https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashura_protests
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_Iranian_presidential_election_protests
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Mahsa_Amini
Why would you say something so easily proven false? This is even ignoring the protests earlier this year.
Stopped going there when they were on the extreme wrong side of a local labor dispute. Get fucked Chipotle.
There is now exactly one good thing about Tennessee, two if you can separate the beautiful landscape from the people.
If you aren’t American: Depicted are American civil war reenactors with the flag of the Confederacy which seceded from the Union of the United States in the 19th century due to built up tensions regarding slavery. The Confederacy were ultimately fighting to keep slavery as a government institution.
The target of the joke are tankies (described briskly above), which we will see on Lemmy, often see any action taken against the US or the EU (the West) as praiseworthy, blatantly disregarding or downplaying equivalent or worse actions from non-western nations.
The subversion of expectation here is that a tankie would see the pro-slavery Confederacy as praiseworthy because they’re fighting the US government, despite the Confederacy’s blatantly immoral cause.
Caveat - I say this with bias as someone explicitly against authoritarian bootlickers, like tankies.
Doomerism: These disphits should have never supported him in the first place.
Hoperism: Time’s arrow marches ever forward and here’s hoping this lesson stick with Americans and brings about meaningful change.
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Reads article -
Initial reaction: Doomerism
Subsequent reaction after some thought and soul-searching: Hoperism
You have more faith in Kentucky than it deserves.
This comment contexualizes Meta‘s propaganda about AI, which the article doesn’t do. Mentioning Meta‘s AI blitz along with the secretive nature of this would have strengthened the article IMO.
Appreciated.
The article clearly says very little, except this:
But what Meta did with all this data is unclear.
No shit Zuck doesn’t deserve the benefit of the doubt. The point is this article says very little and reads like a Fox News quality fear piece. Futurism is better than that.
This seems like it’s Meta testing the boundaries of contemporary chatbots so they can refine their stuff so they don’t continually get sued. Given the absurdness of modernity, where people are using these bots in-lieu of other social interactions, this seems like a worthwhile stress test. Assuming they share the findings and don’t sell them which is likely asking too much of a corp.
This article, and especially the headline, seems like it’s fearmongering without substance. It’s like the headlines from anti-science tabloids describing an research article in the most biased terms possible. Thus, this article leaves a bad taste in my mouth.
Am I missing something?
Edit: related article(https://www.engadget.com/2209332/meta-is-facing-1-4-trillion-in-state-lawsuits-over-social-media-addiction/)
NPR just ran an article about the consequences of PEPFAR aid reduction in Zambia, and it’s heartbreaking.
https://www.npr.org/2026/06/18/g-s1-128583/hiv-orphans-child-headed-family
All Republicans should be tried for crimes against humanity.
Another reason to discredit Southern Baptists
The final statement about “God” putting someone in to help them has got to be the dumbest cope I’ve ever seen. Truly gives the word “hope” a bad name.
They have multiple options presented to them and are too stupid to try something else, despite seeing direct effects of nearly unilateral decisions Trump’s made that fuck them over.
These are the type of people that will reject a state certified doctor because “God” will provide a healer for them, completely missing the irony.
Trump abandoned a legitimate Kurdish military force to the dipshit Turks during his first term. I agree with you that anyone talking about the Kurds fighting in any meaningful capacity in this conflict is delusional.
China does get oil from Iran, but IIRC it looks like they’re shoring up their oil shipments. Countries downstream of China seem to be getting hit harder e.g. Australia. China / Russia doesn’t want a pro-US coup to take over, but the IRG seems to be surprisingly resilient and I think they’ll view small shipments of support as sufficient for now, while they gain the PR win.
I don’t think Europe cares to make another antiproliferation or oil treaty if Israeli hostilities continue for they have no forceful leverage to stop the US or the rabid dog that is Israel’s right wing government.
IMO, China has no interest in helping their geopolitical rivals out of this mess, and Russia likely benefits from the US being engaged in another prolonged, dipshit war.
The EU helped Obama negotiate the nuclear antiproliferation treaty that Trump trashed during his first term, and Iran would look for a stronger deal from them because of that.
Pakistan doesn’t want further conflict on its borders, and will likely push for peace talks, but have very little to give in negotiations.
All other powers benefit more from sitting and watching this play out, blaming the higher inflation and fuels costs, rightfully, on the US and Israel.
The US needs to concede or force regime change for this to end anytime soon.
Clearly, but the upfront cost of an EV is out of the question for me atm.
*cries sitting in my 15 year-old car
I now see that you were making an ironic statement, but due to the anonymity of the internet you often cannot tell who’s being serious, disingenuous, or joking.
I thought it best to point out the very real problems of Iran that Trump has only made worse.
You also caught me after arguing with .ml fools so the snarkiness was high that day.