I disagree with your conclusion as it applies here - but I appreciate the argument. (And upvoted, as it adds to the discussion). I think between these two nations one is the underdog and more in touch with people and reality.

That said, Zelinsky is absolutely a charismatic political leader and it’s healthy to critically analyze anything you hear from such sources. In this case, the statement is definitely a bit bravado nicely coupled with reassurance to their people. I do also believe it tracks with what’s publicly available on the warfront. Nonetheless, the interpretation is clearly biased (to make their own side look good).

Thank you for your thoughts. I also see you’re getting downvoted by the echo chamber. I appreciate it, at least.

I heard you don’t like First Past The Post, so we decided to go with ‘orange narcissistic dictator and a ketomine-doped technocrat’.

Hex and Daemon from Reboot are both underrated. Hex has genius visual design for the limitations of the technology. And for a kids show, Daemon is very likable, which always makes a villain more compelling.

Duel boot - is that why Microsoft keeps erasing the Linux partition. Didn’t realize it was a contest.

(Excuse me, know what you meant and not usually the spelling police, but this made me laugh)

A friend of mine asked me why I put forth so much work into protecting my privacy when my best efforts still amount to a leaky seive. I’ll never forget my reply - “Just because I’m losing doesn’t mean the fight isn’t worthwhile … if we give up, the open internet dies with [my generation]. For me, success is keeping the idea alive to be rediscovered by the next generation. If I don’t do it, what hope do they have?”

The summaries are not real quotes, obviously, and is obviously selected to emphasise the shifting nature of the administration’s position … but yeah, I would say it’s broadly actuate.

Access to information - Internet access should be made a human right

May the streets run red with maple leaves

That was back at the moment when Trump threw around enough tariffs to make countries with longstanding enmity sign direct trade deals with each other, cutting us out as the middleman. Those will never, ever come back (they were mostly forged in the wake of WWII, when the US had the only functional economy)

As for when we’ll see it? I think we have a “oh shit” world stage moment if the US tries to attack Greenland, as Denmark will then have to defend - and then by chain of treaties WWIII kicks off.

If we avoid that fate somehow, then there probably won’t be a specific moment - the US will over twenty or so years just slowly collapse in on itself and other countries will quietly start ignoring US while publicly paying lip service. … - There will probably be an event when we publicly can’t afford the giant military we have which will be an existential crisis for a news cycle.

That’s my attempt to read the tea leaves in the crystal ball.

Mitochondria is the powerhouse of a cell

They don’t own it, the individual posters own the content of their own posts, however, from the reddit terms of service:

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And with each of those rights granted, Reddit’s lawyers can defend those rights. So no, they don’t own it “just because they ran the servers” - they own specific rights to copy granted to them by each poster.

(I don’t like this arrangement, but ignorance of the terms of service isn’t going to help someone who uploaded a full copy of the works they have extensive rights to) On this subject I think there needs to be an extensive overhaul to narrow what terms you can extend to the general public. The problem is I straight up don’t trust anyone currently in power to make such a change to have our interests in mind.

It would be inviting a lawsuit for sure. I like the essence of the idea, but it’s probably more trouble than it’s worth for all but the most fanatic.

I love how expressive this is, and how it juxtaposes the authors main thesis against an elegant visual counterpoint.

Don’t tell me what my intent is. My intent was to point out that using charged language for some people and selecting more neutral language when the influential do parallel acton is itself a bias toward the rich and powerful. I was using the socratic method to highlight the hitch in your reasoning. I was being fairly neutral in that my focus was to inform you that your reasoning had a gaping hole in it.

Now I shall use somewhat more emotional language because I’m now more actively attempting to persuade

“Reserve judgement and let the system work” is only a valid stance if there’s reason to believe the system will work. After multiple impeachments and numerous more lawsuits (and we’re barely touching on this sleasebag’s career before they got into office; a lifetime of profiting on misery and broken promises, getting away with it solely by being rich as fuck and cultivating a persona of playing dumb in court while hiring the most ruthless lawyers in the industry to whitewash his crimes in a legal…) That got away from me - my point is I don’t know why we’re giving a convicted rapist and suspected pedophile the benefit of the doubt.

Much more to the heart of the matter is Project 2025 by the Heritage Foundation. Within it’s pages, it spells out a plan to functionally blitz the landscape with so many regressive policies enacted at once that they effectively cover for each other. With that frame in mind it’s entirely unsurprising that the Epstein files issue, the planned military extraction of Maduro, and the ICE shooting in Minneapolis all share airspace within the same week. The media position of ‘wait to see what plays out before using judgemental language’ is being deliberately exploited as a stalling tactic.

So let me offer an olive branch: If it were anybody but Trump and his cadre of enablers, I normally am all for the media acting with reserve before throwing their influence around before the facts are in, but that norm is being weaponized against us. So, do you believe that the violation of Venezuelan sovereignty and coup of their leadership is justified? Please note - I did not call it a kidnapping or abduction and all parties agree that the President’s stated intent is to directly influence Venezuelan policy. Do you believe the President should be conducting similar operations in Columbia and Cuba as stated and Greenland as leaked? And when does it become appropriate for journalism to push back against government overreach?

How do you feel about ‘abducted’? I know that journalists use that term frequently when discussing domestic kidnappings, but it has a negative associations. When a pedophilac predator forces a victim to go with them, that appears to be acceptable language - would you say the term can apply to the President’s actions?

Thank you. I seriously looked over the image and my eye caught the weird compression artifacts, but didn’t see the other things despite well trying. (Also, my client apparently doesn’t show web banners - the heart LLM is a pretty strong hint) I appreciate you sharing what you saw.

(Downvoting original post)

What makes you say this was made with AI? Not exactly doubting you, but curious about your methods.

Unfortunately, while it’s pronounced Chog, it’s spelled Gehog - is was considered a shrewd choice by the Erinaceidae family what seems like millions of years ago, but now it’s just another spelling quirk.

Just promise me to not provide us the same insightful breakdown of their cousin, the moonrats.

What if we coupled the cylinder symbol with a ‘going to’ arrow ⤵️ above it?

I can’t speak for Fediverse, but I recall that Reddit would add a randomly chosen modifier to the output, such that the total score is correct, but the specific upvote/downvote counts are off. My understanding is the bit of fuzz gives some anonymity by uncertainty against specific types of attacks.

I assume something similar here.