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Host of https://culturewar.radio. An open conversation about the news and views that capture our attention every week. Taking calls live on Sundays at 9pm Central.

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QasimRashid, to random
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If the US saw lack of ICC jurisdiction as a valid defense that exempts Israel from ICC prosecution, then US would not have welcomed ICC arrest warrants for Putin—who also rejects ICC jurisdiction. But instead the US happily welcomed ICC warrants against Putin, and stands by those warrants to this day.

International rules based order mandates consistency in law and the application of law—for opponents & allies alike. That's how justice is supposed to work.

QasimRashid, (edited ) to random
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BREAKING: ICC Prosecutor Karim Khan announces he is seeking arrest warrants for Hamas leadership Yahya Sinwar, Mohammed Deif, & Ismail Haniyeh, and Israeli leadership PM Benjamin Netanyahu & Defense Minister Yoav Gallant.

Both parties are charged with multiple specific war crimes. Both parties must stand trial. No one is above the law as this is how we protect international rules based order. Posting a detailed analysis soon.

oneunderscore__, to random

https://www.theonion.com/iranian-president-stoned-to-death-with-mountain-1851488487

joeinwynnewood, to random
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I would replace "caused" with "greatly contributed to", but otherwise I think this is correct.

cindyweinstein, to ai

w7voa, to random
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WikiLeaks' founder Julian Assange's battle to avoid extradition to the US receives a huge boost with London's High Court ruling that Americans assurances over his case are unsatisfactory and he’ll get a full appeal hearing. https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/wikileaks-julian-assange-given-permission-appeal-against-us-extradition-2024-05-20/

louisffourie, to random
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It was because he wanted there to be conspirators. It was much better to imagine men in some smoky room somewhere, made mad and cynical by privilege and power, plotting over the brandy. You had to cling to this sort of image, because if you didn't then you might have to face the fact that bad things happened because ordinary people, the kind who brushed the dog and told their children bedtime stories, were capable of then going out and doing horrible things to other ordinary people. It was so much easier to blame it on Them. It was bleakly depressing to think that They were Us. If it was Them, then nothing was anyone's fault. If it was Us, then what did that make Me? After all, I'm one of Us. I must be. I've certainly never thought of myself as one of Them. We're always one of Us. It's Them that do the bad things.

  • Terry Pratchett, Jingo
ryno, to random
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Re-Grilling https://rynothebearded.com/2024/05/re-grilling/

Gargron, to random
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Back home after a very busy week in San Francisco. I spoke with @caseynewton, @mmasnick, @harrymccracken, @laurengoode, @chrismessina, @Markoff and so many others. In an age where the old web is gradually getting killed off by AI, there is still hope for the future in the shape of the fediverse.

shoq, to random
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For all that it did right, Mastodon made a massive unforced error not realizing that the key to social media propagation was keeping journalists happy. Instead, it alienated 90% of them with grievances and brow beatings about how they were pesky interlopers. BlueSky and Threads merely had to toss them a handful of candy, and promise them others, and it was like flipping a switch that sucked them out of here like runaway ShopVac. But I am convinced that many can be brought back.

ryan, to random
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Q: Define Irony
A:

RickiTarr, to random
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Saw this in the bathroom of the Queer Friendly Coffee House:

blogdiva, to random
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you're not an American-living-abroad. you're a migrant. an American migrant. same with the UK. fuck with that expat bullshit. you're a migrant.

matrix, to random
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The http://matrix.org homeserver has been struggling with load over the last 24h (thanks perhaps to Slack for driving users our way: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/05/slack-defends-default-opt-in-for-ai-training-on-chats-amid-user-outrage/) - we're working on fixing performance. Folks on other homeservers are of course unaffected. Apologies for the inconvenience. https://status.matrix.org is tracking the incident.

josh, to Matrix
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You know who will never mine your private communications to train an LLM?

Better yet, you know whose words you don't need to trust, because you aren't obligated to use any particular server? And the software is open source? And regularly audited by security researchers?

Matrix.

It's not perfect, but no tool is. It's a matter of what trade offs you're willing to accept. Just sayin' ¯_(ツ)_/¯

josh,
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PS. If Matrix is good enough for the United Nations, the French civil service, the German healthcare system, and a ton of FOSS projects, it's probably good enough for your community or company, too.

ryno, to modeltrains
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top 10! tracks at http://stream.ryno.cc/oo #1: Dance for the Dying - Echo 2023 top 10 https://danceforthedying.bandcamp.com/track/echo-2023

ryno, to modeltrains
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top 10! tracks at http://stream.ryno.cc/oo #2: Louis Lingg and the Bombs - Manspreading on the Metro top 10 https://louislinggandthebombs.bandcamp.com/track/manspreading-on-the-metro-2

ryno, to modeltrains
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top 10! tracks at http://stream.ryno.cc/oo #3: Louis Lingg and the Bombs - A white noise howl top 10 https://louislinggandthebombs.bandcamp.com/album/can-you-hear-the-uproar

ryno, to modeltrains
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top 10! tracks at http://stream.ryno.cc/oo #4: Carsie Blanton - Hope top 10 https://carsieblanton.bandcamp.com/track/hope

ryno, to modeltrains
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top 10! tracks at http://stream.ryno.cc/oo #5: Peach Lane - You Love Me I Hate Me top 10 https://peachlane.bandcamp.com/track/you-love-me-i-hate-me

ryno, to modeltrains
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top 10! tracks at http://stream.ryno.cc/oo #6: The Fucked Up Beat - Schizophrenic Wolf (0.9417) top 10 https://thefuckedupbeat.bandcamp.com/track/schizophrenic-wolf-09417

ryno, to modeltrains
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top 10! tracks at http://stream.ryno.cc/oo #7: DeemZoo & Martins Garden - Kaleidoscopia top 10 https://somatoast.bandcamp.com/track/kaleidoscopia

ryno, to modeltrains
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top 10! tracks at http://stream.ryno.cc/oo #8: Carsie Blanton - My Good Friends top 10 https://carsieblanton.bandcamp.com/track/my-good-friends

ryno, to modeltrains
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top 10! tracks at http://stream.ryno.cc/oo #9: The Absurd - Told Ya So top 10 https://theabsurd.bandcamp.com/track/told-ya-so

ryno, to modeltrains
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top 10! tracks at http://stream.ryno.cc/oo : Aries Death Cult - How to Have a Mental Breakdown on Mars top 10 https://ariesdeathcult.bandcamp.com/track/how-to-have-a-mental-breakdown-on-mars

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