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They found her in a puréed state?

Jesus christ

This could be a meme format

Sounds like the plot of a 90s video game

Nobody’s freedom is being impinged upon by banning them

Actually yes, the freedom to use those applications is infringed by banning them

Can you provide a quick summary?

but we’re talking about people who attempted a coup here, these aren’t hypothetical pre-crimes

We’re talking about the entire country of Brazil — 200 million people — being cut off from using X.

Have you heard of the research showing conservativism is highly associated with Big Five personality traits (which are considered mostly immutable)?

I hope you understand the implications of that finding when paired with a statement like:

conservatism is the single biggest threat to humanity and should be eradicated

The worst evils always start with lofty intentions.

This is why it’s important to have decentralized social media. We cannot have anyone unilaterally deciding what gets talked about and what doesn’t.

Reason for cancellation: Rider beehavior

What Ukraine has demonstrated recently is that big ships aren’t shit against surface drones.

If I were Philippines naval commander I’d be investing in explosive speed boats.

Typical interview question for a sales job is: “sell me this pen”

Arguments about the utility of any given strategy do not determine the definition of the term “counter terrorism”.

It works if you can actually hit the people who attacked you.

The more layers of abstraction between a populace and its government/army, the less likely “retaliation” against the populace will actually succeed as retaliation.

This is basically the problem with the “Israel/Palestine” conflict. People want to think of it as two parties in conflict but it is not. It is four parties:

• IDF
• Israeli citizens
• Hamas
• Palestinian civilians

That four-player nature to the game makes the traditional tit-for-tat strategy break down, which is why the conflict doesn’t end.

Also the problem with terrorism and retaliation is that terrorism is a guerrilla tactic, and the attacker cannot be located.

Conflating a terrorist group with the host population that it inhabits leads to sloppy retaliation and hence escalation of the conflict.

Retaliation is the way to end a conflict, but terrorism prevents retaliation by its nature.

Dude counter-terrorism is the countering of terrorist plots. It does not mean terrorism as retaliation.

The drones are now precise enough to target hearts and minds, leaving most of the body intact to be taken over by other drones

aren’t we all