[-] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 day ago

That was beautiful ... now I need to watch the rest of their channel ... thanks

[-] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 11 points 1 day ago

He's wealthy enough to change his citizenship and just become a full US citizen .... they can have him and he can leave us if he feels so strongly about this.

If he feels so strongly and confidently about all this ... let him give up his Canadian citizenship and go join the US ... he's got the money and influence to do it ... go ahead and take the first step.

[-] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 day ago

My thinking is that we will probably wipe ourselves out ourselves through war / conflict / nuclear holocaust before AI ever gets to the point of having any kind of power or influence to affect the planet or humanity as a whole.

[-] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 17 points 1 day ago

two minute mandolin solo .... (then jumps up on the table, smashes their instrument and sets it on fire)

screams at the top of their lungs

[-] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 20 points 1 day ago

I don't think AI will wipe us out

I think we will wipe ourselves out first.

[-] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

For me it was Indiana Jones or Star Wars ... as a kid in the 80s, these two movies completely occupied our imaginations for most of the decade.

Honourable mention for me is .... Commando ... with Schwarzenegger ... (every time we had a game pretending for war or shooting each other with toy guns, I did or someone in our group would mimic the suit up scene getting ready for battle)

[-] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 day ago

There is a difference though ... one gives you cancer faster than the other.

[-] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 day ago

United Healthcare: .... we make money first ... we just do health care on the side

[-] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 48 points 1 day ago

Sign of things to come .... I'm not bothering to read that stupidity.

The next four years (and probably more beyond that) will just be never ending rage politics, nonsense, distraction, diversion and general stupidity while those in power get to do whatever they want in the background. There will be so much noise everywhere that very few if anyone will ever notice what is really happening in the country. Not notice of course until it's too late and too far gone for anyone to be able to fix it.

[-] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 13 points 2 days ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Because I'm Canadian and the instance is Canadian moderated by people in Canada who do their best to keep the service and servers as Canadian as possible. I wouldn't be surprised if the servers hosting the instance were liquid cooled with maple syrup, the racks held together with hockey sticks and hockey tape and the whole thing guarded by polar bears.

[-] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 43 points 2 days ago

That's their logic .... they weren't thinking "He's not going to hurt the poor" ....

They were thinking "He's not going to hurt ME! He's going to hurt other people I don't like."

[-] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 36 points 2 days ago

Reminds me to donate to Wikipedia ..... and download another updated copy of the entire Wikipedia database.

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Everytime I look at small problems or big global problems, if you follow the money trail, it all leads to some billionaire who is either working towards increasing their wealth or protecting their wealth from decreasing.

Everything from politics, climate change, workers rights, democratic government, technology, land rights, human rights can all be rendered down to people fighting another group of people who defend the rights of a billionaire to keep their wealth or to expand their control.

If humanity got rid of or outlawed the notion of any one individual owning far too much money than they could ever possibly spend in a lifetime, we could free up so much wealth and energy to do other things like save ourselves from climate change.

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I'm in Ontario and this past week I got a couple of messages from family and friends in southern Ontario that their sons/nephews/friends who are in the army are going to be sent to either Poland or Ukraine in the next few months.

It's really upset myself and my family because I have relatives who were war veterans who either died or were traumatized by war (in WWII and WWI). Most of my family and circle of friends all agree .... no one in Canada should be sent to any war / conflict / fight / aggression / whatever you want to call it in Europe.

One of them said that they were going to be deployed to Poland but then that recently got changed to Ukraine. The messages about this one soldier came from a mother who is a friend of mine. She said that her son told her that it would be a combat role for him.

I am not certain if the young son is making up stories for his mother (as they have a difficult relationship). I'm partly wondering if the young guy is doing some strange path of going to Ukraine just to fight in whatever capacity (whether as a Canadian soldier or just a plain mercenary) just because he wants to.

So after hearing two separate families suggesting that they thought their relative was going to be sent to Poland or Ukraine in the next few months ... is Canada sending ... or going to send troops to Poland or Ukraine? Or is this something that their families have to worry about because some dumb kid is wanting to join a war on his own?

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Christian Nationalism is a movement that affects us here in Canada just much as in the United States. This documentary highlights how that movement is affecting global politics at the highest levels.

Praying for Armageddon is a documentary film by Tonje Hessen Schei.

Praying for Armageddon is a political thriller that investigates the dangerous consequences of the fusion between Evangelical Christianity and American politics. Through years of reporting, this film not only reveals how structures of fundamentalism weaken the very fabric of American democracy, but also highlights the devastating impact religion wields on U.S. foreign policy. From a grassroots foundation and megachurch empires to the dark backroom maneuvering in Washington D.C., this film ventures inside a movement that ultimately aims to destroy our civilization. This deep dive into power and policy unveils how politicians driven by faith embrace Israel as the key to their prophetic vision for the end of days, at any cost, ultimately escalating the spirals of violence in the Middle East. As Intercept journalist Lee Fang says, “We cannot look away.”

https://www.prayingforarmageddon.com/

Part One
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhT7oyDlBIk

Part Two https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_iQhbcOgfqw

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The quadriplegia was a new reality I had to live with.

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They turned the ship around and the wormhole disappeared.

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He looked down with deep set frantic eyes and said it wasn't a costume.

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An hour later, in clouds of tear gas and smoke, the soldiers moved in to disperse the crowds.

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Time had stood still and the moment felt like an hour after the impact with the transport truck.

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The initial blast wave instantly vaporized them leaving only a negative image on the concrete where they had been standing.

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The new space made room to hide the severed fingers in her bedroom drawer.

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The pilot sounded the alarm and we started our ascent from the bottom of the Mariana Trench.

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