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Pons_Aelius, 9 months ago to world in Japanese ministers eat Fukushima fish to show it's safe after nuclear plant wastewater is discharged

I am so tired of hearing about this.

If the media did one tenth the pearl clutching concern for the shit that is actually destroying the environment, the dumping of gigatons of co2 into the atmosphere every fucking year, we may have done something about it.

Pons_Aelius, 9 months ago to privacy in Not that you guys need the reminder, but your work sees all your browser history and you may not even be able to delete it if you wanted to

Never do anything on work machines/networks you don't want to have to explain to hr/legal.

Pons_Aelius, 7 months ago to news in Washington state Sen. Jeff Wilson arrested at Hong Kong airport over gun in bag

he passed through security at the airport in Portland, Oregon, where it was not detected by baggage screeners.

Tonight on TSA's security theatre

Pons_Aelius, 9 months ago to technology in SanDisk's Name is Now Mud

Just an FYI on Sandisk.

They were acquired by Western Digital in 2016.

So this bullshit falls as much at WD's feet as it does their wholly owned subsidiary, Sandisk.

Pons_Aelius, 4 months ago to technology in YouTube is slowing down for users with ad blockers in new wave

A new wave of slowdowns is hitting users, with the only resolutions being disabling the ad blocker or upgrading to premium.

Or just switching to ublock origin.

Or just switching to newpipe.

Or just switching to freetube.

etc

etc

etc

Pons_Aelius, 9 months ago to news in Rudy Giuliani, who pioneered the use of RICO when he was a US attorney, just got indicted on RICO charges

If Giuliani had retired from public life in the years after 9/11 he would have had a positive entry in the history of the USA.

Now?

Well...

Pons_Aelius, 9 months ago to snoocalypse in What the hell is going on with Reddit astroturfing?

I think I found the cause of the issue.

You are still visiting reddit.com

Stop that and this will all be sorted.

Pons_Aelius, 9 months ago to technology in SanDisk's Name is Now Mud

50% percent off a product that is almost guaranteed to lead to complete data loss?

By Grabthar's Hammer, what a savings!

Pons_Aelius, 7 months ago to news in 104-year-old Chicago woman dies days after making a skydive that could put her in the record books

It sounds like Dorothy lived life on her terms, right to the end.

Respect.

Pons_Aelius, 6 months ago to politics in Muslim Americans in swing states launch anti-Biden campaign

We hope that shooting ourselves in the foot today will allow us to run faster in the years to come...

Expecting either US political party to drop its support for Israel is a fool's game.

Pons_Aelius, 6 months ago (edited 6 months ago) to technology in Right-wing influencers pledge to bail out Elon Musk after Apple, Disney, others suspend advertising on X

Apple spent ~100 M per year on adds on twitter prior to the EM buyout.

There is no way in hell these grifters will do anything but talk big. The money will never come.

Pons_Aelius, 7 months ago to memes in Shit would have gone down differently on the biggest continent, just sayin'.

Not only is he alive, he is not even in prison and is looking to run again...

Pons_Aelius, 7 months ago (edited 7 months ago) to technology in Musk considers removing X platform from Europe over EU law - Insider

Join the EU.

Or pass their Digital Services Act and GDPR Laws in the USA.

Sadly, for the USA, each option is about as likely as the other.

Pons_Aelius, 9 months ago to politics in Trump made a mockery of American democracy. Why are Americans shrugging this off? | BY THE MIAMI HERALD EDITORIAL BOARD

Personal Opinion:

The USA is one of the countries where religion intersects very strongly with politics. His diehard supporters have elevated their support to a level of worship.

Anything he says is true and correct because He said it.

Anything he does is right and proper because He can do no wrong.

Pons_Aelius, 10 months ago to news in In Tuesday's special election, Ohioans overwhelmingly voted against requiring a supermajority to amend their state constitution

If I read this correctly, a supermajority of voters decided that a supermajority should not be required to amend the constitution.

Sounds like a win to me.