Skip Navigation

Fisting for Freedom
Fisting for Freedom @ fist_of_fartitude @sh.itjust.works
Posts
7
Comments
190
Joined
2 yr. ago

Rods from god, but somehow less credible

Jump

  • A trebuchet would be a better solution, tbh.

    • 54 years ago, the Americans conquered the moon for all mankind

    Jump

    • CSIS now says that China’s control over gallium is a national security threat for US

    Jump

  • k

    • CSIS now says that China’s control over gallium is a national security threat for US

    Jump

  • I love your desperation.

    • CSIS now says that China’s control over gallium is a national security threat for US

    Jump

  • You know that we can grow the industry in the US pretty trivially, right? And, again, other countries can and do produce it? You're presenting this as some massive win, when it's really just someone observing that we should fix that before it becomes a serious problem.

    Alas, this isn't a big deal and you're going to have to look elsewhere for the defeat of the west. Sorry!

    • CSIS now says that China’s control over gallium is a national security threat for US

    Jump

  • We actually produce gallium in the US already, the technology for refining it is well established, and you don't actually mine it directly because it doesn't really occur by itself - it's commonly derived in bauxite, which is mined for it's aluminum content, which I why I mentioned waste products form aluminum refinement, because that's the most common source for industrial production. Also, other countries can do this, too

    But, sure.

    • CSIS now says that China’s control over gallium is a national security threat for US

    Jump

  • Plays stupid games, win stupid prizes as the saying goes.

    Oh no, what will the US do? I mean, apart from producing it domestically or sourcing it from other counties because it's not a particularly rare element and the refinement process uses waste from things like aluminum smelting.

    • Meta: /r/NCD mods say we're moving to the NCD on lemmy.world.

    Jump

  • Burn the heretic!

    • Kyiv imposes ban on Russian-language culture

    Jump

  • Russia would be (and has been) doing that, regardless of what Ukraine actually does.

    • Outrage after women paraded naked in Indian state

    Jump

  • Prime Minister Narendra Modi also said the incident had "shamed India" and that "no guilty will be spared".

    And you can believe him because of the great job he did with the Gujarat riots in 2002.

    • [meta] on reddit

    Jump

  • Thank you for your work on bring the magic of literally weaponized autism to lemmy. NCD is more or less the only thing I actually missed from Reddit. I know moderation sucks, too, so extra thanks for going above and beyond.

    • Wagner mercenaries and Belarus hold military exercises near Poland's border

    Jump

  • No doubt the Poles are terrified and not actively wishing a motherfucker would.

    • (OFFICIAL) Spanish court starts new probe against Shakira for alleged tax fraud

    Jump

  • Maybe the hips do lie, but only on their taxes

    • As seas get hotter, South Florida gets slammed by an ocean heat wave

    Jump

  • Getting on the climate change denial train is always a bad idea; but for a whole state that's narrowly above sea level, routinely hit with hurricanes, and relies on tourism dollars? Stupid af.

    • Italy investigates Placebo singer for calling far-right PM ‘racist’ and ‘fascist’

    Jump

  • Absolutely! This is why, even though the political compass is a memey oversimplification at this point, it does get a the inadequacy of a single dimension view of political ideology. The authoritarian mindset is a human trait, and while some ideologies seem more prone to attracting people with that particular trait, by no means does it only occur in those cases.

    Some people just want to rule over others.

    • As Washington leads sanctions against Russia, US companies continue to pay the Kremlin the highest amount of tax

    Jump

  • Yeah, but they're also doing their part to kill off the Russian population with tobacco, so maybe they're playing the long game.

    • Time for Turkey to call article 5.

    Jump

  • Inshallah

    • What its like starting my career as a programmer...

    Jump

  • Eventually you'll realize those aren't mutually exclusive.

    • Time for Turkey to call article 5.

    Jump

  • Honestly, Russia was a huge mistake and we should just glass them already.

    • Kremlin accuses West of turning blind eye to Ukrainian 'terrorist attacks' against Russia

    Jump

  • Yeah, it's like getting upset when you build a shack on someone else's land and they tear it down.