filoeleven

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by filoeleven 8mo ago
I remember when that switch at grocers from paper to plastic was taking hold, and you could choose. "Paper or plastic?" was the question asked. Some comedian (probably) had a good one liner: "That'll be 42.39. Kill a t
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by filoeleven 8mo ago
> Society’s choices and lifestyles are the cause of fossil fuel consumption, at a very high level. The plastic bag exists because it has users. Society's choices and lifestyles don't exist in some rational-individualistic vacuu
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by filoeleven 8mo ago
Yet. It has certainly ratcheted up worldwide tensions, to put it mildly.
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by filoeleven 8mo ago
> Separating things made of many materials is hard, especially when some components are hazardous. Make the tech giants building robots solve this problem first.
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by filoeleven 9mo ago
> and about to be an order of magnitude more so, once they add ads. How do you figure?
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by filoeleven 9mo ago
That was a great argument up until the guy who led an insurrection was allowed to run for president again. At that point, if you're apathetic, you're supporting what's coming. Edit: The Royal You, not the person I'm repl
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by filoeleven 9mo ago
2000 election decided by the Supreme Court here. Will never forget the phrase "hanging chads."
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by filoeleven 9mo ago
The Trump Administration is Forcibly Disappearing Migrants https://humanrightsfirst.org/the-trump-administration-is-for...
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by filoeleven 9mo ago
The protests are because the trump regime is breaking the law.
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by filoeleven 9mo ago
That only works for federal charges. Just don’t tell that to the president. Or do, he won’t remember anyway.
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by filoeleven 9mo ago
Remember: there was a TikTok ban that was signed into law and took effect on January 19, 2025 which said that it would be allowed back once it was owned by a US company. Trump did not enforce the ban. As soon as TikTok changed ownership las
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by filoeleven 9mo ago
s/searching for/manufacturing Remember, they're accusing the people they killed of heinous motives for their narrative. They can't find it, so they make it up. Keep filming, y'all.
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by filoeleven 9mo ago
The protesters aren't the ones doing that. Have you not seen the news?
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by filoeleven 9mo ago
The nazi transformation didn't happen over the course of half an hour. Or one election cycle, even. The history is rhyming pretty hard right now.
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by filoeleven 9mo ago
If you show me the evidence, I will examine it. That may include examining the surrounding context if it's not blatantly obvious.
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by filoeleven 9mo ago
Gotta love the replies to this. At least more of the botheads are now acting like they're trying to ask helpful questions instead of just flat out saying "you're using it wrong."
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by filoeleven 9mo ago
> people are left in capacity to fire back even when they have several rounds in them. And when there are 8 people on top of them, they're facedown on the ground, their hands are stuck in front of their face with no way to get at th
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by filoeleven 9mo ago
> as shown by the masked mob gestapo they set up in Minnesota doing "papers please, you're either with us or against us" on civilians passing by to confirm they hate ICE. [citation needed] Also even if true, there's a
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by filoeleven 9mo ago
You mean "politely asking social media to censor narratives, with the implied force of the federal government if they choose not to comply." Which every administration has done since social media became a thing.
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by filoeleven 9mo ago
“It comes from a very ancient democracy, you see..." "You mean, it comes from a world of lizards?" "No," said Ford, who by this time was a little more rational and coherent than he had been, having finally had the c
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by filoeleven 9mo ago
Crony capitalism is a well-established term for a reason.
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by filoeleven 9mo ago
They will follow wherever the network effect goes, the same way that more influencers are posting to Bluesky in addition to Twitter now, and some of them are making the move entirely.
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by filoeleven 9mo ago
TikTok is now owned by an American company. As soon as that change happened, the censorship began. https://www.theverge.com/news/867625/tiktok-down-weekend-bro...
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by filoeleven 9mo ago
Well, you're wrong. This article has more info but is login- or paywalled. https://www.theverge.com/news/867625/tiktok-down-weekend-bro...
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by filoeleven 9mo ago
Suspension of 2026 midterm elections
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by filoeleven 9mo ago
And we would have had bipartisan steps toward it before the last presidential election, if Trump hadn't told Republicans to tank it at the last minute because it hurt his biggest talking point for reelection.
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by filoeleven 9mo ago
What does this even mean?
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by filoeleven 9mo ago
I think you forgot to plug your tinfoil hat in.
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by filoeleven 9mo ago
Stop repeating the lies of the administration. Minnesota's DOC chief corrects the record. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXcAqhjVXoU
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by filoeleven 9mo ago
Blue states fund red states, they are the economic engines of the country. California has the forth largest economy in the world. The federal government has more to lose. Red states are poor. Blue states can simply withhold federal support,

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