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by wumeow 3y ago
Headline is absolutely false. She was not trapped. Not surprised TikTok boosted the video though.
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by wumeow 3y ago
After a honeymoon period, labor unions usually become just another middleman.
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by wumeow 3y ago
Everyone in that thread is suggesting he lawyer up, but the copycat is almost certainly in China so that’s a waste of time. The best he can hope for is to get it taken off the Play Store.
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by wumeow 3y ago
People with innate ability almost always take it for granted.
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by wumeow 3y ago
Yes, and only assets or idiots think that would satiate Russia. Russia opened its invasion by trying to capture Kyiv, and we know from Putin’s comments and military documents that the goal is to annex the entire country. Even if Ukraine ced
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by wumeow 3y ago
Posing a question at the end of a tweet like in figure 12 is a common Engagement 101 tactic to boost replies to a post and get it picked up by the algorithm.
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by wumeow 3y ago
I’m not sure if you saw in the article but > Lawmakers in at least seven other states have introduced similar bills recently. While most have stalled in committee, a Tennessee bill recently sailed through the GOP-controlled House and Sen
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by wumeow 3y ago
It happens in every thread like this and it’s extremely frustrating, especially when you dig into the US side and find out it’s not as bad as the sensationalists make it seem.
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by wumeow 3y ago
Japan, Taiwan, New York, this is apparently the year of the earthquake.
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by wumeow 3y ago
If they wanted to be secretive, then they just wouldn’t say they have a CIA director as an advisor.
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by wumeow 3y ago
He’s an advisor https://www.newsguardtech.com/our-advisory-board/ > NewsGuard’s advisors provide advice and subject-matter expertise to NewsGuard. They play no role in the determinations of ratings or the Nutrition
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by wumeow 3y ago
The CLOUD act has provisions that allow a company to challenge a warrant if the target is not a US person and obtaining the data would violate local laws.
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by wumeow 3y ago
Appealed and overturned: https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSKCN0ZU1RI/ > which I don't really buy because China can't arrest you over here Not entirely true: https://www.politico.com/
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by wumeow 3y ago
> First, under modern conditions, it’s impossible for a ship (except for submarines, but that will change soon) to hide from satellites and aircraft . Anyone know what he’s referring to here about submarines?
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by wumeow 3y ago
> That the report was true … And now you’re pulling my leg
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by wumeow 3y ago
Countered in the very same thread: https://www.mail-archive.com/cryptography@metzdowd.com/msg12...
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by wumeow 3y ago
Given the extremely sketchy provenance of the story’s data, the timing of the story’s publishing, the fact it was published by a tabloid and that even the reporters who wrote it questioned its validity, and that two subsequent investigation
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by wumeow 3y ago
As the wikipedia article says, the Hunter Biden laptop story was an obvious October surprise that ended up proving nothing about Joe Biden. There sure was disinfo being peddled during that saga, but not from the Democrats.
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by wumeow 3y ago
That particular poster frequently gets first post. They just have a lot of time on their hands.
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by wumeow 3y ago
I feel like if this was just caused by anesthesia, it would be a lot more common. Think of how many people go in for a colonoscopy each year.
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by wumeow 3y ago
I’m making no claims about Ukraine’s military position, I’m saying Mr “close to zero new cases by end of April” Musk makes predictions based wholly on his political feelings instead of any sort of rational analysis, and given that he follow
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by wumeow 3y ago
Musk has completely tumbled down the far-right rabbit hole at this point so I’m not surprised he thinks Ukraine should just roll over.
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by wumeow 3y ago
> Abdeljawad's Facebook timeline is public, so the FBI agents could have found it themselves. For the past week, she has made multiple angry posts per day about the war in Gaza, referring to Israel as "Israhell." But none
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by wumeow 3y ago
> LinkedIn Press Shift + Ctrl + Win + Alt + L for a surprise
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by wumeow 3y ago
Has anybody here seen both this and the Tencent adaptation from last year? How do they compare?
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by wumeow 3y ago
> The second article says, "A big part of the problem is rooted in the legalization of industrial hemp, which looks and smells like marijuana but won’t get you high." The next sentence says farm-scale hemp production was legali
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by wumeow 3y ago
https://www.themainewire.com/2023/11/triad-weed-illegal-chin... https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/jan/12/oregon-marij...
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by wumeow 3y ago
Yeah, that could be worded a little better. What happens is people end up thinking they “know” some account named BasedPepe1488 and shut out any outside information.
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by wumeow 3y ago
See also states like Maine where legalization has led to a huge increase in illegal farms run by gangs and cartels.
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> The complaint alleges the families will probably have to abandon their ranches from which they sell livestock. That is pretty catastrophic contamination. Wonder if any of the contaminated meat was sold.

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