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Liz Cheney Tells George W. Bush to Endorse Kamala Harris: ‘It’s Time’ in c/politics@lemmy.world

[–] Birch@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 day ago (2 children)

People tend to forget just how hard the propaganda machine was swinging then. Remember freedom fries? And how the start of the war was timed for primetime television?

Hyundai unveils world’s first hydrogen-powered, silent stealth battle tank in c/noncredibledefense@sh.itjust.works

[–] Birch@sh.itjust.works 31 points 3 days ago

Can't wait to see what the N-Line will look like

Only months away from 1933 in c/politicalmemes@lemmy.world

[–] Birch@sh.itjust.works 67 points 4 days ago (2 children)

“It happened, therefore it can happen again.” – Primo Levi

Saw this written on a plaque at the Holocaust memorial in Berlin and it really gave me pause, reflecting on what is happening all around the world right now.

Straight men, what's the weirdest thing you've been told you can't do because it's gay? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

[–] Birch@sh.itjust.works 1 points 6 days ago

I'm sure you looked fabulous 👌

Taiwan 'will not yield an inch' of land, Lai says in c/world@lemmy.world

[–] Birch@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 week ago

Keep your archdukes safe!

Cognitive Biases in c/science_memes@mander.xyz

[–] Birch@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 week ago

I'd argue that's the outcome or survivorship bias, where people focus on the one winner or that time a thing worked and ignoring all the other failures. E.g. people think investors all swim in money because they only see the warren buffets of the world, when in reality there's thousands, millions of people who tried the almost exact same thing and lost some or all of their savings in bad investments.