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by zfg 2y ago
Doesn't seem to be. SpaceX is issuing direct threats to civil servants: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/faa-worker... It's grubby.
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by zfg 2y ago
> There's nothing to be gained by allowing one corrupt regime to battle another corrupt regime This is the least ambiguous war you're ever likely to see. There is clear right and there is clear wrong. Ukraine is clearly in th
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by zfg 2y ago
> Why do you suggest a side that is undoubtedly winning forget about their hundreds of thousands dead and simply withdraw? Why do you suggest that a side that has valiantly resisted the invader forget about their hundreds of thousands
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by zfg 2y ago
> "Whatever the cost" could not be more clear. There's a simple solution to that. The war can end tomorrow. All Russia needs to do is get out of Ukraine. All of it. Simple to do, easy to achieve. No more Russians need to
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Elon Musk Dubiously Blames George Soros, Reid Hoffman over Tesla Protests(forbes.com)
24 points by zfg 2y ago|14 comments
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by zfg 2y ago
It is the Putinization of America: https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2025/02/pu... And that's sure working for Putin: https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive&#
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by zfg 2y ago
Who do you think is setting foreign policy? How sure are you that "Trump is going to be a President only for a few years" ? Even if elections proceed as normal, how sure are you that JD Vance, for example, won't win the next
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McLaren Invented New Carbon Fiber Tape to Build Even More Complex Parts(thedrive.com)
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by zfg 2y ago
> you are talking about domestic politics. It turns out it matters who runs the country and how they run it.
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Volkswagen reintroducing physical controls for vital functions(autocar.co.uk)
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The world’s first electric seaglider just hit a major milestone(electrek.co)
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by zfg 2y ago
A straightforward solution is it to pay for it.
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DOGE's chaotic effort to release billions of gallons of California's water(cnn.com)
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by zfg 2y ago
> And Trump is going to be a President only for a few years. Except people are going silent, cowed into submission by threats of violence: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/06/us/politics/trump-de
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by zfg 2y ago
Like what? What's an example?
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Ukraine, Nuclear Weapons, and Security Assurances at a Glance (2020)(armscontrol.org)
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by zfg 2y ago
They'll also need to get control of the software stacks of any American weapons systems and fighter jets they have.
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by zfg 2y ago
What does that mean?
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by zfg 2y ago
It's been going on for a while. Congressmen and senators have allowed threats of violence to control how they vote: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2023/11/mitt-ro... To quote the artic
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Solar film you can stick anywhere to generate energy is nearly here(newatlas.com)
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Wall Street is turning its back on Elon Musk(cnn.com)
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by zfg 2y ago
> Why is this news? Because Tesla used to claim that they would own one fifth of global passenger car sales by 2030: https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-tesla-likely-20-mi... https://www.businessinside
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Taiwan exploring low-orbit satellite options(taipeitimes.com)
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by zfg 2y ago
This just keeps getting grubbier. The US is indeed now a Russian ally.
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by zfg 2y ago
Taiwan similarly can't trust Starlink. Putin, on behalf of China, asked Musk to not activate Starlink over Taiwan: https://www.wsj.com/world/russia/musk-putin-secret-conversat... Taiwan's space agency is
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by zfg 2y ago
You can get extended security updates for Windows 10 for another 3 years: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/whats-new/extended...
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by zfg 2y ago
And then they will say, "You see? Government doesn't work. We must privatize this service." And they will hand that contract to their friends.
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Timothy Snyder: will Trump's Ukraine peace plan just lead to more war? [video](youtube.com)
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by zfg 2y ago
Kleptocracy 101. Reduce government capacity and make sure government spending is funneled to the companies of me and my friends. The problem with making government profitable for oligarchs is that they never want to relinquish control of it
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by zfg 2y ago
I have a cellular regeneration and entertainment chamber. It's specially designed to transmit biogenic energy on a chromoelectric wavelength and send uplifting and entertaining messages to the nuclei of every cell. I'm going to li

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