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hopfgeist

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Safety Engineer, Dad, Husband, Musician, Pilot. Not necessarily in that order.

Moderator of the German-language flying community on lemmy: !flying

I toot and boost whatever tickles my fancy, mostly about flying and aviation and music.

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wdlindsy , to random
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"Meanwhile, the New York Times Editorial Board did not ask Donald Trump to step down. Not after he was held liable for rape or fraud or defamation. Not after he was convicted on all 34 counts by a jury of his peers. Not even after he vomited lie after lie at the debate and refused to admit that he’d accept the results of the 2024 election."

~ Left Hook

https://thelefthook.substack.com/p/lets-ask-trump-to-leave-the-race

hopfgeist ,
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@wdlindsy
Disclaimer: I am not a US citizen.

But I think this misses the point.

Of course it would be better for almost everyone if Trump stepped down from the race rather than Biden.

We can ask Trump whatever we want. Since he has a dictatorial grip on the Republican Party, it will be ineffectual.

On the other hand, Biden is a good guy, who will presumably bow to the will of the Party and heed a good argument, if, and that is still a big IF, there is a charismatic candidate with a significantly better chance. The election isn't today or tomorrow so that may happen.

But "asking" Trump to leave the Race? That will have zero effect and we will just be deluding ourselves.

hopfgeist ,
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@wdlindsy Ah yes, I think I see. Instead of discussing Biden's shortcoming, we should focus on how terrible Trump is, both compared to Biden and overall, not just for the US, but for the entire world (except perhaps a few dictators).

hopfgeist ,
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@wdlindsy
I'm sorry if I was misunderstood. I wasn't at all sarcastic, or cavalier or ironic, or however you want to call it. Maybe that got lost in writing. I was dead serious.

I am very well aware of how terrible Trump would be, and, as I thought I wrote in my reply, I understand that it is paramount to prevent a second term for Trump, because even we in Europe would suffer, although perhaps not as much as the US.

And making sure Trump cannot be elected is certainly the most desirable way.

masek , to random
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If you do 12 Bitcoin transactions per year, you use a higher amount of energy than we use for a complete family (including: heating, warm water, electricity, car charging) in the same year. We do all via electricity.

From: @tkinias
https://historians.social/@tkinias/112283441665687815

hopfgeist ,
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@masek Dammit, this is crazy. At first look I thought this must be grossly exaggerated, but I checked numbers at statista.com: 140 TWh per year for bitcoin, and 250,000 transactions per day, averages out to 1500 kWh per transaction. This is total insanity. I had no idea it was this badly out of control.

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