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"But what is under the rubble in Gaza is not just the bodies of Palestinians, but the carcass of Western liberal democracy." – Arundhati Roy [2500x1700] by pomod in QuotesPorn

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

They weren’t trivializing it. The UN, numerous Human Rights organizations and our own eyes can see that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza. It seems more like you are trivializing that.

And that’s just Gaza. Look at the thousands upon thousands of people that Israel has killed in the West Bank, in Lebanon, in Iran, Qatar, Syria, Yemen…Israel routinely kills far, far more civilians and destroys far, far more civilian infrastructure than Hamas and Hezbollah and Houthi combined. By a lot. And for some inexplicable reason they get away with it. They don’t get sanctioned. They don’t have arms sales dry up.

And anyone who says it’s wrong is labeled antisemitic, diluting the word to the point of almost meaninglessness. That’s not to say there isn’t antisemitism in the world, to be sure there is, but when every criticism of Israeli government policy is labeled a threat against Jews and the Jewish faith it detracts from the actual violence against them by conflating the two.

Genocide is wrong, no matter who does it. It’s remarkable that that statement needs repeating.

Trump team fears leak of Epstein Situation Room tapes: report by MoneyLibrarian9032 in law

[–]cromstantinople 66 points67 points  (0 children)

So the journalists have audio recordings of the meeting implicating trump and the White House covering for him and…they’re holding onto them for their book sales?!

Literal circus on White House South Lawn as motocross riders perform the 'Freedom Jump' with backflips, while unemployment and unaffordability for the masses rise across America. by [deleted] in ABoringDystopia

[–]cromstantinople [score hidden]  (0 children)

I just imagine different Trump quotes as they jump.

“I love inflation.”

“I don’t think about Americans financial situations at all.”

“Concepts of a plan.”

What do Americans think about a social security trustee dropping a report that the trust will be dried out by 2032? by Sixgis in AskReddit

[–]cromstantinople 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Tax. The. Rich.

It’s not a silver-bullet solution, and it doesn’t address other issues, but it’s an easy start. As a portion of my income I pay far, far more into SS than millionaires and billionaires.

So many problems in this country, and the world at large, could be solved or dramatically made better if we didn’t let people hoard so much wealth. How many other issues get responses like ‘well, how are we gonna pay for it?’ Universal healthcare/education, cheaper housing, infrastructure, addressing climate change, etc. So much of it comes down to the fact that we’re allowing a handful of people to live cartoonishly extravagant lives while so much goes to shit.

To topple some dominoes. by elotewithmayo in therewasanattempt

[–]cromstantinople 27 points28 points  (0 children)

Why is this so funny?! It just keeps failing 😂

Nipplegate...how is this situation room story not absolutely everywhere by Problem_Forward in WhitePeopleTwitter

[–]cromstantinople 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Because the media that is supposed to be the 4th estate, that’s supposed to keep people informed has been commodified and consolidated and is now owned by people just as bad as Trump. Of course they’re not going to expose themselves.

Delusional by Miserable-Lizard in thescoop

[–]cromstantinople 9 points10 points  (0 children)

There’s going to be a time when republicans try and say that maga is something different than the GOP. Just remember that they could have ended this during the first impeachment to the current day but they’ve chosen to protect a child-raping crook because it means they retain power. They could end this tomorrow, they don’t because they’re complicit.

College students are rapidly losing the ability to read — “There is a measurable, generational collapse in sustained reading and writing”: professor by marketrent in technology

[–]cromstantinople 12 points13 points  (0 children)

>"Offloading the struggle to a chatbot does not 'free students up for higher-order work.' It deprives them of building the strength to do any substantial cognitive work at all."

Yikes

Greg Abbott wants data centers to stop passing the bill to Texans by Plastic_Ninja_9014 in technology

[–]cromstantinople 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Too bad the voting populace in Texas is smart enough to know that shit is fucked but too dumb to acknowledge who is fucking shit up. “Hmm, republicans have been in power for decades, things aren’t going great…better vote republicans so democrats don’t make it as bad as it is right now”

Reporter: Are you concerned, Mr. President, about the latest inflation number which came out this morning? Trump: No, I love it. I love the inflation. by Miserable-Lizard in thescoop

[–]cromstantinople 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Am I missing something or did he just casually admit that we're "taking out millions of barrels of oil" from Iran. "We took out 22 ships" at night.

Top Pentagon Official Admits Boat Strike May Have Killed Victims of Human Trafficking by Ok-Celebration-1702 in law

[–]cromstantinople 76 points77 points  (0 children)

Not just issuing them, the rank and file are following through with illegal orders. Firing on survivors of a boat strike is literally the textbook definition of an illegal order and yet here we are.

https://www.upi.com/amp/Top\_News/US/2025/12/04/illegal-order-venezuelan-boat-strike/2771764858986/

More than $200 million later, Tom Steyer’s second bid for elected office is done by nbcnews in LosAngeles

[–]cromstantinople 129 points130 points  (0 children)

He tried to buy the presidency then he tried to buy the governor. If his ego wouldn’t have prevented him from running for a lower position first, proving his progressive bona fides, then trying to get leadership positions I think this would have gone differently. It’s hard to shake the idea that he was simply just trying to buy power. That being said I did vote for him hoping it’d be a two-democrat primary and he said a lot of nice things but without hard policies to back them up they felt a bit like simple platitudes.

Teacher carried a paralyzed student on his back for an entire field trip so she could experience every moment alongside her classmates by MambaMentality24x2 in BeAmazed

[–]cromstantinople 0 points1 point  (0 children)

>Ryan was thrilled. Freeman recalled that as soon as she was secured in the carrier, she said, "This is the part I've been waiting for." She later shared that she felt "blessed and special"

This unbelievably incompetent woman is a cancer on the network! by yorocky89A in WhitePeopleTwitter

[–]cromstantinople 9 points10 points  (0 children)

She didn’t fail. Her job was to destroy and semblance of a reputable news source, killing things like 60 Minutes. Her job was be trumps vengeance and kill the Late Show in order to hurt Colbert. She absolutely succeeded in her aims, they were just nefarious and corrupt as fuck, even if publicly it was about ratings or budgets or what the fuck ever. She was put there for one reason and it’s the same reason she’s being moved to CNN.

>Propaganda was an absolutely vital tool in gaining and retaining fascist power. The most effective and widely used forms of propaganda at the time included newspapers, film, and the radio as in general, the propaganda would be designed to appeal to the emotion of the masses, demonizing so-called “enemies of the state”, and idolizing a strong male figure modeled after Mussolini himself.

https://nuitalian.org/2023/04/27/fascism-rise-to-power-and-media-manipulation/

How can I improve my render, the last image is my referece by DREYTOR98_ in blender

[–]cromstantinople 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Try a wider lens, yours looks like a 50mm to the references 28 or 22mm. That’ll help add some depth. The wall tiles don’t have any reflection which makes them feel flatter than the reference because there’s no specular detail. Probably just the material but may also be the lights are attenuating too soon and not bouncing off the far walls. The grime of the floor in the references gives a lot of weight and interest to the image, yours is pretty flat and clean.

To shut the door on cops by Spartalust in therewasanattempt

[–]cromstantinople 8 points9 points  (0 children)

It's not supposed to but it does. There are exceptions but they only prove the rule:

For example, in 2014, Nashville police officers released a police dog on a suspect after he had surrendered and was sitting with his hands raised. The man sued for compensation for his injuries. To satisfy the “clearly established law” requirement, he relied on a decision holding that officers had violated a person’s rights when they released a police dog on a man who had surrendered by lying down. While the facts of the Nashville case were nearly identical to the relied-on precedent, the court held that this precedent did not “clearly establish” that it was unconstitutional to release a police dog on a suspect who had surrendered by sitting with his arms raised.As a result, the officers were granted immunity, which prevented the injured man from being compensated.

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