I definitely play games for the escapism (have you fucking seen this shit that’s going on?) but I manage to not be a bigoted conservative sociopath just fine. I don’t think that’s the cause
I didn’t but that does not surprise me at all. Apparently reich-wing chuds even made a mod to remove the ability to choose “they” as a pronoun in Starfield – I guess the fragile little flowers felt that they were being forced to accept the existence of us queers?
The latest PlayStation Portal update has supposedly addressed an exploit that allowed PlayStation Portable (PSP) games to be emulated natively on the streaming handheld....
The Portal is such a weird device. I really don’t understand why anyone would want one, but it’s not like I’m the arbiter of what’s useful and what’s not
Are Allied analyses going to be so limited in scope from now on that there is absolutely no need to ask (let alone answer) the question: has Hitler in any way been provoked?
Never let is be asked: is there an ever-so-slight possibility that this might be blowback from something the Allies did.
A wiki link to the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact in case people don’t know about it. Stalin essentially made a deal with the Nazis so they could annex a huge chunk of eastern Europe
Weeeell, it’s still in the territory of asking domestic violence victims whether the soup really was cold, as another commenter put it. Reparations weren’t a valid excuse for the mass murder of millions of people
They have a centuries-long history of extremely brutal and downright psychopathic rule. You really need to read up on Russian history if you think that Putin is the reason things are the way they are.
Analysts of Russia differ about many things, but the most important difference concerns their interpretation of the roots of Russia’s ongoing aggression. One side argues that Russian history and political culture are to blame — or, to put it more simply, uniquely Russian characteristics are the cause of Russian aggression. The other side argues that the causes are not uniquely Russian, but typical of the behavior of certain kinds of states, regimes, societies and leaders.
Unsurprisingly, historians of Russia and Ukraine tend to fall into the first camp
Eeeeeeexactly. The few times Russians have managed to produce or acquire leaders who weren’t sociopaths, they were fairly universally hated.
It’s just incredibly short sighted of people to think that Putin is some kind of an anomaly and that he alone is the reason why Russians are so fucked up, when they have a centuries-long history of genocides, violent repressions by various secret police organizations, colonialism etc. Nobody seems to even understand that Russia is still a colonial empire, just one with contiguous borders
EDIT: Some Russian genocides and ethnic cleansings over the years
Just to drive the point home, here’s a list I copied from an earlier comment of mine of just the easiest to find genocides and ethnic cleansings perpetrated by Russians that I found with a minimum of searching based on what I remember from history. Note that there’s some overlap between these, so you can’t just sum the “victims” column to get a total victim count.
Oh yeah, I wouldn’t mind being wrong, but unfucking Russia would be an absolutely monumental task and like you said it doesn’t seem like there’s much hope of it happening. Here’s to hoping, I guess
It’s not some abstract regime that is routinely torturing people in Ukraine and elsewhere, though. There’s something deeply fucked up about their culture when you consider that absolutely hair-raising brutality has been a hallmark of theirs for centuries now. It’s a colonialist, imperialist, violent and deeply racist mentality.
I had a significant proportion of my family tree (who were Ingrian Finns) genocided by Russians. I’m the first generation in my family for about 100 years who hasn’t either had to live under Russian occupation, fight invading Russians, or dodge Russian agents because somebody in the family dared stand up to them (yes I’m old and my parents are practically ancient). The argument that the problem is their regime just doesn’t sit right with me, considering the shit that the individuals get up to pretty habitually, and the hundreds of years of brutal regimes have to come from somewhere.
This is not to say that all Russians are terrible, nor that it’s a fundamental biological feature of the people, but even scholars think that their culture is – to put it very mildly – extremely problematic
Israeli and foreign human rights groups have documented a long history of snipers firing on unarmed Palestinians, including children, in Gaza and the West Bank....
It’s easy to roll one’s eyes as the self-serving dramatics of MAGA voters using false claims of victimhood as cover for their ugly views. But, as the threatening language in Greene’s tweet shows, this “woe is us” act is deeply dangerous. The hyperbolic conspiracy theories and dehumanizing language serve to convince...
The death in Spain of Maksim Kuzminov, a pilot who delivered a helicopter and secret documents to Ukraine, has raised fears that the Kremlin is again targeting its enemies....
If the video “confession” that the terrorists were promised money and provided weapons is actually true and not just FSB bullshit or a forced confession, I absolutely believe that the FSB was behind it.
It wouldn’t even be the bloodiest false flag in Putin’s career; the '99 apartment building bombings killed over 300 people.
I’m not sure there’s any actual proof of this affiliation though, or whether this is the same sort of Israeli bullshit as we saw with the whole “UNRWA is Hamas” fiasco. I didn’t look too deep into it however so ¯_(ツ)_/¯
I wonder who the terrorists are. One good bet could be separatists from one of Russia’s colonies (ie. “republics” etc. People often don’t realize that Russia is still a colonialist state).
Well, separatists or disgruntled vets. Plenty of those to go around – and they’re mostly ethnic minorities too so could be a double whammy.
Revenge of the Edit: I forgot about the March 8th US embassy warning about an imminent terrorist attack in Moscow, which could be tied to IS – although the embassy didn’t give any further information than “shit’s goan go down”
The documents record hundreds of incidents ranging from the alleged blindfolding and beating of UN staff at checkpoints to the use of UN facilities by Israeli troops as firing positions during raids on refugee camps in which Palestinians were killed.
Right-wing authoritarians always have a very tenuous connection with reality, and nothing they say can ever be trusted – they will lie every time it suits them. You can see this in eg. the sort of ridiculous lies conservatives spread about LGBT+ folks.
We don’t know how to monetize. Ads are the only option that we know of, donations do not work at all, as proven by my previous projects.
A subscription-based model might be the only viable one, since ads will inevitably lead to a conflict of interest and voluntary donations are mostly a no-go. The problem is that people are so used to the notion that everything is “free” that many are convinced that online services should always be free and balk at the idea of paying for anything.
Personally I pay for Kagi which has been decent enough
Dropping tear gas would be a war crime and we know Russia is doing that. He might have been hit green on green.
That would really be par for the course for Russians. They have of course been claiming that Ukrainians have been using drone-dropped tear gas grenades, but I would bet one of my kidneys that that’s just the same old “NO U” they do with every war crime they commit.
At least based on Ukrainian sources (see eg this article from the Arms Control Association), it seems like Russians have been using more chemical weapons in the recent months. Tear gas (CS) and chloropicrin (PS) have been said to be used, both of which would make sense as they have Soviet stock grenades for both.
At least they’re both still on the milder end of agents, although neither is exactly a joke in the sort of concentrations used in military applications. PS especially will fuck your lungs up
Yep, I think the blanket ban makes sense exactly due to the reasons you outlined. My point was more that at least it’s not like they’re just chucking Novichok agents at the Ukrainians, and are sticking to less horrible agents at least for now. Still a war crime and I wouldn’t want to be on the receiving end of either of those – even just CS at high enough concentrations will make your skin feel like it’s on fire, and I can say from experience that it’s not fun at all. While PS is technically for riot control, it’s classified as a lung damaging agent and in high concentrations can even kill
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C O L O N I Z E (slrpnk.net)
Millennials are exhausted by working more for less. (www.theguardian.com)
(water is wet and fire is hot).
You think Stargate Atlantis hosts their own servers after the eShop shutdown? (feddit.nl)
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How Hidden Nazi Symbols Were the Tip of a Toxic Iceberg at Life Is Strange Developer Deck Nine - IGN (www.ign.com)
Programmers got PSP games running on the PlayStation Portal, then “responsibly reported” the exploit so it could be patched (www.techradar.com)
The latest PlayStation Portal update has supposedly addressed an exploit that allowed PlayStation Portable (PSP) games to be emulated natively on the streaming handheld....
Top Democrats won't join calls for Justice Sotomayor to retire, but they still fear a Ruth Bader Ginsburg repeat (www.nbcnews.com)
e621, a furry image forum, will be forced to verify their users identities if this bill passes (slrpnk.net)
Here’s a link to the news. e621.net/news_updates...
Several Trump supporters involved in Jan. 6 are running for office this year (www.nbcnews.com)
Is the problem Putin’s Russia or Mother Russia? (thehill.com)
Opinion piece by professor of political science Alexander J. Motyl....
Lured with promise of Russian bride & job, 2 tortured for refusing to join army | Times of India (timesofindia.indiatimes.com)
“No bobs or vagene for you. But avoid the army and you’ll face torture” perfectly sums up the state of orcland these days.
‘Not a normal war’: doctors say children have been targeted by Israeli snipers in Gaza (www.theguardian.com)
Israeli and foreign human rights groups have documented a long history of snipers firing on unarmed Palestinians, including children, in Gaza and the West Bank....
Trump and GOP use a fake panic about a "trans" Easter to justify their Christian nationalism (www.salon.com)
It’s easy to roll one’s eyes as the self-serving dramatics of MAGA voters using false claims of victimhood as cover for their ugly views. But, as the threatening language in Greene’s tweet shows, this “woe is us” act is deeply dangerous. The hyperbolic conspiracy theories and dehumanizing language serve to convince...
Russia's primary chipmaker is struggling with a defect rate of about 50 percent (www.techspot.com)
Sanctions have crippled Baikal’s production and packaging capabilities...
New Discord TOS binds you to forced arbitration - Opt-Out Now (discord.com)
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A Russian Defector’s Killing Raises Specter of Hit Squads (www.nytimes.com)
The death in Spain of Maksim Kuzminov, a pilot who delivered a helicopter and secret documents to Ukraine, has raised fears that the Kremlin is again targeting its enemies....
Headless, dog-sized robot to patrol Alaska airport to prevent bird strikes (news.sky.com)
Russia has questions to answer over response to Moscow terror attack (news.sky.com)
Fight erupts between Rmeish residents and Hezbollah over missile launcher (today.lorientlejour.com)
ofc its 'pakleds' (lemmy.world)
‘Man-made starvation’: the obstacles to Gaza aid deliveries – visual guide (www.theguardian.com)
Aid officials criticise the slow and often arbitrary inspection process, which in practice blocks aid, with trucks waiting weeks for approvals....
Russia claims it detained suspected perpetrators of Moscow shooting that killed over 100 people (kyivindependent.com)
Cyberpunk 2077 quest lead says early access wouldn't work for CDPR the way it did for Larian, and the studio prefers 'to have a banging release where everything is as close to perfection as can be... (www.pcgamer.com)
Shooting and blast reported at concert hall near Moscow - agencies (www.reuters.com)
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Root cause of Alzheimer's may be fat buildup in brain cells, research suggests (medicalxpress.com)
Climate models can’t explain 2023’s huge heat anomaly — we could be in uncharted territory (www.nature.com)
UN staff in West Bank accuse Israeli authorities of campaign of harassment (www.theguardian.com)
The documents record hundreds of incidents ranging from the alleged blindfolding and beating of UN staff at checkpoints to the use of UN facilities by Israeli troops as firing positions during raids on refugee camps in which Palestinians were killed.
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The Russian scam luring Nepalese men with the promise of a better life, only to drop them on the battlefield in Ukraine (www.abc.net.au)
Trans youth will no longer be prescribed puberty blockers, NHS England says (www.thepinknews.com)
Trans youth will no longer be prescribed puberty blockers at NHS England gender identity clinics in a new “blow” to gender-affirming healthcare....