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Needs to learn from the master:
I love discovering little things like this. That's a interesting find!
What do you mean none of this makes sense?
but I think it's important to think about the next time you see a liberal simp over South korea despite probably knowing similar things about the state that you do.
It really comes down to people's perceptions of systems in some cases. SK is a good example, right? They are a "liberal democracy" and if you've not lost faith in liberal democracy yet, then, you'll likely look at the history of South Korea and think "This was necessary to stop Communism from taking over all of Korea, and eventually build liberal democracy". You'll look at current history, and the attempt at martial law, and the eventual impeachment of Yoon Suk Yeol as evidence that those hard times in SK's past really did ensure democracy won in the end. It's a similar line of thinking, although not one rooted in materialism, as Parenti's ideas about "Capitalist Encirclement". If we were to "secularize" his thinking, it would be, "States of all stripes will engage in authoritative measures to preserve and maintain the ideological core of the state".
Liberals can accept historical examples of "authoritarianism" if A) they believe those measures were preserving or installing "Liberal Democracy" and B) If that history created a state they recognize as a "Liberal Democracy". In the same way that "communists" (to paint with a broad brush) will accept historical examples of "authoritarianism" as preserving or installing "socialism". Obviously, the big difference here is how one arrives at either conclusion.
Basically, what Mark Twain is describing is the process of "Deprogramming", or the process of a true shift in his underlying world view, which he views and interprets reality through. This process isn't the culmination of "knowing a bunch of facts about history" as you point out. It is the ability to look at history, from a different perspective, from which new questions and understandings are drawn into "focus".
I believe that, for most people, they do not have a concrete "world view", or they do not understand this concept of "world view" and are not cognitive of its impacts on how they interoperate the world. Getting at the heart of "why" they believe what they believe, instead of getting mired in the mud of debunking or fact checking what they believe, is probably a better path to walk in these situations. The goal should be to draw the topic into focus, or to help them see it through a new lens.
And I say all this knowing that I'm not good at it, and if anything this is just a good reminder to myself (and others) to not get stuck in the mud.
Cool. So we detected bird flue in 5 minutes, then what? What comes after the detection? No one in the American administration, either Democrats or Republicans have the political will to utilize this device in a preventative way. Because as it stands, they're currently not doing any kind of prevention, they're not enforcing or mandarin protections for workers in these factories and farms.
This is coercion. The state can't provide adequate living conditions but can provide a swift death.
If only these two countries would be allowed to negotiate their peace without interfering.
Need advice: re: immigration
cross-posted from: https://hexbear.net/post/4575304
A friend of mine told me today that they forgot to update their social security status after naturalizing (US). I guts me to know how worried their family is about deportations. I don't have advice to give, so I wanted to ask the community here of you have any advice I could pass along.
Where did they say that?
Greek Workers Hold General Strike! Positive Leftist News Roundup, March 2025
It seems really cool, even if you don't intend to use it as part of Mothership. Just as a setting, it seems really really cool.
Why would the children need to beg?
This feels very relevant.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/dec/21/curtis-yarvin-trump
Yarvin suggests that a would-be American autocrat should campaign on and win an electoral mandate for an authoritarian program. They should purge the federal bureaucracy in a push Yarvin has anagrammatized as Rage (for “retire all government employees”).
They should simply ignore any court rulings that seek to constrain them. They should bring Congress to heel, in part by mobilizing their populist base against recalcitrant lawmakers. And liberal or mainstream media organizations and universities should be summarily closed.
Given the post-election period and Trump’s preparation for a return to the White House, Yarvin’s program seems less fanciful then it did in 2021, when he laid it out for Anton.
In the recording of that podcast, Yarvin offers a condensed presentation of his program which he has laid out on Substack and in other venues.
Midway through their conversation, Anton says to Yarvin, “You’re essentially advocating for someone to – age-old move – gain power lawfully through an election, and then exercise it unlawfully”, adding: “What do you think the actual chances of that happening are?”
Yarvin responded: “It wouldn’t be unlawful,” adding: “You’d simply declare a state of emergency in your inaugural address.”
Yarvin continued: “You’d actually have a mandate to do this. Where would that mandate come from? It would come from basically running on it, saying, ‘Hey, this is what we’re going to do.’”
I feel like they just launched their reasoning model too, incredible.
I think you mean, "UK's State Sponsored Media Outlet, The BBC".
Trump Tells Inner Circle That Musk Will Leave Soon
cross-posted from: https://hexbear.net/post/4501659
While we were disconnected I started a little project!
cross-posted from: https://hexbear.net/post/4489567
Hey! While we were separated, I was busy trying to find coding projects to get me more familiar with github and git. That turned into me creating Hexbear Code-Op. Feel free to comment in that thread with your own projects.
Then I got inspired and played around with A People's Calendar and eventually created A People's iCalendar. This was a fun project, and it got me looking closer at the events in aPC and thought it could benefit from some proofreading. So I created this thread to talk about it.
I even reached out via github to try and get more official collaboration with aPC. I'm still interested in that if anyone is in contact with the projects owner.
So I'm still thinking about building a cleaner, more consistent, and collaborative history data.
Let me know your thoughts!
While we were disconnected I started a little project!
cross-posted from: https://hexbear.net/post/4489567
Hey! While we were separated, I was busy trying to find coding projects to get me more familiar with github and git. That turned into me creating Hexbear Code-Op. Feel free to comment in that thread with your own projects.
Then I got inspired and played around with A People's Calendar and eventually created A People's iCalendar. This was a fun project, and it got me looking closer at the events in aPC and thought it could benefit from some proofreading. So I created this thread to talk about it.
I even reached out via github to try and get more official collaboration with aPC. I'm still interested in that if anyone is in contact with the projects owner.
So I'm still thinking about building a cleaner, more consistent, and collaborative history data.
Let me know your thoughts!
While we were disconnected I started a little project!
Hey! While we were separated, I was busy trying to find coding projects to get me more familiar with github and git. That turned into me creating Hexbear Code-Op. Feel free to comment in that thread with your own projects.
Then I got inspired and played around with A People's Calendar and eventually created A People's iCalendar. This was a fun project, and it got me looking closer at the events in aPC and thought it could benefit from some proofreading. So I created this thread to talk about it.
I even reached out via github to try and get more official collaboration with aPC. I'm still interested in that if anyone is in contact with the projects owner.
So I'm still thinking about building a cleaner, more consistent, and collaborative history data.
Let me know your thoughts!
My Userscript for the LemmyUI
A Userscript that adds some additional functionality to the LemmyUI. - GitHub - Hexbear-Code-Op/Reds-Lemmy-Tools: A Userscript that adds some additional functionality to the LemmyUI.
cross-posted from: https://hexbear.net/post/4486416
I've been slowing building a kind of "tool box" for myself using Tampermonkey, that makes the LemmyUI do some stuff I wanted. I finally have it in a stable place and wanted to share it with everyone. You can see the repo above, or read below.
Reds-Lemmy-Tools
This is a userscript that can be used with Tampermonkey or other userscript plugins.
Features
This small utility adds the following features to the LemmyUI.
- External Community Highlight
- URL post "Quick Search" button in post feed
- Auto-Closes the Subscribed Communities sidebar.
External Community Highlight
Posts in the feed that are made in a federated community will be highlighted. I implemented this so I could distinguish local posts from remote posts in the feed. See the screenshot below for an example of what this looks like.
Two recent polls have found that the largest share of Americans support fluoridation, but a sizable minority does not. Utah just became the first state to ban it.
Two recent polls have found that the largest share of Americans support fluoridation, but a sizable minority does not. Utah just became the first state to ban it.
I'm so glad we're connected again!
So many great posters and comms I've missed. Checking in from my Lemmygrad account wasn't the same, Hexbears algo is more aggressive with decaying posts and I've become used to it lol.
The next best thing to a Nausicaa RPG
Online tools for organizing locally?
cross-posted from: https://hexbear.net/post/3876283
I'm passing this question along, because I think we might have folks here who have some suggestions.
What tools or combination of tools are folks using to organize in your local area and beyond?
A relative of mine was asking me about software to replace the event/RSVP/page aspects of Facebook.
It almost sounds like he wants a locked down Lemmy instance or a combination of tools, but I'm not sure what the landscape is like out there.
Any input would be cool. I might link him to this post later if I get enough comments.
Online tools for organizing locally?
cross-posted from: https://hexbear.net/post/3876283
I'm passing this question along, because I think we might have folks here who have some suggestions.
What tools or combination of tools are folks using to organize in your local area and beyond?
A relative of mine was asking me about software to replace the event/RSVP/page aspects of Facebook.
It almost sounds like he wants a locked down Lemmy instance or a combination of tools, but I'm not sure what the landscape is like out there.
Any input would be cool. I might link him to this post later if I get enough comments.
Seven counties voted in favor of secession, and in six of those counties, more than 70% of voters were in favor of the measure.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/25967281
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.sdf.org/post/24857135
DVD/BluRay TV Series Episode Identification
This is something I'm running into currently. I was curious what automatic methods there are for IDing files and bulk renaming, organizing, and updating meta data existed.
I have reasonable collection of movies and TV shows to archive.
Research AI model unexpectedly modified its own code to extend runtime
Facing time constraints, Sakana's "AI Scientist" attempted to change limits placed by researchers.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/20929554
Facing time constraints, Sakana's "AI Scientist" attempted to change limits placed by researchers.
Disney argues it was legal to kill a doctor because she had a Disney+ trial once
Disney has asked a Florida court to dismiss a wrongful death lawsuit filed earlier this year regarding a woman who passed away due to anaphylaxis after a meal at Disney Springs, citing an arbitration waiver in the terms and conditions for Disney+. Disney Springs Wrongful Death Lawsuit Update
I know, AI Slop, but something about this slop has me interested.
Like, this highly tailored aesthetic is really interesting. The cohesive nature of the places being created, and the visuals that feel of the past but also unachievable by the era. Like, yeah, this guy typed a bunch of words into a text prompt, but its a highly curated visual style. Could this have been created without AI? Yeah totally. I think the weirdness of AI adds to the surrealist nature of it all. IDK.
I'm very conflicted about AI. Our neoliberal capitalist system is highly incompatible with it. Its potential is squandered by capitalism's constraints. Its built on other peoples labor, it runs in conflict with intellectual property rights. Its requirements for massive datasets ensures the infringement on those rights. The grievances are real and valid. The contradictions are leading to the collapse of companies like OpenAI, and yet it thrives in the open source community. Its environmental impacts are likely worse then the crypo industry.
Yet I can't help but see stuff like thi
The ‘Unsettling,’ Nearly Normalized Surveillance Tech Monitoring the U.S.-Mexico Border
“At any given moment, there is something or someone watching you,” sociologist Francisco Lara-García tells The Markup
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/20660586
“At any given moment, there is something or someone watching you,” sociologist Francisco Lara-García tells The Markup
Reddit: 500 communists marching in Philadelphia yesterday
View on Redlib, an alternative private front-end to Reddit.
cross-posted from: https://hexbear.net/post/3100074
What do we know about this group?