[-] FlashMobOfOne@beehaw.org 1 points 1 hour ago

Brave Browser blocks YT ads seamlessly.

[-] FlashMobOfOne@beehaw.org 8 points 18 hours ago

Happened a few times under Trump, like when the US redeployed from Syria, doing the right thing for the wrong reasons, that is.

[-] FlashMobOfOne@beehaw.org 6 points 1 day ago

This is the stuff people need to remember whenever Congress and other federal politicians make exorbitant promises this fall. What they're actually going to do is make your lives harder.

[-] FlashMobOfOne@beehaw.org 2 points 2 days ago

Thought we could all use a laugh today, so here's a clip from one of the funniest shows I saw off-broadway last year.

Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors

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[-] FlashMobOfOne@beehaw.org 5 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Bummer that they didn't find him with some marijuana or something, a much, much more dangerous crime than committing actual treason.

/s

[-] FlashMobOfOne@beehaw.org 22 points 4 days ago

I had to share this when I saw that the AP had the gumption to finally use the 'L' word in the article's headline, instead of some euphemistic bullshit like "misled" or "false claims".

LIED, baby. Lied.

Finally.

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SPRINGFIELD, Ohio (AP) — Ohio stationed state police at Springfield schools Tuesday in response to a rash of bomb threats — the vast majority that officials said came from overseas —- after former President Donald Trump and his running mate, Ohio Sen. JD Vance falsely said legal Haitian immigrants in the small city were eating dogs and cats.

Schools, government buildings and elected officials’ homes in Springfield were among the targets of more than 30 hoax threats made last week that forced evacuations and closures. Two more schools had to be evacuated on Monday, and the high school was threatened on Tuesday. Republican Gov. Mike DeWine said a foreign actor was largely responsible, but he declined to name the country.

[-] FlashMobOfOne@beehaw.org 9 points 4 days ago

The original Resident Evil was pretty revolutionary and terrifying for me, but the 100% scariest I've played is the original Dead Space.

More recently, The Outlast Trials is really good, and I would HIGHLY recommend any of the Dark Pictures Anthology games, but my favorite is Man of Medan.

[-] FlashMobOfOne@beehaw.org 3 points 5 days ago

More like bots, really. Threads had a huge user influx but also a ton of inorganic activity.

[-] FlashMobOfOne@beehaw.org 8 points 5 days ago

Yeah, it is.

Could even get Trump reelected in a few months. Super bleak.

[-] FlashMobOfOne@beehaw.org 16 points 5 days ago

you gotta assume they’ll eventually hire and fire/lose all the usable talent

I'd like to think that, but Amazon has the benefit (at least in the US) of operating in a country where most people need 2-3 jobs in order to live, so it's either churn-and-burn or starve.

[-] FlashMobOfOne@beehaw.org 13 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Video games as a narrative vehicle have come a long way.

Go try 'Detroit: Become Human' or 'Man of Medan' or 'Baldur's Gate 3'. The stories in gaming are GD amazing.

[-] FlashMobOfOne@beehaw.org 9 points 6 days ago

I'm curious as to how the fundraising for Palestine actually benefits the situation. Is it even possible to get charitable donations in?

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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A Texas jury will soon decide whether a convoy of supporters of then-President Donald Trump violently intimidated former Democratic lawmaker Wendy Davis and two others on a Biden-Harris campaign bus when a so-called “Trump Train” boxed them in for more than an hour on a Texas highway days before the 2020 election.

The trial, which began on Sept. 9, resumes Monday and is expected to last another week.

Attorneys for the plaintiffs argued that six of the Trump Train drivers violated state and federal law. Lawyers for the defendants said they did not conspire against the Democrats on the bus and that their actions are protected speech.

Here’s what else to know:

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The FBI conducted searches at the homes of two of New York City Mayor Eric Adams' closest aides on Thursday, sources familiar with the investigation told ABC News.

The Hamilton Heights home of First Deputy Mayor Sheena Wright, who is engaged to Schools Chancellor David Banks, and the Hollis, Queens, home of Deputy Mayor for Public Safety Phil Banks, were searched as part of an ongoing investigation, the sources said.

I hope this means Adams is next.

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It just made my morning to see that not only is the AP reporting this correctly, but the headline explicitly states the insane rarity of voter fraud. (Non-citizen or otherwise.) You have a better chance of getting a clear picture of Bigfoot than you do of having a voter fraud incident in your jurisdiction.

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The article states that these horrendous, disgusting infractions of health regulations have been documented out for at least the previous year, but given their severity, I’d imagine it’s always been this way at Boar’s Head production facilities. (Seemingly without any meaningful accountability from regulators.)

I’m going to cook my deli meats from now on, no matter where they come from.

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OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The latest search for the remains of 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre victims has ended with three more sets containing gunshot wounds, investigators said.

The three are among 11 sets of remains exhumed during the latest excavation in Oaklawn Cemetery, state archaeologist Kary Stackelbeck said Friday.

“Two of those gunshot victims display evidence of munitions from two different weapons,” Stackelbeck said. “The third individual who is a gunshot victim also displays evidence of burning.”

Stories like this underscore the importance of reading history, because (at least here in Missouri) I was never taught about the Tulsa Massacre and didn't learn about it until I read about it myself.

Other things you may want to read about that you may have never heard of: The Battle of Blair Mountain, Haymarket Square, or the Great Rail Strike of 1877.

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DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — The Israeli military ordered more evacuations in southern Gaza early Sunday after a deadly airstrike on a school-turned-shelter in the north killed at least 80 Palestinians, according to local health authorities. Israel said it targeted a militant command post, killing 19 fighters.

If you stick someone in a canoe in the middle of the ocean, you've still committed murder when they drown. These so-called evacuation orders don't change the fact that Israel is committing genocide and running an apartheid state, with the help and backing of war criminals in the US government.

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PARIS (AP) — French police have evacuated the area around the Eiffel Tower after a man was seen climbing the Paris landmark hours before the Olympics closing ceremony Sunday.

The shirtless man was seen scaling the 330-meter (1,083-foot) tall tower in the afternoon. It’s unclear where he began his ascent, but he was spotted just above the Olympic rings adorning the second section of the monument, just above the first viewing deck.

Kind of a dumb thing to do, but I hope he makes it and I admire his moxie.

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Is there a good reason why journalists keep calling this "far-right disorder" instead of what it really is: Fascist Terrorism?

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday shut down a long-shot push from Missouri to remove a gag order in former President Donald Trump’s hush-money case and delay his sentencing in New York.

The Missouri attorney general went to the high court with the unusual request to sue New York after the justices granted Trump broad immunity from prosecution in a separate case filed in Washington.

The order states that Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito would have allowed Republican Andrew Bailey to file the suit, though not grant his push to quickly lift the gag order and delay sentencing.

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On September 11, 2001, Genelle Guzman-McMillan made it from the 64th floor to the 13th floor of the North Tower when "everything went black." Over 27 hours later, she was miraculously pulled out of the wreckage.

Though I hate the overuse of the word 'miraculous', this is an interesting story for sure.

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