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free palestine 🇵🇸

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@blu3ntv @featherleafern wait you’re on to something

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the mist is my favorite area in silksong

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@mouvement33 @DeuceCabooseSki damn nicole you ripped him to shreds let’s fuckin go

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@MaryPovich @satsyd_finsun beautiful implication here. these small homonculi were birthed by aerosmith and will grow up into identical full-size aerosmiths. aerosmith persists through asexual reproduction… how many generations of the band deep are we? why is nobody talking about this

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@teswoketoi @siddiebop saw a hijabi girlie in seattle who was absolutely glittering under the streetlights, it was like her hijab was inlaid with diamonds I swear to god it was the most spectacular look

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@979macarrao is that fucking tommyinnit

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@nxd1979 these kinds of warnings do feel unserious, but there’s real danger in its influence on us. if AI (or power using AI) wanted to start a war, it’s feasible that it could manipulate/disseminate info to achieve that. we are not often wise creatures and we make stupid decisions

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@kalebjackson00 love the gasp of excitement every time u like a card, that’s spectacular

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@979macarrao beautiful thing is that you can do this

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@FearInherent this vid does not provide proof of that tho

sure, there is poverty in china. and in the US. and every other country in the world

point remains: this framing does not provide proof + relies on biases + functions as propaganda — it is not good critique !!

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“living on $290/month”/ “one of the lowest shares of GDP” aren’t inherently bad, they’re being framed as such w/o evidence of impact

all states have some level of debt, I’d rather overspend on infrastructure than war

propaganda + media literacy are ever-relevant

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Hasan Piker loves China. Its economic system remains a minor gap in his expertise.

From our new members-only episode with Frank Dikötter, one of the preeminent historians of modern China.

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@FearInherent under a different econ/politic system, social programs, cultural makeup — would it be unlivable? I am not sure!

but they make the claim, they gotta prove it — this vid relies on expectations + biases to fill in the gaps

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@FearInherent fair criticism, didn’t word my point well

video invokes “poor standard of living” but assumes “standard of living always tied to income” — not inherently true

in the US $290/mo is unliveable. they don’t provide evidence that same is true in China — burden of proof is on them

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@agnostic_joe I really hope so! would love to see that kind of change implemented + I think majority of people would want it too. but our govt is one where interests of billionaires + businesses are priority — massive hurdle in the way of positive change

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@urbrayfriend lucky …

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@979macarrao pink diamond abandoning her spaceship in the desert:

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@979macarrao for some reason my first suggestion is always bird watching. or a run club, a writing/reading group, somethin along those lines

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@979macarrao I get that. find the friends who will gaf n form those connections, perhap