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New comment by throwawaymanbot in "Navajo Code Talkers get DEI label as military info disappears under Trump order"

throwawaymanbot — Mon, 17 Mar 2025 23:33:35 +0000

It’s DEI hiring to hire people who were hired to speak their own fairly unstudied Native American language?

It’s clear (and this is yet another case) that this whole DEI non issue is a fabricated propaganda dog whistle to certain people.

This will go down in American history for all the dreadful reasons it deserves. Absolutely dark and disgusting times America has entered.

New comment by throwawaymanbot in "What made the Irish famine so deadly"

throwawaymanbot — Tue, 11 Mar 2025 01:34:36 +0000

Sounds like you are trying to explain away over a million deaths as if it was happening everywhere in Europe and not primarily the British fault.

Fact: in 1847, nearly 4,000 vessels carried food from Ireland to British ports while hundreds of thousands of Irish people died of starvation and related diseases. There was PLENTY of food in Ireland.

FACT: The government refused to intervene in the market to prevent food exports, even as the Irish population faced severe food shortages. Why?

While crop failures were happening across Europe, the impact in Ireland was particularly devastating because of the population's heavy reliance on potatoes. The suggestion that food was only unaffordable for the poor overlooks the fact that the potato blight left many people without any access to their primary food source. WHY was it the only source of food in an abundant growing environment??

Fact: Wages paid on “work programs” for those (un)lucky enough to get on them were too low to purchase food at inflated "famine" prices, leading to widespread starvation.

The export of food from Ireland during this period was a significant factor in the suffering of the Irish people, and it is important to acknowledge the role of British economic policies and the prioritization of profits over humanitarian needs which seems to be a struggle for you.

New comment by throwawaymanbot in "What made the Irish famine so deadly"

throwawaymanbot — Mon, 10 Mar 2025 22:59:14 +0000

Famine? Only one crop failed. Ireland was a net exporter of food to the UK..

There’s another word for this, not a famine…

New comment by throwawaymanbot in "TikTok divestment law upheld by federal appeals court"

throwawaymanbot — Fri, 06 Dec 2024 23:49:05 +0000

Excellent news. And all social media should be blocked until you are 16+

New comment by throwawaymanbot in "Marc Andreessen wants you to stay in school"

throwawaymanbot — Wed, 29 May 2024 00:07:06 +0000

Wait... I thought him and his fellow Bungleheads, saw no value in schooling?? Whats the big change in opinion now? (I think i know.. )

Just if nothing else it shows u how silicon valley types can reverse course, while proclaiming they are 100% correct, and will remain 100% correct facing the other direction.

A gentle reminder, that they are mere mortals, and not the gods they think they are after getting high on their own supply for the last decade.

New comment by throwawaymanbot in "Israelis and Palestinians blame each other for blast at Gaza hospital"

throwawaymanbot — Tue, 17 Oct 2023 21:36:52 +0000

Strange they decided to go back to this story after first saying they knew nothing about it and then saying that they had warned them to evacuate? Well the IDF have said it so it must be true, no need to look into it. Just quote it verbatim. I too am a well paid journalist.

https://twitter.com/robertmackey/status/1714374889568911506?...

New comment by throwawaymanbot in "Ubuntu bungled the Firefox Snap package transition"

throwawaymanbot — Sat, 03 Sep 2022 21:19:49 +0000

Pop_OS is also another good variant (It does not use Firefox snaps) Debian, Linux mint, MX Linux, you name it, all way better these days than Ubuntu.

New comment by throwawaymanbot in "California aims to make its own insulin brand to lower price"

throwawaymanbot — Mon, 01 Aug 2022 21:12:12 +0000

This is how Europe works. And it works well, and the reason the US pays WAAAY more for items like this. The US also allows price gouging of course..

No sympathy for those who want to gouge ill people. About time, I hope the rest of America gets to buy cheaper insulin. Saying otherwise is a disgrace

New comment by throwawaymanbot in "The Supreme Court Just Said That Evidence of Innocence Is Not Enough"

throwawaymanbot — Tue, 24 May 2022 21:06:32 +0000

This Radical activist supreme court is out of its mind.

New comment by throwawaymanbot in "Inside Putin's Circle"

throwawaymanbot — Fri, 11 Mar 2022 21:58:36 +0000

The Irish term “hard man” is more of a meaning about a persons spirit/ attitude to certain things. It does mean someone you don’t want to mess with or in fact have any sort of dealings with. (unless you can equivalently “nullify” their attitude and there’s only one thing usually that can nullify a “hard man”… and this the cycle begins.

New comment by throwawaymanbot in "RT America ceases productions and lays off most of its staff"

throwawaymanbot — Fri, 04 Mar 2022 03:30:46 +0000

Has TikTok’s parent invaded anyones sovereign country and is currently murdering innocent civilians in that sovereign country??

New comment by throwawaymanbot in "Wait Out the Wild Housing Market"

throwawaymanbot — Wed, 09 Feb 2022 20:48:54 +0000

Private equity gobbling up everything for sale or rent has the patience and money to sit us all out.

New comment by throwawaymanbot in "Tiny Core Linux 13 Released: Needs Just 46MB of RAM, 50MB of Disk"

throwawaymanbot — Mon, 07 Feb 2022 19:56:55 +0000

This is awesome engineering. Efficiency should be more highly prized!

New comment by throwawaymanbot in "Mark Zuckerberg’s Disaster Is Taking Silicon Valley with It"

throwawaymanbot — Mon, 07 Feb 2022 02:20:38 +0000

The pandemic has brought forward the inevitable realization tbat Silicon Valley is not about changing the world for the better.

New comment by throwawaymanbot in "Cancer Moonshot initiative restarted by NIH"

throwawaymanbot — Mon, 07 Feb 2022 00:01:04 +0000

Is it bad to feel depressed that this has been going for nearly half a century with No end In Sight. In fact it’s stated goal is the dream end state of any pharma co that could cure it. Endless treatment to stave off death.

New comment by throwawaymanbot in "Google to turn on activity tracking for many users who turned it off"

throwawaymanbot — Wed, 02 Feb 2022 12:27:57 +0000

I guess no does not mean no huh. But Nice try to explain away when people have already chosen to opt out!

New comment by throwawaymanbot in "Spotify Removing Neil Young's Music"

throwawaymanbot — Thu, 27 Jan 2022 20:07:17 +0000

Not sure of Spotify’s angle here. Artists don’t get enough money from Spotify to be loyal… could Lead to a mass exodus. I hope it does. Rogan gets to metaphorically drive drunk around town free from consequences it seems.

New comment by throwawaymanbot in "[dead]"

throwawaymanbot — Mon, 10 Jan 2022 16:19:20 +0000

This is an article from the spectator? The hard right magazine that has patted certain people on the back that might be thought a little beyond the pale in most places?

New comment by throwawaymanbot in "T-Mobile Actively Censoring Certain URLs [video]"

throwawaymanbot — Fri, 31 Dec 2021 05:33:32 +0000

Stop spreading doubt about it being nefarious. AI is trained. And if this is the future it’s still censorship regardless of if there’s an algorithm to blame or a human.

New comment by throwawaymanbot in "Revealed: Palantir’s Top-Secret User Manual for Cops (2019)"

throwawaymanbot — Tue, 28 Dec 2021 23:11:29 +0000

The stasi were impressive also. They would have loved this.