

"Prickly for an optimist" is, to be clear, not meant as a ...

2026-08-09T18:50:05Z

In reply to nevent1q…8nvf
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"Prickly for an optimist" is, to be clear, not meant as a criticism or complaint; just trying to summarize how your usual style comes off, because like... a lot of (most of?) the shit you write is already in the vein of 'here is an effective path out of this', which... if the doomers are looking for something to be hopeful about, what more do they want from you about it?

I don't even know how to reply to a lot of the doomer sorts, ...

2026-08-09T18:42:51Z

In reply to nevent1q…hxlz
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I don't even know how to reply to a lot of the doomer sorts, like, offer some hopeful message or point out a path to a better world (which is kinda your default; you're a bit prickly for an optimist, but, you tend toward a realistic-optimistic messaging at least - that there *is* a path out of this shit), and they tend to argue against it,
feeding the doom spiral is counter productive at best, and can be actively harmful,
So I am just at a loss with a lot of them.

Honestly, there's a not-insignificant part of me being vocal ...

2026-08-09T00:53:27Z

In reply to nevent1q…386m
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Honestly, there's a not-insignificant part of me being vocal about shit now (and for the last however long under however many names), that is motivated by making sure there are records that some of us were actually against the fashy bullshit.
Because, much like with Germany, those records are important, and have a habit of being suppressed - even after the nazis are out. You don't hear much about German Resistance to the nazis in history classes here.

If anything, the gov't needs a reminder of why the ruling ...

2026-08-08T21:50:18Z

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If anything, the gov't needs a reminder of why the ruling class decided for a few decades after the WW2 to keep handing scraps and civil rights and such out...
Those concessions had a lot more to do with the ruling class fearing for their lives than your high school history class likes to pretend it did...

It's even a common justification for racism - comparing ...

2026-08-08T19:26:59Z

In reply to nevent1q…e3fs
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It's even a common justification for racism - comparing humans that are considered "lesser" to non-human animals, under the base assumption that humans are in some way exceptional, has been a common theme of racist framings of other humans,
It's a fundamental axiom of the destructive & extractive attitude toward the world that has lead to the ongoing climate crisis,
We don't *fix* this by maintaining the delusion that humans are super special and entitled to everything.

Yeah, I'm not saying humans don't do that, I was arguing ...

2026-08-08T19:22:15Z

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Yeah, I'm not saying humans don't do that, I was arguing with your specific framing of it being a distinctly human thing. Trying to somehow elevate humans above the rest of the world doesn't help fix the problems we are dealing with, it perpetuates the elitist anthropocentric attitudes that justify burning the planet down, destroying ecosystems, driving other species (and ourselves) extinct.
Anthropocentrism is a pillar of how we got here in the first place.

That's an idea taken directly from observing bonobo ...

2026-08-08T19:04:08Z

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That's an idea taken directly from observing bonobo behaviour.
Which are not even among the most egalitarian mammals, let alone animals.
https://royalsocietypublishing.org/rstb/article/378/1883/20220307/42744/Mechanisms-of-equality-and-inequality-in-mammalian

Non-human social structures are complicated and flexible,

https://www.hu-berlin.de/en/news/detail/how-animals-reduce-inequality-within-groups

They have a similarly wide range of levelling tactics.

Dominant animals terrorizing is not the 'standard pattern', it's *a* pattern, among many. It's an anthropocentrist framing.

with inter-species and inter-group conflicts this gets even more ...

2026-08-08T05:28:59Z

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with inter-species and inter-group conflicts this gets even more apparent; from sparrows mobbing hawks to hyenas chasing lions away from a carcass...

But, in either case, Collective action is common, widespread, sometimes with or without leadership, and social animals generally police their own communities.

Collective action against abuse/in-group members is not at all a ...

2026-08-08T05:26:19Z

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Collective action against abuse/in-group members is not at all a uniquely human quality...
Bonobos do it... https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960982225010413

As do chimps... https://news.arizona.edu/news/wild-chimpanzees-demonstrate-rare-instance-division-and-collective-violence

Along with several others... https://www.researchgate.net/publication/15383342_Punishment_in_Animal_Societies

It's pretty common for social species, generally, to form coalitions and respond to unwanted behaviour by group members.

Shocking that the 'tell voters they are wrong and don't ...

2026-08-05T19:03:54Z

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Shocking that the 'tell voters they are wrong and don't actually want anything to change' approach seems to be failing.
Who could have guessed that running on the 'we will make 0 effort to improve your lives or do things you want from us' platform could have ever backfired.

How is she even still on the ballot? Is her 3% just from ...

2026-08-05T03:28:10Z

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How is she even still on the ballot? Is her 3% just from mail-ins?

The news outlets are doing their "Make it as stressful as ...

2026-08-05T02:58:37Z

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The news outlets are doing their "Make it as stressful as possible to follow the live results" thing, but, unless detroit goes hard for Stevens, I don't see where else she picks up the numbers to catch up?

Can be generalized to the entire government. Legitimacy flows ...

2026-07-29T20:29:22Z

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Can be generalized to the entire government. Legitimacy flows *from* the public; if the public does not recognize an authority as legitimate - then it is illegitimate. No matter what the laws, constitution, or misc. other bits of paper and agreements might have to say about it.
Without the public agreeing it is legitimate, none of it is worth the ink it's written with.

Interacting with Academics when I was in uni kinda crushed my ...

2026-07-28T18:10:58Z

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Interacting with Academics when I was in uni kinda crushed my dreams of going deep into academia - I'd suspected a lot of them were gonna be like that prior, but, actually interacting with them really just incinerated the illusion of "smart people doing smart things in smart places" - especially when I could just go have a deeper more substantial convo over a cigarette with the homeless dude who didn't finish high school that's hanging out just off campus...

Do you just get new people showing up who haven't heard this ...

2026-07-27T20:01:34Z

In reply to nevent1q…9hpf
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Do you just get new people showing up who haven't heard this explanation every couple weeks, or, is it a persistent handful of folks who don't/won't read it that keep pushing for you to vote?
Seems like a lot of energy on their part that could be better directed towards like... getting someone politically disengaged to pay attention/care, rather than harassing someone who is... clearly paying attention, and just landed on a conclusion they don't like.

Yeah, at this point a lot of journalists are... Well past ...

2026-07-26T19:08:58Z

In reply to nevent1q…f9c5
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Yeah, at this point a lot of journalists are... Well past plausible deniability and into 'open malpractice'.

Maybe outside your scope, but, do you think we're at a point ...

2026-07-26T01:51:51Z

In reply to nevent1q…d9ha
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Maybe outside your scope, but, do you think we're at a point where the unsubstantiated accusations of fraud are doing more harm than the actual vulnerabilities, at this point? (wrt keeping elections reasonably-fair)

... in this, is "bor" rhymes with word "or" and ...

2026-07-23T17:22:56Z

In reply to nevent1q…ajdc
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... in this, is
"bor" rhymes with word "or" and "bore", "gore"
"b-oo-r" starts with "boo" (rhyme 'do', 'too') with an r added at the end?

You are far from the only person I've seen use the term ...

2026-07-23T05:11:41Z

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You are far from the only person I've seen use the term "Butlerian Jihad", which went from 'niche reference to sci-fi books most americans probably haven't actually read' to 'thing I see/hear nearly daily' remarkably quickly...
It's also one of the few things that everyone from neonazis to anarchists agrees on (usually for... very different reasons).
Somehow this seems to be going even *worse* for them than the "dismantling democratic and government institutions" thing.

Damn, and here I was hoping I could get your ...

2026-07-20T15:56:14Z

In reply to nevent1q…frgf
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Damn, and here I was hoping I could get your china/iran/cia/russian/cuban/israeli paymaster to come fund me to say their governments shouldn't exist, and the working class should rise up and overthrow all these fuckers globally.

(sarcasm, obv.)

Yeah, it's not even really subtle... basically hitler youth ...

2026-07-20T14:24:01Z

In reply to nevent1q…7kga
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Yeah, it's not even really subtle... basically hitler youth with american flags slapped over the swasticas...

I mean... from the psychology research I've been able to find ...

2026-07-20T04:01:26Z

In reply to nevent1q…3khq
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I mean... from the psychology research I've been able to find on the subject, the general consensus seemed to be that they don't... actually prevent any harm? Or cause any, or seemingly do much of anything... So, I'd be kinda surprised if there is any message of yours one can point to for it.
It seems it's just a social convention, at this point - basically it's just considered "rude" not to use them.

eg, here's a meta-analysis from a few years ago https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/21677026231186625