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Not really an overstatement to say that the test of a free society is whether or not comedians can make fun of the country's leader on TV without repurcussions.

This is an extremely basic point, but one that bears repeating: in a law-governed society, the state cannot simply murder people it has identified as potential criminals. It does not matter if those alleged criminals are foreigners. If you illegally kill people, you have committed murder.

one of the strongest findings in political science is no country with an average BMI over 25 has ever experienced a civil war

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I think that escalatory civil violence is very bad. But I swear to fucking God if anyone even attempts to suggest that Trump hasn't been the primary actor over the last decade fueling the normalization of civil violence in America, I'm going to lose it.

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Calling all Subaru Baja fans

The mental health benefits of not knowing any history right now must be massive. Moving through your day with total equanimity. What happens next? Who knows? Maybe something good

"THE ART OF THE KNEEL" TRUMP: "You have to agree to a ceasefire or there will be sanctions." PUTIN: "No ceasefire." TRUMP: "OK." PUTIN: "And no sanctions." TRUMP: "OK." PUTIN: "We're done. Thanks for the red carpet and photo ops."

This is still the most astonishing fact of the whole war.

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“We’re afraid that the Russian will trick him into signing something away,” an associate of the geriatric man said.

A friend suggests to me: Trump should be told he will win the Nobel Peace Prize if he arrests Putin in Alaska for war crimes.

The evolution of "vibe coding production software as a non-dev" the last few months Success stories do exist... ones I see all come from people who are/were software engineers Learning to code / build software not a waste after all?

"I love AI. (Or at least what I optimistically imagine it could be.) But I hate this bullshit." Exactly. I've always been fascinated by AI - from the simple kinds in old computer games to the fantastic ones in sci-fi. But the hype we've been seeing for the last three years has become insufferable.

This is great: A non-programmer vibe-coding a project that they intend to maintain is like giving a credit card to a child without first explaining the concept of debt. blog.val.town/vibe-code

How it started: "AI vibe coding tools will replace devs!" How it's going: "Do this: - Provide it w a detailed spec - Break down tasks to small ones - Separate dev and prod envs - Do NOT give access to the agent to prod - Never trust the agent; verify every step it takes - ...

The default counter to drones in the U.S. Army’s new tank platoon doctrine being to “just shoot it down with coax and 120mm canister rounds” is so hilariously out of touch with the realities of modern drone combat that I don’t know whether to laugh or cry.

Musk 2015: in 6 months Tesla will sell humanoid robots for less than the cost of a mid-range motorcycle Musk 2025: The America Party Presents the Electric Goebbels

Quitting programming as a career right now because of LLMs would be like quitting carpentry as a career thanks to the invention of the table saw.

Not the biggest fan of Johnny Harris, especially after he parroted Russian propaganda on Ukraine, but this was a great video, so I think I'll give the channel a chance.

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Why the idea that you can just vibe-code any serious software is completely ludicrous - at least with the current state of the tech. cekrem.github.io/posts/progra...

People outside tech starting to realize how quality software and typing/generating code fast are not correlated

The tragedy of all this European grovelling is that it isn't even working. Trump may be staying in NATO but anyone with eyes and ears can see the protectorate is now a paper tiger because the US president is not committed to defending Europe if attacked. Europe is only losing time and dignity.

I actually see being fiscally conservative as caring about people, because governments being in perpetual, ever-increasing debt disproportionately hurts the poor in the long term.

Russians: We want to conquer Ukraine & kill Ukrainians Useful idiots: Maybe they’re mad about NATO Russians: *invade Ukraine, kidnap, torture, murder Ukrainians nonstop for 3 years* UI: But what do they want? Russians: We want all of Ukraine UI: Wow they must be super mad at NATO

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A fun read about Adderall, but I certainly had no idea how widespread its use is. I'm wondering to what extent it might be behind the tech elite's paranoia and embrace of authoritarianism that we have been seeing lately. pioneerworks.org/broadcast/cl...

I used to be a fan of Elon because of SpaceX, but I saw the light years ago when it became clear that he is a toxic jerk. His involvement in the MAGA movement later showed that on top of that, he’s a naive idiot too, so I don't get how anyone could still take him seriously afterwards.

OTD in 1989 absolutely nothing happened at #Tiananmen Square. Anyone who says otherwise will disappear.

Soon I will have to ask for a NATO guarantee against Ukraine.

A beautifully written article about the AI-replacing-programmers delusion. I don't 100% agree with everything said here, but a great read nevertheless. The key point: "When you outsource the thinking, you outsource the learning." deplet.ing/the-copilot-...

KNIFE RE-RAFFLE Thanks to the very generous Khrystia, this knife is being raffled once again. This time to buy drones for the Dronho Unit of 253rd Assault Battalion “Arey”. They recently got hit by an orc FAB and lost all their kit. $10 Per Entry 🎯 = $20’000 linktr.ee/wildhornets

Amusing outcome of "vibe coding" wave with AI (by people who have not written software professionally before) Seeing the speedrun of why software development REALLY is hard (it was never about writing code - even though most non-dev folks assumed it must have been!)

Vladimir, STOP✋

I mean, it's really not that complicated

The libertarian obsession with self-custody has always baffled me. It's the same as stuffing money in your mattress, except the transfers are also irreversible once they happen. The fact that they can be traced doesn't change much about it. arstechnica.com/security/202...

You aren't even maintaining the status quo cause Russian bomber bases in flames was not the status quo and now it is 11 on a typical Tuesday.

I've always wondered if so many companies suck at customer support because it's too expensive, or if they simply don't give a fuck and don't understand the brand damage it's causing.

We are at the point in history where Germany is having to lecture the US on the need to fight fascism.

“In short, you destroy, you get the points, you buy a drone using the points” “we have increased the number of points for infantry elimination from two to six, and that has doubled the number of destroyed enemies in one month” The gamification of warfare is here www.politico.eu/article/ukra...

I don't know anyone who uses Facebook anymore. I've been wondering for years whether it's just my bubble or if advertisers are simply happy to pay for bot impressions. www.cnbc.com/2025/04/30/m...

clowns exercising their clowning skills

The master strategist met his match

The surrender King.

man. (from "DIALECTIC OF ENLIGHTENMENT")

Good, clear facts even MAGA dipshits would understand, if only they were ever interested in actually understanding anything.