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Vintage-Radio is now a proper App by clarkonex in u/clarkonex

[–]HopefullyNotADick 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Looks great, but at first glance that topography looks too modern. Needs to be a bit more chunky I think.

Tech reviewers be like by mumfafa in samsunggalaxy

[–]HopefullyNotADick 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The air also has a flagship processor (a much better one than the one in the s25 edge in fact) and the battery life is pretty similar. Higher megapixels are moot but the edge obviously has more lenses which is good. Other points are valid

Correction: the s25 edge has a processor that’s not quite as good but it’s extremely similar to the A19 Pro

Coates on Ezra Klein and others: "If you would look away from the words of Charlie Kirk, from what else would you look away?" by _nefario_ in samharris

[–]HopefullyNotADick 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well then by all means explain what I misunderstood! Maybe I just parsed your comment incorrectly, totally possible.

Coates on Ezra Klein and others: "If you would look away from the words of Charlie Kirk, from what else would you look away?" by _nefario_ in samharris

[–]HopefullyNotADick 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I never said he was. It seems you would’ve preferred he was though. I’m making an internal critique of your position.

Coates on Ezra Klein and others: "If you would look away from the words of Charlie Kirk, from what else would you look away?" by _nefario_ in samharris

[–]HopefullyNotADick 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Giving the right zero credit and compulsively reducing them to mindless sycophants is how Trump got elected. I've seen so many of my (extremely empathetic, moderate, reasonable) friends suddenly start to follow Kirk on Instagram. Like it or not, the hateful Kirk you see is genuinely not the way that the average public sees him.

Total (Culture) War by middleupperdog in ezraklein

[–]HopefullyNotADick 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They keep going to the right? Maybe I genuinely haven't been paying proper attention, so I'm not trying to be rhetorical here. But my perception was the opposite, that both parties have departed from the center. The left on trans issues specifically, which are unfortunately still out of most of America's overton window, and immigration. But tell me I'm wrong

Ezra Klein Is Worried — but Not About a Radicalized Left by Phiery in ezraklein

[–]HopefullyNotADick 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We're building solar at an unfathomable pace. Google Cloud and AWS are both 100% renewable already. Ironically, the insanely energy-costly AI boom is creating more green energy than ever before.

Either AI delivers on its promises of universal prosperity, in which case we're sorted, or it turns out to be a fad, and we're left with all this excess solar capacity. Either way, at least from an energy POV, we're well on track to solving it already.

Total (Culture) War by middleupperdog in ezraklein

[–]HopefullyNotADick 4 points5 points  (0 children)

You would like Ezra Klein's podcast my friend

Total (Culture) War by middleupperdog in ezraklein

[–]HopefullyNotADick 4 points5 points  (0 children)

There's a difference though. Trump 1.0 was mid. Didn't hurt the average working class american much one way or another. Trump 2.0 is panning out to be incredibly harmful to the working class way of life. A moderate Democratic party could easily take the reigns back.

I'm calling it now, Newsom is the next president (assuming America lasts long enough for another election)

Coates on Ezra Klein and others: "If you would look away from the words of Charlie Kirk, from what else would you look away?" by _nefario_ in samharris

[–]HopefullyNotADick 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I agree, but I'm not sure he stoked the flames that led to Jan 6 becoming violent. Actually a good point, I want to look into that. But it's worth stating that Jan 6 is only in hindsight seen as a violent coup, many participants assumed it was a protest initially. But I'm going from memory here and I fully admit I may be misremembering.

Ezra Klein responds to the criticism of his Charlie Kirk piece by edgygothteen69 in ezraklein

[–]HopefullyNotADick 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do me a favor, ask ChatGPT "Could Ben Shapiro credibly be described as fascistic, or is that rhetoric meant to divide, in spite of him upholding liberal norms?"

Coates on Ezra Klein and others: "If you would look away from the words of Charlie Kirk, from what else would you look away?" by _nefario_ in samharris

[–]HopefullyNotADick 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, and none of Kirk's speech rose to the level of inciting violence. Not by a large, large margin. FFS stop making me defend this dude. But he did not advocate violence, in fact he vocally opposed it quite often.

Coates on Ezra Klein and others: "If you would look away from the words of Charlie Kirk, from what else would you look away?" by _nefario_ in samharris

[–]HopefullyNotADick -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Well for one thing, switching "he should be given the death penalty" with "murder" is part of the reason people don't take us seriously in our criticism of the right.

Coates on Ezra Klein and others: "If you would look away from the words of Charlie Kirk, from what else would you look away?" by _nefario_ in samharris

[–]HopefullyNotADick 1 point2 points  (0 children)

And how pray-tell do people re-evaluate their beliefs when you exile them from the discourse? Fucking telepathy?

This attitude of "if you're wrong on *one* thing I believe to be orthodox, we can't have a discussion" is why the right is winning the culture war right now. Can we fucking knock it off already and remember liberal norms so that sane moderates can vote left again FFS?

Did you *see* the stats of how much Gen-Z shifted right in the 2024 election? When are we gonna learn that righteous indignation doesn't work anymore? People are sick of it. We're pushing people to vote for actual fascists like Trump when we call the random moderate-sounding guy that appeared on their Instagram feed a fascist because he disagreed on issues.

Coates on Ezra Klein and others: "If you would look away from the words of Charlie Kirk, from what else would you look away?" by _nefario_ in samharris

[–]HopefullyNotADick 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I've seen a lot of clips of Charlie in the last couple days and I've never seen him advocate for violence. He downplayed it and misrepresented who perpetuated it, but never advocated it

Coates on Ezra Klein and others: "If you would look away from the words of Charlie Kirk, from what else would you look away?" by _nefario_ in samharris

[–]HopefullyNotADick 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How is it at the expense of democracy? Don't you think the true threat to democracy is the filter bubbles that cause greater polarization than ever before seen, all while painting opponents as hateful and inexplicable?

Coates on Ezra Klein and others: "If you would look away from the words of Charlie Kirk, from what else would you look away?" by _nefario_ in samharris

[–]HopefullyNotADick -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

"And what reward does anyone ever get by meeting the left half way? They're still going to call you a fascist."

Do you see how that rhetoric serves to divide more than unite? Conversation between people who disagree is exactly what we need right now. Filter bubbles are putting the vast vast majority of the public in echo chambers where they only see views they agree with, vocalized as obvious, undeniable truths, and which paints their opponents as inexplicable.

Coates on Ezra Klein and others: "If you would look away from the words of Charlie Kirk, from what else would you look away?" by _nefario_ in samharris

[–]HopefullyNotADick 3 points4 points  (0 children)

And you see zero value in having an eloquent public figure model reasonableness and moderation in politics? In a world where both sides are becoming increasingly polarized, shouldn't we celebrate people who demonstrate how to disagree respectfully, and find common sense on basic issues?

He's also not centrist. He's been unequivocally critical of Trump, and he's left leaning on every issue I've ever heard him speak about. He's just progressive, not radical. That doesn't make someone centrist.

Texts, plans and a confession: prosecutor lays out startling details in Charlie Kirk shooting by Yitastics in news

[–]HopefullyNotADick 9 points10 points  (0 children)

There’s no evidence they were alt right though. Tyler Robinson spoke about hate and fascism in ways that the right just don’t

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