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@ queermunist @lemmy.ml

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/u/outwrangle before everything went to shit in 2020, /u/emma_lazarus for a while after that, now I’m all queermunist!

  • The grim choice facing the Trump administration: Economic or naval collapse?

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  • One needle can't. Wanna find out how many flaming wrecks Iran can fill the Strait with?

    Never mind the fact that workers aren't going to sail to their deaths into "death valley". Even with hazard pay it's going to be hard to actually find crews for every vessel, and the costs of insurance would be enormous.

  • Trump Might Want to End the War. Iran Won’t Do It on His Terms.

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  • Iran saving the world from endless US aggression by keeping them occupied.

  • The grim choice facing the Trump administration: Economic or naval collapse?

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  • Yeah, if the Strait becomes "death valley" then that quickly transforms into economic collapse anyway.

    A bunch of immovable wrecks will close of the Strait just as well as a blockade.

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    Bulletins and International News Discussion from March 11th to Whenever We Reach About 3000 Comments - The Fourth Iran VS US+Zionists War Megathread

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  • And uranium is probably stored in gaseous form,

    ... huh. I had no idea. It's stored as uranium hexafluoride, which is part of the process of enrichment.

    I figured it'd be stored as hunks of metal.

  • Tel Aviv Rocked By Iranian Projectiles; Netanyahu Shelter Reportedly Struck?

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  • Should be a browser extension.

  • More Than Half of Americans Read Below 6th-Grade Level - New York Almanack

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  • I keep seeing this and it's not clear to me if this is general literacy or specifically English literacy. 21% of USAmericans speak English as a second language (or specifically "a language other than English at home"), which has to weigh on these statistics right?

    Not enough to explain it away. Even if every single one of them were counted that's still a large number of English-as-a-first-language speakers who are reading below a 6th grade level. It just seems like something that's important to consider.

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    Bulletins and International News Discussion from March 11th to Whenever We Reach About 3000 Comments - The Fourth Iran VS US+Zionists War Megathread

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  • United States.

    The US has achieved near-energy-independence through its shale oil and gas revolution. It is a net oil exporter and the world’s largest LNG exporter. It produces large quantities of domestic urea. A Gulf shutdown would raise global prices and affect US consumers, but the supply shock would not directly threaten US energy security. The US is best placed of all major economies.

    The reason the US started this war might be becoming more clear.

    Global competition with the US was rising, especially non-dollar markets, so they decided to rule the ashes.

    (presuming the US is actually thinking long-term about this, which isn't guaranteed)

  • Take a sip

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  • That's the transformation of the quantity of sips into the quality of pee.

  • I haven't heard or read the word "breadtube" in at least two years, possibly more

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  • USAID is closed.

  • After outages, Amazon to make senior engineers sign off on AI-assisted changes

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  • Well. They're trying to use it as human replacement. They keep finding out that they can't.

  • Brown University’s Costs of War project estimates the U.S. blew $3.4T countering the "China threat" since 2012, and we still don't know why Americans don't have free healthcare 🥀

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  • Amerikkkans don't have free healthcare because they'd have to give it to Black people - they'd rather die.

  • Document: Homeland Security Warns of Iranian “Fatwa” | Americans think god on their side

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  • Yeah, religion is mostly just a cultural affect. People go to church because that's where their community is and is one of the last third spaces that has avoided commodification. The actual True Believers are a very small portion of the US population. All that is solid melts into air, all that is holy is profaned, etc etc

  • Let's not forget that its not communism unless it is for everyone

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  • When it's our turn, shall we just hug it out with the former ICE agents and border patrol? Just send the fascists home?

    Because if we do, they will come back. They always do. After the Civil War we just let the slave owners and the Confederates go, and they came back with the Klan and Jim Crow. After the civil rights movement we just let the Klan and their politicians go, and they came back with "tough on crime" and "states rights" and now they're wearing masks and murdering people in the street again.

    We can't do this anymore. When we defeat them again, and we will, we can't let them regroup. Marx said it himself: "We have no compassion and we ask no compassion from you. When our turn comes, we shall not make excuses for the terror."

  • Removed

    Fuck chuck schumer. We can win without abandoning trans people.

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  • Something I've been thinking about:

    Tall people have a biological advantage in certain sports, like basketball. That means the should be banned, right? Just based on the same logic (that biological advantages are unfair) then what's the difference?

  • Perfect tagline for these days

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  • Tie me to the rocket and fire when ready.

  • "Concerned"

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  • concepts of the outcome

    They (almost) said the thing!

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    Bulletins and International News Discussion from March 6th to Whenever We Reach About 3000 Comments - The Third Iran VS US+Zionists War Megathread

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  • I'm optimistic that gas prices and the ensuing inflation will do a lot of the work, actually.

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    Transformers: Trans Megathread from March 9 2026 to March 15 2026

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  • Good thing oil and gas prices are stable and aren't shooting through the roof!

  • It's good to keep in mind we're not actually standing next to each other, when engaging in online discussions.

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  • I think this also applies to any time you attempt to change someone's mind. Online discourse is inherently alienating, so if someone isn't already open to your ideas you'll never be able to convince them. Arguing only has value because other people uninvolved with the argument can see our back-and-forth and be convinced, but the person you argue with is unreachable.

  • News @lemmy.world
    queermunist she/her @lemmy.ml

    Biden considering executive action to close southern border, sources say

    www.cnn.com /2024/02/21/politics/biden-considering-executive-action-to-close-southern-border-sources-say/index.html
  • World News @lemmy.ml
    queermunist she/her @lemmy.ml

    Israel orders more Gazans to flee, bombs areas where it sends them

    www.reuters.com /world/middle-east/israel-says-ground-forces-operating-across-gaza-strip-offensive-builds-2023-12-04/
  • News @lemmy.world
    queermunist she/her @lemmy.ml

    ‘All men 16 years and above, raise your hands’: how al-Shifa raid unfolded

    www.theguardian.com /world/2023/nov/15/all-men-16-years-and-above-raise-your-hands-how-al-shifa-raid-unfolded
  • Ask Lemmygrad @lemmygrad.ml
    queermunist she/her @lemmy.ml

    A recent argument forced me to see that "genocide" has been turned into an imprecise word, and I don't know what to do about that?

    www.un.org /en/genocideprevention/genocide.shtml
  • World News @lemmy.ml
    queermunist she/her @lemmy.ml

    Did Israel bomb a civilian evacuation route in Gaza? | Financial Times

    www.ft.com /content/95c5fcf1-c756-415f-85b8-1e4bbff24736
  • United States | News & Politics @lemmy.ml
    queermunist she/her @lemmy.ml

    Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on How She’s Changed - The New York Times

    ghostarchive.org /archive/c8b8b
  • Firefox @lemmy.ml
    queermunist she/her @lemmy.ml

    What the hell is this horror show shit that keeps showing up in Pocket?