Aphelion

joined 6 months ago
[–] Aphelion@lemm.ee 6 points 5 hours ago

I doubt he really cared about the gas or EV debate, it was just an issue he could use as leverage to get his former company another fat government contract.

[–] Aphelion@lemm.ee 16 points 5 hours ago

Also please remember that anything good Dejoy does is just the minimum required to keep him off the Biden administration's shit list so that he can keep securing contracts for XPO - the private shipping carrier he still has financial ties with.

[–] Aphelion@lemm.ee 14 points 5 hours ago

No, he's made forced concessions to the Biden administration, but it's only to placate them enough to keep his position, and double dip with contracts for XPO (the business he used to own and still has financial ties with).

[–] Aphelion@lemm.ee 13 points 2 days ago (5 children)

Lemmy.world becoming the default Lemmy instance, and it growing to outsize all other instances is a danger: it makes the Fediverse centralized, easy to take down and easy to take over.

[–] Aphelion@lemm.ee 4 points 6 days ago (2 children)

The psychology that causes school shootings is the direct product of a toxic male culture, and the stigmatization of mental illness coupled with Reagan's dismantling of public mental health services.

Plenty of countries with more guns per capita than the U.S. that don't have school shootings.

[–] Aphelion@lemm.ee 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

"If the defendant were not a senior citizen and did not suffer from physical infirmities, the government would be recommending a sentence within the relevant guidelines."

It's the old part that got him a reduced sentence. Anything to avoid giving free healthcare in 'Murica.

[–] Aphelion@lemm.ee 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

I think the long-term sales of the games you just cited is at odds with your opinions. At this point, Bethesda has made a name for themselves with janky, bug-riddled games with big story, that excel at giving the players a feeling agency. At this point that is Bethesda's brand image and they seem to be just going with it. Like why would they bother spending more money to fix bugs and exploits that have become a signature to a lot of people? Also it's costs them less to leave their titles unpolished and let the modders fix it.

[–] Aphelion@lemm.ee 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Short it on the day Trump's lockout ends.

[–] Aphelion@lemm.ee -1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

So tiny women are incapable of being strong?

[–] Aphelion@lemm.ee 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

You ate the Onion.

[–] Aphelion@lemm.ee 39 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

With what power? If the Green party continues doing nothing, gaining no local seats, no congressional seats, then how are they protecting environmental policy?

[–] Aphelion@lemm.ee 11 points 1 week ago (7 children)

Right, we get it, but if you tried attracting people to veganism with amazing recipes, and annecdotes of how much healthier you feel, people might come have a conversation and try making some vegan food. Instead these communities drive anyone non-vegan right out the door.

What's the expression? Honey will catch more flies?

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