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  • Second "No Kings Day" protests likely the largest single-day political demonstration since 1970, with 5.5-8.7 million participants

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  • So, roughly a little less than 2% of the country protested. Awesome.

    I think that's actually a lot. It's around 4.5% of voters. Just under half of voters voted from Trump, although some of them may have changed their minds since the election. There are some people who aren't into demonstrating on the streets. There is always some percentage of people with something else going on. For example, my teenagers didn't go because they had both run grueling races yesterday morning. My wife and I were at risk of being late because we went to a neighboring city yesterday morning to watch our kids race and because the roads and bus system were overwhelmed with people going to the demonstration and to the Badgers game, but when we arrived thousands of people were still pouring onto East Wash (the main road the Square).

    That was just our life. I'm sure someone else's kid had a big race or performance that did conflict, or their parent just received a bad medical diagnosis, or they had to work, or they're in the middle of moving house. 4.5% of voters getting out and marching is a lot.

  • Second "No Kings Day" protests likely the largest single-day political demonstration since 1970, with 5.5-8.7 million participants

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  • I enthusiastically marched yesterday and at the demonstration in June, but I am against a third of those, skeptical of a third, and supportive of the rest. So I would be mostly against their causes. The No Kings rally yesterday focused on respecting the Constitution and opposing Executive overreach. My point is the longer the list demands, the greater the chance of alienating people.

  • Federal officer blasts chemical spray into vocal but nonviolent Portland protester, video shows

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  • ICE is trying to incite a riot in order to justify having the army flatten Portland

    Or to justify bringing more military for law enforcement to normalize that and allow the president to declare martial law for political reasons. This is playing with fire. It's hard to imagine a future president worse than Trump, but it's possible, and citizens, local police, and possibly National Guard or military units could resist them militarily, and then we're at civil war, which would be nightmare for everyone.

  • Federal officer blasts chemical spray into vocal but nonviolent Portland protester, video shows

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  • This is disgraceful.

  • Florida Deploys Police To Stare At Crosswalks, Stop Them From Being Painted Rainbow Colors

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  • I didn't like Florida that much when I lived there in the 80s and 90s. It sounds like it's gotten worse.

  • RFK Jr. Says He’ll Send People Taking Adderall to Labor Camps

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  • It sounds like communist "reeducation camps". I know the far-right claims to hate communism but they're a lot alike in that they want control over people's lives.

  • Bill Burr calls on 'billionaires to be put down like rabid dogs' in podcast

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  • That's not something to joke about in these crazy times. It's disgusting.

  • Good DSP Literature

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  • Stock market plummets as Trump announces new tariff war

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  • We don’t want to do it but it is the only way to deal with a bully. I think tariffs are bad for the people of the country that levies them. If another country puts a tariff on things my country sells, I'm for unilaterally disarming. Let the other country's people enjoy the dubious industry-protecting benefits of that tax, and let us enjoy the benefits of buying whatever is a good deal.

    I think it's nonsense to think that when people freely trade money for goods, the person receiving the money "wins" and the person receiving the goods "loses". They made the trade because it was good for both parties.

    I'm American, and we're pursing the opposite of what I think is good policy.

  • I liked Star Trek before it got woke. /s

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  • This is one of the first claims I remember reading about Star Trek on BBSs linked by FidoNet. It's funny how it hasn't changed.

  • 'Beta male': Internet amused as Newsom puts Trump 'instantly in his place'

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  • I just don't see any of this. I think he said and done so many horrible things. I think his only interest is in getting attention, regardless of what for, and regardless if his actions harm others and the US. It wouldn't surprise me if at age 78 he has some medical problems and dementia, but I don't see these subtle signs in the video.

  • Wall Street Banks Prepare to Sell Billions of Dollars of X Loans

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  • I wish it said what the effective yield will be for bond purchases if they sell for the expected price. Is that yield consistent with other bonds with similar ratings?

  • Trump suggests Ukraine shouldn't have fought back against Russia

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  • It sounds right in content and in him not knowing that lay is a transitive verb.

  • Instagram and Facebook Blocked and Hid Abortion Pill Providers’ Posts

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  • The people in China, and to a lesser extent Russia, want to have a word with you about how the government can control the internet. It's not happening year yet. I'm hopeful that people will just go around the censors to get the content they want. I'm concerned that when Tiktok shut off its service and some people wrongly thought the gov't "blocked" the packets, many Americans were okay with that.

  • YouTube shorts disproportionately promotes alt-right content according to this experiment

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  • I use YouTube and don't get much far-right content. My guess is it's because I don't watch much political content. I use a podcatcher and websites for that. If I watched political content, it might show me some lurid videos promoting politics I disagree with because that tends to keep viewers engaged with the site/app longer than if they just showed videos consistent with the ideology I seek out. That gives people the feeling they're trying to push an ideology.

    I made that up without any evidence. It's just my guess. I'm a moderate libertarian who leans Democratic because Republicans have not even been pretending to care about liberty, and for whatever reason it doesn't recommend the far-right crap to me.

  • Instagram and Facebook Blocked and Hid Abortion Pill Providers’ Posts

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  • That's if we're lucky and he doesn't transform the US into a full blown dictatorship with president for life status.

    I may be hitting the copium, but I feel like this will not happen. It feels like having influence over social media platforms is really powerful, but the Internet is still there. It's easy to send or find information if you want to, much easier than before the Internet. It's much easier for set up or use a new information outlet than it was to start a TV station or newspaper. I thought no retailers could beat Sears, until Walmart came. People protested Walmart saying if they don't like your CD for political reasons, people just won't buy it. No one can touch Walmart. Then came Amazon. I think social media platforms will be even more short-lived in their influence, especially considering how easy it is to "change the channel" or start a new "channel".

  • AI struggles to understand human history and fails miserably when tested

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  • I read some of it, but I find it funny because it should be a joke for the bar to be so ridiculously high for a new technology: understanding human history.

  • YouTube shorts disproportionately promotes alt-right content according to this experiment

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  • We need to find a way to teach people to sort out information, to put their immediate emotions on pause and search for information

    This entire comment and @whoisearth@lemmy.ca's comments are so powerful.

    I think people have two modes of getting information: digging into a newspaper article and trying to figure out what's going on and seeing a lurid headline in the tabloid rack. Most people do both ends of the spectrum and a lot of in-between. Modern technology lends itself to giving tabloid-like content while we're waiting in line for a minute. This is why Tiktok is concerned about being removed from the app store, even though it's easy to install the app yourself, easier than signing up for a newspaper delivery subscription was. But Tiktok isn't more like a lurid tabloid that most people would not go two steps out of their way to find, but they might read it waiting in a slow line. I'm hopeful that people will learn to manage the new technology and not keep being influenced by tabloid entertainment.

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    The fact that this is a real image is infuriating

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  • The horror of the Soviet Union are will soon pass beyond living memory too.

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    The fact that this is a real image is infuriating

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  • It feels like the Nazis are passing beyond living memory so there are few people alive who remember how bad they were.