This implies he had a good reputation before? There was already stuff like this out: https://www.enstarz.com/articles/235506/20240816/barron-trump-caught-killing-animals-slapped-f-out-his-nanny-alleged-ex-nanny-claims.htm

Those "resort fees" were part of Biden's FTC's efforts to crack down on junk fees. Trump is now undoing that work. https://www.investopedia.com/trump-has-undone-biden-s-war-on-junk-fees-11772720

Remember when Republicans (pretended) to support free speech?

Maybe that wasn't the best word but if someone is MAGA they're in general not very principled because they just accept whatever Trump does even when it goes against what past prominent conservatives did or said.

For example conservatives at-least said for a long time they were strong supporters of free speech but as soon as Trump started attacking free speech a lot of them fell in line. But for example maybe some on r/conservative would say I thought we supported free speech and then the posts would get deleted leaving only those in the MAGA cult left.

☹️ I'm terribly sorry I've administered 10 times the recommended dose 💊 and killed 🪦 the patient. I know this was a terrible mistake and I'm deeply sorry.

🎶 Would you like me to turn my apology into a rap song? I can also generate a dank meme to express how sorry I am.

And if you are american: fucking fix your government

I try everyday and I will not give up until it's fixed.

Your government could end up more like mine if the AfD takes power so I urge you and all Germans to fight that with everything you got. It's terrifying here and I really don't want other people to have to go through what we're going through so please take action now.

One threat that I believe people in Europe are not taking seriously enough is foreign interference in your elections from our Oligarchs like Elon Musk and our government. Trump's so-called National Security Strategy explicitly calls for interfering in EU countries and the Heritage Foundation (the organization who planned much of Trump's second term) has explicitly called for eliminating the EU.

Please consider these actions to immunize yourself and your country from us:

1. Stop using Twitter, Meta products, TikTok and Reddit. These companies all have owners who are sympathetic to the Trump regime or in the case of Twitter it's way worse. I'm personally a big advocate for Bluesky for replacing Twitter and of course goes without saying I really hope Lemmy can fully replace Reddit.

2. Educate people on how to recognize disinformation and propaganda. This should be taught in school along with classes to mitigate the harmful effects caused by social media. Classes should hopefully cultivate skills like emotional regulation, critical thinking and conflict resolution because cognitive warfare is more successful against people who are weak in these skills.

3. Try resolving people's frustrations and social differences without them turning towards the far-right. This is part of how Trump got into power some people feel unhappy and vulnerable so the far-right takes advantage of them. I don't understand this well but I've read that part of the AfD's popularity has to do with unresolved differences between East and West Germany. If I'm wrong here or misunderstanding I apologize.

4. If applicable campaign finance reform especially to restrict foreign money. I suspect Germany is way better than America here but if this is a risk please fix as soon as possible.

5. Consider simulating what would happen if the AfD were to take power almost like the way a pentester tests software. Figure out what vulnerabilities in your government the AfD could exploit and solve them before they take power. This is really important because for Trump you can think of him almost like a hacker except he's not breaking into computer systems, he's exploiting vulnerabilities in both humans and our government doing things like declaring fake emergencies.

Obviously this is by no means a complete list. I'm sure there's a lot to do.

I really hope the stadiums are totally empty. We must not repeat the mistakes of the 1936 Olympics. Boycott the world cup and also boycott all their sponsors and advertisers and demand they pull their ads and stop funding FIFA which is a totally corrupt organization.

It's not possible to "doxx" ICE agents. They are not secret agents, they are people who we the taxpayers paid for and their names are either public record or if they are not public record really ought to be.

Well then, time to shut down your Meta account if you still have one. Also do likewise for TikTok and Twitter.

With the Trump regime this should be a firm NO.

Is there anyone we can contact to voice our opposition to this?

If you want change you got to direct your comments to the HDMI forum. Here we can talk about it forever and if they never see anything they won't change. I sent the following email to: [email protected]

Dear HDMI Forum,

I was recently saw the news that the HDMI forum was blocking open source implementations of the HDMI 2.1 specifications and I want to express that I really believe this is a bad idea. I hope the HDMI Forum will consider allowing it. I can't say I understand what the concern is or the reason for blocking it but I really doubt that whatever issue is envisioned will actually come to fruition, instead I believe that allowing open source implementations will be beneficial for adoption of the standard and since if I understand correctly the licensing fees are based on hardware sold so having open source code will of course not exempt anyone from HDMI licensing rules.

Thank you so much for your consideration,

(Name)

Maybe it's not perfect (I already wished I worded one sentence better) but I think what matters most is just trying your best and using your voice whenever you can. Be sure to send your email too, the more they receive hopefully the higher the chances that this works but of course be sure to use your own wording, I just put that here for an example.

Don't invade other countries. Don't interfere with other countries' elections. Considering Russia helped Trump get elected twice and tried three times I'm very angry at them.

Where was the "embarrassment" when they had the world cup in Russia in 2018 and when they had it in Qatar? Ultimately embarrassment ought to result in action but I'm not sure it will here.

When I read the headline my heart sank and I thought "oh no, they are going to act as spoilers and help the Republicans win" but then I read the article and it's actually good. What they're doing is endorsing candidates who run as Democrats or for states that allow it they can appear on the ballot as both a Democrat and as "Working Families".

What would be really nice is to have ranked choice voting. Ranked choice is easier to understand for people because you just rank who you like most and go down the list and don't rank people you really don't like. Telling people you can't vote third party because it helps the politician you like the least is kind of confusing for some people even though that's our current system.

Anyone else getting sick of the word "slams" in headlines? She posted online on social media. Yes she's right but this "slams" thing is really getting old.

I feel like some people here are missing the joke. The point is yes it's a very convincing AI photo. The fact that people believe it's real shows why we need AI regulations.

What do you expect? NY Post is owned by Rupert Murdoch the same person who owns Fox "News". I recommend never giving that rag a penny. Share links to more reputable news sources, if you must share a NY Post link use the archive link and always use an ad blocker.

If the US gets even worse (yes there is no bottom things can get even worse) this will create a big refugee problem throughout the world as people flee. It will not be good for your country and it will not be good for mine. So I urge everyone to stand up today to the Trump regime instead of dealing with a big problem tomorrow. You have the power to make a difference just by doing simple things like boycotting Tesla and Twitter. Urge people who are buying an EV not to buy a Tesla and urge everyone you can to stop using Twitter. Switch to Bluesky!

Can we do that here too in America please?

I'll admit actually this time I'm in Apple's favor. Personally I don't think there should be any tracking even opt-in but it's good they give people a way to opt-out.