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Re: Best Gas Masks

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Post by dghlsakjg »

Aeolun wrote: post #130
PaulDavisThe1st wrote: post #123

I'm a volunteer firefighter. I've wondered what my county's response would be if I borrowed one of our SCBAs (self-contained breathing apparatus) to wear to an anti-ICE demo or ICE observation incident. It's not a gas mask in the sense of this article, because as the name suggests it's an entirely self-contained air supply - it doesn't matter what is in the air at all. The one issue is that a single air bottle has a…

Do they refill with air? Or do you need concentrated oxygen or something?

Just air. Very similar to a scuba tank, but typically composite instead of aluminum.

You wouldn’t want to be breathing anything enriched with oxygen in a fire.

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Post by trial3 »

zetanor wrote: post #155
trial3 wrote: post #153

Earlier quoted context omitted.

these are exciting new goalposts you’ve decided on! i, too, think that any article that is different from how i would’ve written it is a listicle. if you’ll indulge me, i’m excited to hear how you have “categorically” decided the author’s intentions one nit: surely you, of all hacker news commenters, have the extraordinary media literacy to know that the journos themselves do not add the affiliate links or pocket the…

I can recognize behaviors, just like everybody else. Columnists don't add affiliate parameters but they're incentivized or required to place the base links there by the publication they work for. Would you prefer that I clap like a seal at every punkwashed mainstream opinion piece? I'd rather not.

> mainstream opinion piece

my job here is done, but i’m here if you need any more help

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Post by sollewitt »

dmazin wrote: post #2

While NYT etc mostly stand back as the U.S. crosses the rubicon, what started as a freaking gadget review site seems to employ nearly all the journalists with actual gusto left in America.

Also Wired and weirdly People Magazine (and before they were all fired J17)

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Post by jonny_eh »

embedding-shape wrote: post #133
gsibble wrote: post #94

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Now that's a hilarious comment. The Verge has become a joke website.

> The Verge has become a joke website. Because? I'll be honest, haven't read much from The Verge so don't know much how it used to be/is now, but given they seemingly post articles about how to resist government tyranny, doesn't that make them a good website in general?

Yes. Unless you support govt tyranny.

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Post by philwelch »

shrubble wrote: post #63
philwelch wrote: post #60

The reality is that tear gas is not an effective riot control tool. It works fine against spontaneous mobs of sports fans after their team loses, but it's not especially effective against prepared insurrectionists. The last time the US faced this level of organized political resistance against lawful federal authority, the Army and National Guard routinely used fixed bayonets to control segregationist protesters. The…

The most recent organized resistance was not segregation but the 1970s bombings. There were 2000 bombings in less than two years.

Excellent point, and I think those bombings are not as well remembered as they should be. However, none of those bombings happened at the encouragement of and with the tacit cooperation of state government authorities.

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Post by philwelch »

mindslight wrote: post #74
philwelch wrote: post #60

The reality is that tear gas is not an effective riot control tool. It works fine against spontaneous mobs of sports fans after their team loses, but it's not especially effective against prepared insurrectionists. The last time the US faced this level of organized political resistance against lawful federal authority, the Army and National Guard routinely used fixed bayonets to control segregationist protesters. The…

Maybe we should talk about the first time the US had this level of political resistance against "lawful authority". That seems like a better analogy for what's going on here. Also I feel compelled to point out that "lawful authority" does not imply "authority acting lawfully". The difference is painfully demonstrated by the existence of a thread discussing the use of respirators in response to government jackboots su…

> government jackboots suppressing lawful first amendment activity

If that was actually happening, I would be opposed to it. The only people suppressing lawful first amendment activity were Don Lemon and his friends invading a church, interrupting services, and blocking the exits as they screamed abuse at the parishioners.

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Post by throwaway290 »

acessoproibido wrote: post #104
8f2ab37a-ed6c wrote: post #96

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The author in particular strikes me as a thoughtful, considerate and unbiased individual, a paragon of inclusivity: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-45052534

some dumb old troll tweets that someone wrote years ago (and publicly apologized for) shouldn't disqualified them from being a great reporter. hell by that metric basically noone who ever wrote something publicly of any substance is qualified also ever visited twitter? the stuff she wrote is pretty tame even by 2022 cancel culture standards

She didn't apologize, what she said can be used by any harasser. "I was harassed by girls when I was young so now I adopt their language and harass women." Also I didn't know there is so much harassment online towards young south korean girls.

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Post by embedding-shape »

cookszn wrote: post #157
embedding-shape wrote: post #133

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> The Verge has become a joke website. Because? I'll be honest, haven't read much from The Verge so don't know much how it used to be/is now, but given they seemingly post articles about how to resist government tyranny, doesn't that make them a good website in general?

Government tyranny is when customs and border protection enforce immigration laws? ok lol

If what you're seeing right now is just "enforcing immigration laws", then yeah, obviously that's not government tyranny.

But I'm guessing you still have somewhat free media (?) and also could look at what international news channels report from the US, and they're not painting a picture of "enforcing immigration laws", just the amount of added vote restrictions that been going on should give you a heads up where it's about to go, and that the president is flirting with that the administration should actually be the ones responsible for the elections.

If you don't see it at this point, I'm afraid you might be blind.

Re: Best Gas Masks

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Post by cookszn »

embedding-shape wrote: post #169
cookszn wrote: post #157

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Government tyranny is when customs and border protection enforce immigration laws? ok lol

If what you're seeing right now is just "enforcing immigration laws", then yeah, obviously that's not government tyranny. But I'm guessing you still have somewhat free media (?) and also could look at what international news channels report from the US, and they're not painting a picture of "enforcing immigration laws", just the amount of added vote restrictions that been going on should give you a heads up where it'…

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