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Advocate for freedom and tolerance even if you say things I do not like

Adversary of Fediblock

Accept that I'll probably say something you don't like and I'll give you the same benefit, and maybe we can find some truth about the world.

Ah... Is the Alliteration clever or stupid? Don't answer that, I sort of know the answer already...

How dare those hateful hindus get in the way of the machetes of peace!

Listen to npr. They had no idea it was coming, they can't explain why it happened, they don't believe it'll continue, but definitely they'll set you right.

Let's do doughnuts at the allahu snackbar.

It's a clever marketing alliteration, but this crash is at least 4 years in the making and has both parties fingerprints all over it. In fact, many parties globally participated in destroying the world economy and this is just a tiny part of those hens coming home to roost.

Aw shit, guess gold's done...

You can have "unlimited growth" easily by just lying about inflation. Then they just make it so everything costs more except your wages and so record profits for everyone (and record tax revenue since look at all these profits we can tax!)

To be fair though, "generative AI produces factually incorrect bullshit" isn't really news unless someone's looking for a reason to attack a specific one. It's an inherently unreliable technology for seeking truth. That's why Google ended up just stopping a bunch of queries altogether because for sensitive topics they know they'll get in trouble, but not every platform does the same (but has the same problems)

"we're sending in Kamala Harris."

"A nuclear bomb is like a really big bomb that makes a really big explosion and that's bad[...]"

"May whatever God they believe in have mercy upon their souls"

The key to investing is to properly predict the future and to already be in the position you need to be in.

I rebalanced 2 months ago because I saw something bad coming. Glad I did, locked in my gains into stuff that's presently going up.

The curse of Cassandra: to speak true prophecy but everyone thinks you're insane.

Hmm! Yeah, all that is pretty important, especially if it's particularly bad information that contributed to setting off a powder keg.

Good to know, actually. The way it took out all those branches it'd just as easily take out a finger!

Thanks, it's been a while since I played with ubuntu mobile.

https://www.npr.org/2024/08/05/nx-s1-5063345/misinformation-online-fueled-all-out-race-riots-in-the-united-kingdom

The headline of this article is misinformation online.

As far as I can tell, the story of a bunch of schoolchildren getting stabbed by a migrant is absolutely true. So where's the misinformation? 3 kids are dead. That's true. Where's the misinformation?

Cordless thankfully.

I gave left wing economic media (specifically NPR's planet money and apm marketplace) a chance earlier this year, but they failed catastrophically. One was going on and on about making everything a federal regulation, the other was cheerleading over the employment numbers never once mentioning that almost every employment report for the past year has been revised downward. Contrast with guys like Peter Schiff or Maverick of Wall Street who were calling their shots whether it was an R or a D in office.

Absolutely no debate that whatever your thoughts on trump, a lot of his decisions weren't very good. It was extremely politically popular sending out all that money, but racked up the debt and further cemented stagflation as inevitable.

Electric hedge trimmer is now officially one of my most fun lawn tools.

It's like swinging around a light saber, the little branches just fall like friction isn't that even a thing.

Especially nice on the sort of branches that are pokey and nasty to snap off by hand.

Anyone with a yard and trees should look into one.

I have to start taking a look then. One of my metrics for news sources is whether I find out about things that are happening before they become major news, and unfortunately a lot of the mainstream news outlets fail miserably in this regard. It often leaves me having to follow somewhat Fringe outlets not because I necessarily agree with everything that they have to say but because at the very least I seem to be getting a taste of what's going on in the world for real.

Color me shocked. Is the world service less broken than the rest of the BBC then?

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