LibertyLizard

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[–] LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 17 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Didn’t we hit 3.5% with the 2020 protests in the US?

[–] LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 3 points 8 hours ago (3 children)

Helps if you have a billion dollars.

[–] LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 1 points 8 hours ago

We don’t have the draft though. Not sure what you mean.

[–] LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 59 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago) (3 children)

I guess but it sucks for civilians caught in the crossfire. Can’t we just have a Khamenei/Bibi cage fight instead?

And then we just don’t let the winner out of the cage.

[–] LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 2 points 8 hours ago

I nominate Anark to be king after we depose Trump.

[–] LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 4 points 12 hours ago

Sounds like a cushy gig 🤣

[–] LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 3 points 12 hours ago

Very cool! I wonder how viable this would be without grant funding?

[–] LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 7 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Is there a list of orgs targeted? I want to know if any are from my local area.

[–] LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 22 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) (1 children)

Not officially—they’re just making up some other BS legal justification without any merit to say they can do it anyway. But in effect, yes, as soon as the marines are doing law enforcement we are under martial law.

[–] LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 3 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago)

I guess I don’t like the way that term has come to be used. Fake news to me would be something wholly fabricated without any basis in reality. This type of coverage is actually fairly uncommon outside of fringe sources.

We have other, more specific words to describe coverage that is biased or created specifically to influence people but is describing real events. Why not use them instead? The term fake news has itself become propaganda. By which I mean, information or news intentionally designed to influence people in a specific way. I don’t agree that all news falls into this category, though it does have other types of bias.

But yeah I mean I also engage in propaganda for the causes I believe in, as do most people. But propaganda from nefarious people or organizations certainly should be viewed with suspicion.

[–] LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 9 points 14 hours ago (3 children)

Tucker is one of those people who has no allegiance to anyone. He must sense the weakness of the pro-Israel position and believes he can enrich himself this way.

[–] LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 24 points 14 hours ago (2 children)

Troops who invade our country and do violence to our people are our enemy, no matter what flag they fly or uniform they wear. Fuck these scum.

 

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Lemm.ee closing (slrpnk.net)
submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net to c/foraging@lemm.ee
 

Hi all, as you may have heard, this instance is unfortunately shutting down at the end of the month. As far as I know, this is the only Lemmy foraging community, so I’d like to keep it going elsewhere if possible.

Does anyone know of or wish to create another foraging community?

If not, I’d be happy to make one on slrpnk.net. There used to be one but I think it was closed due to mod inactivity.

 

I’m not sure if Lemmy is big enough to sustain such a niche topic yet but if there is still interest in this community I’m curious if there is another similar one or if one should be started?

 

I got to thinking last night that theoretically, with enough hair, the air resistance would slow you down so that your terminal velocity would be low enough to land unharmed. How long would it need to be? How would one go about calculating this?

I assume you need some kind of drag coefficient and a density for hair to start with. Not sure where to find that information.

 

I assume y’all know the onion is satire at this point but you’ve been warned just in case.

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submitted 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) by LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net to c/foraging@lemm.ee
 

Not exactly traditional foraging but I have a lot of these that grow without care in untended parts of my garden and I’ve heard they are edible. The tubers are decent size for something that isn’t a crop and I could harvest a good number pretty easily if I wanted.

However, the sources I find online that talk about their edibility don’t seem too reputable, so I’m curious if anyone has first-hand experience. Are they safe to eat in quantity? Any preparation tips?

Please share any knowledge you have!

 
 

Daniel Graham and Adam Carruthers were convicted of causing more than £620,000 worth of damage to the tree and more than £1,000 worth of damage to Hadrian's Wall in Northumberland.

On 27 September 2023, the pair drove 30 miles through a storm to Northumberlandfrom Cumbria, where they both lived, before felling the tree overnight in a matter of minutes.

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submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net to c/videos@lemmy.world
 

If you’ve ever wondered why news media obsesses over shoplifting but ignores wage theft, or why media outlets report a "shortage" of prison guards without questioning why we imprison so many people, you've probably encountered copaganda.

In this episode, award-winning civil rights lawyer and author Alec Karakatsanis joins me to discuss his phenomenal new book, Copaganda: How Police and the Media Manipulate Our News, and to break down all the ways that our news ecosystem is polluted with pro-police PR.

We talk about how copaganda shapes literally every form of media in the U.S. and warps our perceptions of safety and justice. Alec reveals how these fear-driven narratives are fueling the rise of authoritarian policies, mass incarceration, and deepening inequality.

 
 
 

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