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  • JK Rowling, Joe Rogan and Elon Musk are fuming over Scotland’s hate crime law

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  • The problem with your attitude is that, by definition, free speech is only a useful right when it protects unpopular speech. The law at hand here isn't a surprise (the UK hasn't got free speech as an enshrined right), but it is certainly a particularly glaring red flag that there is absolutely nothing stopping them from e.g. passing a nearly-identical law copying Thailand about the royal family and putting in prison anyone who calls Prince Andrew a pedophile.

    The vast majority of important free speech cases throughout history have involved the most deplorable people making the most deplorable kinds of speech, but e.g. American free speech would be nonexistent if the KKK hadn't won their landmark case.

  • Israel bombs Iran's embassy in Syria, kills commanders says Iran

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  • Israel bombs Iran's embassy in Syria, kills commanders says Iran

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  • Or anyone else everyone is basically already at war with. E.g. if Ukraine were to destroy the Russian embassy in North Korea, nothing would escalate past where it already is.

  • A strong earthquake shakes Taiwan, damaging buildings and causing a tsunami

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  • Thankfully, it seems that Taiwan is the opposite of Turkey and enforced its building codes.

  • A strong earthquake shakes Taiwan, damaging buildings and causing a tsunami

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  • I mean, it isn't the strongest quake in 25 years. Unclear why the source is making that claim. From what I can tell, the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami is. There have also been quite a few stronger quakes than this one in the past 25 years - I started making you a list and quit when I realized I'd exceeded 5.

    My best guess is that the source meant strongest quake in 25 years in Taiwan, but why not actually say that if they meant it?

  • Judge questions Border Patrol stand that it's not required to care for children at migrant camps

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  • There are restrictions on everyone's ability to leave. I currently can't go 30 feet south, because I would trespass in my neighbor's home. These people can't leave north.

  • Israel's Shadow Over Free Speech: The Truth Behind the TikTok Ban Bill

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  • Not to cast dispersions

    Aspersions, not dispersions.

    on the everything starts with the jews in Israel narrative

    It is anti-Semitic to conflate Israel with "The Jews".

    didn’t most of the political movement to force the sale of US TikTok to a US owner and the current law to do so long predate Oct 7

    No. The bill didn't even exist until March 5th, 2024.

    Like I hate to break it to you but congress, especially this congress and the maze of think tanks that draft their laws, just arn’t that fast and efficient at implementing new policy.

    Look up the details on Juneteenth becoming a Federal holiday. Congress moves with lightning speed when it pulls its heads out of its asses.

  • Man changes name to Literally Anybody Else and announces US presidential run

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  • track down the voter

    Any election where this is even possible is a waste of everyone's time. I don't know what country you worked in, but wherever you were, those were corrupt wastes of time, not elections.

  • ‘Free speech is a facade’: how Gaza war has deepened divisions in German arts world

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  • How is this even remotely surprising? The German constitution makes no guarantee of free speech. It's not a legally protected right there, and Germany is world infamous for not having free speech.

    This is like an article telling people "It's hot in Ecuador!" and expecting the reader to be shocked.

  • Israeli Forces Assault 3 Gaza Hospitals in 1 Day, Committing Massacres

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  • "I wish you well in your future endeavors"

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  • Bear in mind Lemmy is an overall very leftist platform. Claiming an outside observer can tell a man from a woman is going to attract downvotes, let alone going on to list alleged specific differences.

    Note to readers, because I am used to Lemmy: Anyone assuming I agree or disagree with any given take on gender differences can fuck off. My actual post conveys no opinion on them.

  • "I wish you well in your future endeavors"

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  • "African American Vernacular English" sounds like an awfully racist term for it.

  • NSFW

    See-Through Baseball Pants Have Fans, and Brands, Pointing Fingers

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  • US asks Hamas to release women, elderly hostages for longer ceasefire

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  • Israel's draft is co-ed.

  • US asks Hamas to release women, elderly hostages for longer ceasefire

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  • If they're going to declare arbitrary subsets of the hostages, why stop at female? Why not demand only the short hostages, or only the ones with blue eyes?

  • Australia to End ‘Nuisance’ Tariffs on Toothbrushes, Bumper Cars

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  • What makws you think they can't? Reducing tariffs on imported toothbrushes is an excellent way to reduce the sale cost of domestic toothbrushes.

  • Red Sea: US, UK and French destroy dozens of Houthi drones

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  • The Houthis are unlikely to stop any of the war crimes they were already committing before the genocide started, and appeasing terrorists by giving them what they want works approximately 0% of the time.

    Note: I am not defending any genocide here - I'm only emphasizing how deeply stupid it is to think that appeasing the Houthis will lead to positive outcomes.

  • After default password disclosed online, 1200 inmates have prison issued laptops seized by guards, threatening their ability to make class deadlines

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  • There was no security breach. Did you even read the summary, let alone the article? There wasn't even an attempted breach.

  • Israel Redefines Evil, Massacring yet More Starving Civilians Queuing for Bread

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  • From what I can tell, Shreddie Biologist primarily uses the "World News" sublem on lemmy.ml to shitpost the most biased, least fact-based articles they can find. I think I'm gonna block them, see how it improves the sub.