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[–] [email protected] 35 points 1 day ago (3 children)

neutrons and electrons reportedly very upset as well.

[–] [email protected] 114 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (4 children)

Despite confusion and lack of clarity, officials tried to play up Trump’s unpredictability as strategic leverage rather than a sign of disarray.

That's literally all Trump's teams ever do and have ever done.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

He's old and obviously experiencing dementia. Don't bet on it. His frailty and broken mind will be used as an excuse

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Look, I've been worried about being under surveillance for my political views and personal connections since the Bush era (made friends in college with middle eastern exhange students who went back to their home country and kept in touch). Technically (not really) being part of the queer community because I date transwomen (transwomen are women, duh) further complicates the matter. Not looking to be the first white cisman US citizen to be disappeared to El Salvador, thanks.

If I manage to leave the country I better god damn have a plan to not have to come back and to get some form of political asylum elsewhere.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

You never, ever go wrong with Cicierega.

[–] [email protected] 86 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (4 children)

Expect more of this in the USA as everything falls apart.

Also expect people to just start dumping used oil anywhere and everywhere, like in the same bodies of water they're fishing from.

Just start to expect the air you breathe the water you drink the food you eat to generally be poisoned.

Flint, Michigan style water crises coming to a city near you!

[–] [email protected] 52 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_Contagion_Research_Institute#Concerns

Media scholar Jack Bratich has criticized the NCRI for a lack of neutrality, accusing it of being used to target domestic dissenters labelled as threats. In 2021, the NCRI was criticized by Matthew Lyons of the anti-fascist project Three Way Fight for equating undesirable political views on the left and right, particularly in the wake of the George Floyd protests and for allegedly aligning with state security interests.

Further, the "full article" is from Straight Arrow News, which is owned by Joe Ricketts:

https://www.reuters.com/article/business/media-telecom/billionaire-businessman-joe-ricketts-launching-news-outlet-idUSKBN29O2CH/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Ricketts#Political_activities

In the 2016 presidential election, Ricketts donated at least one million dollars in support of Donald Trump. Ricketts also raised funds for the Future45 Super Pac and the 45Committee, a pro-Trump 501(c)4 organization that is not required to disclose its donors. During the Republican primaries, Ricketts had contributed to Our Principles PAC, a Super PAC dedicated to opposing Trump. Ricketts explained his changed position citing economic grounds, stating that Hillary Clinton "represents four more years of the Obama-Clinton economic policies that continue to cripple the middle class."

Together with his spouse, Ricketts contributed $2.2 million to Donald Trump's 2020 presidential campaign.

Yet the source here, AllSides, rates this news source as "Center."

https://www.allsides.com/news-source/straight-arrow-news-media-bias

Bullshit, every step of this, from NCRI, to Straight Arrow News, to All Sides, is nothing but fucking bullshit.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago

There's a secret we wanna know
How the hell, how the hell are we supposed to know?
How to live in the twenty-first century
When every move you make everyone can see
So they tell you

Why generation

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago

Nope, they have to give Trump cover while he fucks everything up and then give a fig leaf of a solution after it is too late.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 days ago

Misleading title. Article says nothing about intent to crash the economy.

Says everything about his DOGE plans, which indeed, are going according to Musk's plans. He said temporary hardship for people because the budget needed to be balanced. He is referring to cutting line items from the budget, like people on Federal payroll.

They weren't actually balancing the budget as much as they were dismanting the administrative state, but the tariffs risk hyperinflation as other countries dump the USD as a reserve currency and we self-inflict wounds of high importation costs. That will destroy any ability to lie about balancing the budget because the budget will become impossible to balance in a hyperinflationary environment.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

I don't play CounterStrike or Team Fortress 2 because I'm not a god damned masochist.

In the end, I'm technically already boycotting them.

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FIDLAR - MAKING SHIT UP (www.youtube.com)
submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
 

I keep on making shit up in my head
I'm freaking out all the time
I get so sad then get so depressed
You don't know what it's like

I keep on making shit up in my head
I over-analyze my life
I get so sad then treat myself like shit
You don't know what it's like, you don't know what it's like
To be me

I keep on making shit up on the regs
I keep on making up these stories in my head
And I keep thinking that I don't have a single friend
And even though I'm always hanging out with all of them
So are you ever gonna call me now?
You only love me whеn you want me around
And then you treat mе like shit, here we go again
You don't know what it's like

I keep on making shit up in my head
I'm freaking out all the time
I get so sad then get so depressed
You don't know what it's like, you don't know what it's like

I keep on making shit up in my head
I over-analyze my life
I flip a switch and become a bitch
You don't know what it's like, you don't know what it's like
To be me

I keep on making shit up in my head
I keep on lying to myself and all my friends
And holding onto all of these stupid little resentments
And even if I have to call you out again
So are you ever gonna come around?
You only love me when you want me around
And then we pretend that life's all good again
You don't know what it's like, you don't know what it's like

I keep on making shit up in my head
I'm freaking out all the time
I get so sad then get so depressed
You don't know what it's like, you don't know what it's like

I keep on making shit up in my head
I over-analyze my life
I get so sad and then I fucking flip
You don't know what it's like, you don't know what it's like
To be me

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submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
 

I don’t want to do this

I don’t want to be here

I don’t want to meet 'em

I don’t want to listen

I don’t want to do this

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submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
 

I don't want to do this

I don't want to be here

I don't want to meet 'em

I don't want to listen

I don't want to do this

 

I built a little empire out of some crazy garbage

Called the blood of the exploited working class

But they've overcome their shyness

Now they're calling me Your Highness

And a world screams, "Kiss me, Son of God"

I destroyed a bond of friendship and respect

Between the only people left who'd even look me in the eye

Now I laugh and make a fortune

Off the same ones that I tortured

And a world screams, "Kiss me, Son of God"

I look like Jesus, so they say

But Mr. Jesus is very far away

Now you're the only one here who can tell me if it's true

That you love me and I love me

I built a little empire out of some crazy garbage

Called the blood of the exploited working class

But they've overcome their shyness

Now they're calling me Your Highness

And a world screams, "Kiss me, Son of God"

Yes a world screams, "Kiss me, Son of God"

 

I built a little empire out of some crazy garbage

Called the blood of the exploited working class

But they've overcome their shyness

Now they're calling me Your Highness

And a world screams, "Kiss me, Son of God"

I destroyed a bond of friendship and respect

Between the only people left who'd even look me in the eye

Now I laugh and make a fortune

Off the same ones that I tortured

And a world screams, "Kiss me, Son of God"

I look like Jesus, so they say

But Mr. Jesus is very far away

Now you're the only one here who can tell me if it's true

That you love me and I love me

I built a little empire out of some crazy garbage

Called the blood of the exploited working class

But they've overcome their shyness

Now they're calling me Your Highness

And a world screams, "Kiss me, Son of God"

Yes a world screams, "Kiss me, Son of God"

 
 

Hackers leaked thousands of files from Lexipol, a Texas-based company that develops policy manuals, training bulletins, and consulting services for first responders.

The manuals, which are crafted by Lexipol’s team of public sector attorneys, practitioners, and subject-matter experts, are customized to align with the specific needs and local legal requirements of agencies across the country.

But the firm also faces criticism for its blanket approach to police policies and pushback on reforms.

The data, a sample of which was given to the Daily Dot by a group referring to itself as “the puppygirl hacker polycule,” includes approximately 8,543 files related to training, procedural, and policy manuals, as well as customer records that contain names, usernames, agency names, hashed passwords, physical addresses, email addresses, and phone numbers.

https://ddosecrets.com/article/lexipolleaks

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puppygirl hacker polyrule (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
 

https://ddosecrets.com/article/lexipolleaks

Source: puppygirl hacker polycule

Lexipol, also known as PoliceOne, is a private company based in Frisco, Texas that provides policy manuals, training bulletins, and consulting services to approximately 8,500 law enforcement agencies, fire departments, and other public safety departments across the United States. This leak contains the policy manuals produced by Lexipol, and some subscriber information.

Founded by two former cops that became lawyers, Lexipol retains copyright over all manuals which it creates despite the public nature of its work. There is little transparency on how decisions are made to draft their policies, which have an oversized influence on policing in the United States. The company localizes their materials to address differences in legal frameworks, depending on the city or state where the client is based.

Lexipol's manuals become public policy in thousands of jurisdictions. Lexipol's policies have been challenged in court for their role in racial profiling, harassment of immigrants, and unlawful detention. For example, Lexipol policies were used to justify body cameras being turned off when a police officer shot and killed Eric Logan in South Bend, Indiana in June 2019.

 

I've been suggested Carvana, and I may end up going that way if it is indeed the simplest route.

I'm driving an older car, it's in many ways in very good condition, but the head gasket is starting to go. It hasn't gotten bad yet (no coolant in the oil... yet) and could be fixed, but the cost to fix is about three times the value of the vehicle. It's got relatively low mileage for it's age and I've barely driven it anywhere during the time that I've owned it.

I don't expect to get much for it, maybe a $400-$700 bucks, but I really don't know the best way to go around it.

Like 15 years ago I would have just listed it with pertinent info on condition and photos on Craigslist. I'm not so sure Craigslist is so viable now.

Thanks for any help you can give me, Lemmy!

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submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
 

I began to consider this as my mouth filled with the flavor of pineapple as I remembered the flavor of a pineapple.

Do other senses suffer from the same issue?

 

Colombian President Gustavo Petro said during a government meeting that cocaine is “not worse than whiskey” and that it's only illegal because it comes from Latin America.

Colombia, the world's largest producer and exporter of cocaine, has spent decades fighting drug trafficking, but the country's left-wing president claimed the drug was being scapegoated by American politicians, who have waged the war on drugs for decades.

“Cocaine is illegal because it is made in Latin America, not because it is worse than whiskey,” Petro said during a six-hour-long government meeting.

“Scientists have analyzed this: cocaine is not worse than whiskey,” he added, suggesting that the global cocaine industry could be “easily dismantled” if the drug was legalized worldwide.

The thing is, he's absolutely right. There was a suppressed 1995 study by the World Health Organization on cocaine and its effects. The US threatened to pull out of the WHO at the time since the findings didn't match US drug policy. Instead of losing the US, the WHO quietly shelved the study.

https://www.brucekalexander.com/articles-speeches/cocaine/181-who-cocaine-study

https://web.archive.org/web/20090618160146/www.tdpf.org.uk/WHOleaked.pdf

From the conclusions section:

A continuum can be identified for cocaine use, which includes:

  • experimental use
  • occasional use
  • situation-specific use
  • intensive use
  • compulsive/dysfunctional use

Experimental and occasional use are by far the most common types of use, and compulsive/dysfunctional is far less common. Compulsive or dysfunctional users often have serious relationship, work, legal and health problems.

 

If approved, FADPA would allow copyright holders to obtain court orders requiring large Internet service providers (ISPs) and DNS resolvers to block access to pirate sites. The bill would amend existing copyright law to focus specifically on ‘foreign websites’ that are ‘primarily designed’ for copyright infringement.

The inclusion of DNS resolvers is significant. Major tech companies such as Google and Cloudflare offer DNS services internationally, raising the possibility of blocking orders having an effect worldwide. DNS providers with less than $100 million in annual revenue are excluded.

While site blocking is claimed to exist in more than 60 countries, DNS resolvers are typically not included in site blocking laws and regulations. These services have been targeted with blocking requests before but it’s certainly not standard.

It's aimed at DNS resolvers, so folks better start busting out them Pi-Holes and setting up unbound.

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