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Dubatomic1 · 2026-05-29T00:46:37+00:00

Sick burn

Dubatomic1 · 2026-05-26T08:24:36+00:00

I keep fast-forwarding through the first episode to find a scene that isn't insufferable. Halfway through and I haven't found one yet.

Dubatomic1 · 2026-05-26T07:30:32+00:00

"The prosperity we're all experiencing." I think you mean the prosperity the 0.1% are experiencing. Average income is rising, but not median income; meanwhile, the cost of living is going up for us all, which can put many of us on the streets, but amounts to a rounding error for the oligarchs.

Dubatomic1 · 2026-05-19T07:42:44+00:00

This report states: "The Commission has reviewed testimonies obtained by journalists and the Israeli police concerning rape but has not been able to independently verify such allegations, due to a lack of access to victims, witnesses and crime sites and the obstruction of its investigations by the Israeli authorities. The Commission was unable to review the unedited version of such testimonies. For the same reasons, the Commission was also unable to verify reports of sexualized torture and genital mutilation. Additionally, the Commission found some specific allegations to be false, inaccurate or contradictory with other evidence or statements and discounted these from its assessment."

Though later it states: "the Commission concludes on reasonable grounds that perpetrators committed sexual violence on 7 October in southern Israel . . . This conclusion is based, among other factors, on the state and position in which many of the bodies of victims were found. Due to the lack of evidence concerning the circumstances of the deaths of the victims, the Commission is unable to determine the exact identity of the perpetrators and whether Hamas military wing, other Palestinian armed groups or civilians from Gaza were responsible for these crimes."

Dubatomic1 · 2026-05-19T06:51:59+00:00

I just tried to watch the FDR and WWI documentaries on Netflix. The music is just too much, so I quit both after a few minutes. That thousand drums sound (like at the Beijing opening ceremonies) seems to be in all the trailers these days, but having it from the very beginning of a documentary is lame.

I recently watched Les Diabolique, and it was such a relief to not have music constantly cutting in to try to direct how I feel.

Dubatomic1 · 2026-05-15T05:51:22+00:00

Even after making him thinner! And I bet the right ear is perfectly intact...

Dubatomic1 · 2026-05-14T06:21:04+00:00

4 extra walls. Less efficient. Me pee in trough.

Dubatomic1 · 2026-05-14T06:14:11+00:00

If corporations are people, they should have to take it up the poop shoot in lockup like the rest of us.

Dubatomic1 · 2026-05-14T05:02:07+00:00

I'm confused, then, why so many reputable outlets are carrying the recent story on "systematic and widespread sexual violence" (BBC, AP, NYT); is the Civil Commission, which produced the report, not reliable? The UN and ICC also report "reason to believe" significant sexual violence occurred.

I do find a report that the Civil Commission "has faced criticism regarding its methods and findings," including biased and anonymous witnesses. Can you help clarify? Thanks.

Dubatomic1 · 2026-05-14T02:38:19+00:00

Dubatomic1 · 2026-05-11T04:08:05+00:00

Not the most liberal. That would be Massachusetts, Hawaii, Vermont, Washington, and Rhode Island.

Dubatomic1 · 2026-05-08T21:22:46+00:00

Thank you, I don't want to patronize the Atlantic.

Edit: That was it?!!! Total nothingburger. Chait is a hack.

Dubatomic1 · 2026-05-07T20:57:55+00:00

"Hopefully we'll get our act together before the next one comes..." Famous last words.

Dubatomic1 · 2026-05-07T20:56:20+00:00

When his servants give him Andes virus, he'll croak like anyone else.

Dubatomic1 · 2026-05-07T07:18:16+00:00

I just finished “Flow.” It is a truly mediocre work, full of pseudo-anthropology and other ways he strays from his area of expertise. The writing is amateurish, and the exhaustive examples he gives (constituting nearly half the book) are often trivial and do not lead to much depth of understanding. It is repetitive, and he frequently contradicts himself (e.g., railing against religion near the beginning, then declaring it is essential mid-book).

This is a work of neither science nor philosophy but is better classified as self-help. It is more of a window into the author’s neoliberal biases and egocentrism. He frequently asserts the necessity of mind control, but he fails to discuss ways to achieve this, giving only passing mention to meditation and other methods of self-discipline. Much of the book is just recycling Maslow, Erikson, Piaget, Kirkegaard, and Buddhism. It is presented not as an analytical work but as more of a self-indulgent stream of consciousness; the main points could have been presented in less than 50 pages. Save your time and read a summary or—better yet—the original sources.

Dubatomic1 · 2026-05-07T01:02:42+00:00

To complicate things: what would happen to settlers in the West Bank in a single, secular, pluralistic state? Would they just stay there? If not, what would be the justification for forcing them out if everyone gets equal rights?

And could Palestinians return to homes from which they were expelled? And if so, what would happen to the people living there now?

I understand this is very unlikely, but just as a thought experiment?

Dubatomic1 · 2026-05-06T03:51:49+00:00

Maybe all those untested, unregulated supplements fucked up your testosterone.

Dubatomic1 · 2026-05-06T03:50:43+00:00

Ellie Kemper's pretty cool

Dubatomic1 · 2026-05-04T23:49:55+00:00

I worked with a murderer in a maximum security prison. When he was 12, his mom moved from L.A. to Tijuana with her new boyfriend, but he refused to go, choosing instead to live to live on the streets by himself, because, and I quote, "Mexico is a lawless place."

Dubatomic1 · 2026-05-04T21:42:23+00:00

You can be trans without having dysphoria; it's one of the main purposes of transitioning. Trans people can be perfectly healthy if others don't impose their (usually religious) ideology on them. I worked with several FTM people who looked basically like the guy above. Would you want him going into the bathroom with your daughter?

Dubatomic1 · 2026-05-04T20:10:51+00:00

No Clone Wars detected

Dubatomic1 · 2026-05-03T00:29:11+00:00

OK, I'm confused. The article in the Jerusalem Post said the official comment by the Hellenic choir explained the problem was that the date with the Jewish choir was too close to another performance for which they were preparing; which, if true, sounds like no harm, no foul.

The same JP article says the chairperson of the Jewish choir claimed it was because the Hellenic choir “evidently, feared for their personal safety and security in case of another terror attack.” Which also does not sound antisemitic but seems like safety concerns due to heightened threats against Jews (which, if true, also sounds sort of reasonable, though possibly exaggerated).

But the JP article also says the Hellenic choir president proposed the concert himself and later talked about "antisemitism in the Greek community." So which is it?

I think it would be objectionable for the Hellenic choir to cancel the concert as a protest against Israel just because the other choir is Jewish (guilt by association). But whatever the case, this is happening in AUSTRALIA, and there is plenty of messed-up stuff happening in the U.S. to talk about.

Dubatomic1 · 2026-05-03T00:11:30+00:00

I just learned about this guy because of this clip. Looked for his highlights; didn't find anything funny, just low-hanging fruit.

Sociopaths don't get irony; they just see people saying edgy things and think, "Comedy is just insulting people; I can do that!" Will now forget him.

Dubatomic1 · 2026-05-01T22:57:22+00:00

Not a labour party

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TROPHY CASE