skells @skells@qoto.org

Rare achievement

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Ok, we found the problem. Upgrading all servers now to fix it.
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It has been years and I am still mad that my dad canceled our Verizon family plan that had a grandfathered-in unlimited data cap.

The painful truth is that, if only the main media organizations of the Anglosphere so decided, Assange’s persecution could be ended tomorrow. The case of Ivan Golunov, a Russian investigative journalist specialized in exposing official corruption, may serve as a textbook example. When Golunov was suddenly arrested for alleged drug offenses in the summer of 2019, the Russian mainstream press immediately saw through the game. ‘We are Ivan Golunov’ read the identical front pages of Russia’s three leading dailies, Vedomosti, RBC, and Kommersant. All three papers openly questioned the legality of Golunov’s arrest, suspected that he was being persecuted for his journalistic activities, and demanded a thorough investigation. Caught in the act and exposed by the spotlight of their own mass media, the Russian authorities back-pedalled a few days later. President Putin made a point of personally ordering Golunov’s release and dismissing two high-ranking Interior Ministry officials. If nothing else, this proved that Golunov’s arrest had not been the result of misconduct on the part of a few incompetent polie officers but had been orchestrated at the highest level.

Please someone tell me more about how Western media is more “free” than Russian 😑

When you're as based as me the antichrist hates you
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@js290

https://xkcd.com/504/

@cjd @yes @wolf480pl @GluedToTheScreen @skells

@yes @wolf480pl @GluedToTheScreen @skells

I appreciate what you're getting at, but I think sarcasm is as likely to normalize tyranny as it is to route it out.

Better IMO: Degenerate sons of 20th century oligarchs are scrambling to ban VPNs and cryptocurrency because they've now finally got through their thick skulls what the internet truly is, and how it will inevitably bring about their empire of stupidity.

@skells @wolf480pl @GluedToTheScreen

> nonsucker/sucker debate beats truth/false debate once you're outside of the lab/notebook

Bingo, you read Taleb.

Robust thinking = Being right even when you're wrong.

Chopping the Gordian Knot of "what is true" by skipping to "what's the robust decision" is not actually straw-manning - but nobody likes seeing their complex reasoning chucked in the trash.