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Oofnik

@ Oofnik @kbin.earth

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  • People Who Don’t Like People Are Making All Our Decisions | Robotaxis are the beginning

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  • I appreciate that perspective, Weird! It's certainly true that this is tragic in its own way.

  • People Who Don’t Like People Are Making All Our Decisions | Robotaxis are the beginning

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  • This is a bit of a bizarre argument (in the article), despite that I agree with the conclusion. Like she is talking about all of the 'human connection' she has gotten through taxi/uber drivers, and all of the examples that she gives are of people who had to turn to taxi/uber driving out of desperation because their actual career path fell out from under them. I'm sure it makes for some interesting conversations, but is that really what we should be dreaming of? Having more opportunities for people to talk to about how they're forced to drive uber because capitalism sucks?

  • New York real estate titan likens the phrase ‘tax the rich’ to racial slurs

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  • “I must say that I consider the phrase ‘tax the rich’ – quote tax the rich – spit out with anger and contempt by politicians both here and across the country, to be just as hateful as some disgusting racial slurs, and even the phrase from the ‘river to the sea’,” he said, referring to the controversial pro-Palestinian slogan.

    A LOT to unpack here.

  • United States | News & Politics @lemmy.ml
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    How Trump is moving to control U.S. elections, one state at a time

    www.reuters.com /investigations/how-trump-is-moving-control-us-elections-one-state-time-2026-04-27/

  • And I just thought people shouldn't starve

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  • That's interesting, as that would be the arrow I feel most confidently about. EA grew pretty explicitly out of Singer's Giving Pledge and Giving What We Can book, and Will MacAskill's (his student) networking with finance and tech bros. (That isn't to say the tech bros weren't just exploiting the idea for their own benefit.)

    The rest of the arrows, I agree, it seems plausible to me but I have no hard evidence

  • Lemmy Shitpost @lemmy.world
    Oofnik @kbin.earth

    And I just thought people shouldn't starve

  • Dad with Stage 4 cancer dies after insurance company said tumor-shrinking treatment was ‘not medically necessary’

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  • I'm an idiot. Thank you!

  • Dad with Stage 4 cancer dies after insurance company said tumor-shrinking treatment was ‘not medically necessary’

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  • I checked this article and the NBC one linked in the NY Post article, and they didn't name the insurer? What the fuck are they holding water for this shitty company for?

  • Declassified Files Expose Jewish Pre-state Underground Militia's Contacts With Nazi Germany

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  • Ok that's good to know! Thanks!

  • Declassified Files Expose Jewish Pre-state Underground Militia's Contacts With Nazi Germany

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  • Declassified Files Expose Jewish Pre-state Underground Militia's Contacts With Nazi Germany

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  • Thank you, changed to upvote

  • Declassified Files Expose Jewish Pre-state Underground Militia's Contacts With Nazi Germany

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  • I don't trust archive.ph for security reasons. Can you just correct the original link? If not, no worries. I only commented to explain why I downvoted.

  • Declassified Files Expose Jewish Pre-state Underground Militia's Contacts With Nazi Germany

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  • Link doesn't work?

  • The Great Green Wall's one of the world's most ambitious eco-projects. Is it working? | tldr: no

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  • Not the main point at all of this article, but: "The price tag was also massive: the United Nations estimated that $33 billion would be needed to complete the Wall." Still less than the US spent on the Iran War in less than a month.

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  • Israel is almost certainly involved in this - either through pure fabrication, "opposition research"/digging up dirt, or some combination. But its also true that powerful men do shit like this all the time, and it isn't automatically made up because it is someone we are 'rooting for'. I feel like this is all the more reason why these prosecution teams need to be spread over several people, both so that if/when someone actually does do something shitty, or when someone is framed for doing something shitty, they can step aside with no delay or questions raised about the prosecution.

    That being said, even if these accusations were/are true, what difference does that make to prosecuting Benjamin Netanyahu? They're completely unrelated. It's like saying labor unions are bad because Cesar Chavez was a rapist. Whataboutism.

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    China has reportedly developed a satellite capable of tracking stealth aircraft, potentially challenging existing stealth technology advantages

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  • Not working for me either.

  • Where my soft science folks at?

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  • Aww man now I feel bad, I was just trying to poke some fun at sociology, but y'all are out for blood!

  • Science Memes @mander.xyz
    Oofnik @kbin.earth

    Where my soft science folks at?

  • Israel launches attack on Iran

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  • I think a "stalemate" is more likely than you suspect - the Iranian and Israeli regimes both benefit from having the other one to demonize. I suppose regime change is the ideal goal, but even just more war to galvanize support around Netanyahu in an election year in Israel is a win for him.

  • News @lemmy.world
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    US aims to bring in 4,500 white South Africans per month as refugees, document says

    www.reuters.com /world/us-aims-bring-4500-white-south-africans-per-month-refugees-document-says-2026-02-26/
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    Fuck Jews Free Palestine

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  • Antisemitism is a manifestation of the logic of domination and is thus fundamentally incompatible with anarchism.

  • How do people actually fall into the "Tankie" mindset?

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  • Actually I think this comment unintentionally answers OP's question.

    I think a common tankie story is:

    1. Realization that much of western media is propaganda or influenced by propaganda.

    2. Finding that enemies of the American empire (and Europe) with some semblance of power agree that western media is propaganda, and these people are MLM communists.

    3. After they've established credibility with their accurate criticisms of western capitalist society, tell you that, oh, by the way, those propaganda outlets in the west also lie about us, actually almost all of what we do is awesome and people who claim otherwise are automatically suspect.

    Number 3 is a mistake, I think, but it's an understandable one. This isn't super fair to tankies but the analogy I'd give is to people who fall under the spell of someone like Jordan Peterson: he sounds smart, and he lulls you into a sense of security with good advice about taking care of yourself, keeping your house clean, etc., and then once he's gotten your trust he gently introduces stuff like "oh by the way evolution proves that men and women shouldn't work together" or whatever, and because he's made sensible points up until then, your guard is down and you don't critique it in your head before accepting it.

  • CIA carried out drone strike on port facility on Venezuelan coast

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  • memes @lemmy.world
    Oofnik @kbin.earth

    Does this violate the no politics rule?

  • World News @lemmy.world
    Oofnik @kbin.earth

    Israel will not stop war until Palestinians displaced from Gaza and Syria partitioned, minister says

    www.middleeasteye.net /news/israel-will-not-stop-war-until-palestinians-displaced-gaza-and-syria-partitioned-minister-says
  • memes @lemmy.world
    Oofnik @kbin.earth

    That was fast

  • World News @lemmy.world
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    Pakistan claims it has ‘credible intelligence’ India will strike within 36 hours

    edition.cnn.com /2025/04/29/asia/kashmir-pakistan-india-tension-military-intl-hnk/index.html
  • News @lemmy.world
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    Iran port explosion death toll up to at least 40, as president visits the injured

    www.npr.org /2025/04/26/nx-s1-5378075/iran-port-explosion-deaths
  • News @lemmy.world
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    Sentencing finalizes Trump's conviction, ends embarrassing chapter in his return to the White House

    abcnews.go.com /US/sentencing-finalizes-trumps-conviction-ends-embarrassing-chapter-return/story
  • News @lemmy.world
    Oofnik @kbin.earth

    It Sure Doesn’t Seem Like the Supreme Court Is Going to Save TikTok

    www.rollingstone.com /politics/politics-news/tiktok-doomed-supreme-court-arguments-1235231536/
  • News @lemmy.world
    Oofnik @kbin.earth

    What Happened With California’s Water Supply During the Wildfires?

    www.rollingstone.com /culture/culture-features/los-angeles-fires-water-ai-billionaires-1235231493/
  • Lefty Memes @lemmy.dbzer0.com
    Oofnik @kbin.earth

    Let us never forget the most oppressed group of all, the Centrists

  • politics @lemmy.world
    Oofnik @kbin.earth

    The lib-pilling of the American left

    www.newstatesman.com /world/americas/north-america/us/2024/08/lib-pilling-american-left
  • World News @lemmy.world
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    Analysis: The Middle East may have backed off from the brink of a regional war – for now | CNN

    edition.cnn.com /2024/08/25/middleeast/israel-hezbollah-strikes-preemptive-analysis-intl/index.html
  • World News @lemmy.world
    Oofnik @kbin.earth

    Hurricane Hone moves south of Hawaii's Big Island as Category 1 storm

    abcnews.go.com /US/hurricane-hone-moves-south-hawaiis-big-island-category/story
  • World News @lemmy.world
    Oofnik @kbin.earth

    Russia launches deadly overnight aerial attack on cities and power grids across Ukraine | CNN

    edition.cnn.com /2024/08/26/europe/ukraine-russia-air-attacks-intl-hnk/index.html
  • News @lemmy.world
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    Protesters storm Israeli military bases after soldiers detained for alleged abuse of Palestinian prisoners

    www.nbcnews.com /news/world/israel-hamas-war-protesters-far-right-lawmaker-storm-military-bases-rcna164213
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    Reformist lawmaker Masoud Pezeshkian wins Iran’s presidential vote | CNN

    edition.cnn.com /2024/07/05/middleeast/pezeshkian-wins-irans-vote-intl-hnk/index.html
  • News @lemmy.world
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    Coffee, eggs and white rice linked to higher levels of PFAS in human body

    www.theguardian.com /environment/article/2024/jul/04/pfas-toxic-forever-chemicals-food