“Police were quoted as saying “she had it coming, that mouthy *****r” before promising that they would end her family line generation by generation while she watches, cold and broken, from her holding cell. Several severed thumbs were reportedly discovered at her bedside in a punisher tote bag. Upon review, police declared that no department regulations were violated.”
Illinois has awarded a more than $4 billion prison medical care contract to the same company it’s used for three decades, despite multimillion-dollar lawsuits against the firm and statewide complaints alleging substandard care....
That private prisons have contracts stipulating a minimum number of prisoners with long-term guarantees is dystopian on its own. Every bit past that is a shit cherry on top. The incestuous relationship between government and private industry exists because regulatory capture is ridiculously difficult to frugally undo once contracts are in place. How no one has tracked down the ceos of Corrections Corp of America et al., I honestly don’t know. There’s a very small, specific, actionable set of people making the world worse.
Politics is similar to the ecological structure and development of a forest. You begin with grasses which shield fledgling shrubs from the elements. The shrubs eventually push out the grass and make way for trees that push out the shrubs and then trees that push out the earlier trees. Then fire and flooding that brings you back to step 2.5. Focus on trees after you slit the stem of every single shrub and hope fire doesn’t set you back after.
In a vacuum, absolutely. With human meddling inadvertently causing hotter, longer, broader, and more frequent fires, natural fires can cause a full or partial reset more frequently. Except in aus. Eucalyptus is future-proof. Just like politics, ecology finds people are the problem.
Reminds me of a conversation I had a decade ago about “reverse rape.” It’s just rape. Academic study of racism hasn’t made “power+prejudice” the de facto definition and, as a result, it’s ostensibly racist to say “white western take.” I say this, once again, while agreeing with you.
Option c seems far and away the best. The reason I browse certain communities over others comes down to admin moderation. Certain instances have stricter admin control and seek to influence political dialogue one way or another. I just don’t want to get banned again for posting the word “tankie” when it’s entirely relevant to the discussion at hand.
Moderation federation is very spotty and always has been. I’ve cumulatively spent a few hours checking and it’s consistently inconsistent. Not to mention the fact that the referenced post was made after a user tried to make .world their personal drama blog using several accounts. This and the other post strike me as faux indignation.
“Son, I’m profoundly disappointed. I raised you not to stoop to such awful perversion. You’ve managed to ignore the rule of thirds and even moved the focus from your eyes. Hand me the camera so we can do this right.”
Not sure if you’re aware of what happened to .world for a few months. If you decide to ascribe any political philosophy or moderation ethics to sublinks, it may be worth checking out the attack vectors used over there. Optimizing sql lookups extendedly occupied the .world admins so you’re already a bit ahead of the curve there.
If you’re already used to running an assortment of privacy-oriented additions on another browser, librewolf breaks in familiar ways… but it still breaks.
Seems you’re getting frustrated by folks misunderstanding. I think it comes down to the oversimplification of a bar graph. Gotta offer data visualization that says what you mean it to. The bar graph says brave>tor. It’s probably best to avoid the bar graph or accept that people will misunderstand it. I’m a fan of privacytests. It’s a great starting point.
A pirated car would just be a more free way to access the $10k/yr pay wall you live your life behind. Car-dominant infrastructure is vendor lock in....
The issue is similar to android. There’s factually a vulnerability but getting support after “rooting” can be difficult. If you’re looking to ”root” your car, picking a popular model or checking forums for info is a decent idea.
A major revenue stream for the auto companies is deliciously geolocated marketing data. I’m scared that the advertising fat cap will eventually become a sizable portion of their revenue stream and thus their intended use case. Like giant rolling smart tvs.
As always, it’s hard to determine what is AI and what is a filter. The guy whose entire face was edited to be flat and tilted 10 degrees toward the camera got me. That said, 8/10. The first two clued me into what the author was going for and I got the rest right.
Whip It (mander.xyz)
Alameda Deputies Beat, Choked and Slammed Woman Who Was Handcuffed to Hospital Bed, Lawsuit and Video Show (www.newsbreak.com)
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Ok, is this the best one yet? How do we top this? (startrek.website)
Republican candidate Nikki Haley was targeted in second swatting attempt (www.reuters.com)
A private prison health care company accused of substandard care is awarded new contract in Illinois (apnews.com)
Illinois has awarded a more than $4 billion prison medical care contract to the same company it’s used for three decades, despite multimillion-dollar lawsuits against the firm and statewide complaints alleging substandard care....
Protest Convoy Headed to Southern Border in Texas Is Calling Itself an ‘Army of God’ (www.vice.com)
Democrats Vote Down Trans Refuge Bill In Maine After Right-Wing Attacks (www.erininthemorning.com)
Lemmy Needs to Fix Its Community Separation Problem (popcar.bearblog.dev)
I made a blog post on my biggest issue in Lemmy and the proposed solutions for it. Any thoughts on this would be appreciated.
teachers onlyfans... what do? (lemmy.zip)
Lemmy.World Bots and the Fediverse's Leniency towards Licking Boots
I am curious what can be done about the Lemmy.World era of botting corpo comments to protect their investments?...
Are ya winning, son? (lemmy.world)
Announcement of Sublinks (discuss.online)
cross-posted from: discuss.online/post/4522403...
X is left with advertisers pushing dubious cryptocurrency and AI 'undressing' apps, users say after Musk's outburst (www.businessinsider.com)
X users are complaining about an influx of low-quality ads promoting crypto scams and AI “undressing” apps....
Web browser privacy score - lower is better (lemmy.world)
Based on privacytests.org...
Yes... pirated cars will definitely fix the problem (slrpnk.net)
A pirated car would just be a more free way to access the $10k/yr pay wall you live your life behind. Car-dominant infrastructure is vendor lock in....
20 January 2024 (sh.itjust.works)
Test Yourself: Which Faces Were Made by A.I.? (www.nytimes.com)