DrFuggles

Sad, but I guess somewhat understandable given the R&D competitors are putting in.

I mean, you're going back a to true/false dichotomy.

How did you jump from a discussion about opposing perspectives on a single, unknowable truth to "one must be right and everything else a lie"?

Very much this. I was an exchange student in the US in 2005 and my US history teacher (yes, their history classes are commonly split between us and "rest of the world") exclusively worked with excerpts from Zinn.

I understood once I leafed through the official textbook. It was about as bad as you can imagine.

So yes, Zinn is far from "objective" or "neutral". It's a deliberate choice because

a) it's supposed to counterbalance the terribly whitewashed school books and b) there's a case to be made that no text, not even scientific ones, is ever truly objective or neutral because reality is a construct.

The latter is a more philosophical debate, but nonetheless an important one. Since there is no single objective truth, you'll usually dare better by considering varying interpretations of "truth" before making your mind up.

In other words: you'll never get the full picture, but if you assemble enough puzzle pieces you increase your chances of understanding the bigger picture, and, more importantly, you'll gain a sense for when somebody is just off their rocker.

A 7 months old random fediverse account is a bot? You know that the entirety of the fediverse is like 0.001 percent of the user base of the social media giants?

That would be money really badly spent on astro-turfing bots.

Ich musste es kurz nachgucken: er bezog sich hier explizit auf Gaulands Wunsch, Aydan Özoguz abzuschieben vulgo entsorgen:

Es bezieht sich ebenfalls auf den Artikel der ehemaligen Integrationsbeauftragten der Bundesregierung, Aydan Özoğuz, im Tagesspiegel und der darauf folgenden Aussage von Alexander Gauland bei einer Wahlveranstaltung der AfD im August 2017. 

Wenig später beim Kyffhäusertreffen am 2. September 2017 sagte Jörg Meuthen als Antwort an Gauland: „Allerdings, lieber Alexander Gauland, habe ich so meine Zweifel, ob man den Anatolen die Gesellschaft dieser Dame [Anm. d. R.: Aydan Özoğuz] zumuten kann. […] Überhaupt, Ihre Bescheidenheit, nur diese eine Person entsorgen zu wollen, erscheint mir hier ausnahmsweise unangebracht.“ 

Via Correctiv.

Fand ich gerade in der AfD-Aussteiger-Doku auch bissle deppert als der eine meinte, die Anti-AfDemos würden die nur bestärken und eine Wagenburg-Mentalität erzeugen. Ja aber diggi, ich hab halt kein Bock auf braune Scheiße wat soll ich denn tun?

Hatte auf der Demo gerade auch einen ähnlichen Gedankengang. Ich finde es immer bisschen unangenehm, denen, die Hass propagieren, "Ganz Berlin hasst die Afd" entgegenzurufen. Gleiche Stufe und so. Auf der anderen Seite haben sie sich ja bewusst dafür entschieden Nazis zu sein und wurden nicht als solche geboren. Außerdem, wie du sagst: keine Toleranz der Intoleranz.

I can't help but feel like your sampling might be skewed.

Vollautomaten (I. E. Fully automated coffee machines that brew espressos and cappuccinos etc) tend to make worse coffee, I agree. That's why I don't use the one in the office.

Having an experienced barista grind you an exactly measured dose fresh for your coffee at a good Café is quite nice, on the other hand.

But that's nothing to do with Germany or Australia.

If you'd read the linked sources, you'd know that it's not just speculation. Regardless of Telegram's user base, it cooperates with Russian authorities. That remains true whether or not Ukranians use it to communicate. I'm not blaming Telegram for cooperating with Russian authorities as it's well known that not doing so leads to drastic authoritarian measures.

But don't take my word for it: Wikipedia: Blocking of Telegram in Russia

Sure, WhatsApp exposes you to US jurisdiction and Meta bullshit. At the same time, Telegram is very friendly with the Kremlin and associated intelligence services. So it basically comes down to whether you want to be spied on by Russian or US entities.

Source: Wired cover story

Wired story from a year ago about the FSB using Telegram to track down political activists.

translating animal languages

"How to Use AI to Talk to Whales—and Save Life on Earth With ecosystems in crisis, engineers and scientists are teaming up to decipher what animals are saying. Their hope: By truly listening to nature, humans will decide to protect it."

Wired Magazine August 2023