fuckcars Fuck Cars [meme] Las Vegas Loop -- expectations vs reality
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    golamas1999
    1 year ago 100%

    Near me they built a pedestrian friendly trendy gentrified plaza. I looked on google maps. The parking lot is 5 times the size of the plaza.

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  • world World News Japan to release water from Fukushima nuclear plant starting Aug. 24
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    golamas1999
    1 year ago 30%

    If they still have power plants then maybe this water is okay to cool down the rods as it is already radioactive.

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  • politics politics All removed from Tennessee House subcommittee after paper sign debacle
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    golamas1999
    1 year ago 100%

    What would happen if they had the paper but also had guns. Or black people with guns? Or socialists with guns?

    How would their opinions change?

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  • aufmuepfig Aufmüpfig Two sides of a same coin [crosspost]
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    golamas1999
    1 year ago 100%

    Social Democracy is objectively better than the US system. But it still is within a capitalist framework where the exploitation is exported to some other country.

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  • atheism Atheism Glad they have their priorities straight
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    news News US citizens urged to leave Belarus immediately
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    golamas1999
    1 year ago 16%

    Call for diplomacy. It can be both that the Russians illegally invaded Ukraine to rebuild the former Empire. It can also be that the US is in this to make profit for the military industrial complex and to sell natural gas to Western Europe to expand the empire.

    After the fall of the Soviet Union the US made treaties with Russia that stated NATO will not pass reunified Germany. Now NATO is on Russia’s border. We store nukes several hindered miles from Moscow. Imagine how the US would react with Russian nukes on this side of the world. Say 90 miles off the coast of Florida.

    The Cold War is over. NATO should be gone.

    I am not a Russian apologist or a tankie. I am pro peace. I am a U.S. citizen. I love my country. I believe we should not be a nation above nations but rather a nation among nations. Just remember the people in the media talking about freedom are the same fuckers who got US into Iraq and Afghanistan. Lindsey Graham put it best.

    “I like the path we're on. With American weapons and money, Ukraine will fight Russia to the last Ukrainian.”

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  • technology Technology Tesla knew Autopilot caused death, but didn't fix it
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    news News Ohio teen dubbed 'hell on wheels' after killing her boyfriend and his friend in a crash is sentenced to 15 years to life
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    golamas1999
    1 year ago 100%

    Just remember Ethan Couch in 2013 diagnosed with Afluenza, A condition where someone is too rich to understand the consequences of their actions.

    He was 16. He and a bunch of friends went to Walmart. They stole beer and drove drunk. He killed 4 people on the side of the road. A passenger in his car suffered brain damage and was paralyzed.

    This kid was sentenced with a 10 year parole. He violated that parole by going to a party to drink. He and his mom fled to Mexico to avoid punishment. He was captured and then given a 720 day sentence in prison.

    He murdered 4 people and paralyzed one of his friends. He got parole. Violated parole. Fled the country. And then was given 2 years in prison.

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  • world World News Russian soldier admits proudly his comrades were killing POWs
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    golamas1999
    1 year ago 100%

    1917 the US and other Allies tried to intervene in the Russian Civil War on the side of the White Army.

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  • lemmyshitpost Lemmy Shitpost Absolutely nothing of note happened in China in June 1989, right?
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    technology Technology Tech's broken promises: Streaming is now just as expensive and confusing as cable. Ubers cost as much as taxis. And the cloud is no longer cheap
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    golamas1999
    1 year ago 90%

    The business practices of Uber and Netflix are also unethical but in a different way. Uber pays basically nothing. Netflix as well as streaming pays very little to actors/writers/film crew.

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  • politics Politics AOC leads call for federal ethics investigation into Clarence Thomas
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    technology Technology Elon Musk admits X 'may fail, as so many have predicted'
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    golamas1999
    1 year ago 100%

    It almost like he isn’t actually a genius but narcissistic grifter who can move money around.

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  • aita AITA AITA to ask my wife to act like we live in a First world.
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    golamas1999
    1 year ago 100%

    I live in a wealthy area. We saw one kid throw out Tupperware daily. He was the richest kid in the class. We thought that was insane.

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  • mildlyinfuriating Mildly Infuriating Capitalism indoctrination in progress.
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    golamas1999
    1 year ago 100%

    This reminds me of the Simpson episode where they are negotiating a new contract. It’s the same as the old one expect the they replace the dental plan with a keg of beer.

    Season 4 Episode 17 “Last Exit to Springfield” .

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  • world World News Women in China are telling each other to bring their boyfriends to see 'Barbie' — and to use it as a litmus test for their thoughts on feminism and patriarchy
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    world World News Treacherous Darien Gap migration route sees record number of crossings
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    golamas1999
    1 year ago 0%

    Or perhaps the the US attempting a coup as stated by John Bolton on CNN when interviewed by Jake Tapper.

    Or the US recognizing Juan Guaído as the president of Venezuela when he did not win.

    Most likely for wanting oil and lithium.

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  • politics politics DeSantis-controlled Disney World district abolishes diversity, equity initiatives
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    golamas1999
    1 year ago 87%

    No. They just claim they can’t be racist because they have a lot of (insert affected minority) friends or that they allowed black people on their football team.

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  • politics politics Harris rejects DeSantis’ offer to debate Florida’s new Black history standards
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    golamas1999
    1 year ago 100%

    I feel awful giving him money but I went to that “museum” in 2014 with my dad and sister. We thought it be an interesting place to go and learn to drive on my learners permit. We are Atheist Jews.

    What I learned while I was there (sarcastically, I know the place is all propaganda for their Kool-Ade).

    In their astronomy video they specifically say that a light year is the distance light travels in a year. The way they get around the universe being bigger than 6000 light is with the explanation: gravitational time dilation and anisotropic synchrony.

    They said lack of god lead to teen boys watching porn and playing GTA. Then they will commit school shootings.

    Girls will get pregnant and get abortions. Then they feel bad and commit suicide.

    Adam and Eve lived in the tropics with dinosaurs and penguins and all ate pineapple.

    Eve at the Apple committing the original sim by defying god and set subservience to man.

    Velociraptors were on the arc.

    Continental drift and all the super continents broke apart and back together multiple times when the world was flooded for a year.

    On the arc they brought one kind of animal and once they went free then they split off into different species.

    Separation of church and state is discriminatory against Christians.

    Allowing evolution thought in public schools was an assault on Christianity.

    Atheism leads to poverty, hunger, famine, drought, war, death, slavers, insert any horrible thing and atheism is to blame.

    They had a whole bunch of finches to show Darwin was wrong.

    … It was an interesting experience. The dioramas had a lot of work. The miniatures were neat.

    The whole place made me angry and frustrated. Especially once they used Carl Sagan’s name to prove their baseless ideology he specifically spoke against shit like this.

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  • politics politics Trump tied with Biden despite most voters thinking he committed serious crimes
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    golamas1999
    1 year ago 0%

    Biden’s administration is a lot better than Trumps. That’s a very low bar to cross. He and his administration is still trash. We needed another FDR after Bush Jr. We got another Bill Clinton, another Reagan, and a third Bill Clinton.

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  • world World News This month is the planet's hottest on record by far – and hottest in around 120,000 years, scientists say | CNN
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    golamas1999
    1 year ago 80%

    Billionaires and corporations lobby governments and donate to superPACs(legal bribery) to have them promote their business interests and protect their capital.

    Infinite growth is not sustainable on a finite planet. The billionaires aren’t going to save us. Buying stuff is not going to save us. Neoliberalism and Capitalism is not going to save us.

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  • technology Technology Google engineers want to make ad-blocking (near) impossible
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    fuckcars Fuck Cars I used up my first bus pass! Thanks NJB for showing me there is a better way!
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    news News Like a hot tub: Water temperatures off Florida soar over 100 degrees
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    golamas1999
    1 year ago 100%

    The jets are bad but what is worse are the handle full of billionaires and csuite execs who have the money and power to decide company policies and bribe politicians and governments: lobbying, independent expenditures, gala dinners, super pacs, incentives, revolving doors, private fundraising, paid speeches; to look the other way so they can pollute however much they want.

    Nothing is Ethical under Capitalism.

    Social Democracy is better but still exports the suffering to the global south.

    Workers of the world must unite to over come the absolute insanity of the capital class.

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  • politics politics A Growing Share Of Americans Think States Shouldn’t Be Able To Put Any Limits On Abortion
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    golamas1999
    1 year ago 100%

    Ben Carson is a great neurosurgeon but the dumbest of dumb when it came to any government. He is either paid to be that dumb or he is actually just that cognitively dissonant.

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  • politics politics Marjorie Taylor Greene May Have Sent Hunter Biden Nudes to a Bunch of Minors
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    politics politics Marjorie Taylor Greene May Have Sent Hunter Biden Nudes to a Bunch of Minors
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    golamas1999
    1 year ago 100%

    Remember when Bill O’Reilly would monologue about “disgusting debauchery of Spring Break” over videos of sexy young women playing volleyball in bikinis.

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  • asklemmy Asklemmy Why are folks so anti-capitalist?
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    golamas1999
    1 year ago 100%

    The Montreal Protocol passed because the CFCs industry failed to lobby Reagan against the to be against Protocol. They assumed Reagan would be on their side.

    Big oil saw what happened to that industry and lobbied a crap ton. Now just about everyone in the government is sponsored by them.

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  • apple_enthusiast Apple Anyone try betterdisplay to try and getting better scaling on a 1440p monitor?
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    technology Technology Can the Fediverse Help Stop Bad Internet Bills? (US focused)
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    asklemmy Asklemmy What would you do if you won the lottery?
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    golamas1999
    1 year ago 100%

    I hope I could have it pay out maybe $1 million a year for 1000 years. If not…

    I would find a financial advisor how to save and invest properly so my money could make money. I would give a bunch to my parents and sibling so they don’t have to worry. I’d give a bunch to my extended family. I would give a bunch to my friends. I would restart a nonprofit I was a part of. I would build housing and a support system for unhoused people. I’d buy some medical debt on the market to forgive it. I would lobby a few politicians to do some good things. I would travel some.

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  • news News Illinois will make history as result of state supreme court decision on cash bail law
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    golamas1999
    1 year ago 100%

    Pritzker was not my first choice in 2018 (I voted for Bliss in the Primaries). But he has been better than any other governor in my life time.

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  • news News Illinois Supreme Court upholds end to cash bail; new system begins Sept. 18
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    golamas1999
    1 year ago 100%

    Cash bail does not work. My dad has a friend who got caught for raping kids. His bail was $2 million. The parents paid the 10% up front. The guy was put u set house arrest. He always needed to be watched. No kids anywhere near him. During the sentencing of the trial this child rapist ran off out of the country.

    Also Sam Bankman-Fried.

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  • politics politics In a political era of “parental rights,” Texans raising trans kids say new law strips them of choice
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    golamas1999
    1 year ago 100%

    There is no logic to the justification the Christian Taliban uses to discriminate those that do not believe in their specific interpretation of a 2000 year old book.

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  • world World News 'All cost, no benefit': Victoria cancels 2026 Commonwealth Games
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    world World News US military emails containing sensitive data accidentally misrouted to foreign country for years
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    asklemmy Asklemmy Seeing all this bad and negative things going on the internet let's change the pace, what is something that's good and you're excited for?
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    golamas1999
    1 year ago 96%

    -2025 Humans back in the Moon

    -Late 2020’s early 2030’s new missions to Venus

    -Late 2030’s drone to Saturns Moon Titan

    -2030’s maybe Humans on Mars

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  • politics politics GOP senators rattled by radical conservative populism
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