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And claim they're just history buffs

It's hyperbole for sure, but OP was one of the first to post this when the linked article was hardly more than a note.

I have seen articles on Snopes that I personally find a little too conciliatory, but they don't "lie". I think they're just really dedicated to fact checking. Do we think that Me-lon knew exactly what he was doing? There is no doubt in my mind. Can we know it as a fact? No.

We cannot read Musk's mind to learn precisely what he intended by it.

I can see how this can be disappointing to some people.

BTW I suppose you are refering to this article: https://www.snopes.com/news/2025/01/20/musk-nazi-salute/

They quite clearly state that the salute had the (desired) effect anyhow:

Even so, Wired published that "the response from the neo-Nazi community across the globe was instant and unanimous." Rolling Stone also noted much the same, with both publishers citing specific neo-Nazi accounts and other far-right users praising Musk's gesture.

And there is plenty of fact that supports that Musk is a nazi, which Snopes also addresses.

Common sense confirmed. Thanks.

no-knock warrant

a horrible euphemism. That's a raid.

This is what I do. I keep the old ones around for a while, and every time I realize that I'm not missing anything, and delete them.

Worst case, I'll have to root around in my backups. But it has never happened wrt browser bookmarks.

This is the context I was missing yesterday.

Snopes said the image showed protests in Los Angeles following the death of George Floyd in May 2020.

Isn't it still fake then, if they claim they're from yesterday? Politicians have to use simple words.

Also, they were already showing fake images back then. Or images of faked situations. Or fakely escalating situations, then taking pictures of them.

One day we are going to feel nostalgic about those crude beginnings of generative ai. I suspect we're going to be well and truly fucked by then.

How is this not bigger news?

FWIW I just logged on and the first thing I saw was this story on German TV (edit: twice).

And if anybody has doubts about the political motivation:

Officials said they located the suspect's vehicle, which had lights and sirens as if it were a police squad car, and found a "manifesto" inside with the names of other lawmakers and officials.

edit: the politician killed was pro gun control

testing

Does that mean if viewing numbers plummet they won't roll it out? wink wink, nudge nudge!

I have yet to see my first ad on any youtube video.

🤷 https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases

You mean like desktop backgrounds IRL? 🤯

☝️ And it works, I can confirm.

Leave it at home.

I can understand the wish to film things; I recommend buying a cheap camera, maybe one to strap on your forehead (starting at $20) or an old compact digital camera. Something without any sort of connectivity. Something you can leave behind if the going gets rough.

The US is projected to cut the most, with a projected 56% reduction compared to levels two years ago.

The Trump administration’s gutting of the US Agency for International Development (USAID) earlier this year has already left a hole in many international aid budgets, and several other Western nations are following suit rather than filling the void.

“A big, big chunk of overall cuts in the next couple of years are going to be from the US pulling out, rather than other countries. But these other countries are making things worse,” said Crawfurd, a senior research fellow at the CGD.

The UK aid cuts are estimated to represent a roughly 39% reduction compared to 2023 levels of spending. Meanwhile, Germany is cutting about 27%, Canada 25% and France 19% of their international aid budgets.

The true level of aid cuts remains unclear, as the Trump administration’s proposed budget and other government proposals are still making their way through legislatures.

And still we follow the United States' example as we did for the past 80 years.

Now that so-called world leaders showed us that ethics, morals and honesty are irrelevant, who's going to put the geany back in the bottle again?

They even suck at cheating.

"USA unable to restrain themselves from giving bombs to Israel"

A federal judge on Friday blocked President Donald Trump's administration from implementing parts of his sweeping executive order overhauling federal elections, including by requiring proof of U.S. citizenship to register to vote and barring states from counting mail-in ballots received after Election Day.

U.S. District Judge Denise Casper in Boston issued a preliminary injunction at the behest of 19 Democratic-led states who had argued that the Republican president lacked the authority to mandate changes to elections and the states' voting procedures.

This is what really happens while the clowns are having a fight. Let's just hope these 19 states do a little more than "argue".

“The largest public gathering of centrist Democrats.”

WelcomeFest consisted of professional consultants telling politicians, ​“Don’t sound like you listen to consultants!”, followed by politicians saying ​“Ya know in my district there in the Midwest, I talk to regular folks, not consultants.”

Derek Thompson, coauthor of the new centrist Bible ​“Abundance,” jumped in with an inspiration. ​“Stories are for children,” he said, channeling the voice of a politician. ​“What Americans need is a plan.”

“I’m not a storyteller,” he declared, modeling a bold man of action. Then he pulled back from his speech, to pundit once again. ​“What I did there is also storytelling.”

This is how people sound when they’re just talking. Talking and talking, with nothing to say.

I always thought this book was more a techbro nazi utopia sort of bible.