That’s fine. I’m just replying to commentors thinking that this is referring to a trump domestic pardon. Not in any way supporting the notion

Well, this is about a potential peace deal which would grant Putin immunity in Ukraine for any war crimes committed there, which theoretically Ukraine would sign. It’s not about Trump using a presidential pardon.

It’s just like, ‘ayyyy’

Yes, if only cos of how big they are

Most of the deaths they cause are being hit by cars, but sometimes the males can get aggressive

Just stay away from them and you’re fine, but as rule don’t fuck with something as big as a moose

Yes

I broadly agree with you, but I think the above comment is saying that in the context of what the right wing media pushes

Like, there are some groups for whom religion is less about the teachings and more about in-group mentality, and fox etc have successfully weaponised that and made Republicanism a central tenet of the in-group

It’s not a universal thing by any means, but it has been part of the fox agenda

I liked it

Can I ask, what’s the (ill-advised) use case for this?

I don’t know anything about electronics but I readily believe this is a dangerous cable

But what I don’t get is what people want it for. I’ve never been in a situation that calls for this

Yeah kind of - the provisional license is what you get so you can learn. It’s a different colour

It’s not technically for non-drivers, but a lot of non-drivers have one and use it for their ID. It’s a convenient size, known format etc

Is it a coincidence that he’s had this bright idea while visiting with Starmer? Maybe they had some nice chats about pensioners being arrested for having Palestine flags

Save our children? No, children stabbed!

The Main Proposal:

All hostages, alive and deceased, will be released within 48 hours of signing.

Numbers consistent with previous releases, Palestinian prisoners sentenced to life and detainees from Gaza will be released within 48 hours.

A ceasefire will go into effect upon implementation, for a period of 60 days or until negotiations are concluded. President Trump will guarantee that the parties negotiate in good faith until an agreement is reached.

The issues to be negotiated include: the definition of Hamas, the definition of disarmament, the formation of a new government, the withdrawal of Israeli forces upon the formation of the government or upon successful conclusion of negotiations, and amnesty for Hamas members.

Open flow of aid into Gaza upon implementation of the agreement.

The Nepali media are referring to the whole thing as the Gen-Z protest (जेन-जे विरोध). It might still be weird, or it might be less weird not in translation

This is being referred to as the Gen-Z Protests by all media, not just the above. It comes from Nepali media (जेन-जे विरोध, literally ‘Gen-J protests’) and possibly has a different tone or connotations in Nepali, I don’t know.

There’s been some discontent in Nepal for a while now, the government being viewed as authoritarian and corrupt.

But what’s kicked this off is the government banning social media apps.

So, all these social media companies had a week to register with the government, because of a new law, but most didn’t. So the government banned them and blocked access (nearly all the big ones - apparently tiktok registered and stayed up, as far as I can tell). This happened on the 4th September.

Some people think that curtailing social media use is a direct attempt to stop people drawing attention to corruption: the leading hashtag in Nepal was apparently ‘#NepoKids’ (as in nepotism). I don’t know if that is in English or in translation though.

Yesterday, on the 8th, there were big protests and demonstrations. It’s hard to get a breakdown of what exactly happened - I don’t speak Nepali - but protesters tried to enter parliament, the military responded with tear gas, and before long 19 protesters had been killed.

This obviously sparked a reaction, and it’s still ongoing. The PM has resigned, some officials have apparently fled or tried to flee the country. Lots of places are being set on fire, including prisons (it seems like prisoners are escaping rather than being burnt alive). Some sites say that the social media apps are back online and unblocked now, I don’t know.

I went down a rabbit hole about globes and maps recently

Basically, to find the shortest distant between two places on a globe (a ‘straight’ line), imagine a hoop or circle round the earth that cuts it exactly in half, and rotate it until it passes through both places (still cutting it exactly in half)

That’s a great circle.

There are 2d map projections that are built around this, but they only work when one of the locations is at the center of the map. So it could show the shortest distance from, say, London to anywhere with a straight line, but it wouldn’t work for a route not including London

It’s an interesting question (or at least it would be if it wasn’t so traumatically impactful and real)

The Epstein thing is the thing most likely to stick and cause division in the MAGA base

But the fascism stuff is worse, really, at least from a utilitarian standpoint if not morally.

So what’s the best thing to focus messaging on?

I hate that I sound like a political strategist instead of a moral person here, but it is a tough question

A year or so ago, the new UK government sent a delegation to China to improve relations and shore up trade and investment deals, ignoring criticism from the left about Uyghur genocide

This is what the Tankies get fundamentally wrong about the modern world - the idea that anything anti-China is a smear to further Western Imperialism is a throwback to the cold war dichotomy of The West vs Communism.

In reality now, it’s all about investment and global trade, neoliberal wealth generation over human rights. Of course propaganda is real and everywhere, but the framing of it all as West vs East is just incredibly outdated and oversimplified.

Downplaying or waving away mistreatment of the Uyghurs puts you on the same side as Western Governments, so dismissing the issue as Western Propaganda is fundamentally flawed

How about the Scrubs one with Sesame Street? That was good

There is so much toxicity in this it’s hard to know where to start

First of all, all disabilities are a spectrum, they effect people with different severities. One person might be ‘functional’ with depression, another literally not.

Some people with chronic pain, physical vulnerabilities and weaknesses etc can still work, other are bedbound.

Do you think that bedbound disabled people just ‘laze around’ all day?

Are you really so goddamn privileged and dense that you think disabilities are 'all in [people’s] head? Or is it just mental disabilities?

Or are you like, doing the 1950s thing of ‘depression isn’t real just cheer up’?

And this excess wealth bullshit? Are you advocating for a system that leaves people to starve if they can’t work? Is disability welfare a bad thing to you?

Never mind that there’s a huge issue with disabled people having higher expenses because of relying on deliveries etc. Fuck them, right?

You’ve basically replied to a bedbound disabled person to tell them that theyre just a lazy privileged rich slob who’s making it all up, and I think that’s fucked

So what you’re saying is, ‘don’t organise, sit around and wait for someone else to start the violence’

Super helpful, well done