Basic Glitch
Researcher in the U.S. trying to stay informed and help others stay informed. I write a blog that focuses on public information, public health, and policy: https://pimento-mori.ghost.io/
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Basic Glitch@lemm.eeOPto Technology@lemmy.world•Operation Narnia: Iran’s nuclear scientists reportedly killed simultaneously using special weaponEnglish282·12 hours agoFuck, also explains why Netenyahu jumped at the opportunity as soon as he avoided having his government dissolved by vote. Fuuuuck this is so much evil bullshit.
Basic Glitch@lemm.eeOPto Technology@lemmy.world•Operation Narnia: Iran’s nuclear scientists reportedly killed simultaneously using special weaponEnglish362·12 hours agoIt’s guaranteed the number of bystanders that were killed while they killed these “targets” is not zero.
Basic Glitch@lemm.eeOPto Technology@lemmy.world•Operation Narnia: Iran’s nuclear scientists reportedly killed simultaneously using special weaponEnglish7·12 hours agoIt doesn’t
Basic Glitch@lemm.eeOPto Technology@lemmy.world•Operation Narnia: Iran’s nuclear scientists reportedly killed simultaneously using special weaponEnglish11·12 hours agoThose are American drones from Palantir.
Basic Glitch@lemm.eeOPto Technology@lemmy.world•Operation Narnia: Iran’s nuclear scientists reportedly killed simultaneously using special weaponEnglish171·12 hours agoAnd everyone in their family, building, and general vicinity, and anyone in that 10% of targets who are misidentified by Palantir’s predictive policing/facial recognition tech apparently?
Basic Glitch@lemm.eeOPto Technology@lemmy.world•Operation Narnia: Iran’s nuclear scientists reportedly killed simultaneously using special weaponEnglish17·12 hours agoNo it doesn’t.
Basic Glitch@lemm.eeOPto Technology@lemmy.world•Operation Narnia: Iran’s nuclear scientists reportedly killed simultaneously using special weaponEnglish832·13 hours agoIt’s not normal. It’s ok until the majority of America accepts what can really be done with that database Trump is having Palantir build.
Basic Glitch@lemm.eeOPto News@lemmy.world•Democrat Seeks to Limit Trump’s War Powers Amid Middle East EscalationEnglish3·4 days agoThey are claiming us soil, but there is no indication the person in the video is credible. https://lemm.ee/post/66966221
Then again who the fuck knows what’s going on anymore… https://www.reddit.com/r/PublicFreakout/comments/1ld959k/the_amount_of_people_trying_to_evacuate_tehran/
Basic Glitch@lemm.eeOPto Technology@lemmy.world•Palantir hits new highs amid Israel-Iran conflictEnglish7·5 days agoI mean, if only anyone could see the obvious bullshit we’re headed into.
There’s a lot of money to be made during times of war.
Unfortunately the people that are pushing us in that direction are some very short sighted individuals that genuinely believe that once their actions have driven humans to the brink of extinction, they’ll still be perfectly content in an underground bunker with shitty AI robots that break a month or so in, and all the stockpiled vacuum sealed resources they can hoard. Or alternatively, dying while attempting to colonize mars.
That’s who humanity will be relying to continue our legacy. The kind of person that thinks they are chosen elite, and there is nothing they cannot achieve. All bc they climbed mount Everest once while paying a team of Sherpas to risk their own lives and do everything for them.
Basic Glitch@lemm.eeOPto News@lemmy.world•Democrat Seeks to Limit Trump’s War Powers Amid Middle East EscalationEnglish161·5 days agoA resolution Mr. Kaine introduced Monday would require explicit congressional authorization or a formal declaration of war before U.S. forces could take direct action against Iran. It faces long odds on Capitol Hill given Republicans’ reluctance to challenge Mr. Trump’s power, but it could prompt a vibrant debate as lawmakers in both parties warn against involving the United States in the escalating conflict.
The measure is a direct invocation of the War Powers Resolution, a 1973 federal law intended to be a check on the president’s power to enter an armed conflict without the consent of Congress. While it would still allow Mr. Trump to authorize military action in self-defense in the event of an imminent attack, it would compel him to seek approval before carrying out any offensive operations against Iran.
So that video claiming to be from anonymous, saying they have have knowledge a false flag attack will be used as an excuse to go to war…
Not saying that is actually anonymous or that they actually have any evidence, but also not sure how much evidence you really need to make a fairly accurate guess as to what the writing on the wall will be.
On the one hand needing congressional approval might not even matter bc Republicans have done just about everything asked of them up to this point. However, it does seem like we may be seeing some Republicans questioning if being loyalists will really help them retain their power when the midterms roll around.
If something were to happen like what anonymous/whoever is posing as anonymous is claiming, it could quickly swing in the other direction. Everybody was antiwar by the time Bush finally left office, but nobody wanted to be accused of not being a patriot in 2001.
Basic Glitch@lemm.eeto News@lemmy.world•Trump quietly shutters the only federal agency that investigates industrial chemical explosionsEnglish4·5 days agoHuh, so that’s an odd thing to do anytime, but especially given that on Friday he fired a board member on the federal agency that oversees nuclear reactors in America… Never thought I would have to say this, but hopefully these are unrelated to each other and only reflect his insane desire to ignore safety regulations…
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/16/us/nuclear-safety-board-firing-trump.html
Basic Glitch@lemm.eeto World News@lemmy.world•US prepares for No Kings protests against TrumpEnglish1·7 days agoYou know the sheriff in Florida literally threatened to kill people?
Basic Glitch@lemm.eeOPto Technology@lemmy.world•Tech moguls want to build a crypto paradise on a Native American reservationEnglish2·10 days agoIdk why I’m asking this, but I’m genuinely curious why you think reservations exist?
Basic Glitch@lemm.eeOPto News@lemmy.world•White House responds to California city terminating contract with ICEEnglish2·11 days agoThis is the beginning. He wants an excuse to declare martial law.
He’s still holding back and being strategic at this point, once he establishes a permanent military branch to oversee California that’s when shit really hits the fan.
Getting all blue states and jurisdictions to start withholding federal taxes until we have a federal government who is actually representing us again, is a much better plan than telling a bunch of civilians to go fight the military. You are literally sending people to be slaughtered and kick off a second civil war, but I’m pretty sure you’re probably fully aware of that.
Basic Glitch@lemm.eeOPto News@lemmy.world•White House responds to California city terminating contract with ICEEnglish203·11 days agoAgain where is the actual show of support from the rest of America? This should not be California’s fight, it should be all of us fighting as America against authoritarianism.
Where are the people telling their local government they need to following the example Glendale just set for the rest of us.
Basic Glitch@lemm.eeOPto News@lemmy.world•White House responds to California city terminating contract with ICEEnglish71·11 days agoWhen you’re left with no other alternative, then yes. Why not try to form a coalition of Americans that will stand together against Trump before we dissolve into a second civil war where individual blue states are going against the entire U.S. government?
How about some support from other blue states and jurisdictions? Where are the calls for blue states senators and representatives to vocally stand with California, where are the mayors and city councils willing to follow Glendale’s example?
Sending people into a suicide mission without actually backing them up, is like supporting a war you’re not fighting in (yet). When it’s your turn, you will hope that others will stand with you instead of remotely egging you on to be David against Goliath.
Basic Glitch@lemm.eeOPto News@lemmy.world•NIH scientists publish declaration criticizing Trump's deep cuts in public health researchEnglish2·11 days agoI’m not arguing it’s the core of science, I’m arguing it shouldn’t be dismissed completely bc these people want to weaponize it.
Science should always include healthy skepticism and debate. If not, you’ve basically just reinvented religion.
If you’ve worked in science, there is a good chance you’ve met somebody like that. There are unfortunately many people that seem to have a pathological inability to acknowledge when they’re wrong or accept that they made a mistake.
If you have worked in science and believe you’ve never encountered that attitude you’re either very lucky or you’re that guy.
Basic Glitch@lemm.eeOPto News@lemmy.world•White House responds to California city terminating contract with ICEEnglish38·11 days agoBruh, seriously…
It sounds nearly identical to the program Time said Palantir was using in Israel in December 2024 to help track Hamas
Except if they just come right out and say that, it becomes more difficult to deny the U.S. is already directly involved. Especially since they just gave members of Palantir positions in the U.S. military