and similar research for protest movements: https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20190513-it-only-takes-35-of-people-to-change-the-world
#Misc Chat
eager parrot
and as far as voting and electoral systems go, the American one is even easier to control than most other forms of democracy because in theory you could win the presidency with only 23% of the popular vote: https://www.npr.org/2016/11/02/500112248/how-to-win-the-presidency-with-27-percent-of-the-popular-vote
stuff like this is why people advise caution when complacency takes place with respect to certain populist factions
like afd in germany, other right wing movements in europe, or how the maga movement in the US went from a small minority to taking full control of the republican party in 2015-2016, and now the whole country.
but it's also why an opposition to such toxic spread can also succeed if there are truly committed people to counter it.
marsh oracle
last eagle
trump speeches
eager parrot
Look, this isn't even interpreted, this is straight up just what he said
how is this not a declaration of war?
or at least declaration of intention to invade? How else are they gonna take it when Denmark refuses to give it away and the people there don't want either nations controlling them (but would still prefer Denmark over US)?
marsh oracle
The president cant declare war 🤓
marsh oracle
Dont worry, plenty of journalists will find lots of ways to make it sound sane
Just give it 24 hours
eager parrot
the sanewashing of the past ... god it hasn't even been two months, has been insane.
marsh oracle
Bluesky
eager parrot
https://apnews.com/article/trump-vance-zelenskyy-ukraine-russia-war-c095188d261f33f8ec1034ab76d517d9
sigh
I hate this timeline
where's that asteroid?
If the US actually tries to take Greenland by force, I don't think a single other European nation would offer any kind of real support to Denmark.
And Denmark is going to give every possible concession to Trump so he would preceive it as a win, short of annexing Greenland into the US as a territory.
marsh oracle
Surely the political backlash of putting american boots on the ground in greenland would be too big right?
Right? Haha
eager parrot
the man is willing to start an economic and potentially hot war with CANADA of all places, what do you think...
like I would understand literally any other country, but Canada and Denmark?
marsh oracle
eager parrot
Man's going around picking the easiest targets possible
fossil basin
I wish democrats ran upon a campaign based more upon convincing people of their political points, atleast in hindsight we had seen the bipartisanship did not work
eager parrot
that wouldn't have worked
Don I think earlier had the right point
but he missed out on the part that the messaging HAD to be a populist message to win
because we live in such times
fossil basin
that wouldn't have worked
Against 2024 Trump it might have had
People overrate how competent his campaign was
eager parrot
democratic party in 2024 was an elite party for the elites, they had no political points of the people who were tired of them, even if the same people ironically elected the most oligarchical administration in the past 200 years
fossil basin
democratic party in 2024 was an elite party for the elites, they had no politica...
Well of course, i am not going to come up to defense for them
But at the very least you don't go up managing to present trump as the economy or as the peace candidate
ocean vigil
eager parrot
Democrats need their own Trump
not the crazy, corrupt, solipsistic billionaire kind
but somebody from outside of their establishment with new ideas that will tell people what they want and need to hear
fossil basin
I think they need management change
Like we have a saying that goes literally that a fish smells from it's head
eager parrot
so did the GOP, but they let Trump do that management change for them
not all grassroots OR topdown change results in a positive difference
in case of the GOP, it handed them many wins, so they may view it as a positive
but it's definitely a negative for the country in the long-term
democrats need their own charismatic outsider that doesn't have ties to the democratic top elders
fossil basin
but it's definitely a negative for the country in the long-term
Do not think it being negative for country is a negative for GOP
eager parrot
it is eventually
fossil basin
I am surprised people believe economic hardships will lesser popularity
eager parrot
but they don't see it yet
fossil basin
If it can led them to political events to hold onto power, making the populace more stressed and reducing their living standards will help their chances more to create a politcal dynasty
hoary charm
https://apnews.com/article/trump-vance-zelenskyy-ukraine-russia-war-c095188d261f...
Reform U.K. leader Nigel Farage told broadcaster GB News that “JD Vance is wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong.”
get me out of this timeline
eager parrot
you have to give it to Trump, Vance and all their people
they've managed to unite old political foes across the commonwealth
ocean vigil
Le Pen was complaining too
eager parrot
this is ragebaiting on an international diplomatic level
fascinating but also terrifying
proud tulip
Farage has been ass kissing MAGA for years btw, so to get him to turn on them is wild
but im sure they'll chuck a sorry in his bank account and all will be forgiven
blazing depot
I am shocked and appaled you'd suggest honorable Nigel Farage is a paid shill
ruby helm
Farage standing up for what is right
deft spoke
if you think about it, we're already in an economical war
so honestly i aint surprised if shit turns into the other loophole
hoary charm
X
brave pelican
Democrats need their own Trump
i can take over
fossil basin
Democrats need their own Trump
one of the closest ones is stephen a smith, but his takes is not consistent or even correct enough
same guy claiming nba's face cannot be a non-American
brave pelican
people arent serious about him running
fossil basin
people arent serious about him running
he seems serious if he is considered about it
he is like "if people consider me about it i am in", there is small traction within democrats for him
hoary charm
he's a tv personality talking head and it's putting attention on him, of course he's gonna play into it
establishment dems will do their damnest to keep someone like him out
fossil basin
I would prefer Lebron to be that figure if a basketball figure was a candidate
problem is i do not think he is retiring until 2028
brave pelican
democrats will literally never back a candidate thats not already from the establishment
fossil basin
democrats will literally never back a candidate thats not already from the estab...
yeah...
fossil basin
I would prefer Lebron to be that figure if a basketball figure was a candidate
he would win Ohio
brave pelican
thing with dems is that they do not put enough effort into grooming potential candidates for upcoming elections
republicans are at least consistent with their roster of potential presidents
the usual cruz de santis gabbard nikki haley gooners
blazing depot
Who do the Dems even have that more than one state knows, much less likes
fossil basin
Who do the Dems even have that more than one state knows, much less likes
if he retires that'd be Bron
hoary charm
Who do the Dems even have that more than one state knows, much less likes
clinton 2.0 vs vance lets go
brave pelican
general public honestly doesnt care about blue state governors
which is usually what they end up with
fossil basin
I could count 3 states that like him atleast
blazing depot
Like, Newsom I guess
brave pelican
they need someone with the notoriety of aoc, but i guess is at the same time not actually aoc
dire canopy
Vance vs Schiff would be funny
fossil basin
I was also right predicting that a Biden win in 2020 would have led to a Trump win in 2024 back in the day, I just do not like having "old" politicians overall unless they are specially energetic
hoary charm
collecting rare vances for 2028 shitposting
fossil basin
I'd be real pissed if i was JD Vance
It's just that regardless if republicans have a lengthy political dynasty or not, JD Vance is not going to inherit a lot of power
brave pelican
i think cory booker is like ok
but everytime i see him i just remember him butchering spanish during that one democratic debate
so he is a no go
fossil basin
i think cory booker is like ok
I watched that malcolm x documentary, i do not like cory booker
one of the suspected 4 people for his death had appeared in a cory booker ad
that would be a little political suicide if he was to run
brave pelican
he runs every election!
fossil basin
he runs every election!
oh i mean his candidacy to be elected as the candidate
cory booker is also the cousin of rupaul
that is not as damaging, just a trivia
blazing depot
they need someone with the notoriety of aoc, but i guess is at the same time not...
In all honesty, AOC is the best they have by far
vital needle
Hasan should run as a democrat
fossil basin
In all honesty, AOC is the best they have by far
That is if the establishment lets her run, but it would be their best bet
Like I was never a large Sanders guy not because i did not like him as a politician, but because he was old and i was worried about his stamina holding up
Unless they are proven to be able to have large amounts of stamina like Lula, old-old people in leading roles stress me
near jetty
Hasan should run as a democrat
kyrgyzsten cinema joe mansion ticket will sweep
livid frigate
I’d vote for Hasan
blazing depot
Say what you will, Hasan probably knows about how to run a country than Trump 
ocean vigil
little kevlar musk knows more about running a country than trump
blazing depot
he sucks too much at in person speaking unfortunately
Nothing that can't be fixed by a speech coach
vital needle
I’d vote for Hasan
Whod be his vp?
livid frigate
Me
vital needle
Awesome
near jetty
is that allowed
livid frigate
I think you have to be 35
vital needle
Fuck
livid frigate
2036 I’ll be hasan’s running mate
vital needle
If the democrats are still running their illegal alien poll shuttle service I will vote for.you as well
I am willing to shave to vote twice even
blazing depot
Joke's on us tbh. Bold of us to assume there will still be elections by then.
fossil basin
eager parrot
we're actually going to get the civil war that some people in this country have been hoping for, aren't we...
going after vets services is just idiotically misguided
lime spire
eager parrot
these people are just making it up as they go
exact same link, different headline and update now...
https://apnews.com/article/gsa-federal-buildings-doge-fbi-doj-aa123e9c3b12e38c8fa511c2a727f880
but discord maintains the old embed lol
toxic spoke
eager parrot
turns out south korea will aerial bomb their citizens before north korea gets a chance
I hope the civilians injured will recover quickly, jesus
hoary charm
oh they reset him
toxic spoke
last time i watched he got stuck in cerulean backyard
hoary charm
yeah they put a poll up on whether to reset cause he was stuck in cerulean
toxic spoke
after beating misty
hoary charm
i think it look like 10k steps to get out of viridian so already doing better
glacial verge
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/east-asia/south-korea-shell-hits-civilians-injur...
i just read abt this earlier wtf .. how could they mess up so bad .. so fucked up .. thankfully no casualties and i hope the injured civilians recover as fast as possible
eager parrot
casualties usually includes the injured, and at least a few were very seriously injured. but even so, south korean government will probably try to cover this up given it was a small village just to save face after this initial unavoidable reporting.
blazing depot
i just read abt this earlier wtf .. how could they mess up so bad .. so fucked u...
Quite frankly, that's just something that inevitably happens sometimes. Not this specifically, but accidents with military doing stuff causing civilian casualties
So it's not in any way outlandish or surprising. Just bad.
eager parrot
at least they didn't attempt to bomb their own civilians intentionally like it was attempted (successfully) here once https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1985_MOVE_bombing
for fuck's sake, they're really gonna play this psycho bullshit every 30 days?
this is the free trade agreement Trump himself negotiated last time, after dismantling what was already in place.
eager parrot
ah democrats... https://apnews.com/article/cuomo-nyc-mayor-boylan-misconductadams-f2c55da711a93edb805bcb00cd888f03
eager parrot
if anybody thought that democrats were going to stick by their principles, here's one of the main potential candidates of 2028 presidential race ...https://apnews.com/article/gavin-newsom-transgender-athletes-e28abfe4d507086633e5f83b94b095e6
I have no position on the issue he's speaking about but this is still a sign of things to come, especially with the way democrats tried to shift right in 2024 to appeal to voters. these politicians don't care about anything but getting elected, and once elected, you can't hold them to anything they said during their campaigns.
great beacon of democracy we are in this country smh
marsh oracle
I mean, that seems to be majority position in america currently
And honestly i dont know how you start changing that with the current environment
In other news, crosses on the shoulder are out this season, crosses on the forehead are in 
blazing depot
In other news, crosses on the shoulder are out this season, crosses on the foreh...
That's a catholic thing for Aschermittwoch, but I don't think I have ever seen it outside of CSU post carnival speeches
On a politician that is
marsh oracle
Personally think hes being forced to do it cause he looked at trump wrong
inland dawn
Yeah Ash Wednesday began, while they receive the ash on forehead and begin Lent
Also,Clean Monday started as well for the fellow Orthodox.
marsh oracle
https://youtu.be/7BLzWTRmq2k you think youve seen it all, but 2025 still finds ways to surprise me
blazing depot
Trump gonna pardon him next, just watch
ocean vigil
old news, but i think it's better watch than the orange man rumbling about trees and astronauts loving each other
last eagle
rip
fossil basin
I mean, that seems to be majority position in america currently
Political parties are ought not to solely function bending themselves upon what is momentarily popular or not
if they cannot be able to convince public on atleast some set of beliefs, why are they here
Feel like same politicians would be against marriage legalization or civil rights because they also were not popular back in the day
hoary charm
obama was against gay marriage
fossil basin
obama was against gay marriage
yeah
hoary charm
bernie advocated for lower immigration
this happens all the time
you dont get elected by falling on the 20% side of 80/20 issues
fossil basin
you dont get elected by falling on the 20% side of 80/20 issues
a lot of issues they fall over is not on %20 side, and even then... what republicans acted upon were to try on huge propoganda campaigns to skew public opinion
if a political party of this size cannot manage to impact public opinion in any way, they are doomed
there's also that someone prefers getting a full package than a lite package
I also do not think economic damage to people's lifestyles will convince them out of trump
economic damage and social damage to people's lifestyles did not convince people out of Erdoğan
hoary charm
the US is not turkey
marsh oracle
Worth remembering that republicans impacted public opinion by lying
fossil basin
Worth remembering that republicans impacted public opinion by lying
i did not say they impacted public opinion by being truthful
i said they impacted it
fossil basin
the US is not turkey
it's not too shabby from a political stand point, erdoğanopolitics are spreading across world
which terrifies me in a bad way
fossil basin
it's not too shabby from a political stand point, erdoğanopolitics are spreading...
not a total mirror image, but at the very least current climate is very similar
hoary charm
i genuinely don't see the correlation
the big issues at least in the west are housing (nz, aus, canada for example), and immigration (europe)
then all the assorted culture war slop muddying everything
fossil basin
the big issues at least in the west are housing (nz, aus, canada for example), a...
these two are also huge issues here
culture war is just extremely huge due parroting of nationalism included
people do not want to see someone other than people like them happy, which causes an important chunk of issues in root
ruby helm
housing seems like a difficult one, imagine a government actually pushed through changes to make many more houses and cause prices to drop 25-40%, suddenly everyone aged 30-45 who recently bought a house is underwater on their mortgage, their tens of thousands of dollars deposit they spent a decade saving has evaporated and they have a negative net worth. They can't move house for a new job or family reasons because after selling their house and paying back the mortgage they are still in debt and no longer own a house.
And the boomers in the 45-60+ age bracket who own investment properties arent happy either
hoary charm
pretty much
ruby helm
Inflated house prices are like a pyramid scheme that they get people to buy into in their 30s, and after that those people no longer want prices to drop
hoary charm
one day leftists will learn that land value tax + adjusting income tax rates is better than trying to con people into wealth taxes
until that day comes, shits cooked
marsh oracle
No income tax gets you access to the money billionaires make
fossil basin
I say this, income or wealth taxes work considerably better than consumption taxes
marsh oracle
Make it so borrowing against assets requires stepping up their basis and we can start talking
fossil basin
country has one of the largest rates of consumption taxes, yet the richest keep being forgiven of their debts and taxes
though i guess that's what happens when your economic system is based mainly upon money laundering
expected from a country whose one of governmental arms contractors bribed Lee Gyu Tae of Polaris
vital needle
Sounds like a capitalist economy just works in a way that engenders constant crisis and leads to all sort of unsolvable problems
It would be good if we had known that for the past like 180 years
blazing depot
X
So basically the same things that the US has already been doing I'm sure Putin will care deeply.
hoary charm
i love how he capitalizes random words
Cease Fire
legit just facebook boomer energy
ocean vigil
can't shake his german roots
trim flicker
dreamy ledge
everyday is, "what fresh hell is going on today?"
anyway, congrats to ESA for their successful rocket launch. here's TPain Twitch clip of SpaceX falling back to earth
https://www.twitch.tv/tpain/clip/PerfectSquareDurianPipeHype-4x5QdaxbjD33l-L0
lime spire
brave pelican
retweet
deft spoke
all jokes aside, the amount of moments i've seen of loona in popculture drama is actually wild haha
blazing depot
It's annoying is what it is
Don't connect Loona to random bs
We're a little past the "stan Loona" era
deft spoke
True, but unfortunately i still see it to this day
But it's Twitter, nothing surprising
lime spire
Don't connect Loona to random bs
🤫
marsh oracle
https://edition.cnn.com/2025/03/07/business/tariffs-trump-canada/index.html who told trump that tariffs could go higher than 100%??
brave pelican
Don't connect Loona to random bs
you must be fun at parties
deft spoke
you must be fun at parties
no we're just employed
eager parrot
he does realize the tariffs will hurt his own country first before having an impact on Canada, right?
eager parrot
like most of the GOOD building lumber in here comes from northwest of Canada and also Washington state...
marsh oracle
Same guy that wants to replace income tax with tariffs
eager parrot
see that's the only part that makes sense, if he gets rid of income tax, to get the federal govt revenue from tariffs, but then tariffs would have to be 250% across the board on everything from every country to make up for the lost income tax revenues...
this is just not normal, you can't conduct foreign policy and global trade as if it's italian mafia in new york city...
nobody can place long-term orders to invest in anything with this level of uncertainty
marsh oracle
see that's the only part that makes sense, if he gets rid of income tax, to get ...
well no
cause at that point nobody imports anything so you dont get any money from the tariffs
eager parrot
exactly lol
it all sounds like replacing one tax with another on paper
but it won't work, this is just trial and error and bullying
and people will really just stop doing business with the US, might not be feasible right away but other countries will pull back
other five eyes nations as well as many european intelligence services are allegedly already starting to share less intelligence
marsh oracle
yea short term everybody will just try to get trump to back down with "concessions" that dont really do aynthing
long term people will look elsewhere for trade
eager parrot
and outside of trade, these countries will stop following US lead on foreign policy too
like ASML not selling to China or Russia or anywhere outside of western sphere
marsh oracle
Pelosi had to fuck up her legacy by making jeffries her succesor
fossil basin
She did not have a particularly great legacy to begin with
But it is a gnarly way to close it
eager parrot
lol democrats do often say thank you before kissing the boot after all
so much for standing up to a dictator as they used to claim
they have to censure their own people for standing up to trump
10 democrats voted with the republicans
marsh oracle
She did not have a particularly great legacy to begin with
Nah she does, only one keeping the party in line apparently
eager parrot
and now the leadership is also criticizing
marsh oracle
She deserved her little insider trading thing for carrying the party on her back
eager parrot
no she didn't, but yes she was one of the only elders of the party still keeping them in line
fossil basin
so much for standing up to a dictator as they used to claim
Feel like one should be reminded of demi lovato at times
marsh oracle
What point
fossil basin
What point
"take something to capitol hill or actually speak out about something"
blazing depot
https://fxtwitter.com/axios/status/1897745588726239707?t=PkUSQBBYRSo6jLFiXuorXw&...
Yeah, better not do anything and hope Republicans just go away like Jeffries says
eager parrot
Yeah, better not do anything and hope Republicans just go away like Jeffries say...
that's quite literally the strategy some of the democrats are advocating for, just not doing anything for at least 2 years so they can win the next midterm elections
it's madness
does anybody even remember the wall to wall "resistance" movement democrats and various groups across the political spectrum were advocating for back in 2016-2017?
what happened
like people were protesting in all the international airports after the muslim ban early in 2017
blazing depot
Why do Dems look at Reps who most definitely all did something and collectively went "You know what, this worked, so we won't do it."
marsh oracle
what happened
The obvious answer is that trump won again
Seen quite a few resistlibs just crash out and withdraw from it all
eager parrot
it's more than that, unions have withdrawn into their own shells too
women's rights movements, various civil rights organizations, etc.
marsh oracle
You mean the ones that didnt endorse trump
eager parrot
and even corporate media for the most part is just kissing the boot now
like, in 2019, freaking what's his name, Jeff Bezos ran a very expensive superbowl ad for Washington Post that was anti-Trump's fake news thing
but then Trump pressured pentagon to not take the AWS contract and give it to Microsoft instead
and since then even Bezos is on Trump's side, out of fear or something
I'm just baffled by the general apathy and disconnect now, as well as giving up altogether from many groups that were resisting Trump and MAGA.
marsh oracle
Really?
I cant really blame them tbh
Voters wanted to be served shit, now they will have to eat it
eager parrot
I mean you can't just keep saying democracy's at stake and trump is a fascist and an existential threat, then you lose an election and just go "well we tried..."
marsh oracle
Obviously some groups cant afford to just let it all blow over but the ones who can? I get it it after 8 years
Fwiw i think obama et al joking around with trump at his inauguration was stupid as fuck
But all the activists that just spent 8 years organising against maga? Yea idk
They lost, the country voted for all of this
Not like any of trumps actions are surprising
eager parrot
man's literally doing what he said he would do, word for word, action to action.
marsh oracle
And even won the popular vote with it
Think that also has a big psychological effect
eager parrot
He died of heart disease and had advanced Alzheimer's, she died of hantavirus (which you generally get from deer mice and similar droppings)
one week apart
bodies were found a week after he died, two weeks after she died
I guess that's that, but really begs the question why they didn't have some workers or caretakers that checked at least with him regularly 😦
also crazy, they've been delivering mail in denmark for 400 years
meanwhile I am just ashamed of how fragile the US government has turned out to be ... especially the regulatory bodies
blazing depot
meanwhile I am just ashamed of how fragile the US government has turned out to b...
idk that I would say fragile, it's just that 2 1/2 branches of government are in the same hand and all just go "yeah, let that unelected fraud do whatever :D"
At that point there is really no mechanism that would save anything
The few exceptions where judges stepped in are the 1/2 of a branch still fighting back
marsh oracle
I guess that's that, but really begs the question why they didn't have some work...
I can tell you that old people are surprisingly hard headed about this
dreamy ledge
I think his wife was the caretaker as she was only 65. but her dying suddenly from the disease and his advanced Alzheimer's, well
eager parrot
lime spire
hoary charm
probably more like the bill clinton statue in kosovo but then again he probably knows fuck all about that
lime spire
There was also the stupid goat in Mar-A-Lago
pale flower
mar-a-lagoat
dire canopy
maybe a reference to all the ivermectin they took
hoary charm
https://x.com/JDVance/status/1898372454235451694 vice president of the united states of america
X
hoary charm
playing into the edits of him
eager parrot
playing into the edits of him
ocean vigil
fossil basin
https://bsky.app/profile/passblue.bsky.social/post/3ljvt6xnkoc2a
The US when people want hope:
https://fxtwitter.com/gay_reactions/status/1733431745759105026?t=4TYMsZBttAsK7xdhMRREMA&s=19
marsh oracle
Must be looking bad when trump says please lmfao
hoary charm
isnt that just DOA unless they can convince 2 republicans?
marsh oracle
Yea
eager parrot
it's mostly symbolic just to get the votes on record
and more or less show what this administration's goals are, especially for Canada.
if it even gets to votes that is lol
fossil basin
last eagle
https://bsky.app/profile/passblue.bsky.social/post/3ljvt6xnkoc2a
just saw this, i found it silly but ironic that even tho america has alot of """national""" days, they didn't agree with this one
america logic i suppose
last eagle
yea i don't understand what conflicts against hope there
a hope is a freedom
but somehow they made it contradicts each others
supple dragon
amazing
so US policies are officially worse than North Koreans?
blazing depot
US officially hopeless
supple dragon
🤝
marsh oracle
Trump derailing the canadian conservatives so hard that theyre back to losing with such a huge lead is crazy lol
blazing depot
Some good coming out of all this I guess
keen nest
last eagle
yea this is ultracooked
lime spire
Real article from the white house website it's so over
brave pelican
behind every breakthrough in medicine is a mouse
fossil basin
basically he wants selective sons that he is not even financially or socially involved with
a fuckass medieval dynasty
eager parrot
hmmm they backed off the AI stuff under Trump, and Android is getting a softer hand
but still Chrome must be sold it seems.
perhaps there's hope yet.
blazing depot
Google is just gonna sell it to a totally independent company that definitely in no way has any ties to Google, trust
eager parrot
I don't know, these kinds of anti-trust lawsuits have pretty stringent long-term follow-up, long past Trump's era at the DOJ
it took Microsoft until Windows 11 to be able to bypass some of the product packaging and inclusions that DOJ had forced on them in the early 2000's anti-trust case.
to the detriment of Windows 11 of course, but to Microsoft's advantage
I just hope Chrome is totally and completely separated from Google
I saw Trudeau stepped down at last. Man went through three presidents and 4 presidential terms as leader of Canada and leader of the Liberal Party.
I know our friends up north were a bit harsh to him in the past few years, but no matter who wins their next election, I have a feeling they'll be nostalgic for Trudeau's tenure, one of those "you'll miss me when I'm gone" situations.
blazing depot
Hey, they don't have term limits, bro can always return later when he's at a more average politician age
marsh oracle
I know our friends up north were a bit harsh to him in the past few years, but n...
Trumps actions already turned around public opinion of trudeau quite a bit
blazing depot
Well, their conservative option being a little bit of a Trump fanboy certainly hasn't helped them
eager parrot
I don't follow much of their politics, but things generally don't get better after a long-term leader steps down amidst various crises.
So people look back fondly on their time after.
Even those who were vehemently hating them during their term.
marsh oracle
https://fxtwitter.com/marcorubio/status/1898858967532441945 finally, after years of bidens tyranny, free speech is restored in america 
eager parrot
"But Sir, what if they are citizens of the United States of America?"
"No matter, deport them all!"
brave pelican
what constitutes a “hamas supporter” legally though
eager parrot
hey we've been doing that here for at least 24 years
thanks to the patriot act and all its extentions and spinoffs
blazing depot
Can't wait til they (try to) deport Hasan
eager parrot
when you try to apply shock and awe to immigration policy, a lot of people are bound to get caught up in false accusations and unfortunate circumstances. the net's cast too wide.
then again, it wouldn't be the first time America has tried to deport legitimate citizens.
Mexican repatriation from the great depression being one of the early examples in recent modern history
lime spire
Dollar store Christianity
I know too many people who will just defend trump just because he's trump
fossil basin
"No matter, deport them all!"
That's what Trump said, yeah
hoary charm
X
proud tulip
https://x.com/frontlinekit/status/1899325631701110903 banger
amazing
proud tulip
https://www.lbc.co.uk/world-news/russia-blames-uk-instigating-both-world-wars-after-expelling-british-diplomats/ we did what?!
fossil basin
https://www.lbc.co.uk/world-news/russia-blames-uk-instigating-both-world-wars-af...
I like to blame UK for a ton of things, and they might have had a larger hand at the first one, not so much on the second
Franz Ferdinand's murder is a climax event, but larger reasoning stands for colonial and industrial race going on
But Britain was quite appeasing of Nazi Germany, there were leading politicians and royalty that had symphathy towards them
One of the reasons of appeasements were to stop a second world war from happening, it did not work
One thing you could not blame the UK upon is to accuse them of wanting the WW2 to happen, they were not in the position to push for it
fossil basin
If they were in economic and social conditions to push for these was, even before geopolitical spheres would look different, I do not think Turkey would have existed if the UK was in an economical condition to continue expensionism outside their sphere, incorrect statement
ocean vigil
deft spoke
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-says-he-will-label-violence-against-tesla...
almost didnt see his face, blends perfectly with the color of the car
dude needs some serious sunscreen
marsh oracle
Tfw you have to click the link instead of only reading the embedded headline 
blazing depot
You read articles? What a nerd.
marsh oracle
I only consume news through hasan streams where he reads only these headlines in the form of other peoples tweets
vital needle
You know there's a reason the stereotype about germans being humorless cunts is a thing
marsh oracle
Oh for sure
Luckily im effortlessly funny unlike other germans
Especially in text form
blazing depot
You know there's a reason the stereotype about germans being humorless cunts is ...
Oh, we have a lot of humor, we just don't conform to the low standards of other people
vital needle
Oh, we have a lot of humor, we just don't conform to the low standards of othe...
Yoy know there's a reason the stereotype about europeans being cunts that think theyre better than everyone is a thing
blazing depot
We can spin this endlessly until a stressed out m0d appears because they get tagged by the c word
fossil basin
You know there's a reason the stereotype about germans being humorless cunts is ...
I have the reputation to not get humor at times, mainly because I just do not get the ordeal or the context that is, not because anything gets ruined
vital needle
You know there's a reason the stereotype about discord m0ds being cunts is a thing
Ok im done
last eagle
marsh oracle
Didnt expect the deep state to be this useless tbh
half heath
idk much but ppl saying the rich are gonna buy the dip and the stocks will rebound when Trump just reverses whatever
Also worried that Trumps talk about Canada getting more and more crazy
blazing depot
That always happens when he gets denied, so yeah
marsh oracle
idk much but ppl saying the rich are gonna buy the dip and the stocks will rebou...
People still cope themselves into thinking trump has some secret plan with these tariffs
half heath
Lol hard to make sense of much lately I don't blame them
marsh oracle
Also for as much as people talk about how putin needs a win in ukraine cause he cant be perceived to lose something
Trump will never ever back down from this and the whole trade war with canada until somebody else steps in
blazing depot
Who is supposed to step in there, there's literally no one with an ounce of backbone left in that administration, nor in congress or the senate
ocean vigil
my money is on some pissed off veteran
deft spoke
sir, i think this shitshow itself will already be in the history books leave my maple leaves alone😔
last eagle
lmao
hoary charm
https://fixupx.com/acyn/status/1899542995344707670 new trump lexicon just dropped
last eagle
..
eager parrot
He's not wrong
hoary charm
https://apnews.com/article/australia-tariffs-steel-aluminum-exemption-fe8ad2239a...
U.S. goods exports to Australia in 2024 were $34.6 billion, up 3.1 percent ($1 billion) from 2023. U.S. goods imports from Australia totaled $16.7 billion in 2024, up 4.7 percent ($745.7 million) from 2023. The U.S. goods trade surplus with Australia was $17.9 billion in 2024, a 1.6 percent increase ($279.7 million) over 2023.
lol
pale knot
X
livid frigate
Good
vital needle
eager parrot
it's so stupid because his generation lived through many diseases that are now basically eradicated... because of vaccines
and was one of the last to get the smallpox vaccines
blazing depot
Can't wait for a smallpox outbreak and him just going "Yeah, back in my day we just got the pox and then we were fine for the rest of our life"
eager parrot
if you've ever seen the smallpox vaccine scars on your parents arms, it was nasty stuff
but it helped prevent a 30% guaranteed death type of disease ....
shadow elbow
30% of the time you die every time
eager parrot
trim flicker
banger
https://theonion.com/democrats-sick-of-being-blamed-for-cowardice-on-issues-1847675639/
actually have the link too
posted the tweet bc headline embeds fully lmao
dreamy ledge
if you've ever seen the smallpox vaccine scars on your parents arms, it was nast...
got this during the Air Force when stationed in Korea and when deployed to Iraq in case of a chemical attack.
it's literally being stabbed with a needle in the surface of the skin. wasn't bad but definitely not pleasant. you had to let it scab and fall off naturally. can't really see my scar but the older vaccines were prob much less pleasant and scarring more noticeable
as far as I know, it's still required to get small pox and anthrax vaccines when stationed in Korea.
fossil basin
if you've ever seen the smallpox vaccine scars on your parents arms, it was nast...
I mean I have that, but yeah
not the smallpox, the vaccine scar
not that bad I would say
my sister actually got smallpox with the vaccine, so it is important to take the vaccine in order to prevent the worst
supple dragon
all of us here have two visible scars on left arm
don't remember after which shots
eager parrot
all of us here have two visible scars on left arm
don't remember after which sho...
that's the TB/BCG vaccine
they stopped doing that in most of the west like ... 30-40 years ago
Canadian news sites really not having a good time with all this annexation talks, while US news sites mostly silent on the matter, or just mention it in passing
https://apnews.com/article/gaza-israel-palestinians-sexual-abuse-human-rights-9cb6955b34a86631b30225fe23d5567f
https://apnews.com/article/iran-nuclear-program-us-tensions-explains-25acc4bfbbe165a374a58ebfa6a4ab41
https://apnews.com/article/japan-youtuber-livestreaming-murder-crime-arrest-ce4f626ff2624652b97a942c742e9902
marsh oracle
Lol
eager parrot
also related
"just learn to code, you lazy fuck"
the AI is getting too self aware
lime spire
It's so cloudy outside I can't see the eclipse at all
hoary charm
https://arstechnica.com/ai/2025/03/ai-coding-assistant-refuses-to-write-code-tel...
my whole timeline is riddled with grifters and their "vibe coding"
i hope karpathy knows what he's unleashed
hoary charm
mfs acting like cursor can one shot threejs games
not to mention the guy spearheading all that is a massive grifter profiting off people who think they can replicate his success
eager parrot
X
hoary charm
https://x.com/karpathy/status/1899887925103648933 his thoughts on the mcp stuff all the grifters hopped on this week
X
marsh oracle
Wake me up when they fixed the context window problem 
trim flicker
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/03/openai-urges-trump-either-settle-ai-...
You don't get it man it's a national security risk to not let me steal the work of millions of people
blazing depot
It's almost like they have their own AI tools ready to follow the precedent or something
eager parrot
ocean vigil
shadow elbow
I remember one of the neighbors who lived next to my parents had a farm and they would occasionally come by and ask if we wanted a ridiculous amount of eggs
and we'd always say no because wtf am I gonna do with 16 dozen eggs
boy do I look silly now
(I still would say no)
ocean vigil
and we'd always say no because wtf am I gonna do with 16 dozen eggs
pretty sure you could get a tesla for that right now
half heath
https://arstechnica.com/google/2025/03/end-of-life-gemini-will-completely-replac...
this is dumb... Assistant had its uses. I liked using it to set alarms quickly. Gemini can't do that 
eager parrot
this is dumb... Assistant had its uses. I liked using it to set alarms quickly. ...
Welcome to Google products.
https://killedbygoogle.com/
dreamy ledge
and we'd always say no because wtf am I gonna do with 16 dozen eggs
breakfast
all
day
long
eager parrot
You could make a lot of cookies and cake and freeze them for later with that much eggs
it actually isn't even that much eggs if you have family to share with. ~120 eggs is average monthly consumption for a family of four if they eat one egg a day with breakfast, and that's not even taking into account all kinds of other uses for the eggs for cooking or baking, so 16 dozen is easily used up in a month 😄
eager parrot
Chuck Schumer catching a lot of flack today for democrats' generally spineless actions recently, but especially his own and the comments that have come out of him like apologizing to republicans for calling them bastards. https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5194615-schumer-republicans-funding-msnbc-progressives/
Blink twice if they are holding your grandchildren hostage, Chuck. Or the grassroot movements will soon 'chuck' Schumer out. https://thehill.com/homenews/5195068-grassroots-democratic-group-calls-for-schumer-to-resign-as-minority-leader/
blazing depot
How Schumer is still Dem leader in the senate is beyond me at this point.
eager parrot
bro just didn't want negligent discharge to be listed as cause of injury and get more police scrutiny
but you'd be surprised how many firearms owners put a loaded firearm in front of their dogs or cats for photos to post on social media...
blazing depot
It's nice that all the weird people have their own little places
fossil basin
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/memphis-man-says-was-shot-dog-lying-bed-rcn...
I believe it
for the main grounds that it was a pitbull
fossil basin
https://fxtwitter.com/Acyn/status/1900640827543875698?t=SNnM66cYJmiqEPdKb2Q-Lw&s=19
how can news sites themselves be illegal??
also between that and labeling of "anti-tesla terrorists", this is familiar to me
hoary charm
using his logic, fox news is just as illegal
blazing depot
Don't be silly, they're on his side, so they're correct and legal.
hoary charm
true, every situation works like that
blazing depot
Meanwhile RFK Jr is promoting taking vitamin A and cod liver oil against measles
fossil basin
somewhat dangerous, especially given taking too much vitamin A might lead to liver failure
hoary charm
five eyes countries reconsidering what they share with the US because it's probably just getting leaked to russia
things are going great over there
fossil basin
I wonder if the sudden Russia lean is to create excuse for a similar movement against Mexico or Canada
marsh oracle
"Sudden"
fossil basin
"Sudden"
By sudden i mean by president change
it was not an un-drastic change, the US are not a country that were known to be pro-Russia state
marsh oracle
See if obama said it, it would be funny
hoary charm
she's okay with his views
marsh oracle
Unfortunately for vance he is jd vance
fossil basin
she married him and had kids
people who marry and have kids from a person can lack agency
hoary charm
anyway, vance mentioned
fossil basin
maybe not her in specific, but there are plenty of reasons currently and historically people are stuck in horrible marriages
especially with children involved
brave pelican
nah she definitely is all in
hoary charm
dunno man, seems like infantilizing a bit. she'll get a fat book deal in 4 years and be set for life
fossil basin
I do not know her family dynamics, but it is a reality that people face
marsh oracle
Sure but its not her reality
hoary charm
yeah you dont so why are you trying to analyze whether she needs saving or not
fossil basin
I am glad my mother divorced my father when i was in primary school, because I like them both, but they were NOT compatible
fossil basin
yeah you dont so why are you trying to analyze whether she needs saving or not
because one wonders why someone is married to someone that they vocally bash them
hoary charm
he did nothing of the sort, what are you on about
the context is that he got booed at a show
fossil basin
the context is that he got booed at a show
I have a hard time getting hidden or background contexts from a speech
brave pelican
usha vance has clerked for both roberts and kavanaugh in the past but has also voted in democratic primaries at some point
typical californian!
deft spoke
these memes be getting bettwr and better
fossil basin
https://fxtwitter.com/BricksCenter/status/1900927904135127192?t=XUXdmUbhvusdfHUV6Plm9w&s=19
the hell
brave pelican
5 hours jesus
oak lodge
gotta get up and stretch every hour then damn hahaha
lime spire
I ain't watching this😭
proud tulip
just a few ads
last eagle
last eagle
https://x.com/DiscussingFilm/status/1901301650322497736?t=kzNZgig41Qqgvf44vXGWKw&s=19
Apparently new movie came out to theaters was good but max does this lol
X
more tax evasions, yea...
-# also they removed scooby doo films on max too btw
valid magnet
Also 0 marketing for the new movie
proud tulip
https://www.canzukinternational.com/2024/01/new-polling-shows-support-among-australians-for-canzuk-visas.html Any CANZUKers here?
hoary charm
does it really matter when its trivial to get a visa to any of those countries with any of those passports?
proud tulip
I've seen more and more about strengthening ties between the countries beyond whats already in place, could be interesting if all countries are on board, i dont see why they wouldnt be
hoary charm
it would probably exacerbate brain drain here
its bad enough having visa free access to australia, let alone canada
might make more sense for uk to rejoin the eu
proud tulip
might make more sense for uk to rejoin the eu
this is my personal wish but I can't see it happening for at least a decade
hoary charm
wound too fresh, political climate too sketchy, something else?
proud tulip
wound too fresh, political climate too sketchy, something else?
yeah, the right/remaining brexiteers would have a complete meltdown, even though it's clear and obvious to everyone with a brain that we haven't benefitted at all from it
proud tulip
This conversation is just a setup for a canzuk joke yea?
i've seen plenty 
vital needle
https://youtu.be/4OoN-eLshD4
This is the worst type of content on youtube because it usually just summarizes what the stupideat and most vocal members of any given community think about some guy
"Oh no idubbbz didnt wanna be trolled and stalked by fans of proud nazi pedophile sam hyde and also regrets having said slurs thats such a downfall"
lime spire
What did Sam Hyde do
livid frigate
Be a Nazi
marsh oracle
Also an excellent resource if you wanna learn all of the current nazi dog whistles
trim flicker
and people answered by saying hes a nazi
lime spire
Why did they do that
brave pelican
have you seen the dude 😭
trim flicker
Why did they do that
Because he has a bunch of ties with neonazi movements
ocean vigil
Střelec is the only correct name anyway
ocean vigil
that is pretty common
pretty much depends from what language it got taken
and what the piece looked like ig
the elephant version is definitely cooler looking
we used translation of the german name at first, before we ditched it for the superior one with ř
fossil basin
apparently the original name of the piece was elephant/fil
the bishop name comes from the interpretation of the piece's top
eager parrot
the history behind the piece and its names is really fascinating and a lot more complex
it was called bishop in english (and icelandic for some reason) centuries before the groove shape of the top came to be standard
but it could have also arisen because of the top shape of the original elephant-like pieces looking like a bishop mitre
the closer countries seem to be to pre-islamic persia and then islamic caliphate's spread, the more likely they call it elephant or just directly use the 'fil' word in some form.
in europe, a lot of 'runner', 'archer', 'hunter' or 'officer' interpretations.
some 'jester/fool' interpretations too
ocean vigil
runner is german one and the fool is french
eager parrot
while spanish just uses 'alfil' and italian uses a version of the same but reinterpreted it to standard bearer.
queen piece is also interesting, seems very much a consensus on "queen" or "lady", except in countries near old persia, where they call it vizier of some form.
no other piece has as much variety as bishop in name, history or interpretation, never looked into this before lol
dire canopy
"fool is french" classic
lime spire
The real question is who is trying to play some Chess?
https://www.chess.com/
vital needle
Just be like the japanese and call the guy "angle/corner walker"
fossil basin
horrible news, not too different from Canadian mining companies killing forests and rivers in Turkey for gold rush
valid magnet
Not a surprise
livid frigate
Well yeah Israel has been violating the ceasefire for a while
deft spoke
pretends to act shocked
trim flicker
we're all very surprised to hear those news
proud tulip
no war talk please
oak lodge
https://x.com/AssLatam/status/1902099289960055181?t=ObegI5uwmU9yL-g2H_Er8g&s=19
the genre of >random person named after a fictional character or otherwise famous figure is often funny
last eagle
rip
blazing depot
Don't they need a 2/3 majority for this shit
marsh oracle
They do, just shows which side theyre standing on here
All of the republicans will sit still while trump ignores court orders
hoary charm
i knew the demographic breakdown was bad but holy shit https://youtu.be/Sx0J7dIlL7c?si=7Ne1YHpQv8r12cm0&t=1327
toxic spoke
i knew the demographic breakdown was bad but holy shit https://youtu.be/Sx0J7dIl...
I watched this episode this morning, yeah the manosphere stats and how much priority inflation was is unreal
interesting that the former advisor also thinks that the switch from Biden was a mistake, I have a friend who's held that position
the answer to dem messaging problems being "just lie" is so dystopian but true
hoary charm
yeah a large part being about "democracy is at stake" while they deprived voters of a primary, probably didnt sit well
toxic spoke
not that the idea of a switch was bad, but switching to someone more unpopular was
blazing depot
yeah a large part being about "democracy is at stake" while they deprived voters...
I will say that the whole primary process in the US is an abomination in and by itself, extending the already excrutiating clownshow that are US elections even further
hoary charm
sure it may be silly but it's still the process
eager parrot
it doesn't help that the democratic party's primary system is significantly less democratic by design compared to the republican primary system
republicans don't have super delegates
livid frigate
it's not like there's a real democracy in the US anyways
marsh oracle
Real democracy has never been tried
blazing depot
The ancient Greek would like to have a word. They were very democratic! Unless you wanna count women or something equally preposterous.
fossil basin
Leading mainline opposition presidential candidate and also mayor of Istanbul (largest city) got his uni degree revoked for arbitrary reasons and then got arrested, safe to assume it is an almost official statement that there are not going to be elections happening here
Would have had better prospects if we had any political parties which would not push for legalities and respectability projections while being detained
Also a direct parallel with the US that now you can get your uni degree revoked for pretty much tame politics that a regular centre-left person would have
brave pelican
columbia university has been on the decline for a while now
i guess their degrees arent worth much
fossil basin
Most likely situation is that there are no longer going to be district/mayoral representation in medium run if they can just arrest the biggest oppositional guy
lime spire
Real unfortunately
fossil basin
Real unfortunately
Not recent news, but we have known
It was known before Grok was made
lime spire
Ik but it's still gross
thorny schooner
elon moment
still cant believe he turned off likes because he was liking humiliation sex content
like bro be who you are man
fossil basin
liking humiliation sex content is one thing, having an ageplay rp account of your own son is another
and bashing at others for reaction you recieve, and making people's lives actively worse for what they like or what they are
trim flicker
elon should
marsh oracle
https://fxtwitter.com/Aiden_CDN/status/1902122613796921364 canadian liberal landslide incoming
marsh oracle
Yes but not because of this graph
eager parrot
all indicators are good indicators when they agree with one's own presupposition 🙂
oak lodge
higher highs and lower lows 😎
last eagle
X
eager parrot
https://x.com/RT_com/status/1902215802113126746
any place on earth that the US has a consulate or embassy or any state department offices of any kind, they'd have a CIA base in it
any place the US military has a base or even a presence of any kind, there will be a CIA base among it
and that's just the easy ones.
so basically you are very unlikely to go somewhere populated that doesn't have a CIA base
maybe north korea doesn't have one
dire canopy
even in Canada they'll tell you "See ya, ey"
fossil basin
X
eager parrot
to be fair that french researcher could have been a DGSE agent
they are notorious for their corporate and academic espionage
fossil basin
he cant post the same post in turkish because he poses as indifferent yet is a government shill, his middle eastern commentary should not be trusted
had he announced his candidacy late and then got annulled, he'd have been like "he should have done this before"
He had also put her in a song with Diddy without Kim's approval
At this point it is less attention bait and more leaning to child endangerment
fossil basin
https://x.com/Y40IFRQTTING/status/1902713426561872005?t=lvcbqkmfNeP9zozD6bnnHQ&s=19
basically that is what i am trying to say her
X
trim flicker
unbelieavable
blazing depot
So he's a kid who just wants to play his games, gotcha
fossil basin
So he's a kid who just wants to play his games, gotcha
he is not even a kid anymore, he is like 19
blazing depot
If his dad still turns off his computer he's a kid.
fossil basin
If his dad still turns off his computer he's a kid.
I did not view it in that angle
https://x.com/yeunrlsd/status/1902583513284780493?t=EObllsEqfI0VDPW53qHs0w&s=19
so NOW Diddy is upset he was recorded without his consent?
X
another case update related to him (not to Kanye/Ye), is that Tony Buzbee has quitted representing in the Diddy legal cases
Which, good, because Buzbee was a MAGA con-artist with settlements against him
does not mean anything positive for Diddy, but you get the point
blazing depot
True
half heath
570 cases of measles in Ontario... The dumb american antivaxx propaganda infected our idiots
blazing depot
Maybe if they took their vitamins and cod liver oil this wouldn't have happened
dreamy ledge
S-M-R-T
blazing depot
X
hoary charm
its probably cooked regardless
like how whenever someone makes a claim and it gets a million RTs but then the correction goes unseen
ruby helm
The company is valued at something like 10x what comparable companies are at, the only thing keeping Elon in there is that replacing him with a boring safe ceo who can't support a huge bubble with hype and undisclosed huge things coming soon, would still cause further share price losses.
Elon is more like a mascot that brings in the support of speculators than a ceo
marsh oracle
hoary charm
saw he signed an eo to abolish the dept of education today too
epic social engineering by allowing his base to go after congress when they block it
blazing depot
Education is overrated anyway, the US doesn't need people who can read and write, they need more farmhands to replace those gosh darn illegal immigrants
dire canopy
he loves the poorly educated
surely this is gonna affect the rich kids in private schools as well
fossil basin
this is basically Erdoğan v2 move, crippling education for the non-rich and making universities somewhat useless and hampered
Trump had been threatening and cutting uni fundings for somewhat arbitrary reasons like "DEI"
State media reported that an US-Turkey meeting is happening soon and Erdoğan is ecstatic to meet Trump, which is not surprising
last eagle
fossil basin
ruby helm
The black spider's plans are finally coming to fruition, after hundreds of years america will return to the royal family.
marsh oracle
https://fxtwitter.com/MarkJCarney/status/1903567614267310182 maybe the democrats can hire the canadian liberals pr team once canadas election is done
blazing depot
Bold of you to assume they'd be let into the US
fossil basin
FxTwitter
half heath
https://fxtwitter.com/MarkJCarney/status/1903567614267310182 maybe the democrats...
Holy fuck a Mr.Dressup reference. Takes me back to my childhood 🥹
Also I am not getting any hopes up for that election
thorny schooner
https://fxtwitter.com/Aiden_CDN/status/1902122613796921364 canadian liberal land...
okay mark got some swaaaag
dreamy ledge
gud pupperino
eager parrot
fossil basin
https://www.politico.eu/article/musks-x-suspends-opposition-accounts-turkey-prot...
He had done that when earthquake hit as well
eager parrot
one of the reasons twitter blew up in the first place in late 2000's was because people in opressed regimes were using the sms to tweet function to post while their internet were shut down, especially during times of civil unrest
this is a sad turn of events
ocean vigil
fossil basin
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/03/trump-administration-accide...
the atlantic writer when asked about whom the US administration sent their war plans to:
hoary charm
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/03/trump-administration-accide...
one hell of a read damn
marsh oracle
Something very absurd about people discussing bombing campaign plans and others reaction with prayer emojis
blazing depot
marsh oracle
Although we are far past the point where stuff like the presidential records act even matters
blazing depot
Trump is just gonna write an EO at the end of his term that deletes everything from his presidency and then do so before any judge could possibly step in to be ignored
marsh oracle
Trump is just gonna write an EO at the end of his term that deletes everything f...
Hes also gonna investigate hillarys emails again cause why not
marsh oracle
Good meme
fossil basin
main opposition party has curated a list of companies to boycott which is a reasonable move
it is a boycott list of companies that are pushed/prompted by government basically, which makes sense, not too focused on one segment without being too demanding, espressolab boycott especially makes sense given they are the headline project of current government
they keep closing bars and opening that coffee chain at a lot of places, it experienced too sudden of a boom to not be pushed by government
this is also not a random picture, it's list of companies main opposition party's leader has voices specific boycott for
proud tulip
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/03/trump-administration-accide...
jfc
somehow worse than i thought itd be
blazing depot
Connor when he bans someone from now on:
👊 🇬🇧 🔥
hoary charm
only on x the everything app
marsh oracle
My find of the day
half heath
Wow looks like someone doesn't believe in free speech anymore
Btw guys I been thinking. Do you guys think going against your values is reasonable if it's in response to people who infringe on you? Like if Jasmine said something like this in a vacuum I'd feel kinda off about her but it's in response to people who are doing and saying much worse.
marsh oracle
I mean
Democrats are currently getting roasted everywhere for still sticking to their values
hoary charm
my values are perfect and infallible so i would never need to go against them
simple as
marsh oracle
Making fun of people in a wheelchair is still bad for the same reasons but the joke makes up for it by being funny and making fun of greg abbott who is a terrible person
half heath
Democrats are currently getting roasted everywhere for still sticking to their v...
I think politics def needs to be approached with a different lens cause the people who don't follow rules [legal, societal, moral] will always have an advantage. Idk the answer for dems but sticking to those values is letting those people step all over you. At some point gotta hit back.
end of the day I don't even believe dems are above bending rules so any inaction from them does seem complicit almost
fossil basin
https://fxtwitter.com/mn_storm/status/1904518266371932300?s=46&t=FQQ80tlYpPKcuiyg1ibuUA
https://fxtwitter.com/ap/status/1904714999496393108?s=46&t=FQQ80tlYpPKcuiyg1ibuUA
FxTwitter
charred fulcrum
https://fxtwitter.com/mn_storm/status/1904518266371932300?s=46&t=FQQ80tlYpPKcuiy...
fossil basin
turkish ministers and government-supporting mass of men started to mass-buy from boycotted brands
https://fxtwitter.com/ZAMajans/status/1904786133646450990?t=taLZey1ZocLu3gO-jZWkMQ&s=19/en
notice they are all a specific prototype of men
it was a pr disaster because espressolab were making statements stating they were impartial to politics, only for country ministers to also come and massbuy in evening
also does not help that franchise is owned by sons of one of the ruling party's MPs
last eagle
fossil basin
FxTwitter
ocean vigil
the utm_souce part breaks the gift
trim flicker
LMAO
hoary charm
rip stupid twitter
marsh oracle
Doesnt work for me 
ocean vigil
huh, it works if I copy the link but not if I click it
wtf
and on a phone it works when clicked
hoary charm
fwiw i did try running it through internet archive first but that didn’t work
i swear every paywall workaround i find doesn’t work
trim flicker
archive.ph works for this one
marsh oracle
I would say they cant go after him for leaking classified information because theyve said its not classified information but im not sure we live in reality like that anymore
trim flicker
i mean they said on record it isnt classified
but
yeah im not sure how much that's worth
nowadays
lmao
fossil basin
I would say they cant go after him for leaking classified information because th...
I am also not sure if he was accidentally added
he did serve for IDF
trim flicker
it is very funny that of all people they added a journalist
but we got a good story out of it and likely one of the most embarrassing national security blunders so
dreamy ledge
as someone who used to be on the Intel side of things in the AF, my brain hurts so much
marsh oracle
he did serve for IDF
vital needle
he did serve for IDF
And an iraq war supporter too. Real scum of the earth
Maybe they wanted to please him by showing how many muslims they could kill for no reason
shadow elbow
happens
blazing depot
And an iraq war supporter too. Real scum of the earth
To be fair, getting rid of Saddam was actually a good thing. Just the reason they gave and everything else wasn't. And back then the government blatantly lying wasn't quiiiiiiiite as common, so supporting it was at least understandable.
blazing depot
it is very funny that of all people they added a journalist
I wonder what they thought would happen, too, after calling him every name in the book instead of owning up to their bs as if that whole thing were somehow his fault
Like, bro might have just left it at the initial article, but at that point, nah
Personally I still think the 👊 [flag] 🔥 meme template is the funniest bit still
On another note
https://x.com/crampell/status/1904634714897400043
X
vital needle
To be fair, getting rid of Saddam was actually a good thing. Just the reason the...
Hundreds of thousands of dead iraqis would beg to disagree
vital needle
On another note
https://x.com/crampell/status/1904634714897400043
The popularity of minecraft does not lie
Kids yearn for the mines
blazing depot
It be like that
This is Florida though, so it's probably more for elderly care and fetching Trump's golf balls
I love how the US is in the process to reverting back to industrial revolution state in everything
livid frigate
It’s okay
Elon is trying to buy our Supreme Court election here
He’s offered people $100 to vote for Schimel
Which can’t be legal
blazing depot
Legality doesn't really matter any more
fossil basin
To be fair, getting rid of Saddam was actually a good thing. Just the reason the...
Getting rid of Saddam definitely was a good thing, the US invading Iraq to do it and also having allied with Saddam for Iran-Iraq war, wasn't
People were also quite aware about the war, huge protests happened, hell, Hometown Glory is a protest song inspired by invasion protests according to Adele herself
Maybe the illusion of liberal democracies being infallible and belief of governments not willing to bypass legality and "decency" was not as well known and utilized yet, but i mean
ocean vigil
Private contact details of US President Donald Trump's most important security advisors are available on the internet. Research by SPIEGEL revealed mobile phone numbers, email addresses and, in some cases, passwords.
Information from commercial personal search engines and customer data published online was used for the research. National Security Advisor Mike Waltz, US Secret Service Coordinator Tulsi Gabbard and Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth are demonstrably affected by the leaks.
blazing depot
This whole thing just keeps getting better
marsh oracle
https://edition.cnn.com/2025/03/26/economy/auto-tariffs-announcement/index.html wake up babe, its the end of the month again
blazing depot
Has it really been a month already
hoary charm
https://x.com/atrupar/status/1904988400211329492 taking the mantle from musk
X
blazing depot
You get a fertilization! And you get a fertilization! Everyone gets a fertilization! Whether they want it or not!
blazing depot
https://edition.cnn.com/2025/03/26/economy/auto-tariffs-announcement/index.html ...
Apparently these will be "permanent" and applied to everyone. Truly making deals fair. ✨ ✨
brave pelican
https://x.com/atrupar/status/1904988400211329492 taking the mantle from musk
these not the eggs we want bro 😭
blazing depot
a little ham n eggs if you know what I mean
hoary charm
my whole timeline is just nothing but ghiblified images of the most insane shit
toxic spoke
my whole timeline is just nothing but ghiblified images of the most insane shit
Was it patched out or is this whole thing a psyop
hoary charm
Was it patched out or is this whole thing a psyop
i think its just usual prompting inconsistencies
marsh oracle
If only we had some sort of language to accurately communicate instructions to a machine
Could call it machine code
vital needle
But to teach a language to a computer it must already know a language
Who taught computers the first ever language without them knowing anything?
Thats why I think computers are a scam
Theyre lying to us about what they are and how they work
eager parrot
reading about how modern silicon chips are made is actually powerful black magic stuff, them Dutch performing alien light magic.
unborn echo
if everyone is an alchemist, nobody is
eager parrot
"Magic is just science we don't understand yet" and all that.
fossil basin
"Magic is just science we don't understand yet" and all that.
Magic actually are an Orlando based Nba franchise
fossil basin
https://fxtwitter.com/Acyn/status/1905012260831187226?t=r-9ttSiXCLzGCHzvmWUM6w&s...
it is giving ellie goulding parody news
https://fxtwitter.com/FakeShowbizNews/status/1027155455330721792?t=YpR1Jy2DNml5svDHkYQIvA&s=19
oak lodge
reading about how modern silicon chips are made is actually powerful black magic...
runes!!!! Occult magic symbols!! Rebuke! Rebuke!
fossil basin
I am unsure i'd want someone genuinely trying to platform/debate with ben shapiro to be a president
hell I do not think he is beating Lebron right now
half heath
It's all a joke. Remember they used to tell kids anyone can be president, i guess they were right except It's not as inspiring anymore
blazing depot
https://FxTWitter.com/TheDunkCentral/status/1905325863719104829?t=Pqvad7zEymrfb7...
I swear, this dude is about as sympathetic and inspiring as a pet rock (no googly eyes)
fossil basin
I swear, this dude is about as sympathetic and inspiring as a pet rock (no googl...
He is also not a very competent debater seems like
I switched onto the Lebron train
blazing depot
last eagle
@blazing depot adding salt to injury
https://x.com/CultureCrave/status/1905359782548328833
X
dusky rapids
Oh welp
https://fixupx.com/SkyNews/status/1905515495526117622
yeah it's bad, a whole skyscraper collapsed in Bangkok
tw: there are videos of it spreading on social media
blazing depot
I've seen that and a skypool just emptying itself as the earthquake caused waves
hoary charm
that video of the building with what looks like tears through it
just swaying
wtf man
blazing depot
Yeah
marsh oracle
https://fxtwitter.com/BulwarkOnline/status/1905279324753633772 she did the meme
blazing depot
What, you thought they would actually prosecute any of these clowns for their very obvious criminal neglect?
proud tulip
oh of course not, but Hilarys emails in big ol' 2025
fossil basin
If I was Hillary I would be quite mad
shadow elbow
80 billion dollars lol
blazing depot
See, if your own company takes over your other own company you can really just value them as whatever you want
Who's gonna call him out, the government?
Those 150M he spent to buy Trump really were the best investment of his life
hoary charm
assuming twitter is actually worth 33b at this point, xai being worth 47b is kinda cooked considering anthropic is only raising at 61b
marsh oracle
Dont forget the 10x musk multiplier 
shadow elbow
has there been a lot of danger in greenland and the north atlantic that I’ve been missing
blazing depot
Well, Russia is strongly expanding its military presence in the arctic region
ocean vigil
if only there was some alliance that could protect greenland as it is now
blazing depot
But last time I checked Trump didn't really mind Russia doing things all that much
blazing depot
if only there was some alliance that could protect greenland as it is now
Also, if only there were already contracts in place that would allow the US to expand their military presence there which they've constantly reduced since 1945
Like, they could've just asked instead of threatening to just annex the place, but nah
ocean vigil
why ask nicely when you can borrow rhetoric from putin and hitler
shadow elbow
Well, Russia is strongly expanding its military presence in the arctic region
tell them to stop it’s cold up there
shadow elbow
Maybe they’re being fooled by the age old assumption that greenland is green
blazing depot
Some of it is for a month or two in summer I guess
fossil basin
I think it's more so that Trump is betting on meltiing Greenland and the region being an important place for climate wars
which, one would think that you'd want to combat climate change instead of causing ww3, but here we are
X
she seems to have legally scammed people out
brave pelican
ishowspeed singlehandedly easing relations between china and the US in one livestream
last eagle
ishowspeed singlehandedly easing relations between china and the US in one lives...
this is worth the news i want to hear about
half heath
as I expected, the US wants to annex Canada and Greenland
I feel like the main reason for this is they want to build a closer base of operations to Europe. With that they can exert more military pressure on Europe.
fossil basin
I feel like the main reason for this is they want to build a closer base of oper...
There's also that, but i also think it is part of future water wars
marsh oracle
80% of the trump admin doesnt even think climate change is real
fossil basin
80% of the trump admin doesnt even think climate change is real
I mean that's their statements that we know of, they could also be evil and push for climate change itself while simultaneously claiming it does not exist
If it means they'll be in position to maximize economic gains for like 1000 people
marsh oracle
They could also be evil lizard people in pursuit of tasty seal hunting grounds
fossil basin
They could also be evil lizard people in pursuit of tasty seal hunting grounds
I do not think that would bring as much practical value
trim flicker
well a bunch of them are just actually stupid and brainrotten by oil companies and their misinformation and propaganda efforts to deny climate change
while some of them are also aware it's real but oil companies pay them to pretend it isn't
sometimes it's hard to guess which
blazing depot
I feel like the main reason for this is they want to build a closer base of oper...
They already have that base and neither Greenland nor Denmark mind if they expand it
That's absolutely not the actual reason
In case of Greenland it's mostly about resources
