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flipht@kbin.socialtoNudism@lemmy.world•Nudists in Spain are campaigning against an influx of clothed tourists on their beaches1·1 year agoMy life changed when I started using spray. Makes it much easier to reapply regularly.
flipht@kbin.socialto News@kbin.social•As student protesters get arrested, they risk being banned from campus too1·1 year agoEspecially if it’s peaceful protest.
Gotta build the narrative that these are disruptive individuals. If they won’t do it themselves, the universities and states will just lie and hope that it will be enough to sway public opinion against the protestors.
flipht@kbin.socialto Україна Ukraine@kbin.social•Minister says Russia to face 'maximum limitation' in Starlink terminals usage soon1·1 year agoElon would lie and give them the coordinates for schools and hospitals.
flipht@kbin.socialto Україна Ukraine@kbin.social•Why some far-right Republicans are hell bent on ending further aid to Ukraine2·1 year agoPeople will seriously scream that you can’t assume malice when stupidity explains it, but at the same time we have Occam’s razor - the simplest explanation is usually correct.
And if these people were stupid, sometimes they’d benefit the American people and harm Russian oligarchs. But the evidence shows close to 0 help for Americans, and every action they take aids or provides cover for kleptocrats here and abroad. The simplest explanation is that this is their intention.
flipht@kbin.socialto News@kbin.social•What World Central Kitchen does and why the attack that killed 7 volunteers in Gaza matters1·1 year agodeleted by creator
flipht@kbin.socialto Україна Ukraine@kbin.social•FT: Over 50% of Russians blame Ukraine for Moscow terrorist attack, survey shows4·1 year agoLiterally only people on whom propaganda is working.
flipht@kbin.socialto Not The Onion@kbin.social•Texas man changes his name to ‘Literally Anybody Else’ and launches presidential bid1·1 year agodeleted by creator
flipht@kbin.socialto Україна Ukraine@kbin.social•Russia uses UN veto to block renewal of North Korea sanctions monitors1·1 year agoThat’s the problem with the security council. They’ve been using their veto to spit on the world community since the UN’s inception.
flipht@kbin.socialto Україна Ukraine@kbin.social•Shoigu: Russia to form 2 new armies by the end of 20242·1 year agoIs North Korea supplying these too, or will they just mass arrest and conscript prisoners?
flipht@kbin.socialto Україна Ukraine@kbin.social•US: Russia attacked Ukraine with North Korean missiles at least 10 times2·1 year agoThere’s a great book called The Dictator’s handbook that explains why the Russian oligarchs couldn’t give less of a damn. There’s a YouTube video called Rules for Rulers that does a good recap of it, and the overall political theory behind all of it is Selectorate theory.
The long and the short is that as long as resources are available to the elite, and as long as they have enough to keep their underlings satisfied, the only time you have real unrest is when the dissatisfication from the bottom outweighs the resource allocation from the top.
Which they’ve done a good job of preventing by keeping the populous off balance and unable to organize.
flipht@kbin.socialto politicus@kbin.social•Mike Johnson Completely Blindsided by Resignation in His Own Party1·1 year agoThis. At the end of the day, these people treat the Republican party like their primary religion. They will say whatever keeps eyes off them so they can do stuff without criticism, but once they’re in the ballot box, it’s going to be really hard for them to leave that spot blank, let alone to vote for Biden.
flipht@kbin.socialto Україна Ukraine@kbin.social•Zelensky: As long as Ukraine holds, the French army stay can stay in France1·1 year agoIt would have worked better in Germany too if we hadn’t had the USSR in the corner sucking the marrow from the sections they were in charge of.
flipht@kbin.socialto Neoliberal@kbin.social•Live Updates: Trump Prevails in Supreme Court Challenge to His Eligibility1·1 year agoDing ding ding.
It’s one thing to say that this is a federal issue and must be handled by a federal court, but if states can’t decide who is on their ballot in this instance, what authority allows them to do so ever? Different states have different rules with regards to which candidates and how they get on the ballot.
Federal elections should not be run by States if States are going to be limited seemingly at random on what they can and can’t enforce. What happens if a 20 year old runs for president? Are states allowed to say no to that because it’s in the Constitution, or would Congress need to clarify that as well?
flipht@kbin.socialto News@lemmy.world•Humpback sex photographed for first time – and both whales were male11·1 year agoThey do that with humans because it’s harder to just get away with killing us.
For whales? They’ll just try to revive the whaling industry.
flipht@kbin.socialto Canada@lemmy.ca•Trudeau calls Putin a “weakling” for executing Navalny, other opponents10·1 year agoEven if that’s true, it is not a reason to work someone to death.
flipht@kbin.socialto Canada@lemmy.ca•Trudeau calls Putin a “weakling” for executing Navalny, other opponents351·1 year agoHe was in a penal colony. Places not known for adequate food, medical care, or reasonable work protections.
No one is saying that someone shot him in the head. He died “naturally” because the body cannot sustain in that environment indefinitely. And who put him there, and why?
As long as people are out in the wild trying to give cover to regressive fascists, we’ll never see the end of this shit.
I haven’t heard anyone caring. The people who would be upset are busy with culture war screeching. I think the Biden admin did something very astute by upending Trump’s entire social policy within the last month - it gives a bunch of left leaning groups a win to attribute to him, and it pulled focus from these folks who can’t seem to maintain their anger at any one thing for more than a week.
Everyone I know who watches politics from the right is up in arms over the title ix stuff. None of them are paying attention to Congress right now.