LibertyLizard
@LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net
- Submitted 15 hours ago to technology@lemmy.zip | 8 comments
- Comment on Y Combinator CEO Garry Tan launches dark-money group to influence California politics 2 days ago:
They’ve always got more money to spend.
Oligarchy and democracy are fundamentally incompatible.
- Comment on A “QuitGPT” campaign is urging people to cancel their ChatGPT subscriptions— Backlash against ICE is fueling a broader movement against AI companies’ ties to President Trump. 2 days ago:
All these boycotts I can’t join since I never paid for them in the first place 😢
- Comment on Discord walks back age verification fears for most users 3 days ago:
“For most users” the whole point here is to gradually get people used to having to show their papers to access the internet. We must accept nothing less than a total reversal here. Give them an inch each day and eventually they’ll have their mile.
- Comment on Google sent personal and financial information of student journalist to ICE 3 days ago:
If someone was killed as a result then you could argue yes. Doesn’t seem to be the case here, thankfully.
- Comment on Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access next month 5 days ago:
What’s the best alternative in your view?
- Comment on Genes be crazy 5 days ago:
Most insects don’t have a strong odor. It’s all types of ants as far as I’ve noticed.
- Comment on Genes be crazy 5 days ago:
I usually only smell it after they are agitated. I assume that’s what they meant? But usually when I’m smelling ants they are agitated.
- Comment on Genes be crazy 5 days ago:
It smells so weird and strong. I’m surprised not everyone can smell this. I wonder how common this is?
- Comment on Homeland Security Spying on Reddit Users 6 days ago:
Yeah but that’s mods. The nature of community moderation means there will always be abuse, but there’s always more communities to join. But here you do get to choose your admins in a similar manner. Thankfully I chose well despite picking somewhat haphazardly.
- Comment on Homeland Security Spying on Reddit Users 6 days ago:
Depends totally on the instance. I don’t find my admins to be that way, but we’re also on a pretty similar ideological wavelength so I don’t know how it would be if that wasn’t the case.
- Comment on Homeland Security Spying on Reddit Users 6 days ago:
Damn Reddit admins are fucking weird.
- Comment on Homeland Security Spying on Reddit Users 6 days ago:
You were banned from Reddit for saying that? I feel like I’ve said worse and somehow haven’t got one yet.
- Comment on [deleted] 6 days ago:
Had to make sure to censor that from field huh?
- Comment on Three dinosaurs in a trenchcoat 6 days ago:
Well I believe this has happened. Wasn’t brachiosaurus found to be a mashup of multiple species?
- Comment on Three dinosaurs in a trenchcoat 1 week ago:
I’m assuming the research more meant that there were 3 cryptic species lumped into what we today call t-rex
- Comment on Are there any cultures where kissing is taboo? 1 week ago:
I’d say even outside of MAGA this isn’t really done. Maybe no one would object but I can’t say I really see it.
- Comment on Is it theoretically possible Trump and ICE are killing a very large number of immigrants (like 25% of those detained) and no one knows? 1 week ago:
OK, I understand your position but again that’s not what I meant. I just meant the free dissemination of information is largely legal.
- Comment on Is it theoretically possible Trump and ICE are killing a very large number of immigrants (like 25% of those detained) and no one knows? 1 week ago:
OK so it depends on what you mean by free press. I meant you can report the truth and that (usually) won’t get you arrested. I did not mean the mainstream press is always fair or honest.
There’s been a huge growth of independent journalists that give far more accurate accounts of leftist perspectives in protests, etc. Though you have to be careful because there’s plenty of dishonest independent journalists too. But if you have good media literacy and fact checking ability the information is still out there. As opposed to places where if you speak certain facts aloud you may be arrested.
- Comment on Is it theoretically possible Trump and ICE are killing a very large number of immigrants (like 25% of those detained) and no one knows? 1 week ago:
As far as I can tell, people can still report on these facts without major safety risk. Yes, the free press is under attack but it hasn’t succumbed yet.
- Comment on Is it theoretically possible Trump and ICE are killing a very large number of immigrants (like 25% of those detained) and no one knows? 1 week ago:
Yeah this is an open question to me. How many people are being sent to foreign prisons and what becomes of them there? There has been very little coverage since Kilmer Abrego Garcia was freed but my understanding is this is still ongoing.
- Comment on Is it theoretically possible Trump and ICE are killing a very large number of immigrants (like 25% of those detained) and no one knows? 1 week ago:
We still have a (mostly) free press though. Eventually families and counsel would find out and the news would get it. Unless it started very recently I don’t find this credible.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 week ago:
Yeah the first is just expressing a sentiment but you’ve taken no action to make it happen. Once you are offering people money that’s an actionable plan and you could be arrested for that.
- Comment on Electric Flying Cars Now for Sale by California Company Pivotal 1 week ago:
The idea that these vehicles will ever be adequately safe, quiet, or efficient is very dubious. Any regulatory agency that isn’t outright rejecting them should be viewed with suspicion.
- Comment on Electric Flying Cars Now for Sale by California Company Pivotal 1 week ago:
Oh that’s good news. However their stated business model is in cities so I expect heavy lobbying to lift that ban to start. It could be worthwhile to have layered bans at different levels of government to provide protection in case one layer gets paid off.
- Comment on Electric Flying Cars Now for Sale by California Company Pivotal 1 week ago:
These should be banned in cities immediately. The danger here seems insane.
- Comment on Would the United States actually risk a Tiananmen Square incident? 1 week ago:
I agree. To have civil war you need multiple opposing armed forces of somewhat similar military strength. I don’t really see that happening because of the purges of military leadership but an insurgency is very possible.
- Comment on [US] How are so many people able to protest? (Logistically) 2 weeks ago:
There was a very raucous council meeting in my city where a woman said she had walked out of work to be there and expected to be fired. I hope they forgave her but if not that’s fucking bad ass.
We definitely need more networks of support to help people show up because it isn’t easy.
- Comment on Chinese propaganda is rampant on the fediverse 2 weeks ago:
I do too but some of it is hard to uproot. Someone has to put in the work to unravel it and it’s often very difficult and unpopular work for the first experts to take that on.
- Comment on The fifth pocket 2 weeks ago:
I’m sorry but you’re just totally ignorant on what you are talking about. I recommend reading Tending the Wild by anthropologist M Kat Anderson to educate yourself.