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#Misc Chat
clear tide
ocean vigil
i think i'm still alive, few minutes into the new year and already scammed, smh
blazing depot
Maybe we're all dead and this is the Good Place
Would explain the soap opera plotlines
ocean vigil
blazing depot
I never actually finished watching that series
dreamy ledge
https://x.com/JaneOrrickMD/status/1877501353175478525
last eagle
X
seen this kinda posts everywhere, I don't get it why people has fallen into such a trickery here
dreamy ledge
hey aliens, robot overlords, inanimate planet killer asteroid... we on earth aren't very smart. just make it quick
slim vessel
https://twitter.com/SaycheeseDGTL/status/2006425566673858562
what's the third 1 supposed to be..
marsh oracle
Engagement bait
last eagle
trim flicker
for the first time in recorded history January 1st 2026 will fall on 1/1/2026
near jetty
1/1/2026 bce
trim flicker
that wasn't recorded they had no cameras back then
blazing depot
Maybe they did. Maybe we actually just regressed.
near jetty
pyramids were literally spaceships i’m pretty sure they could of managed a camera or 2
fossil basin
https://x.com/JaneOrrickMD/status/1877501353175478525
Got all the 4 doses i was allowed to get, now my heir EndDeniAvdija is texting
last eagle
i only have three times of vaccine shots throughout the pandemic era
back then in order to even ride the train i must have at least three vaccines shot proven via e-certificate
hoary charm
not that i needed it since i worked from home but here they werent letting men under 40 get a second booster
last eagle
how bruh
hoary charm
they hid the media tab on groks profile because people have been going nuts with it
fossil basin
4 wtf
Nowadays Turkey doesn't allow 4th for non-old people, when i got it, i was allowed to get it however
I just really wanted to get the max amount of doses i was allowed to
My heart is fine
dreamy ledge
fossil basin
blazing depot
2nd reply made grok put a bikini on him
last eagle
omegakek
brave pelican
sl*p
hoary charm
bit of a simplification of what he was saying
but microshit only ships slop nowadays so 
hoary charm
welp seems like the US is striking venezuela military rn
fossil basin
I didn't know why people didn't believe in Trump when he said 'i will invade Venezuela'
It's just the erasure of international systems and return of jungle law
I think Trump plans to declare war on every possible target to keep seat, a common strategy
hoary charm
trump doesnt have the power to declare war, only congress can do that
fossil basin
trump doesnt have the power to declare war, only congress can do that
That does not matter
hoary charm
declaration of war has a specific meaning
hoary charm
lol
fossil basin
Something being done doesn't have to have legal backing
It can be done, and they'll find a way to do it
ocean vigil
he has no reason to declare war
fossil basin
They do not care about legal niceties or amendments
ocean vigil
he can freely bomb people without declaring one
fossil basin
he has no reason to declare war
I mean cbs has announced an invasion
And Colombia president announced a war between countries
ocean vigil
and russia is still calling it special operation almost four years later
fossil basin
and russia is still calling it special operation almost four years later
Again, it is also a war
hoary charm
you are conflating the concept of a war with the legal declaration of war
fossil basin
you are conflating the concept of a war with the legal declaration of war
Legal declerations do not matter if there is a war??
ocean vigil
he gains nothing from making it an official war
hoary charm
yes they do
fossil basin
he gains nothing from making it an official war
He gains his seat
fossil basin
you don't know what you are talking about
I just think you minimize each action and believe the congress or amendments still matter
Or legal traditions
ocean vigil
i do no such thing
fossil basin
They do not
ocean vigil
you just can't understand written text
fossil basin
you just can't understand written text
I can, i respond to them, you still fail to adjust
ocean vigil
you were explained multiple times why stuff like this are not officialy declared wars
fossil basin
you were explained multiple times why stuff like this are not officialy declared...
Even states themselves mention it as official wars,congress ought to be dissolved doesn't mean it is not a war
ocean vigil
nobody is arguing with that
fossil basin
International organizations failing doesn't make them non-wars
ocean vigil
people are telling you that trump won't be making it official
fossil basin
people are telling you that trump won't be making it official
He has??
ocean vigil
no he has not
fossil basin
Per CBS invasion is the term
hoary charm
again, the event of a "war" is different to a legal declaration of war
fossil basin
again, the event of a "war" is different to a legal declaration of war
?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?
I would call invasion a declaration of war
hoary charm
you would be wrong
fossil basin
you would be wrong
Are you an imperialist?
hoary charm
dont think so
fossil basin
Like not because of US stuff, in any case i would accuse you of being an imperialist if you do not believe invasions are wars
hoary charm
i never said that lol
fossil basin
you would be wrong
.
fossil basin
i never said that lol
You are gaslighting me
ocean vigil
you really are illiterate
fossil basin
You just said invasions are not wars
hoary charm
an official declaration of war by congress is different to the physical military action that consistutes a war
fossil basin
you really are illiterate
I mean i have definite proof??
ocean vigil
of your illiteracy, yes
fossil basin
an official declaration of war by congress is different to the physical military...
Congress no longer is an institution that carries a power, their word is meaningless for a war
hoary charm
you can believe that if you want but the meanings of the two things don't change
fossil basin
Like you cannot go around and say in big 2026 'official war needs congress approval'
It's like believing in League of Nations in big 1938
hoary charm
again, no one said that. the legal process that is "declaring war" is not the same as the physical military action that is called a "war". this is just an objective fact
trump shouldnt be doing what he's doing, and should be going to congress if he wants to enact military action. this is also something that can be true
fossil basin
again, no one said that. the legal process that is "declaring war" is not the sa...
My point is that declaring a war doesn't need the legal process behind it anymore
We are in an age of death for legal processes
We cannot be stuck reviewing stuff through them
ocean vigil
declaration of war is a formal act
fossil basin
trump shouldnt be doing what he's doing, and should be going to congress if he w...
I 100% agree with this
ocean vigil
that is the point
fossil basin
declaration of war is a formal act
No longer!
hoary charm
your point was that trump is "declaring war" to keep his post, which isnt true because war hasnt been declared. you are getting caught up in the definitions of processes
fossil basin
your point was that trump is "declaring war" to keep his post, which isnt true b...
Not only to keep his post, but also to keep his post
I am not claiming it is the sole reason
Main reason is that US now wants to expand and 'conquer' becuase they are ruled by eternal 12 year olds
fossil basin
Main reason is that US now wants to expand and 'conquer' becuase they are ruled ...
They have made it their point that they won't abide by legal processes or international agreements if it means to attack and 'conquer'
Main reason why this happens is that he wants to bring jungle laws and favored 'benevolent monarchies' as his Turkey ambassador has said it back, and to provide 'alpha' presence that they 'claim' they have
slim vessel
his actions are "starting a war", not "declaring a war"
fossil basin
his actions are "starting a war", not "declaring a war"
Doesn't matter!!!!
It is a declaration of war in a way without antiquated congress proceedings
This is not an endorsement of his, i just do not think people are aware how much despotic things will get
hoary charm
congress declaring war would probably make the situation worse as it would give trump wartime powers
last eagle
This is not an endorsement of his, i just do not think people are aware how much...
perhaps you need to reread history book or wiki or smth to better know the meaning of declaration of war better
fossil basin
congress declaring war would probably make the situation worse as it would give ...
Bold to assume Trump won't take them and dissolve congress
fossil basin
perhaps you need to reread history book or wiki or smth to better know the meani...
I just think we do not live 50 years ago
Another definition/phrase that is no longer in play
It is more likely that congress and/or senate gets dissolved with full-time war conditions than a 'formal declaration' is made
Even Senate Armed Services Committee was not informed
slim vessel
Bold to assume Trump won't take them and dissolve congress
that's currently a what-if situation.
the point is, it hasn't happened, and thus, the power to officially declare war still resides with congress. while trump may have ordered military actions that could be considered the start of a war, war has not been officially declared.
you're welcome to continute disputing that trump's actions are outside of the law, and no one denying that point. but regardless of your belief of who actually has power, that's the current legal definition in american law.
fossil basin
that's currently a what-if situation.
the point is, it hasn't happened, and thus...
I think 1) war being 'officially declared' by a dying organization in congress does not matter,
And 2) that you cannot move by definitions in law anymore
And finally 3) i just speak of future
Like i had seen Trump starting a war with Venezuela coming
They have also been wildly clear about most of their ambitions one way or another, how horrible they might be
Which makes me still shocked that people think they will respect and not breach/destroy legal institutions
fossil basin
Like not because of US stuff, in any case i would accuse you of being an imperia...
@hoary charm i hope that wasn't mentioned as a personal accusation but a hypothetical comparison for a situation/take
I do not actually think someone not possessing political power is imperialist
I will also say that I hope it won't prompt China to start a war in Taiwan of it's own, which worries me
hoary charm
"imperialism" means different things to different people anyway as evidenced by tankies
ocean vigil
"imperialism" means different things to different people anyway as evidenced by ...
the 25th anniversary of dissolution of the soviet union sure was an interesting time on twitter
fossil basin
"imperialism" means different things to different people anyway as evidenced by ...
To me one of the definitions was for being for expansionism of a self-proclaimed empire, which regardless if people believe US is one or not, US administrations now believes they are one and move accordingly
I monentarily thought you were defending the border or influence acquisition by the war
hoary charm
no just that people like to change what imperialism means depending on which country theyre talking about
fossil basin
no just that people like to change what imperialism means depending on which cou...
That isn't untrue
Particularly as definition of an empire is evolving
hoary charm
oh.
fossil basin
Yeah kidnapping of foreign leaders is wild
hoary charm
"leader" here depends on if you think maduro is illegitimate or not due to the 2024 election
fossil basin
"leader" here depends on if you think maduro is illegitimate or not due to the 2...
I mean i think a lot of leaders are illegimate, neither Maduro or Guiado were very legitimate
Guiado was an US asset and Maduro was a drug-trafficking despot
I'm not going to be much upset at whatever hapoens to Maduro, particularly as he is responsible alongside Turkish nationalists, for increasing drug trafficking and usage here
fossil basin
I mean i think a lot of leaders are illegimate, neither Maduro or Guiado were ve...
Per Maduro his legitimacy is that 'he is practically there and he has power to lead his country', justified and legitimate are different things for me
toxic spoke
oh.
flew in, bombed the dead president's mausoleum, then kidnapped the current one. incredible
hoary charm
flew in, bombed the dead president's mausoleum, then kidnapped the current one. ...
almost sounds like a south park skit when you put it like that
ocean vigil
almost sounds like a south park skit when you put it like that
Par per course
fossil basin
Trump was talking about Ukraine not holding elections because they are at wartime
ocean vigil
that is because their constitution forbids it, nothing like that in the us one
fossil basin
We also have permanent state of emergency powers/conditions now from mid 2010s, Trump is looking at those two
fossil basin
that is because their constitution forbids it, nothing like that in the us one
I mean he doesn't care, he will find a way
Important thing is to prevent them from finding a way and be proactive
fossil basin
Important thing is to prevent them from finding a way and be proactive
We have failed at that and now will likely become a monarchic state again
hoary charm
zelensky has been open in saying that if there were a solid ceasefire that allowed voting to take place safely, he would have elections
so yes, there is a way
ocean vigil
zelensky also knows that solid ceasefire with putin won't happen
hoary charm
unfortunately
fossil basin
zelensky has been open in saying that if there were a solid ceasefire that allow...
Trump doesn't care about the context
hoary charm
he does, it just depends who last got words in his ear 
slim vessel
almost sounds like a south park skit when you put it like that
south park or simpsons, take your pick
fossil basin
south park or simpsons, take your pick
The Boys
shadow elbow
isn't that sort of the point of south park
soon we will all be cartman
the singularity
fossil basin
It also pinpoints how much Maria didn't deserve her nobel peace prize
Though at this point it might just not be a very reliable organziation/award to begin with
Would not be surprised if Trump tried putting her to rule Venezuela for worshipping him
#gettingfiredtoday
marsh oracle
Trump just ended his 10th war 
hoary charm
*three hour special military operation
marsh oracle
Nah thats only when you fuck it up
President of taiwan probably locking his doors twice now in case china gets any ideas
hoary charm
time to give japan and korea nukes
fossil basin
Nah thats only when you fuck it up
To be fair, Qianlong had his 10 'great campaigns' in most he has fucked up
I think US will aim at striking Cuba and Iran next in that matter
Venezuela oil reserves kinda pinpoint to Iran target
And Cuba is another target for them in proximity without nukes to protect
US clearly seeks to acquire all of the Americas to itself
hoary charm
i'd guess iran since russia can't really come back them up
fossil basin
i'd guess iran since russia can't really come back them up
I mean Russia has been proven as a very unreliable ally even while loyal
On contrast US is extremely fickle, but is a very reliable ally depending on if you accept being their apparatus
This is kinda showing to authoritarian regimes that siding with US will provide regime stability
fossil basin
I also think that Greenland will be a target soon
blazing depot
I went to sleep and missed a special military operation that was totally legal and not at all state terrorism, murder and kidnapping
Fun times
Trump is just playing EU3 at this point
fossil basin
Trump has found out that he can just remove the world leaders he doesn't like out of position
I do not think any non-nuclear state is safe, even those that have them to be fair
FixupX
Yeah, Greenland/Canada might be next
hoary charm
come on trump you're 10 min late to your own press conference
marsh oracle
Does polymarket have a bet on them dragging out maduro in chains?
https://fxtwitter.com/AGPamBondi/status/2007428087143686611 dude they indicted him on possessing machine guns 
ocean vigil
in 2020
marsh oracle
The greatest mystery of our times remains "who was president in 2020?"
hoary charm
time is a myth
marsh oracle
They also got a superceding indictment
But all of this is a charade anyway, just execute him and drop the pretense, spare us the bullshitting at least
last eagle
nova holly
^
pam bondi, who by the way has spent the last few months going over the epstein files with a black highlighter
ocean vigil
man, the simultaneous translation on our tv makes the word salad even crazier
hoary charm
he's so difficult to listen to
fossil basin
ocean vigil
insane asylums mentioned
marsh oracle
Btw trump pardoned the ex president of honduras who was also convicted of drug trafficking
Man he sounds worse than usual
Maybe it happens soon
hoary charm
X
fossil basin
Maybe it happens soon
The only hope the World really has to not cause an US Empire of North Sea and Americas, seem to be Trump death
Which, might happen, he is still overdosing aspirin despite doctors' orders
But one thing is to be very pessimistic about powerful people dying
ocean vigil
i just listened to trump for several minutes and somehow you come here and write even crazier shit
rubio is making the translator work, girl is suddenly 2x speed
marsh oracle
blazing depot
So essentially he was like "Yeah, so WE will lead Venezuela now. Also, Cuba might wanna keep an eye open at night if you know what I mean."
Donroe doctrine.... sure, why not
dreamy ledge
fucking fuck
it hasn't even been a week into the new year
just speed Picard facepalm up and have it spinning
blazing depot
Well at least russia is royally fucked
Are they?
This is gonna be a very long year, isn't it
marsh oracle
Their fate is kind of tied to the price of oil
Venezuela has massive, and i really mean massive, oil reserves
fossil basin
So essentially he was like "Yeah, so WE will lead Venezuela now. Also, Cuba migh...
Cuba, Mexico, Canada, Greenland, Panama
hoary charm
wasn’t there something to do with russian drones being manufactured in Venezuela too?
fossil basin
Are they?
Yeah? I mean they were unable to defend any of their allies
Because they were exhausted in Ukraine
marsh oracle
Basically if trump wants to fix his polling numbers he can now drop the price of oil
fossil basin
It also doesn't help their reputation as an ally
marsh oracle
By 1000000% as he would say
blazing depot
Basically if trump wants to fix his polling numbers he can now drop the price of...
I mean, that's assuming venezuela is just gonna roll over. Which is really not a given
marsh oracle
Well they can try
fossil basin
Non-US superpowers are loyal but unreliable as allies in terms of when aid is needed, US is extremely fickle on their ability to be puppet apparatuses for them, but they provide huge help if they see them in close alignment
ocean vigil
Venezuela has massive, and i really mean massive, oil reserves
but their current production sucks
marsh oracle
US famously very loyal right now
fossil basin
US famously very loyal right now
I called US fickle?
fossil basin
Implying the us is exempt from being unreliable
Faulty term usage by me but idk which term to use
marsh oracle
Looking forward to the market open on monday
ocean vigil
the world's oil production atm is already in surplus
fossil basin
US is unreliable in terms of loyalty but reliable in amount of support given if they are at the closest alignment
ocean vigil
this won't do much in the short term
fossil basin
the world's oil production atm is already in surplus
Price control could be it
Could also be that Trump wants to start ww3 in case he dies?
fossil basin
You gotta stop with the ww3 shit man
I do not want it to happen, i think he is unhinged and warhawk enough
Like he renamed the department to department of war
marsh oracle
Ok
fossil basin
He wants to stay as president citing Zelensky in war
Regardless of his reasonings both in terms of his position, and also economic crisis, a permanent war economy and government might be the aim
Generative AI and endless wars seem to be primary focus of economic outlook/goals
marsh oracle
And none of that has anything to do with ww3
Also youre still assuming trump needs to create real justifications for ignoring the consitution
hoary charm
the only things causing ww3 at this point would be china invading taiwan or russia/iran/nk dropping nukes
marsh oracle
Its 2026 he can just do shit
fossil basin
Also youre still assuming trump needs to create real justifications for ignoring...
I don't???
That's one thing i firmly stood against
I just wondered into his thinking
fossil basin
FixupX
fossil basin
blazing depot
Kind of sad 6 7 wont make it to the next new years
Well, if he killed 6 7 he has done at least one good thing while in office
Accurate
Well, stuff
fossil basin
FixupX
fossil basin
What tf is going on
US aims for an empire reaching both Americas and the North Sea
There is a reason Trump mentioned the Monroe doctrine
languid tree
Either Meduro’s government betrayed him, or Meduro agreed to get captured to avoid American attacks
fossil basin
Either Meduro’s government betrayed him, or Meduro agreed to get captured to avo...
I think it's Maduro
brave pelican
https://x.com/WhiteHouse/status/2007489108059533390
nike tech and airpod maxes hes kinda dripped out
languid tree
He was sleeping when they snatched him up
So was the military, the defence minster other people in government and civilians lol
Everyone was just asleep I guess lol
trim flicker
https://fixupx.com/i/status/2007583577798840431
brazil not mentioned! phew! yay! really awesome!
blazing depot
For now. 
For some reason I get the feeling people in South America in general aren't particularly fond of what happened, despite Trump saving them from such a bad man. Curious how that goes.
marsh oracle
the better the next week goes for the us, the more likely they are to do the same thing again in another country lol
trim flicker
They can just do this without any consequences at all
marsh oracle
Best part about global events now is that theres always somebody frontrunning them on polymarket
Great website guys
blazing depot
Yeah, truly amazing, I love that making the world a worse place now has incentives
Well, even more incentives
hoary charm
pretty funny how my timeline is just full of venezuelans happy and telling leftists to piss off
near jetty
bro that’s crazy because my timeline is just full of venezuelans angry and telling dumbass mfers to piss off
shadow elbow
my tl iss full of kpop
eager parrot
seriously though, y'all follow current events stuff on your TL?
near jetty
i mostly just get basketball and nfl on twitter with the occasional kpop once in a blue moon
blazing depot
seriously though, y'all follow current events stuff on your TL?
I'm not crazy enough to follow someone like Acyn or Aaron, that would just be depressing, but stuff just seeps in because it's so outlandishly insane
When even Kpop accounts break character on twt and go wtf
eager parrot
that's true, today was definitely one of those days
meanwhile USA with Iran be like
then again destabilizing and regime changing central and south american countries is a favorite US pastime.
blazing depot
Usually that didn't involve this much murdering civilians and kidnapping leaders of state
eager parrot
it did though, just not directly by the US military, they just funded rebels and opposition instead for coups
masks off now I guess
so much for checks and balances in place to make sure presidents can't unilaterally pull this shit off
guess commander in chief really does mean commander in chief after all, can't refuse a direct military order no matter what
threatening mexico is also crazy
blazing depot
bullying Mexico the same way they went after Venezuela is gonna be significantly harder
And the last time US troops invaded Cuba didn't go that well
eager parrot
feels like the next notes in an all bets off reversal of 70ish years of relative peace
can't count on recent historical precedent for these things anymore
hoary charm
seriously though, y'all follow current events stuff on your TL?
nowadays the for you tl will completely switch up based on viewing just a couple tweets
hoary charm
yeah i just gave in after being switched to it so often
toxic spoke
the For You defaulting made me turn on Control Panel for Twitter to get rid of it
Same with the "Imagine" button stuff
fossil basin
pretty funny how my timeline is just full of venezuelans happy and telling lefti...
I mean it won't age well for people too happy, but Maduro was also a shitty leader
But also, people local often are happy when someone is ousted by foreign powers, even if result isn't improving people's lives that often, the happiness often comes from that the previous situation was also shitty
People celebrated ousting of likes of Saddam, Gaddafi and Assad, understandably so because they were horrible to them, but successors didn't improve them as they would have hoped
Similarly a lot of people in authoritarian regimes would be very happy to see their leaders ousted if they were there mainly for the name value/nepotism without charisma to show for it, but it'd not inherently mean their hopes for a much better future particularly under US-ambitions would be realized
It's a fine line of being happy that someone horrible had their fate coming, and being horrified over a coup, that both local liberals and foreigner leftists breach
People from differing political affiliations also can agree that Maduro was not a worthy successor to Chavez and lacked both competence and charisma
He was the Beomhan of dictators
lime spire
fossil basin
People in unpopular regimes won't oppose initial foreign coups or interventions until full damage becomes clear
Not Maduro defense, he was a very incapable leader and it's surprising he lasted that long
fossil basin
Also saw the video, Trump is genuinely planning to invade Greenland
I don't think NATO will be much more if a NATO member is conquering another NATO member
trim flicker
fuck is going on man
no excuses being made up or any fabrication on reason to do this all
legit just blatant imperialism
at least for saddam they had the whole WMD thing being really pushed back then to try and justify it
for all of the recent shit it feels like there's not even an attempt at a narrative
ocean vigil
no point
trim flicker
just yep fuck it we're invading and taking over
ocean vigil
they would be incapable of sticking to it
trim flicker
trim flicker
they would be incapable of sticking to it
also true
ocean vigil
just look at the epstein files
trim flicker
not like i expected them to have a media plan as the admin is clearly incompetent
but goddamn
everything is so blatant
fossil basin
Kinda comparable to transition of Roman 'Republic' to Roman Empire
Institutions still exist in name but are powerless
fossil basin
no excuses being made up or any fabrication on reason to do this all
I mean Trump explicitly said 'donroe doctrine'
US government now explicitly wants to curate an US Empire through both Americas and the North Sea
ocean vigil
you need to look at a map where the North Sea is
fossil basin
you need to look at a map where the North Sea is
I know??
ocean vigil
you clearly don't
fossil basin
you clearly don't
US wants to get Greenland, UK (and likely Norway)
I'd call that the North Sea
hoary charm
fossil basin
Yeah? Same place?
hoary charm
what does the north sea have to do with trump posturing about greenland
fossil basin
I did think it was a bit regionally bigger, probably from the North Sea Empire of Cnut
fossil basin
what does the north sea have to do with trump posturing about greenland
Greenland, UK and Norway are going to be his targets, there is a reason why Norway reacted somewhat harsher than other countries in Scandinavia/EU
trim flicker
you should start doing art
last eagle
are we in his yapper time again, aren't we
fossil basin
what does the north sea have to do with trump posturing about greenland
I did mistakenly thought North Sea was bigger to have portion of Norwegian Sea in it
last eagle
fossil basin
But i mean, Norway and Greenland (alongside UK which Starmer does what Trump wants anyway) have prime crude oil
Brent Crude Oil is the prime standard
hoary charm
they don't need more than what venezeula has
fossil basin
they don't need more than what venezeula has
Venezuela's crude oil is heavy and sour in comparison and needs refining and mixing with lighter and sweeter crude oils to make benefit of
hoary charm
also second order effects of controlling venezeulan oil is that it cuts off russia's loophole and cuts off something like 30% of china's oil imports
fossil basin
They'll get what they think can get, Venezuela is more 'preventing cuba/russia/china from getting it' one
The ice/glaciers also has the freshwater for upcoming water wars considering Greenland
Any european overseas province also will be a US target given Trump's explicit aim of extending the Monroe doctrine
blazing depot
I'd call that the North Sea
"It's the North Sea because it's north" is amazing logic. Truly impeccable.
ocean vigil
get ready for Kaiser Donald mate
blazing depot
lbr, he just wants to get more stuff so he can rename it. Greenland will be Trumpland, the Trump Sea, Trumpuela
fossil basin
"It's the North Sea because it's north" is amazing logic. Truly impeccable.
Not because of it
But because of proximity to historic and short lived North Sea Empire, and due me having read the maps i had looked prior wrong, i thought North Sea was wider than it is
As in that I had thought it was a larger-sea entitity that had multitude of smaller seas
fossil basin
Did all the Turning Point rallies to get screwed lol
Tried to appease Trump by giving his long-time supporter the award and Trump didn't care as long as he didn't win it himself
fossil basin
hoary charm
https://fixupx.com/sentdefender/status/2007976975118237757
it's happening
fossil basin
All she says that happened is true, issue is at this point the US seems adamant on taking Greenland for the oil and water
blazing depot
Bro is really just saying all the quiet parts out loud
When you tell oil companies instead of congress 
fossil basin
From the reporting the oil companies do not even seem 'too' happy about having to work with much heavy and sour crude
While abundant
Rafineries have each differing type of conditions and set-ups optimized for different types of crude, most often mixture of a lot of kind is used to maximize profit and efificency
I think oil companies will be much happier about a potential move against Greenland and Norway
ruby helm
he's sorta right for alot of them there are deposits in various countries around the world, the thing is only china has invested the research in the end to end industrial processes to max out the efficency of producing them in addition to the economies of scale from being one of the world's biggest producer
companies in other countries could start producing them at a higher cost than china but they would fear getting undercut and their investment being for nothing, also the research/investment isn't something you could just do in 3 months
marsh oracle
Its not just cost either, the fields in greenland for example also have high uranium content and politically nobody would touch that with a 10 foot pole
nova holly
its less "things that are rare" and more "stuff that one guy has a ton of and doesnt want to sell"
good branding for the stock market tho
last eagle
fossil basin
hoary charm
its actually insane how garbage microsoft software is
my work email is office 365 and whenever i use it to sign into anything using SSO, it simply refuses to remember the sign in
fossil basin
I am happy with windows 11 as a casual compared to 10, 8 or 7, but i the copilot is horrible
Makes it hard to actually reach office apps
eager parrot
windows 11 is so infuriating to me I just refuse to upgrade
plush leaf
not me getting selected as a prospective juror for federal court
fossil basin
eager parrot
last eagle
rip
nova holly
https://fixupx.com/i/status/2008366615696683370
i guess trying to appease trump is the best bet here
if she tries to retake government alone she'll pobably just get assassinated
proud tulip
ocean vigil
I'm still calling it special kidnapping operation
languid tree
https://twitter.com/dalidayoan/status/2008092512263790800
But WinKook isn’t a rumour though??
last eagle
X
haughty steppe
https://www.rxddit.com/r/nottheonion/comments/1q5ebvh/bbc_bars_use_of_kidnapping...
They yoinked him
fossil basin
trim flicker
https://twitter.com/dalidayoan/status/2008092512263790800
why the fuck there's so many hateful ass accounts from Indonesia bro
its a constant on twitter idk why
hoary charm
probably just a numbers thing rather than something specific about indonesians
last eagle
if that nasrun dude vanished from livestream comment, maybe it's that one
trim flicker
probably just a numbers thing rather than something specific about indonesians
yeah definitely, the accounts just show up a lot to me
probably worded weirdly im just wondering why the accounts end up geting pushed
blazing depot
somethingsomethingElonsomething
hoary charm
it gets engagement because kpop fans famously can't just report and move on
trim flicker
its so funny bc i end up playing a game in my head of "is this hate tweet from some setup Indonesian account"
ruby helm
Yea, the fans rushing in to defend their fave indirectly giving it more push, the fans rushing in to get revenge on "that group" because its fans attacked their groups, the trolls in the middle who don't care either way but enjoy fanning the flames the same as lettting lose a bag of angry monkeys in a crowded room.
trim flicker
yup
blazing depot
Yea, the fans rushing in to defend their fave indirectly giving it more push, th...
CLEAR THE SEARCHES YOU GUYS!
#[insertBGbutprobablyBTSmemberhere]best
#[insertBGbutprobablyBTSmemberhere]talented
#[insertBGbutprobablyBTSmemberhere]betterthanyourfave
#[insertBGbutprobablyBTSmemberhere]hottestguyonearth
#[insertBGbutprobablyBTSmemberhere]LETHIMSMOKEINPEACE
#[insertBGbutprobablyBTSmemberhere]styleicon
Meanwhile in doomscroll land
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/G-BKSlNXkAA2ApI.jpg:orig
I like how he's just like "that oil is MINE and MINE alone, I can do with it WHAT I WANT"
slim vessel
I like how he's just like "that oil is MINE and MINE alone, I can do with it WHA...
not to mention how he explicitly notes how it'll be transported as well
definitely won't be targeted
last eagle
X
marsh oracle
What the hell is your twitter algorithm
hoary charm
lmfao
marsh oracle
Btw the us uses like 20 million barrels of oil daily so trump got himself 3 days worth
More like 2 days
Its literally just "BIG NUMBER POGCHAMP"
hoary charm
isn't it the ship that was blockaded?
and that now russia is deploying a sub towards
or was that the "empty" ship
last eagle
What the hell is your twitter algorithm
i honestly dunno why they gave me this all of sudden
kek
dreamy ledge
maybe use news sources instead of random Twitter accounts
fossil basin
https://fixupx.com/sentdefender/status/2008755921372278818
I think it's less support for Ukraine and more 'Trump feels personally attacked by Russia in a way or another'
He is not going to 'collab' with Europe or Ukraine when he is about to take Greenland in expense of destroying NATO which Trump always spoke in favor of destroying anyway
Also 'do not by any circumstances, hand it to Jared Kushner'
hoary charm
that tweet explicitly mentions expressing support for article 5-like security guarantees. that's support for ukraine
fossil basin
that tweet explicitly mentions expressing support for article 5-like security gu...
He is violating article 5 and destroying NATO. Ukraine won't get the benefits mentioned lol
hoary charm
he has not violated article 5
fossil basin
The account might learn things the hard way
fossil basin
he has not violated article 5
He is about to
hoary charm
threating to do so and doing so are two different things, words matter
either way my theory is that trump didn't like being made to look like (even more of) a dumbass in regards to the fake ukraine drone attack on putin's residence
fossil basin
threating to do so and doing so are two different things, words matter
It's classic 'revisit it after 2 years and feel kinda bad' post
Such aggregator accounts overlook the situations they are posting about
fossil basin
either way my theory is that trump didn't like being made to look like (even mor...
I agree 100%
ruby helm
Trump seizes greenland
Democrats win next election
Democrats then do that sort of non committal thing where they backup some of what trump is saying and announce they are exploring ways american troops could be removed from greenland while ensuring its safety
fossil basin
Trump seizes greenland
Democrats win next election
Democrats then do that sort o...
Bold to assume democrats will be let to win elections
Last chance was kinda 2024
They were already punishing blue states heavily to fund red ones
Trump will not go out with an election
It's similar to the Turkish referandum vote in 2017 being the main point of in-practice lifetime rule
fossil basin
Trump will not go out with an election
With Venezuela 'operation', US Military as a whole has also proved that they will defend Trump's ambitions and position above all against any political organziation or public
Military will keep Trump and his faction in power against any political loss unless he passes away
last eagle
slim vessel
no way
fossil basin
https://apnews.com/article/grok-x-musk-ai-nudification-abuse-2021bbdb508d080d46e...
I mean he himself has endorsed it by endorsing a sexualized image of himself
So not surprising
hoary charm
xai was never a fan of safety testing or guardrails
hoary charm
and that now russia is deploying a sub towards
apparently the us and uk just boarded this one around Scotland before russia got to it
https://x.com/warmonitor3/status/2008878811170144747 source being rt but close enough
X
slim vessel
reported with less detail by ap ("north atlantic" rather than scotland), but i assume it's about the same thing
https://apnews.com/article/us-venezuela-oil-tanker-77f2c1441dda8217b37f9e38c3ae9131
last eagle
https://apnews.com/article/grok-x-musk-ai-nudification-abuse-2021bbdb508d080d46e...
elon trying to make everyone a criminal
nova holly
faker is my favourite anime girl
blazing depot
Meanwhile Razer
https://fixupx.com/i/status/2008946540216504608
Whatever, stupid embeds
blazing depot
faker is my favourite anime girl
He basically is an idol
nova holly
the razer thing is weird because it sounds like every nvidia april fools product
half heath
Lebron of esports
blazing depot
But yeah, re: Dell, I can't wait for one of these tech companies hard pivoting towards "OUR PRODUCT IS 100% AI FREE, FUCK THAT NOISE" as their marketing hook
blazing depot
Surely there's someone who can help the man out
nova holly
the company that makes it is still around (and is all aboard the ai bandwagon)
so i assume he got a new one
or maybe he doesnt replace the og out of respect
i do think the ram situation will get better in a year or two
they just need to ramp up production again
hopefully openai will go bankrupt or something too that would be nice
half heath
Is anyone getting numbed to the headlines of the day. Its always getting worse and nothing changes just ppl being outraged long enough to tire themselves out until the next tragedy/issue.
last eagle
FxTwitter
all they care was all money, money, and money
can't we have nice things for the world to see better today?
last eagle
https://apnews.com/live/minneapolis-ice-shooting-updates-1-8-2026
https://fixupx.com/PopBase/status/2009040616005751227
last eagle
plush leaf
Texas girlies it’s time to lock in
blazing depot
Are we doing the "Texas is totally gonna flip you guys" thing again
plush leaf
we trying
fossil basin
Dr. Oz was a scammer wherever he was, him being in his position as of current is a travesty
nova holly
hoary charm
twitter changed the iran flag emoji to the lion and sun, and khamenei removed it from his profile lmao
blazing depot
Honestly more impressed he noticed that
last eagle
slim vessel
feels more like a "here's some clickbaity policy i'd like to happen. and this is how it relates to me being great"
blazing depot
Just today he went "I can't think of anyone who deserves the nobel peace prize more than me" again to follow it up with "We'll take Greenland the hard way" 10 minutes later
It's great
marsh oracle
feels more like a "here's some clickbaity policy i'd like to happen. and this is...
We call that the "midterm election year special"
blazing depot
Maybe that way people will forget about, idk, him starting a new war and being about to start a second, the Epstein files, ICE shooting a soccer mom in the face... you know. Just normal stuff.
marsh oracle
Where do you think americas nuremberg trials are gonna be?
marsh oracle
Well thats convenient
fossil basin
fossil basin
ruby helm
He's standing up for the Inuit people who lived there natively
slim vessel
no one
nova holly
tbf he is technically correct
denmark owns greenland for a million other reasons (that the US agreed to 100 years ago)
not that he knows that
trim flicker
the myth of consensual ownership of land
fossil basin
https://fixupx.com/i/status/2009583156312015035
He also moves for his own personal interest so
trim flicker
oh well
blazing depot
I just generally assume everyone who'd want it has my data anyway
plush leaf
my grandma just gave me this to rub on my knees and it actually helped like… almost immediately
nova holly
🔥
plush leaf
question: do you think a disability forum would be beneficial for chatting about anything surrounding disability? i want to create one mostly cuz i don’t wanna clog this one up. But the forum would just be chatting, sharing resources, sharing tips, your own personal experiences, etc. like any other forum
fossil basin
question: do you think a disability forum would be beneficial for chatting about...
sure
blazing depot
my grandma just gave me this to rub on my knees and it actually helped like… alm...
If anyone knows about joint pain it's grandparents
plush leaf
If anyone knows about joint pain it's grandparents
100% agree. Both of mine had knee surgery years ago already
trim flicker
that weed pomade goes crazy
haughty steppe
question: do you think a disability forum would be beneficial for chatting about...
i think that's a good idea
also hell yeah weed balm
last eagle
The creator of Linux used AI for vibe-coding his latest project.
https://fxtwitter.com/AiBattle_/status/2010105477166969307
now I have a funny feeling about this...
fossil basin
https://fixupx.com/i/status/462185962542755841
Bad messenger but correct message
FixupX
last eagle
that's fair enough
hoary charm
it's only a matter of time before one slips in
seems like that never got merged lol
idk i just went to the torvalds mirror and saw none of the files
at the time it wouldve been a mess but nowadays its just a single agentsmd file
and i guess symlinking claudemd to that
some people really don't know what they're in for
waiting for it to get vertical tabs
i updated my dotfiles today as i realized homebrew is also on linux now
always thought it was mac only
don't have to setup a new machine for a while so who knows if the setup script works 
slim vessel
have you ever tried brave? just curious how helium stacks up against it
that's true lol
hoary charm
do they still do the ad override and pay out in crypto thing?
slim vessel
do they still do the ad override and pay out in crypto thing?
crypto, yes
not sure what you mean by ad override though
hoary charm
not sure what you mean by ad override though
i was always under the impression that to pay out the crypto, they use their adblocker to block public ads and insert their own
never used brave so idk
slim vessel
ahh.. i don't have the crypto stuff enabled anyway, so haven't really seen that
their adblocker is nice though
https://itsfoss.com/helium-browser/
oh, no netflix or some other streaming services
hoary charm
that's the case with most firefox/chromium forks
you can sometimes sideload the widevine drm but it doesnt always work or is inconsistent
last eagle
kekga
last eagle
whatever this account is yapping of
https://twitter.com/USDOL/status/2009374988340543975
https://twitter.com/USDOL/status/2010474766558548450
trim flicker
everyday i wonder how is the USA real
trim flicker
stop reposting random twitter accounts please
marsh oracle
trim flicker
damn
blazing depot
whatever this account is yapping of
https://twitter.com/USDOL/status/20093749883...
Posting this from an official government account do be pretty wild though
They're really like "I mean, they already call us nazis anyway, might as well go all the way"
hoary charm
https://fxtwitter.com/federalreserve/status/2010510130970849338 <:gigachad:93881...
bruh
marsh oracle
Is it sell time?
last eagle
so i was skeptical about this
and then i tried banning it on my own storage server with their IDs, it worked
as a matter of fact, putting in random number ID (or even one number off) would give you this message
so yea
they're hiding in my server somehow
haughty steppe
you can ban people from servers they aren't in
this is just a repeat of something that went around last year
trim flicker
i got thru tho
blazing depot
You've just been here all the time
Can't preemptively ban someone who is already there, duh
trim flicker
that's what they want you to think
nova holly
https://fxtwitter.com/federalreserve/status/2010510130970849338 <:gigachad:93881...
o7 jpow the goat
the most boring man in the world is americas last bastion
hoary charm
https://x.com/disclosetv/status/2010838349976658071 not a good sign
X
haughty steppe
brave pelican
thanks will do
slim vessel
leave immediately, but don't count on us to help you leave
hoary charm
ive never heard of a virtual embassy but i'd imagine it's more that they can't help
hoary charm
yeah for sure
marsh oracle
https://fxtwitter.com/WhiteHouse/status/2010831284621262933 tariff memes are back on the menu
eager parrot
ive never heard of a virtual embassy but i'd imagine it's more that they can't h...
there are a lot of iranians in the US
and some go back and forth I imagine
but the two countries have no displomatic relations and no embassies
so virtual and embassy sections in another country's embassy is usually the only way to go
blazing depot
I mean... there is a good reason the US has no embassy there after what happened to the last one
eager parrot
it's been nearly half a century, these two moronic countries should have figured something out by now >_>
even north korea has some diplomatic relations with the US
funny enough the Iranian embassy in Washington DC still sits there and somewhat maintained even though it is unoccupied
blazing depot
Afaik they usually use proxies for anything physical needed. Like e.g. the Switzerland embassy I believe
eager parrot
still respecting the fact that it is considered Iranian property and land
unlike the Iranians with what they did to the US embassy in Tehran
eager parrot
Afaik they usually use proxies for anything physical needed. Like e.g. the Switz...
yeah Swiss embassy seems to be the US proxy in Iran, and Pakistan embassy the Iranian proxy in the US
blazing depot
It is sorta funny that everything Iran is today and has done over the years is pretty much directly the fault of the US.
eager parrot
British and French are not faultless
French gave asylum to Khomeini and allowed him to operate unhindered overseas for 15 years plotting the Islamic Revolution
British and Americans did the 1950's coup there to destroy the only properly democratically elected government they ever had to put back their monarch puppet in power
so they could continue extracting the oil
blazing depot
That's a general truth, but Iran is what is today because the US put the people in power
eager parrot
and then Carter just allowed the revolution to happen and allowed the US embassy to be taken over and all the military embarassment that came along with that operation eagle claw, and ironically lead to Reagan winning the election.
and then you had the NATO allies and the US bolstering Saddam to attack Iran during the Iran-Iraq war
while simultaneously trying to sell Iran weapons during the same conflict
same for Israel playing both sides during that
all a mess, over 70 years of failed Iranian policies on behalf of the US and the British
when the British and their influence was still relevant anyway
blazing depot
Thankfully those days of the US directly interfering in areas they have no business being in and making everything worse are long over, amirite
eager parrot
hahahahaha
I suspect any American military intervention in what's happening there right now will only hinder the protests
I can't recall the last successful happy ending for a country that involved US intervention in a coup or regime change
if there ever was any
If they truly have any precision strikes without mass casualties, they could just take out some mullahs and maybe IRGC leaders, but it doesn't seem to have done much when Israel did it earlier last year
blazing depot
I suspect any American military intervention in what's happening there right now...
The thing there is, I don't believe for a second the US has any actual interest in actually getting rid of current Iran leadership in the first place, cause they would lose their "See, they evil, so we have to do this!"
eager parrot
indeed, what excuse would they use to plant their bases all over the middle east if they lose their strategically positioned archenemy in the region
not to mention all the shaky alliances they have with totalitarian arab allies
blazing depot
Ah, Tim Sweeney
hoary charm
i dont like the guy but his reply outlines that wasnt really what he said
marsh oracle
I mean kinda?
I think xai is clearly in a tier of its own as to how they handle their ai "alignment", if you can even call it that
hoary charm
more like they don't handle it
hoary charm
lately there's been the odd gooner account posting gemini edits of idols w/ extra cleavage
and im surprised gemini would do that
marsh oracle
Theres always ways to prompt around it right?
hoary charm
depends on the company but yeah
last eagle
agile waveBOT
trim flicker
lol
blazing depot
Well... bro did try to incite a military conflict with the North to justify martial law and all that and when that didn't work tried anyway
I hear they don't like people trying to become dictator over there any more
eager parrot
the one good thing in recent memory? 😄
anybody who has ever used regulation complying, stock, unmodified showerheads in the US might be able to relate...
marsh oracle
good to see that congress can still get the important stuiff done
last eagle
meanwhile in one random location:
https://fxtwitter.com/i/status/2011197191994687829
nova holly
the idea that people working for the government™ are allowed to be be plain clothes and masked in the first place
slim vessel
President Donald Trump said Wednesday that anything less than U.S. control of Greenland is unacceptable, hours before Vice President JD Vance was to host Danish and Greenlandic officials for talks.
https://twitter.com/AP/status/2011414141534195776
ought to be an interesting talk
supple dragon
Suddenly I feel like starting friendship with China as lesser evil
blazing depot
Suddenly I feel like starting friendship with China as lesser evil
Funny how that goes, isn't it
marsh oracle
https://fxtwitter.com/CBSNews/status/2011466240527655076 bro mustve gotten smitten by god for his actions
FxTwitter
blazing depot
Yeah, that's definitely real and not a lie
Like, did you see that impact, wew. She must've been driving at least 1km/h fast!
last eagle
FxTwitter
hoary charm
some strange decisions in there. rubio just met with armenians, what did fiji, georgia, jamaica, nepal, thailand, uruguay do lol
ocean vigil
georgia has comedic potential
marsh oracle
some strange decisions in there. rubio just met with armenians, what did fiji, g...
they needed a nice round number?
nova holly
on the bright side
we get to see what happens when a country goes out of its way to make visas as unattainable as possible
the same year they host the world cup
usually its the other way round
last eagle
plush leaf
i’m rewatching this video (on 1.5x speed) because I have a question: as i’ve been reading Disability Pride, what do we, as disabled people, want when there is a
conversation about “good representation?” I’m only 15 min into the video, but the presenter says she likes a little homophobia, biphobia, transphobia because she likes when a character can overcome that. Also, i can see her point. Because homophobia, biphobia, and transphobia are apart of life, it feels “real” in media. As opposed to a sanitized representation (like the main character who happens to be gay also has a supportive family and not any real… obstacles.) The author of Disability Pride highlights reactions of different people and advocate groups saying that if you really want to rep. disabled people, the stories would write a disabled character and/or have a disabled writer, not be inspiration porn, not have the disabled person just existing be some kind of heroic act. Is that boring? Is there a time and place for sanitized media like this? https://youtu.be/_cR3b2Gblq0?si=8n7WaxXtUY7MTkgV
fossil basin
some strange decisions in there. rubio just met with armenians, what did fiji, g...
There's a clique war between expensionist Miller, 'old Republican' Rubio and the figurehead JD Vance
From what I have gathered
fossil basin
i’m rewatching this video (on 1.5x speed) because I have a question: as i’ve bee...
I feel like an issue is that when something is represented as a presentation of all who has the identity or condition, if becomes very generalized and even stereotyped
Something being a believable example is more important
half heath
based minnesotans
ocean vigil
everyone was bitching about the ice here for the last week
hoary charm
marsh oracle
AGI achieved
marsh oracle
hoary charm
X
half heath
the turkish guy said something like this would happen didnt he or something of the sort
hoary charm
trump and her have both been talking about transferring it, which is why the organization behind the nobel have posted about it not being transferable
slim vessel
so they couldn't transfer it to his name, so she just gifts it to him.. 
slim vessel
global relations through music
supple dragon
Demon Hunters were right 
fossil basin
Demon Hunters were right <:smart:819368364328615996>
JYP forefather
"kpop is not leading anyone to jesus" "yes it is"
marsh oracle
https://x.com/WhiteHouse/status/2012006221340164338 bruh
Apparently this has actually happened before, some dude gave his nobel peace prize to a guy called Joseph Göbbels, im sure he deserved it
blazing depot
Shit you can't even make up any more
plush leaf
Anyone had to fight their school for paying a balance? I don’t know why I owe this balance of $527.87. I called but got sent in an endless loop of listening to the same messages, so I sent them an email. And they’re not dispersing my financial aid refund to me until I pay the account balance but I can’t pay the account balance without my refund cuz idk who just has $530 just lying around, but i don’t.
Yesterday i was on hold with financial aid for 16 minutes😭
marsh oracle
Emailing was the right thing to do but i would also call again and stay on hold however long it takes, put the phone on speaker and do other stuff
Long term figure out some kind of emergency fund, even if you only put away 5€ per week or whatever
hoary charm
X
double dipping on the go plan which they only made for lower income countries in the first place
if the current ai industry does end up being a bubble, openai is gonna be the first to fall
last eagle
yep
marsh oracle
calls ads a last resort as a business model
implements ads
What could they mean by this
slim vessel
her lawyers are the ones that requested the articles be removed
last eagle
i see
blazing depot
https://x.com/AP/status/2012567060522406170
He still doesn't understand that's not how Europe works... unless that's all non-EU countries
ocean vigil
Trump said in a social media post that Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, and Finland would face the tariff and that it would climb to 25% on June 1 if a deal is not in place for “the Complete and Total purchase of Greenland” by the United States.
nova holly
fun fact, trump has admitted in interviews that the only reason he wants greenland is for his ego
every other reason theyre currently giving for wanting greenland is something denmark was already ok with the us doing
ocean vigil
it's all mercator's fault
the question is if we blame the local germans or belgians for him
fossil basin
fun fact, trump has admitted in interviews that the only reason he wants greenla...
probably, he wants Trump Towers there
fossil basin
the question is if we blame the local germans or belgians for him
I blame BTS comeback news
last eagle
true
languid tree
Big news for the unemployed https://fixupx.com/hoopscrave/status/2012623570124386428?s=46
hoary charm
https://x.com/rkitchencels/status/2012644605100007566 i take back anything negative i've ever said about reddit
X
kitchencels rules
fossil basin
Big news for the unemployed https://fixupx.com/hoopscrave/status/201262357012438...
this is hoopscrave not popcrave
hoopscrave is like nbacentel, this is fake news
languid tree
hoopscrave is like nbacentel, this is fake news
I thought the world was healing, just to be disappointed that my ex prime minister is still dating Katy Perry
last eagle
FxTwitter
...why does this tells me, he knew about the certain streamer situation
but regardless, big W
haughty steppe
https://x.com/rkitchencels/status/2012644605100007566 i take back anything negat...
kitchencels is so fucking funny man
nova holly
i always get confused when i read about france because i forget marcon still hasnt left yet
slim vessel
paired with an ai generated image lol
hoary charm
there's no point cheering for openai to fail unless you just don't like altman
ram prices won't drop, microsoft will just absorb all their IP for cheap
and ngl as much as i don't like openai, i dislike microsoft more
fossil basin
there's no point cheering for openai to fail unless you just don't like altman
I do so because I do believe his sister personally
And I do think he should be imprisoned out of serious charges because of it
ocean vigil
President Trump has asked that the following message, shared with Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre, be forwarded to your [named head of government/state]
“Dear Jonas: Considering your Country decided not to give me the Nobel Peace Prize for having stopped 8 Wars PLUS, I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of Peace, although it will always be predominant, but can now think about what is good and proper for the United States of America. Denmark cannot protect that land from Russia or China, and why do they have a “right of ownership” anyway? There are no written documents, it’s only that a boat landed there hundreds of years ago, but we had boats landing there, also. I have done more for NATO than any other person since its founding, and now, NATO should do something for the United States. The World is not secure unless we have Complete and Total Control of Greenland. Thank you! President DJT”
last eagle
completely normal trump behaviour
slim vessel
signing off with a thank you, how courteous of him
ocean vigil
in other news, the latest boycott target of the pro-russian scene here and in countries to the east is ... self-checkout in stores
ocean vigil
over the weekend here, and in slovakia and hungary at least, the politicians with connections to russia started sharing campainging against self-checkout, ai generated images with texts that translate to stuff like "i am a customer, not a cashier", quite a few totally legit sns posts with similar messages
have to say they are not really getting traction on it
hoary charm
lmao
ocean vigil
just a baffling target
fossil basin
over the weekend here, and in slovakia and hungary at least, the politicians wit...
self-checkout is helpful to me in that I can make people not wait, ideally it's cashiers + self checkout to not cause big time unemployment and also provide variety
not everyone might be able to use self-checkout, i am
sometimes scanning the barcode gets faulty, but they help, and at worst you can enter the item id yourself if you have issues
slim vessel
what's the justification..?
"i shouldn't have to scan my own groceries"?
ocean vigil
Pretty much
Which in itself is not that uncommon of a take for an individuals, it's the clear orchestration of the campaign that is hilarious
marsh oracle
https://x.com/nickschifrin/status/2013107018081489006
The day it happens cant come soon enough 
last eagle
Vienna Art Academy offers Donald Trump study place
https://www.der-postillon.com/2026/01/wiener-kunstakademie.html
okay now this is getting ridiculous
lmao
ruby helm
The big thing on AI is they don't need billions of dollars per year to continue their research and develop the AI. They need billions of dollars to give away AI generated videos and content for free to people who only value them at 1% of what they cost to produce. They could just stop doing the giving away AI for free part.
marsh oracle
> Vienna Art Academy offers Donald Trump study place
https://www.der-postillon.c...
You just posted the german onion
hoary charm
The big thing on AI is they don't need billions of dollars per year to continue ...
inference isn't actually the expensive part, training is
google and meta have their whole corporation funding what they're doing so they're fine for now at least. anthropic has much more stringent limits than others and are supposedly profitable by 2027. it's mostly just openai that's cooked
marsh oracle
Anthropic is also getting that business customer money
Openai has to squeeze water from stones with ads
hoary charm
pretty much
last eagle
FxTwitter
hoary charm
i should start a business auditing vibecoded apps, to escape the permanent underclass
half heath
the scary part is as ridiculous as it is, we still gotta take it 100% serious every time at this point
marsh oracle
You can bet if he does decide to do it every single maga talking head will start sweeping for the idea
Approval among republicans gonna shoot up to 80% for it too, just wait
half heath
Does public or base perception even matter at this point.
I know midterms are coming but like I dont feel confident
hoary charm
depends if you subscribe to the idea that there won't be a 2028 election or he won't transfer power peacefully
cause he made huge gains with latino groups and zoomers that have completely dwindled now
half heath
Its hard to say for me but I dont know if facism can be beat through the system.
historically it requires a lot of conflict from what i know
blazing depot
cause he made huge gains with latino groups and zoomers that have completely dwi...
I mean... you say that, but people voting for Trump always defied any and all logic anyway
"Surely he'll only go after THEM, not me!"
hoary charm
yeah all it takes is another flip flop on whatever
marsh oracle
Its hard to say for me but I dont know if facism can be beat through the system.
You can see live in iran right now how difficult it is to get democracy back once its gone
16k dead according to some iranian doctors last i saw
marsh oracle
You can bet if he does decide to do it every single maga talking head will start...
French maga guy getting a headstart
last eagle
slim vessel
:seahorse:
hoary charm
now try working with someone that just pushes their slop without reviewing and cleaning it up
marsh oracle
:seahorse:
last eagle
trim flicker
thanks grok
blazing depot
Grok knows best
last eagle
a long thread but a good read about the hybe's mediaplays and why people fallen for it
https://x.com/PoppyKPoppie/status/2013090401314365829?s=20
X
trim flicker
yeh i went there
fossil basin
who the fuck is a Bobby D
last eagle
ocean vigil
supple dragon
it's been year already 
blazing depot
Feels like 10
fossil basin
may patience will be granted to general public
I mean we will need it when people like him move like this
dreamy ledge
it's been year already <:dubuNLT:573959701008613407>
double face palm Picard spinning at record speeds
blazing depot
wdym, I absolutely want more bloatware that is activated by default and makes my PC even slower for no benefit whatsoever
And collects data on everything I do in the process (even more so than regular windows)
hoary charm
love how the headline is just completely disconnected from the rest of the post
half heath
yea thats what i heard too
it still freaks me out the way things are going but having someone aware and proactive at the helm is a little more reassuring than if it was Pollievre
marsh oracle
Reactions from other Western leaders seem significantly different from last year. Even Merz was like "its over fr fr"
hoary charm
would be nice if the reaction wasn't to just throw themselves all over china
or in our case an FTA with india that comes with additional immigration we can't handle
marsh oracle
would be nice if the reaction wasn't to just throw themselves all over china
Short term they probably have to play both sides a little, but yea china isnt handing out money for free either.
trim flicker
should've been 24
last eagle
true, funnier than 23
blazing depot
Nvm apparently he wrote it himself <:gigachad:938819553889222679>
I'm sure Trump's speech will be equally presidential and impressive
Why tf did Macron wear those shades though, lmao
I know it's probably some eye problem, but that shit is hilarious
nova holly
wdym, I absolutely want more bloatware that is activated by default and makes my...
if they were shoving copilot stuff into something similar to win10 i honestly wouldnt even mind that much lol
my main issue is that win11 just genuinely sucks ass
its so slow for no reason even when doing the most basic stuff
slim vessel
Anna's Archive offers high-speed access to its full collection via SFTP to groups training large language models (LLMs) in exchange for large contributions of money or data.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna's_Archive
🤷♂️
last eagle
one thing i wish is if somehow anna's archive has [0] album when Spotify archive is finished
would be funny if that happens
ocean vigil
trim flicker
loves ice
marsh oracle
I know it's probably some eye problem, but that shit is hilarious
It is indeed some eye problem with a hilarious timing
brave pelican
europe so scary
nova holly
as a brit looking at america is so weird rn
we would have had 10 no-confidence votes by now
blazing depot
Yeah, see... the problem is Republicans don't actually mind this all that much 
nova holly
not enough power hungry people smh
need the old days of michael gove and bojo conspiring against theresa may
ocean vigil
blazing depot
Yeah, alright
ocean vigil
X
hoary charm
concepts of a plan
blazing depot
I will say, Trump successfully distracted everyone from the Epstein files, all he needed to do is threaten a civil war and a world war at the same time. It's so easy!
marsh oracle
Trump announces New NATO, abbreviated as NATO, with all the rules of the old NATO.
ruby helm
He'll need alot of gold for the construction of the golden dome
blazing depot
Maybe Rutte convinced the Nobel Prize committee to give Trump a special award
blazing depot
who payin for all that
He'll use the tarrif money that is totally not coming directly from US citizens or anything
nova holly
completely unrelated: the spaceX IPO is imminent
hoary charm
that almost defeats the point of spacex..
nova holly
which is annoying because it gives elon a parachute for when tesla finally pops
spacex is looking to be valued over a trillion btw
elon math
marsh oracle
More realistic than teslas evaluation tbh
blazing depot
Why stop there
hoary charm
considering how much of the launch market spacex has, yeah 1t makes sense
nova holly
apparently according to internal trades, its already at 800b
¯_(ツ)_/¯
guess it not that outlandish, good on them
unfortunately elon benefits sigh
half heath
Ive always felt the talk about Elons downfall to be coping.
and not because he is the best business man or the most intelligent. I just dont think when you are that wealthy you can fail so hard.
hoary charm
it's more that people (rightfully) hate him so much that all rational thinking wrt his companies goes out the window
half heath
yea i used to see the reddit stuff and kinda could sense it was that too but once i saw how he used his money and connects to get a gov position to hide all his multiple legal infractions, just showed you cant stop someone with that much money in this admin.
maybe if Kamala won but even then Im not sure how badly his pockets would hurt
hoary charm
i'm not sure anything would have materially changed
maybe they might've come down on him for dodgy tesla/xai deals or given more spacex contracts to bezos idk
half heath
yea, he wouldve been slowed down at best
Also twitter kinda doesnt die despite how bad it gets
blazing depot
The thing with people who are THAT rich is, even if they lose a couple billions they'll just recover that within a couple weeks or months at most
half heath
I think if the ppl in charge of regulations actually were able to pin him for some of his offenses, it wouldve been a big hit to the valuation of his companies. Cause investors would have a hard time trusting the information that is reported.
nova holly
the majority of his current wealth/political power comes from tesla, which is insanely overvalued primarily due to him promising FSD for a decade, so the idea that he could lose it was definitely possible
like obviously hed still be rich, but at least not in the same way he currently is
i also think that the current state of tesla is just bad for itself and EVs
like, you shouldnt be giving the ceo a pay package thats larger than your lifetime profits
half heath
How do you guys feel about Chinese EVs fr. Like i cant tell if im just falling for marketing.
nova holly
competition is good for low prices, those companies are fighting each other domestically
they do seem to be pretty good
eager parrot
How do you guys feel about Chinese EVs fr. Like i cant tell if im just falling f...
you're 100% falling for marketing, but it's not really that different than falling for American EV manufacturer marketing
Chinese EVs have a rather wide spectrum though, from like 130-500K Lotus ones to 20-30K cheapest end ones
nova holly
<insert rare earth minerals spiel here>
eager parrot
and it's not like the higher end ones aren't already available on the north american market
blazing depot
The thing with tesla is that their cars are just objectively bad products and now that there actually is competition....