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Gaza: UN experts demand safe passage for Freedom Flotilla Coalition - Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (UN Human Rights)

GENEVA – UN experts today called for safe passage for the Freedom Flotilla Coalition’s ship carrying essential medical aid, food, and baby supplies to Gaza which departed from Italy on 1 June 2025.

“Aid is desperately needed for the people of Gaza to forestall annihilation, and this initiative is a symbolic and powerful effort to deliver it. Israel should remember that the world is watching closely and refrain from any act of hostility against the Freedom Flotilla Coalition and its passengers,” the experts said.

“The people of Gaza have the right to receive aid through their own territorial waters even under occupation, and the Coalition ship has the right to free passage in international waters to reach the people of Gaza,” they said. “Israel must not interfere with its freedom of navigation, long recognised under international law.”

https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2025/06/gaza-un-experts-demand-safe-passage-freedom-flotilla-coalition

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The terrorist state is going to ignore the UN again

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Read Theory Like Your Survival Depends On It (It Does)

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Understanding why and how the US Empire is dying and what needs to be done to bring about Socialism is comforting.

Fuck it, shameless plug: check out my "Read Theory, Darn it!" introductory Marxist-Leninist reading list if you don't know where to start but want to begin with theory.

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2024-11-12 13:19:57

Read Theory, Darn it! An Introductory Reading List for Marxism-Leninism

"Without Revolutionary theory, there can be no Revolutionary Movement."
Vladimir Lenin, What is to be Done? | Audiobook
It's time to read theory, comrades! As Lenin says, "Despair is typical of those who do not understand the causes of evil, see no way out, and are incapable of struggle." Reading theory helps us identify the core contradictions within modern society, analyze their trajectories, and gives us the tools to break free. Marxism-Leninism is broken into 3 major components, as noted by Lenin in his pamphlet The Three Sources and Three Component Parts of Marxism: | Audiobook
Dialectical and Historical Materialism
Critique of Capitalism along the lines of Marx's Law of Value
Advocacy for Revolutionary and Scientific Socialism
As such, I created the following list to take you from no knowledge whatsoever of Leftist theory, and leave you with a strong understanding of the critical fundamentals of Marxism-Leninism in an order that builds up as you read. Let's get started!
Section I: Getting Started
What the heck is Communism, anyways? For that matter, what is fascism?
Friedrich Engels' Principles of Communism | Audiobook
The FAQ of Communism, written by the Luigi of the Marx & Engels duo. Quick to read, and easy to reference, this is the perfect start to your journey.
Michael Parenti's Blackshirts and Reds | Audiobook
Breaks down fascism and its mortal enemy, Communism, as well as their antagonistic relationship. Understanding what fascism is, where and when it rises, why it does so, and how to banish it forever is critical. Parenti also helps debunk common anti-Communist myths, from both the "left" and the right, in a quick-witted writing style. This is also an excellent time to watch the famous speech.
Section II: Historical and Dialectical Materialism
Ugh, philosophy? Really? YES!
Georges Politzer's Elementary Principles of Philosophy | Audiobook
By far my favorite primer on Marxist philosophy. By understanding Dialectical and Historical Materialism first, you make it easier to understand the rest of Marxism-Leninism. Don't be intimidated!
Friedrich Engels' Socialism: Utopian and Scientific | Audiobook
Further reading on Dialectical and Historical Materialism, but crucially introduces the why of Scientific Socialism, explaining how Capitalism itself prepares the conditions for public ownership and planning by centralizing itself into monopolist syndicates. This is also where Engels talks about the failures of previous "Utopian" Socialists.
Section III: Political Economy
That's right, it's time for the Law of Value and a deep-dive into Imperialism. If we are to defeat Capitalism, we must learn it's mechanisms, tendencies, contradictions, and laws.
Karl Marx's Wage Labor and Capital | Audiobook as well as Wages, Price and Profit | Audiobook
Best taken as a pair, these essays simplify the most important parts of the Law of Value. Marx is targetting those not trained in economics here, but you might want to keep a pen and some paper to follow along if you are a visual person.
Vladimir Lenin's Imperialism, The Highest Stage of Capitalism | Audiobook
Absolutely crucial and the most important work for understanding the modern era and its primary contradictions. Marxist-Leninists understand that Imperialism is the greatest contradiction in the modern era, which cascades downward into all manner of related contradictions. Knowing what dying Capitalism looks like, and how it behaves, means we can kill it.
Section IV: Revolutionary and Scientific Socialism
Can we defeat Capitalism at the ballot box? What about just defeating fascism? What about the role of the state?
Rosa Luxemburg's Reform or Revolution | Audiobook
If Marxists believed reforming Capitalist society was possible, we would be the first in line for it. Sadly, it isn't possible, which Luxemburg proves in this monumental writing.
Vladimir Lenin's The State and Revolution | Audiobook
Excellent refutation of revisionists and Social Democrats who think the State can be reformed, without needing to be replaced with one that is run by the workers, in their own interests.
Section V: Intersectionality and Solidarity
The revolution will not be fought by atomized individuals, but by an intersectional, international working class movement. Intersectionality is critical, because it allows different marginalized groups to work together in collective interest, unifying into a broad movement.
Vikky Storm and Eme Flores' The Gender Accelerationist Manifesto | (No Audiobook yet)
Critical reading on understanding misogyny, transphobia, enbyphobia, pluralphobia, and homophobia, as well as how to move beyond the base subject of "gender." Uses the foundations built up in the previous works to analyze gender theory from a Historical Materialist perspective.
Frantz Fanon's The Wretched of the Earth | Audiobook
De-colonialism is essential to Marxism. Without having a strong, de-colonial, internationalist stance, we have no path to victory nor a path to justice. Fanon analyzes Colonialism's dehumanizing effects, and lays out how to form a de-colonial movement, as well as its necessity.
Leslie Feinberg's Lavender & Red | Audiobook
Solidarity and intersectionality are the key to any social movement. When different social groups fight for liberation together along intersectional lines, the movements are emboldened and empowered ever-further.
Section VI: Putting it into Practice!
It's not enough to endlessly read, you must put theory to practice. That is how you can improve yourself and the movements you support. Touch grass!
Mao Tse-Tung's On Practice and On Contradiction | Audiobook
Mao wrote simply and directly, targeting peasant soldiers during the Revolutionary War in China. This pair of essays equip the reader with the ability to apply the analytical tools of Dialectical Materialism to their every day practice, and better understand problems.
Congratulations, you completed your introductory reading course!
With your new understanding and knowledge of Marxism-Leninism, here is a mini What is to be Done? of your own to follow, and take with you as practical advice.
Get organized. Join a Leftist org, find solidarity with fellow comrades, and protect each other. The Dems will not save you, it is up to us to protect ourselves. The Party for Socialism and Liberation and Freedom Road Socialist Organization both organize year round, every year, because the battle for progress is a constant struggle, not a single election. See if there is a chapter near you, or start one! Or, see if there's an org you like more near you and join it.
Read theory. Don't think that you are done now! Just because you have the basics, doesn't mean you know more than you do. If you have not investigated a subject, don't speak on it! Don't speak nonsense, but listen!
Aggressively combat white supremacy, misogyny, queerphobia, and other attacks on marginalized communities. Cede no ground, let nobody be forgotten or left behind. There is strength in numbers, when one marginalized group is targeted, many more are sure to follow.
Be industrious, and self-sufficient. Take up gardening, home repair, tinkering. It is through practice that you elevate your problem-solving capabilities. Not only will you improve your skill at one subject, but your general problem-solving muscles get strengthened as well.
Learn self-defense. Get armed, if practical. Be ready to protect yourself and others. Liberals will not save us, we must save each other.
Be persistent. If you feel like a single water droplet against a mountain, think of canyons and valleys. Oh, how our efforts pile up! With consistency, every rock, boulder, even mountain, can be drilled through with nothing but steady and persistent water droplets.
"Everything under heaven is in utter chaos; the situation is excellent."
Mao Tse-Tung

Revolution. Socialism. Liberation. - Freedom Road Socialist Organization | FRSO
Freedom Road Socialist Organization (FRSO) is a national organization of revolutionaries fighting for socialism in the United States. Our home is in the working class.
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Indeed, it's far less stressful to watch these events unfold when you understand the underlying mechanics and why they're happening.

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Haha speak for yourself. Understanding the underlying mechanics makes it obvious what comes next and I kind of wish we could just skip that part. 😅

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It's not gonna be pretty that's for sure. It's still better to know what's coming than to just have it happen to you.

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Wait I’m intrigued that there’s a happy ending in the long run? I’m super ignorant in this area but like…have other countries we view as relatively socialist (Euro stuff?) gone through a similar process that the US is going through? Definitely looking for some optimism these days.

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Europe isn't Socialist, it's Capitalist but more solidly focused on welfare. Just like the US (and Canada) though, they depend on massive exploitation of the global south. Marxists call this "Imperialism." Imperialism is the highest, dying stage of Capitalism, where Capitalism cannot sustain itself internally and seeks external sources to prolong itself. Imperialism also causes the Imperialized to go against it, though, and because industrialized production largely gets shipped overseas, this leaves Imperialist countries in struggle.

Right now, Trump is trying to restart USian manufacturing, but it isn't working. China is quickly overtaking it, because it is both a Socialist country and therefore can more effectively plan for the long term, and has a far larger industrial capacity.

The optimism is that it will likely get better after it gets worse. Imperialism needs to be killed, but in killing it we can move beyond financial dominance and into a collaborative, industrialized economy based on collective planning, ie Socialism. In short, revolution allows us to shift from a privately driven economy to a publicly driven economy, and this revolution becomes more likely as time goes on due to conditions worsening. Capitalism can't save itself because it isn't profitable to reindustrialize, due to an era of financial dominance, only a massive FDR style New Deal could delay this process, or people continuing to capitulate to the US Empire.

Fuck it, shameless plug: check out my "Read Theory, Darn it!" introductory Marxist-Leninist reading list if you don't know where to start but want to begin with theory.

Cowbee [he/they]

2024-11-12 13:19:57

Read Theory, Darn it! An Introductory Reading List for Marxism-Leninism

"Without Revolutionary theory, there can be no Revolutionary Movement."
Vladimir Lenin, What is to be Done? | Audiobook
It's time to read theory, comrades! As Lenin says, "Despair is typical of those who do not understand the causes of evil, see no way out, and are incapable of struggle." Reading theory helps us identify the core contradictions within modern society, analyze their trajectories, and gives us the tools to break free. Marxism-Leninism is broken into 3 major components, as noted by Lenin in his pamphlet The Three Sources and Three Component Parts of Marxism: | Audiobook
Dialectical and Historical Materialism
Critique of Capitalism along the lines of Marx's Law of Value
Advocacy for Revolutionary and Scientific Socialism
As such, I created the following list to take you from no knowledge whatsoever of Leftist theory, and leave you with a strong understanding of the critical fundamentals of Marxism-Leninism in an order that builds up as you read. Let's get started!
Section I: Getting Started
What the heck is Communism, anyways? For that matter, what is fascism?
Friedrich Engels' Principles of Communism | Audiobook
The FAQ of Communism, written by the Luigi of the Marx & Engels duo. Quick to read, and easy to reference, this is the perfect start to your journey.
Michael Parenti's Blackshirts and Reds | Audiobook
Breaks down fascism and its mortal enemy, Communism, as well as their antagonistic relationship. Understanding what fascism is, where and when it rises, why it does so, and how to banish it forever is critical. Parenti also helps debunk common anti-Communist myths, from both the "left" and the right, in a quick-witted writing style. This is also an excellent time to watch the famous speech.
Section II: Historical and Dialectical Materialism
Ugh, philosophy? Really? YES!
Georges Politzer's Elementary Principles of Philosophy | Audiobook
By far my favorite primer on Marxist philosophy. By understanding Dialectical and Historical Materialism first, you make it easier to understand the rest of Marxism-Leninism. Don't be intimidated!
Friedrich Engels' Socialism: Utopian and Scientific | Audiobook
Further reading on Dialectical and Historical Materialism, but crucially introduces the why of Scientific Socialism, explaining how Capitalism itself prepares the conditions for public ownership and planning by centralizing itself into monopolist syndicates. This is also where Engels talks about the failures of previous "Utopian" Socialists.
Section III: Political Economy
That's right, it's time for the Law of Value and a deep-dive into Imperialism. If we are to defeat Capitalism, we must learn it's mechanisms, tendencies, contradictions, and laws.
Karl Marx's Wage Labor and Capital | Audiobook as well as Wages, Price and Profit | Audiobook
Best taken as a pair, these essays simplify the most important parts of the Law of Value. Marx is targetting those not trained in economics here, but you might want to keep a pen and some paper to follow along if you are a visual person.
Vladimir Lenin's Imperialism, The Highest Stage of Capitalism | Audiobook
Absolutely crucial and the most important work for understanding the modern era and its primary contradictions. Marxist-Leninists understand that Imperialism is the greatest contradiction in the modern era, which cascades downward into all manner of related contradictions. Knowing what dying Capitalism looks like, and how it behaves, means we can kill it.
Section IV: Revolutionary and Scientific Socialism
Can we defeat Capitalism at the ballot box? What about just defeating fascism? What about the role of the state?
Rosa Luxemburg's Reform or Revolution | Audiobook
If Marxists believed reforming Capitalist society was possible, we would be the first in line for it. Sadly, it isn't possible, which Luxemburg proves in this monumental writing.
Vladimir Lenin's The State and Revolution | Audiobook
Excellent refutation of revisionists and Social Democrats who think the State can be reformed, without needing to be replaced with one that is run by the workers, in their own interests.
Section V: Intersectionality and Solidarity
The revolution will not be fought by atomized individuals, but by an intersectional, international working class movement. Intersectionality is critical, because it allows different marginalized groups to work together in collective interest, unifying into a broad movement.
Vikky Storm and Eme Flores' The Gender Accelerationist Manifesto | (No Audiobook yet)
Critical reading on understanding misogyny, transphobia, enbyphobia, pluralphobia, and homophobia, as well as how to move beyond the base subject of "gender." Uses the foundations built up in the previous works to analyze gender theory from a Historical Materialist perspective.
Frantz Fanon's The Wretched of the Earth | Audiobook
De-colonialism is essential to Marxism. Without having a strong, de-colonial, internationalist stance, we have no path to victory nor a path to justice. Fanon analyzes Colonialism's dehumanizing effects, and lays out how to form a de-colonial movement, as well as its necessity.
Leslie Feinberg's Lavender & Red | Audiobook
Solidarity and intersectionality are the key to any social movement. When different social groups fight for liberation together along intersectional lines, the movements are emboldened and empowered ever-further.
Section VI: Putting it into Practice!
It's not enough to endlessly read, you must put theory to practice. That is how you can improve yourself and the movements you support. Touch grass!
Mao Tse-Tung's On Practice and On Contradiction | Audiobook
Mao wrote simply and directly, targeting peasant soldiers during the Revolutionary War in China. This pair of essays equip the reader with the ability to apply the analytical tools of Dialectical Materialism to their every day practice, and better understand problems.
Congratulations, you completed your introductory reading course!
With your new understanding and knowledge of Marxism-Leninism, here is a mini What is to be Done? of your own to follow, and take with you as practical advice.
Get organized. Join a Leftist org, find solidarity with fellow comrades, and protect each other. The Dems will not save you, it is up to us to protect ourselves. The Party for Socialism and Liberation and Freedom Road Socialist Organization both organize year round, every year, because the battle for progress is a constant struggle, not a single election. See if there is a chapter near you, or start one! Or, see if there's an org you like more near you and join it.
Read theory. Don't think that you are done now! Just because you have the basics, doesn't mean you know more than you do. If you have not investigated a subject, don't speak on it! Don't speak nonsense, but listen!
Aggressively combat white supremacy, misogyny, queerphobia, and other attacks on marginalized communities. Cede no ground, let nobody be forgotten or left behind. There is strength in numbers, when one marginalized group is targeted, many more are sure to follow.
Be industrious, and self-sufficient. Take up gardening, home repair, tinkering. It is through practice that you elevate your problem-solving capabilities. Not only will you improve your skill at one subject, but your general problem-solving muscles get strengthened as well.
Learn self-defense. Get armed, if practical. Be ready to protect yourself and others. Liberals will not save us, we must save each other.
Be persistent. If you feel like a single water droplet against a mountain, think of canyons and valleys. Oh, how our efforts pile up! With consistency, every rock, boulder, even mountain, can be drilled through with nothing but steady and persistent water droplets.
"Everything under heaven is in utter chaos; the situation is excellent."
Mao Tse-Tung

Revolution. Socialism. Liberation. - Freedom Road Socialist Organization | FRSO
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We cannot choose the period of history we reside in, but we can rise to meet the occasion.

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But only if you're doing what needs to be done.

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Really good book! A little bit inaccessible in the first two chapters though.

Jokes aside, a good start is to join a socialist org, participate, and start developing yourself politically. I believe cowbee has a good reading list.

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Here's the "Read Theory, Darn it!" introductory Marxist-Leninist reading list you mentioned. Also plugged it elsewhere on the thread, lol

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2024-11-12 13:19:57

Read Theory, Darn it! An Introductory Reading List for Marxism-Leninism

"Without Revolutionary theory, there can be no Revolutionary Movement."
Vladimir Lenin, What is to be Done? | Audiobook
It's time to read theory, comrades! As Lenin says, "Despair is typical of those who do not understand the causes of evil, see no way out, and are incapable of struggle." Reading theory helps us identify the core contradictions within modern society, analyze their trajectories, and gives us the tools to break free. Marxism-Leninism is broken into 3 major components, as noted by Lenin in his pamphlet The Three Sources and Three Component Parts of Marxism: | Audiobook
Dialectical and Historical Materialism
Critique of Capitalism along the lines of Marx's Law of Value
Advocacy for Revolutionary and Scientific Socialism
As such, I created the following list to take you from no knowledge whatsoever of Leftist theory, and leave you with a strong understanding of the critical fundamentals of Marxism-Leninism in an order that builds up as you read. Let's get started!
Section I: Getting Started
What the heck is Communism, anyways? For that matter, what is fascism?
Friedrich Engels' Principles of Communism | Audiobook
The FAQ of Communism, written by the Luigi of the Marx & Engels duo. Quick to read, and easy to reference, this is the perfect start to your journey.
Michael Parenti's Blackshirts and Reds | Audiobook
Breaks down fascism and its mortal enemy, Communism, as well as their antagonistic relationship. Understanding what fascism is, where and when it rises, why it does so, and how to banish it forever is critical. Parenti also helps debunk common anti-Communist myths, from both the "left" and the right, in a quick-witted writing style. This is also an excellent time to watch the famous speech.
Section II: Historical and Dialectical Materialism
Ugh, philosophy? Really? YES!
Georges Politzer's Elementary Principles of Philosophy | Audiobook
By far my favorite primer on Marxist philosophy. By understanding Dialectical and Historical Materialism first, you make it easier to understand the rest of Marxism-Leninism. Don't be intimidated!
Friedrich Engels' Socialism: Utopian and Scientific | Audiobook
Further reading on Dialectical and Historical Materialism, but crucially introduces the why of Scientific Socialism, explaining how Capitalism itself prepares the conditions for public ownership and planning by centralizing itself into monopolist syndicates. This is also where Engels talks about the failures of previous "Utopian" Socialists.
Section III: Political Economy
That's right, it's time for the Law of Value and a deep-dive into Imperialism. If we are to defeat Capitalism, we must learn it's mechanisms, tendencies, contradictions, and laws.
Karl Marx's Wage Labor and Capital | Audiobook as well as Wages, Price and Profit | Audiobook
Best taken as a pair, these essays simplify the most important parts of the Law of Value. Marx is targetting those not trained in economics here, but you might want to keep a pen and some paper to follow along if you are a visual person.
Vladimir Lenin's Imperialism, The Highest Stage of Capitalism | Audiobook
Absolutely crucial and the most important work for understanding the modern era and its primary contradictions. Marxist-Leninists understand that Imperialism is the greatest contradiction in the modern era, which cascades downward into all manner of related contradictions. Knowing what dying Capitalism looks like, and how it behaves, means we can kill it.
Section IV: Revolutionary and Scientific Socialism
Can we defeat Capitalism at the ballot box? What about just defeating fascism? What about the role of the state?
Rosa Luxemburg's Reform or Revolution | Audiobook
If Marxists believed reforming Capitalist society was possible, we would be the first in line for it. Sadly, it isn't possible, which Luxemburg proves in this monumental writing.
Vladimir Lenin's The State and Revolution | Audiobook
Excellent refutation of revisionists and Social Democrats who think the State can be reformed, without needing to be replaced with one that is run by the workers, in their own interests.
Section V: Intersectionality and Solidarity
The revolution will not be fought by atomized individuals, but by an intersectional, international working class movement. Intersectionality is critical, because it allows different marginalized groups to work together in collective interest, unifying into a broad movement.
Vikky Storm and Eme Flores' The Gender Accelerationist Manifesto | (No Audiobook yet)
Critical reading on understanding misogyny, transphobia, enbyphobia, pluralphobia, and homophobia, as well as how to move beyond the base subject of "gender." Uses the foundations built up in the previous works to analyze gender theory from a Historical Materialist perspective.
Frantz Fanon's The Wretched of the Earth | Audiobook
De-colonialism is essential to Marxism. Without having a strong, de-colonial, internationalist stance, we have no path to victory nor a path to justice. Fanon analyzes Colonialism's dehumanizing effects, and lays out how to form a de-colonial movement, as well as its necessity.
Leslie Feinberg's Lavender & Red | Audiobook
Solidarity and intersectionality are the key to any social movement. When different social groups fight for liberation together along intersectional lines, the movements are emboldened and empowered ever-further.
Section VI: Putting it into Practice!
It's not enough to endlessly read, you must put theory to practice. That is how you can improve yourself and the movements you support. Touch grass!
Mao Tse-Tung's On Practice and On Contradiction | Audiobook
Mao wrote simply and directly, targeting peasant soldiers during the Revolutionary War in China. This pair of essays equip the reader with the ability to apply the analytical tools of Dialectical Materialism to their every day practice, and better understand problems.
Congratulations, you completed your introductory reading course!
With your new understanding and knowledge of Marxism-Leninism, here is a mini What is to be Done? of your own to follow, and take with you as practical advice.
Get organized. Join a Leftist org, find solidarity with fellow comrades, and protect each other. The Dems will not save you, it is up to us to protect ourselves. The Party for Socialism and Liberation and Freedom Road Socialist Organization both organize year round, every year, because the battle for progress is a constant struggle, not a single election. See if there is a chapter near you, or start one! Or, see if there's an org you like more near you and join it.
Read theory. Don't think that you are done now! Just because you have the basics, doesn't mean you know more than you do. If you have not investigated a subject, don't speak on it! Don't speak nonsense, but listen!
Aggressively combat white supremacy, misogyny, queerphobia, and other attacks on marginalized communities. Cede no ground, let nobody be forgotten or left behind. There is strength in numbers, when one marginalized group is targeted, many more are sure to follow.
Be industrious, and self-sufficient. Take up gardening, home repair, tinkering. It is through practice that you elevate your problem-solving capabilities. Not only will you improve your skill at one subject, but your general problem-solving muscles get strengthened as well.
Learn self-defense. Get armed, if practical. Be ready to protect yourself and others. Liberals will not save us, we must save each other.
Be persistent. If you feel like a single water droplet against a mountain, think of canyons and valleys. Oh, how our efforts pile up! With consistency, every rock, boulder, even mountain, can be drilled through with nothing but steady and persistent water droplets.
"Everything under heaven is in utter chaos; the situation is excellent."
Mao Tse-Tung

Revolution. Socialism. Liberation. - Freedom Road Socialist Organization | FRSO
Freedom Road Socialist Organization (FRSO) is a national organization of revolutionaries fighting for socialism in the United States. Our home is in the working class.
^{admin (Freedom Road Socialist Organization | FRSO)}

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toddalon

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I just wanted to say thanks for the curated reading list.

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Cowbee [he/they]

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No problem! Made it after the US election, because I thought it would be a good opportunity to help people understand what's going on and what we can actually do proactively. Glad you like it!

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What Is To Be Done? (Abridged)

Without a revolutionary theory there can be no revolutionary movement. It is impossible to emphasize this thought too much at a time when along with the fashionable preaching of opportunism people are carried away with the narrowest possible forms of…

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Rooskie91

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Exactly. This should be framed as a failed coup that will result in social reform/revolution. These clowns are poorly organized, on drugs most of the time, and have no clues how the social organism works.

It's pretty shitty that they'll cause a lot of unnecessary pain tho.

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It's less a coup, and more the bourgeousie opting for a hammer to try to save itself from the trap it fell into by de-industrializing and shifting most production overseas. But you're right, revolution becomes more likely.

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Right wing conspiracy theorists: "YOU'LL SEE! IT'S ONLY A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE THE CHINESE COMMUNIST JEWISH MUSLIM SATANISTS ACTIVATE THEIR SPACE LASERS TO TURN THE EARTH INTO A SPHERE AND USE VACCINES TO RAISE CTHULHU FROM THE DEAD AND SNAP THE INFINITY GAUNTLET AND"

Left wing conspiracy theorists: "Ah shit we got proven right again."

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There are three types of conspiracy theories:

Lizard people live in the hollow earth and mind control world leaders
The CIA admitted it on the Congressional record 40 years ago
The Enemy of the State zone, where it's plausible but unconfirmed

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every time I've "predicted" something and someone asked me how I knew, my answer was "this already happened in 20xx, you should play mega man"

silence7 via politics

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Sen. Padilla pushed to ground, handcuffed for demanding DHS not lie

Forcibly removing a sitting US senator, as they opposed the president's immigration policy, is a part of a broader slide.

^{Mother Jones}

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Anker is recalling over 1.1 million power banks due to fire and burn risks

Stop using it immediately.

Anker is recalling over 1.1 million power banks due to fire and burn risks

Anker is warning consumers to stop using its PowerCore 10000 batteries immediately

^{Andrew Liszewski (The Verge)}

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Musk calls Trump budget bill a 'disgusting abomination'

Musk calls Trump spending bill a 'disgusting abomination'

Tesla CEO Elon Musk previously led DOGE for the Trump administration, but bemoans the effect on the deficit from the 'big, beautiful bill."

^{Kevin Breuninger (CNBC)}

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Emergency3030

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I wouldn't trust 💩💩💩💩 coming out of Elon mouth. A few years ago, he went public about the dangers of AI and why it'd destroy us human-race. A decade later, he owns an AI company and infiltrates ALL the US government departments with it, using the absurd and most likely lie to make it more efficient while stealing and keeping all the citizens information he could gain. Yeah right I trust Ellon as much as I trust Trump which equals to -459.67 °F coldest temperature in outer space or current absolute ZERO.

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isekaihero

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It is a disgusting abomination. I support DOGE because I wanted cuts. So what do they do? They save a little money cracking down on social security fraud, and then pass this disgusting behemoth 3.8 trillion dollar budget.

It's like biden never left office. There's no fucking way they meet the 2% inflation target after flooding the economy with another 3.8 trillion dollars. We're right back on track for hyperinflation. The same way that every other failed republic died. You can't spend your way out of currency debasement. It just accelerates the process.

What they need to do is spend less. Get that budget deal under 1 trillion dollars. They need to cut 3 trillion in spending. They won't do that because it would mean stuffing less pork into their barrels and pockets. All our representatives are corrupt and they all have friends and pet projects and hands in the cookie jar. So we're on a train with no brakes, going headfirst into hyperinflation. History repeats.

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Irish government rejects motion to stop sale of Israeli bonds

The decision to reject the bill comes after a similar, unsuccessful motion was put forward by the Sinn Féin party last month.

Archived version: archive.is/newest/euronews.com…

Disclaimer: The article linked is from a single source with a single perspective. Make sure to cross-check information against multiple sources to get a comprehensive view on the situation.

Irish government rejects motion to stop sale of Israeli bonds

^{Leticia Batista Cabanas (Euronews.com)}

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BrikoX via Legal News

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US | Judge declares mistrial on Harvey Weinstein rape charge after jury dispute

A judge declared a mistrial in the Harvey Weinstein sex crimes retrial on Thursday after a dispute between members of the jury on the outstanding rape charge against the disgraced Hollywood movie mogul. The jury was unable to reach a verdict on the charge that Weinstein raped Jessica Mann, and a retrial on that count will follow at a later date.

Judge declares mistrial on Harvey Weinstein rape charge after jury dispute

^{FRANCE 24}

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Canadian forest fires trigger unhealthy air warnings in Switzerland

The smoke from Canada is causing poor air quality in Switzerland. Some measuring stations recorded values on Wednesday that are considered unhealthy.

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I've tolerated cities like Paris, Texas. Switzerland, Canada is a bridge too far, though.

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HiddenLayer555

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Enjoy the fresh air today because it's the cleanest it will ever be.

Climate change has barely even started. Anyone who thinks this is bad is in for a surprise.

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LA man faces 8 years in prison for ‘spitting at an ICE agent’ after being charged with assaulting a federal employee

Omar Pulido Bastida was charged with assaulting a federal employee after spitting in an ICE agents face.

LA man faces 8 years in prison for ‘spitting at an ICE agent’ after being charged with assaulting a federal employee

^{Isabel Keane (The Independent)}

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“I wish I had watched more TV” said no one ever.

BrikoX via United States | News & Politics

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Ex-congressman Billy Long confirmed as commissioner of the IRS, an agency he once sought to abolish

Former congressman Billy Long of Missouri has been confirmed to lead the Internal Revenue Service, an agency he once sought to abolish.

https://apnews.com/article/billy-long-confirmed-irs-commissioner-67cd8daaa53a53c4ebf1262de1ede5e6

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PSA: Widespread internet outage affects Spotify, Google, Discord, AWS, Cloudflare, more

Widespread internet outage affects Spotify, Google, AWS, more - 9to5Mac

A widespread internet outage is currently impacting a wide range of popular platforms and infrastructure providers.

^{Marcus Mendes (9to5Mac)}

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Looks to only affect US-based infrastructure.

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☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆ via Comics

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Important Difference

smbc-comics.com/comic/hominem

Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal

Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Hominem

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davel via Technology

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PSA: Widespread internet outage affects Spotify, Google, Discord, AWS, Cloudflare, more

Widespread internet outage affects Spotify, Google, AWS, more - 9to5Mac

A widespread internet outage is currently impacting a wide range of popular platforms and infrastructure providers.

^{Marcus Mendes (9to5Mac)}

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"decentralized" internet, sure !

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davel

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🧑‍🚀 Wait it’s all Cloudflare?

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The GOP’s New Medicaid Denialism | Unable to defend their health-care cuts on the merits, congressional Republicans have pivoted to magical thinking.

For context:

We project that implementation of the retractions outlined in the reconciliation bill would result in more than 42,500 deaths annually

The GOP’s New Medicaid Denialism

Unable to defend their health-care cuts on the merits, congressional Republicans have pivoted to magical thinking.

^{Jonathan Chait (The Atlantic)}

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Freshparsnip

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Meanwhile the president is saying that the former president has been replaced by a clone. Isn't there some sort of protocol for when the government is out of touch with reality?

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silence7

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The 25th amendment might help if half the cabinet wasn't on drugs

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SnarkoPolo

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Magical thinking is something that appeals to their home schooled, fetal alcohol syndrome ridden, red hat wearing voter base.

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Dozens of Palestinians killed near Gaza aid distribution point, health officials say, in third day of shooting | CNN

"third day of shooting". At an AID POINT.

Even if you're being gracious and assuming day 1 was all just a wacky misunderstanding (it wasn't), day 2 and 3 are war crimes.

https://www.cnn.com/2025/06/03/middleeast/gaza-rafah-shooting-aid-distribution-point-intl

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Third day in a row, but fourth shooting this week. Israel first shot Palestinians at the aid point on 5/27, and then again the past three days.

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rumimevlevi

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When is the hypocritical west leadera do russia and iranian level of sanctions on the terrorist state?

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US Senator Alex Padilla forcibly removed from Homeland Secretary Kristi Noem's press conference in LA.

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Senator Alex Padilla is forcibly removed from Homeland Secretary Kristi Noem's press conference in LA. "Hands off!," Padilla can be heard yelling. Never seen a US senator handled this way.

^{Bluesky Social}

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Come visualizzarle da Mastodon e da Friendica le testate italiane che Flipboard ha finalmente federato?

Ora che anche diversi account italiani di Flipboard si sono uniti al Fediverso, cerchiamo di capire come seguirli al meglio, per non perderci nulla, ma anche per non farci sommergere dal flusso di informazione

Come visualizzarle da Mastodon e da Friendica le testate italiane che Flipboard ha finalmente federato?

Ora che anche diversi account italiani di Flipboard si sono uniti al Fediverso, cerchiamo di capire come seguirli al meglio, per non perderci…

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Max su Poliverso 🇪🇺🇮🇹

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@Poliverso

Mi sembra un'ottima notizia, nel passaggio da Facebook al Fediverso una delle cose di cui sentivo più la mancanza (a parte gli amici...) erano proprio le notizie del Post. Ho messo il "follow", vediamo com'è.

Grazie per la guida, è stata un'ottima idea.

EDIT: posso finalmente rimuovere il dubbio sul "vediamo com'è", funziona perfettamente 😁

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RandAlThor via World News

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Canada opens war crimes probe into dual Israeli-Canadian IDF soldiers

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The original source article: thestar.com/news/canada/rcmp-s…

Canada’s federal police have launched a criminal investigation into several IDF soldiers who also hold Canadian citizenship, on suspicion of crimes against humanity allegedly committed during their military service, Canadian media reported Tuesday.
The report, first published by the Toronto Star, marks the first time Canadian authorities have formally opened a war crimes investigation against dual Israeli-Canadian nationals. The move has triggered concern and controversy within Canada’s Jewish and Israeli communities.
According to the report, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) are investigating Canadian citizens who served in the IDF, whether in active duty or as reservists, during the war in Gaza. The probe reportedly began in 2024 but remained under wraps until now. It could include evidence collection, information sharing with international bodies and potentially even indictments on Canadian soil.

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2025-06-03 17:45:53

Canada opens war crimes probe into dual Israeli-Canadian IDF soldiers

Canada’s federal police have launched a criminal investigation into several IDF soldiers who also hold Canadian citizenship, on suspicion of crimes against humanity allegedly committed during their military service, Canadian media reported Tuesday.
The report, first published by the Toronto Star, marks the first time Canadian authorities have formally opened a war crimes investigation against dual Israeli-Canadian nationals. The move has triggered concern and controversy within Canada’s Jewish and Israeli communities.
According to the report, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) are investigating Canadian citizens who served in the IDF, whether in active duty or as reservists, during the war in Gaza. The probe reportedly began in 2024 but remained under wraps until now. It could include evidence collection, information sharing with international bodies and potentially even indictments on Canadian soil.

Canada opens war crimes probe into dual Israeli-Canadian IDF soldiers
Canada quietly probing citizens over alleged war crimes committed while serving in the IDF during Gaza war; launched in 2024, investigation remains unannounced; Jewish community voices concern: 'Canada is becoming more hostile toward us by the d…
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Ilixtze

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Is it too late for these scumbag governments to pretend they care? The genocide is almost finished; All they are doing is washing their hands. The credibility of the west is drowning in shit.

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corsicanguppy

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Shitting on the first investigation of its kind is really weird encouragement. But, you be you.

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Ilixtze

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The first investigation in how many years of genocide? After how much support for Israel in money spent and protests silenced? After how many decades of apartheid regime?

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QuoVadisHomines

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Would you prefer them to never do anything?

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Ilixtze

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I wished they did something before the death toll rose above 50,000; Because to those people they did nothing.
Well they actually did something to those people: A couple of months ago Canada was still Arming the genocidal army.

And i think we should never forget that. Ever. The UN special comnittee already found Israel's methods of war consistent with genocide last year. If Canada really wants to do something about this. (And by "Canada" i mean it's people and it's government.) They should seek putting everyone complicit on selling arms to Israel on trial for crimes against humanity.

~But it's not like people in power are reading World news on lemmy for suggestions. or to get discouraged We are just talking here among ourselves.~

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WhiskyTangoFoxtrot

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Yes. Yes they would. That should be obvious by this point.

Just like the people who spent last year shouting that the best way to stop the Gaza genocide is to elect the guy who said he wants Israel to "finish the problem."

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stopgermanizerz

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Nobody cares about what they do AFTER the genocide. The harm already have been done. Too little too late

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rumimevlevi

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Do you realize that war crimes in gaza is an israeli government policies. Sanction israel as a state not just few settlers

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rumimevlevi

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That's seriously cool but we all know that they just use them as scapegoat while true top war criminals ruling Israel are safe from all accountabilities

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Google quietly paused the rollout of its AI-powered ‘Ask Photos’ search feature

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Google is pausing the rollout of its AI-powered “Ask Photos” feature within Google Photos, which has been slowly expanding since last fall. “Ask Photos isn’t where it needs to be,” wrote Jamie Aspinall, a product manager for Google Photos, in a post on X responding to criticism, citing three factors: latency, quality, and user experience.
The experimental feature is powered by Google’s “most capable” Gemini AI models. Specifically, it’s a specialized version of its Gemini models that are “only used for Ask Photos,” according to Google.
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Aspinall said Google had paused the feature’s rollout “at very small numbers while we address these issues,” and that in about two weeks, the team would ship a better version “that brings back the speed and recall of the original search.
At the same time, Google also announced Tuesday that keyword search in Photos is getting better, allowing you to use quotes to find exact text matches within “filenames, camera models, captions, or text within photos,” or search without quotes to include visual matches too.
Google announced the feature last May at I/O 2024, and positioned it as a way to query your Photos app for common-sense questions that another human would typically have to help with — i.e., asking about which themes you’ve chosen in the past for a child’s birthday party, or which national parks you’ve visited.
“Gemini’s multimodal capabilities can help understand exactly what’s happening in each photo and can even read text in the image if required,” the company wrote in the announcement. “Ask Photos then crafts a helpful response and picks which photos and videos to return.”
It’s not the first time Google has paused the rollout of an AI-powered feature, as it competes in a quickly intensifying AI arms race against other tech giants and startups alike.
Last May, within weeks of debuting “AI Overview” in Google Search, Google paused the feature after nonsensical and inaccurate answers went viral on social media, with no way to opt out of usage. Two high-profile examples: The feature called Barack Obama the first Muslim president of the United States, and recommended users put glue on pizza to keep the cheese on.
And last February, Google rolled out Gemini’s image-generation tool with a good deal of fanfare, then paused the feature that same month after users reported historical inaccuracies, such as an AI-generated image depicting the U.S. Founding Fathers as people of color.
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Google apologizes for ‘missing the mark’ after Gemini generated racially diverse Nazis

Google says it’s aware of historically inaccurate results for its Gemini AI image generator, following criticism that it depicted historically white groups as people of color.

^{Adi Robertson (The Verge)}

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RedditIsDeddit

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I need to start exploring getting away from Google completely and ditching Android I'm over it. I'd switch to an iPhone but I fucking hate Apple too so I guess we're going to start shopping the perimeter

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atlien51

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Degoogled phones! Or dumb phones. P I C K

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katy ✨

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i like how ask photos is not just a dumb idea but it's also a dumb name

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Elon Musk derides Donald Trump’s tax bill as ‘a disgusting abomination’

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Elon Musk derides Donald Trump’s tax bill as ‘a disgusting abomination’

Billionaire lashes out just as US president urges Senate to pass his ‘big, beautiful’ fiscal plan

Elon Musk

Elon Musk lashed out at Donald Trump’s ‘big, beautiful’ tax bill on Tuesday, describing it as a ‘disgusting abomination’© AFP/Getty Images

Elon Musk has lambasted Donald Trump’s signature tax bill, calling it “a disgusting abomination”, in an outburst that threatens to destroy the relationship between the US president and his billionaire backer.

In a series of posts on his social media site X on Tuesday, Musk, who abruptly left the administration last week, hit out at what he called a “massive, outrageous, pork-filled Congressional spending bill”.

He added: “Shame on those who voted for it: you know you did wrong. You know it.”

Musk’s comments came just hours after Trump had criticised Republican Senator Rand Paul, a staunch fiscal conservative, for his opposition to the proposed legislation, which the president described as a “BIG GROWTH BILL” on his social media platform.

The legislation, which Trump had coined his “big, beautiful bill”, passed the House last month by one vote and is currently being considered by the Senate. It has been criticised by fiscal hawks for adding trillions to the national debt when investors are already worried about the US’s widening deficit.

Supporters of Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency (Doge) have also criticised the bill, claiming it would undo some of the initiative’s savings.

Asked about Musk’s latest comments, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said: “Look, the president already knows where Elon Musk stood on this bill. It doesn’t change the president’s opinion. This is one big, beautiful bill, and he’s sticking to it.”

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Elon Musk

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Too late now, you fuck! Damage is done, better sell thay yacht

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It does take one to know one…

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“Piracy is piracy”: Disney and Universal sue AI image generator Midjourney in a Hollywood first

"the girls are fighting, aren't they?"

https://www.niemanlab.org/2025/06/piracy-is-piracy-disney-and-universal-sue-ai-image-generator-midjourney-in-a-hollywood-first/

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Øπ3ŕ

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Above all of this should be the glaringly historical fact that Hollywood was literally founded to escape lawyers for European film groups trying to bring those founders-to-be to justice for their, well, piracy of said films... 🤷🏼‍♂️ I mean, if anyone should deserve an ol' fashioned legal rogering, it's those hypocritical backbirths.

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merc

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AFAIK it was more about getting away from Thomas Edison's patents.

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Øπ3ŕ

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That is also true, considering he was an infamous patent troll of his time. Fuckin' killed our boy Nikolai, by proxy, and now the ass-clown is named as the inventor of all manner of things he stole from other, more capable innovators. Fuck him sideways with a Faraday pineapple.

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ScoffingLizard

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That's why I never contribute much at work past the bare minimum. Someone else takes credit every time. I just watch them fail instead.

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Øπ3ŕ

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Try the bait & switch, instead, and then "somehow" be right there with the actual solution when theirs* butters into flames. 😜

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Why is that not slutty mickey mouse, though?

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Elon Musk Rips Trump's Big Beautiful Budget: 'Abomination'

Elon Musk Absolutely Explodes on Trump’s ‘Disgusting Abomination’ of a Spending Bill

Just days after officially departing the White House, Elon Musk is going scorched earth on the signature budget legislation being championed by President Trump.

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I don't buy it for a second. He doesn't like being sidelined. He didn't give a shit about the bill or anybody but himself. Eat piss Nazi fuck.

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I fucking knew they'd fall out they're both horrible people. They were always gonna knife each other

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Troops and marines deeply troubled by LA deployment: ‘Morale is not great’ Several service members told advocacy groups they felt like pawns in a political game and assignment was unnecessary

California national guards troops and marines deployed to Los Angeles to help restore order after days of protest against the Trump administration have told friends and family members they are deeply unhappy about the assignment and worry their only meaningful role will be as pawns in a political battle they do not want to join.
Three different advocacy organisations representing military families said they had heard from dozens of affected service members who expressed discomfort about being drawn into a domestic policing operation outside their normal field of operations. The groups said they have heard no countervailing opinions.
“The sentiment across the board right now is that deploying military force against our own communities isn’t the kind of national security we signed up for,” said Sarah Streyder of the Secure Families Initiative, which represents the interests of military spouses, children and veterans.

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Troops and marines deeply troubled by LA deployment: ‘Morale is not great’

Several service members told advocacy groups they felt like pawns in a political game and assignment was not necessary

^{Andrew Gumbel (The Guardian)}

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Fairly sure the mayo gun is full-auto

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It's from a movie called The Stuff. It's...uh....living ice cream?

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Get movie: the stuff

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Time reporters were able to use Google's AI to make convincing videos of Muslims setting fire to a Hindu temple; Chinese researchers handling a bat in a wet lab; and election workers shredding ballots

#politics

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The Human Hunters of Sarajevo

Could the unthinkable be true? In the aftermath of the Bosnian War — a conflict marked by atrocities and genocide — rumors swirled of wealthy outsiders flying into war-torn Sarajevo to pay for a gruesome and forbidden thrill: hunting humans for sport.

YouTube version: youtu.be/6-9nZkdaNrQ

The Human Hunters of Sarajevo | True Crime Reports

What sort of person would take part in a human safari?

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#World

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Time reporters were able to use Google's AI to make convincing videos of Muslims setting fire to a Hindu temple; Chinese researchers handling a bat in a wet lab; and election workers shredding ballots

Google’s Veo 3 Can Make Deepfakes of Riots, Election Fraud, Conflict

Google’s Veo 3 lets users make hyper-realistic deepfakes—sparking fears about AI’s role in misinformation online.

^TIME

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As Trump Says He’s Stamping Out Antisemitism, He Advances Similar Tropes

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/03/us/politics/trump-antisemitism.html?unlocked_article_code=1.ME8.raig.sxHuJZx1bDjH

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Brotha_Jaufrey

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Why is it that the same crowd that made fun of Jewish people their entire lives are suddenly the voice of reason when it comes to antisemitism?

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kcweller

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Populists don't think for themselves. They listen and repeat any garbage you give them, as long as they think it hurts immigrants.

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Someone also has a problem with logging to crypt.ee?

There is no forum for this service and it's privacy related so I think it's best sub when I can ask. When I try to loggin there is yellow error which says "there seems to be an error logging you in. please try again shortly"

#privacy

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Scott

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Hosted on GCP?

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i have no issues

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California senator Alex Padilla forcibly removed from Noem press conference about the LA Protests [The Guardian]

California senator Alex Padilla forcibly removed from Noem press conference – LA protests live

Officials push Padilla out of the room as homeland security talks to reporters in Los Angeles

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U.S. Scientists Warn That Trump’s Cuts Will Set Off a Brain Drain | As the United States cuts budgets and restricts immigration, China and Europe are offering researchers money and stability.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/03/us/trump-federal-spending-grants-scientists-leaving.html?unlocked_article_code=1.ME8.J0Cl.ddbEiD-pY7kd

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prole

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It's already started. Even if this shit ended today, there are things about our country that are likely gone forever.

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My wife refuses to think about leaving. I won't go without her. So, I stay here, and one day sooner rather than later, Homeland or a private "militia" will break my door in, and i will go missing.

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True Wireless Power is FINALLY here (building a TRULY wire-free desk setup)

- YouTube

Profitez des vidéos et de la musique que vous aimez, mettez en ligne des contenus originaux, et partagez-les avec vos amis, vos proches et le monde entier.

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Lord Wiggle

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Nice, enjoy your wireless nightmare.

Once I had a wireless Corsair Keyboard which sometimes received input from someone else's keyboard (it typed entire sentences on my PC). Corsair said this was impossible, yet somehow words appeared on my screen while only my keyboard was linked. A neighbor logged in to something using his email address and password and it appeared into my word document. Like, wtf!

So I love my wires. I have no wifi, no wireless devices (except for my phone and game controllers) and I have no interference issues with anything (and I have a music studio in my living room with loads of synths).

Just do some proper cable management. It's really fun to do and gives a clean look.

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slst

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Do you remember the exact model? I'm interested in looking into it

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Lord Wiggle

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Took some digging in my mailbox, but I found it: the Corsair K57 RGB wireless qwerty keyboard.

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slst

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Thank you so much 😁

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BlameTheAntifa

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Corsair

I believe I found the problem.

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Burn1ngBull3t

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Hell yeah, some DIY Perks on lemmy.

Great quality video as always, even though the setup might be cumbersome to add peripherals in the long term.

But still interesting !

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These Hidden Provisions in the Budget Bill Undermine Our Democracy

President Donald Trump’s so-called “One, Big, Beautiful Bill Act” includes two provisions that would severely harm voters and threaten the rule of law.

^{Campaign Legal Center}

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Josh Hawley is directly targetting leftists now

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In search of a non-electron text editor that can fold | Are emacs and (neo)vim my only options?

The following gif demonstrates folding:

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0x01

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SublimeText?

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HayadSont

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Looks cool. Thanks!

Uhmm..., did I understand correctly that it's not open source?

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mnmalst

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Not op but no it's not.

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HayadSont

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Thank you for the clarification!

While I didn't mention it explicitly in the post, I do intend to stick to open source.

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toman

in reply to HayadSont • 3 mesi fa • •

Sublime Text is not open-source but it has a sane price and a WinRAR-style trial. I use it because it feels a lot snappier than other editors/IDEs I've tried when browsing large files.

On the one hand, it's a shame that it's not open-source, but on the other hand, developers have to make a living from something.

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DownWithIsrael

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developers have to make a living from something.

How do other developers do it?

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toman

in reply to DownWithIsrael • 3 mesi fa • •

If I said I knew exactly what I was talking about, I'd be lying. But it's generally accepted that funding of open-source is not in an ideal state.

Funding FOSS – Noah Kantrowitz

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HayadSont

in reply to toman • 3 mesi fa • •

I use it because it feels a lot snappier than other editors/IDEs I’ve tried when browsing large files.

Snappiness is definitely something I appreciate. So, if it blows everything else out of the water in this respect, that I might have to concede. Thank you for mentioning this particular aspect of it!

On the one hand, it’s a shame that it’s not open-source, but on the other hand, developers have to make a living from something.

I wholeheartedly agree. But, I prefer the capability to donate to the open-source software developers that I love to support.

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utopiah

in reply to HayadSont • 3 mesi fa • •

I wholeheartedly agree. But, I prefer the capability to donate to the open-source software developers that I love to support.

Right indeed, not sure why it was implied that open source software couldn't be a financially viable option for developers too.

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HayadSont

in reply to utopiah • 3 mesi fa • •

Couldn't agree more.

Btw, I would like to take this chance to thank you and @winety@lemmy.zip for the civil, respectful, engaging and informative conversation you were having elsewhere!

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utopiah

in reply to HayadSont • 3 mesi fa • •

Ah! Isn't it wonderful when we discuss to learn rather than be right? 😁

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expr

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It's definitely not faster than vim, fwiw.

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HayadSont

in reply to expr • 3 mesi fa • •

Thank you for this crucial piece of information! Much appreciated!

As such, Sublime Text has (kinda) lost all of its relevancy for me.

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utopiah

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On the one hand, it’s a shame that it’s not open-source, but on the other hand, developers have to make a living from something.

I'm pretty sure most people here, at least I hope, who use open source and free software directly money donate to developers. I know of plenty of developers who do get paid writing open source through such donations or via funding, e.g. NLNet or grants. Maybe I'm misunderstanding your statement, are you saying Sublime Text isn't open source because they believe those ways are not appropriate for them?

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toman

in reply to utopiah • 3 mesi fa • •

I wrote a whole comment in which I mused about the reason why Sublime Text isn't open-source. However, a brief search found one developer's answer: They just don't think that typical FOSS funding is sustainable for their particular project.

Make Sublime Text Open Source

Thanks for the feedback. There’s no plan to open source Sublime Text and with the complexity of a text editor written for performance there’s also little to be gained from doing so in terms of community contributions.

^{Sublime Forum}

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utopiah

in reply to toman • 3 mesi fa • •

FWIW I'm donating every month to CodeMirror author, donates to Vim, etc. I'm not saying they are wrong, nor right, solely that implying (but maybe I misunderstood the comment) that somehow open-source and getting paid are antagonist is IMHO damaging to FLOSS broadly.

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toman

in reply to utopiah • 3 mesi fa • •

That's a fair point. Still, I think it's also worth acknowledging that getting paid to develop open-source software can often be more difficult than getting paid for proprietary work. According to Tidelift State of Open Source Maintainer report, 44 % of FOSS maintainers aren't getting paid for their work but would like to. Interestingly, 36 % of FOSS maintainers are getting some monetary compensation.¹

(I'm responding mostly because I found that survey. Interesting numbers.)

¹ I thought this number would be smaller. Alas, I am a pessimist.

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utopiah

in reply to toman • 3 mesi fa • •

44 %

Very interesting, thanks for sharing. That number is of course way too high. I won't point fingers but... OK I will, I would argue, naively, that a lot of that frustration comes from corporate exploitation. I bet a lot of that comes from maintainer who noticed big number of downloads on CDN but no PR because somehow a paid for tool (so not blaming just BigTech here) relies on their work... and they don't see a cent for it.

I doubt most people who have a quirky side project, say something about how to use Lego controllers for their model train on the weekends with kids, really mind. Sure they'd love to see a bit of money from it but whatever.

Anyway I'll dig into that report a bit more, thanks for sharing!

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HaraldvonBlauzahn

in reply to HayadSont • 3 mesi fa • •

You might have a look at LEO:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_(tex…

I used it extensively for some time to write big documentation. It is good.

But I'd guess that for most tasks, Emacs org-mode is the most powerful option.

code and text editor, outliner, and project manager

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HayadSont

in reply to HaraldvonBlauzahn • 3 mesi fa • •

Interesting. First time reading about it*. Were it not for you, this might have been completely off the radar. So thank you for mentioning it!

But I’d guess that for most tasks, Emacs org-mode is the most powerful option.

Yeah, it has been slowly growing on me 😜. But I would like to explore all other options before I fully commit.

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mina86

in reply to HayadSont • 3 mesi fa • •

Yeah, it has been slowly growing on me 😜. But I would like to explore all other options before I fully commit.

You’ve already discovered the best editor. There’s no need to explore more. ;)

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HayadSont

in reply to mina86 • 3 mesi fa • •

You’ve already discovered the best editor. There’s no need to explore more. ;)

Hehe 😜. Perhaps the purpose of this exploration is to cement the idea that I'm already on the best 😂. We'll see 😉.

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HaraldvonBlauzahn

in reply to HayadSont • 3 mesi fa • •

What makes LEO great for consistent larger documentation is that one can write things like footnotes or a glossary in nodes which can be linked into multiple pages - much like files with multiple hard links in a file system.

Also, it can re-read exported generated files into a structured outline, which is managed under version control.

Also, good support for literate programming, which is Don Knuth's perhaps greatest idea.

Programming paradigm

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HayadSont

in reply to HaraldvonBlauzahn • 3 mesi fa • •

LEO definitely looks like a cool project. It has made me curious and I would like to try it out. Thanks (again)!

However, before I do, I would like to verify if folding^[Also known as collapse/expand] a section/heading in Markdown -as demonstrated in the gif- is possible with LEO. Could you please confirm this for me?

Also, good support for literate programming, which is Don Knuth's perhaps greatest idea.

Very interesting concept. I believe I stumbled upon this video about a week ago. Together with two other videos, It has been at the very top of "Watch Later"-list since. But I haven't gotten around to watch it yet 😅. I believe the topics are related. Am I right? Regardless, I'll definitely take a deeper look into literate programming. Thank you for mentioning it!

Programming paradigm

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anon5621

in reply to HayadSont • 3 mesi fa • •

Kate,kdevelop,xed,mousepad,gnome builder.,notepad next(clone notepad++)

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HayadSont

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That's a lot of options! Thank you.

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slacktoid

in reply to HayadSont • 3 mesi fa • •

There's also Zed. And helix.

Amongst all the other great alts here

Also neovim is really dope! Just have to throw that there

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HayadSont

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There’s also Zed.

Noted. Thank you!

And helix.

I believe this doesn't have folding (yet). Unfortunately.

Also neovim is really dope! Just have to throw that there

xD , Neovim is definitely pretty cool.

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RageLtd

in reply to HayadSont • 3 mesi fa • •

I use Zed as my primary editor these days. It’s just about ready for prime time!

(Source: 12 years of web and Linux hacking)

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HayadSont

in reply to RageLtd • 3 mesi fa • •

By admission of my fellow Lemmy-users, I've gone and tried out many text editors over the course of the past few days. Unfortunately, I didn't like the installation options for Zed in my current distro of choice (i.e. Fedora):
- its flatpak is unverified
- not found in Fedora's own repos

It is found within Terra's repos. However, users report that -at least for Zed- some of the installed packages from Fedora's own repo are replaced by Terra's. This interaction can be prevented by giving preference for Fedora's own packages, but it seems like a can of worms I'm not very interested to engage with at the moment. Hopefully this situation will be resolved rather sooner than later.

Anyhow, have you got the chance to work with Emacs and/or Kate over the years? If so, could you chime in and give your thoughts on how Zed fares in comparison? Please note that I'm (mostly) asking within the confines of a relatively simple text editor used to take notes with.

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RageLtd

in reply to HayadSont • 3 mesi fa • •

Honestly I never really got into using any of the terminal based editors- I like a pretty GUI, personally.

That being said I have been a KDE user for the last couple of years and actually have quite a favourable view on Kate. It’s a very competent editor with a great deal of extensibility.

The big difference between the two is their focus. Zed is written to be targeted at developers and as such has some capabilities that Kate doesn’t (afaik) like an AI assistant panel, handling multi megabyte text files with grace, and being able to directly connect to remote file systems over SSH.

If you’re not looking for those features I think you’d be very happy with Kate!

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HayadSont

in reply to RageLtd • 3 mesi fa • •

Thank you so much for this information! It confirms that Kate is very competent, yet clears where it may fall short compared to Zed.

Aight, I'll keep Kate around for the time being. And I'll definitely take Zed into consideration whenever I'm in search of an IDE.

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Mwa

in reply to HayadSont • 3 mesi fa • •

Geany(Its a lightweight GTK Based IDE)

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HayadSont

in reply to Mwa • 3 mesi fa • •

Thank you!

Question: According to this table, Geany's capabilities might leave some to desire when it comes to code/text folding. Is this correct? Or is the table simply outdated?

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Mwa

in reply to HayadSont • 3 mesi fa • •

Yw and I think it's up to date that list (i just looked at article last updated)

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HayadSont

in reply to Mwa • 3 mesi fa • •

Thank you for confirming my suspicions. I took it for a test run and wasn't able to replicate the above functionality either. Hopefully it's an error on my side, but it's very possible that I will not stick to Geany.

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Mwa

in reply to HayadSont • 3 mesi fa • •

Did you try plugins but sure it's fine

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HayadSont

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I have looked into plugins, but nothing I've found suggests to contain/offer the desired functionality.

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Mwa

in reply to HayadSont • 3 mesi fa • •

ahh okay

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HayadSont

in reply to Mwa • 3 mesi fa • •

Aight. Anyhow, this has been a lovely conversation fam! Thanks for your contributions!

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xavier666

in reply to Mwa • 3 mesi fa • •

Too low on the list

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IceVAN

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Textadept!.

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HayadSont

in reply to IceVAN • 3 mesi fa • •

Yet another one I've never heard of before. Thank you so much for mentioning it!

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some_guy

in reply to HayadSont • 3 mesi fa • •

Sublime.

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HayadSont

in reply to some_guy • 3 mesi fa • •

Thank you! Unfortunately, I've come to the understanding it's not open source. So it's unlikely I'll go for it.

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flubba86

in reply to HayadSont • 3 mesi fa • •

On windows: Notepad++. On Linux-based OS: Kate.
And there's also JetBrains Fleet, that is jetbrains answer to vscode.

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mvirts

in reply to flubba86 • 3 mesi fa • •

Also notepad++ on wine on Linux ... Not my favorite but it's there

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flubba86

in reply to mvirts • 3 mesi fa • •

Yeah.. but why? Kate is better in about every way. And while we're on the topic, Kate is also available on the windows store, with a real Windows build.

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mvirts

in reply to flubba86 • 3 mesi fa • •

Ya I agree with this

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HayadSont

in reply to flubba86 • 3 mesi fa • •

Thank you!

I tested Notepad Next, which seems to be Notepad++' cross-platform alternative. However, I wasn't able to get the folding functionality on a Markdown file. Am I doing something wrong?

I've tried Kate since yesterday, it has been one of the better ones for now.

JetBrains Fleet seems like a cool project. But I'll probably wait until it's open sourced. Thanks anyways!

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ILikeBoobies

in reply to flubba86 • 3 mesi fa • •

Kate is for Windows and Mac as well

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DownWithIsrael

in reply to HayadSont • 3 mesi fa • •

I love Kate. It's very customizable without being overwhelming.

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HayadSont

in reply to DownWithIsrael • 3 mesi fa • •

I have to agree with the positivism surrounding Kate. It has been the only one (together with KDevelop) out of the 5 text editors I've installed and tested since yesterday that actually did what I desired from it. Props to the devs! Let's see if it can dethrone Emacs 😜.

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callcc

in reply to HayadSont • 3 mesi fa • •

Emacs will always be abe to do things you can't do with other editors. It's a text based interface toolkit that happens to also have a good text editor and IDE capability. Buuut, you need to spend a lot of time to set things up. I use it since probably more than 20 years and I still often need to look up and learn stuff. If you want a tool and not a workshop, get a simpler editor.

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HayadSont

in reply to callcc • 3 mesi fa • •

I think you've done an excellent job at capturing my initial thoughts. It basically felt as if using Emacs was bound to be overkill as my (relatively simple) use case didn't seem to warrant its usage.

But, even if it is (possibly) overkill, I do prefer^[Granted, I haven't tried out Neovim for this yet.] how Emacs handles the folding. So, while there's the very real possibility that I'll not even utilize 1% of Emacs' potential, I feel most excited and (somehow) comfort while working with it 😅.

As for setting things up, I immediately started using Emacs through Spacemacs until the input lag became very noticeable on larger files. Then, I pivoted to Doom Emacs and I've been enjoying it so far. Perhaps I'll create my own config at some point in the future, But for now, Doom Emacs is all I need.

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Matt

in reply to HayadSont • 3 mesi fa • •

Will probably get airstriked for this, but Zed is also a option.

Also, if you're using GNOME, then try GNOME builder. And if you're using KDE, then try KDevelop or Kate.

Zed — The editor for what's next

Zed is a high-performance, multiplayer code editor from the creators of Atom and Tree-sitter.

^Zed

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TerHu

in reply to Matt • 3 mesi fa • •

i’ve heard that some people love using kate because, with some plugins, it really can do all most people need. i’ve seen a dude make a video on it but would need some time to find it again if there was any interest.

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pbg

in reply to Matt • 3 mesi fa • •

tbf, i love zed and using it for big stuff and neovim for basic scripts is the perfect balance for me

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HayadSont

in reply to Matt • 3 mesi fa • •

Thank you for your recommendations!

Hopefully I'll get around to take Zed for a test drive in the near future.

As for GNOME Builder, for some reason, I wasn't able to replicate what's seen above with it. Perhaps it doesn't support Markdown that well. Or..., it needs/requires a plugin to do its bidding. Would you happen to know more on this? Any help is appreciated!

KDevelop and Kate, on the other hand, have been a very pleasant surprise. I have literally checked about a dozen of text editors since yesterday, and these two have been the only ones that have yielded the desired result. Props and kudos to the dev team!

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Nibodhika

in reply to HayadSont • 3 mesi fa • •

Others have given you many options, but I would like to know why Nvim or Emacs are not good options for you?

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HayadSont

in reply to Nibodhika • 3 mesi fa • •

No no, don't get me wrong. I think both Emacs and Neovim are excellent. And this little endeavor/search/pursuit has (perhaps more than anything) solidified (and gave context as to) why they're in their own league.

Like, I've tried about a dozen of text editors in last couple of days. And with most^[Heck, I've only been able to confirm that Kate and KDevelop at least do what has been advertised (by others).] of them I've failed to reproduce the functionality demonstrated in the gif.

But even the very best of what I've tried since making this post pales -or at least seems to be- in terms of extensibility. And, when we add in Emacs' proven^[Neovim is still relatively new. I don't think I can justifiably vouch for its longevity yet.] longevity, it becomes hard to root for any of the alternatives. At least..., so far.

Still, I had to answer for myself if committing to Emacs (or Neovim for that matter) was justified given the fact that I had not a lot of experience with text editors 😅. Like, as funny as it sounds, I've moved from Word+StickyNotes to (GNOME's) Text Editor to a bunch^[I can recall ghostwriter, MarkText and QOwnNotes.] of Markdown text editors to Emacs. And the switch to Emacs was mostly motivated when I saw Obsidian do the very thing you see in the gif 😂. But as cool as learning the ropes of Emacs was, I think I was experiencing some impostor syndrome shenanigans.

Thankfully, it seems that this has mostly served to be a huge motivation boost. Perhaps I was (more than) ready to conquer Emacs all along...

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Nibodhika

in reply to HayadSont • 3 mesi fa • •

If you had started with that people would have told you that nothing comes even close. The closest things you will find are Atom (archived), Sublime (closed source) and Helix (still very new and no plugin support, but something to keep an eye on).

Speaking of obsidian, the reason why it took me forever to start using Silverbullet is that Emacs has org-mode which does most of what Silverbullet/Obsidian do out of the box, plus some other stuff that they don't do (e.g. excel like tables).

But I wanted something I could edit remotely through my phone and web interfaces are better than using text editors over ssh connections. Also I have migrated from Emacs to Nvim, the reasons are purely ergonomical (pinky fatigue is a real issue) but after switching I found a jump in the way to think about an editor. Emacs is great, don't get me wrong, and if you decide to learn Emacs I can assure you it will be the best editor you've used, but it still edits things at a character level, while there are concepts for matching brackets or quotes changing the text inside quotes in Emacs is very character oriented, I.e. go to start of quote, start marking, move to matching quote, delete, whereas in vim is sort of a higher level language where you say Change Inside Next Quote using cin", and expanded with some plugins you can even do srnq' to Surround Replace Next Quote with ' (which will change the quotations on the next text from whatever to '). And that's a lot closer to the way I think so it skips a mental step (plus it's a lot less keystrokes and no Ctrl for my pinky).

But those are the reasons why I switched, many people use Emacs for decades without ergonomic issues, whichever of the two you decide to learn you'll understand why they're the staple editors for most people who actually choose an editor.

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HayadSont

in reply to Nibodhika • 3 mesi fa • •

Thank you for the raving endorsement and otherwise very informative reply!

Also I have migrated from Emacs to Nvim, the reasons are purely ergonomical (pinky fatigue is a real issue) but after switching I found a jump in the way to think about an editor. Emacs is great, don't get me wrong, and if you decide to learn Emacs I can assure you it will be the best editor you've used, but it still edits things at a character level, while there are concepts for matching brackets or quotes changing the text inside quotes in Emacs is very character oriented, I.e. go to start of quote, start marking, move to matching quote, delete, whereas in vim is sort of a higher level language where you say Change Inside Next Quote using cin", and expanded with some plugins you can even do srnq' to Surround Replace Next Quote with ' (which will change the quotations on the next text from whatever to '). And that's a lot closer to the way I think so it skips a mental step (plus it's a lot less keystrokes and no Ctrl for my pinky).

Hmm...., interesting. I'm still pretty new to evil-mode, but doesn't that bridge the gap here? Btw, I don't know why, but I wasn't able to see for myself how cin" worked within Vim*.

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Nibodhika

in reply to HayadSont • 3 mesi fa • •

Yes, evil-mode would have bridged the gap, however I didn't go emacs -> vim in one step, I left emacs back in 2017 because of pinky strain, and other ergonomic issues that made me switch keyboard layout as well (which made me lose lots of agility on emacs) and started using Pycharm for python dev, VSCode for other languages (including Markdown for note taking) and nano for system file edition. I tried some of the other suggestions here like atom, sublime, Kate, etc, but they never became my everything tool like emacs used to be. Very recently I discovered Helix, and I gave it a try and loved it, however the lack of plugin support made me have reservations on diving in. But the interaction mode is very close to vim, so I decided to give vim another go and went through a few tutorials on how to set Nvim up while refreshing muscle memory for vim movements and learning new stuff and it's slowly becoming the everything tool that emacs once was for me.

All of that being said, I don't think I would use evil-mode on Emacs, the reason is that vim is made with those motions from the ground up, whereas in emacs they will be an after-thought so it will probably not be integrated enough (or more likely will require lots of configurations).

I wasn't able to see for myself how cin" worked within Vim*.

It's simple, imagine you have a line of code like so:

my_var = "some string with spaces"

If your cursor is almost anywhere on that line pressing ci" will erase the contents of inside the string and place you in insert mode, i.e. the line will look line this:

my_var = "|"

With | being the cursor in insert mode. There are other similar things, for example ca" (Change Around ") will also erase the quotes, very useful for example to change a hard coded string with a variable.

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HayadSont

in reply to Nibodhika • 3 mesi fa • •

Sorry fam for the late response! I was writing up a draft a couple of days ago, but that one somehow disappeared. Which..., is kinda peculiar as I don't recall the last time a draft spoofed out of existence. Regardless, it really puts me off to start a reply all over. As such, I've been mustering motivation since 😅. Anyhow, thank you for your patience!

Thank you (also) for sharing your journey around the many text editors! If anything, it reminds me how life has got many surprises for us. As such, being wed to any software, regardless of how powerful it may be, may still result in a break later down the line.

Thank you (once more) for touching on ergonomics! I haven't mentioned it, but I do experience some RSI-related pains/aches.

::: spoiler Steps I've undertaken to alleviate the pains/aches. This has been put in spoilers, because I don't think it's very relevant for the subject matter.

I use a split keyboard, and hope to switch in the upcoming months to one of the most ergonomic keyboard around.
I have made changes to my workflow to become (mostly) keyboard-only, so little to no mouse/touchpad. Which led me to embrace and become more familiar with modal editing.
I have dabbled into the alt keyboard layouts and intend to make the switch when the aforementioned ergonomic keyboard arrives.
I have made many other changes to how I work in order to better align with ergonomics; laptop-stand so that it's lifted to the appropriate height, worked on better posture, only making minimal use of my phone etc. And intend to back this up further with a height-adjustable desk.
Employ speech to text whenever I can afford it.
:::

Anyhow, I do have concerns on how Emacs' default keybindings might be detrimental on someone using a regular keyboard. I believe this article makes an interesting case on this. That's also one of the reasons why I've (almost) exclusively been on evil mode.

I hope you've recovered completely from the strain on your pinky! And, hopefully, nothing else has been causing any issues since!

Btw, the trick with ci" and ca" is pretty cool! Thank you for teaching me something new! FWIW, it was reproducible within Emacs' evil mode*.

Famous Programers with Repetitive Strain Injury

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Nibodhika

in reply to HayadSont • 3 mesi fa • •

Hey, yeah, I know the feeling, every time I lose an already typed reply I completely lose motivation to rewrite it.

Yeah, my pinky strain issue is completely gone, I also used to have some more pain on my wrist which made me go through a very similar journey to you, I took many steps for it to the point where nowadays my setup is (in order of what I think has made the largest impact)

Using i3/sway as my WM for a keyboard centric usage
Switching to Colemak and learning touch typing properly
Split ortholineal keyboard (crkbd)
Trackball instead of mouse

I've also got a height adjustable desk and a good chair to prevent issues with my back, and my monitors use an arm to be in the right position. It was a slow process of making one change here, few months later another z etc, but this has been my setup for a few years and all of my pains in wrist, lower back, neck, etc have disappeared. I figured if I'm going to ve sitting in front of a computer typing stuff for 8h a day I need to make that as comfortable as possible to be able to do it for longer.

As for emacs with evil mode I was sure that ci" would work, that's basic vim functionality, what I'm less sure would work is more complex stuff for which I use plugins, e.g. <space>srq" (Surround Replace Quotes with ") to replace the next quotes for " (e.g. changing var = 'some text' to var = "some text"). That same plugin allows me to also do <space>srb[ to Surround Replace Bracket/Braces with [ (to change the surrounding [, (, or { to [ ). Another plugin allows me to move to any part of the screen in 4 keystrokes, I press s the two characters of where I want to move, and a third disambiguation character and the cursor moves there. Those are advanced usages that I think will be difficult to reproduce in emacs, plus plugins will not incorporate the basic ideas for movements.

May I ask why emacs in evil-mode instead of Nvim?

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HayadSont

in reply to Nibodhika • 3 mesi fa • •

Hey, yeah, I know the feeling, every time I lose an already typed reply I completely lose motivation to rewrite it.

Hehe, as a precaution, I wrote this up in Emacs instead 😜.

Yeah, my pinky strain issue is completely gone

Glad to hear that!

Using i3/sway as my WM for a keyboard centric usage

Curious to see this at the very top of your list. Perhaps I should make my switch to Sway rather sooner than later. Thank you for the endorsement!

learning touch typing properly

I intend to learn this with the alt keyboard layout after the more ergonomic split keyboard has arrived. Wish me good luck 😉!

Trackball instead of mouse

Hmm..., this is lower on your list. So I suppose that by effectively removing most need for a mouse, the switch to a trackball has been less impactful. Btw, perhaps related, would you happen to be aware of hints? If so, could you touch upon its relevance?

a good chair to prevent issues with my back

Curious. Is this a special ergonomic chair (or something)?

It was a slow process of making one change here, few months later another z etc

Did you advance/progress in increments because you were testing out the latest addition to the setup? And thus, only introduced a subsequent change after judging that you were not 'done' yet?

all of my pains in wrist, lower back, neck, etc have disappeared.

I am so glad to read this! While the journey until I am able to interact with my systems without any pain seems far away right now, success stories like yours make me so pumped to pull through.

I figured if I'm going to ve sitting in front of a computer typing stuff for 8h a day I need to make that as comfortable as possible to be able to do it for longer.

Couldn't agree more.

e.g. <space>srq" (Surround Replace Quotes with ") to replace the next quotes for " (e.g. changing var = 'some text' to var = "some text"). That same plugin allows me to also do <space>srb[ to Surround Replace Bracket/Braces with [ (to change the surrounding [, (, or { to [ ).

Interesting. FWIW, I did test this out and I believe that OOTB Doom Emacs does utilize the evil-surround package. However, I don't think it's as powerful as what you describe. Though, this could also be on me 😅.

Another plugin allows me to move to any part of the screen in 4 keystrokes, I press s the two characters of where I want to move, and a third disambiguation character and the cursor moves there.

Hmm..., this very closely resembles what evil-snipe does. Though, unless I'm doing something wrong, the functionality is not a single s away, but rather a g s SPC away. At least, OOTB*.

May I ask why emacs in evil-mode instead of Nvim?

Of course you can. Unfortunately, though, I don't exactly recall my reasonings 😅. Thankfully, I did note some of my thoughts from back when I was actively trying to decide between the two. From there, I was able to gather the following:
- I would only try out Emacs or Neovim through a opinionated config.
- For Emacs, Doom had kinda won over Spacemacs based on the opinions (and experiences) of others . Though, I still wanted to try out Spacemacs to judge for myself.
- While for Neovim, LazyVim and LunarVim were the winning configs.

What follows is not based on my notes, but from what I can remember. Shortly after I came to the above conclusions, I went out and tried to install them. But, I wanted to 'test' them without 'polluting' my system. As such, I tried to install them within a distrobox. This is where Neovim came short because of this imposed limitation. I don't 100% remember what it was, but IIRC there might have been more than 1 issue; one of which had to do with fonts. Regardless, my Neovim adventures were prematurely terminated 😅. By contrast, Emacs didn't budge an inch under these circumstances. So I was able to test out both Doom and Spacemacs without any significant issues. Since then, I have dabbled in Emacs. But the folding mentioned in the original post is what has led me to commit more seriously than ever. So, in short, it was mostly out of practical reasons.

Btw, it's funny, but most of what you just read about my reasonings were buried memories 😂. Like, if I had to answer it on the spot -so without thinking it over or look through my notes or dig through my memories- , I would probably have stated some arbitrary technical reason (e.g. org-mode FTW) OR its proven longevity OR I don't know... something. But it couldn't be further from the truth 😅. Granted, I'm still very much enjoying Emacs. But, I shouldn't disregard/dismiss Neovim any longer. It's time to revisit this rabbit hole 😂. I should also thank you for asking the question that brought this to my attention 😊!

GitHub - AlfredoSequeida/hints: Hints lets you navigate GUI applications in Linux without your mouse by displaying "hints" you can type on your keyboard to interact with GUI elements.

Hints lets you navigate GUI applications in Linux without your mouse by displaying "hints" you can type on your keyboard to interact with GUI elements. - AlfredoSequeida/hints

^GitHub

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Nibodhika

in reply to HayadSont • 3 mesi fa • •

Curious to see this at the very top of your list. Perhaps I should make my switch to Sway rather sooner than later. Thank you for the endorsement!

For me it was a lot off wrist pain, so switching to a more keyboard centric way of interacting with the WM was very impactful.

I intend to learn this with the alt keyboard layout after the more ergonomic split keyboard has arrived. Wish me good luck 😉!

Which alternate layout are you considering? I recommend grabbing something you typed and feeding it here to check heat map of keypresses you would have done to have some visual representation of your usage.

So I suppose that by effectively removing most need for a mouse, the switch to a trackball has been less impactful.

Bingo, I actually switched to trackball before going to keyboard centric WM, but after it I've even gone back to mouse a few times feeling almost no difference, because I end up using the mouse a lot less.

Btw, perhaps related, would you happen to be aware of hints? If so, could you touch upon its relevance?

I have, not exactly it but similar stuff, I used to use a browser called conkeror that had emacs key bindings, and have tried to learn a very similar system to hints in the past. Honestly, when I has lots of wrist pain they were useful to completely remove the need of a mouse, but they're clunky and not as efficient as a pointer so I tend not to use them.

Curious. Is this a special ergonomic chair (or something)?

Nope, just a Secret Lab Titan Evo, but any good chair would do, I spent a year with a cheap Amazon chair and had lots of back pain.

Did you advance/progress in increments because you were testing out the latest addition to the setup? And thus, only introduced a subsequent change after judging that you were not 'done' yet?

It was more of a gradual thing, I had wrist pain, so I switched to a trackball, that helped but didn't got rid of it. So I tried AwesomeWM, found Conkeror and slowly the pain started to fade away and I dove deep into the keyboard centric thing learning touch typing and Colemak. Eventually other issues came on, like pinky strain from Emacs, or a different kind of wrist pain from a small keyboard that made me switch to a split one, or back pain that made me invest in a good chair. I don't think my setup is "done", it adapts to whatever my body is asking, but I've started to listen carefully and switch stuff on the early signals because that first wrist pain was an eye opener on how bad things can get if you ignore them.

I am so glad to read this! While the journey until I am able to interact with my systems without any pain seems far away right now, success stories like yours make me so pumped to pull through.

Do you feel pain now though? If so what? You should address that immediately. At most points I would have answered that I felt no pain with my setup, because those things build up gradually, if you're at the point of feeling pain the time to take action is now.

About the emacs plugins, yeah, by the name I can tell you those do the same to the ones I cited, my point is that the plugin ecosystem for it might be a bit less extensive, and not sure how to set shortcuts that use vim key bindings for other plugins.

I would only try out Emacs or Neovim through a opinionated config.

Why? Having had an emacs config that I copied from somewhere and ended up growing and becoming something unmanageable, I'm have a very strong opinion that one should build your own config files from scratch to know them. Presets are good if you're going to be using them bare, but if you're going to customize them they can get in the way. And that's another point for Nvim for me, their configs are very easy, I followed this guide and had a working config that I could easily expand in no time.

org-mode FTW

Ah, I miss org-mode, it's too bad the world went with Markdown instead.

Granted, I'm still very much enjoying Emacs. But, I shouldn't disregard/dismiss Neovim any longer. It's time to revisit this rabbit hole 😂.

Meh, maybe, maybe not, Emacs is great, I just never would have gone with evil mode, it sort of feels like it defeats the purpose of both emacs and vim in my mind for some reason. It's like if someone told you they put a Ford engine on their Chevrolet, it feels convoluted and strange to think on that solution before thinking of using a Ford.

Keyboard Heatmap Visualization

Keyboard Heatmap Visualization showing character distribution on different keyboard layouts while you're typing

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HayadSont

in reply to Nibodhika • 3 mesi fa • •

Thank you so much for your elaborate and well-articulated reply! As I don't want these messages to spiral into an ever-expanding wall of text, I've chosen to refrain from reacting to every single valuable thing you've written. Nonetheless, everything, including the parts I'm explicitly not reacting to, has been a joy to read and has been very informative. So, again, thank you! Much appreciated!

Which alternate layout are you considering?

Hehe, currently, I've landed on Night.

I recommend grabbing something you typed and feeding it here to check heat map of keypresses you would have done to have some visual representation of your usage.

This is pretty cool! Unfortunately, (perhaps unsurprisingly) Night isn't included within its layout options. I would otherwise have loved to check this out.

switch stuff on the early signals because that first wrist pain was an eye opener on how bad things can get if you ignore them.

Would you like to elaborate on this? As the pains and discomfort have increased over time, I have been more conscious than previously. But, I'm sure there's still a lot of mileage to be had. Like, what do you perceive as an early signal? Exhaustion and/or fatigue after a day of work? Or perhaps something more specific?

Furthermore, how bad did things become?

Do you feel pain now though?

After a couple of hours, I do experience strange sensations that border on pain. Furthermore, there's (almost) always some level of unease/discomfort. Thankfully, resting continues to feel good and I get especially revitalized after sleeping well. But I acknowledge that this isn't sustainable.

If so what?

Wrist pain and fingers that feel wacky. So, this is basically carpal tunnel 101. This has been confirmed/diagnosed by both the general practioner as well as the surgeon. Thankfully, the damage is relatively tame still; the surgeon didn't see much distortion/damage in the x-rays (yet). There's also no need (yet) for a surgery and (hopefully) there'll never be. Which is very much reliant on me putting in the work and effort to make this as comfortable and (by extension) sustainable as possible.

You should address that immediately. At most points I would have answered that I felt no pain with my setup, because those things build up gradually, if you're at the point of feeling pain the time to take action is now.

I have taken some action; but I'm still very much in the process. I'm aware it's just not enough (yet). But, the steps I've taken so far have thankfully led to significant relieve already. Like, I was a lot worse last year. And, as hinted at previously, I already have plans to address the remaining issues.

my point is that the plugin ecosystem for it might be a bit less extensive, and not sure how to set shortcuts that use vim key bindings for other plugins.

You could be right on the plugin ecosystem; even beyond the integration of evil-mode*. It doesn't matter which metric I throw at it, the Neovim ecosystem seems to be more vibrant. Though, at least for the time being, org-mode seems to be Emacs' forte. Which..., just happens to be the very thing I'm using it mostly for. While I'm far from being comfortable with it, it has already provided a much better experience compared to all other text editors I've tried.

I would only try out Emacs or Neovim through a opinionated config.
Why?

My apologies, perhaps I should have been clearer. I didn't stress enough how this was mostly for trying it out and get going initially. I'm still on Doom Emacs, but I do intend to build my own config after I've gotten a better grasp IF it's beneficial.

And that's another point for Nvim for me, their configs are very easy, I followed this guide and had a working config that I could easily expand in no time.

Hahaha 🤣, I would have loved to have an up-to-date video guide like that for Emacs. Alas... 😅.

I miss org-mode

Hehe 😜, though I wonder: have you tried out Neorg or nvim-orgmode to see how they fare by comparison?

Keyboard Heatmap Visualization

Keyboard Heatmap Visualization showing character distribution on different keyboard layouts while you're typing

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Nibodhika

in reply to HayadSont • 3 mesi fa • •

I understand, and I agree, although I'm reading all the replies are already becoming wall of text so I'll skip parts but I have read them and they're all interesting.

I've landed on Night.

That looks interesting, although I would be weary of learning a layout that only works on specific keyboards, it will make it hard for you to use a laptop on the go, work in an office with a normal keyboard or any other similar situation.

Furthermore, how bad did things become?

I think it's easier if I answer this first. At the worst I had problems holding heavy stuff in my hand, as in fingers lackesld strength or didn't respond properly. And for my lower back at the worst it was constant pain where I needed to lay down with a pillow on my lumbar to stretch. After fixing those I became very aware of the initial feelings, such as numbness or feeling pain when stretching (which btw I strongly recommend you check out wrist and finger stretching exercises as they help a lot). Lots of the changes I made (e.g. split ortholinear keyboard) were probably not needed, but the wrist pain that kickstarted everything got me worry enough that I don't want to take any chances.

After a couple of hours, I do experience strange sensations that border on pain. Furthermore, there's (almost) always some level of unease/discomfort. Thankfully, resting continues to feel good and I get especially revitalized after sleeping well. But I acknowledge that this isn't sustainable.

It's not, those are exactly the early signals that you asked me about, you think that because you're able to rest and stretch and it goes away that it's all fine, but it will require ever more stretching and resting until they don't go away ever. At least that's what happened to me, at the beginning I would stretch my wrist and fingers and rest for a while and be fine, eventually that became next day I'll be fine, then over the weekend, then never.

Wrist pain and fingers that feel wacky. So, this is basically carpal tunnel 101.

That's exactly what I had, although mine was never actually diagnosed, but I had all of the symptoms and my dad had to do the surgery so I have family history. It does get better if you adjust, I don't feel any of the symptoms I once did, and it is sustainable I haven't had any symptoms in about 10 years since I switched to a more keyboard centric flow and the layout, so putting in the work does help out. I should say I had 24 years when the symptoms first appeared, so it was kindof young which was one of the reasons I got very scared about getting those symptoms so early.

org-mode seems to be Emacs' forte.

Org-mode is absolutely wonderful, I haven't tried any replacement because the reason I abandoned org-mode wasn't emacs related, I kept using emacs for org-mode for a while after I dropped it as my main editor. The reason is that there's no compatibility with other editors or apps. Everything uses markdown, and for most basic stuff markdown is good enough. I do miss habit tracking, task management, table calculations and other neat stuff, but the commodity of using the same format for everything and that other people use it as well outweighs all of that for me.

Night - A Thumb Letter Utilizing Keyboard Layout

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caseyweederman

in reply to HayadSont • 3 mesi fa • •

There's got to be a Micro plug-in for this.

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caseyweederman

in reply to caseyweederman • 3 mesi fa • •

WAIT, if I'm reading this right, it's had code folding since last year: github.com/zyedidia/micro/pull…
I'm gonna try this right now

First step towards implementing code folding by vicencb · Pull Request #2942 · zyedidia/micro

This is a first step towards implementing code folding #618. There are two parts involved: Parsing the file. Hiding the collapsed lines. This patch implements part 2, although there are several T...

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HayadSont

in reply to caseyweederman • 3 mesi fa • •

Thanks a lot for putting in the work! Uhmm..., how has testing been? Were you able to pull this off with Markdown?

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caseyweederman

in reply to HayadSont • 3 mesi fa • •

I got distracted. At first glance, it seems that PR was for the groundworks, I haven't been able to figure out how to actually do it. I'll try again in a bit.

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HayadSont

in reply to caseyweederman • 3 mesi fa • •

Ah xD, no problem fam! Please keep us updated 😛 .

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spacemanspiffy

in reply to HayadSont • 3 mesi fa • •

If you don't want to go the Emacs or Vim routes, try Kate. Neovim is amazing but Kate is too from what I hear. Similar support for LSPs.

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HayadSont

in reply to spacemanspiffy • 3 mesi fa • •

It's not that I don't want to go with Emacs or Neovim. Rather, I want to explore what else is out there.

As for Kate, thank you for its endorsement! I've tried Kate since making this post and it^[Together with KDevelop. Though it has to be noted that KDevelop IIUC seems to rely on Kate for this functionality.] has been the only one which has yielded a desirable result. I can wholeheartedly attest to its quality.

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barlog

in reply to HayadSont • 3 mesi fa • •

Look at Helix and Zed.

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a Kendrick fan

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Zed is the goat

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HayadSont

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Do you happen to have a lot of experience with other text editors (and/or IDEs)? If so, would you like to chime in and compare Zed to the ones you feel confident talking about?

Thanks in advance!

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HayadSont

in reply to barlog • 3 mesi fa • •

Thanks for the recommendations! Helix doesn't seem to offer this functionality (yet). Unfortunately...

As for Zed, it does seem to be capable of reproducing the functionality found in the gif (or at least to some extent). However, installing it on my distro isn't pretty. Therefore, I wish to install it at some point, but I'll wait it out for now.

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the_wiz

in reply to HayadSont • 3 mesi fa • •

ED IS THE STANDARD EDITOR

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HayadSont

in reply to the_wiz • 3 mesi fa • •

If you're not trolling, then I'd like to offer my apologies for assuming you were.

Perhaps I shouldn't feed the trolls, but I couldn't resist: does ed even support the functionality demonstrated in the gif above? I'm asking this from a genuine position of ignorance.

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the_wiz

in reply to HayadSont • 3 mesi fa • •

Honestly: Yeah, i was trolling (kind of), but:

I DO like to code via ED because the design and workflow of ED (or even better: Sam) makes folding unnecessary because you only put on the screen what is needed right at that moment. Want to see two functions 1000 lines apart? No problem, just print them right below each other on the screen.

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HayadSont

in reply to the_wiz • 3 mesi fa • •

Interesting insights. Much appreciated!

I DO like to code via ED because the design and workflow of ED (or even better: Sam) makes folding unnecessary because you only put on the screen what is needed right at that moment. Want to see two functions 1000 lines apart? No problem, just print them right below each other on the screen.

Hmm..., I suppose this is a workflow I'd have to try out for myself before drawing any conclusions. Though, I got some questions:
- Why ed? Isn't any other TUI/CLI text editor fit for the job? Apologies if I sound obtuse/obnoxious*. I'm probably just very ignorant of how ed fares compared to the others.
- Is there any currently maintained version of Sam? A quick search suggests that everyone packaged/grabbed it from this github repo. But, unfortunately, that one has been archived since earlier this year. I suppose I could look into the many forks it has, but I'd rather be picky 😅. Got any pointers for me?

GitHub - deadpixi/sam: An updated version of the sam text editor.

An updated version of the sam text editor. Contribute to deadpixi/sam development by creating an account on GitHub.

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the_wiz

in reply to HayadSont • 3 mesi fa • •

Why ed? Well, it keeps my brain from rotting 😀 just half joking... i have noticed that whenever i use a somewhat more "user friendly" software my mind starts to wander off more easily and instead of being more focussed on the programming task i shortly after find myself doing... $THING instead of being productive. So, being the only jack-of-all-trades-computer-guy in a small-ish company i tend to chose the tools that work for me, even if they are a bit... anachronistic.

I think the best maintained version of Sam would be the one included in 9front (if you want some truely special experience) or if you want to stay (somewhat) in the realm of the sane you can use plan9port which also brings in many nice tools out of the Plan9 ecosystem.

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HayadSont

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Aight. This conversation has been much appreciated, thanks fam!

Perhaps I might have to give ed a go at some point if I find myself hacking more with elisp rather than outputting actual productive work. But, at least for now, this is (thankfully) not really a concern for mine 😜.

As for Sam, I should either install a different OS (i.e. 9front) for the truely special experience. Or..., build it (myself) with plan9port. Did I get that right?

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the_wiz

in reply to HayadSont • 3 mesi fa • •

Well regarding plan9port, it is really, really easy to acquire... just clone the Github repo (github.com/9fans/plan9port), run ./INSTALL and everything else sorts itself out 😉

GitHub - 9fans/plan9port: Plan 9 from User Space

Plan 9 from User Space. Contribute to 9fans/plan9port development by creating an account on GitHub.

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HayadSont

in reply to the_wiz • 3 mesi fa • •

Hehe, you read right through me 😂. Thanks fam for the heads up!

Anyhow, I've learned so much from you and I really appreciate that. Again, wholeheartedly, thank you!

Wish ya a good one 😉!

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Unknown parent • 3 mesi fa • •

Thank you for mentioning Lapce!

I have been interested in Lapce for a long time. Unfortunately, IIUC, it doesn't support folding Markdown headings as shown in the gif. At least, I wasn't able to get it to work. Can you attest to this? Or am I doing something wrong? Your aid would be much appreciated!

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HayadSont

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UPDATE: For posterity's sake, I'd like to reflect on the last couple of days.

First of all, I'd like to thank everyone that has contributed to the discussion! Were it not for your recommendations/suggestions/endorsements, then I might not have found a valid alternative.

Secondly, I've taken every single recommendation pretty seriously. As such, I've either installed them to see for myself if I was able to reproduce the functionality found in the gif found above. Or, didn't install them to begin with due to the suggested installation methods not passing through my (rather) strict policy on software. Regardless, in the end, I've only found two pieces of software that satisfied the bill: Kate and KDevelop.

KDevelop is pretty cool, but is more of an IDE rather than a text editor. As such, I've landed on Kate.

But, perhaps more than anything, I've come to really appreciate Emacs (and Neovim). And, perhaps more than ever, I feel ready to take them on 💪. Wish me luck 😊.

ɯᴉuoʇuɐ via Technology

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Keep on GIFin’ — A New Version of GifCities, Internet Archive’s GeoCities Animated GIF Search Engine

GifCities was a special project of Internet Archive originally done as part of our 20th Anniversary in 2016 to highlight and celebrate fun aspects of the amazing history of the web as represented in the Wayback Machine. Since then, GifCities GIFs have been used in innumerable web projects, artistic works, and in the media and press, including this internet-melting combination of GifCities GIFs and the British Royal Wedding in this New York Times article and the avant-GIF “GifCollider” exhibit at Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive.
The new version of GifCities includes a number of new improvements. We are especially excited at the drastic improvement in “GifSearchies” by implementing semantic search for GifCities, instead of the hacky old “file name” text search of the original version.

Book Talk: In Through the Side Door

Join us for a book talk with ERIN MALONE, author of IN THROUGH THE SIDE DOOR, uncovering the untold story of how women pioneers shaped the field of user experience […]\n

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Mark Zuckerberg's Meta AI app is one of the most depressing places online

Mark Zuckerberg's Meta AI is one of the most depressing places online

Mark Zuckerberg's Meta AI app has become the saddest place on the internet with its public feed of personal overshares.

^{Katie Notopoulos (Business Insider)}

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Mongolia PM resigns after son's luxury holiday stirs public fury

Mongolia PM resigns amid protests over his son's lavish lifestyle

Social media photos of a Dior bag and a lavish engagement sparked protests against Luvsannamsrain Oyun-Erdene.

^{Stuart Lau (BBC News)}

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Taniwha420

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Isn't that like an ancestrally appropriate thing for Mongolian rulers? Where did he go? Bagdad? Would have thought they'd be proud of him.

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HootinNHollerin

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It was more than going on a holiday

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HOJE (dia 12/6): oficina online e gratuita para você transformar seu site em uma instância no Fediverso

Você sabia que seu site com WordPress pode se tornar uma plataforma de mídia social? Na seção de hoje (12/6) da Qualificação Digital da Rede Cultura Viva, realizada pelo Pontão Colaborativas, eu vou explicar como isso funciona, às 18h30, em um curso online e gratuito.

Na oficina, serão apresentados os plugins ActivityPub, Friends e o FediPress, que é um recurso desenvolvido pelo Pontão de Cultura Digital e Mídia Livre com incentivo do Ministério da Cultura e apoio do Comitê Gestor, em cumprimento a Meta 5 do Plano de Trabalho do Projeto Cultural 066383/2023, do Edital de Seleção Pública nº 09, de 31 de agosto de 2023, Cultura Viva – Fomento à Pontões de Cultura. Essa tecnologia é a que permite, por exemplo, você ler este post a partir da sua timeline no Fediverso.

Além desses plugins, será demonstrado como utilizar o recurso de autenticação de sites com WordPress e a plataforma Rios, outra tecnologia atualizada pelo Colaborativas.

Se inscreva em plantaformas.org/conferences/c…

Redes das Produtoras Colaborativas inicia Qualificação Digital Nacional dos Pontos e Pontões de Cultura - Colaborativas.NET

As formações começam segunda-feira (19), com o objetivo de apresentar tecnologias livres atualizadas pela Rede para utilização dos Pontos e

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BREAKING: Russia’s Crimean Bridge rocked by explosions, Ukraine’s SBU claims responsibility

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https://t.me/SBUkr/14960

Russia’s Crimean Bridge rocked by explosions, Ukraine’s SBU claims responsibility

The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) struck the Crimean Bridge for the third time during the full-scale war, mining and damaging its underwater supports, the SBU announced on June 3.

^{Martin Fornusek (The Kyiv Independent)}

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I hope the fucking Muscovites used cheap porous rebar and brittle concrete.

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halloween_spookster

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I'm a little confused. The article says it was detonated at 4:44am. The video seems like it's fairly bright out. Is that just a good low light camera? Or is this a timezones thing maybe?

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halfsak

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That's about sunrise time there right now timeanddate.com/astronomy/ukra…

Sun & moon times today, Kerch, Ukraine

Time for sunrise, sunset, moonrise, and moonset in Kerch – Ukraine. Dawn and dusk (twilight) times and Sun and Moon position. Takes into account Daylight Saving Time (DST).

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It's just a summer thing, sunrise is at about 4:30 and sunset at 21:30

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Oh interesting. I didn't realize it was that early

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Inside the Creepy, Surprisingly Routine Business of Animal Cloning

Really and truly, a horse can be alive forever. Forever and ever.

archive.is/2025.06.02-185023/t…

Inside the Big Business of Cloning Animals

Faster horses, superior cattle, immortal pets

^{Bianca Bosker (The Atlantic)}

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Cloning plants is an essential part of the flower industry, so I'm not surprised. You get one "perfect" specimen, and you can make money off of it forever. And many people would rather have that than the surprise of a natural organism that may not be as "perfect".

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TotallynotJessica

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Once again, people believe that genes are the animal. Twin studies have consistently shown that despite substantial similarities, nature favors difference between clones. If they expect the animals to be identical and never pay attention to the differences, then they will continue to ignore that the code is designed to be flexible.

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Any Trump deal with Iran must tackle nuclear watchdog's blind spots

U.N. inspectors monitoring Iran's Fordow nuclear site confronted a major gap in their knowledge last year as they watched trucks carrying advanced uranium-enriching centrifuges roll into the facility dug into a mountain south of Tehran.

While Iran had notified the International Atomic Energy Agency that hundreds of extra IR-6 centrifuges would be installed at Fordow, the inspectors had no idea where the sophisticated machines had come from, an official familiar with the U.N. monitoring work told Reuters on condition of anonymity.

The episode encapsulated how the U.N. nuclear watchdog has lost track of some critical elements of Iran's nuclear activities since U.S. President Donald Trump ditched a 2015 deal that imposed strict restrictions and close IAEA supervision.

Key blind spots include not knowing how many centrifuges Iran possesses or where the machines and their parts are produced and stored, quarterly IAEA reports show. The agency has also lost the ability to carry out snap inspections at locations not declared by Iran.

https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/any-trump-deal-with-iran-must-tackle-nuclear-watchdogs-blind-spots-2025-06-03/

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FlashMobOfOne

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I have every confidence that Donald and his exceptionally-professional administration will come to a reasonable nuclear deal with Iran.

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FlashMobOfOne

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Nah, we'll probably be hearing the inside scoop when they leak it to their mistresses on Signal.

themachinestops via Technology

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Klarna’s AI replaced 700 workers — Now the fintech CEO wants humans back after $40B fall

https://www.livemint.com/companies/news/klarnas-ai-replaced-700-workers-now-the-fintech-ceo-wants-humans-back-after-40b-fall-11747573937564.html

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Klarna is the worst. We ordered a canoe last year, it wasn't delivered by the company in time, we cancelled the order. It got acknowledged by the seller, order got cancelled. Klarna kept bugging us for payment, telling us to talk to the seller. So we did, but he said we need to go to Klarna. So we did. This ping pong went for some time, eventually Klarna admited we don't need to pay. And now we have problems getting anything on the invoice, as we paid later. Fuck Klarna.

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EtherWhack

in reply to Kokesh • 3 mesi fa • •

Their system screwed up an auto-payment which they eventually fixed. They however left the delinquency mark on my account (they only corrected the notice sent to the credit bureaus), so any purchases had to be paid within 30 days.

Couldn't and close out and delete my account fast enough.

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Jimmycakes

in reply to Kokesh • 3 mesi fa • •

Your mistake was not hiring an Ai to cancel it for you.

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I wonder if that would actually work, keep calling with the AI until one of you gives up.

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demunted

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C'mon AI, do the needful!

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Meta sues Joy Timeline, which makes nudify app CrushAI, in Hong Kong to prevent it from advertising on Meta apps; in January, 90% of its traffic came from Meta

Meta Sues Nudify App That Keeps Advertising on Instagram

As part of what it claims is a new crackdown, Meta is suing a nudify app and "strengthening" its enforcement.

^{Emanuel Maiberg (404 Media)}

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Pro-Orbán propagandist’s ties to Russian intelligence exposed during national security screening

Georg Spöttle, a regular presence in pro-Orbán media, has come under scrutiny after one of his close acquaintances failed a background check—triggered by concerns over Spöttle’s Russian connections. Information obtained by Direkt36 reveals that Spöttle had a close relationship with an officer from the GRU, Russia’s military intelligence agency.

Pro-Orbán propagandist’s ties to Russian intelligence exposed during national security screening - Direkt36

^{Szabolcs Panyi (Direkt 36)}

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Danish Ministry Replaces Windows and Microsoft Office with Linux and LibreOffice

From Word and Excel to LibreOffice: Danish ministry says goodbye to Microsoft

All employees at the Danish Ministry of Digital Affairs are to work without Microsoft. Instead, Linux and LibreOffice will be used, says the minister.

^{Martin Holland (heise online)}

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Wikipedia Pauses AI-Generated Summaries After Editor Backlash

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The Wikimedia Foundation, the nonprofit organization which hosts and develops Wikipedia, has paused an experiment that showed users AI-generated summaries at the top of articles after an overwhelmingly negative reaction from the Wikipedia editors community.
“Just because Google has rolled out its AI summaries doesn't mean we need to one-up them, I sincerely beg you not to test this, on mobile or anywhere else,” one editor said in response to Wikimedia Foundation’s announcement that it will launch a two-week trial of the summaries on the mobile version of Wikipedia. “This would do immediate and irreversible harm to our readers and to our reputation as a decently trustworthy and serious source. Wikipedia has in some ways become a byword for sober boringness, which is excellent. Let's not insult our readers' intelligence and join the stampede to roll out flashy AI summaries. Which is what these are, although here the word ‘machine-generated’ is used instead.”
Two other editors simply commented, “Yuck.”
For years, Wikipedia has been one of the most valuable repositories of information in the world, and a laudable model for community-based, democratic internet platform governance. Its importance has only grown in the last couple of years during the generative AI boom as it’s one of the only internet platforms that has not been significantly degraded by the flood of AI-generated slop and misinformation. As opposed to Google, which since embracing generative AI has instructed its users to eat glue, Wikipedia’s community has kept its articles relatively high quality. As I recently reported last year, editors are actively working to filter out bad, AI-generated content from Wikipedia.
A page detailing the the AI-generated summaries project, called “Simple Article Summaries,” explains that it was proposed after a discussion at Wikimedia’s 2024 conference, Wikimania, where “Wikimedians discussed ways that AI/machine-generated remixing of the already created content can be used to make Wikipedia more accessible and easier to learn from.” Editors who participated in the discussion thought that these summaries could improve the learning experience on Wikipedia, where some article summaries can be quite dense and filled with technical jargon, but that AI features needed to be cleared labeled as such and that users needed an easy to way to flag issues with “machine-generated/remixed content once it was published or generated automatically.”
In one experiment where summaries were enabled for users who have the Wikipedia browser extension installed, the generated summary showed up at the top of the article, which users had to click to expand and read. That summary was also flagged with a yellow “unverified” label.
An example of what the AI-generated summary looked like.
Wikimedia announced that it was going to run the generated summaries experiment on June 2, and was immediately met with dozens of replies from editors who said “very bad idea,” “strongest possible oppose,” Absolutely not,” etc.
“Yes, human editors can introduce reliability and NPOV [neutral point-of-view] issues. But as a collective mass, it evens out into a beautiful corpus,” one editor said. “With Simple Article Summaries, you propose giving one singular editor with known reliability and NPOV issues a platform at the very top of any given article, whilst giving zero editorial control to others. It reinforces the idea that Wikipedia cannot be relied on, destroying a decade of policy work. It reinforces the belief that unsourced, charged content can be added, because this platforms it. I don't think I would feel comfortable contributing to an encyclopedia like this. No other community has mastered collaboration to such a wondrous extent, and this would throw that away.”
A day later, Wikimedia announced that it would pause the launch of the experiment, but indicated that it’s still interested in AI-generated summaries.
“The Wikimedia Foundation has been exploring ways to make Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects more accessible to readers globally,” a Wikimedia Foundation spokesperson told me in an email. “This two-week, opt-in experiment was focused on making complex Wikipedia articles more accessible to people with different reading levels. For the purposes of this experiment, the summaries were generated by an open-weight Aya model by Cohere. It was meant to gauge interest in a feature like this, and to help us think about the right kind of community moderation systems to ensure humans remain central to deciding what information is shown on Wikipedia.”
“It is common to receive a variety of feedback from volunteers, and we incorporate it in our decisions, and sometimes change course,” the Wikimedia Foundation spokesperson added. “We welcome such thoughtful feedback — this is what continues to make Wikipedia a truly collaborative platform of human knowledge.”
“Reading through the comments, it’s clear we could have done a better job introducing this idea and opening up the conversation here on VPT back in March,” a Wikimedia Foundation project manager said. VPT, or “village pump technical,” is where The Wikimedia Foundation and the community discuss technical aspects of the platform. “As internet usage changes over time, we are trying to discover new ways to help new generations learn from Wikipedia to sustain our movement into the future. In consequence, we need to figure out how we can experiment in safe ways that are appropriate for readers and the Wikimedia community. Looking back, we realize the next step with this message should have been to provide more of that context for you all and to make the space for folks to engage further.”
The project manager also said that “Bringing generative AI into the Wikipedia reading experience is a serious set of decisions, with important implications, and we intend to treat it as such, and that “We do not have any plans for bringing a summary feature to the wikis without editor involvement. An editor moderation workflow is required under any circumstances, both for this idea, as well as any future idea around AI summarized or adapted content.”

Reading/Web/Content Discovery Experiments/Simple Article Summaries - MediaWiki

^MediaWiki

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Wikipedia Pauses AI-Generated Summaries After Editor Backlash

The Wikimedia Foundation, the nonprofit organization which hosts and develops Wikipedia, has paused an experiment that showed users AI-generated summaries at the top of articles after an overwhelmingly negative reaction from the Wikipedia editors community.
“Just because Google has rolled out its AI summaries doesn't mean we need to one-up them, I sincerely beg you not to test this, on mobile or anywhere else,” one editor said in response to Wikimedia Foundation’s announcement that it will launch a two-week trial of the summaries on the mobile version of Wikipedia. “This would do immediate and irreversible harm to our readers and to our reputation as a decently trustworthy and serious source. Wikipedia has in some ways become a byword for sober boringness, which is excellent. Let's not insult our readers' intelligence and join the stampede to roll out flashy AI summaries. Which is what these are, although here the word ‘machine-generated’ is used instead.”
Two other editors simply commented, “Yuck.”
For years, Wikipedia has been one of the most valuable repositories of information in the world, and a laudable model for community-based, democratic internet platform governance. Its importance has only grown in the last couple of years during the generative AI boom as it’s one of the only internet platforms that has not been significantly degraded by the flood of AI-generated slop and misinformation. As opposed to Google, which since embracing generative AI has instructed its users to eat glue, Wikipedia’s community has kept its articles relatively high quality. As I recently reported last year, editors are actively working to filter out bad, AI-generated content from Wikipedia.
A page detailing the the AI-generated summaries project, called “Simple Article Summaries,” explains that it was proposed after a discussion at Wikimedia’s 2024 conference, Wikimania, where “Wikimedians discussed ways that AI/machine-generated remixing of the already created content can be used to make Wikipedia more accessible and easier to learn from.” Editors who participated in the discussion thought that these summaries could improve the learning experience on Wikipedia, where some article summaries can be quite dense and filled with technical jargon, but that AI features needed to be cleared labeled as such and that users needed an easy to way to flag issues with “machine-generated/remixed content once it was published or generated automatically.”
In one experiment where summaries were enabled for users who have the Wikipedia browser extension installed, the generated summary showed up at the top of the article, which users had to click to expand and read. That summary was also flagged with a yellow “unverified” label.
An example of what the AI-generated summary looked like.
Wikimedia announced that it was going to run the generated summaries experiment on June 2, and was immediately met with dozens of replies from editors who said “very bad idea,” “strongest possible oppose,” Absolutely not,” etc.
“Yes, human editors can introduce reliability and NPOV [neutral point-of-view] issues. But as a collective mass, it evens out into a beautiful corpus,” one editor said. “With Simple Article Summaries, you propose giving one singular editor with known reliability and NPOV issues a platform at the very top of any given article, whilst giving zero editorial control to others. It reinforces the idea that Wikipedia cannot be relied on, destroying a decade of policy work. It reinforces the belief that unsourced, charged content can be added, because this platforms it. I don't think I would feel comfortable contributing to an encyclopedia like this. No other community has mastered collaboration to such a wondrous extent, and this would throw that away.”
A day later, Wikimedia announced that it would pause the launch of the experiment, but indicated that it’s still interested in AI-generated summaries.
“The Wikimedia Foundation has been exploring ways to make Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects more accessible to readers globally,” a Wikimedia Foundation spokesperson told me in an email. “This two-week, opt-in experiment was focused on making complex Wikipedia articles more accessible to people with different reading levels. For the purposes of this experiment, the summaries were generated by an open-weight Aya model by Cohere. It was meant to gauge interest in a feature like this, and to help us think about the right kind of community moderation systems to ensure humans remain central to deciding what information is shown on Wikipedia.”
“It is common to receive a variety of feedback from volunteers, and we incorporate it in our decisions, and sometimes change course,” the Wikimedia Foundation spokesperson added. “We welcome such thoughtful feedback — this is what continues to make Wikipedia a truly collaborative platform of human knowledge.”
“Reading through the comments, it’s clear we could have done a better job introducing this idea and opening up the conversation here on VPT back in March,” a Wikimedia Foundation project manager said. VPT, or “village pump technical,” is where The Wikimedia Foundation and the community discuss technical aspects of the platform. “As internet usage changes over time, we are trying to discover new ways to help new generations learn from Wikipedia to sustain our movement into the future. In consequence, we need to figure out how we can experiment in safe ways that are appropriate for readers and the Wikimedia community. Looking back, we realize the next step with this message should have been to provide more of that context for you all and to make the space for folks to engage further.”
The project manager also said that “Bringing generative AI into the Wikipedia reading experience is a serious set of decisions, with important implications, and we intend to treat it as such, and that “We do not have any plans for bringing a summary feature to the wikis without editor involvement. An editor moderation workflow is required under any circumstances, both for this idea, as well as any future idea around AI summarized or adapted content.”

The Editors Protecting Wikipedia from AI Hoaxes
WikiProject AI Cleanup is protecting Wikipedia from the same kind of misleading AI-generated information that has plagued the rest of the internet.
^{Emanuel Maiberg (404 Media)}

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This is — and I cannot stress this enough — a real government website

Trump Card - Pathway to American Citizenship

The opportunity to live in the Greatest Country, THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, with the largest economy in the World, is here.

^{Trump Card - Pathway to American Citizenship}

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Gross. What a clear misuse of government resources

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For anybody not wanting to visit the site. It's a sign up form to get on the wait-list for his $5m pathway to citizenship.

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Danish Ministry Replaces Windows and Microsoft Office with Linux and LibreOffice

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The Danish Ministry of Digitization is to completely abandon Microsoft in the coming months and use Linux instead of Windows and switch from Office 365 to LibreOffice. Minister Caroline Stage (Moderaterne) announced this in an interview with the daily newspaper Politiken. It comes just a few days after the country's two largest municipalities initiated similar steps. This summer, half of the ministry's employees will be equipped with Linux and LibreOffice. If everything goes as expected, the entire ministry will be free of Microsoft by the fall, Politiken summarizes.

The Ministry of Digitalization's move away from Microsoft is therefore taking place against the backdrop of a new digitalization strategy in which the Kingdom's "digital sovereignty " is given priority. According to newspaper reports, the opposition is also calling for a reduction in dependence on US tech companies. Just a few days ago, the administration of the capital Copenhagen announced its intention to review the use of Microsoft software. The second-largest municipality, Aarhus, has already started to replace Microsoft services. Stage has now told Politiken that they should cooperate and that it is not a race. All municipalities should work together and strengthen open source.

When asked how her ministry would react if the changeover was not so easy, Stage replied that they would then simply return to the old system for a transitional period and seek other options: "We won't get any closer to the goal if we don't start." So far, she has only heard from employees who welcome the move. But in her ministry, which is mainly concerned with digitalization, she expects a lot of interest anyway. She also assured them that the initiative is not about Microsoft alone, as they are generally far too dependent on a few providers.

As background to the move, the article also refers to the events at the International Criminal Court, where an email account operated by Microsoft was disconnected. This caused an uproar across Europe. In Denmark, there is also the fact that the new US President Donald Trump has been announcing for weeks that his country wants to take over Greenland. The island in the North Atlantic is a self-governing part of Denmark, and the outrage at Trump's proposal is huge. The desire to reduce dependence on US companies is therefore evidently even greater there than in the rest of Europe.

Microsoft: Kein Mail-Block für IStGH, startet europäisches Sicherheitsprogramm

Microsoft dementiert, Dienste für den Internationalen Strafgerichtshof eingestellt zu haben. Das Unternehmen startet ein europäisches Sicherheitsprogramm.

^{Stefan Krempl (heise online)}

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wizzor

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A little while ago I met someone whose job is to worry about international affairs and they were worried about operating systems.

After that I started worrying about every end user device in Ukraine shutting down until peace was negotiated.

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pmk

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Is it known which distro they are using?

Pro via cybersecurity

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From Trust to Threat: Hijacked Discord Invites Used for Multi-Stage Malware Delivery

Check Point Research uncovered an active malware campaign exploiting expired and released Discord invite links. > - Attackers hijacked the links through vanity link registration, allowing them to silently redirect users from trusted sources to malicious servers.
The attackers combined the ClickFix phishing technique, multi-stage loaders, and time-based evasions to stealthily deliver AsyncRAT, and a customized Skuld Stealer targeting crypto wallets.
Payload delivery and data exfiltration occur exclusively via trusted cloud services such as GitHub, Bitbucket, Pastebin, and Discord, helping the operation blend into normal traffic and avoid raising alarms.
The operation continues to evolve, and threat actors can now bypass Chrome’s App Bound Encryption (ABE) by using adapted tools like ChromeKatz to steal cookies from new Chromium browser versions.

The Discord Invite Loop Hole Hijacked for Attacks - Check Point Research

Learn how Discord's invite links are hijacked and reused to redirect users to harmful servers in place of trusted communities

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From Trust to Threat: Hijacked Discord Invites Used for Multi-Stage Malware Delivery

Check Point Research uncovered an active malware campaign exploiting expired and released Discord invite links. > - Attackers hijacked the links through vanity link registration, allowing them to silently redirect users from trusted sources to malicious servers.
The attackers combined the ClickFix phishing technique, multi-stage loaders, and time-based evasions to stealthily deliver AsyncRAT, and a customized Skuld Stealer targeting crypto wallets.
Payload delivery and data exfiltration occur exclusively via trusted cloud services such as GitHub, Bitbucket, Pastebin, and Discord, helping the operation blend into normal traffic and avoid raising alarms.
The operation continues to evolve, and threat actors can now bypass Chrome’s App Bound Encryption (ABE) by using adapted tools like ChromeKatz to steal cookies from new Chromium browser versions.

The Discord Invite Loop Hole Hijacked for Attacks - Check Point Research

Learn how Discord's invite links are hijacked and reused to redirect users to harmful servers in place of trusted communities

^{alexeybu (Check Point Research)}

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Former Trump supporter Pamela Hemphill refuses and returns her Jan. 6 pardon

Pamela Hemphill of Idaho is one of the more than 1,500 people whom Mr. Trump pardoned earlier this year for their roles in the U.S. Capitol Insurrection.

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Match!!

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Fuckin' cool of her

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So of the ~1500 pardoned, 2 (that I'm aware of) were able to demonstrate accountability for their actions. Guess hope isn't completely lost, just mostly.

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Lion kills businessman at luxury safari lodge in Namibia after he stepped out of tent to use toilet

The victim was camping with other tourists at the tented resort when the early morning tragedy unfolded, police said.

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hansolo

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First off, lions rarely attack humans. Most notable repeat cases have been found to have been the result of a tooth abbess that makes it hard for the lion to hunt its usual prey. This was likely just bad timing, and a lion hanging around a camp waiting for interested prey like warthogs to also be interested in food scraps.

If the tent didn't have a full bathroom attached, then this wasn't "luxury." Full stop. Even an en suite bathroom attached to the tent doesn't cross the line into "luxury" at some camps. But that doesn't mean they won't spray "luxury" all over the website of any camp with mattresses and a lodge restaurant to justify the upcharge.

Next, he was a local, staying in an elevated tent, likely on top of his car. I doubt he paid more than $20 a night got there stay.

As for all you people saying "well good" because he was a "businessman" keep in mind that the media simplifies things like a person's whole life into a word, and would do the same to you. He owned an Off Road Centre, a place that kits out 4x4s for exactly the kind of thing he was doing, camping on the Skeleton Coast. That being said, being a person of British descent in Namibia that was a young adult during the Apartheid era....eesh.

If you feel you MUST hate this person, that's your only real avenue and you all don't even understand that. Hate will consume you, and makes you stupid. Maybe try not being a dick and accepting this is clickbait with limited detail because of only contains enough info to piss you off.

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Fredselfish

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What about the lions The Ghost and The Darkness? Your saying a tooth ache caused them to kill so many men?

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hansolo

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Yeah, it's listed on their wiki as a possible reason.

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsavo_…

Suffocating a struggling zebra requires a healthy song jaw and teeth. One wrong tooth starts to hurt and suddenly the lion can't hunt large prey anymore. Humans are very easy to kill relative to usual lion prey, so we're the blended ham and peas at the nursing home.

pair of Kenyan lions known to have killed and eaten several humans

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swelter_spark

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So, we can protect ourselves by giving lions better dental care.

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Modern_medicine_isnt

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At the same time, one can say that all the hate is a sign of how bad things are for so many people (mentally in this case). They are so desperate for someone to pay for crimes committed upon them and others, they will hate a rando because the news called him a businessman.

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hansolo

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You're saying that being angry makes it acceptable to be stupid as well. That being downtrodden not only doesn't offer the opportunity to be smart about it, that instead the oppressed can't be free to do much other than be hateful assholes.

Cool. Cool cool cool. Was that already written inside your MAGA hat from a factory in China? Or did you have to write it in there next to your own name so you didn't forget that either?

Edit: the last part is slight /s since I know you don't really mean that, but its a slippery slope.

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Modern_medicine_isnt

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More like, people do dumb things under significant stress. This is already know. So we can focus on that or focus on the cause.

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Man, I really wish I could afford to go on a safari like that ... if it's not clear, I mean the safari that lion had, I wanna join on the side of lions.

Similarly with the orca yachting.

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