Anonymous_Leaker@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-23 days agoTIL That the government's mass surveillance programs operating under Section 215 of the Patriot Act, have never stopped an act of terrorism.www.aclu.orgexternal-linkmessage-square257fedilinkarrow-up11.23Karrow-down117file-text
arrow-up11.21Karrow-down1external-linkTIL That the government's mass surveillance programs operating under Section 215 of the Patriot Act, have never stopped an act of terrorism.www.aclu.orgAnonymous_Leaker@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-23 days agomessage-square257fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarearctanthrope@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down3·2 days agowhat is this even supposed to mean? “the gap between the Battle of Hastings and the completion of the Bayeux Tapestry is likely a few years apart. I highly doubt the government of England has changed since then”
minus-squarearctanthrope@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agook since it makes sense to everyone else, someone explain it to me event happens time passes (pt. 1) record is made detailing the event and its effects time passes (pt. 2) present how does merely the length of time period 1 determine which events occur in time period 2? how does publishing an article saying that something has not happened yet prevent that thing from happening after the article is published?
what is this even supposed to mean?
“the gap between the Battle of Hastings and the completion of the Bayeux Tapestry is likely a few years apart. I highly doubt the government of England has changed since then”
ok since it makes sense to everyone else, someone explain it to me
how does merely the length of time period 1 determine which events occur in time period 2?
how does publishing an article saying that something has not happened yet prevent that thing from happening after the article is published?