kennethb

Lowie, 1 year ago to random

Can all of Americans get together on a class action lawsuit against the NRA and Republicans for emotional trauma and holding the nation hostage on current gun laws?

Not really asking for a friend. Asking for everyone 😢

#VoteBlue
#GunReform
#StopTheSlaughter

ChrisMayLA6, 1 year ago to random

Looks like the #AntiMonarchist demonstrators were subject to a classic bait & switch operation today - they were reassured through detailed meetings with the #Police, led to believe there was a way that they could exercise their right to protest, only then to be arrested when they did... so much for #democracy - another step down a road we're constantly told is merely scaremongering.... its almost entrapment

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/may/06/head-of-uks-leading-anti-monarchy-group-arrested-at-coronation-protest

andrewstroehlein, 1 year ago to random

⚠️ People have a right to protest.

⚠️ People have a right to express their opinion.

Arrests for peacefully protesting the coronation & saying #NotMyKing?

Appalling.

“It’s something you would expect to see in Moscow not London.” - Yasmine Ahmed, HRW

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-65507435.amp

neil, 1 year ago to random

"Prince Harry leaves alone after attending Coronation"

Was he hoping to pull?!

(https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-65507002)

jon, 1 year ago to random

Here’s today’s #CrossBorderRail Day 04 thread

Today it’s only by bike to these borders!

🚲 Alstätte (DE) – Broekheurne (NL) – dismantled line
🚲 Gronau (DE) – Glane (NL) – dismantled line
🚲 Bad Bentheim (DE) – Gronau (DE) – extension of line from Coevorden (NL)
🚲 Gronau (DE) – Enschede (NL) – active line with passenger traffic

Here’s the video!
https://urbanists.video/w/tYvi7faQM2nXTeEe8y65Qm

lauren, 1 year ago to random

Anyone who wants to run for president should be automatically disqualified from running.

kennethb, 1 year ago to random

SecurityWriter, 1 year ago to random

I’ve argued this for a while, but it didn’t really sink in until I saw what I just saw. We’re fast approaching a rather scary tipping point in international politics.

FUD++

So for a very long time, fakes and disinformation were a natural - if icky - part of politicking.

Several machine-assisted technologies are fast converging into one enormous propaganda tool. Deepfakes getting more convincing, vocal synthesis has almost reached the threshold, search results, and ML/LLM assisted propagandAds are about to cross the Rubicon.

Green_Footballs, 1 year ago to random

It isn’t a “starship,” and it will never be a “starship.” Starships travel between stars, they aren’t half-assed exploding penis proxies.

realSiegfried, 1 year ago to random

@kennethb @breadandcircuses of course ev will be a huge improvement. But they are not the solution. We need better mobility with way less cars.