Right? Headline should really read "Trump admits Epstein list is real, defends some of the people on it."

Leftists: Elon is a fascist

Centrists: No he isn't, it's not ok for you to say that.

Elon's Dad: Elon is finally the Nazi we wanted him to be.

Centrists: Uh....

I mean, those two things aren't mutually exclusive. I can believe the science AND ALSO engage in behaviors it says are unhealthy for me.

"AI isn't a bubble as long as nobody pops it" is such a great example of cognitive dissonance, I'm honestly impressed.

But the disturbing thread running through all these requests is how easy it’s become for copyright trolls to leverage the DMCA to intimidate providers

I remember this issue being pointed out by the more vocal critics of the dmca when the bill was working its way through Congress. They warned that "remove first, ask questions later" would be abused by corporations in this exact manner with effectively no recourse for people who can't afford a lawyer for every single time there victimized by a wrongful takedown request.

And here we are, decades later, and it's been a problem this whole time.

A strike that has a scheduled end date is a strike that's has scheduled its own failure. A ten day strike would achieve nothing except the suffering of it's participants.

Yes, the economy would grind to a halt, yes people would likely die, yes it would financially hurt the powerful people in charge.

But do you really think those powerful people will give a shit? They know after ten days the gravy train will resume, but only for them and not the people who lost their jobs, got arrested, were injured, etc. The rich and powerful can afford to be patient, meanwhile everyone who sacrificed for ten days is going to have to question whether they can survive doing it again.

No, we're way past the point where our society can afford another failed effort to affect change. We need a general strike that doesn't end until the government capitulates to the needs of the people. It's all or nothing, now. ☹️

incompetent

No, malicious. Racist in fact.

Suburbs were intentionally designed to be hostile to families without a car. This created a financial barrier to living in the suburbs, organically weeding out "undesirable" (aka non-white) families. Yes this also meant that many white families also couldn't afford to move to the suburbs, but that was a downside the rich white racists were willing to accept if it meant keeping most non-white families out.

Diamonds aren't stable and will eventually, over billions of years, decompose from their cubic molecular structure to carbon's more stable form, graphite, which has a hexagonal molecular structure.

Oh, here's another good gemstone related one!

Amethyst and citrine are both quartz varieties, and if the color source happens to be from traces of iron in the crystal lattice, one can be turned into the other. Heating amethyst can make citrine, and irradiating citrine can turn it into amethyst. This is because the only actual difference between the two is the valiance level of a specific election in the iron atom giving the stone its color.

"What? Really?? With Netflix and Amazon pulling shows left and right????"

Global maritime piracy

Ohhhhh, that's ... Uh, hm. Somehow less interesting and more interesting at the same time.

I expect the White House to add "wearing a chicken suit" to their list of signs that somebody is a terrorist any moment now.

Can't lose something you never had.

These people were always fascists, they just didn't know it or knew to hide it.

Fascism craves power. The mere existence of a second party is a threat to that power, even if it's an unrealized threat. But the potential is still there. Fascism will always seek to create a single-party state for this reason.

I hate him saying "get your mind out of the gutter" as if even thinking about people who are gay is itself a perverted sexual act.

Gay people exist. Acknowledging this and discussing whether a piece of media is directed at them is not "mind in gutter" stuff.

I don't want to go so far as to say this person is homophobic, but it sure does sound like some internalized homophobia, perhaps.

The mirror test is frequently cited as a means of testing sentience.

OP I think you hit the nail on the head.

Congress would impeach Biden SO FAST so he could then be prosecuted.

... Unless Biden also made it impossible for Congress to meet to impeach him. Which is obviously against the Constitution, but there's nothing to be done about it as long as Congress can't impeach him.

Checkmate, fascists.

... wait

This is just trying to ban access to fluoride entirely

Well yeah. These are extremists, absolutists, radicals. Their dogma must be simple and without exceptions. If they admit even one scenario where fluoride has more benefits than deficits, their whole ideology and worldview crumbles. Nuance is an existential threat.

Has he ever given any indication that he knows what the CHIPS Act is? Because I'm 99% sure he's confusing it with CHIP Children's Health Insurance Program which iirc is part of social security and we know he's aiming to get rid of that.

Came here to make this point.

You can be sure that when a person like DeSantis says "death to pediohiles" they're thinking of trans people, not Trump.

Seriously.

"Trump destroyed my multi generation family business, but I'd rather lose my multi generation family business than have a black, female, Democrat for president."

That's the level of brainwashing we're dealing with. It's profound.

Fascists say whatever gives them the most power in any situation, reality really isn't a factor.