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wdlindsy , 2 days ago (edited 2 days ago) to random

Noah Berlatsky says,

"After President Joe Biden’s disastrous debate performance last week, the punditocracy has gone both apeshit and feral."

Apeshit & feral sound right to me.

Though I wouldn't say the punditocracy has gone that way since Biden's debate performance.

I've seen these traits for quite awhile in the self-anointed media elites who imagine they mediate reality to the rest of us. Media have played a huge role to normalize Trump.

#Biden #Trump #media
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https://www.publicnotice.co/p/biden-debate-punditry-drop-out-2024-campaign

randahl , 4 days ago (edited 4 days ago) to random

Would someone from Germany help me review this?

In my next episode on the Ukraine war, I want to show video of an old Volkswagen. But during quality assurance I discovered, that the car I am showing has some unique lettering on the side which says:

Old speed racer since 1960
7 [iron cross] 10:21

I am not entirely sure about the meaning, and I do not want to display this, if this is something harmful.

Is anyone able to tell me the meaning of this?

Could 10:21 be a bible verse?

pluralistic , 8 days ago to random

We're living through one of those moments when millions of people become suddenly and overwhelmingly interested in fair use, one of the subtlest and worst-understood aspects of copyright law. It's not a subject you can master by skimming a Wikipedia article!

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If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this thread to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog:

https://pluralistic.net/2024/06/27/nuke-first/#ask-questions-never

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