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  1. Comment on Saudi Arabia is ready to take back Yemen. Can it be done? in ~society

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    Back and forth between Houthis and Saudi/Pakistani forces. Looks like the Saudis made headway from the south of Yemen up to Mokha and the Houthis took control back after the video was posted. I...

    Back and forth between Houthis and Saudi/Pakistani forces. Looks like the Saudis made headway from the south of Yemen up to Mokha and the Houthis took control back after the video was posted. I really wonder how this eventually impacts Pakistani forces and readiness for other conflicts.

    2 votes

  3. Comment on The fine dining flip in ~food

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    You'd know when you get the 4-5 amazing courses followed by the surprise bill at the end. I planned on taking the wife this year once I get an expected bonus payout that I've been waiting for,...

    You'd know when you get the 4-5 amazing courses followed by the surprise bill at the end. I planned on taking the wife this year once I get an expected bonus payout that I've been waiting for, though I'm trying to keep things somewhat reasonable.

    8 votes

  4. Comment on South Korea vs Uzbekistan (2-0) conversation in ~sports.football

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    I don’t follow them but my neighbors do and they were trashing the last coach in the world cup so guess they were part of the toxic fan base lol

    I don’t follow them but my neighbors do and they were trashing the last coach in the world cup so guess they were part of the toxic fan base lol

    2 votes

  5. Comment on Protests spread across France, growing from school demonstrations (gifted link) in ~society

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    Pulling on the heart strings for the 16 nuns and ignoring the hundreds of thousands (possibly over a million) who died in preventable famines in the years prior to the revolution says a lot about...

    Pulling on the heart strings for the 16 nuns and ignoring the hundreds of thousands (possibly over a million) who died in preventable famines in the years prior to the revolution says a lot about what you value.

    The revolution removed heavy taxes and unfair dues paid to rich lords, applied laws equally to all citizens instead of giving privileges to the nobility and the church, allowed regular people the right to own land and eat better food, and created a clear system of laws across the country. If you keep pushing inequality on people, they will eventually push back. If a man sees his child starve or goes homeless, it would be hard for him to care about 16 nuns. Or maybe all those peasants should've become nuns in order to convince you of their suffering.

    12 votes

  6. Comment on Protests spread across France, growing from school demonstrations (gifted link) in ~society

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    Yeah sorry I think there's something going on with the gift links

    Yeah sorry I think there's something going on with the gift links

    1 vote

  7. Comment on Protests spread across France, growing from school demonstrations (gifted link) in ~society

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    Brief summary:

    Brief summary:

    Demonstrations swept across France on Tuesday as union activists rallied in solidarity with high school students who have spent two weeks blockading their schools over understaffing, overcrowded classrooms and dilapidated buildings.
    Roughly 6,000 people have been arrested since the protests began and about 300 high school students and school staff have been injured, as well as more than 700 police officers.
    Among the injured was a 15-year-old boy whose left hand was mutilated during unrest on Monday in northern France by what the interior minister, Laurent Nuñez, said was possibly a stun grenade. In southern France, a 15-year-old was arrested after he aimed a makeshift flamethrower, formed from a spray container, at a health care assistant during a protest in Marseille, according to the local prosecutor.
    The demonstrations have also heightened scrutiny of a far-left party, France Unbowed, whose leader, Jean-Luc Mélenchon, could make the runoff in next year’s presidential election, according to recent polling. Centrist government officials and far-right leaders have accused France Unbowed, which backs the protesters, of fomenting the violence — an accusation it denies.
    The students’ complaints include frustration at a state-run website that students must use to apply for higher education programs. The site, called Parcoursup, has been called opaque and impersonal, in part because it has left tens of thousands of applicants waiting for months before learning if they have earned a place.
    Many university students have joined the movement, and several trade unions have also expressed support, calling on their members to join protests on Tuesday.
    “Today’s high school and college students are tomorrow’s workers; they should not have to pay the price for austerity policies,” the C.G.T., one of the country’s main workers’ unions, said in a statement.
    The protests come amid efforts by the French government to pass a new budget that would reduce spending on parts of France’s welfare system. The push to save money has been compounded by the rising interest payments that France must now make to its creditors, payments that are now almost as high as during the post-2008 financial crisis.

    7 votes

  9. Comment on Why do we find Tildes (and Lobsters) more interesting than the alternatives? in ~tech

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    yeah I know, I actually only mention reddit because it used to be the better social media site. I won't even start on the xenophobic stuff I see on twitter, fb, and IG.

    yeah I know, I actually only mention reddit because it used to be the better social media site. I won't even start on the xenophobic stuff I see on twitter, fb, and IG.

  10. Comment on "What do we do with Jacob Geller?" (Self admitted sexual assault, removed from Nebula streaming) in ~tech

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    I definitely interpreted his comment the way you did and it absolutely did come off as sympathy for the perpetrator and disregard for the victim. Not to mention he said he didn’t know the guy and...

    I definitely interpreted his comment the way you did and it absolutely did come off as sympathy for the perpetrator and disregard for the victim. Not to mention he said he didn’t know the guy and didn’t know the definition of sexual assault (which he could’ve looked up for North Carolina) yet he chose to have a strong opinion on the matter

    7 votes

  11. Comment on ‘Digger’ majorly bombs with $8 million opening weekend, ‘Verity’ scores $32 million debut in ~movies

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    He started a LONG time ago, back when the industry HAD to plant actors. He's been around forever, his performances have been very charismatic, his characters are iconic, and his movies are mostly...

    He started a LONG time ago, back when the industry HAD to plant actors. He's been around forever, his performances have been very charismatic, his characters are iconic, and his movies are mostly entertaining. A lot of people I know don't care for his outside antics but enjoy his movies. He does a lot of his own stunts, he gets caught waving to people in public when he's filming, and we still have fond memories of his past movies. He's no Christian Bale, he's no Jackie Chan, he's no Arnold, but he's a bit of all of those wrapped up into one.

    3 votes

  12. Comment on ‘Digger’ majorly bombs with $8 million opening weekend, ‘Verity’ scores $32 million debut in ~movies

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    "Last movie star" Meanwhile Robert Pattinson is a major reason in actually getting me to go see Primetime later this week.

    "Last movie star"
    Meanwhile Robert Pattinson is a major reason in actually getting me to go see Primetime later this week.

    7 votes

  13. Comment on US closely monitoring case of lab worker who ‘possibly’ died of plague in Siberia, says Marco Rubio in ~health

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    Of all things for the Russian dictatorship to do, I really hope they have this all under control. We'll have to wait and see if this spreads elsewhere, though who knows how honest the Russian...

    “There are no obvious changes to daily life on the streets, but people are worried and anxious. Locals are angry that they are not being told anything,” said Elena Trifonova, a journalist with People of Baikal, an exiled Russian media outlet specialising in Siberia.
    Patients at Irkutsk city clinical hospital No 1 and the Ivano-Matreninskaya children’s hospital said relatives were not being allowed to visit and people inside were not permitted to leave.

    Of all things for the Russian dictatorship to do, I really hope they have this all under control. We'll have to wait and see if this spreads elsewhere, though who knows how honest the Russian media and government will be about it.

    9 votes

  15. Comment on US Secretary of State Marco Rubio set to travel to Iceland – will meet with officials in Reykjavík to discuss economic and security collaboration in ~society

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    The real magic is the detail at the end of the article. So Greece now has a vested interest in keeping the current war going and keeping the current regime in the U.S. in power. Good on Gregory...

    After Iceland, Rubio continues to Athens to participate in a "strategic dialogue" with NATO member Greece on regional and energy security, the State Department said.
    The wars in Iran and Ukraine have laid bare the fragility of energy supply chains, and Greece is positioning itself to become a key hub in southeastern Europe for natural gas transport.
    The visit follows media reports about possible conflicts of interest involving the US ambassador to Greece, Kimberly Guilfoyle, a former fiancée of Donald Trump Jr. and ex-wife of California Governor Gavin Newsom.
    In a letter addressed to Rubio, Congressman Gregory Meeks sought clarification of a Wall Street Journal report alleging she had stated the United States could create "political change" in European countries.

    The real magic is the detail at the end of the article. So Greece now has a vested interest in keeping the current war going and keeping the current regime in the U.S. in power. Good on Gregory Meeks for continuing to call out their corruption but it's so futile to even point it out again at this point.

    2 votes

  16. Comment on US-Denmark-Greenland security deal: The dramatic and strange negotiation process in ~society

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    Very mask off about Fox News here. Once again in any negotiation between this administration and anyone else, I'm inclined to believe everyone else and not the administration.

    Very mask off about Fox News here. Once again in any negotiation between this administration and anyone else, I'm inclined to believe everyone else and not the administration.

    12 votes

  17. Comment on Why do we find Tildes (and Lobsters) more interesting than the alternatives? in ~tech

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    When things are text-centric it filters out people who don't like reading or doing research. So you take out all those uneducated and ignorant people and you have a good base for discussion....

    When things are text-centric it filters out people who don't like reading or doing research. So you take out all those uneducated and ignorant people and you have a good base for discussion. Reddit was good for a while, but I think troll farms and bots caught on so they started targeting reddit accordingly and generating toxic comments, division, polarization, and propaganda in text form. This site has the added filter of users having to request an account, so there's more of a chance that someone has to be a real person on here. You see it in how the content is completely different, this is real people posting things that interest them and I'm not being targeted with things like immigrant crime headlines.

    3 votes

  18. Comment on Why do we find Tildes (and Lobsters) more interesting than the alternatives? in ~tech

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    Do you know where they've gone? I haven't noticed horrible comments yet but I keep hearing about them and I'd like to just go to where the decent conversation and people are

    Do you know where they've gone? I haven't noticed horrible comments yet but I keep hearing about them and I'd like to just go to where the decent conversation and people are

    3 votes

  19. Comment on Why do we find Tildes (and Lobsters) more interesting than the alternatives? in ~tech

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    If trolling or bad faith arguments are bad on here, reddit is hell right now. There is a TON of not even veiled racism and sexism on there right now, especially surrounding immigration

    If trolling or bad faith arguments are bad on here, reddit is hell right now. There is a TON of not even veiled racism and sexism on there right now, especially surrounding immigration

    2 votes

  20. Comment on Why do we find Tildes (and Lobsters) more interesting than the alternatives? in ~tech

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    I've said it on here before, but those comments and the random negative and stupid stuff to me seems like it has to be bots or troll farms. Whether it's Russia, Israel, any other nation, or some...

    I've said it on here before, but those comments and the random negative and stupid stuff to me seems like it has to be bots or troll farms. Whether it's Russia, Israel, any other nation, or some PR firm in the U.S. (or the U.S. government) trying to do some propaganda it just feels like you're not talking to a real person. I also feel like there's some age or education gap going on with the interactions on there, people definitely feel "dumber" even for reddit

    5 votes