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Xaphanos , in Elon Musk draws fire for playing down impact of America’s atomic bombing of Japan: ‘Not as scary as people think’

I only recently learned of this:

youtu.be/olFmklCCccE?feature=shared

RagnarokOnline ,

This and Grave of the Fireflies are the two depictions of Japanese tragedy during WWII that I always think of

Pacmanlives , in Racism Is Why Trump Is So Popular

Yuuuuup, just came from the bowls of Ohio and it’s a lot of truths

machinin ,

I think you mean bowels?

BarbudoGrande ,

Smoking bowls in Ohio

LustyArgonianMana ,
@LustyArgonianMana@lemmy.world avatar

Bowls of Cincinnati chili

FlyingSquid ,
@FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

Do not dignify that slop by calling it chili just because they call it chili.

LustyArgonianMana ,
@LustyArgonianMana@lemmy.world avatar

An abomination by any other name is still an abomination

Can you imagine bringing Cincinnati chili to a chili cook off? With cinnamon and all? https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/a66b1f08-16b0-4526-8d88-e0837b073293.jpeg

FlyingSquid ,
@FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

Right? The cinnamon.

LustyArgonianMana ,
@LustyArgonianMana@lemmy.world avatar

The cinnamon and sweetness in it gives me goosebumps

SeaJ , in Texas judge steps aside in Elon Musk's X case against advertisers

He stepped aside because he is invested in both parties. I guarantee you if he was only invested in one side, he would claim that he would be impartial.

SoleInvictus , in J.K. Rowling, Elon Musk Named in Imane Khelif's Cyberbullying Lawsuit

I know it’ll never happen, I hope she wins and the court awards her one round each in the ring with each of these assholes.

morphballganon ,

Courts never punish billionaires in any impactful way.

cordlesslamp ,

The system is working as designed, and thus needs to be dismantled.

Etterra ,

Now that would be funny.

MediaBiasFactChecker Bot , in Arkansas officer fired after being caught on video beating a man in back of patrol car

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FlyingSquid , in US Considers a Rare Antitrust Move: Breaking Up Google
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This is yet another reason we need President Harris.

Trump will let Google get away with it.

merc ,

What we really need is President Biden. This is all happening thanks to him. There’s some hope that Harris would continue his policies if elected, but there are strong rumours that some donors are supporting her with the agreement that if she wins she gets rid of Lina Khan.

Viking_Hippie ,

What we really need is President Biden. This is all happening thanks to him.

No on both counts. Don’t give him credit for other people’s work.

He might have been the final one to sign off on them, but cabinet appointments are decided by committee and I guarantee you that the former Senator of the most corporation-friendly state of them all wasn’t the one who suggested Lina Khan OR Lauren McFerran at the NLRB.

his policies

Again, it’s not HIS policies. Stop giving the old man with 900 years of conservative policies the credit for the stellar work of young women many times as progressive and in touch with the realities of regular people as him.

merc ,

It’s not like she’s doing these things behind his back.

The progressive wing of the party might have pushed him into accepting her appointment, but he still appointed her and she’s kicking ass.

Viking_Hippie , (edited )

It’s not like she’s doing these things behind his back

Nope, but she IS doing it without his help, so he’s not due any of the credit.

The progressive wing of the party might have pushed him into accepting her appointment, but he still appointed her and she’s kicking ass.

Yes, SHE is kicking ass based on HER work and HER policy and enforcement choices, not his.

Absent pressure from the progressive wing og the party, he would have chosen someone older and more palatable to his owner donors.

He does NOT deserve credit for her work just because he relented to the pressure from people more pro worker than himself.

merc ,

Nope, but he IS doing it without his help, so he’s not due any of the credit.

He’s her boss and he appointed her, he does deserve credit for selecting her and sticking with her.

Yes, SHE is kicking ass based on HER work and HER policy and enforcement choices, not his.

And he’s her boss, so he deserves credit for hiring her and backing her.

Viking_Hippie ,

He’s her boss and he appointed her, he does deserve credit for selecting her and sticking with her.

Other people selected her in spite of him and he relented and he’s refrained from firing someone without cause.

Neither of those are achievements and just because he’s the boss doesn’t mean that he gets to take credit for HER work.

And he’s her boss, so he deserves credit for hiring her

Nope, see above.

and backing her.

Do you have any source on him actively backing her, beyond just not firing her without cause?

Zoboomafoo ,

any source on him actively backing her

Yes, she’s his subordinate

Viking_Hippie ,

That’s not actively backing her. You have a very distorted view of the relationship between a boss and an employee.

Hiring her for a job she’s qualified for on the advice of others and then not firing her is a passive lack of opposition at best, NOT active support.

FundMECFSResearch ,

You can make up all the arguments you want.

Biden was a moderate democrat in congress.

As president, he’s been far more progressive than Obama. Probably the most progressive on workers rights since FDR.

Cabinet choices matter, and he chose them.

Viking_Hippie ,

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  • FundMECFSResearch ,

    Atleast read up about his presidency before making stuff up.

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presidency_of_Joe_Biden?wpr…

    I considered blocking you the other day when you were defending the Venezeulan dictator. Given you just told me to fuck off, I think I will now.

    Viking_Hippie ,

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  • FlyingSquid ,
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    This is not going to be over by November. That’s why we need Harris.

    Lucidlethargy ,

    I’m not sure about that… He doesn’t like Google. The precedent would be a problem for his sponsors, though.

    FlyingSquid , in Police release bodycam from outside Uvalde classroom shooting
    @FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

    I appreciate that they are made public for analysis, but there is no fucking way I’m watching those bastards stand outside, knowing they just stood there while children were being murdered.

    Gerudo ,

    Watch it. Be angry. Get your blood boiling. The parents and families deserve our anger at these fuck ups in uniform. Our anger will get things moving. These families need the outcry of every one of us to call these officers out and ask for their heads. Hold them accountable, and never let something like this happen again.

    FlyingSquid ,
    @FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

    I think I made it quite clear that I am already angry at them and holding them accountable. All watching the video will do will make me feel awful. What does that accomplish?

    ZoopZeZoop ,

    I’m with you. I watched the video of the man who was trying to comply with orders from the police and the officer warned him if he did anything other than what he was being ordered, he would be shot. Then, he was given confusing orders, and was shot when he did the wrong thing. He was on his knees with his hands in plain view when the threat came. There were multiple officers with weapons drawn. The man was sobbing and begging before he was shot. I can’t unsee it. I think it’s important that people see it so others can be held accountable, but not EVERYONE has to see it.

    FlyingSquid ,
    @FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

    Agree 100%. And, on top of the reason you gave for it to be important for some people to see, it’s also important to keep as a historical record. But I personally do not need to see or hear people dying or people not reacting despite knowing other people are dying to be upset about the situation or to want to hold those responsible to account.

    I’ve never seen George Floyd’s murder. That did not stop me from protesting the police murdering him because… you know… they murdered him.

    sparkle , (edited )

    Daniel Shaver?

    Bodycam video: youtu.be/VBUUx0jUKxc

    In August 2018, Brailsford was reinstated by the Mesa Police Department, staying for a further 42 days in what the department described as a “budget position”. The department agreed to reimburse Brailsford for medical expenses related to his post-traumatic stress disorder – the result of his shooting of Shaver and the resultant criminal trial. The reinstatement allowed Brailsford to apply for “accidental disability” experienced during the course of work. As a result, Brailsford was unanimously approved to be retired on medical grounds. Brailsford was also given a pension of $2,500 per month. The fact that Brailsford was ultimately medically retired instead of remaining fired was only revealed to the public in July 2019.

    He just fucking executed him in the hallway and walked over his body, and he gets rewarded?

    ZoopZeZoop ,

    Yes, Daniel Shaver. It was horrible to watch. I hadn’t heard about the medical retirement or pension. I generally don’t advocate for violence, but if he came to a violent end, I would not shed any tears.

    MyOpinion , in US Considers a Rare Antitrust Move: Breaking Up Google

    Yes please. Google has become a monster.

    MediaBiasFactChecker Bot , in Police release bodycam from outside Uvalde classroom shooting

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    JackbyDev ,

    Why does everyone down vote this bot? Just curious.

    Takumidesh ,

    It’s overwhelmingly verbose, on mobile (at least in my app) I have to scroll two screen lengths to get past it thanks to all the embeds.

    Zorsith ,
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    It’s also enormously biased and controlled by a single person in the US. Anything not pro-israel gets downgraded for credibility and almost everything is marked left of center.

    abaddon ,

    Do you have any examples? I’m not arguing against your statements. I had found services like this to be helpful for US news. I’m interested to see how this falls short and use that information to investigate better alternatives.

    phoenixz ,

    Is there a bot available that could be open source and not controlled by one biassed asshat?

    JackbyDev ,

    Interesting. Your app must be inserting thumbnails. Is it doing it for ones marked under the spoiler too?

    Testgoogle.com

    AmidFuror , in Millionaire Realtor Bro Takes a Leave From His Firm Over Gang Rape Lawsuit.

    “I have little doubt that given my close relationship with my brothers, at some juncture, a lawyer or many lawyers will soon try to lump me in with the allegations against Alon and Oren,” Tal reportedly wrote in an email to colleagues[....]

    Or, and this makes more sense, he had little doubt because he had also engaged in illegal activity.

    MagicShel ,

    Yeah this sounds like, “you’re going to hear some things about me. Don’t believe them.”

    BonesOfTheMoon OP ,

    This article is much more detailed and horrifying but was behind a paywall. They actually talk about it “pulling a train” on rape victims.

    archive.ph/nm8HJ

    FlyingSquid , in J.K. Rowling, Elon Musk Named in Imane Khelif's Cyberbullying Lawsuit
    @FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

    If anyone wants to know what Rowling said…

    On X, Rowling posted a photo of Khelif and Carini. In the photo Khelif looks like she’s patting a crying Carini on the back. But that’s not what Rowling sees.

    “Could any picture sum up our new men’s rights movement better?” Rowling posted. “The smirk of a male who’s [sic] knows he’s protected by a misogynist sporting establishment enjoying the distress of a woman he’s just punched in the head, and whose life’s ambition he’s just shattered.”

    Of course, once Rowling learned that Khelif is not a man, she apologized…. Ha. Just kidding.

    X user @YourAnonNews posted, “Imane Khelif should sue every single account and outlet saying she is trans. Assholes are putting her life at risk, it is illegal in her country to be trans. The continuance of the blatant trans lie continues unfettered on Twitter.”

    Rowling responded to this with, “The idea that those objecting to a male punching a female in the name of sport are objecting because they believe Khelif to be ‘trans’ is a joke. We object because we saw a male punching a female.”

    epgn.com/2024/…/creep-of-the-week-j-k-rowling/

    What a colossal shithead. I’m glad my daughter never got into Harry Potter so I don’t have to grit my teeth and pretend to enjoy it.

    Gsus4 , (edited )
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    It’s interesting to combine this with trump’s “I say Kamala is not black” to conclude that in their worldview, people can’t just be free to determine what they are (which could be debated, I guess), but what is worst is that some special people think they have the right to determine what anyone else is and how to live their life based solely on their own whims. An aristocracy of buffoons.

    orcrist ,

    Yes, exactly. The inconsistency is a consequence of the objective. Many people discriminate in order to gain or maintain personal power. Or to put it another way, in many situations it’s true that racist policies led to racist values, not the other way around.

    Of course this situation is not only about racism. It’s about mixing together several different kinds of discrimination. But the same rules apply.

    MindTraveller ,

    Rowling is a white supremacist

    pyre ,

    she’s going more vile by the minute.

    Nuke_the_whales ,

    Harry Potter is a trash series written badly anyways.

    FlyingSquid ,
    @FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

    My wife really loved it. I saw the first movie with her and did not care for it. Then when my daughter was little, she had me start reading the first book to her. I thought it was really boring and my daughter must have too, because she lost interest after a few chapters. I’m not super into magical fantasy anyway, so it isn’t exactly my cup of tea, but my dad got a scholarship to a real prestigious English school which would be, I suppose, the “muggle” version of Hogwarts, and as the poor (and Jewish) kid, he got treated like utter shit by both students and teachers pretty much the whole time, so it’s what was on my mind the entire time I watched the movie and read the book. That didn’t help.

    AnarchistArtificer ,

    I enjoyed it when I was younger, but in the wake of Rowling coming out as a trash human, I’ve seen a lot of breakdowns of Harry Potter that highlight that it was actually never good. This YouTube video by Shaun is an extremely thorough breakdown of that stuff if anyone who liked the books read this. In hindsight, I’m shocked by how popular these books were, what with characters like Seamus Finnegan, an Irish character with a tendency to accidentally blow things up (!).

    I went to a university where they filmed a bunch of Harry Potter, and whilst the classism I saw was no doubt quite different to your dad’s experience, I think there’s a common core. Big, posh institutions like that like everyone to think that they’re meritocratic, but they’re just prestige machines fueled by classism and racism.

    FlyingSquid ,
    @FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

    Absolutely. In fact, that snobbery extended for him when he ended his schooling there. He decided to go to Sheffield and asked his headmaster for a recommendation and was told, “boys at this school go to Oxford or Cambridge.” He ended up getting into Sheffield eventually anyway. Fuck that guy.

    jadedwench ,

    I don’t think they did it in the later movies, but I watched the first one dubbed in Spanish and it was strangely better. I don’t even speak Spanish.

    Contravariant ,

    I won’t pretend that its popularity is in any way proportional to its quality, but I enjoyed it and so did many others so she must have done something right. Calling a work that many people enjoy trash just sounds a bit elitist to me.

    Feel free to call the author whatever you want though, at this point I’ve no respect left for her.

    hanabatake , in US Considers a Rare Antitrust Move: Breaking Up Google

    Breakup Divesting the Android operating system, used on about 2.5 billion devices worldwide, is one of the remedies that’s been most frequently discussed by Justice Department attorneys, according to the people. In his decision, Mehta found that Google requires device makers to sign agreements to gain access to its apps like Gmail and the Google Play Store.

    It would be wonderful

    SarcasticMan , in Elon Musk draws fire for playing down impact of America’s atomic bombing of Japan: ‘Not as scary as people think’
    @SarcasticMan@lemmy.world avatar

    Elon is like that greasy kid in high school who would correct the History teacher with facts he learned by posting on /pol/. “Actually, the slaves loved being slaves because they got free housing and healthcare.”

    Can someone please line his shit ass up against the wall already?

    MediaBiasFactChecker Bot , in US Considers a Rare Antitrust Move: Breaking Up Google

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    TrickDacy ,
    @TrickDacy@lemmy.world avatar

    Good bot. Fuck the haters.

    ayyy ,

    Do you even know who Bloomberg is?

    TrickDacy ,
    @TrickDacy@lemmy.world avatar

    Yep. I guess if some bias exists, the MBFC should completely discredit the source entirely.

    ayyy ,

    That’s not what I’m saying. The whole point is that they are just supposed to identify the kind of bias. Bloomberg is decidedly not left of center by any definition. He literally got physically laughed out of the Democratic Party last time he tried to weasel his way in with unprecedented spending.

    TrickDacy ,
    @TrickDacy@lemmy.world avatar

    As many have pointed out, they have a publicly available method for determining bias. The method is not “look at who owns it and make a snap judgement”

    ayyy ,

    Yup and that same public methodology calls the Associated Press and Reuters lefty. They clearly just want to propagandize by shifting the Overton Window to the right with a thin veneer of “science” and a side of “y wont u debate me bro”.

    TrickDacy ,
    @TrickDacy@lemmy.world avatar

    Or… shocking idea, the united states is far more conservative than most people on lemmy want it to be.

    ayyy ,

    Is that why they keep losing every popular vote and rely so heavily on gerrymandering and voter suppression?

    Edit: also way to admit the reason that you like the bot is because it’s got a conservative agenda.

    TrickDacy ,
    @TrickDacy@lemmy.world avatar

    … wtf. Literally nothing about this makes sense. Especially this weird shit:

    way to admit the reason that you like the bot is because it’s got a conservative agenda.

    I implied the US is too conservative, that means, what, I am a trumper? Don’t comment if you have no fucking idea what’s being said.

    Hint, I am on Lemmy. You entirely made shit up in your head about what was implied by my statement

    I like the bot because it’s a decent attempt at calling out misinformation automatically. You hate it because you personally disagree with the formula and therefore assume it’s a conspiracy.

    TrickDacy ,
    @TrickDacy@lemmy.world avatar

    Coward

    ayyy ,

    ?

    Supermariofan67 , in Cancer-Causing Benzene Is Used to Make Store-Brand Cold Relief Medicine

    Benzene is used to make a large portion of all chemicals in existence, as it is a basic building block of organic chemistry. That doesn’t mean it’s in the final product.

    This is an asinine headline capitalizing on scientific illiteracy for clickbait. No different than complaining about dihydrogen monoxide in food.

    isolatedscotch ,

    reading the article, it looks like part of the benzene somehow made it to the final product, and that’s why it needs to be replaced

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