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aramis87

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  • An Anonymous DC National Guardsman Tells All - “This is not what I signed up to do.”

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  • And yet, you're still doing it.

    As they say: historians have a word for Germans who supported the Nazis because they liked their economic policies, or were afraid of Communists, or they wanted power, or they wanted the business, or any of a hundred other reasons. That word is Nazi. Historians don't care what their reasons are.

  • I told Radar that we're going to get a lot of snow and he had a crisis.

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  • Why are you making it snow when you know Radar hates it?!

  • Grumpy Trump Sues Poll Because His Popularity Is Plummeting

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  • Funny, I thought he doesn't read the Times because it's such a "failing" paper and he doesn't associate with losers.

  • YSK Tips for a Winter Storm

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  • If it's a small shop, it may be because the door is constantly being opened and they're trying to keep the store warm for the people working there.

  • welcoming committee

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  • What did you do?!

  • Fighters of the 429th Brigade "ACHILLES" rescued an owl entangled in Russian anti-drone netting and fiber-optic cables.

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  • Good on them! (The owl seems remarkably calm for all of this.)

  • World would be a ‘better place’ if US took over Greenland, says Nigel Farage

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  • Fuckheaded Brexit leaders should not be listened to.

  • Microsoft CEO warns that we must 'do something useful' with AI or they'll lose 'social permission' to burn electricity on it

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  • Hell, Microsoft and Apple did the same thing decades ago. Microsoft offered computer discounts to high schools and colleges, so that the students would be used to (and demand) Microsoft when they went into the business world. Apple then undercut that by offering very discounted products to elementary and junior high schools, so that the students would want Apple products in higher education and the business world.

    The tactic let them write off all the discounts on their taxes, but lock in customers and raise prices on business (and eventually consumer) goods.

  • I didn't believe how addicting Churu was till today.

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  • It looks like you've got a really good handle on his issues then - I wish all of you long, healthy and happy lives together :)

  • I didn't believe how addicting Churu was till today.

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  • Can you do subQ fluids at home? That, plus a low phosphorus diet, can really help! Tanya's feline CRF page has a lot of good info on it.

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    To Their Shock, Cubans in Florida Are Being Deported in Record Numbers

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  • Polls suggest that most Cuban American registered voters, who tend to be Republican, continue to support Mr. Trump

  • AI Completely Failing to Boost Productivity, Says Top Analyst

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  • AI is intended to let the wealthy access the benefits of talent, without letting the talented access the benefits of wealth.

  • Well, how many?

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  • I need help to block a data center...

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  • they won't read a big long letter

    Cool. Write them multiple letters. More importantly, get other people to write them letters - friends, family, coworkers, people you went to school with, cashiers and stockers in the shop, letter carriers, pizza delivery drivers, the local hiking group, book club, and historical society - anyone you can think of. It's particularly good if the group has some natural alignment, so you can use some of their existing organization and contacts to further your cause. Hit up every local and regional group you can find via email, Contact Us, Facebook, whatever. Hell, stand in the most crowded part of town and hand out flyers.

    Your flyers can be small if you need them to be (like if you're printing them yourself) - say, a quarter of a page. You can do something like:

     
            DATA CENTERS are
      * noisy
      * polluting
      * increase electricity rates
      * whatever else

    CALL / WRITE: * Official contact info for the people making the decision (not home addresses)

    SHOW UP: * Date, time and location of the next several meetings

    Further info: a URL for more information and for getting together online and organizing. [1]

    [1] Set up an email address - Gmail is fine, people recognize it as "legit", so that people and organizations can contact you. Check it at least once a day.

    Purchase a domain and make a really simple website. Have it replicate your flyer, but in more detail. Include references: link in news articles from Canada (Canadian-focused is great!) and the States (they likely have more areas that are more seriously affected) about how these things have affected locals. Add link(s) to a coordination and suggestion method: this could be one or more of a: Facebook group, a new subreddit, a discord channel, etc - whatever old and young people are using in your area. Also include your new email address (properly obfuscated to avoid bots) so that people can contact you.

    Remember that whatever platform you organize on, some people who support you won't be on it. You'll have to choose between one method to build momentum and multiple methods to reach more people; your choice will likely depend on your timeframe. Have one of your options be "join our email list"; every time you organize an action or there's an upcoming meeting, email everyone on your list.

    Ask people to put signs in their yards and local businesses to put signs in their windows. It's great if you can afford to buy signs, either yourself or by collecting money [check local laws for soliciting], but every bit helps.

    Show up at every meeting they have, and get as many people to come as well. It would be lovely to have everyone joining you to speak, but even just the increased numbers and angry faces will have an impact. As possible, have each person speak to a different negative aspect of the data center, and have it be personal and relatable: "as a mom, I worry able the pollution", "as someone who hikes/hunts/runs trips into the woods, I worry about the noise", "as an elderly person/young person just moved out on their own/struggling parent I worry about the increased electricity rates", etc. Be detailed but concrete.

    Also, don't just oppose this to local town councilors. Start pestering lawmakers at the county/district level, and province/territory level - this may be a local decision, but you can make an impact at higher levels as well - and if you get those higher levels on side as well, they can apply pressure downward.

    Are there any local elections coming up? Run, or have someone else run, as a candidate, with one of their main planks being opposing the data center. The point isn't to win the election; the point is for your candidate to continually force the other candidates to address the issue of the data center. That keeps it in the news, helps build momentum and pressure.

    Contact news organizations: paper, radio, online, real-world, tv, podcasts, call-in radio shows - whatever you can reach. For every action you plan - council meeting, protest, letter-writing campaign, whatever - contact the media and let them know about it. If your event is upcoming, tell them a few days in advance so they can cover it live; if it's something like a letter-writing or phone-in campaign, let them know in advance and ask them to follow-up with the contactee(s) a few days after, to "get their opinion on the recent protest" (also phrase this as an option if they can't cover it live, they could call and ask about their response).

    Designate someone to talk to the press and be available for interviews. If possible, it should be someone even-tempered, with clear talking points, a good public speaking manner, who looks good in business casual (which is what they should wear for interviews).

    Contact other data center resistance groups and crowd source their ideas as well.

  • A wave of new polls shows Trump’s support cratering across the board.

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  • "Across the board" - except there's still a solid 36% who still back him. "One third of your country is willing to murder another third of your country, while the last third stands aside and watches."

  • Hundreds of Millions of Audio Devices Need a Patch to Prevent Wireless Hacking and Tracking

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  • security researchers [...] are revealing a collection of vulnerabilities they found in 17 audio accessories that use Google’s Fast Pair protocol and are sold by 10 different companies: Sony, Jabra, JBL, Marshall, Xiaomi, Nothing, OnePlus, Soundcore, Logitech, and Google itself.

  • xkcd #3195: International Station

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  • This joke makes fun of the parity between 'space', as in the invisible character between words, and 'space', as in the void between astronomical bodies. In this case, it is said that the word 'space' was never meant to be there at all, but it was included as a word due to a formatting error.

    Oooohhhh, now I get it!

  • Wikipedia celebrates 25 years of knowledge at its best – Wikimedia Foundation

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  • Right after they reached deals to sell all of those lovely, long, detailed, crowded-sourced articles for AI training data :(

  • ICE is headed to Maine: The Mayors of Portland and Lewiston confirmed Wednesday ICE's imminent presence.

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  • I'm sure that Susan Collins will be Very Concerned.