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trabex

@trabex@newsie.social

Freelance Journalist working for Manchester Ink Link and Associated Press in New Hampshire. Opinions my own. She/her.

Find me here:
https://manchesterinklink.com/?s=Winter+Trabex

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trabex, to random
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Wherever I find right-wing violence, I find journalists getting attacked. Their hatred of journalism stems from a hatred of facts; they prefer information come from authority than reporting.

If they had their way, journalism as a profession would be gone except for the propagandists who lie on their behalf. (which is not journalism anyway)

StillIRise1963, to random
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The fact that this presidential immunity question is being discussed in SCOTUS makes this nation look like the land of morons. Seriously.🙄

trabex,
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@StillIRise1963

The Supreme Court is no longer a legitimate institution.

thevglibrary, to gaming
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The series is still sitting in my backlog. 😅

Released in 2000 exclusively in Japan, this comprehensive "World Guidance" art book covers everything you'd want to know about 📚

👉 https://www.thevideogamelibrary.org/book/grandia-ii-world-guidance

trabex,
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@thevglibrary

I have Grandia III on my PS3 as a digital download (9.99). It's pretty good. Has a lot of unique ideas.

trabex, to random
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@pluralistic

After reading Chokepoint Capitalism, Red Team Blues, and The Bezzle, I went to the library and found Attack Surface there. So that's my next read. :)

Hopefully you have dozens more books published I can go through, because they're all so interesting.

stevesilberman, to random
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As a lifelong, passionate @nytimes reader and occasional writer, it's dizzying how consistently awful and irresponsible its headlines, subheds, ledes, and spin about Biden and Trump have been. I honestly feel nausea and vertigo seeing headlines and subheds like this.

trabex,
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@stevesilberman

When the NYT starting publishing anti-trans nonsense in their opinion column, I was done.

slcw, to random
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There's something seriously wrong with these lunatics. Nothing will ever be enough for them when it comes to imposing oppressive, draconian laws related to . They'll just continue going further and further for as long as they're allowed. The only answer is to stop them now. Opposition to is pure insanity, and out of touch with the views of the vast majority of Americans. And they know this, which is why they also oppose .

https://boingboing.net/2024/04/05/daily-wire-host-calls-for-life-in-prison-at-least-for-parents-who-choose-surrogacy-video.html

trabex,
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@slcw

Another problem this article reveals: today's right-wing movement sees prison as a place to throw one's enemies into regardless of whether they committed a crime or not.

In other words, they want to turn prisons into concentration camps.

trabex,
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@slcw

I had in mind Lucius Cornelius Sulla, dictator of Rome. But Putin is probably a more apt comparison.

Theblueone, (edited ) to random
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I’m 56 years old. Which means I’m about to endure my fourth cycle of twenty-something year old dudes discovering the weight room and Ayn Rand shit like they’ve just unlocked Enlightenment itself and by god I’m fucking so tired of it. And now they have podcasts.

trabex,
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@Theblueone

Adherents to Ayn Rand don't seem to understand that Howard Roark was a terrible person.

dgoldsmith, to random
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I keep seeing the news about lunar time presented as “the Moon is getting its own time zone." What's actually happening is the Moon is getting its own time standard. The problem being solved is that time passes slightly more quickly on the Moon compared to Earth (due to General Relativity) and so the Moon needs its own time standard for precise measurements and navigation. UTC is the time standard for measuring time on Earth, and LTC is being created for the Moon.

trabex,
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@dgoldsmith

Wait, time passes more quickly on the moon? How does that work? Is it something influenced by planetary gravity?

ProPublica, to random
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ProPublica is looking for 5 newsrooms to join our Local Reporting Network!

These newsrooms will be part of our new 50 State Initiative, a commitment to supporting journalism throughout the US by 2029.

Open to all newsrooms.

Deadline to apply: May 1

Details here:

https://www.propublica.org/how-to-apply/local-reporting-network/

trabex,
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@ProPublica

I'm in New Hampshire. Hoping to join. We'll see. :)

anildash, to random
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This is a milestone for the open web. https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/2/24119353/joe-biden-threads-mastodon-activitypub-fediverse

trabex,
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@anildash

Infuriating. Why did he choose threads? Does he not have any understanding of how social media works, at all?

morgfair, to random
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https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/31/opinion/trump-fundraising.html

trabex,
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@morgfair

I'd like to read this, but would prefer not to sign in. Is there a workaround?

trabex, to random
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@pluralistic

I finished reading the Bezzle this morning! Ah, it's so good.

But it ended too soon! I wanted Marty to go to the blankets and kick the crap out of Junior in a court hearing, or something.

The whole thing was a bit sad. There really is no way the justice system can touch rich people. That's how it felt.

mike, to random
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I hear a lot of voices complain about gov't regulation saying it stifles a "Free Market", when a lot of times regulation is trying to ensure a fair market with adequate competitive forces. I'm thinking some of those voices want freedom to rig markets as opposed to actual free markets.

trabex,
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@mike

These people don't actually understand how markets work.

In order to have a contract become enforceable between two parties, you need a third party arbitration mechanism. Then, in order for the arbitrator to not be bought off/corrupt, they need to be accountable before the public.

Any way to put it: reducing or eliminating government involvement in market activity just leads to higher prevalance of scam and fraud (ie, crypto)

therobburgessshow, to random
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Neat point, person who does not follow me and disagrees with something I said. Please tell my block button all about it.

trabex,
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@therobburgessshow

Now that you mention it, I really like this place because I'm not blocking five or six accounts a day for being obvious trolls or bigoted hobgoblins.

TheConversationUS, to baseball
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“The state of scouting today is a mixed bag.

Some teams seem to be prioritizing analytics. But other organizations – like the Texas Rangers – have actually added scouts to their payrolls since 2019.

When the Rangers won the World Series in 2023, baseball scouts around the league rejoiced: The team’s success confirmed that an emphasis on personal touch and people could still pay off.”

But other teams have slashed their scouting staffs.

https://theconversation.com/for-over-a-century-baseballs-scouts-have-been-the-backbone-of-americas-pastime-do-they-have-a-future-226379

trabex,
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@TheConversationUS

I once got a peek into the Detroit Tigers front office. It was overloaded with bureaucrats and paper-pushers, people who probably did stuff they thought was important but whose job probably wasn't necessary.

For reference: the Tigers have had historically bad offensive production for years now, which included signing veterans into long contracts, and then continuing to play those veterans even after they washed up in the middle of their terms.

TheConversationUS, to USpolitics
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Unsurprisingly, voters with more sexist attitudes were more likely to support Trump over Haley.

https://theconversation.com/yes-sexism-among-republican-voters-helped-sink-nikki-haleys-presidential-campaign-225434

trabex,
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@TheConversationUS

Man, I am super not surprised. Misogyny among conservative voters is really strong.

futurebird, to random
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Interesting. Can anyone test if this is a fluke.

The other day I was complaining about youTube shorts until @mcc reminded me that I could replace

/shorts/

with

/watch?v=

and avoid it on my own videos. Since then I have uploaded videos and only ever looked at or shared the "/watch?v=" links. Now all of a sudden it's not forcing my short videos to be shorts anymore. It's just putting them in the normal list!

Like they noticed the other links were not being used? A glimmer of hope?

trabex,
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@futurebird @mcc

mmmm, I really wish we had a good alternative to youtube.

LeftistLawyer, to Economics
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Who thinks that when the economy seriously goes upside down and their assets are worth less than their debts on the assets(which it will soon enough due to Energy cost of Energy and no good oil replacement), people are just going to watch as the bank takes their homes from them?

Hmmm? Would you just watch yourself get put on the street?

There's a reason it's called the "thin blue line." It's fucking thin.

Perhaps we should start calling all us proles the

trabex,
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@LeftistLawyer

Sounds like what happened during the Great Depression and Dust Bowl days. We don't need more Joad family trips out to pick oranges.

trabex,
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@LeftistLawyer

I'm no expert in economics, but a system that threatens to collapse every decade or so can't survive forever.

trabex,
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@Spud_Coolzip @LeftistLawyer

We already have digital feudalism. That is, the owners of large digital spaces don't do any work themselves, but sit back and let others do the work for them. They don't make things; they steal or buy ideas from others. They don't innovate; they worsen existing services.

They are no better than traditional landlords, except that the rent you pay is most often in the form of subscription fees or subjection to advertisement.

Serfdom is already here.

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    @jeff @Gargron

    I am so tired of seeing this man exist. I am tired of Republicans trying to crush journalism.

    I'm just tired of all of it.

    QasimRashid, to random
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    Orgs demanding Israel stop its illegal blockade of Gaza:
    •UN
    •OxFam
    •UNICEF
    •B'Tselem
    •Red Cross
    •Amnesty Int'l
    •Refugees Int'l
    •Save The Children
    •Humanity First Int'l
    •World Food Program
    •Human Rights Watch
    •Doctors Without Borders
    •World Health Organization

    Israel and the United States should listen, and demand upholding international human rights law as Article 55 of the Fourth Geneva Convention requires, and immediately provide all necessary aid to 2 million starving Palestinians. Period.

    trabex,
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    @QasimRashid

    It's sad to think the Geneva convention came about because American politicians at the time thought a war of aggression shouldn't be tolerated, especially against civilians.

    Now here we are in yet another ethnic-based genocide, just the same as always.

    It really feels like America has more power to kill people than to save them.

    pluralistic, to nyc
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    Rat tales

    trabex,
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    @pluralistic

    I like Ducktales better. Such a catchy theme song.

    RememberUsAlways, (edited ) to movies
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    "A joint USA-Soviet expedition is sent to Jupiter to learn exactly what happened to the "Discovery" and its H.A.L. 9000 computer."

    More relevant now than at release, I recall seeing 2010 in the theater as a boy. Ahead of it's time, the story holds many lessons for the issues facing humanity today. A great cast with an average script, worth a revisit.




    https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0086837/

    trabex, (edited )
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    @RememberUsAlways

    This movie is based on a novel by Arthur C. Clarke of the same name. He also wrote 2061 and 3001, neither of which were made into films.

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