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There have been persistent rumours about the 20th of April.

1. Nazi saluting people in power might want to pay their respects to Hitler's birthday
2. it is 90 days after US President ordered a report (to complete within 90 days) to recommend if the US should declare a migration state of emergency.
3. The way they have been braking the law and ignoring courts and go full gestapo with ICE, they cant stop now, they have to keep going or they will fail.

So I found Astro.com's read on the month particularly interesting as there are several aspects seeming to converge around that time of this month.

Obligatory this is not an April's Fools joke, but lets hope it is.

More here

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/22978928

cross-posted from: https://feddit.nl/post/31304838

I’ve been on a journey today trying to understand the fediverse better.

I’ll be mindful to not start bitching about certain instances.

Here’s my example:

Is it technically possible that posts or comments still get downvote-brigaded by an instance that is technically defederated from the instance of the OP?

So let’s say instance A and B are defederated from each other, but both are federated with instance C. After a user from A posts something on C does every user from B get to downvote everything?

I’m trying to determine if the Fediverse has recourse against an r/TheDonald scenario, where one toxic element is allowed to flourish for too long and - in the case with the other site - eventually takes over and destroys everything.

If this debate has been had somewhere else, please feel free to point me there, otherwise I’d love to understand this better.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/27423053

[Video] ICE arrests PhD student

Once you realise that they all think we have less than 10 years to the total collapse of civilisation, everything they do makes sense.

Once you realise that they all think we have less than 10 years to the total collapse of civilisation, everything they do makes sense.

2011

Sports cars for the wealthy few, he built with practiced hands,

While promising the common folk would drive them 'cross the lands.

Rockets failed and workers ailed in factories unsafe, "Next year, cars will drive themselves!"

Most thought the man was great.

2013

He spoke of vacuum tubes to whisk us faster than the breeze,

An ancient notion claimed as his, investors pleased with ease.

"To Mars we'll go!" he boldly claimed, "Self-driving comes next year!"

Whistleblowers faced his wrath—still most refused to hear.

2015

Brain implants left animals in suffering and pain, Scientists fled in droves as ethics went down the drain.

Removed the lidar, cut the costs, "Self-driving comes next year!"

Stock prices manipulated, yet few expressed their fear.

2017

He claimed to found the company that predated his time,

Rewrote his history with ease, none called it quite a crime.

Cold gas thrusters, semi trucks—promises grand and wide,

"To Mars by twenty-twenty-four!" Some doubts began to rise.

2019

He called a diver "pedo guy" for saving children's lives,

The pandemic rules "fascist chains," as workers fell and died.

Wrong ventilators sent to those who needed help to breathe,

"Self-driving comes next year!"

Fewer continued to believe.

2021

A platform bought and stripped of guards that kept the hatred low,

Conspiracy and falsehoods spread like wildfire in the snow.

"Full self-driving price increase!" for technology not there,

"Mars bases coming any day!"

More people grew aware.

2023

His own child cast aside when she revealed her true self's form,

While claiming he stood firm for speech, a champion through the storm.

His AI named for racist tales, his satellites debris, "Self-driving next year, we promise!"

Most could finally see.

2025

The Government Efficiency czar dismantled from within,

A Nazi salute displayed with pride, no longer hiding sin.

His empire crumbling day by day, the tunnels just sinkholes,

"Mars colonies postponed again!" Yet some refuse to know.

The solar tiles never worked, the batteries catch fire,

The charging networks fall apart, the situation dire.

A decade spent believing lies, excuses without end,

Yet some, invested far too deep, still call the man their friend.

Good exploration of Nazi Musk’s obsession with 420, also Hitler’s birthday and the fact that it is 90 days after Trump’s inauguration and an EO that gets them to advance to the next step.

Warning: this is for hypothetical discussion, this is not a fact (yet).

Because it was.

Wait.

Hear me out.

Remember Cambridge Analytica. Rigging elections is a perfected profession now. We’re talking about deep rigging, through manipulating voters very targeted and algorithmically.

2016 We know they did it. We know Mueller could not really link anything to anyone. The cloak and dagger was very well done. This is something both DJT and Russia are really good at. The corruption is implied but never explicit or provable.

2020 They attempted but somehow it didn’t work. I don’t know how, but at least DJT must have thought it was locked in. So did Putin as he was planning on doing the whole Ukraine thing without meat grinding his young boys. But his puppet somehow didn’t get back in and it increasingly looked like Trump would face serious consequences from the 92 charges against him. So Putin went in.

2024 Having learned from both 2016 and knowing the stakes being so much higher, the rigging was in much deeper and serious dark pools of money with Musk at the top ensured a sure fire win. I’m sure genocide Joe, non-nominated Kamala and the assassination attempt all helped, but they were both very motivated and certain they would win. Project 2025 and a bunch of language in his speeches suggests they knew he would win.

I have no proof, but him being a rigger and a cheater in every other aspect of his life makes me feel he’s just pissed off his fix didn’t work in 2020.

Curious if I’m the only one who thinks this.

There’s of course the quote of DJT saying “Vote, one last time and you won’t have to vote again after that” at some evangelical event before the election. But the way I know is because unlike his first term, he has completely stopped holding rallies for his supporters.

Yes, there is no third term announced yet, but I’m sure he and his sycophants will engineer a crisis to ensure marshal law can be invoked or some other measure to let him rule till death like daddy Vladdy.

He stopped feeling accountable to his base, which is the first time since he’s gotten into politics. He knows if there ever was accountability again in government, he and Muskrat are absolutely done.