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by frabbit 5y ago
I used to give to Wikipedia but stopped when I discovered that they were claiming that The Grayzone / Moderate Rebels were a special fourth category of untrusted in their three tier system of source ranking. I still like and use it, bu
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by frabbit 5y ago
Those kids don't just fuck operations -- they fuck up other people. Then they get home and become cops. When are the suppressed Abu Ghraib tapes coming out? It's all terribly sad isn't it? Best thing we can do it sweep it und
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by frabbit 5y ago
Do you think that the comments that are furiously ignoring this and pretending that there is some sort of official journalist title are genuinely ignorant or trying to sow confusion?
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by frabbit 5y ago
Title correction: s/Eptstein/Epstein/ Also, anyone interested in this that wants to listen to an amusing, critical take could do worse than the TrueAnon podcast: https://soundcloud.com/trueanonpod
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by frabbit 5y ago
What's wrong with that? Read it with skepticism, just like you read the corporate outlets pushing propaganda on behalf of the USA with skepticism. Hopefully you'll find some clashing ideas/narratives. There is a lot of goo
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by frabbit 5y ago
In addition there was a marked change in tone from when they were in China. I subscribed and enjoyed that content and the two Exploring documentaries. Really good content. When they left China it started to sound like highly personalized h
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by frabbit 5y ago
Or not. $10 for the PDF. Maybe I can find it on SciHub. Still, I liked your summary. Thanks.
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by frabbit 5y ago
Was just skimming the comments and title before reading the article. Your summary has made me go read the article.
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Carl Sagan 1985 A problem which transcends nations and generations(youtube.com)
2 points by frabbit 5y ago|0 comments
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by frabbit 5y ago
That was beautiful. For anyone that enjoyed this I recommend _The_Ditch_ (a BBC Radio 4 play) which features coastal bird recordings by one of the Cabaret Voltaire founders. It's a bit hard to obtain, but a worthwhile combination of
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The Surreal Dreams of AI-Generated Art (YouTube:LilyAlexandre)(youtube.com)
4 points by frabbit 5y ago|0 comments
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by frabbit 5y ago
An update: YouTube contacted NovaraMedia and stated that it was not an algorithmic deletion of the channel. Here is NM's response: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUADdvOPFks
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by frabbit 5y ago
TL;DR You pay taxes where you are resident. If you are 183 days or more (or whatever the current requirement is ¹) present in Canada then you are a Canadian resident and must pay Canadian taxes. IANAL but I have been in this situation. 1.
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by frabbit 5y ago
There seem to be two responses to this problem: 1) Asserting that YouTube/Facebook/X is not "private" in any meaningful sense: they are acting in the public and affecting the public discourse, so they need to be regula
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by frabbit 5y ago
Other commentary, mostly focusing on asking why this happened: https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/19673522.brighton-mps-slam-y...
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Why did YouTube delete Novara Media’s channel?(newstatesman.com)
9 points by frabbit 5y ago|4 comments
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by frabbit 5y ago
And should really be called Eryri. But, point accepted.
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by frabbit 5y ago
Good point.
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by frabbit 5y ago
There reverse is certainly claimed in Ireland, e.g. https://www.independent.ie/life/travel/travel-news/i-was-sur...
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by frabbit 5y ago
This is amazing! Even works with GIF89a (but not with APNG).
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by frabbit 5y ago
Whole Foods? Aren't they the union-busting[1] exploiters? I'll take your anecdote under advisement. 1. https://www.theverge.com/2020/4/20/21228324/amazon-whole-foo...
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by frabbit 5y ago
25 minutes walking? Get a bike. And as to the more general argument you can get away with it as long as you have been voting for every proposal to increase taxes to pay for public transport and prevent centralization of services and stores
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by frabbit 5y ago
It's not a negotiation in which there is give and take. It's _your_ last chance to do something to do something which can benefit both of us. I already have had a low carbon footprint for decades due to being "one of those e
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by frabbit 5y ago
Exactly: our civilization, comfort, enjoyment and ease is built upon the relatively predictable and stable weather patterns. Why would anyone take the risk of messing with that? It's as though they assume that there will be generalize
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by frabbit 5y ago
the fact that that rate of change is faster than organisms and systems can adequately adapt to. And even this assumes that there is some sort of linear progression towards a semi-stable state instead of churning, unpredictable "seaso
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by frabbit 5y ago
People are not even "selfish". Wanting a nice, stable, predictable environment just like you have had it all your life could be categorized as selfish. And that's fine. Taking a massive gamble on injecting huge amounts of e
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by frabbit 5y ago
Agreed on both your and the OP's point. MUPs seem to bring the worst in some people who do not know how to be considerate.
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Quebec could make changes to vaccination passport after flaws in system exposed(cbc.ca)
1 points by frabbit 5y ago|0 comments
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by frabbit 5y ago
One of my favorite books. I like the Fr. Brown stories but TMWWT has stuck with me. The vivid richness of the descriptions could only have come from an artist. In a way he reminds me of Leon Garfield (The Strange Affair of Adelaide Harri
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by frabbit 5y ago
Your definition of violence appears to equate things done to objects and things done to people. Failing to differentiate between these things makes me wonder are you some sort of animist?

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