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@ Munrock @lemmygrad.ml

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  • Carney says he supports US invading Iran, Cuba, and possibly Canada "with some regret"

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  • Is there a source for this that isn't in podcast format?

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    (MEGATHREAD) In a joint attack, the US and Israel attacked Iran! Updates in comments!

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  • @grok put them in a bikini

  • Merz: Iran should not be protected by international law 🤡

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  • If Iran were not protected by international law, then there would be no reason for them to not break international law, and do things that we all wish we could do to billionaires and Western politicians.

  • Trump threatens to cut off all US trade with Spain

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  • Yeah it is. It's such a narrow pass though that Spain doesn't have to have control of the very tip to make the strait impassable.

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  • It's America. Everyone has big boobs. It's from the chicken hormones and burger fat.

  • Not being taken seriously, mocked for my views and people not believing a word I say.

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  • The truth/reality is a powerful ally, but it's really fucking slow to turn up to the fight.

    You're gonna start to get jaded about talking to people. It's exhausting just to stand your ground.

    Learn to choose your confrontations. You'll learn to spot when someone is receptive to discussion and when it would be wasted breath.

  • Would YOU destroy the false idol of broken promises (colloquially known as "the Statue of Liberty") or keep it?

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  • I'd vote to keep it.

    But I probably wouldn't have a vote, because I'm not a USian and wouldn't be a voting member of the hypothetical people's republic, and it's unlikely that I'd be invited onto a consultative committee to deliberate on what to do with it.

    In such a hypothetical setting, though, that statue would be a reminder of the lies USians were told. People could see it as aspirational, a benchmark of progress in their new republic if it finally earned the reputation that that torchbearer claimed.

    But any decision to keep it would have to be subject to the approval/veto of minority groups who saw it as a symbol of their oppression.

    We wouldn't have to worry about white supremacists shites seeing it as 'their' symbol and a rallying cry, because they'll all either be in gulags (where they can't see it) or rotting in ditches (where they can't think about it).

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    The latest Epstien files show just how deep the connection with Chomsky was, they were basically best friends.

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  • Chomsky. Didn't he argue that Leninism is a right-wing deviation from Marxism?

    Didn't he argue that the Bolsheviks were actually counter-revolutionary?

    Didn't he argue that voting blue (and reinforcing the 2-party dominance) is the smart strategic choice for its short-term harm reduction?

    Didn't he argue that violent uprising is a gift to the right and we should only protest in peaceful, non-threatening ways?

    This once-respected scholar used to be one of the few people who could sow doubt in my understanding, but now his opposition to all of these things galvanizes my belief in them. We see who stands to benefit from all of these positions he took.

  • Solarpunk

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  • no toilet paper

    "Give me le bidet or give me death!"

  • Solarpunk

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  • What do you get in the absence of a DotP?

  • Further Epstein files were revealed today/yesterday (CW: literally everything. Proceed with caution)

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  • yeah it's a double edged sword

  • Further Epstein files were revealed today/yesterday (CW: literally everything. Proceed with caution)

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  • Put yourself in the CIA's position and consider the value prospect of setting up instances:

    • Lemmy is open source.
    • Anyone can federate.
    • The original Lemmy has no privilege or primacy over any other instance apart from being established first.
    • You have entire nations full of people (who have been so pre-conditioned by red scare that many of them are 3rd-generation brainwashed) who will eagerly amplify your voice, and having the loudest voice is the biggest factor in this kind of framework.
    • Lemmy is designed to protect your anonymity, so the танкиs will likely never be able to prove you're behind it.

    The cost-to-benefit ratio is so good that you'd be mad not to.

  • PSA: Use UpScrolled with caution

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  • I think we'd all be wise to give UpScrolled time to respond. Given that it's a privately-owned startup that's positioned in opposition to the establishment, it's naturally going to be logistically sluggish - especially when it comes to vetting new content moderators. If I was in CIA management I'd be throwing plants at those mod applications to get as many as I can on board, and it'd be a nothing burger on my budget to do that.

    Having said that, there's no reason to not be on 小红书 as well and supporting the cultural exchange there. App participation isn't a mutually exclusive choice.

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    “Fidel does appear in the Epstein files”

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  • If they had dirt on Castro worth leveraging, Cuba would be a US Territory by now.

  • Further Epstein files were revealed today/yesterday (CW: literally everything. Proceed with caution)

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  • We need to scrutinize Chomsky's work. Like comb through it and catalog his positions on various issues, and what courses of action he advocates and opposed. What popular ideas (that he'd obviously be exposed to) that he omits.

    We know that the empire works to infiltrate and corrupt leftist, socialist and communist movements and we now know that Chomsky was one of the most successful examples of that in academia and theory. I have a feeling some dedicated scrutiny could bear a lot of fruit, but I have almost no free time before Chinese New Year hols.

  • Further Epstein files were revealed today/yesterday (CW: literally everything. Proceed with caution)

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  • It explains why nobody with any clout ever did anything about it, when everyone could see that it stood to do a lot of harm to a vulnerable demographic. And the idea that it could be weaponized into a hate group and directed at things isn't absurd when we know that that's been done with extremist religious groups.

  • TIL: Chinese had no gendered pronouns until the 20th century

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  • I remember watching a documentary about trans people living in China. The subtitles were making it look like ordinary Chinese folk were misgendering someone by translating 'tā' as 'he'.

    The fact that they did not care that this would be an obvious bad faith translation to anyone who spoke Chinese while being uncritically absorbed by Westerners pissed me off so much.

  • World News @lemmygrad.ml
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    China hands over 17 Filipino sailors from shipwreck to Philippines

    news.cgtn.com /news/2026-01-25/CCG-transfers-17-rescued-Filipino-crew-members-to-Philippines-1KdKDQDTsU8/p.html

  • what is a good way to learn mandarin?

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  • Yeah start with pleco and the low-stroke count but frequently seen characters. 一二三四日月男女人左右 etc

  • How The Chinese "Do nothing. Win." Foreign Policy Actually Works

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  • Yeah, and that is also why recent Chinese history is a huge part of the education system from a very young age.

  • Games @hexbear.net
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    Where Winds Meet

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    A signpost in Where Winds Meet

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    Churchill and Stalin's quotes about how history will remember them go alarmingly well together.