anachronist

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Trump says he's ending 'all discussions on trade with Canada' effective immediately in c/canada@lemmy.ca
[–] anachronist@midwest.social 5 points 2 weeks ago

Someone told him those bunker bombs were from Canada.

Carney: "Iran’s nuclear programme is a grave threat to international security, and Canada has been consistently clear that Iran can never be allowed to develop a nuclear weapon." in c/canada@lemmy.ca
[–] anachronist@midwest.social 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Bombs for peace!

Carney: "Iran’s nuclear programme is a grave threat to international security, and Canada has been consistently clear that Iran can never be allowed to develop a nuclear weapon." in c/canada@lemmy.ca
[–] anachronist@midwest.social 19 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

A few months ago I said maybe Canadians shouldn't put their faith into a globalist neolib banker and got down-voted.

no increase in radiation following US airstrikes on Iran's nuclear in c/usa@midwest.social
[–] anachronist@midwest.social 81 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Ok but stay with me. Maybe the bombing was so good it blew up all the radiation?

Self-Proclaimed “Peacemaker” Drags U.S. Into Another War in c/usa@midwest.social
[–] anachronist@midwest.social 16 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Well he said "now is the time for peace" in his announcement of the bombing, which is a totally reasonable thing to expect after bombing someone.

Elon Musk Has a New Plan to Win Back MAGA in c/usa@midwest.social
[–] anachronist@midwest.social 2 points 3 weeks ago

He desperately wants to be, yeah. The problem is he's vile and off-putting even to Trump's fans. Never has anyone so wealthy and powerful reeked of loserdom so badly.

Elon Musk Has a New Plan to Win Back MAGA in c/usa@midwest.social
[–] anachronist@midwest.social 6 points 3 weeks ago

"Abundance" libs like Matt Yglesias were publicly salivating at the opportunity to start glazing Elon again.

Elon Musk Has a New Plan to Win Back MAGA in c/usa@midwest.social
[–] anachronist@midwest.social 1 points 3 weeks ago

The evidence from the whole white genocide episode is that when Elon tries to mess with Grok he does so in the crudest way possible (messing with the system prompt). He shows a lot of frustration and rages about Grok constantly. I honestly think all they did when making a "non-woke" Grok was train it on a stolen copy of the internet but then not do any LRHF to tone down the natual 4chanic elements you end up with when using that training set.

Another Dumb Electrical Code Change Could Ban DIY EV Charger Installs in c/technology@beehaw.org
[–] anachronist@midwest.social 3 points 3 weeks ago

Eh what blood got AFCIs in there? Green blood from Siemens and Eaton as far as I can tell

Razor bumps can now get you kicked out of the marines. Black men will likely suffer the most in c/usa@midwest.social
[–] anachronist@midwest.social 23 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

Now that we've decided to save Iran from the Iranians dermatitis will have to be the new bone spurs.

Razor bumps can now get you kicked out of the marines. Black men will likely suffer the most in c/usa@midwest.social
[–] anachronist@midwest.social 4 points 3 weeks ago

Yeah modern SCBAs don't rely on half-face masks anymore.

Trump says US has attacked three nuclear sites in Iran in c/news@beehaw.org
[–] anachronist@midwest.social 21 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

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Just a few specs of rust (midwest.social)
 
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You know what our city needs? (midwest.social)
 
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Will complaints from drivers result in "changes to the design" of the beloved Augusta protected bike lanes? - Streetsblog Chicago (chi.streetsblog.org)
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Good news! CTA is fixed! (According to the CTA) (chi.streetsblog.org)
 

CTAction noted that the agency boasted of improvements to the the percentage of scheduled rail and bus run delivered, but failed to mention this was due to scheduled service being cut by 21 and 13 percent, respectively. "The total number of trains dispatched per day has not increased at all since August of 2022. The CTA continues to call this "schedule optimization," insulting the intelligence of riders who know that service has been cut."

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NASCAR Cost Chicago Millions in Road Work and Overtime – South Side Weekly (southsideweekly.com)
 

More overtime was credited to NASCAR than any other special event so far this summer except the Pride Parade, for which officers were credited with 31,297 hours. The 2023 Pride Parade crowd estimate was nearly a million people; NASCAR projected it would attract about 100,000 attendees over the course of the weekend.

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Is the Chicago reddit getting astroturfed by NASCAR? (old.reddit.com)
 

Currently there are five PRO nascar posts:

  • I invite everyone to turn on the NASCAR TV broadcast
  • NASCAR crew members help fix a car's bumper after it was involved in a fender bender across from the garage area on Lake Shore Drive
  • Unpopular Opinion, but i think the NASCAR races will be awesome
  • OK Chicago,this Nascar thing is fun, Now do Formula 1
  • This checks out…(Randy Sax guerilla marketing link)

and three ANTI nascar:

  • Meanwhile, we’re doing 15mph on 90/94
  • Worker dies while setting up Chicago NASCAR race
  • Chicago’s Nascar Weekend Offers Headaches, Little Economic Gain

Two of the pro-nascar posts are obvious guerilla marketing (the "LSD pit crew repair" post and whatever that Randy Sax thing is). One of the Anti-articles is just news about an unfortunate event.

I think Nascar has hired social media PR/sock puppet groups to astroturf Chicago reddit. I wonder if it's the same people Paul Vallas hired...

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What's with all the gun spam? (midwest.social)
 

My main midwest.social stream is current full of ads for guns and gun parts. Did I do something wrong?

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