metabagel

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by metabagel 6mo ago
Let's be clear that Democrats support democracy and the democratic process. Republicans support oligarchy and a new gilded age of robber barons. If government actually funded news in the public interest, it would mean that Democrats we
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by metabagel 6mo ago
Republicans have been trying to cut funding for PBS.
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by metabagel 6mo ago
Super-intelligent AI will probably be pretty good at manipulating people. This sci-fi podcast posits a future where The Program has taken over society. It started out as an application for assigning gig work. Eventually, it began to assign
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by metabagel 6mo ago
The point of the comment you are replying to is that it's often logically inconsistent for people to say that violence is never the answer, given the amount of violence committed by our military, law enforcement, immigration enforcemen
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by metabagel 6mo ago
> The Anthropocene might be tragic for the natural world but not terminal. I'm not so sure. I'm reminded of this quote: “How did you go bankrupt?" “Two ways. Gradually, then suddenly.” ― Ernest Hemingway, The Sun Also Rise
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by metabagel 6mo ago
Plus, we are in the process of making parts of the earth unlivable for humans.
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by metabagel 6mo ago
Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb (Recorded at Live 8) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_4uEaZQ2Kg
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by metabagel 6mo ago
Also this... "Trump Administration Seals Extinction Fate for Rice’s Whale in Offshore Drilling Decision" https://www.sierraclub.org/press-releases/2026/03/trump-admi...
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by metabagel 6mo ago
Perhaps this should be submitted under "Show".
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by metabagel 7mo ago
The JCPOA kept Iran from developing nuclear weapons. It was only the abrogation of this agreement by Trump which led Iran to resume enrichment of uranium.
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by metabagel 7mo ago
So, how do I actually set this for my Mac, or is this something which each application may or may not do?
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Hackers got Denver crosswalks to hate on Trump(denverite.com)
5 points by metabagel 7mo ago|2 comments
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by metabagel 7mo ago
The U.S. didn't invade Ukraine. We gave Ukraine a lot of old stuff from our stockpiles and bought new stuff for ourselves. It's generally not called a "subsidy". It's called "foreign aid".
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by metabagel 7mo ago
> I believe it’s genuinely silly to think this type of activity is limited to one party No, it is mostly just the one party.
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by metabagel 7mo ago
I don't think so. I think Trump just thought it would be easy and with no repercussions.
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by metabagel 7mo ago
Iran can block the Strait of Hormuz indefinitely. They are demanding war reparations from the United States. Since Trump won't do that, the best case scenario seems to be that one or more third parties - Europe, India, Japan, Saudi Ara
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by metabagel 7mo ago
A lot of people vote for vibes, not policies. The mistake is in not giving them the vibe they are asking for.
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by metabagel 7mo ago
> In Firefox you cannot choose the folder to save files to, which is something I absolutely need because I mostly download porn but once in a while I have non-porn and these two must be in different folders. First world problems.
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Scientists plan to transport volatile antimatter for first time(theguardian.com)
7 points by metabagel 7mo ago|0 comments
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by metabagel 7mo ago
This is super offensive.
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by metabagel 7mo ago
Because it's a legit safety concern not based on racism or bigotry.
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by metabagel 7mo ago
They never actually say what the project is, LOL. I figured out that it’s to put the guts of a framework laptop into an old MacBook case.
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by metabagel 8mo ago
Can someone ELI5?
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by metabagel 8mo ago
Wow, he’s my age. I can’t imagine doing what he did at the age of 10. Impressive.
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by metabagel 8mo ago
> This post is littered with them in places they don't belong Does he speak the same way - pausing for emphasis?
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by metabagel 8mo ago
It's a conversational writing style.
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by metabagel 8mo ago
Musk illegally impounded funds resulting in about 800,000 deaths a year for the foreseeable future. It does tend to make one angry.
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by metabagel 8mo ago
Somehow, you picked the least credible Ars staffer to me.
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by metabagel 8mo ago
I think it's because the Democratic Party has moved away from socialist policies, e.g., Medicare For All.
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by metabagel 8mo ago
ICE and CBP are building a lot of concentration camps. Clearly, they are planning to fill them.

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