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by toomanyrichies 8mo ago
I was introduced to Mulatu Astatke's music from Jim Jarmusch's "Broken Flowers" soundtrack. [1] He's now one of my favorite African musicians. 1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yulnyGZ4d3Y&list
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by toomanyrichies 8mo ago
Speaking of Afro-rock, I'll take this opportunity to plug the Zamrock sub-genre, and specifically the bands WITCH [1], Ngozi Family [2], Chrissy Zebby Tembo, [3] and Amanaz [4]. The first 3 tracks are very garage-y. The 4th is more me
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by toomanyrichies 8mo ago
"Thankfully, we live in a beautifully democratic and capitalistic society where we can fight in court." Of course he's "thankful" for that, since in our "beautifully democratic and capitalistic" society, F
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U.S. Judge in Mangione Case Rules Prosecutors Cannot Seek Death Penalty(nytimes.com)
13 points by toomanyrichies 9mo ago|3 comments
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Tesla Profit Slumps, but Investors May Not Care(nytimes.com)
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Peter H. Duesberg, 89, Renowned Biologist Turned HIV Denialist, Dies(nytimes.com)
3 points by toomanyrichies 9mo ago|2 comments
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Almost All of Vimeo Staff Laid Off After Acquisition by Bending Spoons(petapixel.com)
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by toomanyrichies 9mo ago
Not only will there be no punitive action taken by this admin, but I fully expect Trump to extend the current flurry of lame-duck pardons to most if not all members of his administration, for any and all actions they may have taken, before
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by toomanyrichies 9mo ago
Thank you for posting this. I lost my father over the weekend, and I had a similarly traumatic relationship with him. Reading this could not have come at a better time. Oddly enough, the similarities extend to geography as well. My dad w
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Threads edges out X in daily mobile users, new data shows(techcrunch.com)
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Meta Lays Off 1,500 People in Metaverse Division(wsj.com)
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by toomanyrichies 9mo ago
His name was Keith Porter. [1] Relatedly, here's a fuller list of recent shootings by immigration agents. [2] 1. https://www.foxla.com/news/ice-shooting-keith-porter-northri... 2. https://en.wikipedia.o
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Dept of Defense to embed Grok family of models into GenAI.mil(war.gov)
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by toomanyrichies 10mo ago
As long as Trump's supporters continue to hate "woke" more than they love the rule of law, we will continue to get this as a result.
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by toomanyrichies 10mo ago
Yes, this and "unreasonable effectiveness" are both clichés at this point, and need to take a nice long rest.
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by toomanyrichies 10mo ago
> Can you look in the eye someone and forbid them from doing something that you just did? It makes zero sense. It sounds like you're assuming the goal is moral coherence. It isn't; Trump and MAGA have always been completely ph
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by toomanyrichies 10mo ago
Yugoslavia had NATO consensus, active ethnic cleansing in progress, and regional support. It’s a stronger case than Venezuela, and even it is still debated. Countries aren’t children. This framing smuggles in an assumption that the US h
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by toomanyrichies 10mo ago
The EU isn’t my utopia, and I’m not sure where you got that. My point is narrower: unilateral regime change has a bad track record, and defending allies against invasion is a different category of action. You seem to be arguing against a
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by toomanyrichies 10mo ago
You’re conflating two different things: defending allies against invasion (Ukraine, Taiwan) and unilateral regime change (Venezuela, Iraq, Libya). I agree that deterrence requires credible force. Defending Ukraine from Russian invasion i
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by toomanyrichies 10mo ago
Some Venezuelans are celebrating. Some Iraqis celebrated when Saddam’s statue fell. How they felt five years later is the more relevant data point. “Let them speak for themselves” is doing a lot of work here. Which Venezuelans? The ones
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by toomanyrichies 10mo ago
And it's usually those who have never experienced the aftermath of US intervention defending it. Ask Iraqis how they feel about the intervention that killed hundreds of thousands and created ISIS. Ask Libyans enjoying their open-air
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by toomanyrichies 10mo ago
> We have the capacity to evaluate whether overthrowing a dictator is good or bad on its own terms. The US has claimed the capacity to make this evaluation before, repeatedly, and has been wrong in ways that killed hundreds of thousands
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by toomanyrichies 10mo ago
"Overthrowing a dictator sounds morally right. No one mourns a tyrant. But international law wasn't built to protect the good, but to restrain the powerful. That's why it prohibits force almost without exception: not because
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by toomanyrichies 10mo ago
Remember this energy when someone stronger than you decides they want your wallet.
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by toomanyrichies 10mo ago
https://inside.fifa.com/campaigns/football-unites-the-world/...
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by toomanyrichies 10mo ago
https://xcancel.com/sentdefender/status/2007341118204330216
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by toomanyrichies 10mo ago
Fair enough on the personal decision part. I'm less interested in telling people what to do and more interested in whether the premise ('nicer things = happier') actually tracks with how human satisfaction works. The resear
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by toomanyrichies 10mo ago
> Plenty of people are happier with nicer things. Are they truly happier, in the sense of being more content? Or are they just deriving more temporary pleasure from the hedonic treadmill they're on? You can probably tell which one
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by toomanyrichies 10mo ago
https://archive.ph/0NoEk
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Former 'South Park' writer owns Trump Kennedy Center domain names(nydailynews.com)
4 points by toomanyrichies 10mo ago|2 comments

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