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Cake day: June 10th, 2023

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  • Thank you for taking the time to write out such a well reasoned rebuttal. I’m always on mobile and simply don’t have the stamina, but I appreciate all the points you’ve laid out.

    I am always sad when I see the left wing criticisms of the “both sides” argument on Lemmy. Like, I don’t necessarily disagree, but I find the whole premise of one side vs another as some of the worst tendencies in democracy at work. I refuse to equate left vs. right == democracy. It’s bigger than that.

    And speaking of democracy, I think it’s really important that everyone be unbiased around what constitutes a threat to democracy. Yes, J6 was objectively bad, and I don’t trust Trump to put his big boy pants on in round two. But I’m also alarmed at the lengths to which this legitimate fear is used as a justification for antidemocratic strategy from the DNC.

    No matter their political ideology, when people start letting fear inform every decision - and justify their worse impulses - I get reeaaaalll nervous, as should we all.


  • Hell no to Harris, she has negative charm every interview I’ve seen, like she has utter contempt for anyone else.

    There were 4 opeds in the NYT over the weekend talking about Biden’s age, which felt remarkably candid for the elite rag it is. One of them in particular was an “interesting” idea where Biden is swapped out before the convention, but after the primaries / delegates are assigned. Democracy FTW (/s)

    Now that I think about it though, why would the aides actually running the white house want a real leader? Seems like they have it pretty good as it is.









  • This rhetoric is insane and imaginary considering a number of constraints - army mobilization force, their failure to “eliminate” Hamas, escalating and fighting actual armies like Hezbollah. Even the prison ghetto policy obviously failed on October 7th, so what is the substance of their proposed policy here?

    Although I suppose if all they need to do is be “parking lot” security guards it could be pretty quiet.

    I really hope the US isn’t dumb enough to volunteer our service members to be their new police force.








  • I see a number of things on your list I also enjoy (and some I haven’t seen so thanks for the recs!).

    I’ve got a pretty long list, but I think only the first three are scifi in the space faring long run series sense. Including some others in the genre more broadly, in case any look interesting too:

    • The Final Architecture, Adrian Tchaikovsky
    • Altered Carbon, Richard K Morgan
    • A deepness in the sky, Vernor Vinge
    • The Acts of Caine, Matthew Stover
    • Roadside Picnic, Arkady Strugatsky
    • Broken Earth Trilogy, NK Jemison
    • Nexus Trilogy, Ramez Naam
    • Old man’s War, John Scalzi

  • Ditto on the Becky Chambers series. I actually liked the second book the most narratively, and if the OP likes Murderbot, they may really enjoy similar themes around artificial intelligence. I also really liked the final installment. It’s a familiar setup with strangers locked in a room together, but I found it very meditative. Also, it wraps up one series character’s journey to a decision that I found very profound.