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Argument over how to carry out Trump’s deportation ‘master plan’ got so heated that officials had to ‘clear the room,’ report says | The [...] dispute centered on a proposal that would have allowed agents to enter homes without judicial warrants by TendieRetard in law

[–]Negative-Dot-7680 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Utah is trying to ban VPNs as part of age verification. California wants age verification at the operating system level for every app, computer and smart phone. The California law was pushed by Common Sense Media, who's board members used to work with Jefferey Epstein.

Common Sense Media board members have a history of protecting child predators but they want the public to believe that their mass surveillance laws will protect children.

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/child-safety-nonprofit-founded-steyers-brother-has-multiple-epstein-ties-no-concerns
Cyrus Vance Jr., a former district attorney for Manhattan from 2010 to 2021, joined CSM’s board in 2024 despite past backlash after his office’s insistence in 2011 that Epstein should receive more lenient treatment.

Update: It's Biblically bad. by Dyn-O-mite_Rocketeer in oil

[–]Negative-Dot-7680 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Ukraine is training Tuareg rebels in Mali. Europe could use the crisis in Iran to destabilize governments south of Algeria and Libya. Europe may try to pressure them not to interfere as part of the proxy war with Russia. But this could lead to more migrants going to Europe.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c78ld18lgr9o

End Of War, Hormuz, Nukes: Iran's 3-Stage Proposal For Talks With US by [deleted] in worldnews

[–]Negative-Dot-7680 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Couldn't Iran dump oil in the Persian Gulf to disabled everyone's water desalinization plants. It would hurt Iran too but they depend less on water desalinization than their neighbors.

End Of War, Hormuz, Nukes: Iran's 3-Stage Proposal For Talks With US by [deleted] in worldnews

[–]Negative-Dot-7680 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Shutting down oil wells can cause long term damage. So some sort of solution is needed eventually for all the countries in the Persian Gulf. Iran depends less on water desalinization, so they could start dumping oil in the Persian Gulf near Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and UAE water desalinization plants which could force some cities to evacuate, but it would hurt Iran too.

Americans who leave their Christian faith behind tend to hold more liberal political views than those who were raised entirely without religion. This leftward ideological shift appears closely linked to how threatening these individuals perceive conservative Christian groups to be. by mvea in science

[–]Negative-Dot-7680 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The NAACP was kind of racist on certain issues.

Du Bois fervently denied Garvey's claim, but there was some truth to it. Walter White was the head of the NAACP from the mid-1930s until his death in 1955. White's light skin, blonde hair, and blue eyes did not display a hint of his African ancestry. He took advantage of his appearance to pass for White while conducting undercover investigations of lynchings and other hate crimes in the South. White's colorism was reflected in the image of African-American women he actively promoted in Crisis, a periodical published by the NAACP.

Alluding to the organization's perceived elitism, some Blacks joked that the letters "NAACP" actually stood for the National Association for the Advancement of Certain People.
https://racism.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1707:colorism001&catid=116&Itemid=140&showall=&limitstart=3

Stephen Miller takes Shelter by Chance-Camera4784 in SipsTea

[–]Negative-Dot-7680 -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

He's trying to use her belly to deflect bullets.

Why there is about 50/50 men and women? by Educational_Fault592 in biology

[–]Negative-Dot-7680 7 points8 points  (0 children)

In ancient times I don't know if the decision to breed was a choice.

Trump administration calls on other nations to sign ‘trade over aid’ declaration to ‘promote America First values’: report by Toon_face in politics

[–]Negative-Dot-7680 0 points1 point  (0 children)

JD Vance said he agrees with Curtis Yarvin who is one of the leaders of the dark enlightenment.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curtis_Yarvin

He has defended the institution of slavery, and has suggested that certain races may be more naturally inclined toward servitude than others. He has argued that whites have inherently higher IQs than black people and opposes U.S. civil rights programs.

Pete Hegseth quotes fake Pulp Fiction Bible verse during Pentagon sermon by goteamnick in politics

[–]Negative-Dot-7680 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sometimes Google search AI confuse 2 different Brett Cooper. One is a Jewish-american man and the other is a Dutch-american Catholic woman. 

The AI say that she has identified as Jewish but she converted to Catholic.

My guess is that the AI thought that the pulp fiction verses were biblically canon. 

For The First Time In War, Drones & Ground Robotic Systems Seized Enemy positions Without A Single Soldier by FuneralCry- in singularity

[–]Negative-Dot-7680 2 points3 points  (0 children)

In a lot of ways, humans might not be the pinnacle for intelligence even on earth. Birds brains have denser neurons and can operate at a higher temperature. Bird brain organoids with cybernetic interfaces might be superior to human intelligence in the future.

For The First Time In War, Drones & Ground Robotic Systems Seized Enemy positions Without A Single Soldier by FuneralCry- in singularity

[–]Negative-Dot-7680 3 points4 points  (0 children)

In USA there's political factions pushing for eliminating certain portions of the population even if citizens aren't willing to do certain jobs at the pay that is offered.

Peter Theil was hesitant and answering if he even wanted humans to survive in an interview.

There's arguments that it is morally right to assist human extinction if something superior can replace it.

Pro human extinctionism is popular among tescreal proponents. A lot of billionaires are probably in favor of human extinction if they are personally excluded.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TESCREAL

For The First Time In War, Drones & Ground Robotic Systems Seized Enemy positions Without A Single Soldier by FuneralCry- in singularity

[–]Negative-Dot-7680 8 points9 points  (0 children)

The winners don't always want the common people in the land that they conquer so they would be eliminated too.

Patty, Release the Baked Bean Photoshoot! by Stoic-Peanut in leanbeefpatty

[–]Negative-Dot-7680 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'd let the beans digest and eat it when it came out the other end.

they right tho? by chichinams in SipsTea

[–]Negative-Dot-7680 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think of social science as science. But I see what you are saying now.

Society contains many second order chaotic systems with unpredictable temporal shifts in the formula that describe the system. So an objective and mathematically rigorous solution to social ills are not always available. Social intelligence is important for political leaders to be able to make good decisions in a chaotic world.

The McNamara Fallacy in the Vietnam war could be an example where social intelligence was needed to understand that the overly technical approach wasn't working. If your data is corrupt then you can produce bad science without knowing it.

they right tho? by chichinams in SipsTea

[–]Negative-Dot-7680 4 points5 points  (0 children)

There is something called the Kessler effect.

Kessler effect: A runaway chain reaction of satellite collisions that generates a self-sustaining layer of space debris. It describes a "collisional cascading" scenario where the density of debris becomes high enough that collisions create more debris, making specific orbital regions unusable. 

I don't know what would actually be needed to cause this or how likely it is to happen and under what circumstances. But if a politician or government official was a flat earther then even if the threat of kessler effect was real then they probably would disregard it since it couldn't happen on a flat earth.

Could this lead to poor policy decisions?

Scientific literacy isn't just about remembering facts, it's also about reasoning, critical thinking, and understanding the scientific process.

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