ploot

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[–] ploot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 28 points 3 months ago

Clearly it's time to deport the majority of Americans to foreign prisons.

[–] ploot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 3 months ago (3 children)

There's always a problem proposing that social media companies be held legally responsible for the content their users create. If they can get sued for anything anyone says in a post, it could become impossible for anyone to run a social media site or even a web forum.

[–] ploot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Its a question of the process and the criteria. I'm a Canadian citizen. I want to know that citizenship is a status I hold securely, not something the government can revoke if I do something they don't like. There would have to be a rigorous process for it. But it would be better, I think, to deal with citizens under Canadian law and not to consider undoing their citizenship. Any power to remove it is ripe for abuse and a likely slippery slope.

[–] ploot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Your criteria exclude much that is useful. For example, scientific studies that confirm theoretical predictions or replicate previous results, which are both essential to good science. Your emphasis seems to be entirely on challenging established understandings and institutions and shaking things up, but if that's the only thing you respect as not "drivel", you just end up pushing contrarianism. Sometimes it's valuable to agree, or to come to consensus. Sometimes it's valuable to delve into the subtleties of an existing way of understanding the world. Sometimes it's valuable to explore how others already understand the world, while keeping quiet and not asserting anything of your own until you are well steeped in it. Not everything needs to be shaken up or disrupted all the time - to look only for this is the unwisdom of hubristic tech bros and conspiracists.

[–] ploot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Yes, "reduce, reuse, recycle" in that order. It is better to sell or give away an old PC instead of just sending it for recycling or even landfill.

[–] ploot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

The Linux experience has changed quite a lot over the years. You're unlikely to have trouble getting your computer to work with it now.

[–] ploot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 3 months ago

You'll be more vulnerable to malware because it won't be patched against newly discovered exploits.

[–] ploot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 3 months ago (3 children)

You can't generalize about public transport across the whole of the USA. It's very variable between different cities, and some have pretty good systems.

[–] ploot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 points 3 months ago

They have played us for absolute fools.

[–] ploot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 3 months ago

The problem is that, as people say, the people who are rich enough never lose. They can parse any situation into greater wealth. It's us little people who always lose.

[–] ploot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 46 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (4 children)

As I stated during my Joint Address to the Congress last month, my message to every American child is simple: you are perfect exactly the way God made you,” reads Trump’s statement.

The implication is that God didn't make anyone gay, trans, non-binary, etc., and if any minor claims to be naturally the way they feel they are, MAGA fascists will step in to correct them with God on their side. They will tell themselves they're doing a good thing. That's how the original Nazis lived with working in concentration camps committing mass murder too, and like MAGA fascists they also considered themselves good Christians.

[–] ploot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 19 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

They expect single Americans everywhere to be celibate. Except themselves, because that's different.

 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/27313127

Summary

Chief Justice John Roberts is facing the consequences of the Supreme Court's broad immunity grant to Trump, as the Trump defies judicial orders and undermines the legal system.

In a controversial move, Trump deported Venezuelan immigrants to an El Salvador prison, disregarding a federal judge’s order and claiming immunity under foreign affairs powers.

Roberts issued a rare statement defending judicial independence.

Trump’s efforts to impeach the judge and challenge legal accountability reflect an erosion of democratic norms, prompting urgent concerns over constitutional crises and the rule of law.

 

cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/58822116

These guys are more predictable than a clock.

 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.sdf.org/post/31245664

Last week’s executive order targeting Perkins Coie represented an unprecedented abuse of executive power to punish lawyers for representing political opponents. The court’s swift rejection made clear just how far beyond constitutional bounds Trump had stepped. But rather than accept those bounds, Trump has decided to test just how many law firms he can threaten before someone stops him.

Good times.

 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/26997259

Summary

"American Pie" actress Jasmine Mooney, a Canadian citizen, was detained by ICE while attempting to renew her work visa at the U.S.-Mexico border on March 3.

She described the experience as a "deeply disturbing psychological experiment," including sleeping on a mat with "aluminum foil wrapped over my body like a dead body," being transported in chains, and receiving inedible food.

Officials allegedly told her she was "unprofessional because I didn't have a proper letterhead" on her paperwork.

After her release, Mooney credited media attention and her support network for securing her freedom.

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