Trump […] smartphone that remains undelivered, sparking outrage

Mundus vult decipi, ergo decipiatur

Seriously, this is hilarious.

what exactly is their rationale here? “lets be a tiny country, that will make us real independent and free and totally not a plaything next to the big ol’ US of A”

(inb4 “Alberta not tiny”: by population, yes. 4M people is tiny)

One worships God (imaginary person), the other worships a human (real person).

inb4 “but Jesus was a man” yes. But he’s dead, and whatever remains is not “real” anymore

The difference is that in Stalin’s purges, the purgees were bodily harmed.

The effect on the state and its functionality is the same: anyone deemed threatening is removed from power, and the replacements are not chosen for their competence.

The very thing that the crusade against DEI was (ostensibly) meant to prevent. Again: every accusation is a confession.

not yet is not nyet

Scientology is not a religion

hey no kink shaming.

I don’t see why the victim’s name gets publicized while the asshole gets a freepass in their actions.

because she cant object /s

Yeah sure. Feel connected to the clone of a person no one feels connected to IRL . How is that supposed to work?

so… bullshitting as usual.

Nazis say Nazi shit, news at eleven

The way bombings of fossil fuel infrastructure are going, Trump seems to be intent on outdoing the Ukrainians re: climate protection

still going to sue the mountain for negligence

falling off a mountain is also very safe until the moment you hit some rock

no-one desires to die.

Maybe do it with “fear of dying” instead?

• fear high, likelihood high: biking
• fear high, likelihood low: flying
• fear low, likelihood low: train
• fear low, likelihood high: driving

guys, it still counts as philantropy if i just love myself, right? guys?

Reminder that fascism is dangerous for everyone, including fascists.

China is a country where people just vanish. You’ve got no protections against the state. There is no free press. I don’t see how the same Chinese state will have any qualms about using their power in the same way in foreign countries too, if they can afford it.

Yes, the US has acted ruthlessly. But at least at the very least those crimes can be - have been! - made public.

Imagine US foreign policy, but add a healthy dose of we’ll-vanish-everyone-who-even-talks-about-it. The prospect scares me.

Then maybe the West shouldn’t have spent 50 years selling the PRC the rope they’re using to hang them with.

Yeah, thats… kinda unfortunate. Everywhere, anything resembling longterm strategic planning went out the window with the fall of the USSR. With the possible exception of France.

This is China’s nightmare

Forget everything else, this is the essence of it.

The one thing you want even less than the Near East dominated by US oil interests is a Near East dominated by the Chinese.