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October Revolution (1917) - New General Megathread for the 7th-8th of November 2024 in c/history@hexbear.net

[–] iie@hexbear.net 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It kinda feels like fash have captured social media.

Stratospheric Aerosol Injection Effort Post in c/earth@hexbear.net

[–] iie@hexbear.net 2 points 4 days ago

I see, that makes sense!

Stratospheric Aerosol Injection Effort Post in c/earth@hexbear.net

[–] iie@hexbear.net 9 points 4 days ago (3 children)

Thank you for this fascinating writeup!

Because it's so cheap and easy to start, it would be really simple for a billionaire (or single nation) to just start doing this in secret without the world noticing until the temperature reduction signal became detectable by the scientific community at large. At that point, we're locked in and the single-actor geoengineer has effectively taken the world hostage. This fucking sucks for obvious reasons.

This part kind of confused me though. Wouldn't we only be locked in after decades of aerosol dispersal had accumulated a substantial warming debt?

Making poisoned art to punish AI thieves [using Nightshade] in c/technology@hexbear.net

[–] iie@hexbear.net 7 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Some Hexbears are currently matching donations in this thread, so now is an especially good time to donate

*I actually don't know if the matching is still happening

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Making poisoned art to punish AI thieves [using Nightshade] (www.youtube.com)

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I face a bit of a reckoning. Is it bad that at this point in my life, my closest friends are people I met when I was in my teens? in c/neurodiverse@hexbear.net

[–] iie@hexbear.net 2 points 6 days ago

it definitely doesn't have to be like that. Adult life does not need to be a hamster wheel of drudgery for society to function.

Based in c/chapotraphouse@hexbear.net

[–] iie@hexbear.net 3 points 6 days ago

Dr. Fatima is great, I second the recommendation

Based in c/chapotraphouse@hexbear.net

[–] iie@hexbear.net 5 points 6 days ago

"Wow, that's the planet we own. And none of those people get to go up here like I do. This rules!"

Business Insider (correctly) compares Ukraine to Nazi Germany but for the wrong reason - Ukraine fooled Russia with the same deceptions Germany used at WWII's Battle of the Bulge in c/politics@hexbear.net

[–] iie@hexbear.net 8 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Maybe the goal of the offensive was to generate positive headlines that might prolong western funding for a little while longer?

I face a bit of a reckoning. Is it bad that at this point in my life, my closest friends are people I met when I was in my teens? in c/neurodiverse@hexbear.net

[–] iie@hexbear.net 9 points 1 week ago (2 children)

also, I think youth is more emotionally vivid, and emotional experiences form stronger friendships

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Israel Genocide Tracker twitter account reportedly causing panic among Israeli soldiers (old.reddit.com)

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The account: https://x.com/trackingisrael

The friend who radicalized me is now begging me to vote for Harris in c/chapotraphouse@hexbear.net

[–] iie@hexbear.net 8 points 1 week ago

I'm also curious about the variation between the post title and the body. The latter is his weak ass attempt to justify his own behavior which is one thing. But why does he want you to do the same so badly? Surely he knows "might as well" isn't a compelling argument for anything. I won't leave my house for "might as well".

I think he's probably rattled by Trump and doesn't want to admit how much

What makes them believe gaza wasn't a deal breaker? Ohhhh they're insinuating some racist shit huh in c/the_dunk_tank@hexbear.net

[–] iie@hexbear.net 37 points 1 week ago

I think they are insinuating that a large number of Arab Americans, somewhere between 12% and 53%, are too racist to vote for a black person.

Would you eat this in c/food@hexbear.net

[–] iie@hexbear.net 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Yeah I would, if someone gave it to me. Probably better than it looks. Not what I'd make for myself though.

Also I'd have to eat it fast before the fries got soggy. Formerly crispy food becoming soggy grosses me out for some reason.

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Article gives fascinating joint history of the CIA and US finance, "two sides of the same coin." (covertactionmagazine.com)

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(old article from 2019) "America owns 1/3 of land in Syria" (thegrayzone.com)

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pianist Bill Evans on the creative process and self-teaching (1966) (www.youtube.com)

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The presenter is very corny though

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3.3 billion years of plate tectonics in 4 minutes (www.youtube.com)

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Rogue waves: brief video covering the history and science, with some examples—one oil platform in the southern Indian Ocean recorded a wave of 48 meters, or 155 feet, the height of a 16 story building (www.youtube.com)

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Extreme Waves and Ship Design (2007) — publication urging ship builders to consider rogue waves, from the 10th International Symposium on Practical Design of Ships and Other Floating Structures (shipstructure.org)

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Abstract

Recent research has demonstrated that extreme waves, waves with crest to trough heights of 20 to 30 meters, occur more frequently than previously thought. Also, over the past several decades, a surprising number of large commercial vessels have been lost in incidents involving extreme waves. Many of the victims were bulk carriers. Current design criteria generally consider significant wave heights less than 11 meters (36 feet). Based on what is known today, this criterion is inadequate and consideration should be given to designing for significant wave heights of 20 meters (65 feet), meanwhile recognizing that waves 30 meters (98 feet) high are not out of the question. The dynamic force of wave impacts should also be included in the structural analysis of the vessel, hatch covers and other vulnerable areas (as opposed to relying on static or quasi-dynamic analyses).

Introduction

Recent research by the European Community has demonstrated that extreme waves—waves with crest to trough heights of 20 to 30 meters—occur more frequently than previously thought (MaxWave Project, 2003). In addition, over the past several decades, a surprising number of large commercial vessels have been lost in incidents involving extreme waves. Many of the victims were bulk carriers that broke up so quickly that they sank before a distress message could be sent or the crew could be rescued.

There also have been a number of widely publicized events where passenger liners encountered large waves (20 meters or higher) that caused damage, injured passengers and crew members, but did not lead to loss of the vessel. This is not a new phenomenon; there are well-documented events dating back to at least the early 1940s.

These two facts, vessel losses combined with knowledge that waves larger than previously considered likely may be encountered, suggest that reviewing vessel design criteria may be necessary. (Smith, 2006).

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Venezuela: a report published by the Center for Economic and Policy Research, a D.C. think tank, found that, between 2017 and 2018, the U.S. blockade had killed more than 40,000 people (cepr.net)

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hexbear LPT: there's a keyboard shortcut, ctrl-k or cmd-k, to add a link to the selected text in your comment. Stop futzing around with brackets. (hexbear.net)

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Venezuela election: twitter thread debunks some of the anti-Venezuela fake news circulating on social media (x.com)

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The twitter thread is referenced in this excellent article by the same journalist, Alan MacLeod, which I posted here yesterday, but I think it deserves its own post.

Thread reader: https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1818050593468072023.html

If you don't feel like clicking a link, here are the tweets transcribed, with some links added:

https://x.com/AlanRMacLeod/status/1818050593468072023 [Thread] There is a coup d'etat attempt underway here in Venezuela 🇻🇪, fueled by tons of fake news. In this thread, I'll debunk some of the most egregious and viral fake stories circulating. Add your own in the replies.
https://x.com/AlanRMacLeod/status/1818052769082704031 A viral video claims that leftist thieves are stealing ballot boxes. In reality, these are aircon units. Ballot boxes are small brown cardboard boxes, barely larger than a shoebox. These giant appliances bear no resemblance to ballot boxes
https://x.com/AlanRMacLeod/status/1818053257115123891 This is what a ballot box in Venezuela actually looks like.
https://x.com/AlanRMacLeod/status/1818054183485915218 This video, claiming to show huge clashes between protestors and police today is going viral. But, as @ldejesusreyes and others have noted, this video is 7 years old.
https://x.com/AlanRMacLeod/status/1818059536583823366 This image, which many claim to be official election results, has been seen by tens of millions of people. It claims that the vote count is 109%. But actually, all that happened is that the three minor opposition candidates pictured got 4.6% of the vote together, not each.
https://x.com/AlanRMacLeod/status/1818064977078755666 People are claiming this image is from the national electoral council (CNE), and the charts on the screens show a Gonzalez victory. But this isn't from the CNE at all. Rather, it is from Mercal Aragua, a totally different organization with no access to voting information
https://x.com/AlanRMacLeod/status/1818078328924074438 The opposition is also blatantly using a bot network to boost their narrative on social media. HT: @JulianMaciasT [image 1] [image 2]
https://x.com/AlanRMacLeod/status/1818154265040335139 I know for a fact that this is fake news, because I was right there in this crowd as this video was taken. It was, in fact, the opposition that tried to shut down this Caracas polling station. A group of over 100 right-wing demonstrators crowded round the entrance to stop people from entering.
https://x.com/AlanRMacLeod/status/1818178188989575386 Elon Musk himself retweets a video purporting to show protestors tearing down a statue of President Hugo Chavez today. But this video is from 2017.
https://x.com/AlanRMacLeod/status/1818367339987185809 The widely circulated images of a man in Aragua "murdered by government" are completely fake, as this video, shared by @BrianMteleSUR clearly shows. He just gets up and leaves, after he "dies".
https://x.com/AlanRMacLeod/status/1818453132667421160 Perhaps the most important fake news is that the opposition actually won 73% of the vote. The US government has fueled these allegations. But I spoke to dozens of American electoral observers here, and they told a very different story. My report: [his article which I posted yesterday]
https://x.com/AlanRMacLeod/status/1818484943787335999 Versions of this image, which purport to show a police officer pointing a gun at a defenseless woman and child, have been seen by millions of people. But video evidence clearly shows that the police officer is unarmed, and is actually waving his arms at her. HT: @JulianMaciasT [image] [video]
https://x.com/AlanRMacLeod/status/1818514556643123509 This is total nonsense. I've been speaking with people flying out from the airport, and it is operating completely normally. There is no takeover of the airport at all. And as for Maduro, he just gave a speech tonight at the presidential palace, in front of thousands of people. [image 1] [image 2]
https://x.com/AlanRMacLeod/status/1818518506578546871 This video has 1.7 million views, and 21,000 likes. But it is highly misleading: the video is from 2017.
https://x.com/AlanRMacLeod/status/1818640163246858738 Right-wing Spanish politician Isabel Diaz Ayuso jumps on the fake news bandwagon, sharing a 2017 clip, as if it was from this week. Expect a lot more of this in the coming days. HT: @JulianMaciasT
https://x.com/AlanRMacLeod/status/1818745132709298436 This viral video has been seen by millions. It claims to show the Venezuelan 🇻🇪 military massacring peaceful protestors. Two problems: 1) It is from 2016 🤦 2) It is from Turkiye 🇹🇷
https://x.com/AlanRMacLeod/status/1818750336850375160 You'll never believe this, but Alex Jones is putting out fake news on Venezuela, falsely claiming Maduro has ordered the arreat of his opposition opponent, Edmundo Gonzalez.
https://x.com/AlanRMacLeod/status/1819387180252364998 Right-wing Colombian senator Maria Fernanda Cabal shares a video of Maduro's men torturing their opponents. The problem? It is actually a clip from the Netflix show, Simón.

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Venezuela: While US Politicians Call Fraud, American Election Observers Endorse Results (orinocotribune.com)

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“I am actually kind of blown away by how advanced this system is, particularly compared to the backward nature of the U.S., so I am completely impressed,” Jodi Dean, a professor and political scientist, said.