The realization that the purpose of our lives may be to discover the tactics of resistance that are not effective in hopes that those that come after survive long enough to find the ones that are effective

Trans People Are Real and Detransitioning Isn’t That Common – SOME MORE NEWS

Some More News- Trans People Are Real and Detransitioning Isn’t That Common

No worries. Reader mode beats the paywall too.

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There’s a Term for What Trump and Musk Are Doing

Source for any of this? Would be interested to know more about these points.

While it is humorous that many gun nuts had their data sold and targeted by an algorithm, the real surprised pikachu goes to anyone thinking that this is unique to guns.

Any one have any more info about this? Web site is vague (understandably).

oh… You’re a moron. Got it.

So how do you pay to defend a wrongful death action that can be brought even after a self defense aquittal?

What Is Civil Liability After Self-Defense

Ha. I think that was in the further reading section of the Wikipedia article. You’re not wrong. I was just providing a this is what happened historically…

See Worcester v. Georgia essentially two states attempted to secede and the federal government stepped in (after first defying the court) to save the union. Does not bode well for the union at this point in history.

This is 100% correct.

Also don’t discount the economic system working as intended. If I get off the hamster wheel to “riot,” my family quickly loses basic necessities.

Once my best alternative to a negotiated resolution moves off that reality (meaning keep my head down and my family will get through this) more options become available. The system is designed to keep a critical majority on the wheel.

Don’t forget they are not being released in isolation. They have existing networks and just proved their loyalty to the cause.

ProPublica: The Militia and the Mole

Please don’t sleep on JD Vance. While Trump is selling out the constitution, he is the tip of the want-to-be authoritarian spear: Is There Something More Radical than MAGA? JD Vance Is Dreaming It.

This is why there is a push to end fact checking on the internet. It’s not about a free press any longer. The internet briefly broke the capitalist stranglehold on the dissemination of information. Somewhere along the way the ruling class realized it was easier to break the internet rather than control it.

AI will train on unverified claims and further “flood the zone” so that it becomes increasingly difficult to know what is and isn’t. Eventually it won’t matter if someone “brings the receipts” to back up their claims because there will be support for every conclusion.

Local IRL community networks linked together through regional and national verified connections will be the only way to truly know what is going on. This becomes increasingly difficult to do as more and more waking hours need to be devoted to earning a wage to trade for basic necessities.

We are all waiting for the revolution not realizing we have been losing a war the whole time.

Great. Send the link. Why it’s important, now more than ever, to fact check on the internet

How do you know that the majority of people with Long COVID were vaccinated. This 2023 study says

Current studies suggest that covid-19 vaccines might have protective and therapeutic effects on long covid. More robust comparative observational studies and trials are needed, however, to clearly determine the effectiveness of vaccines in preventing and treating long covid.

100% agree with both points. The disconnect is the timeline each considers. As a father I am deeply empathic for the children that are not able to advocate for themselves and the immunocompromised that are basically left to be assaulted by other’s ignorance.

But longer term, think multigenerational, the higher death rates for the anti-vax crowd may be the correction that leads to better overall outcomes for humanity.

This is why I love Lemmy. Thank you for being an amazing internet citizen.