@AIslop_ There is enough good cat slop for a feature length movie at this point.
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Mark in SF
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The dial up modem sound was the entry music for the internet. I miss it 🥲
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Let me walk you through the events of the war so far:
1. The United States and Israel tried regime change; it didn’t work. Or rather, they got regime change—Iran became an Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps–led military dictatorship. That was not an improvement.
2. The U.S. won an overwhelming military victory with air and naval power and scarcely a boot on the ground. But it destroyed less of Iran’s missile- and drone-launching capabilities than at first appeared.
3. Then there was a hostage crisis. Iran took both the Gulfies and the Strait of Hormuz hostage. The result was a massive economic shock for the world that required a rapid resolution.
4. The choice was between 1) military escalation (boots on the ground or strikes on Iranian infrastructure), and 2) a diplomatic deal. Trump chose 2.
5. In Islamabad, the U.S proposed big economic concessions in return for some kind of change in the status of Iran’s enriched uranium stockpile, as well as the reopening of the strait. Contrary to the president’s social media feed, the Iranians did not accept.
6. In any case, the devil of any deal will be in the details, not the Truth headline. (When the small print finally comes out, every former Obama and Biden official will be ready to tell The New York Times that it’s worse than the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action.)
7. Meanwhile, the Iranians have survived regime change and discovered that closing the strait is just as powerful a lever in economic warfare as they had always hoped. It’s not, despite the Russian quip, an “economic nuke,” because unlike a nuclear weapon you can use it.
8. Where we go from here is fairly predictable. I would be surprised if Trump now deploys ground forces. There will be more negotiation, so Islamabad, here we come. There may have to be more bombing, if the Iranians dust down the North Vietnamese playbook of stringing the U.S. negotiators along. And the final compromise will take longer to be agreed upon than Mr. Market currently believes. The consensus in prediction markets is this will be over by the end of May, but remember: It took Henry Kissinger more than four months to get the 1973–1974 oil embargo lifted.
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Others are pointing out that “General Hate” might be my rank, which would put me above Major Hate and Lieutenant Colonel Hate. In which case I rescind my complaint and gladly accept this prestigious title.
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SPLC has a whole section of their website devoted to me and yet they never offered me any money as part of their scheme. I’m starting to feel a bit offended.
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@DavidAFrench The University of California is being destroyed. Standardized testing gone, standards lowered, activist faculty/administrators entrenched. This state is fucked.
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This behavior is especially unacceptable for law students. What do they think? That they can interrupt and disrupt their opponents in court? Nope. They'll be forced to listen and respond with reason, not disruption.
YitzyFrankel@YitZionist
Truly abhorrent and unimaginable behavior today at the @FedSocUCLA event that hosted a @DHSgov lawyer. Leftist students repeatedly disrupted the event, yelled profanities, shouted, made their phones ping incessantly, and eventually stormed out to a rally that violated all time, place, and manner restrictions. These students can’t handle @FedSoc event about the law, but will remain students at @UCLA_Law and eventually be admitted to the Bar. It is a damning indictment on higher education that students behave so despicably.
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@Gavin_McInnes Holy crap. I thought this was all BS. A case that would go nowhere for the MAGA base. Case will probably will go nowhere, but the story is not BS.
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Holy CRAP! I remember Jason Kessler demanding me and Proud Boys come to Charlottesville and I kept refusing again and again. He wouldn’t drop it. I remember screaming at him on the phone to fuck off and let it go.
🇺🇸FoiaFan🕍🇮🇱@15poundstogo
This indictment against the Southern Poverty Law Center for funding white supremacists is amazing. They even funded one guy who helped arrange the infamous Charlottesville Unite the Right rally! Remember the “Very Fine People” Hoax!?! Link to full document below.
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Absolutely evil and disgusting
Israel ישראל@Israel
Pride rises at the lowest place on earth 🌈 This June the Dead Sea becomes Pride Land, the biggest LGBTQ+ festival ever in the Middle East. Four days of nonstop celebration community and connection. Israel celebrates its LGBTQ+ community bigger than ever 💙
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@triggerpod @paleochristcon The Islamic capiphate established in the 100 years after Muhammed was previously Christendom.
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“Christianity was never a ‘be passive and get walked over’ religion.”
Andrew Wilson @paleochristcon pushes back on the idea that Christianity is a pacifist religion. Forgive your enemies, yes, but that doesn’t mean allowing harm to continue. He points to Jesus forgiving on the cross, yet also cleansing the temple and speaking about the sword.
What do you think? Where did the idea that Christianity = passivity actually come from?
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@DGPsalm3 @MattWalshBlog "Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville - which was funded and planned by the SPLC."
This site just gets crazier every day. People just make up bullshit on the spot.
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@MattWalshBlog Nick Fuentes launched his entire career by attending the 2017 Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville - which was funded and planned by the SPLC.
Despite his being a nobody at that time, multiple major news orgs interviewed him.
Nick Fuentes is a tool of the SPLC.
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The SPLC is a criminal organization that funded “right wing hate groups” and organized fake right wing protests so that it could then turn around and fundraise off of them and use them as a pretext to crackdown on conservatives nationwide. Keep in mind that every leftist activist group is just as corrupt, dishonest, and sinister as this. SPLC is the tip of the iceberg.
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@MattWalshBlog WTF? You've seen the indictment? What to you have to backup this outrageous allegation? What fake right wing protest did they organize?
BE SPECIFIC.
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@KelseyTuoc It's not even clear to me that gerrymandering is bad. To get a majority, you have to settle for slim partisan leanings in most districts. That means more moderate candidates. Politics is not binary.
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We should ban partisan gerrymandering nationwide. It's bad for our country. Republicans control Congress and should introduce the bill. Democrats will support it.
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@pmarca Oh, come on. Trump's DOJ has a history of filing complete bullshit charges.
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SPLC was one of the most powerful censorship forces in the country for decades. Lavishly supported by many big American companies for many years. This is astonishing, and deeply concerning.
U.S. Department of Justice@TheJusticeDept
🚨HAPPENING NOW: Justice Department announces indictment against Southern Poverty Law Center ("SPLC"). Our indictment alleges SPLC secretly funneled MORE THAN $3 MILLION in funds to members of white supremacist and extremist groups.
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@christopherrufo FFS, I though you were honorable and respectable. Paying informant is not the same thing paying the groups. I rely on people of honor to decide who to listen to, and it's becoming increasingly clear you are not among them.
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Incredible: the supply of right-wing "hate" was so low that a left-wing "anti-hate" group had to subsidize it, so it could then raise money to fight it. This is Thomas Sowell's "life support" theory in action. 10/10 work.
U.S. Department of Justice@TheJusticeDept
🚨HAPPENING NOW: Justice Department announces indictment against Southern Poverty Law Center ("SPLC"). Our indictment alleges SPLC secretly funneled MORE THAN $3 MILLION in funds to members of white supremacist and extremist groups.
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@nicksortor This will go nowhere because it's not true. But MAGA morons eat this shit up, because their IQ is practically non-existent. They will believe ANY lie put before them.
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🚨 HOLY CRAP! FBI Director Patel says leftist NGO Southern Poverty Law Center, which has now been indicted, was using donor to pay leaders of the KU KLUX KLAN to stage "HATE CRIMES"
"They used the FRAUDULENTLY raised money by lying to their donor network—THOUSANDS of Americans—to go ahead and actually PAY the leadership of these supposed violent extremist groups.
"Furthermore, our investigation revealed that the Southern Poverty Law Center—on TOP of perpetuating this widespread decade-long multimillion dollar fraud—conducted more criminal activity.
They attempted to HIDE their criminal activity from our financial banking network.
They set up shell companies and entities around America so that the financial institutions that we rely on as everyday Americans were DECEIVED in believing that money was NOT coming from the Southern Poverty Law Center in the perpetration of this scheme and fraud, but rather fictitious entities they stood up to perpetuate this ongoing fraud."
@FBIDirectorKash
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@E_GuriGashi Not sure mandating the addition of bulk + weight, and preventing waterproofing is "improving quality of life for the average consumer". The batteries are easy for a technician to replace, and there is a vibrant 2nd hand marketplace for phones.
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I used to be critical of Europe’s excessive regulations, but I’ve grown quite fond of them
I’m glad our food isn’t loaded with 50 toxic or carcinogenic ingredients, that I can charge all my devices with a single cable, that my products last longer, and that they’re designed to be easily repaired
People outside of Europe can talk all the shit they want about the EU, but improving quality of life for the average consumer is a huge W in my book
Pirat_Nation 🔴@Pirat_Nation
Starting in 2027, smartphones sold in the European Union will be required to have user-replaceable batteries designed for greater durability and more charging cycles. Manufacturers must also provide spare parts and repair manuals for at least 10 years after a model is released. This is real pressure against planned obsolescence. It should mean phones that actually last longer, cheaper fixes, and a lot less electronic waste piling up. About time.
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@Pirat_Nation This adds bulk, weight, and prevents waterproofing. battery soldered in had little to do with planned obsolescence, they can do that with software. There is a vibrant marketplace for 2nd hand phones, where people replace the battery and markup for about $65.
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Starting in 2027, smartphones sold in the European Union will be required to have user-replaceable batteries designed for greater durability and more charging cycles.
Manufacturers must also provide spare parts and repair manuals for at least 10 years after a model is released.
This is real pressure against planned obsolescence. It should mean phones that actually last longer, cheaper fixes, and a lot less electronic waste piling up. About time.
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@Wario64 I got really sick of how stale the feature set is on iPhone and was going to switch to Pixel. I didn't because of the Message app. I truly hate that they have massive market share because of this closed system.
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'Apple CEO Tim Cook is stepping down as Apple's chief executive officer, and hardware engineering chief John Ternus is set to take over.' (Sept 1st, 2026) macrumors.com/2026/04/20/tim…
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@saikatc I will never be seen in any tent with Hasan Piker, but Saikat Chakrabarti sure seems comfortable in that tent.
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I don't do call time asking big donors for money, and I haven't sent fundraising emails or texts to San Franciscans asking for money. That's not the case for my opponents.
Despite that, we've raised nearly $400,000 from almost 10,000 donors averaging just $27 a donation. We have more than 3x individual donors than my opponents combined.
But I know it's not enough. In this race, I'm up against millions of dollars that Scott Wiener is raising from AIPAC board members, tech VCs, the AI lobby, crypto billionaires, and Trump megadonors. I'm up against multiple corporate super PACs.
To face that kind of money, I could spend my time calling big donors for money, and then, like Scott, I'd owe them a million favors when I'm in DC. I can't do that in good conscience. Plus, they don't WANT me to win. After all, I am talking about completely changing Democratic Party leadership, passing a wealth tax on the ultrarich (including myself), and breaking the stranglehold of corporate money in our politics. And I've spent over a decade fighting for it at the federal level.
Or I can choose to put in my own resources so I'll have the freedom to fight the oligarchy in Washington. I've chosen to do the latter.
Patrick Moe@MoePatrick
“The vast majority of Chakrabarti’s donors (66%) are from outside California. In fact, only 7% of them live in San Francisco.” When @saikatc isn’t trying to buy the seat with his own money, he’s trying to buy the seat with out of state money.
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@MidSizedElbi Gotta love the tech mega tech-millionaire railing against the bad tech billionaires.
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That's a lie. I live in San Francisco and have received three emails asking for donations on March 23rd, March 26th, and March 30th. The last email on March 30th stated this will be the last ask for donations this quarter -- So I expect more are to come.
Saikat Chakrabarti for Congress@saikatc
I don't do call time asking big donors for money, and I haven't sent fundraising emails or texts to San Franciscans asking for money. That's not the case for my opponents. Despite that, we've raised nearly $400,000 from almost 10,000 donors averaging just $27 a donation. We have more than 3x individual donors than my opponents combined. But I know it's not enough. In this race, I'm up against millions of dollars that Scott Wiener is raising from AIPAC board members, tech VCs, the AI lobby, crypto billionaires, and Trump megadonors. I'm up against multiple corporate super PACs. To face that kind of money, I could spend my time calling big donors for money, and then, like Scott, I'd owe them a million favors when I'm in DC. I can't do that in good conscience. Plus, they don't WANT me to win. After all, I am talking about completely changing Democratic Party leadership, passing a wealth tax on the ultrarich (including myself), and breaking the stranglehold of corporate money in our politics. And I've spent over a decade fighting for it at the federal level. Or I can choose to put in my own resources so I'll have the freedom to fight the oligarchy in Washington. I've chosen to do the latter.
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