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halcyoncmdr

@ halcyoncmdr @lemmy.world

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  • There's "Reality" and then there's whatever the hell this is

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  • Gotta have the dog whistle on there somewhere Surprised they even bothered other than to make this point.

  • Massie introduces bill to pull America out of NATO

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  • NATO was created to counter the Soviet Union, which collapsed over thirty years ago.

    Meanwhile Russia is actively trying to rebuild the Soviet Union by invading neighboring countries and violating NATO airspace.

    You couldn't be a more blatant Russian asset if you started speaking only Russian and praising Putin himself.

  • Tesla Barely Beats Jeep for Least Reliable Used Car, Owner Survey Says

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  • I was actually referencing the linked article from The Driver, not CR. At least CR performed the original analysis. A third party article about that analysis will almost always be less accurate and just adds another layer for analysis to be made and obfuscated.

  • Proof you don't have to wait for the new year for self improvement

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  • Don't know why. Even his wife stopped giving a fuck a couple weeks after.

  • Tesla Barely Beats Jeep for Least Reliable Used Car, Owner Survey Says

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  • Statistics can be made to show whatever you want with the right amount of massaging. That's what articles do with every sort of report. Especially when it concerns something they can take advantage of for click bait.

    Facts are stubborn, but statistics are more pliable. - Mark Twain

  • What can we do about the increasing problem of these self-deleting bot accounts?

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  • It's a start but doesn't fully address the problem.

    Eh, I'd say it addresses everything that matters.

    The root of the problem was that deleting the account was an exploit to avoid limit admin research and further actions, and federation of content removal. That's the only reason they were bothering to do it. The fix allows admins to research properly, and for federation of removal actions.

    It doesn't solve the root of the issue with bad actors, but that's a much larger issue well beyond the scope of a couple bug fixes.

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    Asking the right questions...

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  • Animals haven't been able to go war and prove that they can beat us. With the notable exception of The Australian Emu.

  • Big Brother Is Watching Your Online Criticism of ICE Crackdowns

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  • Not really... According to Pew Research Approximately 45% of Republicans report owning a gun, compared to about 20% of Democrats. Considering the parties are often roughly equally sized when it comes to these statistical models, that's not actually a massive difference. There are plenty of armed Democrats, they're just not vocal about wanting to worship their tools.

  • Do you ever feel like your life is "scripted"? Like everything is written by some entity controlling your life? Like you live in a fictional universe? Is this feeling normal/common?

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  • People claiming a personal relationship with the goddamn creator of the universe are hella conceited.

    I'd say even prideful, you know one of the 7 deadly sins, often considered the worst of them and even the root/source of the other 6. The sheer hubris needed to believe you have a personal connection that others don't is ridiculous.

  • Water leak in the Louvre damages hundreds of works, museum says

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  • Does the Louvre actively refuse all attempts to retrieve original works and tell the requestors the fuck off the way the British Museum does?

    From my understanding that's more of a British-specific problem, not most museums in general.

  • FIFA gives President Donald Trump a peace prize in a departure from its traditional focus on sport

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  • Bet you Trump threatened to cancel the World Cup hosting in the US unless they gave him something. It's essentially impossible to reschedule an event that large this close to the start.

  • Arizona congresswoman who waited 7 weeks for Mike Johnson to swear her in says she was pepper sprayed by ICE at a taco joint

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  • You know multi-tasking is a thing. There's more than one person in the office that can work on stuff simultaneously. And they almost certainly have someone that posts these types of things to the social media accounts.

    Quit acting like there is only one person and they can only do one thing at a time. You just look like an idiot.

  • Arizona congresswoman who waited 7 weeks for Mike Johnson to swear her in says she was pepper sprayed by ICE at a taco joint

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  • They generally avoid doing this brazen shit in states and areas that are more armed.

  • Arizona congresswoman who waited 7 weeks for Mike Johnson to swear her in says she was pepper sprayed by ICE at a taco joint

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  • Not sure that's actually the case. Most of the people that I know with firearms are either Democrats or former Republicans that have left because of the current Republican party shit.

    But I'm also in southern AZ, relatively near Adelita's district. AZ has been a weird purple-ish amalgamation shifting back and forth for decades now.

  • Trump admin removes MLK Day, Juneteenth from National Parks fee-free days

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  • Republicans have an inherent belief that everything is zero-sum. If someone is getting something discounted, then they must be losing something or paying extra in exchange.

  • Enshittification aside, any new technologies you find yourself relying on/using regularly?

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  • Same, my commute is about a half hour, with 2 main routes I could take that are about the same time. Just knowing if one of those is screwed up can be the difference between an okay drive in and hell.

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  • You are not wrong. It's not even a theory.

    Studies have shown that most corporate CEOs exhibit many psychopathic tendencies. It's how they are able to rise to the top, they don't give a fuck about anyone else, so it doesn't get in the way.

    Then they use the money from those positions of power to try and manipulate whatever sociopolitical ends they want. They buy media companies to manipulate what narratives are told to the public, and how certain situations are covered, spun, or ignored entirely. They use those companies to create artificial campaigns turning certain groups against each other as distractions. If people are arguing about "small" things, they don't have time to notice the big things being done.

  • Why do modern monitor controls suck?

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  • That would require thought being put into it. That's a lot to ask for, clearly.

  • Top US official berates Europe over cutting American industry out of defense buildup

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  • seems like it would be a matter of national security to have local production of matériel.

    You mean one of the cited reasons for slapping a tariff on everything? You mean other places can prioritize the same thing on their own? No. Can't be. He's got the bigliest brain to come up with these ideas.