i was chillin with the homeless homie

(he poisoned it)

probably, and i think its funny because the only ak-esque rifle i can think of with a bolt handle that sticks up like that is the older Galil models, which were israeli guns lmao

i know this is cheap but does that pseudo-AK have a flintlock hammer

Nice to see the younger ones polled favor Palestine's struggle more

"New York City rejects this" idk man looks like nyc residents support it

started a job that actually doesn't seem that bad after not having income for 2 months so thats cool 👍

A few comments down threw some sense into the mix saying it sounds like astroturfing is at least playing some role, and someone linked a very interesting web archive link: Reddit admins accidentally reveal "Eglin Air Force base as the most "Reddit addicted city", from 2013. (and here's a link to the web archive page if the original reddit post goes missing)

I found this paper that a Redditor said was funded by Eglin which shows how to influence conversations online and control majority opinion, but keep in mind I haven't read the paper nor looked any deeper into the authors so take it with a grain of salt, unless you wanna look further.

Edit: apparently the official explanation is that Eglin is where military VPN traffic goes through, so everyone browsing Reddit on military networks does through Eglin. Kinda sus but seems reasonable imo

Here's the link to the 2007 for future reference. Most of the results that show up on Google are from Wikipedia itself (like this one) which comes with its own problems.

The biggest point to note, however, is that Wikipedia relies on third-party sources to back up their claims, and being a primarily english-speaking, west-hosted service, a lot of these sources will be sometimes biased and sometimes from authors who straight up make shit up. I found this Reddit post on r/communism from ~2yrs ago of a user who scrutinized the sources on its page for Another View of Stalin by Ludo Martens and found many anti-communist authors present.

It references evergreen trees, the ones that don't lose their leaves in the winter and are green year-round, in this case it says the essay is applicable to many scenarios and not just a few, like how normal trees are only green for parts of the year

I listened to the Deprogram episode with Lady Izdihar last night (she's a muslim who specializes in USSR history) and she talked a little about her history as a worker for a Democratic candidate. Apparently the team she was with wanted to celebrate winning a lawsuit against an anti-Muslim Trump policy by... going to a bar.

I migrated instances yesterday for this exact reason, lemmy.ml is a bit better than some others like world but it still gets pretty bad