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[–] xor@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 1 day ago

I mean, they're right that it's not FOSS - the F is free as in available to anybody who may wish to use it, which is incompatible with defining who is allowed

[–] xor@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Isn't near transit stations exactly where you'd want to put high density housing?

[–] xor@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 day ago

It is worth noting, though, that Iran did just refuse to meet their obligations under that non-proliferation agreement (regular inspections of nuclear infra, etc) for the first time since 2003.

But I do agree that there's worrying echoes of the Iraq war here, given Israel seems to be the only country claiming to have evidence of active nuclear weapons development

[–] xor@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 3 days ago

Alright, wrap it up boys, we've been made

[–] xor@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 3 days ago

I broadly agree, but I think there's a bit of a "correlation is not causation" effect at play, too

I would expect people who are very career-focused would prioritise socialising less, and also be more willing to do a long commute for a job they are highly invested in. But the reduced socialising wouldn't necessarily be caused by the commuting (not entirely, at least).

[–] xor@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Depends who's cooking, could just be a great insult

[–] xor@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 1 week ago

This is a very intense, and worryingly doomer response to someone vaguely mentioning the concept of short selling

[–] xor@lemmy.blahaj.zone -2 points 1 month ago

Are you saying that because you genuinely believe your statement isn't an instance of the slippery slope fallacy, or because you want to insult me?

[–] xor@lemmy.blahaj.zone -2 points 1 month ago (4 children)

They're validating the policy of the instance on the basis of the police tactics potentially being used against them, not the tactics themselves

[–] xor@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

It makes it difficult to use the pavement, especially for elderly people and people with disabilities, costs the council a bunch of time and money to repair, and doing the repairs often require killing off the tree

[–] xor@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I think the best example of how deeply ingrained classism is in the UK is the video of now ex-Prime-Minister Rishi Sunak as a young man:

I have friends who are aristocrats, I have friends who are upper class, I have friends who are working class… well, not working class.

I think people often don't immediately see how stark the class divide is in the UK, especially tourists, because the UK has a relatively large middle class especially around touristy areas. But the difference between Kensington and, say, Middlesbrough is stark

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