Thanks, I’ll check it out.

Is there anything else that has smooth installation, vanilla GNOME, and a good balance of stability and updates? I stopped distro hopping after I found Fedora because it was perfect for me

The only reason the US is doing this is to try to get ahead of China and Russia’s own space programs, and eventually annex and weaponize the moon against them. Opposing the US space program is valid Revolutionary Defeatism, imo.

Securing major trade routes in preparation for an effective blockade of China. They want unilateral control of the Strait of Hormuz in order to specifically ban China from using it. It goes beyond Iran’s own energy supplies, because the other Gulf countries supply much more to China than Iran does.

It’s also why there is a focus on the Panama Canal, Greenland, Israel’s “Somaliland” base, etc.

I think websites are starting to copy Apple’s “liquid glass” style for buttons and stuff, but in the most half-assed way. Bevels and gradients are so back!

And the first one is a blurb from a bloodwork report where they explain the ranges. I don’t think labs have access to your full medical history.

Hugo Chávez was injected with a weaponized cancer-causing virus by the CIA. Just look at everything else that has happened to Venezuela since then. They are ruthless.

Some of the more grounded PLA watchers are dunking on the idea that this means China will give Iran J-20’s.

But I don’t know… this seems like a pretty deliberate signal. And China does have new 6th-gen fighters coming to preserve a decisive technological edge for themselves. I think people underestimate how geopolitically important Iran is to China. Of course, it would take at least a few years to set up exports and train pilots.

In terms of propaganda, don’t underestimate the power of simply mentioning an obscure place in pop culture. It’s like product placement.

First Greenland movie was apparently made during Trump’s first presidency. Neill Blomkamp (semi-based anti-Trump radlib) was set to direct it but he left the project with no reason given. The final director, Ric Roman Waugh, apparently does other US propaganda movies (Angel Has Fallen, Kandahar).

I haven’t actually seen any of these movies, but I wouldn’t rule out long-con psyop on this one.

Red herring maybe. My understanding is that there was nothing truly groundbreaking there, so they may have done it on purpose to devalue the other redactions.

Tea in a Soviet podstakannik

Got into it myself recently. Smoke coming out of the chimney when you have a fire going inside was also

They beat you over the head with the metaphor multiple times in the show. The main character has conversations with the hivemind ripped straight from AI chatbot logs.

What I’m getting from it so far is mostly “AI bad.” One could argue that AI is a proxy for collectivism in the twisted mind of a liberal, but I don’t know.

I feel like the show could easily veer in another direction to make a larger point. Or not.

It’s perfectly watchable slop either way

The Biden EPA attempted to discredit the author of one study that identified Pfas in pesticides, and the agency appeared to have lied about whether some of the chemicals are in pesticides.

Very cool

I got rid of Steam just recently

I’ve been pivoting to (community-run) FOSS to avoid big tech secretly stealing all my data for their AI, and it felt really gross keeping a billionaire-owned proprietary blob running in my system tray 24/7.

Pluribus is definitely about AI. The ending of tonight’s episode really beats you over the head with it, lmao.

If you keep electing people who call themselves democratic socialists (not Obama obviously), eventually you will get a Hugo Chávez.

Umpteenth playthrough of original RE4, professional difficulty, with the unofficial HD remaster this time. Such a good game for spooky season. Immaculate fall vibes

I’m on stage 5-1 now I think. Decided to stick with the Punisher this time instead of following the Red 9 meta.