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Judge orders hearing to review Onion’s purchase of Alex Jones’s InfoWars

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"The Onion was the highest bidder[...]"

Literally the point of the suit is that The Onion was not the highest bidder. From the article:

The exact bid amount offered by the Onion for InfoWars remains unknown, but it has been reported it was lower than First United American’s bid of $3.5m.

The victims of Jones decided it was better to get less money and not allow the brand to go to one of his allies to continue the usual operations. They are saying that even though they effectively own the brand, that they don't have the right to choose who it's sold to.

There is only one way this should go, but...

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Mitochondria

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I'm not sure how you think critical thinking works. Do you have some sort of magical logic flow that doesn't requiere some base understanding of facts?

Guy trying to sell quartz as "energy enhancing crystals" -> no understanding as to how body energy works -> might be legit, let's give it a try

Guy trying to sell quartz as "energy enhancing crystals" -> knowing that available body energy is dictated by ATP and has nothing to do with crystals -> this smells like a scam

Critical thinking is about being able to apply knowledge of what you know to what you are currently being told. You need some basis of real, provable facts for it, which is why if you had a bio course, you also likely had some lab component to it as well.

Sure, I hear you cry, but all of that information isn't something I need to know basically ever! Well, you're correct, but a fun thing about learning is that the deeper you cut into a subject, the more you remember. You probably wouldn't remember much if the entire unit only said "mitochondria is the powerhouse of the cell".

And doing these deep cuts to reinforce the basics of understanding work. There is a reason that "mitochondria is the powerhouse of the cell" is a meme, and it's because everyone remembers that part, not nessessarily the part that they have their DNA that is always inherented from your mother and is referred to as mDNA.

I hope this helps you to think critically against the continued push against critical thinking, particularly to the claim that what you learned in school has nothing to do with doing it.

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I have to pay extra to remove ads from Prime Video

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The buy page literally lists videos and music as being part of what you're buying with Prime, and unlimited storage for photos and that twitch sub are also listed benefit if you click the view more button.

I don't know why that would be considered "free" since they're literally advertising those things.

How are any of these things "free" if you're paying to get these "free" features?

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Multiverse

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It's a common trend for people that don't understand that infinite possibilities do not mean every possibility.

The way I usually explain this to people is that the quantity of even number is also infinite, but that doesn't mean you'll ever find a value of three in that infinite range.

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Anon is Illiterate

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Wew, I'm glad it's not just me, because it would actually be a reason I wouldn't read it.

No shade to 40k, it's just something I can recognize as a dangerous rabbit hole for me, personally.

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“This unique parcel stretches behind six homes”

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Adverse possession isn't that simple, and laws regarding it vary by state. In this case, it appears to be Washington state, which requires a number of things that indicate an uphill battle for anyone trying.

Among other requirements, it needs to be uninterrupted (occasional activity doesn't count), exclusive (the true owner doesn't use it) for ten entire years, notorious (impossible to miss if you ever are on the property, we're talking anywhere from fencing it off to building an entire house on it) and hostile (without permission).

So in reality, if I already owned this, avoiding adverse possession on this property is as easy as visiting it once every 5-8 years and telling them to quit the area if they're trying to elbow their way in (which resets the 10 year clock).

So yeah, not as much a free land grab as one might think.

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Quordle (Wordle x4) July 23rd

Skin of my teeth on this one, though it's the first time I've played it and maybe the third I've played a wordle-like game. Spammed vowels and consonants for most guesses and started filling in the answers. Top right was a total punt, though.

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