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Edit: never mind, there is a slight difference there. Twitter also annoyingly crops image previews. Car appears to be the same if you click.

This has always really mystified me. So many 4:3 shows are rendered unwatchable by these companies, most of which fancy themselves as having a cutting-edge tech stack. You’re telli…

>it's no more "might-makes-right" than the original theft/"sale" was, and is arguably less so Clearly the specifics matter, but it gets more interesting when these 2 ‘sides’ have e…

You would rather not be able to tell who is and isn’t racist in your society? If someone is prone to racist remarks that should be noticed and their thought process/moral failings …

> a national museum in the country where the artifact originated seems like a reasonable first-blush recipient. Wouldn’t this boil down to a might-is-right approach in almost all c…

What are the contemporary moral considerations for who gets to ‘own’ ancient artifacts like these? The government currently controlling the surrounding land? Ethnic tribalism? Gene…

> > One possible reading is you were actually intending to defend the laws in the article >Of course I am. To me it doesn’t make a difference if you’re legally allowed to say somet…

What precisely was the point of your original post then? To assert a concept that has nothing to do with the article and that no one disagrees with? One possible reading is you wer…

It is legal in the US to yell fire in a crowded theater. It is not legal to intentionally create a false emergency situation, verbally or otherwise. Similar to threats, it’s not th…

I’ll decide what’s ‘novel’ and ‘of value’ for myself thanks. Which will require the right of ppl to express their conscience. Don’t need Boris Johnson’s (or anyone else’s) govt dec…

Threats are prosecuted as intent to commit another crime, not ‘u said a naughty word.’ That’s why slogans such as “kill all men” would never lead to legal conviction in the US (the…

Lol what did I say that was ‘heated’? Your first reply to me was a defense of street violence against me. Threatening violence is a whole different topic and these laws encompass a…

Exactly, the ‘freedom’ to know what other people actually think about you is essential. By silencing others you’re simply depriving yourself of your own right to hear them out.

The article is about government legislation.

Sounds kind of racist to imply minorities will attack me with street violence if I say words they don’t like. I’ll have to report this to the authorities mate, hope you’re not a bi…

It actually does precisely mean freedom from legal consequences, yes.

That or the fact that google massively profits off the presence of ads in mobile apps.

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And yet we’re left to guess exactly what Twitter deemed us unworthy of reading. The opaqueness of the censor is a feature not a bug.

>The problem isn't that "problematic" content exists but... Then you'll be disturbed to learn that members of the team are literally government operatives lobbying for more censors…

Note the author's subtle toggling between denying a phenomenon exists, and then smugly implying that it does and should. >The Economist cites the case of Colin Wright, a post-docto…

By these arguments nearly every sizable city in the country should be its own state. >DC doesn't want to be part of Maryland (they like being independent and feel that Maryland's c…

Could be a good trade for making DC part of Maryland, thereby giving DC statehood.

>Among 13-year-olds, in 1984, 8 percent said they never or hardly ever read for fun, rising to 22 percent in 2012 and 29 percent in 2020. http://archive.today/2021.10.14-112558/htt…

I assume they'll use a lightweight trap cage loaded with food that's laced with some kind of tranquilizer. Then after the cage is dropped just come back and fly it out. Anything el…