cross-posted from: https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/16547926
@LiveThreadBot@lemmy.world -football !football@lemmy.world Brentford - Leyton Orient
I think this was made in response to Obama admistrations warning about the invasion of Crimea
Has an eerily similar message to this 1943 Nazi Propaganda poster https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/16483707
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/16528678
I tend not to be jealous of people making a racket but just want them to stop being an arse tbh
can we not post right wing tabloids
More like climate change is
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/16511967
> Someone got woken up on Sunday morning 🤣
Last season half the starters were injured. We were absolutely ravaged. Barely made it out of relegation. So I think (even though we already now have 3 injured forwards) were going to do a decent bit better this season. Also the fact we had easyish fixtures helps.
I mean Man City def has better quality, but Brentford managed to play well, and do good both in posession and XG, beating man city, which is impressive.
I mean it’s decent but unless you’re a fan of either team probably can find a funner game to watch. PSG’s played really well, just a mistake from Nuno and Beraldo gave off a questionable Pen.
PSG are definitely funner to watch this season, the post-galacticos team has a nice feel to it.
This is what happens when half our defenders are injured and the other half are too tired from international break.
Seriously how the fuck does half the world think Russia are the good guys.
UK and US are deliberating giving Kyiv permission to use Western weapons against targets deep inside Russia.
It’s almost as if the threat of long range missiles is scaring the shit out of Russia.
I hope NATO reply that if Russia turns Kiev into a melted spot, Moscow will follow. But to be fair it’s all ego saber rattling.
If you understand me, it’s good enough. I prefer to be able to communicate in the 4 (nearly 5) languages I currently can, than to perfect a single one.
I’m aware of that.
poster from 1981 Poster was entitled Irish Independence Poster in the archive I found it
(If the FBI sees this I’m joking)
Yeah. Would have been better if they just let a crisis that disproportionately affect poor people unfold /s
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/16485166
It was inspired by a speech by this man: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_E._Stanton
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/16483707
> Drawing > > Marienberg/Saxony, 4. April 1943 > > 42x30cm > > © German Historical Museum, Berlin > > Inv.-No.: Thu 61/144 > > The hand-drawn and hand-coloured map sketch illustrates Great German fantasies of the “New Europe” under German rule: The “East” supplies the German Empire, enlarged by conquests, with products from industry and agriculture. > > (obligatory fuck Nazis)
Drawing
Marienberg/Saxony, 4. April 1943
42x30cm
© German Historical Museum, Berlin
Inv.-No.: Thu 61/144
The hand-drawn and hand-coloured map sketch illustrates Great German fantasies of the “New Europe” under German rule: The “East” supplies the German Empire, enlarged by conquests, with products from industry and agriculture.
(obligatory fuck Nazis)
The sentences are believed to be the longest in the UK’s history for non-violent protest and were delivered under two new controversial laws that supercharged policing powers.
cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/13315099
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/16461348
> Gift Link
(This post is referring to tiktok, instagram reels, youtube shorts type content)
So it’s no secret that for half a decade now we’ve had short form video content get increasingly popularised. To the point where your uncle probably watches them on some platform and so does your 6 year old.
Now in terms of addictiveness, privacy falling through the roof, advertising down your throat, etc. we’ve reached new records. But that isn’t what this post is about.
I never used this format much, except in 2020 during the pandemic, but I can’t help but notice when I do. Even if I make a brand new VPN’d account for it. Every 5-10th post or so wil be some kind of culture war propaganda.
The kind of stuff that made me an edgy right wing bigot as a teenager because I got influenced by it on youtube. Luckily, I grew and changed. Unfortunately, many former friends, not so much.
On a completely new account you’ll get bombarded with videos like:
- “This is why women NEED real MEN”
- “How to piss of a cyclist”
- ”If a climate activist is blocking the road, you should be allowed to run over them”
- ”When MEN were thrown a grenade, they reacted quickly, WOMEN got confused and scared. That’s why we NEED men in the army”
- Wholesome looking video — homophobic caption: “This is why children need both a mum and a dad”
These are all examples I got today when I decided to make completely new accounts on a new device with a VPN. I tried youtube shorts and tiktok for this and scrolled 20ish videos on each without liking anything.
It scares me how much there is a strong rightward shift amongst the younger population. To the point where 18-24’s in recent german elections have voted the most for the borderline neo-nazi AFD party. I know these parties are by far the most active and very popular on tiktok.
I know to some people these examples might seem anoying but trivial. But you are forgetting how impressionable children and teenagers are. There really is this thing called the alt-right pipeline. One very specific example which impacted me at a younger age, was you start with “mad karen” type videos, then after a couple you get recommended “mad SJW” videos, I think you see where I’m going with this, after a while you’re on “feminism debunked” and watching peterson/crowder/shapiro. I know many childhood friends who went down this pipeline and became insufferably racist bigot adults.
I wonder what others think on this?
cross-posted from: https://dubvee.org/post/1878799
> Instance Admins: Check Your Instance for Vote Manipulation Accounts [PSA]
>
> Over the past 5-6 months, I've been noticing a lot of new accounts spinning up that look like this format:
>
> - https://instance.xyz/u/gmbpjtmt
> - https://instance.xyz/u/tjrwwiif
> - https://instance.xyz/u/xzowaikv
>
> #### What are they doing?
> They're boosting and downvoting mostly, if not exclusively, US news and politics posts/comments to fit their agenda.
>
> Edit: Could also be manipulating other regional news/politics, but my instance is regional and doesn't subscribe to those limiting my visibility into the overall manipulation patterns.
>
> #### What do these have in common?
> 1) Most are on instances that have signups without applications (I'm guessing the few that are on instances with applications may be from before those were enabled since those are several months old, but just a guess; they could have easily just applied and been approved.)
> 1) Most are random 8-character usernames (occasionally 7 or 9 characters)
> 1) Most have a common set of users they're upvoting and/or downvoting consistently
> 1) No posts/comments
>
> #### What can you, as an instance admin, do?
> Keep an eye on new registrations to your instance. If you see any that fit this pattern, pick a few (and a few off this list) and see if they're voting along the same lines. You can also look in the login_token table to see if there is IP address overlap with other users on your instance and/or any other of these kinds of accounts.
>
> You can also check the local_user table to see if the email addresses are from the same provider (not a guaranteed way to match them, but it can be a clue) or if they're they same email address using plus-addressing (e.g. user+whatever@email.xyz, user+whatever2@emai.xyz, etc).
>
> #### Why are they doing this?
> Your guess is as good as mine, but US elections are in a few months, and I highly suspect some kind of interference campaign based on the volume of these that are being spun up and the content that's being manipulated. That, or someone, possibly even a ghost or an alien life form, really wants the impression of public opinion being on their side. Just because I don't know exactly why doesn't mean that something fishy isn't happening that other admins should be aware of.
>
> #### Who are the known culprits?
> These are ones fitting that pattern which have been identified. There are certainly more, but these have been positively identified. Some were omitted since they were more garden-variety "to win an argument" style manipulation.
>
> These all seem to be part of a campaign. This list is by no means comprehensive, and if there are any false positives, I do apologize. I've tried to separate out the "garden variety" type from the ones suspected of being part of a campaign, but may have missed some.
>
> > https://lemy.lol/u/ihuklfle > https://lemy.lol/u/iltxlmlr > https://lemy.lol/u/szxabejt > https://lemy.lol/u/woyjtear > https://lemy.lol/u/jikuwwrq > https://lemy.lol/u/matkalla > https://lemmy.ca/u/vlnligvx > https://ttrpg.network/u/kmjsxpie > https://lemmings.world/u/ueosqnhy > https://lemmings.world/u/mx_myxlplyx > https://startrek.website/u/girlbpzj > https://startrek.website/u/iorxkrdu > https://lemy.lol/u/tjrwwiif > https://lemy.lol/u/gmbpjtmt > https://thelemmy.club/u/avlnfqko > https://lemmy.today/u/blmpaxlm > https://lemy.lol/u/xhivhquf > https://sh.itjust.works/u/ntiytakd > https://jlai.lu/u/rpxhldtm > https://sh.itjust.works/u/ynvzpcbn > https://lazysoci.al/u/sksgvypn > https://lemy.lol/u/xzowaikv > https://lemy.lol/u/yecwilqu > https://lemy.lol/u/hwbjkxly > https://lemy.lol/u/kafbmgsy > https://discuss.online/u/tcjqmgzd > https://thelemmy.club/u/vcnzovqk > https://lemy.lol/u/gqvnyvvz > https://lazysoci.al/u/shcimfi > https://lemy.lol/u/u0hc7r > https://startrek.website/u/uoisqaru > https://jlai.lu/u/dtxiuwdx > https://discuss.online/u/oxwquohe > https://thelemmy.club/u/iicnhcqx > https://lemmings.world/u/uzinumke > https://startrek.website/u/evuorban > https://thelemmy.club/u/dswaxohe > https://lemdro.id/u/efkntptt > https://lemy.lol/u/ozgaolvw > https://lemy.lol/u/knylgpdv > https://discuss.online/u/omnajmxc > https://lemmy.cafe/u/iankglbrdurvstw > https://lemmy.ca/u/awuochoj > https://leminal.space/u/tjrwwiif > https://lemy.lol/u/basjcgsz > https://lemy.lol/u/smkkzswd > https://lazysoci.al/u/qokpsqnw > https://lemy.lol/u/ncvahblj > https://ttrpg.network/u/hputoioz > https://lazysoci.al/u/lghikcpj > https://lemmy.ca/u/xnjaqbzs > https://lemy.lol/u/yonkz >
>
> Edit: If you see anyone from your instance on here, please please please verify before taking any action. I'm only able to cross-check these against the content my instance is aware of.
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