[-] adespoton@lemmy.ca -5 points 18 hours ago

Isn’t “theshamblog” AI generated? So in this case, including the Ars article it’s referencing?

The pieces are dated 2024.

[-] adespoton@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 days ago

Conceptually, it would be Junior.

Prince may also be a contender. Neither is a perfect match.

[-] adespoton@lemmy.ca 1 points 4 days ago

The goal here would be to have ICE in place in all states before the Midterms, as the only force available to provide election oversight.

[-] adespoton@lemmy.ca 6 points 4 days ago

My mind has been sitting on a darker interpretation.

If there’s a DHS shutdown but ICE is fully funded already, what is the executive’s next move?

Obviously it’s to task ICE, as the sole remaining federal policing agency, to take over the responsibilities of DHS. It would be the only responsible thing for the law and order party to do, after all. Just until DHS funding is renewed, of course.

[-] adespoton@lemmy.ca 11 points 5 days ago

https://beehaw.org/post/24684848

I think this may not be the best time for them to do that….

[-] adespoton@lemmy.ca 127 points 1 year ago

You want to know why Republicans did a hard course change on mail in voting for 2024?

THIS is why. The husband can ensure the wife fills out her ballot “correctly” in the comfort of their own home, instead of the wife filling it out as she sees fit at the polling station.

[-] adespoton@lemmy.ca 119 points 1 year ago

This is a horribly written article about an exciting discovery.

Essentially, they’ve discovered that some humans don’t actually have the AnWj antigen, where it was assumed that all humans had some antigen configuration. And they’ve found a way to test for the missing antigens.

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[-] adespoton@lemmy.ca 132 points 2 years ago

And he’s right.

[-] adespoton@lemmy.ca 124 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

The headline doesn’t take things far enough. The GOP isn’t looking to win in court — they’re looking to raise the spectre of a Democratic win being so illegitimate that the courts would consider hearing a case on it. Then, when the cases inevitably fail, but with some judges outspokenly objecting, that will be the signal for yet another insurrection attempt, but one that’s much better coordinated than last time.

Thing is, this will be the THIRD attempt using this strategy; the first was in play when Trump, much to his surprise, actually won in 2016. It took a while for them to spin down the machinery they’d put in place to call the election rigged and question the results. And of course, during that time a small amount of foul play WAS discovered, all of it belonging to the GOP.

[-] adespoton@lemmy.ca 121 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I was not expecting it to be a positive story… but it really is. The team’s name was granted to them by the local chief, and the logo has now been updated in consultation with the same group. So instead of an act of cultural appropriation, we’ve got an act of recognition of a part of the local community.

Of course, they’ll have to explain this over and over again to the rest of the world, but that’s not a bad thing either.

[-] adespoton@lemmy.ca 203 points 2 years ago

“Charity” should be a question answered by “do they have a registered charity number?”

What’s considered a charity will differ country by country.

[-] adespoton@lemmy.ca 170 points 2 years ago

They don’t recommend them because of what the homeowners can do with them?

I’m much more worried about the fact that they’re a constant feed of activity accessible by anyone who can bypass or be let through Amazon’s access controls.

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