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"The future ain’t what it used to be."

-Yogi Berra

  • Why Dems Keep Saying Trump Has “No Plan” Instead of Calling to End the War With Iran

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  • We call this one "Democrats can never fail, they can only be failed"

  • Why Dems Keep Saying Trump Has “No Plan” Instead of Calling to End the War With Iran

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  • Democrats say he has no plan because at a fundamental level, leadership supports most of the policies that Trump pursues.

    Its not a question of the relevancy of Democrats or Trump's ego: Its that both parties accept and operate to support the same corporate, zionist, fascist donor base.

    Its why you weren't permitted an anti-genocide candidate in 2024: Because it wasn't in the donor classes interests. Its why they convinced Democrats to hold onto Biden as a candidate long as they did. Its party of why Harris was effectively "selected" as the nominee instead of running a real primary (for example, as Jon Stewart had suggested). Its why Harris ran on a campaign of "Nothing would fundamentally change", while as an administration, having sold out both progressives and the BLM movement as a voting block in the period of 2021-2024. Democratic voters have been voting against their own interests, just like Republican voters, for decades.

    There is no future or path to a better future through the traditional pathways to power in the Democratic party as it currently exists. Its structurally not possible. And this inability to adjust to an electorate with significantly different priorities than those who control power within the party is a constant headwind: By constantly being on the wrong sides of issues, like they are today, Democrats damage their ability to win elections.

    For leadership, this isn't a problem: They still get the policies they desire. For the electorate, or people running for office who want to change the Democratic party to one people actually want to vote for, this is a huge problem.

  • elmo ruleplay

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  • Wahiawa Dam possible failure prompts evacuation warning

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  • If you live in Wahiawa or Haleiwa, based on the radar and current rate of precipitation, you should consider evacuating now.

    I've been watching the weather radar and there is a very strong chance of enough radar coming off the Waianae and Koolau ranges that this dam could fail, and the problem is that you might not get the warning till late tonight.

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    Wahiawa Dam possible failure prompts evacuation warning

    www.staradvertiser.com /2026/03/13/breaking-news/wahiawa-dam-at-risk-of-failure-officials-encourage-evacuation/

  • PeerTube v8.1 is out!

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  • Huh. Idk. I'm not the admin. I just moved my yt content over there a bit further back.

    Might have been a settings issue? Sorry I'm still learning about the details of streaming to peertube.

    https://makertube.net/c/tropicaldingdong_lifestyle/videos

    Its not particular interesting right now. Its too cloudy to see the waterfalls. Its just raining.

  • Hesgeth says more than 15,000 enemy targets have been hit in Iran conflict

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  • And the girls at school were they an enemy target as well?

    They probably count it as 168

  • PeerTube v8.1 is out!

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  • World Politics @lemmy.world
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    Secretary Hegseth on the Strait of Hormuz: DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT | March 13, 2026 Update

  • Papas con stuff

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  • Albertos or any 'bertos taqueria is all about being cheap cheap cheap. I would never say they are the best but its a known quantity.

  • PeerTube v8.1 is out!

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  • Major weather event Hawaii! Phantom falls? Flooding? WHO KNOW!?!?! TropicalDingdong streaming live

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  • Montana halts permitting on all weekend rallies at Capitol, thwarts upcoming ‘No Kings’ event

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  • A protest with a permit is a parade.

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    Major weather event Hawaii! Phantom falls? Flooding? WHO KNOW!?!?! TropicalDingdong streaming live

    makertube.net /w/njyyaTmh7cdsR14qarMT4G

  • I traced $2 billion in nonprofit grants and 45 states of lobbying records to figure out who's behind the age verification bills

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  • I did dig through the data and I would caution against using what they've posted as is. Its all slop. Best bet would be to pull the PDFs and parse or data entry them directly.

  • Strait of Hormuz update: US escorts won't begin for a month—report

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  • Who could have ever known this would have happened other than the previous 55 years of geopolitical analysts who all said, more or less, that this would happen?

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    Ireland countdown to Triple Crown clash with Scotland

  • US forecasts blizzard, polar vortex, heat dome and atmospheric river all at once

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  • Ngl, but each of those sound like bad ass moves in pokemon.

  • Strait of Hormuz update: US escorts won't begin for a month—report

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  • Ahem, sailors, but yes.

  • Strait of Hormuz update: US escorts won't begin for a month—report

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  • The US didn't send enough of, or properly armed ships, for an escort mission.

  • I traced $2 billion in nonprofit grants and 45 states of lobbying records to figure out who's behind the age verification bills

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  • You are more than welcome to as well.

  • I traced $2 billion in nonprofit grants and 45 states of lobbying records to figure out who's behind the age verification bills

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  • It's not just any connection.

    They're relying on an llm for all the structural components of the analysis. They haven't done the thinking of how these parts come together and what would actually be convincing.

    This looks like a Claude code job where they sent the agent at the task and the agent cooks for a while to create something which would be convincing to people who don't actually know better.

    Look I develop a lot of analyses. Llm as a coding assistant when you know what both right and wrong code looks like, they can be useful, if they don't to overcook everything. They'll help you build functions to build parts of things. But if you are relying on them to do the thinking, you are utterly fucked and there is no there there.

    And with regards to the vegan metaphor. Firstly, while I can understand it being annoying, I really don't give a shit. This isn't a personal choice thing, this is a "the very structure of society is being impacted by this" thing.

    I'm all for people wanting to do these kinds of analysis and it's totally valid for some aspects of an llm to play in your work flow. But if we let just sloo like this through, we're utterly fucked

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  • Progressive Politics @lemmy.world
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    AIPAC, Crypto & Gambling Money Are Buying Illinois Elections | HasanAbi Reacts | Let's Address This

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    Shipping is Afire | Attacks off Kuwait | No Escorts, the Strategic Petroleum Reserve & the Jones Act

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    St Patrick's Day trips. Oil crisis. Michael Lowry | Indo Politics

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    Game Theory #12: The Law of Eschatological Convergence

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    AIPAC, Crypto, And DraftKings Are Buying Illinois' Elections—Is Your State Next? A case study of the Illinois Primary Election on March 17

    www.qasimrashid.com /p/aipac-crypto-and-draftkings-are-buying
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    UK prosecutors lose appeal over terror charge of Kneecap rapper

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    Róisín Seoighe: Ambassador for Seachtain na Gaeilge

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    Trump says Iran has Tomahawk missiles when asked about girls school strike

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    The Democrats Still Don't Get It

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    Oil prices hit highest point in four years as stock markets tumble

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    Iran latest: Incoherent messaging and media struggling to keep up | The Listening Post

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    The Iran War Is Unfathomably Depraved

  • The Trump-Epstein Files™ @lemmy.world
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    BREAKING! The Epstein Files: The Justice Department Releases the Missing FBI Interviews

  • Éire / Ireland @lemmy.world
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    Middle East impact on Ireland, rent rows and Phil Hogan| Indo Politics

  • World Politics @lemmy.world
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    Expert Explains Why Trump Will LOSE Iran War

  • Éire / Ireland @lemmy.world
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    A united Ireland: Would it demote or promote the Irish language? | Seachtain