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@ FlashMobOfOne @lemmy.world

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Artist, musical performer, and former derby skater from the Midwest.

I'm single, childless, and married to freedom and adventure.

ACAB, Anti-War, and I hate Democrats, Republicans, and billionaires. (Yes, even your favorite billionaire: the pop star, the legendary athlete, or the soft-spoken investment guru.)

Also, I refuse to use Donald's last name out of hatred for the man and his brand, FYI.

  • Major investor is 'shocked and sad' that the games industry is 'demonizing' generative AI

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  • GenAI sucks.

    And no matter how they gaslight us, it continues to suck.

  • CEOs of top airlines demand Congress restore funding to Homeland Security and pay airport workers

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  • This is one issue where, historically, if you give a crap about uninterrupted air travel, you should never vote Republican.

    Remember when Reagan fired all the air traffic controllers to break their strike? And the deregulation that has made air travel not only uncomfortable, but a miserable (and somehow still overly expensive) experience? And now you've got Donald's government refusing to pay people properly, something that he has done for his entire adult life in both public and private ventures.

    Republicans treat airline workers like doo doo.

  • At last the kids are safe

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  • 100000%

  • Starmer refuses to send warships to Strait of Hormuz

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  • everyone over there in the uNazied States of america needs to not let them forget that they were ok with all the child raping he did over the years,

    It's a nice thought, but Donald and his ilk are never going to be held accountable in any meaningful way. Here, the people in power make sure there's cover for the criminals, always. Hell, we didn't even hold the Confederate generals meaningfully accountable and they killed 600,000 American soldiers.

  • Starmer refuses to send warships to Strait of Hormuz

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  • We're already seeing it. Donald has lost nearly every election in 2025 and 2026, and most are in districts he won by double digits in 2024.

    This means that even if he wants to try to fight dirty, he really can't, because clearly the Republican Party can't accurately project which districts will be safe in 2026. The downside of all this is that it's not going to change a whole lot, because Dems are not going to elect 30 Mamdanis or Kat Abughazalehs, and that's what we need if we want actual opposition.

  • Starmer refuses to send warships to Strait of Hormuz

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  • There’s also value in making him even less popular at home

    Abso-fucking-lutely. It gives people cover to oppose him politically, which is desperately needed.

  • Pentagon officer removed over anti-Israel posts, internal probe launched

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  • Important to note that the military itself, up to and including the chairman of the joint chiefs, told Donald not to bomb Iran.

    It's understandable that they're a little pissed off, since this truly unilateral war is getting American reservists killed in service to Israel. Donald thinks he can order up world diplomacy like a Big Mac, especially after Venezuela, and he's finding that maybe he fucked with the wrong kid on the playground this time.

  • Where can we find instances that support freedom of speech?

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  • Chances are that if you're asking that question, your best option is probably to set up your own instance.

    But you won't get much engagement most likely and no one will federate with you. Some opinions seem really popular in a bot-ridden echo chamber, but then you force yourself to interact with actual people and realize that, while you may be free to say things other people abhor, the vast majority (sans bot-driven engagement) find those sorts of things abhorrent.

  • How do you fill the void?

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  • My problem is the B2G1 deals on Ebay.

    I go looking for one book. I end up with three.

    Every time.

    But boy, is my home library a glorious thing.

  • If only

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  • You can keep watching. Have a pleasant day.

  • If only

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  • It was only symbolic, like everything positive that Democrats do. And, living in a country where my eighty year-old parents have to drive for DoorDash or face homelessness, I don't care about stupid symbolic shit anymore.

    Nor am I willing to give Dems credit for it. They need to do something useful.

  • At last the kids are safe

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  • I don't think this is a good example.

    Social media, especially now, is designed to harm people's mental health and isolate them. It's programmed this way in order to keep people's eyes glued to ads and buying shit they don't need, but the side effect is creating a mass mental health crisis. These effects seem to be more pronounced in young people, whose brains are still developing.

    So yeah, I would like to see how a social media ban effects mental health and, by extension, the frequency of mass shootings... but that takes time.

    It's also fair to say that school shootings are, sadly, just part of our culture. They've been occurring at least since the 60's (if you count Charles Whitman, and I would.), but maybe that's an argument for doing something differently too. The problem with that line of thinking is that both ruling parties are pro-gun and most are enthusiastically supportive of making guns extra legal in exchange for lobbyist "gifts" and campaign contributions that they can pocket legally by loaning their campaigns money at 20% interest, so I'm not exactly optimistic that there will ever be meaningful change on gun control.

  • Starmer refuses to send warships to Strait of Hormuz

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  • Even though I'm an American, it pleases me that our allies aren't just going along with it this time. That's partly why the War on Terror lasted way longer than it should have, and how we were able to destroy millions of people's lives.

    In a war like this, the world gets a vote too, even if Congress won't hold one.

  • Trump Admin Quietly Brings Back Migrant Workers to Fix the Farm Labour Shortage It Created

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  • Same thing happened when Alabama tried what Donald is doing. Mass deportations are very disruptive.

    Politicians love them because of the easy, performative cruelty and most politicians are wealthy and insulated from the economic effects, but increased prices, empty schools, and crops dying in the field for lack of field workers have a dramatic effect on local economies.

  • If only

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  • No it couldn't have.

    It's a nice thought, but both ruling parties support this, even if the voting majority does not. But please, tell me more about this wonderful democracy we have in America.

  • Is there a lower term than pond-scum?

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  • When that first came out I honestly thought it had to be something an LLM spat out, because what he said was so close to the meme.

  • ‘Everything is going up’: Americans struggle with affordability despite Trump’s claims

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  • i don’t agree

    Doesn't change the fact that you're wrong.

    What intellectual compromises must people who thought that a felon, rapist, pedo, bankrupt, fraudster would do good work on the economy ? or is it more likely he’s a racist trans hater like they are ?

    History tells us that when the majority are starving, change is the most important factor. They had four years of knowing definitively that Biden and Harris, with all their stupid happy speeches, didn't care if their families starved. Of course they voted to get Democrats out. So wild that Democrats insisted they couldn't win if they ran on affordability, and then Republicans ran on affordability and it became a red wave in 2024.

    it was because he promised to hurt brown people and because the brown people who supported him thought it would be other brown people. That and the trans and gays thing is why he was elected.

    No, it wasn't, and that Donald has lost so many districts he won in 2024 since unleashing the Gestapo proves that. People wanted illegal immigrants deported. They didn't want legal immigrants to be terrorized, and the voters proved that at the polls.

    you’d have to suffer some sort of mental defect to think he was going to do a great job on the economy, he’s about what’s good for DT, not what’s good for the US

    You're being awfully cavalier about other people's mental defects when your point of ignores basic, verifiable facts.

  • Washington DC

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  • you know there is a high chance you will be sent to a foreign country

    Being sent to staff a base and being sent to a war are two totally different things. (At least until February 2026)

    Or you would know it if the USA wasn’t the most propagandized place on the face of the earth.

    The military itself opposed this, and that's in the public record. This president has a record of avoiding wars and disentangling the US from them, especially in Syria and Afghanistan. (Which, ironically, Dems opposed even though these wars had lasted decades.)

    Iran and Venezuala are, rightly, unexpected, and if you're blaming reservists for their deaths then you're the one who's propagandized in this case. Can't exactly blame someone for dying in a war when all of the information they have is that it's (relatively) safe to be a US soldier and they can't read a demented person's mind.

  • Trump says US may strike Iran’s Kharg Island oil export hub ‘just for fun’

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  • after his year long backstabbing tour.

    It's wild that someone with his status hasn't figured out that maybe we shouldn't bully every single country in the world, if only out of self-preservation and our own self-interest.

    I really hate that we as a people no longer care if our presidents have functioning brains.

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    Ruptured pipe that leaked millions of gallons of raw waste into the Potomac is back in operation

    apnews.com /article/washington-sewage-leak-raw-waste-potomac-river-3d1207916d3e9bccce90e8e31e917272
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    ‘You are all worse than each other’: anti-regime Iranians turn on Trump

    www.theguardian.com /world/2026/mar/14/anti-regime-iranians-turn-on-trump-us
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    ‘Everything is going up’: Americans struggle with affordability despite Trump’s claims

    www.theguardian.com /business/2026/mar/14/americans-struggle-affordability-despite-trump-claims
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    Man in Michigan synagogue attack lost family members in Israeli airstrike in Lebanon, official says

    apnews.com /article/michigan-synagogue-attack-fbi-investigation-58331bad2c28e78c6c99a4a764637873
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    US officer having a ‘mild anxiety attack’ took ambulance meant for man shot by police

    www.theguardian.com /us-news/2026/mar/12/us-officer-anxiety-attack-ambulance-police-shooting
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    Outdated intel likely led US to carry out deadly strike on Iranian elementary school, AP sources say

    apnews.com /article/iran-us-school-hegseth-trump-2ffff06808f7a584b0a03831897ab0b8
  • Political Discussion and Commentary @lemmy.world
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    ‘A very dangerous person’: alarm as Pete Hegseth revels in carnage of Iran war - The Guardian

    www.theguardian.com /us-news/2026/mar/08/pete-hegseth-pentagon-trump-iran
  • History @lemmy.world
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    Man tells of pride as newly emerged photo reveals Greek grandfather being led to Nazi execution

    apnews.com /article/greece-nazi-photos-executions-30d12428169099015af25ea5cef5adac
  • Movies @lemmy.world
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    Lost 19th century film by Méliès discovered at the Library of Congress (And it has the first known depiction of a robot in film.)

    blogs.loc.gov /loc/2026/02/lost-19th-century-film-by-melies-discovered-at-the-library/
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    Lost 19th century film by Méliès discovered at the Library of Congress (And it has the first known depiction of a robot in film.)

    blogs.loc.gov /loc/2026/02/lost-19th-century-film-by-melies-discovered-at-the-library/
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    For survivors, Rhode Island clergy abuse report brings vindication and renewed demands

    apnews.com /article/catholic-church-clergy-abuse-victims-6a662221b5275635982ab027352de2b5
  • Political Memes @lemmy.world
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    Tim Sheehy - Tough Guy

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    US military launches operation in Ecuador to combat drug trafficking

    www.theguardian.com /us-news/2026/mar/04/us-military-action-operation-ecuador
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    Father of Georgia school shooting suspect found guilty of murder and manslaughter

    www.theguardian.com /us-news/2026/mar/03/georgia-school-shooting-suspect-father-guilty
  • Technology @lemmy.world
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    U.S. Supreme Court declines to hear dispute over copyrights for AI-generated material

    www.cnbc.com /2026/03/02/us-supreme-court-declines-to-hear-dispute-over-copyrights-for-ai-generated-material.html
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    ‘I lost a lot of hope’: Nevada pays $100K to woman convicted for miscarriage under 1911 law

    apnews.com /article/nevada-laura-fitzsimmons-pregnancy-loss-pregnancy-and-childbirth-general-news-4addafc3bf93092279185b338ca893c9
  • World News @lemmy.world
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    Explosions rock Bahrain, Dubai, Jordan and Kuwait as war spreads across Middle East

    www.theguardian.com /world/2026/feb/28/dubais-famous-fairmont-hotel-in-flames-after-iranian-air-strike
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    Instagram says it will notify parents if teens ‘repeatedly’ search for terms related to suicide

    apnews.com /article/instagram-safety-teens-suicide-b2d193467ea253fc375580b127019a0b
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    Democrats in four states seek to bar ICE employees from future civil service jobs

    www.theguardian.com /us-news/2026/feb/26/democrats-bar-ice-employees-civil-service-jobs