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Could be referring to Bluesky's silencing of Palestinian voices.

I've seen the open letter linked in that article shared a few times on Mastodon. I'm not sure how big a deal 3000 boosts makes it on Bluesky. But browsing the thread quick and seeing it full of posts shared by the publisher of the letter being deleted is a bit worrying.

I think the opening quotes in How the Irish Became White tell an amazing story in just a few sentences:

The Irish, who, at home, readily sympathize with the oppressed everywhere, are instantly taught when they step upon our soil to hate and despise the Negro.... Sir, the Irish-American will one day find out his mistake.

— Frederick Douglass, May 10, 1853

Passage to the United States seems to produce the same effect upon the exile of Erin as the eating of the forbidden fruit did upon Adam and Eve. In the morning, they were pure, loving, and innocent; in the evening guilty.

— The Liberator, August 11, 1854

The Irish are the blacks of Europe. So say it loud— I’m black and I’m proud.

— The Commitments, 1991

Paddy might have worked as an insult way back when we thought America was anything else than a huge fucking mistake. Today it's a badge of honour—the worst thing to ever happen to the Irish was "becoming white".

Well, sure! Terrifying! Whatever lies we can tell to keep the Americans away at this point.

I'm just comparing to Europe really, between Australia and the US there is really no competition. :)

I guess he lives off the idea that any attention is good for him, which seems to be working out pretty well so far. So on a personal level changing a salient policy every week makes sense.

Whether it's good for America... Let's just say I'd care more if they didn't vote for him twice.

Wildlife taken into account?

I'm sure you could have a fruitful conversation with the crowd insisting it was written by AI. :)

Maybe the question we should ask is not "how much does Tom Cruise love movies", but rather "where is Shelly".

This is just obviously not the case to anyone who bothers reading it. It's an original piece of writing.

The only thing that could hint at AI here is the use of em-dashes, which is a bullshit tell—I use them all the time myself as well. They're right there for anyone with a compose key on Linux.

I love that Christian Bale based his portrayal of Patrick Bateman off Tom Cruise.

Might not be easier, but if there are unforeseen problems at this point maybe it doesn't make sense to prioritize the launch of 14 when they'll immediately have to start catching up to 15.

Fairphone maintains a stock version of Google Android. They've teamed up with Murena to offer Fairphones sold with /e/OS, but they're not responsible for software updates on those devices. My Fairphone 5 with /e/OS is still based on Android 13, for what it's worth. I guess that might change with the launch of /e/OS 3.0 in June.

Yeah, I imagine parts of the US is probably pretty ideal for this. Where I'm from you'll find remote places where it would make sense, but you probably wouldn't want to drive around in a rather low riding sports car on the roads in these places. I guess this thing probably won't be street legal in Europe anyway.