Posts by trz4747@mstdn.social
(DIR) Post #AUaSsjKJkULmjBxzQ8 by trz4747@mstdn.social
2023-04-12T20:38:58Z
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@freemo @ech@qoto.org Select fire capability isn’t necessary or even important to being an “assault rifle.” Nor are assault rifles usually used on the battlefield in full-auto mode when they have that capability. Re “assault weapon,” that term was created by the gun industry to appeal to military LARPers. Democrats simply repeated the term the gun industry was already using in its marketing.
(DIR) Post #AUiR2A2SI4rwUD9C08 by trz4747@mstdn.social
2023-04-16T16:54:58Z
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Remember when she asked Americans this rhetorical question and everyone replied with a list of regions they’d give up for free?
(DIR) Post #AUiRVYYME0zKum5OgS by trz4747@mstdn.social
2023-04-16T17:01:03Z
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@1ns0mniak I think we can all agree on Florida
(DIR) Post #AUnlDH1NdgmqCZ1KCW by trz4747@mstdn.social
2023-04-18T15:10:49Z
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@DarthPutinKGB If it was a body double presumably he would’ve actually gone to the frontline instead of #Henichesk outside of HIMARS range. Also, there are close-up shots of his face. This “body double” talk is turning into fake moon landing stuff.
(DIR) Post #AUoelm7nzvwlzbUS8W by trz4747@mstdn.social
2023-04-19T15:31:22Z
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It’s genuinely weird how even the Western media is reporting Putin went to the “front line.” Zelensky went to Avdiivka, which is on the front line and has some of the most intense fighting. Putin went to Henichesk, which is nowhere near the front line — it’s on the opposite side of Kherson oblast and so far from the front line that it’s out of HIMARS range. Can the news people just, like, look at a map?#ukraine #RussiaUkraineWar #putin
(DIR) Post #AUoelmd07wttYM5MlE by trz4747@mstdn.social
2023-04-19T15:45:06Z
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I put arrows where Zelensky and Putin visited on these maps. Putin was geolocated to Henichesk. One of these is the "front line" and the other one is nowhere near the "front line." Goddamn (much of) the news media is lazy.#ukraine #RussiaUkraineWar #putin
(DIR) Post #AUoelqlejiCUOMAKo4 by trz4747@mstdn.social
2023-04-19T15:58:23Z
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Henichesk in Google Maps
(DIR) Post #AUovDHCc9uTXSmsJk0 by trz4747@mstdn.social
2023-04-19T19:07:28Z
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@commscholar @atomicpoet Yup, happy to discuss this.
(DIR) Post #AUovDICISZocY5jZsu by trz4747@mstdn.social
2023-04-19T19:34:38Z
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@atomicpoet @commscholar There are several aspects to the problem that probably should be numbered. But let me start here: (1) In practice, most instances that ban X, also seem to ban *arguments that X shouldn't be banned*. And this is where Mastodon instances get Orwellian in a way that most social media forums aren't. For example, I'm aware as I'm writing this that once I get into concrete examples, that discussion itself could get me banned so I have to tread carefully.
(DIR) Post #AUovDIqM3drGYKTZK4 by trz4747@mstdn.social
2023-04-19T19:38:15Z
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@atomicpoet @commscholar I'll send a private link to an example of this where I actually did get several posts banned and a "strike" against me in the instance. However, I can imagine any number of other examples. It takes this form: Opinion X is banned. If Person A states Opinion X, he gets banned. Censorial, but ok. But here's where it gets weirder. If Person B argues that Person A shouldn't have gotten banned, Person B gets banned. So a discussion *about the moderation itself* is impossible.
(DIR) Post #AUovDKCN1H3wktmfHE by trz4747@mstdn.social
2023-04-19T19:56:48Z
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@skotchygut @commscholar @atomicpoet I understand what you're saying, but one of my points is: For most users on most instances, their moderator is blocking content from being seen by them that in many cases they'd probably be okay with because, e.g., entire servers are being blocked. Moreover, for most users, they don't even know the quantity or nature of what's being moderated because it's a black box. They're in Stepford Wives neighborhoods without fully understanding what they signed up for.
(DIR) Post #AUovDMvorGbdER3zOa by trz4747@mstdn.social
2023-04-19T19:40:29Z
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@atomicpoet @commscholar In my opinion, a core flaw in the Mastodon protocol is that people on highly censorial instances don't know what they're not seeing. There isn't a black rectangle that says "this post was blocked." Posts on banned instances just don't appear -- as if they didn't exist. Without being able to know what they don't know, users are left in a poor position to push back on the intensity and type of moderation. The incentive to censor is unidirectional.
(DIR) Post #AUovDOS7Cg29wtBINE by trz4747@mstdn.social
2023-04-19T19:45:22Z
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@atomicpoet @commscholar Another aspect is that (2) server rules are poorly framed to begin with, and then loosely interpreted when applied. Here's an example, and hopefully I don't get in trouble for this: A server rule might be that it doesn't allow "racism." Ok wonderful. But you might have a liberal Zionist and a leftist anti-Zionist who each think the other's core political beliefs are racism.
(DIR) Post #AUovDPvZidC2WXyKvo by trz4747@mstdn.social
2023-04-19T19:47:23Z
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@atomicpoet @commscholar If you join a server hoping to discuss Israeli politics, you don't know which of those the moderator is. Remember, the moderator is just a random dude with his personal view on which of those two is "racism." You have to test that gray area to find out, and the way you'll find out is getting banned such that you have to pack your things and migrate to a different instance.
(DIR) Post #AUsAwVsmVTpwoKVTdI by trz4747@mstdn.social
2023-04-21T07:42:59Z
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I didn’t really under Vlad’s last video referencing Anders, and I think they’re coming from very different subject areas, but I’d watch a long-form discussion between @anderspuck and Vlad Vexler on #RussiaUkraineWar stuff
(DIR) Post #AUsy2eq510tm51npBY by trz4747@mstdn.social
2023-04-21T17:00:06Z
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If I saw a journalist on Mastodon who’s not on their own server—but rather one of the vast majority of servers that does heavy-handed content moderation—I’d have zero confidence in his/her journalistic integrity, even less than if they were on Twitter. #mastodon #twitter
(DIR) Post #AUsy2fWGUAduBrXVwG by trz4747@mstdn.social
2023-04-21T17:26:07Z
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Note: I follow several of them. I just don’t have any confidence in their integrity.
(DIR) Post #AUt8sym78bd6ViXFC4 by trz4747@mstdn.social
2023-04-21T20:54:27Z
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@lowqualityfacts I ❤️ tuxedo cats like yours
(DIR) Post #AUtrcc0AXKSxBUg9KK by trz4747@mstdn.social
2023-04-21T20:46:05Z
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I never believed in “horseshoe theory” before seeing a bunch of leftists run servers on Mastodon but I’m sorry I doubted you
(DIR) Post #AUvllSZgkEv390347s by trz4747@mstdn.social
2023-04-23T03:19:25Z
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@ianRobinson @anderspuck I’ve always been skeptical of neat geometrical explanations that display some kind of symmetry or elegance because people are drawn to them. There’s this idea in physics: be careful of a physical explanation that has pretty math because pretty ≠ true.