doubtingtammy 4d ago • 100%
Why are you telling us to kill Palestinians?
doubtingtammy 4d ago • 80%
Holy shit. I interacted with you months ago, and can't believe you're still just out here telling removed to kill themselves
doubtingtammy 4d ago • 100%
Blowback
doubtingtammy 5d ago • 75%
Imagine opposing a genocide only because of horse race politics
doubtingtammy 2w ago • 100%
doubtingtammy 2w ago • 96%
is too politically hog-tied to back out of existing deals.
He is ignoring US laws about supplying arms to countries plausibly accused of genocide. He's suppressing career bureaucats' assessments of israeli conduct. He's the one doing the hogtying
This could still be a turning point,
It wasn't. The quote is from back in May, when Biden lied about having a red line about Raffa
doubtingtammy 2w ago • 91%
Oh shit. Nobody tell congress or else they're gonna ban linux
doubtingtammy 2w ago • 94%
On the hardware level, it will take a while. In the software level, I don’t think it will ever happen.
I'm no computer engineer, but this seems like a silly take. Hardware requires supply chains and some of the most closely guarded technology in the world. Software requires programmers and time.
the Linux Kernel, the GNU stuff, the systemd stuff, the Freedesktop specifications, Xorg if they still use it, wayland protocols and wlroots, are all developed by people from The West,
Literally anyone can download those things and fork them. And I wouldn't be surprised if there's already chinese contributors. And if China really wanted, they could even ignore the GPL and not publish their changes to the source code 😲
Not everyone can download extreme UV lithography.
doubtingtammy 2w ago • 96%
Because of propaganda, people find it easier to imagine the end of the world before the end of capitalism. Just the same, theres lots of commenters here that could imagine the end of the internet before they imagine the end of advertising on the internet.
doubtingtammy 2w ago • 88%
Pay executives less. Focus on grants and PBS-style 'underwriting'. Subscription services like email and VPN.
Getting into advertising is just jumping into an intractable conflict of interest.
doubtingtammy 2w ago • 83%
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doubtingtammy 2w ago • 100%
It means he can't go to Israel
doubtingtammy 3w ago • 100%
That can't be it. Of course the foreign intelligence headquarters were built with all sorts of security in mind.
doubtingtammy 3w ago • 100%
Long dresses, leggings, tight sweaters, scarves, and really all the other cold accessories (cute gloves, hat, boots, etc.). In some ways I find it easier to dress in a gender affirming way when it's cold.
Of course I'm saying all that knowing I'm just gonna wear a big hoody and jeans all winter
doubtingtammy 3w ago • 100%
Like LoacalOaf said, it's more about where the tat is. Like how the laser hurts 100x more on the upper lip than it does on the cheek.
doubtingtammy 3w ago • 100%
Rabbi Shay Tahan, the Rosh Kollel of Shaarei Ezra in Brooklyn, NY, graciously opens the gates to understand them.
White dude from Brooklyn: "God promised me Lebanon"
doubtingtammy 3w ago • 100%
just think this is an incredibly irresponsible and flagrant way to phrase the title specifically. Data doesn’t support it, the sheer numbers don’t support it either. Like the actual number is 0.000004% percent of the US population have been sentenced to death, and executed in the US since 1976.
You've completely lost the plot, mate. Nobody is saying that a significant percent of the population is being executed.
How many people have been executed on Putin's orders? A hundred? So that's only like 0.00007% of the Russian population. no big deal then.
The VAST majority of that coming from the south.
because we’re talking about a specific state, exercising independent rights over capital punishment,
Independent rights granted by the supreme court. AKA the federal government. The 9 robed, tenured individuals are part of the regime. You're just uncritically accepting the federalist society's position here.
Did you know there was once a moratorium on all executions in the US? But you seem to think of it as a natural law that Missouri has the right to execute whoever they please.
The title reads as if the “US government” (an entity, which is not an appropriate description) solely and single handedly murdered a guy
You're inferring way too much here. Nobody said or implied that the US federal government was solely responsible for this execution. When a headline reads that the Russian regime assassinated a political dissident, do you take the time to point out the federated nature of the Russian government? Would it matter that the evidence points more to an official act of the Dagestan government instead of a direct order from the Kremlin?
Obviously this isn't a perfect analogy. But the "US government" (the entity, which is an appropriate description) has given the greenlight for these executions. The supreme court has approved these punishments, and the executive and legislative branches have done nothing to prevent it.
doubtingtammy 3w ago • 100%
suddenly, that lone state speaks for an entire population of 330 million people.
When someone calls a government a "regime" they're usually implying that the government doesn't accurately reflect the will of the people.
doubtingtammy 3w ago • 100%
this wouldn’t even be a regime at all judging by modern contemporary definitions.
I'd like to see the definition you're talking about. The dictionary definitions definitely fit. Sometimes the definition doesn't even have negative connotations. You're just offended because someone used a word reserved for enemies of the US to describe the US.
Im learning how to see right now. I've just someone some bags and pillows so far, but I really want to make clothing. I'll start simple, but I'd eventually like to make the things that (imo) are the hardest to get as a trans woman: panties, bras, and pants. Have any of you made these? Do you have any resources or communities you recommend?
I did not have 'Pelosi takes on the gerontocracy' on my 2024 bingo card > One Pelosi ally said it was possible she would press Biden publicly to give up his spot atop the Democratic ticket. >“The speaker does not want to call on him to resign, but she will do everything in her power to make sure it happens,” this person said, referring to Biden quitting the race. [Edit] changed the title to Politico's after reading this community's sidebar
"**Thank God for Mississippi**" is an [adage](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adage "Adage") used in the United States, particularly in the [South](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_United_States "Southern United States"), that is generally used when discussing rankings of U.S. states.[\[1\]](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thank_God_for_Mississippi#cite_note-1) Examples include [rankings of educational achievement](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_by_educational_attainment "List of U.S. states by educational attainment"), business opportunities,[\[2\]](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thank_God_for_Mississippi#cite_note-2) obesity rates,[\[3\]](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thank_God_for_Mississippi#cite_note-3) overall health,[\[4\]](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thank_God_for_Mississippi#cite_note-4) the [poverty rate](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_US_states_by_poverty_rate "List of US states by poverty rate"),[\[5\]](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thank_God_for_Mississippi#cite_note-5) [life expectancy](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_by_life_expectancy "List of U.S. states by life expectancy"), or other criteria of the quality of life or government in the 50 U.S. states.[\[6\]](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thank_God_for_Mississippi#cite_note-6)[\[7\]](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thank_God_for_Mississippi#cite_note-7)[\[8\]](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thank_God_for_Mississippi#cite_note-8) Since the U.S. state of [Mississippi](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mississippi "Mississippi") commonly ranks at or near the bottom of such rankings, residents of other states also ranking near the bottom may say, "Thank God for Mississippi", since the presence of that state in 50th place spares them of being ranked last.[\[9\]](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thank_God_for_Mississippi#cite_note-9) The phrase is in use even among state government officials[\[10\]](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thank_God_for_Mississippi#cite_note-10)[\[11\]](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thank_God_for_Mississippi#cite_note-11) and journalists,[\[12\]](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thank_God_for_Mississippi#cite_note-12)[\[13\]](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thank_God_for_Mississippi#cite_note-13)[\[14\]](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thank_God_for_Mississippi#cite_note-14)[\[15\]](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thank_God_for_Mississippi#cite_note-15) though occasionally with a slight modification
Biden has done more to undermine the US empire in the last 8 months than Trump did in 4 years. Biden is exposing the contradictions of US empire in a way that Trump could never. If Trump was president, then the mainstream narrative would be that the genocide in Gaza was simply because of Trump and Bibi's leadership. And you know what? Given how past presidents were able to rein in Israel when polite society started sympathizing with Palestinians, it would be believable. Instead, we get to see front and center, how a man that's been at the top echelons of us foreign policy for decades approves and supports genocide. This is the establishment's genocidal war. In other words, Trump is perceived as an aberration, even when hes just continuing the same US foreign policy that weve been doing for decades. Moving the embassy to Jerusalem is still framed as entirely Trump's decision, even though he was just enacting a policy that Biden voted for in the 90s. And of course Biden did nothing to reverse that move, or even try to extract concessions to move peace talks forward. Biden is damaging the "international rules-based order" in a way that would make Dick Cheney blush. Bush at least tried to put a veneer of international law on the criminal invasion of Iraq. But it appears the US and Israel are ready to burn the UN to the ground in order to carry out this genocide. Trump would be doing the same exact thing, except he would also serve as a scape goat for the liberal order (just get trump out of office, and we can go back to rule-following) Don't get me wrong, they're both excellent accelerationist candidates. The world is watching two senile, hateful, egotistical vile men fight for control of the empire as the world burns.
Looking for recommendations of music podcasts. The only one I listen to is [Afropop worldwide](https://afropop.org/), which is one of my favorite podcasts/radio shows . I realize there aren't a ton of straight-up music podcasts because of copyright issues, but what have you got?
Their original intro was a banger. It's something like a ringtone trying to do pop punk. 5 seconds into the intro, the hosts start telling you the upcoming stories as the music fades in and out. A host tells the date and her name, then the other hosts introduce themselves. 40 seconds in, the show starts. The whole time that song was fun. A+ intro. I would have no problem listening to the intro anywhere. Compare that to their current intro. It's a slow dollar store Brian eno jingle that swells as you hear the most cliche'd clips about what science is. You have an old professorial European talking about "data". You have an annoying kid asking a question about light. 40 seconds into the intro, and you're *just* getting the headlines. That just takes a few seconds, then you're forced to suffer through 10 more seconds of the Brian eNot. An example of the old intro: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-02159-6 after just 5 seconds you're hearing about mollusk fossils Example of the new intro: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-01230-1 It's cringe. I would die if someone heard that intro coming from my car (still a good podcast though).
I recently got a Sony prs 600 e reader from 2009. The battery is at the end of its life (It lasts about 3 days with heavy reading, and a couple weeks without reading). No backlight, no Wi-Fi, just an SD card that I can load epub files and small PDFs. The screen is slow and the contrast isn't the best. The "touch screen" is the old resistive type where you really need to press with your nail or a stylus. Despite all those flaws, it's fantastic. It's just good enough for reading books. I read with large text so I don't even need to put on glasses, and it's easier to read than an actual book. Combined with Anna's archive, I'm reading more than I ever have before. No Wi-Fi nd slow screen make the experience feel closer to an actual book than a smartphone. It's great to just have a device do one thing without distractions popping up every minute. It's all old technology, but it's so rare to see anyone with an e-reader. Probably because they're still expensive *and* designed to microtransact the fuck out of you. So do you think there could be a simple open source e reader? I see pine64 is making the "pinenote", but it's still just the developer version, it's expensive, doesn't have an sd card, and looks like it's trying to be a lot more than an reader. Maybe it'll come down in cost, or they'll release a simpler version? The biggest obstacle for making an e-reader seems to be the screen, so maybe the pinenote's screen could become something of a standard. Or maybe I'm overthinking it, because there's already so many old Kindles and nooks out there that could be improved with a new battery and maybe new firmware too. Thoughts?
I need y'all to understand: Biden isnt losing votes from the far left. He never had those votes, and could never get them. He's losing the votes of Muslims and Arabs in Michigan and Philly. He's losing the votes of moderates who are watching Israel's final solution in horror. He's losing the votes of Latinos and Haitians who see the southern border is getting more militarized and more violent every year [Edit] to be 100% clear: If you oppose Israel's war on Palestine, but plan on voting for Biden this November,this post isn't about you.