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citizensongbird

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  • Rep. Ilhan Omar Assaulted by Protester at Town Hall Meeting

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  • Wouldn't work. Bring a fake bomb strapped to your chest to a town hall and you don't get a lighter sentence just because it wasn't a real bomb. Pretend terrorism is treated the same as real terrorism.

  • Secret Service visits mom who posted she wants trials for Trump officials

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  • Terrible, terrible suggestion, to the point of arousing suspicion that you may be from one of those bot farms made to antagonize and sow discord.

    The kind of people who voted the Trump administration into power (regular voters, I mean, not the propagandists and billionaire class) are not travellers. Travel and bigotry are mutually exclusive (generally speaking, of course exceptions do exist). People who have curiosity about the wider world and interest in other cultures are overwhelmingly leftist. Even to suggest attacking them is extremely counter productive and would only cause more Americans to stay home and devolve into conservatives. Americans abroad already know their country is a shitshow and deserve sympathy, not aggression.

  • Nearly a third of Canadians believe U.S. may try to invade Canada: poll

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  • Okay, here's what's actually happening since nobody seems to get the picture.

    The Arctic has been melting in recent years, opening up areas that were never accessible before for resource extraction (oil, minerals). This is also why nobody is doing shit about global warming, because the opportunity for profit is too huge.

    Canada has claimed ownership over the Arctic and its resources. Greenland/Denmark has claimed ownership as well. America has claimed these areas are in international waters and not ownable by anybody, so it's a free for all. But they know that's a weak position.

    If USA takes Greenland, they take the Arctic. That's it, that's all.

    Bonus: it's a distraction from Trump's name being all over the Epstein files. Although I'm not sure why he cares so much; his supporters certainly don't. Like he said, he could rape a child in the middle of 5th avenue and he wouldn't lose any votes.

  • Boiling lobsters alive to be banned in UK animal cruelty crackdown

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  • Will always be funny to me that lobsters are such an expensive delicacy at fine dining restaurants when they started out as food for extremely poor people in coastal communities. In the old days the general public viewed eating them as you would view eating a rat today.

  • Boiling lobsters alive to be banned in UK animal cruelty crackdown

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  • Nah, they don't release a toxin, at least not in the sense of "self-defense" that is usually meant with that phrase. After death they rot very quickly, so they do become toxic, I guess that's similar enough. My dad cooked lobsters often and he always stuck a paring knife in a very specific spot in the head right before boiling, I assume this information is about to become much more widespread to comply with these new laws.

  • Nvidia plans heavy cuts to GPU supply in early 2026

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  • Um, correct me if I misunderstood, but wasn't your point that drones WILL pilot themselves? 🤔

  • Testing Shows Automotive Glassbreakers Can't Break Modern Automotive Glass

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  • Have just been researching this while looking for stocking stuffers. One alternative I've seen is to smash an old sparkplug, the pieces of ceramic are oddly effective at smashing out car windows.

  • New to Linux which OS to use?

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  • Same. Kubuntu for its familiar Windows-like interface.

  • Jeffrey Epstein's brother stuns with response to email about Trump sex act with 'Bubba'

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  • I remember first hearing these anecdotes during The Apprentice years, long before he entered politics. But with what we know now about Trump, it's pretty safe to assume they were completely made up. What we know for sure for sure is that there is exactly zero evidence to support those claims. So urban legends at best.

  • More for folks from walkable environments, my question is: would you walk an hour and 15 minutes to go to say, the library?

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  • I'd walk that for pleasure, but not for work. Time for you to get a bike.

  • What in your country/area is totally normal but visitors get excited for?

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  • It's definitely because of Anne of Green Gables, not necessarily the island itself. Anne is HUGE in Japan, visiting her hometown is like meeting your favourite celebrity.

  • YSK: Deezer, the music streaming service, is owned by a company whose Founder and CEO is a Russian Oligarch with connections to the Kremlin and donates to the American Republican party.

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  • Problem with Bandcamp is they got bought out, first by Epic Games and then by Songtradr, and each time it's gone through enshittification. Bandcamp Fridays used to be a weekly thing but got changed to (EDIT: semi-monthly) with little announcement, and then half their staff got laid off to pad the bottom line. Even with all that they're better than the alternatives, but they're still on a decaying trajectory.

  • Why democrats under Biden administration didn't release Epstein files?

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  • My guess is, because Republican leaders and propaganda outlets were constantly accusing Democrats of witch hunts and politically motivated criminal investigations, Dems releasing Epstein's client list would have been seen as more of the same. Trump's base would have absolutely called it fake news. So Dems waited until Republicans were in control and then said, "Okay, now you can release it." With predictable results.

  • Jeffrey Epstein files: names released so far (Feb 2025)

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  • Don't worry, you're right to be surprised. It's the current conspiracy theory leaped upon by morons. Stephen King recently claimed the "Epstein list" doesn't actually exist, and people automatically jumped to the conclusion that he was agreeing with Trump, who is also saying the list doesn't exist. It seems far more reasonable, given King's very public disdain for Trump, that he's pointing out the "Epstein list" has only ever been talked about by people who used it for political advantage.

    Think about it: you've been hearing for years about the list from a wide variety of talking heads and everyday people, but have you ever seen any actual evidence that such a list exists besides a bunch of "trust me bro"?

    I hope the list exists. I'd like it to exist. But it's perfectly plausible that it was just another lie by the party famous for lying.

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  • Teeth falling out is a vanity dream, common among people who worry a LOT about their looks. Actors, models, government officials who need a makeup studio at the Pentagon, etc.

  • Bluesky has started honoring takedown requests from Turkish government

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  • But but but... Bluesky pwomised they would join the fediverse someday! A super duper pinky pwomise!

  • Trump might have to ask foes like Trudeau for emergency eggs

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  • I think I'm the only one who remembers when Trudeau and Trump and Nieto signed that NAFTA agreement and Trump screwed up by signing in the wrong place and Trudeau covered for him to save him embarrassment. A very classy move that went completely unnoticed by a classless thug.