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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

BBC News - News Source Context (Click to view Full Report)Information for BBC News:
> MBFC: Left-Center - Credibility: High - Factual Reporting: High - United Kingdom
> Wikipedia about this source

Search topics on Ground.Newshttps://www.bbc.com/news/videos/cd9dqlggep4o

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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

Bloomberg - News Source Context (Click to view Full Report)Information for Bloomberg:
> MBFC: Left-Center - Credibility: High - Factual Reporting: Mostly Factual - United States of America
> Wikipedia about this source

Search topics on Ground.Newshttps://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-08-13/doj-considers-seeking-google-goog-breakup-after-major-antitrust-win

Media Bias Fact Check | bot support

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 ,

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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

Kaboom , in MAGA Official Found Guilty of Tampering with 2020 Voting Machines

So now can we admit that voting fraud is a thing? Can we get voter ID?

Gsus4 OP ,
@Gsus4@mander.xyz avatar

It’s normal to require an ID card in EU countries to vote, but e.g. in the UK they never asked for it, as long as my name was on the list (there are no national ID cards there).

UnfortunateShort ,

I was baffled when I heard that in the US, you can’t just go somewhere and vote. Like, it really is that simple here.

Gsus4 OP ,
@Gsus4@mander.xyz avatar

But you have to register beforehand, right? And use some form of ID or a Name+address combo that makes it impossible to impersonate you to hijack your vote.

vovo ,

The United States is one of the few democracies in the world where the government does not take any responsibility in registering its citizens. This one-of-a-kind, self-initiated voter registration process acts as a major barrier to voter turnout and leads to often- inaccurate voter rolls. In contrast, the international norm is a process of government-mandated automatic voter registration of every citizen who reaches voting age. This report explores how other major well-established democracies (Canada, Australia, Sweden, Italy, New Zealand and others) concretely manage to build comprehensive, inclusive, accurate voting rolls that leave no voters behind while ensuring a high level of privacy.

…fairvote.org/…/Universal Voter Registration-4-21…

PoorlySketchedIdiot ,

In the UK, we are required to show our legal ID to vote (The tories brought it in a few years ago). Our driving licences are national ID cards, practically.

Gsus4 OP , (edited )
@Gsus4@mander.xyz avatar

and ID cards were revoked again www.gov.uk/identitycards

PS: ok, you’re right, “some” ID is required since 2023 www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-65599380 which is a pickle if you don’t drive or have a passport.

SapphironZA ,

In South Africa it’s the same. Each person gets a ID card when they turn 16. You don’t need to pay for your first one.

You need to register as a voter with your ID card and present it when voting.

rimu ,
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She didn't commit voting fraud. She granted access to voting data to people who should not have had that access.

Tina Peters was convicted of three counts of attempting to influence a public official; conspiracy to commit criminal impersonation; official misconduct; violation of duty; and failure to comply with an order of the Secretary of State. The jury acquitted Peters of three counts: conspiracy to commit criminal impersonation, criminal impersonation and identity theft.

https://coloradosun.com/2024/08/12/tina-peters-verdict/

flying_gel ,

No problem with ID for voting, just have to make sure they’re accessible by all at no cost (both time and monetary).

Republicans proposals for voter ID so far have been riddled with ID exclusions that, while never admitted to, would exclude a large part of the population that they don’t want to be allowed to vote. Either include more types of ID or make sure to provide everyone with a voter id for free before the election.

Spot ,
@Spot@startrek.website avatar

My state doesn’t even require one but they send a little paper one every time I update my registration. I imagine something like that could be used? Homeless could use a library or shelter as an address for them?

There would probably be some asshat who would try and snag other’s though. So yeah. Probably best to just stay without.

BestBouclettes ,

For that, you need to make ID mandatory and easily accessible first. Otherwise it’s just voter suppression.

DarkDecay ,

As long as they’re for maga officials sure. They seem to be doing most of the voter fraud afterall

orcrist ,

For many decades North Dakota didn’t even have voter registration. In 2012 it was alleged that nine individuals were suspect, so the state finally passed a voter registration law in 2013. But none of those 2012 individuals were charged. So then ask yourself, why did they pass the law? Well, maybe they passed the law so they could disenfranchise college kids and Native Americans. Actually, that’s not hypothetical. That’s a fact. Native communities had to bring legal challenges against the new law because they were facing difficulty voting.

I think it’s also helpful to look at historical examples. When MLK was locked up in Birmingham Jail, there were counties in Alabama that were majority black and yet no black people could vote. Imagine that. Voting laws being crafted to keep minorities out.

So you keep pushing for your voter ID, but if you can’t figure out how to keep your state from becoming the next North Dakota or Alabama, it probably will.

fine_sandy_bottom , in Donald Trump says he will flee to Venezuela if he loses election [Newsweek]

I know he intended this as hyperbole but I 100% would not be surprised if the reason this popped into his head is because he’s been making arrangements for exactly this.

If I were him I wouldn’t want to hang around in the US after a loss in November. It’s all or bust.

Saganaki ,

He’ll have some trouble if he actually tries. Secret service detail for former presidents and all.

asexualchangeling ,

What is the protocol for that I wonder, if he is found guilty in the court of law and tries to go into hiding, what does their job tell them they have to do?

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

Both of these people should be held accountable for the terror they brought to this person.

Track_Shovel , in Millionaire Realtor Bro Takes a Leave From His Firm Over Gang Rape Lawsuit.
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AlternatePersonMan , in Texas judge steps aside in Elon Musk's X case against advertisers

I know our courts are corrupt, but I have to believe there is a virtually zero percent chance Musk wins this. Aside from being idiotic, a win would completely break advertising and business in general.

Musk was always a piece of garbage, but I really believe having a billion+ in wealth breaks your brain. He’s just astounded that anyone could cross him and get away with it.

vegeta , in MAGA Official Found Guilty of Tampering with 2020 Voting Machines

See we know for a fact that the 2020 election was rigged, because we rigged it, so they must have rigged it harder

foggy , in MAGA Official Found Guilty of Tampering with 2020 Voting Machines

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