We thought the world would always get better. That we would achieve greater levels of well-being and happiness, and that it was natural for children to be better off than their parents. But after decades of progress, we are facing times of great uncertainty: it is difficult to imagine a future in a context of wars, populism and natural disasters. What is progress today? Is it still possible?

This is nothing new , all this is mostly related to the economics of the situation, and late stage capitalism,which Marx pointed out would happen over a 170 years ago .

It takes one comment in to the top thread to mention Marx.

Is it really half baked, the dude in the 1850s basically said the endpoint of capitalism is the consolidation of wealth into fewer and fewer, tell me that's not happening.... Of course Marx didn't get all the shit right, and communism is a failed ideology but youdont throw all the ideas 💡 out just because some of them are flawed

Gotta wonder at what point people will genuinely start to rise up and rebel against it. Far more likely to happen in freer countries than the US, like in Europe.

The British film and TV industries used to be a powerhouse of quality entertainment on a shoestring budget, long since drowned under a tidal wave of average-at-best American music, films and TV. Don't get me wrong, some American stuff is brilliant, but broadly speaking if it's badly made, badly written, badly acted and the audience already knows what will happen all the way through, it's American.

I know people are going to talk about the money, but say someone was buying it for you, what are your opinions of the game outside of cost?

And yes, because I am a troll, I want to join the same Pirate Software server and join that guild harassing him in-game. teeeheeee

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So you are a fascist that believes only those that share your opinion are worthy?G'head downmarsey this. Just realize that those that do are the reason y'all lost the election. (-53)

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No way you won't support a person cause of who they voted for. For them it makes sense. In fact Trump is even the better candidate. Imagine saying I'm not going to eat somewhere because of their beliefs and say their in the wrong. It's not like they're doing anything illegal or wrong. Respectfully, frick you and anybody who cares about political beliefs in a business, it's doesn't affect whether they can make a good product (-32)

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I think these people should be punished for what they voted for. (24)

So you want to "punish" people who don't agree with you? Indirectly punishing their employees, families and their local communities. You remind me of a young Austrian man who just wanted to be a painter. (-33)

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Explain exactly, how supporting the Constitution is the "wrong side of history"? I'll wait. (-8)

Red herring. No where did I mention the constitution, but if you're going to bring it up in regard to this post about Trump-supporting businesses, then I'll say this: Trump has repeatedly violated the constitution:* Using his political power to profit from his businesses while in office (Emoluments Clause) * Enlisting foreign governments to investigate his political opponents (Ukraine 2019, for which he was impeached)* His administration repeatedly refusing to comply with subpoenas to Congress* Falsifying business records to hide illicit activity (Stormy Daniels hush money case, overvaluing his real estate) * Conspiracy to overturn an election (denial of 2020 election results, fake electors plot, pressuring political allies in key states to reject election results, asking Georgia officials to "find" votes for him)* Incitement of insurrection/riot. Denied the 2020 election results, spread misinformation about voter fraud, encouraged supporters to march on the Capitol during the certi... (21)

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The op has clearly made this "us v them". I don't care if a politician cares about me. That's not the role of government. Never has been. I don't think you know what the word fascist means. G'head, go look it up. Who i history jailed his political oponents? (-1)

We're talking about two different things. You're using false equivalency. OP doesn't want to support businesses who are directly contributing to the rapid and violent decay and destruction of this country. That is his free market right. What you're doing is acting like a sore winner by using childish, bullying taunts. But whatever, it's par for the course, I don't care about any of that. Here are the 14 "early warning signs of fascism" made famous by a poster displayed in the US Holocaust Museum:Powerful and continuing expressions of nationalismDisdain for the importance of human rightsIdentification of enemies/scapegoats as a unifying causeThe supremacy of the military/avid militarismRampant sexismA controlled mass mediaObsession with national securityReligion and ruling elite tied togetherPower of corporations protectedPower of labor suppressed or eliminatedDisdain and suppression of intellectuals and the artsObsession with crime and punishmentRampant cronyism and corruptionFraudu... (5)

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These people don't support bigotry. The problem with you extreme left folks is always categorizing people as something evil when you have a disagreement. Grow the frick up. (0)

Your group literally got offended bc target sold pride flags. Flags you didn't have to buy lol. But we need to grow up? And yes you support bigotry. Sexism. Racism. Homophobia. By voting Republican. They are already talking about repealing gay marriage. Why? Never mind the attack on trans ppl. I'm not even talking about bathrooms (which us stupid) or sports (yall don't care about women sports. You just hate trans). I'm talking about the trans men and women who have loyally served our country. The ones who wanted to enlist. And they can't. Taking a woman's right to choose to carry a child even during r*pe. Placing an unborn child's life as more important than the mothers. The fact women have died from pregnancy complications. These Ice raids. Fine round them up if you have to. Nobody is denying illegal immigration's problem. However referring to all of them as criminals, animals? Treating them like less than human? Harassing actual citizens. Potentially scaring chi... (2)

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Jeffrey Epstein was a monster.

Epstein violently raped a girl the day BEFORE her 18th birthday, according to the FL grand jury transcripts.

This man was a monster, and our government refused to intervene.

We all know why. pic.twitter.com/ThBBrMwYCj

— Breanna Morello (@BreannaMorello) February 27, 2025

incredible bit of techcrunch reporting i just ran into:
they looked up google trends for the past 2 days and concluded it's the highest trend that could possibly be pic.twitter.com/ziONYE6QVb

— murat 🍥 (@mayfer) January 9, 2025

It's getting approximately 1/15th the search volume of broccoli.https://t.co/cQgleo9y3B https://t.co/FN1DPcPMGV pic.twitter.com/YV7ODxIGnN

— Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) January 11, 2025

https://techcrunch.com/2025/01/09/google-searches-for-deleting-facebook-instagram-explode-after-meta-ends-fact-checking/

To be clear, searches over the past three months for deleting Facebook have hovered around a 75 score on Trends, peaking to 100 around specific events, like Meta's latest policy changes and the presidential election in November 2024.

!trump2024 !chuds "Literally nothing?"

new 8 minute compilation:

2024 meltdown compilation:

2016 all over again:

the moment when MSNBC announced his win

/r/teachers meltdown @iStillMissEd

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Background: /r/straighttransgirls is where the s of the Blaire White variety go to rant, away from their overwhelmingly transbian ("it's maam!") counterparts.

OP wonders if these euphoria boners often discussed on the main trans subs are real or are just a terf psyop. Commenters proceed to fight over:

• AGP is a fake term and transphobic to even mention

• AGP is real but it's perfectly fine

• boners indicate transbians are just fetishizing perverts

• it's fine to get boners over spinny skirts…not sexual at all

Excerpt:

[–]AbsolutelyRidic 7 points 23 days ago

[euphoria boners] normal things that happen if you have a peepee, aren't taking estrogen yet, and aren't constantly miserable.

[–]Pink_T-Goddess 0 points 23 days ago

Oh shut up gurl.. stop making stuff up.. I didn't experience this so called "euphoric boner" even when I haven't transitioned back then and was just starting on Estrogen... I literally have fluctuating libido but I don't get a "boner" by the sight of me looking like a very beautiful woman.. This is not a thing, you guys are just making it up to cover your fetishes... Having a fetish is not a bad thing but don't lump is in with you.. Don't treat our existence as the same as your existence...

More coping seething and coping again in the comments.

Technology? !chuds !nooticers !trump2024

https://old.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/1igv0jp/national_50_states_antitrump_protest_planned_for/

https://old.reddit.com/r/50501/comments/1iguth2/newsweek_national_50_states_antitrump_protest/

https://old.reddit.com/r/technology/duplicates/1ihh63h/online_movement_50501_calls_for_national_50/

https://old.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/1igv0jp/national_50_states_antitrump_protest_planned_for/marvo4v/?context=8

Pro tip: never share satellite imagery without attribution in general but REALLY try to avoid sharing Maxar money shot SWIR data without attribution https://t.co/p30Nivdsqj

— Joe Morrison (@mouthofmorrison) January 11, 2025

surprised that Maxar hasn't gotten wind of this yet. would certainly create some beautiful drama. but this works too

https://www.yahoo.com/news/11-old-boy-woman-mauled-012807819.html

https://www.wkrg.com/northwest-florida/doordash-driver-mauled-by-2-dogs-in-defuniak-springs/

https://www.ksal.com/woman-dead-after-dog-attack/

https://www.yahoo.com/news/11-old-boy-woman-mauled-012807819.html

https://abc7chicago.com/post/steger-dog-attack-pet-dies-escaping-attacking-other-neighbor-stabs-animal-defense-police-say/15951186/

https://news4sanantonio.com/news/trouble-shooters/san-antonio-family-continues-fight-for-reform-two-years-after-fatal-dog-attack-pitbull-mauling

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The President of Honduras is now threatening Trump. This won’t end well. Has she learned nothing from Colombia? pic.twitter.com/blhF2bCjDK

— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) January 27, 2025

I love her my special lil gal. She has begun giving more nose-kisses daily than Socks ever has the whole time I've rehabilitated that brown piece of flabby tabby they are going to fight so stupidly over sleeping with me once Sheila's fixed. We are close to the savings mark for her spay

!animalposters !cats

I bought a 400/5.6L which will give me long reach to shoot wild raccoons, birds, butts, cars racing and boats. On my Canon R5 I can also shoot in crop mode which will give me a 1.6x multiplier without losing light like you would using the 1.4x teleconverter.

But here's the stupid part.

I've been really getting into video lately and most of my lenses aren't geared towards that. I have the following.

TS-E 17/4 - Manual focus, ultra wide architectural lens. Smooth focusing but you have to do it by hand.

TS-E 24/3.5IIL - Manual focus, wide architectural lens. Smooth focusing but you have to do it by hand.

EF 16-35/4L IS - Ultrawide zoom, great for video but with a stiff zoom ring which sucks because the camera ends up twisting when you try and pull a zoom

EF 17-40/4L IS - My first "expensive" lens, great sharpness and smooth but light zoom ring.

TS-E 45/2.8 - Manual focus, normal architectural lens. Smooth focusing but you have to do it by hand.

EF 50/1.4 - A really great, normal lens if you're shooting stills, but has an archaic autofocus motor that's too slow to keep up with video.

EF 85/1.8 - Great short telephoto lens with fast focus and great low-light capabilities.

TS-E 90/2.8 - Manual focus, telephoto architectural lens. Smooth focusing but you have to do it by hand.

EF 70-200/4L IS - Great for shooting video but only for tight spots. The largest lens I can balance out on my gimbal.

I had the 17-40/4L first and when I got into video, I thought I should have an ultra wide zoom with image stabilization, thinking it would work in concert with the cameras in-body stabilization. I was wrong. It's one or the other. So the upgrade to the 16-35 was for naught. In fact, I like using the 17-40 more, since the zoom ring is very low resistance and it's much lighter weight (not that I'm a kitty, it's just easier to balance on my gimbal).

Some of the more photography-knowledgeable people here are going to realize what I'm missing - a good mid-range zoom lens, like a 24-70mm. Especially since I've been doing a lot of documentary style filming and plan on continuing my Geezer Group doc this summer. Otherwise I have to be constantly switching lenses while trying to capture things in the moment, between the 17-40, 50, and 70-200. So what I'm saying is, I should've bought that. However, it still feels kind of redundant being a focal length I already have covered with other lenses, while the 400mm is something fresh and new. Especially after running into the limitations of the 70-200 during my recent trip to Florida while trying to film boats from the shore.

Was buying the 400mm a mistake? Probably in the short run, but I can always save up and buy a midrange zoom sometime this spring. I have money, but I can only access a little bit of it each month and there are a lot of things I want and need.

I dunno.