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[–] Five 1 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Since you're obliquely inferring it, I don't support Trump and neither does the Guardian. In Britain, "Guardian reader" is used to imply a stereotype of a person with modern progressive, left-wing or "politically correct" views.

I don't expect journalists to report a version of reality that I like; that's how I stay grounded and avoid getting trapped in a bubble where only some vast improbable conspiracy can explain why my assumptions about the world are constantly contradicted by reality.

Do you ever get tired of being profoundly wrong?

 

The willingness of Netanyahu to deal at the last moment under pressure from Trump – defying far-right members of his coalition including Itamar Ben Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich – has not been lost on Israeli commentators.

“I ask myself where did all the obstacles go?” wrote Ben Caspit in the Hebrew daily Ma’ariv. “All the conditions? All the ridiculous spins that were thrown out by the leader and were echoed by his mouthpieces?

“And what about the Philadelphi corridor [on the border with Egypt]? All of the obstacles that emerged at decisive moments in the negotiations, all of the statements that were issued, including several that were issued during the Sabbath, about how Israel would never leave, never stop, never surrender and never give in?”

[–] Five 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I love that TWRP is still making great music. I still have Starlight Brigade in rotation from before the pandemic.

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[–] Five 9 points 1 month ago

Now is not the time for the climate movement to say "yes you're right, those kids really are too disruptive, shame on them." I'm not suggesting that people publicly support tactics they don't approve of, but perhaps just...shut up once in a while? Let a protest tactic you don't agree with slide now and again? Skip the op-ed about how the fringe climate radicals are turning people off? Leave the armchair criticism for another day?

This needs to be a Solarpunk copypasta.

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[–] Five 3 points 1 month ago

Andrewism is great.

[–] Five 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

When Alfredo Cospito kneecapped Roberto Adinolfi, Adinolfi yelled "I know who sent you!" as if they were professionals and he was expecting a hit from a rival. It's not impossible, but Hollywood has produced enough assassin movies that 1) people know how to pull off a hit and 2) when others see the hit, they think "just like the movies, this guy is a professional"

[–] Five 7 points 1 month ago

That sounds like a really nice neighborhood to live in.

[–] Five 4 points 1 month ago

The Mondragon system is a fascinating look at another way of living.

[–] Five 5 points 1 month ago

Thanks! Fixed the link.

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