Unfortunately for all of us, all you have to do is look at history and you’ll see that a lot of people do want to – especially without consent

They should, but they’re human, and this is just such a quintessentially human thing – mindless hate and brutal torture are features, not bugs.

*crickets*

Yup. That’s because most “moderate” conservatives fundamentally agree with far right positions, or at least don’t disagree with them even though they might not be enthusiastic supporters

You… what? That’s not… this is not how nuclear deterrence works.

You don’t need a deterrence against France because they’re “mad at you”, what the hell. And yeah, China does have nuclear weapons, and yes, they and Russia are your primary concerns even though Trump is in Putin’s pocket to some degree

Imagine how unfathomably stupid you have to be to start messing with strategic deterrent. It’s just such an ubelievably stupid thing to do.

Well, could be malice too but that’d meant that Musk was really deep in Russia’s and/or China’s pocket

Eh, they’ll come around…

Probably some hunter-gatherer tribes, at least the ones who aren’t being eg. murdered by loggers in the Amazon etc etc

Oh I don’t disagree with you at all, I just think that in this case it’s more likely reich-wingers aren’t behind this – mainly because he didn’t kill anybody. If it was a conservative false flag I’m, let’s say 75% confident there’d be bloodshed to make it a better show for the narrative

You said it, not me. Really wouldn’t put that past reich-wingers, although I do think it’s more likely that the dude was just some random person who’s really fucking fed up with, well… *gestures around broadly*

I mean he probably isn’t, but the cops sure ain’t going to help with that

Why the heck did he turn himself in before he even did anything?

They’re making money for a living.

I don’t think “what value are we bringing to the academic publishing industry?” is something anybody there really considers. Well unless you define “value” as “shareholder profit”, at any rate.

They just consistently manage to fall short of even the lowest expectations I set. It’s astonishing.

Elsevier’s response, they said, was “to maintain that the editors should not be paying attention to language, grammar, readability, consistency, or accuracy of proper nomenclature or formatting.”

Fucking hell, Elsevier, we all know you’re shitty people who are doing immense harm to the world for personal gain, but do you have to rub it in our faces every time? Can’t you at least like pretend?

Tankie paradise

Fines levied by the EU can be pretty damn stiff though, so I doubt Bluesky can afford to just ignore the DSA

Current models point towards a max ~6°C anomaly for the pessimistic (and, imo, most probable) scenarios where we continue acting as we are now.

The law’s impact on Bell’s experience highlights the inhumane consequences of abortion restrictions, which can lead to unnecessary suffering and even death.

The purpose of a system is what it does

Men are going off the deep end