High frequency radio is still below the visible part of the spectrum, gamma is waaay above it.

Then making them afraid of saying “Yeah, ok boss.” is what’s left on the table I guess?

Nine bullets that hit the kid they were “aiming” at, who was on the other side of a chainlink fence that his cerebral palsy prevents him from scaling no less. Multiply the number of pigs involved by the magazine capacity of their firearms to find out how many rounds were actually fired.

Both awful shots, and fucking cowardly to boot.

They should be stripped of their authority and paraded through the streets tarred and fucking feathered for what they’ve done.

What they’ll get instead is paid leave, and moved to another precinct upon their return to work, at worst.

The US is fucked from the ground up, all Trump is doing is accelerating the decline, waving the corruption around like a flag, rather than behind closed doors. (Like it’s done everywhere else)

Edit: 4 pigs, guessing 11 round capacity, means 44 rounds expended, to hit with 9.

I have never fired a handgun in my life, and I am confident I could do better than that. The fact that “trained” individuals are this bad is humiliating to those involved.

When AI eventually gets genuinely I, I’d bet it could be reasoned with.

In fact, since it would likely be unbound by our biological emotions and short-sighted instincts, it would probably think longer term than the current crop of utter psychopaths running the show.

I mean, that’s a loss for capitalism right there. They put a machine smarter than they are in charge, they’re in for a rude awakening I reckon.

That’s not how it works around here. No shades of gray I’m afraid, simple black and white only. (/s)

Ehhhhhhh…

I don’t disagree that the “western hemisphere” is a corrupt, increasingly fascist, capitalist hellhole…

China aren’t known for their stellar human rights record either. Uyghurs, Tibetans, anyone that jokes about Winnie the Pooh’s lookalike, etc.

Let’s not pretend either side is righteous here, every single one of us is getting fucked, it’s just a matter of degree and direction.

Not near enough to actually change a damn thing though, was it?

I mean shit, the company responsible is now trying to take down Greenpeace -the entire entity- in court over the whole affair, it is that confident in how fucked the US judicial system is.

They got to choose where to hold a trial with global ramifications, and tainted the entire possible jury pool by restricting it to some poxy little oil town that would cease to exist if not for the oil industry.

How many of you turned out to protest that?

How many cared when it was decided there would be an oil pipeline through the pittance they were relegated to? More land stolen, and everything around it polluted in time to add insult to injury.

Did you care then, just a few years ago?

They did. And created and taught others some of the most reprehensible methods of population control and genocide the world has ever seen.

Acknowledging it rather than denying it. Learning from the darkest parts of our history, to never have it be repeated is what I want done.

Ignorance of our history is why it keeps repeating itself. Gestures widely

“The government” offered money for the task, and thousands took that money and got on with the job.

“The Government” is people. Usually the worst, most manipulative self-serving people. It does what other people let it get away with.

Have you even looked at my comment history to decide what kind of person I am, or did you decide that purely from where I registered my account over a year ago?

You’re right in that it was a comment designed to “stir the pot”, if by that you mean, “make someone stop for a moment and consider their position in history”.

I agree that any right thinking person, of Native American origin or otherwise should be aghast at the current US administrations utter destruction of everything, from old growth forest to human structures of civilisation.

Reading it back, my comment sounds flippant and ignorant. That’s on me for commenting pre-coffee and smoke. 💛

I mean, as the other guy pointed out, you as a people stole the fucking lot and literally massacred thousands upon thousands of people to do it.

Shoe’s on the other foot now, eh?

No, no, and thrice no.

Technocracy implies a ruling elite of experts in their field, individuals with actual learning and genuine expertise in their given fields.

This is fascist plutocracyb government by the hyper-rich with no more qualifications than “I have no morals and am willing to climb over others’ faces while wearing steel spikes to get yet more.”

There is a world of difference.

You. I like you. Keep doing what you’re doing. 💛

New disks?

They haven’t made floppies for years now, iirc.

While people will undoubtedly take the piss, for a number of reasons, it’s less energy expenditure / lower footprint than you getting in your car/truck and going to the store and getting them yourself.