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Vance: ‘Laura Loomer is not affiliated with the Trump campaign’
  • You've misunderstood my concern.

    I despise Trump and this vapid weirdo.

    I suspect that if a MAGA idiot was posting in this way users would be quick to point out that it's not appropriate for a news community.

    That said, I don't want to make a big deal out of it. Do what you like.

  • Vance: ‘Laura Loomer is not affiliated with the Trump campaign’
  • I hate trump as much as the next guy but I have to wonder whether it's appropriate to editorialise posts like this?

    Like linking to an article, and then providing a rebuttal in the post body. I mean it's funny as hell in this case, but would it be more appropriate as a comment?

    Mad respect to flyingsquid, prolific poster, commenter, and active mod. No rules being broken of course. I'm just concerned it might not be the right practice for a news community.

    If it were a conservative perspective with MAGA editorial I sure wouldn't appreciate it.

  • Data center emissions likely 662% higher than big tech claims. Can it keep up the ruse?
  • These are certificates that a company purchases to show it is buying renewable energy-generated electricity to match a portion of its electricity consumption – the catch, though, is that the renewable energy in question doesn’t need to be consumed by a company’s facilities. Rather, the site of production can be anywhere from one town over to an ocean away.

    If I understand this correctly, a tech firm with a data centre in Melbourne could buy RECs from Helsinki, pocket the certificate, and on-sell the energy to someone who needed it in Helsinki without the certificate?

  • China rams Philippine ship while 60 Minutes on board; South China Sea tensions could draw U.S. in
  • Ok kiddo, I'm just gonna tell you the brutal truth.

    Everyone likes the cheap stuff China makes, but we're not comfortable with how they run things, so every time we're reminded that they're going to be the dominant global super power by 2100 we freak out a bit.

    Conversely, Muslims killing Muslims in a country that doesn't make anything we want isn't that important.

    I'm not saying this is how things ought to be, but it is how things are.

  • When and why did democrats begin supporting fracking?
  • Any commentary I've heard is talking about Pennsylvania. It's critically important to a win, and fracking is critically important to voters there.

    That said, can't it be both?

    I'm sure both campaigns have accepted donations from loads of shady industries. Crypto is a salient example.

    Money wins elections, and the race being as close as it is I don't care where the dems are getting their money from.

    I find myself saying this a lot, but if the left was going to win a convincing victory, they would have some scope for more progressive policy. There isn't any room, and they don't have that mandate.

  • Do you ever get frustrated at your own creation?
  • I've never queried my parents intentions or motivations.

    They weren't great parents nor were they terrible. I think they did their best given their resources, knowledge, and societal norms.

    I have however managed various mental health issues most of my adult life, and I know that most issues which make me miserable, would not make me miserable if I were not already miserable. For example, when I'm stressed and miserable I tend to get fixated on things happening at work and stress about them a lot more than is really warranted.

    I can't say I can relate to how OP feels, but I feel as though, if my dad told me I was an accident and unwanted or whatever that might change how I feel about him, but it wouldn't really change how I feel about me.

    For any person alive today, if you followed your ancestry back even just a handful of generations I'm sure there are unwanted pregnancies.

  • How to Promote Phishing and Scam Awareness

    Just wondered how others promote threat awareness for friends, family, co-workers, and clients.

    Every few weeks I email a half dozen employees & family members explaining one or other phishing attempt I've seen, just to keep it in peoples minds.

    I heard someone else talking about a kind of email pen-testing service you can sign up for and they send scammy emails to see if the recipient falls for it. Seems like a great idea but only viable for me if it's very cheap.

    I could link to something on privacyguides.org in my email footer but I think that's just virtue signalling more than anything actually useful.

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