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by jorblumesea 7mo ago
I really don't think he thought it was equivalent, he was just larping and thought he could trick people.
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by jorblumesea 7mo ago
they will get poor people to die fighting each other, as it works today.
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by jorblumesea 7mo ago
As if this isn't intentional or an added benefit. AI is the wet dream of the capital class, no need to negotiate with greedy workers asking for rights and benefits. There will be a chasm between the wealthy and everyone else. the futur
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by jorblumesea 7mo ago
This is largely true for almost all US public services. Decades of focusing on the needs of the 1% is producing a situation where almost everything is under funded or poorly implemented. Critical infrastructure isn't a priority.
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by jorblumesea 8mo ago
You mean, what's been happening to the USA? this isn't a new trend. Militarization of police, open attacks on democracy, unilateral foreign policy moves. the country jumped the shark post 9/11 and has been on a slow rot since
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by jorblumesea 8mo ago
probably not far outside the realm of what rfk has actually done. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/12/us/politics/rfk-jr-rock-c...
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by jorblumesea 8mo ago
Except for all the other blatantly unconstitutional rulings in his favor. Presidential immunity one will go down in history as a black stain on America and the courts. and still this current ruling was a 6-3 vote.
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by jorblumesea 8mo ago
while it sucks, paying for it out of pocket is probably cheaper if you can't get it covered. In the long run, $1500 as a bridge until your 40s feels cheaper than stage 4 cancer.
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by jorblumesea 8mo ago
It's not surprising. smart, educated people are a direct threat to the current administration and in general the US right has had academia in its sights for awhile. Ultimately it's bad for the country but how the US has been trend
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by jorblumesea 8mo ago
if by "culture" you mean rampant corporate propagandized media then yes. the US has historically been pretty close to europe over the last 100 years on many aspects. In the 70s there was legitimate debate about college being free.
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by jorblumesea 8mo ago
cruel and obviously politically motivated, meant to send a message to HK and anyone who publicly criticizes the CCP.
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by jorblumesea 9mo ago
It touched a nerve because no one in the trump admin is qualified to do their job. There's a lot of corruption and a lot of people getting access to things they shouldn't due to their relationship and loyalty, not merit. There&#x2
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by jorblumesea 9mo ago
It's literally not a joke, probably the most egregious example of a completely unqualified doormat that will do whatever dear leader wants. It's also by design, no roadblocks for the fanta menace.
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by jorblumesea 9mo ago
Being a good ally isn't just doing entirely what the US says the should do. The US needs to coordinate responses to China and work with allies to come to a shared understanding. How the current administration operates is assuming these
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by jorblumesea 9mo ago
fair point, forced to break off ties
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by jorblumesea 9mo ago
Carney's speech at Davos is extremely telling: https://www.youtube.com/live/dE981Z_TaVo?si=Ct_1GIQe4Orm0wGU who would have thought that America's closest geographic and cultural ally would feel the need to di
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by jorblumesea 9mo ago
I wouldn't count on the people that elected trump, twice (!), to come to their senses. The American voter cannot be trusted to do what is right for the country.
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by jorblumesea 9mo ago
I'm surprised that people are so surprised by this. Funds operate with risk management models and practices. As the US becomes more unstable, politically, these will weigh in on how much money people keep in US markets. US threats to a
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by jorblumesea 9mo ago
The current plan, as proposed, isn't even accurate or helpful. It has butter under healthy fats, which it is not. "meat" is thoroughly vague and red meat is very different from fish and poultry. Red meat of all types are fill
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by jorblumesea 9mo ago
All of this coming while the administration guts science funding, food inspections, vaccine guidelines, handouts to farmers producing nutrient poor foods, corporatist policies creating more food deserts. thoroughly discredits what they are
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by jorblumesea 9mo ago
Says you? because that's not what cardiologists, nutritionists and doctors say. around the world. there's a ton of real, good science from many countries that show a very clear link between increased saturated fat intake, CVD and
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by jorblumesea 9mo ago
there are literally thousands of studies. there's no real scientific debate amongst people that know what they are talking about. Red meat, and any food high in saturated fats, are awful for your heart. full stop. that includes sausage
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by jorblumesea 9mo ago
not sure where people have been for the last year but MAHA and rfk have been on the "fat is good train" and seem to completely ignore entire decades of science.
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by jorblumesea 9mo ago
CVD and links to saturated fats is a long, long established phenomenon and has a lot of science behind it. A single study or even studies should not invalidate or discount it. Before people misinterpret what this is saying. Sugar may also c
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by jorblumesea 10mo ago
yeah social media is proving itself to be a bad actor like big alcohol, big tobacco. No incentive to do the right thing or improve anything. ripping audiences away from them is the only way they'll understand.
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by jorblumesea 11mo ago
That's a really cool use case and seems super helpful. working cloud native is a chore sometimes. having to fiddle with internal apis, acl/permissions issues.
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by jorblumesea 1y ago
Bold of you to assume the public will ever catch up or care in the world of relentless algos and propagandizing. Tariffs have been in place for months now, which is objectively a regressive self imposed tax on US citizens.
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by jorblumesea 1y ago
How is this relevant? the US falling into autocratic despotism and international isolation is the issue here.
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by jorblumesea 1y ago
It's going to get worse, I'd imagine, as more Americans double down on 2nd citizenship, permanent residencies. As the US becomes more unstable, the risk of overstaying is going to increase. Countries will start yanking visa free e
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by jorblumesea 1y ago
the people who need to watch this aren't likely on HN or critically thinking about any of this.

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