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  • I think this confirms what we kind of already know; Trump has maxed out his support, and it's not much. Turnout is key for Democrats.

  • Not possible when Israel's conditions for a ceasefire are "We get to continue killing you once we get the hostages back."

    This is entirely in Israel's hands.

  • Giving Israel the means to continue ethnic cleansing is more than cheerleading. Not that it would be acceptable if he were just cheering it on.

    There's no evidence that Trump can do anything that Biden already isn't already, barring sending American soldiers to participate in the genocide which I doubt would be politically feasible for him. Israel doesn't need our soldiers, they do need our bombs though, which Biden has provided without any effective conditioning.

  • Is it possible to just hide the computer or to try and mask it as something else?

    That's kind of what the anti-fingerprinting settings in browsers are meant to do. A lot of the info that sites like reddit and many others use to identify you are based on browser settings and data. This is stuff like your canvas/monitor size, timezone, browser/OS version etc. Note that not all browsers have anti-fingerprinting settings.

    Anti-fingerprinting isn't perfect though, it's just one tool to help scramble your identifiable info a bit. Ironically, really strict security settings themselves can also be used as a unique identifier, because you basically stand out against the crowd of normal users as an anomaly, so it's a double-edged deal.

    That's why I recommend using a different computer to create the account and don't use the official reddit app at all, make sure that the browser cache and cookies for the reddit site are wiped before going to create the account. If you can't use a VPN, you'll maybe want to go to a cafe or somewhere public to create ypur account. That first IP that reddit sees seems to be most important, once you establish yourself on that IP for a bit, you can potentially start using your home network.

    The reason your other accounts got banned together was because reddit was able to link them closely enough that they IDed them as alts. They collect data and build up a correlation, your aim is to make it difficult as possible for them to correlate separate accounts.

    This is all just trial and error by me though, I'm no expert and we can't know for sure all the efforts reddit takes to ID users, I can only speak for what worked for me ~1 year ago or so. I'd read up on browser fingerprinting to get an idea of how that tracking works and how to combat it (it's actually really gross and distressing to anyone concerned with privacy).

    Alternatively, you could leave your router off all night and see if you can get a new public IP, though you may need to ask your ISP to issue you a new public IP address. They might not do it without justification, but that would go a long way to giving you a fresh start, especially with the other measures I've outlined.

  • This is why people don't care about him getting up on stage and rattling off a bunch of progressive policies. This is a massive display of deep dishonesty, why on earth would anyone believe he would do anything he says when he can't even face the truth about his role in the Gaza genocide?

  • I guess the bystander who got hit in the head wasn't.

  • I really wish Biden weren't so politically incompetent.

    There's literally no good reason for him to be taking any responsibility for this, yet he just can't help himself from trying to "meet the fascists in the middle" on everything, even an assassination attempt carried out by one of their own.

  • Democratics should be taking the opportunity to point out that this is emblematic of the chaos Trump brings, and they should be listing all the right-wing violence that's been inflicted by his supporters since 2016.

    Dems should not be cowed into tacitly taking ownership of this shooting. It's Trump, this is what he and the Republicans have to offer.

  • Israel blames the United Nations agencies responsible for collecting this aid and distributing it inside Gaza, saying they need to urgently step up aid deliveries.

    Of course they do, it couldn't possibly be because the IDF is a rabid dog off the leash that kills anything that moves, including (or rather, especially) aid orgs and journalists.

  • Is the one trying to overthrow democracy the fascist or the one funding the ethnic cleansing?

  • OceanSoap being loaded into the train car: "Ok guys, any minute now will be the prime opportunity to stop these fascist guys. Just remember to consider both sides, they might have a really good reason for taking us out to this isolated camp."

  • There is no such thing as neutral, unbiased reporting. Believing that there is is a mark of media illiteracy. Making the choice not to discuss the obvious conflict of interest is a choice, it is a form of bias. Journalists cannot be unbiased, that's not a possibility with the job.

    We should not be allowing a dismantling of our democracy because "you have to be fair to bothsides".

  • Nowhere do they explicitly connect this to her political ideology. That's exactly my point, they're soft-selling it.

    The liberal media (no quotes needed, they're corporate neoliberal) refuses to actually call a spade a spade.

    This is not a critical article, this is just them shrugging and being like "Oh, well, it seems like tenuous grounds for dismissal but thems the licks."

  • Oh, suddenly she can move quickly on something when there's political cover to do what she actually wants.

    Unbelievable corruption. And the liberal media is going to be tripping over themselves to talk about this like it's some complicated issue, rather than straightforward political corruption.

  • They're there to undermine progressives by pretending to be them. It's a way of taking over and deflecting the movement.

    An example would be when Shontel Brown beat Nina Turner in Ohio. Brown took money from Republican donors and corporations, yet she got endorsed by "progressive" groups to help her against Turner, who is an actual grass-roots funded progressive.

    Same with Mondaire Jones backstabbing Jamaal Bowman (who had defended Jones in the past when he was under attack by the establishment).

    This is how Democrats try to co-opt what they can't control, and why it's critically important that voters make it a habit to monitor their candidates funding. The money will always tell the true story.

    (Opensecrets.org is a great resource for tracking what groups politicians get their money from)

  • The smarter option here is to just say nothing. The right has been brutalizing people for decades, so much so that we've all probably forgotten half the insane shit they've done. Politicians don't have to outright condone ithe assassination attempt, but the right is a party of violence and isn't entitled to "decorum", they just treat it as a weakness.

    Condeming the assassination attempt will earn them no good will with right-wingers, and won't stop their inevitable "retaliation".

  • I don't use reddit anymore, but I've had plenty of accounts banned there, mostly for arguing with sock puppets and tankies and stuff who will stalk your account and mass report anything that can be construed as even remotely violating the rules. Or one of the power mods just back channels the admins, who will ban based on that alone, no questions asked.

    The key is, you need to create your new account on a separate computer (so the browser fingerprint they get is unrelated), use a VPN for the creation, build up enough karma to get past the automated systems (answering stuff on AskReddit was usually my go to, but don't spam, take your time and give thoughtful answers) then make sure you use strong anti-fingerprinting settings on your browser on whayever device you plan on using. Possibly use a different third-party app on your phone (though I dunno how well this works since the API changes). Boost worked well for me, and Bacon Reader. And obviously delete your browser/app cache if you eventually use your main device.

    Also, when you create your new account, sub to a bunch of shit you normally wouldn't, if you're not a sports fan sub to a baseball subreddit, avoid subbing to any niche subreddits you had on your old account for a while. Try to be bland and unremarkable in your choices.

    The key is to avoid as many connected data points to your old account as possible until you're pretty well established as "someone else". Avoid attracting too much attention, and have multiple accounts that live on separate devices (I had one that I used on my phone only, and usually only when not at home so it was a separate IP) and one I used at home. Then a couple created on a laptop that were just kind of aging, just in case.

    That might seem like great lengths to circumvent a ban, but I have a thing about abuse of power where it just kind of sticks in my craw, plus getting one over on the reddit admins was fun and I was curious exactly how deep their profiling went. I left the site on my terms eventually, which puts a smile on my face.

  • The fact that he claimed self-defense really goes to show how far the MAGA attitude of being "victimized" goes. Literally plows his car into a crowd of people and then claims self-defense when shooting someone.