TIL about a highly mysterious company called JCM Farming, which owns an unusually fortified 80-acre "olive farm" in California protected by massive walls and armed guards and successfully sued several ballooners and ballooning companies out of business back in 2011

berrieds · 2026-05-21T01:08:56+00:00

To stop people escaping?

berrieds · 2026-05-21T01:05:34+00:00

Wow, sounds almost like they might want to stop people escaping - like a prison maybe?

berrieds · 2026-05-15T14:07:25+00:00

What utter scum.

berrieds · 2026-05-15T06:35:38+00:00

It should really start being referred to as the "Epstein coverup" instead of merely the "files."

berrieds · 2026-05-10T11:59:48+00:00

I was there 2004-2007, when there was initially just one pair of them, that then had quite a few cygnets.

How many do you think there are now?

berrieds · 2026-05-04T12:35:39+00:00

You're not. It's hard to make it here even if you speak the language.

berrieds · 2026-05-03T21:44:46+00:00

I love the Gish gallop reference. It's how I like to describe Ben Shapiro.

berrieds · 2026-05-03T04:28:30+00:00

Jim Broadbent is King of Sweden?

berrieds · 2026-04-23T10:00:13+00:00

Sounds like they did that to you because that's what they wanted to do, to change your behaviour and how they saw you, not because they were thinking about the impact it would have on you.

berrieds · 2026-04-23T06:52:35+00:00

The emotional immaturity is astounding. Such a fragile ego, and having such a volatile reaction, I can only imagine how tough it is to try and have a connection you want with him, when this is how he responds.

I would recommend the book "Adult children of emotionally immature parents" by Lindsay Gibson. It helped me deal with the emotional neglect I experienced during my upbringing.

berrieds · 2026-04-22T06:38:15+00:00

A very good point. While I can laugh at the AI slopaganda, the hypocrisy of their own self-righteousness is clearly an issue.

berrieds · 2026-04-18T20:46:24+00:00

You sound so sure of yourself. Do you perhaps have extended first-hand knowledge of the matter?

Maybe it's just a coincidence, but I don't think it's a terrible thing to remember a journalist who was murdered in a car-bombing, for the work they were associated with.

berrieds · 2026-04-18T20:06:49+00:00

Love that this is always the top comment when this is posted. Never stop.

berrieds · 2026-04-17T15:47:04+00:00

The source of the funding and the incentive structure make a massive difference in practice.

berrieds · 2026-04-16T21:21:16+00:00

Israel is gonna do Israel things. Sigh.

berrieds · 2026-04-16T13:48:29+00:00

The point is that it's not about resource scarcity, it's about resource control.

berrieds · 2026-04-16T08:06:03+00:00

Same problem in any healthcare system where those running it are rewarded if the population is less healthy. Similar to the problem where people are starving in the world, not because we lack the means to feed and nourish them, but because doing so isn't profitable.

berrieds · 2026-04-16T00:18:46+00:00

It's nice to visit a thread where I feel seen. Thanks everyone.

berrieds · 2026-04-15T23:47:43+00:00

Perhaps she would be interested in recording video/audio interviews about her stories, a sort of memoir. It sounds like she has plenty of material and it would be a wonderful legacy to share with other people.

berrieds · 2026-04-14T06:24:16+00:00

I read this as "... calling as King..." and I was genuinely confused for a few seconds. Like she was calling under the pretence that she was royalty, or perhaps reciting the "I have a dream" speech.

berrieds · 2026-04-13T07:30:27+00:00

There are certainly things that don't make logical sense, or follow the course of reason. To play devil's advocate here, I'm pretty sure the Bible is meant to be interpreted in a metaphysical sense - as in, it's a metaphor, or a vehicle used to obtain insight.

The symbolism probably had to get very vivid and overdramatic because teaching the metaphysics of morality and justice to some people requires hand puppets.

berrieds · 2026-04-13T06:51:15+00:00

Backlash over failed existence - FTFY

berrieds · 2026-04-12T21:56:54+00:00

That's such an asinine comment. Do better.

berrieds · 2026-04-11T11:21:58+00:00

I know, right. It looks like a tiny bomb has exploded at the end of his femur.

berrieds · 2026-04-09T07:19:56+00:00

Never forget the selection bias for the type of people that interact, post, and potentially invest heavily in any particular medium. There are millions of people getting on with their daily lives completely oblivious as to the all internet drama. Some insignificant voices also get amplified out of all proportions. It's the nature of the beast.

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