ukraine has become a military testing/proving grounds for the hardware, logistics and supply chains for both russia and the united states

i bet the american military industrial complex will start kissing trump’s ring (if they haven’t already) so that they can continue building after this round of funding expires.

opinions like this are the reason why it has coalesced into most active trans safe spaces on lemmy, it’s the furthest place away from shit takes like these due to defederation; the majority once again pushes vulnerable people into the margins of society where they then flourish.

the western narrative on ukraine is just as strong as it is with isreal, so you probably shouldn’t expect to break through anytime soon.

and only one of the app stores brought back tiktok despite trump’s executive order saying that it’s okay now.

when it comes to profits & finance, they’re very easily spooked and will go out of their way to ensure that they don’t lose $$$; points 3 & 4 are in service to $$$ based on how they interpet the law, just like the app stores.

it’s best to ask trans people: hexbear has the largest trans communities and i would ask there.

billions have dissappeared so this army psychiatrist must be one of the small fish that they feel they can sacrafice.

or worse yet: they did it fbi style and manufactured the criminal so that they can arrest him.

either way, it’s having a serious impact on ukraine’s ability to fight.

i can understand your confusion: actions speak louder than words; so break it down based on what they did (not what they said) to make it make sense:

1. trump tries to ban tiktok and fails
2. biden, democrats & republicans try to ban tiktok and they succeed
3. tiktok goes dark because it is banned
4. trump promises to issue an executive order to save tiktok and follows through
5. tiktok is back, but now has to depend on trump for its survival so it’ll do whatever trump wants

this is what leadership looks like; if it get caught in the raids like some of my family did before me, i’ll clutch onto this for dear life.

when i saw the trump flag flying at my sister’s house; i turned around and left instead of staying with them during xmas like we planned.

i think it stung me more than it did them since i hadn’t seen them in five years and they think of me as the bleeding heart liberal flake so they don’t care whether or not they see me besides my siblings.

i’m resolved not to visit them anymore and hope it goes well for them and I; but it’s automatically not possible…

LIES!!! ALL LIES!!! everyone know that postgres is the TRUE revolutionary sql! lol

the agreement seems farcical since it allows for the highest levels of fossil fuel production in history, but somehow still remain in accordance with this climate change agreement.

i envy the americans interacting w all the rednote people; i straight up starting following all of the same people i followed on tiktok and recreated tt for myself bt accident.

i hate that i’m hoping for another covid to sink trump’s popularity; lots of people where fucked over permanently last time.

Fascinating; are there any sources for it?