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by frm88 6mo ago
Thank you!
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by frm88 6mo ago
IRS files have entered the chat: https://projects.propublica.org/americas-highest-incomes-and... Eta: these data are from 2018 before the BBB
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by frm88 6mo ago
Off topic: please tell me how you managed that formatting in the agree/disagree section?
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by frm88 6mo ago
Your link to the tweet by Ferraresi reads: Very good piece essentially confirming my reporting for @TheFP, in which — I should emphasize — I did not mention any actual military threat to the Vatican and simply reported a tense meeting that
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by frm88 6mo ago
If it is a fabrication, why did the pope cancel his visit to the US or at least - as some news outlets put it - may not visit... - https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politic...
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by frm88 6mo ago
It's now all over the press, like here: https://www.newsweek.com/avignon-papacy-explained-what-repor... The pope has cancelled his visit to the U.S. because of this incident and Vance is investigating it.
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by frm88 6mo ago
I pledge ignorance. Yeah, sorry should have looked that up before posting. I was always under the impression, North America tended towards other faiths, like Baptism or Mormon.
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by frm88 6mo ago
I doubt many are Catholic. J.D. Vance would be an option, tho.
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The Pentagon Threatened Pope Leo XIV's Ambassador with the Avignon Papacy(thelettersfromleo.com)
471 points by frm88 6mo ago|309 comments
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by frm88 7mo ago
Can you please stop copy/pasting the same comment into different trees of this whole thread. It's super annoying.
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by frm88 7mo ago
mopsi provided a link to data. Please at least look at it before making unsubstantiated statements. It clearly shows that the US has not contributed since the beginning of 2025, let alone 'bankrolled' it.
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by frm88 7mo ago
Or you could, like China did, build a massive railway from China directly to Teheran, thereby bypassing most of the maritime sanctions and maybe even transport oil directly to China:the 5 nations railway corridor https://fountain
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by frm88 7mo ago
Associated Press cites a service called Windward for their shipping data. I'm completely ignorant on the subject, but might that be of help for you? https://apnews.com/live/iran-war-israel-trump-04-08-2026#000...
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by frm88 7mo ago
Trita Parsi recently stated in an interview that he has data showing the support for regime change among the Iranian diaspora has significantly increased from 5% to around 30% but only a minority of them accept the 'at all costs'
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by frm88 7mo ago
All of this madness is happening because the US enables a madman to escape his own judicial system through foreign wars. All of this madness is happening because the US enables two+ madmen to escape their own judicial system through forei
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by frm88 7mo ago
This is awesome, thank you. I will play around with this all day :)
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by frm88 7mo ago
It really stands out and judging from the overall excellent quality of this article, that was very intentional. Answers the headline, too.
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by frm88 7mo ago
May I recommend Chris Hedges' American Fascists The Christian Right and the War on America, published in 2007. The current situation didn't develop in a vacuum, it is the mushroom that shows how far the mycelium has spread and how
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by frm88 7mo ago
On the note of memory consuming entities and coming with spectacular worldbuilding and an outstanding prose: Leech by Hiron Ennes. Ennes latest book The Works of Vermin is even better.
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by frm88 7mo ago
With a view on current geopolitics I find it absolutely irresponsible to use two US companies for attestation. The sanctions on ICC judges/prosecutors at the latest should have shown that it is a matter of national security to avoid a
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by frm88 7mo ago
Finally I found you! Thank you for making Hacki - it's perfect. The most recent updates enhance the quality quite a bit. Do you have a patreon where I can donate?
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by frm88 7mo ago
Let me try one last time to get my point across, I'm an ESL, so maybe I was phrasing this wrong. It's not about those 5 or another 5. It's about how wealth negatively influences compassion, empathy and overall behaviour. Ther
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by frm88 7mo ago
I usually agree with you, but in this case you're spectacularly wrong. Andreessen, Thiel, Musk, Ellison, Zuckerberg and others have contributed massively ie millions of dollars to the last federal election. They rail publicly against i
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by frm88 7mo ago
Colombia and Nicaragua have joined the chat https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_and_state-sponso...
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by frm88 7mo ago
The S&P500 will make an exception, too. Patrick Boyle made a video analysing this and pointing to consequences https://youtu.be/8rS3fTbC7TE?si=uYZU230dzqqwp1Np
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by frm88 7mo ago
Thank you for posting this. The visualisation is very powerful and the poem complements that power. It's standing in a virtual graveyard.
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by frm88 7mo ago
You realise that no vindication for the regime that’s built itself up as a regional pest, including sponsor of actual terrorism against ordinary people, for years. is a valid descriptor of the US as well?
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by frm88 7mo ago
And then what? Find any insurance company that is willing to insure your ship while it tries to travel the Strait. Or the gulf. Twice for each cargo.
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by frm88 7mo ago
There are a few to scale, like Emilia Romana (Italy, 8000 employees) or Mondragon in Spain (79K employees), unfortunately not in tech. I only know of DATEV with some 8000 employees in that sector. The co-op model in general is so very promi
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by frm88 7mo ago
USA weren't the one safeguarding (contentious but please read on) the world Another commenter posted a link collection of Palantir "safeguarding... the world" here https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47564

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