Ok, let me propose a theory:

• We know that Netanyahu deliberately supported Hamas funding to prevent Palestinian unity and block a two-state solution
• We know that defense stocks jumped after October 7 - Lockheed Martin bounced over 12% and raked in profits from the $17.9 billion in military aid flowing to Israel, and the $61 billion for Ukraine
• We know that all major powers had big problems in 2023: Netanyahu had 38% approval and 76% wanted him to resign, Putin was stuck in Ukraine, Biden faced declining ratings
• We know that Netanyahu’s coalition would have lost 11 seats in September 2023 polls and hundreds of thousands were protesting his judicial reforms

In this context the timing was perfect for everyone’s domestic problems. Israel’s massive protests vanished overnight. US defense spending got bipartisan support for the first time in years. Every incumbent got their foreign crisis distraction while defense contractors cashed in.

The world’s eyes switched from Ukraine, domestic failures, and economic problems to picking sides in Gaza. Defense budgets exploded, energy markets destabilized profitably, and populations rallied around their governments while ignoring corruption at home.

And that totally is the playbook of disaster capitalism. Don’t be a useful idiot for the war profiteers. Demand your government oppose blank-check military spending, and support peace negotiations over arms deals.

I hadn’t noticed how pro-cop some feddit.org users are but a cursory glance at people taking police reporting at face value and then openly defending cops punching people in the face with “it’s out of context” reasoning is just surreal.

It reeks to me of living in a bubble your whole life and never having experienced police repression - so your only response is “it can’t be the police, they’ve never done anything against me, it must be the protestors that are wrong”

Usually I’m one that hates leftist infighting but defacto trying to suppress a genocide because the “law says so” is rather weak. Still I totally understand wanting to protect yourself from repression but surely if you cared about both justice and your well being you would just hand over the community to someone else? Unless of course you actually agree with the “law”…

ah yes the classic “you made me repeatedly punch you in the face because I was afraid in my full body riot armor” - good to know the brave solders defending a genocide have loyal supporters on lemmy as well 🫶

so you combat leftist infighting with more leftist infighting? curious…

honestly most (if not all?) tankie instances are defederated so I don’t understand what posts like this are trying to achieve apart from digging up off-instance drama for personal vindication

btw the top 10% is 800 million people so if you’re from the west you’re more than likely part of that figure.

doesn’t mean it’s your fault but if you’re not actively doing something to prevent it then you are part of the problem…

Just one more LNG tanker bro - I swear we’re gonna solve the tarrifs bro - just give the dictator a few more billions bro - pls bro it’s gonna work - pls just try it bro

Ugh - why does renewable energy have to be such a politicized issue - the article begins by stating that the president absolutely denied it was due to renewables - only to spend the rest of the article exploring how to handle renewable overproduction so it doesn’t cause grid instability

like can we not tackle infrastructural problems without them turning into a shit flinging contest - people are afraid to say that renewables have any downsides because the fossil fuel industry spends so much on propaganda to politicize energy production - like we’re supposed to argue that unless renewables are flawless there’s no point in even trying

how did we go from reasonable discussions on how to most effectively solve problems (ie climate change) to making sure you don’t rustle oil barron’s jimmies so they don’t oust you out of government?

I’m just hoping people start waking up to how ridiculous this narrative is…

“Oh you want clean air and a stable environment for you children? Have you considered changing nothing and hoping it works out?”

(ps nuclear is cool but wouldn’t have solved the issue of overproduction)

googoo gaga behavior

huh? how so? she’s figuring out what she wants from life and her parents are supportive of that, seems pretty wholesome? or did you mean the losers in the comments just being weird and nasty? that is pretty sad I agree

Yikes that was painful - I find it quite entertaining how magas have like 3 phrases memorized and will just shout them out over and over again (with some bible verses about the rapture sprinkled in) - it’s just strange to peek into comments like those and see how literally nothing in their lives has changed in the past 10 years - the world has moved on but they’re still stuck in 2014 4chan mode…

https://youtu.be/yLc-glRatxk

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Surely no conflict of interest from a blog that sells a Bluesky powertool…

Also did the Turkish government hack Bluesky’s email systems and send people emails notifying them their accounts were restricted in Turkiey or is this also “Bluesky not cooperating with Erdogan the way other platforms have.”?

Actually pretty much all Linux computers run on Intel or AMD chips both of which have a firmware level backdoors in the form of the Intel Management Engine or the Platform Security Processor - so if you use a computer you pretty much can’t avoid it - the best approach would then be to throw away all microchip based tech and start a sustenance commune to live off the land (until the techbros enslave you in their VR prison with the help of robotic AI mercenaries when the water wars start)

idk i think our incentive should be to cure diseases with public funding and make people healthy instead of for profit but what do i know

comments on the video really tell you all you need to know about long term usage

Is this better science for you?

Empirical data.

It is.

“Meat and dairy products have especially large water footprints due to the amount of water-intensive feed required to raise the animals”

yep, Europe really ought to not cave into the demand to buy up more LNG and instead focus on developing their own renewable energy base instead

hmm yh fair point