calliope

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[–] calliope@piefed.blahaj.zone 11 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago)

Wyoming always sends their “best”

[–] calliope@piefed.blahaj.zone 2 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago) (2 children)

Oh gross!

Do they also sell 50 caliber armor piercing bullets everywhere? They had those too

[–] calliope@piefed.blahaj.zone 5 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago) (4 children)

Tangentially related, the military has been “losing” ammunition and weapons for a shockingly long time, and in the 80s Fort Bragg (the largest military base) was remarkably easy to rob.

In 1986, investigators for the United States Congress and Department of Defense reported growing concern in the U.S. Armed Forces over missing weapons. Hundreds of millions of dollars in military arms, ammunition, and explosives had disappeared.

A congressional report on Fort Bragg cited a large amount of missing ordnance recovered around the post, including 148 pounds of plastic explosives, 142 pounds of TNT, 1,080 feet of detonating cord, 13 hand grenades, and 35 antipersonnel land mines. Some of the weapons and explosives turned up in private homes.

From Bring the War Home: The White Power Movement and Paramilitary America.

And that was just at Fort Bragg, in the 80s when post-Vietnam violent white supremacy was taking shape.

The Branch Davidians also had a 50 caliber in 1995. No one is sure how they acquired it.

I have to imagine desperate soldiers might take to selling it instead.

[–] calliope@piefed.blahaj.zone 9 points 20 hours ago

He told Business Insider. “They were pressured to see the movie. Your military superior, that’s not your shift manager at Taco Bell or Starbucks. They have complete and total control over you.”

No shit. Why do you think most people don’t join the cult? It’s been awful for literally generations.

[–] calliope@piefed.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

created by the piss-swigging misanthropes behind Battle Brothers

I’m sorry, you’re saying the developers themselves guzzle urine? Seems a little harsh.

[–] calliope@piefed.blahaj.zone 48 points 1 day ago

This was literally the guy who started his entire political career in earnest by calling in to Fox News and talking about how Obama wasn’t “American” because he’s black. Trump found his political fame because he advocated the “birther” conspiracy.

It’s honestly crazy that anyone could be surprised. He’s been up front about his racism for fifteen years now.

[–] calliope@piefed.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I believe that most of the knowledge worth having is found in books, and book critics have a vital function in introducing the public to important books

I agree with the first part, but I have never once read a book review by a newspaper critic. I never find them of value, I’d rather read almost anyone else’s review.

I read a lot of books, but this type of book critic is not as valuable as the author claims.

[–] calliope@piefed.blahaj.zone 23 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I find the wording of the article to be remarkable. “At the opposite end of the supply chain.”

Eric (not his real name) was no longer just a consumer of China's spy-cam porn industry, but a victim.

A “consumer” who has admittedly been watching this type of “spy cam” footage for twenty years (since he was a teen, according to the article) and never once thought “wait, what if that was me?”

Then when he grows a conscience in his thirties he contacts the BBC.

[–] calliope@piefed.blahaj.zone 10 points 2 days ago

This is of course the same game he’s been playing since 2016. His fans are just legitimately too blinded by their cult to realize it.

Literally every time. Now that he’s not running, he’ll just keep repeating it for every election because it works for his idiot base of Christian nationalists.

[–] calliope@piefed.blahaj.zone 5 points 2 days ago

https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/the-100-billion-megadeal-between-openai-and-nvidia-is-on-ice-aa3025e3

This is the original source the podcast cites if anyone wants the information faster.

[–] calliope@piefed.blahaj.zone 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

I thought it was really obvious I was talking about the movie. He plays the main character of the movie.

Sorry, let me match your tone.

You… thought I was talking about the game and not the movie? It seems clear to me that the YouTube celebrity wouldn’t also be in the game, but I’ll clarify.

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