• SlayGuevara@lemmygrad.ml
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    7 months ago

    My cousin got a kid and my aunt keeps telling me how much the kid looks like me. ‘He even lines up his toys like you used to do.’ Uh auntie sit down I have some neurodiverse news for you lol

  • SlayGuevara@lemmygrad.ml
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    7 months ago

    Just saw a vid of a journalist in Minneapolis who was reporting at the protests and she was wearing a bulletproof PRESS vest. How anyone can keep the facade going of the US being a stable country is beyond me.

    • SlayGuevara@lemmygrad.ml
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      7 months ago

      Which is funny because for years now we have been warned about evil Putin and is tankies kept saying that was bullshit and that the US is the real danger and look who’s right again.

      Watch Ukraine side with the US when it happens. The media will have a mental breakdown trying to spin that into a positive.

      • dazaroo@lemmygrad.ml
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        7 months ago

        The libs never even show any concern for the victims, they’re just like “this will embolden Putin/Xi/Kim”

  • Conselheiro@lemmygrad.ml
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    7 months ago

    I’m a centrist, I think both the Nothing Ever Happens Party and the It’s Happening Organisation have valid points. The truth is probably somewhere in the middle, either with half a thing happening all the time or something happening every two business days.

  • Conselheiro@lemmygrad.ml
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    7 months ago

    Well, the weeks start coming and they don’t stop coming and they don’t stop coming and they don’t stop coming

  • rainpizza@lemmygrad.ml
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    7 months ago

    From Colombia!

    • The flag of the USSR at the Simón Bolívar monument in a protest against the attack by 🇺🇲 on 🇻🇪 and the threats by the government of 🇺🇲 against 🇨🇴

    • Colombia, Bogotá, January 7, 2026.

  • SlayGuevara@lemmygrad.ml
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    7 months ago

    The head of a University in Belgium, who is also a key figure of the Green party, got caught using AI to write her opening speech of the year and not only that, it contained quotes misatrributed to famous people. Like, fake Einstein quotes and stuff. I just think that’s funny as fuck.

  • amemorablename@lemmygrad.ml
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    7 months ago

    This year feels exhausting to me already and we’re not even a week in. I’m trying to keep in perspective that’s part of the goal of shock action is to wear down and demoralize, but it still grates.

  • Conselheiro@lemmygrad.ml
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    7 months ago

    Among all the Venezuela chaos some things lost focus, but that law the Brazilian Congress passed reducing the sentence for the coup plotters was vetoed yesterday. Notably it was vetoed on the anniversary of the coup attempt itself.

    Congress in recess right now, but their reaction was rather lackluster which makes sense considering it’s been less than a week since a neighbor country was bombed by the USA. Although the Lula admin clearly wants the veto to be overruled for electoralist goals, I suspect the reaction to the Maduro abduction coupled with the extra time for popular organisation and the typical radicalization of discourse in electoral years might be enough for a popular success.

  • rainpizza@lemmygrad.ml
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    7 months ago

    As a reminder, the US is not invincible and their Delta force has been defeated before.

    • In 1993, the US attempted to carry out the same operation in Somalia as against Maduro, using the same unit, Delta Force, to arrest the Somali vice president. They were waiting for them. A Somali, using rocket launchers, managed to kill 17 members of the Delta Force, including two high-ranking American snipers, wounded 73, and shot down two Blackhawk helicopters. The mission failed. The bodies of American soldiers were dragged through the streets of the capital, Mogadishu, in a historic scandal for the United States.

    Source -> https://www.trtworld.com/video/d1966827568b?subType=dailyVideo

  • SlayGuevara@lemmygrad.ml
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    7 months ago

    Woke up, no snow. Went to get dressed for 15 minutes, 5cm of snow. Cool, I’ll take the bus. No bus, no info anywhere about of they operate or not. Cool, I’ll take the metro. No metro (underground hello???).

    Good luck getting to work. Oh btw, if you are late it’s your fault. It was announced it would be snowing. Oh your bus didn’t appear without any warning? Oh well…

    This country crumbles the second something unexpected happens.

    • NotMushroomForDebate@lemmygrad.mlEnglish
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      7 months ago

      I thought EU countries would have more robust worker protections in the case of public transport being disrupted.

      Can you not legally call off work if you can’t arrive with public transportation?