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New comment by potatototoo99 in "Israeli strike kills infant girl in south Lebanon during father's funeral"

potatototoo99 — Sun, 12 Apr 2026 21:00:50 +0000

Not news, just the daily reminder of what Israel is nowadays. Business as usual.

New comment by potatototoo99 in "The Pentagon Threatened Pope Leo XIV's Ambassador with the Avignon Papacy"

potatototoo99 — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 17:45:01 +0000

I don't think the current admin knows what the US stands to gain from antagonizing the EU, China, Canada, Mexico, Japan, catholics, atheists, muslims, etc etc etc the list goes on - either.

New comment by potatototoo99 in "Is Germany's gold safe in New York ?"

potatototoo99 — Mon, 06 Apr 2026 11:33:40 +0000

Europe didn't seize them, the EU and US froze them, and the dividends of those assets in the EU are being seized. There's a big difference, the US actually seizing any country's gold would be much more serious.

New comment by potatototoo99 in "F-15E jet shot down over Iran"

potatototoo99 — Fri, 03 Apr 2026 20:44:30 +0000

I think you would be surprised!

New comment by potatototoo99 in "F-15E jet shot down over Iran"

potatototoo99 — Fri, 03 Apr 2026 20:43:46 +0000

Of course I'm serious, why would my age affect how I feel about a soldier dying invading another country? But you are right that probably in the big context of things a POW is better for negotiating an ealier cease fire, which would ultimately be the better outcome.

New comment by potatototoo99 in "F-15E jet shot down over Iran"

potatototoo99 — Fri, 03 Apr 2026 20:11:32 +0000

And yet, they are still around, made famous and split into separate groups, still actively fighting on multiple fronts all over Africa. And if the Iranian government falls for sure they will be coming back with a vengeance in the area.

New comment by potatototoo99 in "US SEC preparing to scrap quarterly reporting requirement"

potatototoo99 — Tue, 17 Mar 2026 10:52:50 +0000

Musk absolutely does not want SpaceX to stay private

New comment by potatototoo99 in "Iran-backed hackers claim wiper attack on medtech firm Stryker"

potatototoo99 — Thu, 12 Mar 2026 09:37:34 +0000

Venezuela is in the eastern hemisphere, just like Cuba, and it seems they want to control that entire part of the world. Iran would be of no concern to the US if not for Israel.

New comment by potatototoo99 in "Lego's 0.002mm specification and its implications for manufacturing (2025)"

potatototoo99 — Wed, 11 Mar 2026 16:15:42 +0000

Yes, they have kept up with inflation, and that is the problem. Manufactured goods like Lego bricks should fall in price through innovation in processes, scale, etc. What does raise higher than the average inflation should be be labor-intensive products/services. In other words, it feels much stranger today how expensive Legos are compared to 47 years ago.

New comment by potatototoo99 in "Tinnitus Is Connected to Sleep"

potatototoo99 — Sat, 07 Mar 2026 20:46:33 +0000

I never heard of the above, but I also have my own method that I discovered one night on some tinnitus forum:

1. Straight body, drop your head all the way down, chin to your chest. 2. Place the palm of your hands on your ears, blocking them, with the fingers to where the back of your neck touches your scalp. 3. Tap your fingers on your stretched, rigid neck muscles.

Just sharing it here since it has helped me and it doesn't help to have many techniques to battle this.

New comment by potatototoo99 in "Spain’s LaLiga has blocked access to freedom.gov"

potatototoo99 — Sun, 22 Feb 2026 22:42:07 +0000

No it isn't. For example in my EU country I can see the list of all websites blocked, and all of them are for piracy/copyright infringement and illegal betting (legal betting is allowed, but must register and pay taxes). That and rt.com. I can also say/post whatever I want in social media except stalk and harass individual people. There is no "censorship" at all compared to virtually anywhere else in the world, US included.

New comment by potatototoo99 in "Spain’s LaLiga has blocked access to freedom.gov"

potatototoo99 — Sun, 22 Feb 2026 21:41:14 +0000

Cloudflare could refuse to host illegal material or make it available in Spain. If they cannot or will not, this was the best solution the courts arrived at. Other Cloudflare clients could also decide to host elsewhere for Spanish traffic if they cared.

New comment by potatototoo99 in "Spain’s LaLiga has blocked access to freedom.gov"

potatototoo99 — Sun, 22 Feb 2026 21:38:31 +0000

RT is blocked in the entire EU as part of a sanctions round due to the invasion of Ukraine: https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2022...

New comment by potatototoo99 in "Spain’s LaLiga has blocked access to freedom.gov"

potatototoo99 — Sun, 22 Feb 2026 21:36:23 +0000

Maybe in the US. In Europe it never convinced anyone, as it never would since anything minimally related to Trump is discarded automatically.

New comment by potatototoo99 in "Super Bowl Ad for Ring Cameras Touted AI Surveillance Network"

potatototoo99 — Mon, 09 Feb 2026 22:59:16 +0000

That's the good thing about police states, no crime! (except state-sanctioned crimes against humanity of course)

New comment by potatototoo99 in "CIA to Sunset the World Factbook"

potatototoo99 — Thu, 05 Feb 2026 13:33:24 +0000

You can make propaganda without lying, by choosing what metrics you value over others for example, by adding them or omitting them or implying whether a stat increasing is positive or negative.

New comment by potatototoo99 in "Finland looks to introduce Australia-style ban on social media"

potatototoo99 — Sat, 31 Jan 2026 22:46:22 +0000

I don't know, it works in Japan.

New comment by potatototoo99 in "TikTok users can't upload anti-ICE videos. The company blames tech issues"

potatototoo99 — Tue, 27 Jan 2026 16:08:13 +0000

TikTok US it no longer controlled by the Chinese.

New comment by potatototoo99 in "BirdyChat becomes first European chat app that is interoperable with WhatsApp"

potatototoo99 — Sun, 25 Jan 2026 00:09:12 +0000

Trump is so incompetent he has killed any chance for far right politicians to be elected for the next decades. And even them hate him now due to Greenland.

New comment by potatototoo99 in "Nicolas Guillou, French ICC judge sanctioned by the US and “debanked”"

potatototoo99 — Tue, 30 Dec 2025 14:08:00 +0000

What authority did the world have to trial the Nazis at Nuremberg? Countries are going to get called on crimes against humanity, simple as.