Why is the progress pride flag so poorly designed (especially the intersex progress pride flag)? Will it be redesigned?
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US for all it's shitty things, is still, in my opinion, a far safer choice for world than the cool trio Russia, North Korea and Iran
As I said: "that's an easy position to hold when you're on the side with all the nukes..."
I'm just trying to warn you that defending such a system only leads to more contradictions, which require more violence to subdue, which in turn creates even more contradictions, which repeats until it collapses under it's own weight.
Fair, the whole point of attacking Iran was because of Europe having a diverging stance on Palestine than Israel so we agree on that - but now that Israel has bombed Iran - all of Europe is rallying behind them and the genocide in Gaza has fallen to the wayside.
Obviously I'm not saying that killing civilians (both scientists and casualties caught in the cross-fire on either side) is equivalent to the annihilation of a state. I'm saying that by manufacturing consent for the "war on terror" the G7 is exposing itself as the unfair political partner it has always been which only fuels more resentment on the side of BRICS, which will only further escalate the conflict until another full out war erupts (like what's happening in Ukraine)
So I'm arguing that we should discourage unprovoked attacks by allies of the G7 on the grounds that those are unproductive to peacekeeping.
And if you're claiming that "Everyone's in agreement about the fact that Iran should not have nukes." but "Blowing up nuclear sites and some scientists" is "hardly a war" - then you're either saying BRICS can do the same and should expect no repercussions or you're saying that they should expect repercussions and therefore attacks and escalations against the G7 are justified as well.
I feel we may not be understanding each other so I'll present my argument and you present yours?
My point is: The G7's hypocritical application of international law and use of violence and coercion to maintain dominance is exactly what drives countries to join BRICS as an alternative, making Western actions counterproductive to their own stated goals of democracy, peace and stability - which results in further conflict and loss of life across the globe.
Again, the UK (MI6 on behalf of British Petroleum) were one of the key players in carrying out the coup against Mosaddegh and despite the whole Brexit thing the UK is still very much part of Europe.
Western Europe is quite obviously against everything that's currently happening.
Also this^ is obviously nonsensical when we're commenting under a post about how the major European powers are 100% backing Israel and condemning Iran in an escalation that was started by Israel - which part of this looks to you like Europe is against what's happening?
As for the alliance between Iran and Russia - yeah it sucks - I'd much rather them be aligned with us but I can't blame them when they've been historically exploited by the west so they turn to the enemy of my enemy as their friend.
Maybe if western proxy states (Israel) were to stop bombing them under the pretext of Iran being months away from nuclear weapons for the past 30 years it would be possible to have more civil relations and be less aligned with Russia.
Now you may think it's too late for that - which I understand - but then you must also recognize that at that point you're calling for the military annihilation of either side - which is an easy position to hold when you're on the side with all the nukes...
I've heard the R standing for Regressive since there's nothing rad about being a bigot
btw thanks to the herculean effort by a whole load of amazing star wars fans - anyone can watch Hope, Empire and Return as fantastic 4K scans of the original 35mm reels - which is as close to what the article is describing as you can get for now (tho they're working on a 70mm 6K scan as we speak..) - downloading it is unsurprisingly a pain but nothing a few minutes of web search can't solve
on the actual content - I'm not really sure what people are so upset about? I've only seen 4K77 but honestly I was quite amazed at how good it looked for one of the earliest sci-fi films (still think space odyssey takes the cake but that's a very high bar) - sure some of the effects were a bit comical (the death star explosion in particular) but after having seen the tweaked and overly polished releases so many times - it was really refreshing to see the film looking gritty and raw? don't know exactly how to describe it but it just felt more grounded and believable (also the ingenuity of practical effects (like the mirror hovercraft) and the painstaking effort of manually rotoscoping the lightsabers frame by frame 🥹))
anyways I'd totally recommend anyone see them (if you have the ~100GB of disk space per film to spare...)
the amount of butthurt g*mers losing their shit over nexus banning a mod that whitewashed the only black character in BG3 (created by someone with this username
) is just peak comedyIdk this has similar energy to "If conservatives hate foreigners and progressives see through the bullshit PR - why shouldn't Shein just continue using child slaves?"
“I killed him laughing,” she said. “Oh, well. I’ll piss on his grave.”
“I did spit on him because he called me a f—-t,” Cruz’s confession reads. “I called him a dirty monkey. You said hurtful words, so I said hurtful words to you.”
As their dispute escalated, Cruz claimed that Hodges struck her three times before she pulled a knife and stabbed him in self-defense, according to court documents. “I told him, ‘You come to me and I’ll kill you,'” Cruz told investigators. “No motherf—-rs are going to put their hands on me no more.”
Hodges, who lived in the Bronx, reacted to the stabbing with astonishment, saying, “You really stabbed me?” to which Cruz replied, “Yes I did,” court documents state.
“I got in between them — twice,” said Janet Rich, who was in the deli buying coffee when the fight broke out. “There was another woman with dreadlocks [who] said, ‘Don’t do this. You have a good job. Let this go.’”
It's interesting to see how women generally react using reasoning and deescalation - which is commendable - but also knowing crime statistics against women maybe it wouldn't be the worst thing if men feared that assaulting a woman could end up getting you stabbed.
Too bad she seem quite evil with the whole "killing him laughing" thing - but I'm sure this isn't going to get twisted into all trans women are dangerous criminals and should be locked up in men's prisons...
“‘Female’ and ‘woman’ mean an individual whose biological reproductive system is developed to produce ova,” the text of the bill continues, adding “‘Male’ and ‘man’ mean an individual whose biological reproductive system is developed to fertilize the ova of a female.”
I mean what are people apart from ova producing and fertilizing machines - I'm sure this will solve all your underpopulation fears...
“There are legitimate reasons to distinguish between the sexes with respect to athletics, prisons and other correctional facilities, domestic violence shelters, rape crisis centers, locker rooms, restrooms, and other areas where biology, safety, or privacy are implicated,” the bill reads.
Genuine gestapo shit - what's next ID facial recognition when you go to a public bathroom?
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Ok, let me propose a theory:
- We know that Netanyahu deliberately supported Hamas funding to prevent Palestinian unity and block a two-state solution
- We know that defense stocks jumped after October 7 - Lockheed Martin bounced over 12% and raked in profits from the $17.9 billion in military aid flowing to Israel, and the $61 billion for Ukraine
- We know that all major powers had big problems in 2023: Netanyahu had 38% approval and 76% wanted him to resign, Putin was stuck in Ukraine, Biden faced declining ratings
- We know that Netanyahu's coalition would have lost 11 seats in September 2023 polls and hundreds of thousands were protesting his judicial reforms
In this context the timing was perfect for everyone's domestic problems. Israel's massive protests vanished overnight. US defense spending got bipartisan support for the first time in years. Every incumbent got their foreign crisis distraction while defense contractors cashed in.
The world's eyes switched from Ukraine, domestic failures, and economic problems to picking sides in Gaza. Defense budgets exploded, energy markets destabilized profitably, and populations rallied around their governments while ignoring corruption at home.
And that totally is the playbook of disaster capitalism. Don't be a useful idiot for the war profiteers. Demand your government oppose blank-check military spending, and support peace negotiations over arms deals.
I hadn't noticed how pro-cop some feddit.org users are but a cursory glance at people taking police reporting at face value and then openly defending cops punching people in the face with "it's out of context" reasoning is just surreal.
It reeks to me of living in a bubble your whole life and never having experienced police repression - so your only response is "it can't be the police, they've never done anything against me, it must be the protestors that are wrong"
Usually I'm one that hates leftist infighting but defacto trying to suppress a genocide because the "law says so" is rather weak. Still I totally understand wanting to protect yourself from repression but surely if you cared about both justice and your well being you would just hand over the community to someone else? Unless of course you actually agree with the "law"...
ah yes the classic "you made me repeatedly punch you in the face because I was afraid in my full body riot armor" - good to know the brave solders defending a genocide have loyal supporters on lemmy as well 🫶
btw the top 10% is 800 million people so if you're from the west you're more than likely part of that figure.
doesn't mean it's your fault but if you're not actively doing something to prevent it then you are part of the problem..
Ugh - why does renewable energy have to be such a politicized issue - the article begins by stating that the president absolutely denied it was due to renewables - only to spend the rest of the article exploring how to handle renewable overproduction so it doesn't cause grid instability
like can we not tackle infrastructural problems without them turning into a shit flinging contest - people are afraid to say that renewables have any downsides because the fossil fuel industry spends so much on propaganda to politicize energy production - like we're supposed to argue that unless renewables are flawless there's no point in even trying
how did we go from reasonable discussions on how to most effectively solve problems (ie climate change) to making sure you don't rustle oil barron's jimmies so they don't oust you out of government?
I'm just hoping people start waking up to how ridiculous this narrative is..
"Oh you want clean air and a stable environment for you children? Have you considered changing nothing and hoping it works out?"
(ps nuclear is cool but wouldn't have solved the issue of overproduction)
Surely no conflict of interest from a blog that sells a Bluesky powertool...
Also did the Turkish government hack Bluesky's email systems and send people emails notifying them their accounts were restricted in Turkiey or is this also "Bluesky not cooperating with Erdogan the way other platforms have."?
meh I honestly kind of like it - I especially think the intersex symbol ties it together really well