narp

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narp ,

Psst..just let him, voting for Brainworm Jr. means most likely a vote less for Trump.

narp ,

I marked my rent payments to my roommate with "Cocaine and Hookers", went on for years but his bank complained one day too.

Funny to imagine if the banks managers were actually using our money for exactly that, but marked as company expenses instead.

Survey finds that 60 firms are responsible for half of world’s plastic pollution ( www.theguardian.com )

The two tobacco companies Altria and Philip Morris International combined made up 2% of the branded plastic litter found, both Danone and Nestlé each produced 3% of it, PepsiCo was responsible for 5% of the discarded packaging, and 11% of branded plastic waste could be traced to the Coca-Cola company.

narp ,

Survey finds that 60 firms own half of the worlds companies.

Senate Approves Aid for Ukraine and Israel, Sending It to Biden’s Desk ( www.nytimes.com )

The Senate voted overwhelmingly on Tuesday night to give final approval to a $95.3 billion package of aid to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, sending it to President Biden and ending months of uncertainty about whether the United States would continue to back Kyiv in its fight against Russian aggression....

narp ,

It's because the Republicans wouldn't let a bill, that only supports Ukraine, pass. So this was a compromise.

narp ,

The (Rep.) speaker Mike Johnson went against the MAGAs and worked together with the Democrats to get it passed.
But I doubt they would have gotten enough votes if they didn't bundle it with the aid for Israel and the TikTok ban.

narp ,

I think one of the Lemmy devs is German too

narp ,

It's getting worse lately with the tankies here. Seems like hexbear and lemmygrad are spilling over, not a surprise shortly before the election but I'm worried people will leave because of it.

narp ,

Please don't call them "the far left". They're just pretending, in reality they're authoritarians defending Russia, China and Iran, while shitting on the West at every opportunity.

narp ,

Nothing to do with Russian interference either?

According to the special counsel investigation's Mueller Report (officially named "Report on the Investigation into Russian Interference in the 2016 Presidential Election"),[42] the first method of Russian interference used the Internet Research Agency (IRA), a Kremlin-linked troll farm, to wage "a social media campaign that favored presidential candidate Donald J. Trump and disparaged presidential candidate Hillary Clinton".[43] The Internet Research Agency also sought to "provoke and amplify political and social discord in the United States".[44]

The tactic was always to also shit as much on the competition as possible. They literally hacked her emails to do so.

There is no doubt that the same thing is happening again right now.

Can Biden be criticized for his behavior? Sure! Are bad faith actors piggybacking on this situation and amplifying the "Genocide Joe"-narrative ? Absolutely.

narp ,

I think you're mixing things up a bit. LineageOS, GrapheneOS etc. are not what people refer to as "mobile Linux", mobile Linux would be Ubuntu touch, mobian etc.

Btw. do you know about Sailfish OS?

narp ,

What's with the cyrillic in the corner? Is this an official Soviet anti-us propaganda poster?

narp ,

Just in case there is someone out there who doesn't know it: https://youtu.be/OLmun1JEIw0

narp ,

Humour and logic, keep your comments coming! Lately it felt like Lemmy was overrun by people arguing in bad faith.

narp ,

Most politicians will play it safe and stick with the most popular opinion for their voter base, or just stay silent.

Sanders, AOC and the protesters helped to turn the tide, which is the reason some politicians speak out now. Those new voices will continue to change public opinion, force others to speak out and apply more pressure.

You rather want this not to happen?
I thought, getting people and politicians to agree that Israel needs to be stopped was the goal?

And why would it be "too late" while Palestinians are still dying?

narp ,

"Which is still what she's doing"

I know, I was talking about her.

"it's just reached the point where she can't get away with not pretending anymore"

Exactly, and that's a good thing.

"owner donors"

If true it means that even they think it's beneficial to change course which would be great.

"It's too late"

Yes, it's too late to reverse time. But I'm pretty sure the Palestinians that are still suffering at the moment would appreciate help anyways.

And real "help" is only going to happen if not only the politicians with principles but also the opportunistic ones agree on it.

Feels like your top priority is to hate on them instead of moving forward on a path that might finally bring a halt to that genocide.

Maybe you should reconsider what's really important to those people dying right now, I'm pretty sure they don't give a fuck about that senator.

narp ,

Yep, the dead definitely wouldn't want their loved ones to continue living.

narp ,

"Hysteria", that's one way to belittle people.

narp ,

Germany didn't "dismantle" their infrastructure, its mistake was to rely on cheap russian gas and shutting down their PV industry while they were ahead of China.

The unanticipated war increased the prices and while it would have been great to still have the nuclear plants, they were really old already anyways.

Nuclear energy is way too expensive, because it can only exist while being heavily subsidized. On top of that they are a big risk in combination with climate change. You mentioned France, but forgot the fact that they had to shut down their reactors due to drought in 2022 and had to import electricity for the first time in decades.
Not really a technology that I would count on for the future, especially considering the long time it takes to build them.

As you can see, shit happens and the idea in Europe is to stick together.
I'm glad to be part of this. You sound like you're angry and want to vote for politicians that don't "sell you out to Europe", I can imagine which kind of party that might be, good luck with that.

narp ,

You're making some strong claims, while using an even stronger language:

  • The "race to the button" has begun because of corrupt politicians and "Capitalists", who sold out the Norwegian people for some "fat paychecks".

  • Germany "dismantled" their electric infrastructure, because of "boomers", that are afraid of "hot metal in a pool", generally everyone who is against nuclear is "just afraid of what they don't understand".

  • Oil companies invest in wind energy, to keep people relying on oil in the future.

  • The EU wants to fish Norway dry.

I already said my part about nuclear energy.

That wind energy is an oil company conspiracy to keep people hooked on oil and not a diversification of their portfolio, similar to what Saudi Arabia is doing, I'm not going into much either.

Norway, the EU and GB came to an agreement, that also benefits Norway, some quotes:

This traditional deal between the two parties has been particularly demanding this year, as the quotas traditionally fished by Norwegian vessels are now located in the British zone, outside the territory of the European Union.

Norwegian fishermen can now fish the opportunities Norway has acquired from Greenland, including shrimp, Greenland halibut, and redfish, and in the EU zone, such as roundnose grenadier.

"It is gratifying that we have reached an agreement with the EU and the UK. This means that we have agreed on quotas for important stocks that we manage together in the North Sea. This is crucial for sustainable management," concluded Minister of Fisheries and Oceans Cecilie Myrseth.

Maybe if you dial your tone down a bit and add some sources to your claims, you could be taken more serious.

narp ,

We've been in it for years. Right now there is talk about the financial ties of the German right wing party with Russia, all the while you can find articles about that from 7 years ago.

Putin had his hands in Brexit, has pawns in the EU to veto for him, is connected to the right wing parties all over Europe and to Trump and the Republicans in the US.

All the while he spams social media with his propaganda.

I don't know when it started but Putin started to wage internal war against western countries a long time ago. What we see now are the results of a long term effort.

narp ,

https://feddit.de/pictrs/image/054b944d-bbab-40a1-8e7c-d8d8dffd33b8.jpeg

256k vessels at the moment, I'd say there is a good chance!

narp ,

Fitting Russian propaganda about Europe freezing in winter

Germans take to streets after AfD meeting on mass deportation plan ( www.theguardian.com )

Thousands of people across Germany have taken to the streets for a fourth consecutive day to voice their opposition to the far-right populist AfD party after politicians from the party met neo-Nazis to discuss a “master plan” for the mass deportation of asylum seekers and German citizens of foreign origin....

narp ,

I know this is a joke, but the Nazis used eugenics as an reason for their atrocities. I don't think blowing in the same horn is doing any good here.

narp ,

https://feddit.de/pictrs/image/61748a81-9a0e-45ec-854a-0344c0bb18cb.png

They don't even consider themselves Chinese anymore, why would they want to reunite?

narp ,

Engaging with China is a really broad thing to say, from the article that you posted about the TPP:

"Taiwan's relationship with China is based on two principles: Deterrence and communication," said Ko Wen-je from the TPP People's Party in Taipei on Friday.

...

The ruling Communist Party in Beijing counts Taiwan as part of its territory and has already threatened to use military means to force reunification. Ko said China demonstrates this every day, which is why Taiwan has no choice but to move closer to its ally, the US.

You said the TPP is pro-china, like the KMT, but to me it doesn't read like that at all. China wants reunification, the TPP is highly against that and is willing to fight for their freedom.

narp ,

I'm not putting words in your mouth, that's what you said in your comment:

Only 40% voted for the DPP. 60% voted against the DPP. It's just the 2 more pro-China parties got their vote split.

No evidence the TPP wants to fight to keep their freedom? From the article you linked:

China_ must know that it will have to pay a high price if it invades, said Ko.

And I already posted this from your article but here again:

The ruling Communist Party in Beijing counts Taiwan as part of its territory and has already threatened to use military means to force reunification. Ko said China demonstrates this every day, which is why Taiwan has no choice but to move closer to its ally, the US.

China is the one threatening with an invasion, but it's the fault of the westerners?

Also: why so aggressive? Isn't that a bit too western for you?

narp ,

Copilot/Bing Search might put a big dent in that in the future. People will just ask an AI instead of "googling".

narp ,

How about another approach?

There is no good reason for Lemmyworld to keep on growing to an extent that this kind of overhead is necessary.
The idea of Lemmy is decentralization and not creating a new reddit instance. Close your registration, limit your amount of communities and let Lemmy grow in other directions.

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