ranandtoldthat

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[–] ranandtoldthat@beehaw.org 8 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Still, we don't condemn the German victims of Nazis for fascism. We don't condemn the French resistance for Vichy France. There's a real resistance movement in America. Support it.

[–] ranandtoldthat@beehaw.org 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Thanks for the context and analysis. Hope it works out for smaller forums.

[–] ranandtoldthat@beehaw.org 12 points 1 week ago (5 children)

When something similar happened in the UK, it was pretty much exclusively smaller/niche forums, run by volunteers and donations, that went offline.

[–] ranandtoldthat@beehaw.org 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I gotta reread Vinge's Rainbows End

[–] ranandtoldthat@beehaw.org 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Wait. You're advocating for collective punishment for Americans resisting Trump?

[–] ranandtoldthat@beehaw.org 3 points 2 weeks ago

Recognizing bias is indeed important. But every source has some bias. Refusing to engage with biased sources will rule out everything. If you think it doesn't rule out something, you've found your own bias! Good, it's powerful to know your own bias.

Neutrality is in fact its own bias. Not everything need or should be neutral.

So, check the source. Eff? OK you know or can readily discover they are going to have a bias toward protecting individuals online. Read the piece knowing that and you can get valuable information from it.

If you like, you can reference the information with attribution, Eg "the Eff says..." to avoid taking on their own bias as your own.

[–] ranandtoldthat@beehaw.org 4 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

As a reader, you can't rely on headlines to be a replacement for reading the article. Headlines tend to be shorter than the corresponding article and require a level of summarization to be effective.

[–] ranandtoldthat@beehaw.org 2 points 2 weeks ago

There are millions of trans people in the US.

[–] ranandtoldthat@beehaw.org 6 points 2 weeks ago

Unconventional choice, as it is 3D, but Supraland. Fantastic world to explore, so satisfying getting new powers and reaching areas.

[–] ranandtoldthat@beehaw.org 4 points 2 weeks ago

Your referring to faithless electors and, no, it's blatant misinformation to claim that swung any recent election.

[–] ranandtoldthat@beehaw.org 2 points 3 weeks ago

It's no coincidence the escalation occurred right as his feud with Elon Musk was growing.

[–] ranandtoldthat@beehaw.org 4 points 3 weeks ago

I enjoyed that book. Really apropos reading in these times, an interest examination of "post truth" ideas.

 

This could be the end of much of the fediverse, especially the more left-leaning parts.

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