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  • How Jill Stein’s V.P. Pick Could Haunt Kamala

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  • That's 100% right, voting for who you want to is not pretending, but thinking it will do something that it won't, absolutely is.

    I'm sorry if I came across as bullying, that wasn't my intention. You totally have the fundamental right to vote for whoever you want, it doesn't matter what I think at all. I just feel strongly that people should have the most information possible about how our system works, because casting a vote for your preferred candidate, doesn't mean that candidate necessarily benefits from your vote.

  • How Jill Stein’s V.P. Pick Could Haunt Kamala

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  • I really don't. You said:

    almost half of the country doesn’t want Harris to win. And if more of them vote for their candidate than those who vote for Harris, then she loses

    And based on how our system works, that's simply not necessarily true. In this case it might be, but it also might not be. Here are a some examples:

    If some of the people who don't want Harris to win, but also don't want Trump to win vote for Stein or RFK, then those votes are likely to help Harris, but depending on where those votes are cast, they might also help Trump. If Harris loses Pennsylvania, even if she wins the national popular vote, she still might lose the election. If Harris wins all or most of the swing states, but Trump gets more popular votes, Harris still wins.

    See, "we are able to vote for whoever we want to win" is 100% true in theory, but depending on where you live, it's a sad fact that your vote for the president counts less than someone else's vote depending on where they live.

    We have one vote per person, but each vote does not carry the same weight. Wanting our two party system to change is healthy, casting your vote by pretending it will do something it wont, is not.

  • How Jill Stein’s V.P. Pick Could Haunt Kamala

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  • That’s how democracy works in some countries, but not in the United States. We are currently stuck with the Electoral College, where the person who gets the most votes doesn’t necessarily win (see Hillary Clinton). So I’m not sure what you’re saying. I wish we lived in your world, but we don’t.

  • Project 2025 architect compared abortion to slavery and the Holocaust

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  • What in the ever-loving fuck is an “abortion mill?” Geez.

    I’m pretty sure he has it backwards. Forcing people to go into labor (literally forced labor) and have an unwanted or unviable birth, is much closer to slavery than allowing people the freedom to make their own healthcare decisions. All women are the slaves in this understanding, in case that wasn’t clear to the ignorant women-hating assholes who believe they shouldn’t be able to control their own families or bodies.

    I know logic doesn’t apply to these people, but for fuck’s sake, I wish they would take a breath and listen to themselves and how absurd they sound.

  • 512-bit RSA key in home energy system gives control of “virtual power plant”

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  • Wow, props to Castellucci for being a stand up person and not using their discovery to control or mess with tens of thousands of people’s power supply. And props to GivEnergy for not turning around and suing them after they reported finding the issue.

    This could have gone badly in either direction, but we lucked out that this Castellucci seems to be an excellent and conscientious citizen.

  • How criminal syndicates traffic, torture and enslave people to send scam text messages

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  • This is heartbreaking, but in a backwards way it makes me feel a little better about getting these kinds of texts. Now, instead of automatically getting pissed off that some rando is trying to scam me, I’ll feel sympathy knowing that the person sending the texts is more likely a victim themselves. There’s still very little I can personally do about it, but at least now we know, that in some instances like this, someone doing something shitty might only be doing it because they’ve been forced. That makes a difference (selfishly at least), but this whole situation is still just awful.

  • What I Learned at the Police Academy: Officers are trained to see the world as a violent place—and then to act accordingly.

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  • Damn, that says so much about them. Their one job is to protect the public, but instead they fight to make it even harder to protect themselves from a manageable risk.

    I pretty firmly believe there are two types of cops: one who joins out of a genuine desire to protect the community, but those are often pushed out or silenced by the second type who joins because it’s the way for them to “legally” murder, bully, extort, exploit and/or harass whomever they want with little to no consequences. In a just society, they would be considered the criminals. Your link is a great example.

  • What I Learned at the Police Academy: Officers are trained to see the world as a violent place—and then to act accordingly.

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  • That’s a creative and infuriating way of looking at the numbers, well done.

    Hopefully someone can figure out how to turn that into a political talking point. Then again, the people who need to hear it would of course never hear it.

  • 5G network flaws could be abused to let hackers spy on your phone

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  • Haven’t we always known this? It’s the same concept as a Stingray device, which is used to spy on people because their devices connect to it automatically, assuming it’s a normal cell tower. People don’t know what tower they’re connected to, so if you connect to a “fake” or exploited tower, you’ve basically handed over the keys. This is essentially the same thing, but on a 5g network, which is presumably made up of even more nodes/towers.

  • Amid backlash, school district says black-outfit ban shared 'prematurely'

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  • Over the years, as I've solidified my own "style," I've slowly added more and more black clothes to my wardrobe, because you can't really ever go wrong with black. It's stylish, slimming, simple, and elegant. It matches pretty much everything, and it works for men, women, and anyone else who likes to look slick. I still like a splash of color every once in a while, but most of my clothes--tops especially--are black now.

    Fuck these backwards assholes for thinking they get to tell people how to dress.

  • Meta and Google secretly targeted minors on YouTube with Instagram ads

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  • The justice system doesn't apply to corporations, even though they're people. And since the corporations are run by billionaires, the most peopliest people there are, the justice system definitely doesn't apply to them. Money = speech, and these corporations have the most money, therefore they get the most speech, meaning they have more rights than us normal people, and can get away with breaking the same laws that would get any of us thrown in jail.

    /s but not really...

  • Dodge unveils Charger Daytona EV pricing: starting from $59,595 - ArenaEV

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  • For fucks sake that’s expensive.

  • An ‘olfactory masterpiece’: Dolce & Gabbana launches perfume for dogs | The Straits Times

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  • We’re doomed.

  • Mac and cheese for life! Philippines’ heartfelt gifts to Carlos Yulo after double Olympic gold

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  • That’s a bit better.

  • Weekly what have you been playing discussion - week of August 6th, 2024

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  • I just finished Ghost of Tsushima. It was a beautiful game with really fun combat, and a pretty solid storyline. Exploration was excellent, despite the rewards being a bit underwhelming, but it was one of those rare games where I wanted to explore every corner of the map. I loved the variety of the map, every region genuinely felt unique and gorgeous for its own reasons. It was also the perfect length. I did alllll of the side quests, so the main plot ended up feeling just right, not too long, definitely not too short. Highly recommended.

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  • I mean, for all intents and purposes, they kinda are. They’re both pictures of artists making a political statement with their art.

  • Mac and cheese for life! Philippines’ heartfelt gifts to Carlos Yulo after double Olympic gold

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  • You’ve trained your whole life to be at the pinnacle of health and the best at your sport. What’s your prize? A lifetime supply of one of the world’s most processed and unhealthy foods. Makes sense.

  • Why do I get a strange, yet comforting feeling when I stop in quiet places

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  • I don’t know if there’s a name for it, but I definitely understand what you’re talking about. For me, the tingly calm feeling comes from the abrupt change between constant background white-noise and sudden quiet. I love love love that feeling. The moment after you turn off a loud fan, shutting off a car engine, when an ambulance siren finally stops, a jump cut between a loud action sequence in a movie and a normal scene. Even the moment when a song’s accompaniment drops out but a cappella vocals continue.

    It’s a beautiful thing.

    Edit: typo

  • Why Harris Is Backpedaling on Fracking

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  • Your logic makes sense, and I’m sure most people in power agree with you, but this still seems like a situational excuse to me. There will always be a reason not to ditch dangerous extraction methods. Right now it may be Russia, next time maybe it’s a Gulf state. While it might matter to this moment’s geopolitical situation, the safety, health, and longevity of the planet and all its inhabitants are significantly more important than our ability to temporarily harm Russia’s economy. I’m also not convinced this is causing as much pain to Russia as we might like. They always seem to have a way of avoiding the worst of our economic warfare.