Purely economically speaking that is true, but that’s not the only relevant thing here.
Remember it’s the Chinese Government essentially harvesting massive ammounts of data. A price well worth it, if you use it later down the line in propaganda efforts, marketing strategies and “spotting potential dissidents”.
A more apt punishment would be forcing then to delete the data, prevent future harvesting or massively increase the fine to offset potential political gains.
Admittedly, I don’t know much about Brexit, but from what I have been exposed to, it seems like a decisively economical and political impairment that made travel and business with the rest of Europe more difficult and costly. Since it is so highly criticized as a terrible move, why doesn’t the UK just rejoin the EU?
There are a lot of reasons, but I think it boils down to the people in charge do not want the embarrassement of crawling back to the EU.
It would be total ego destruction and that is simply untennable. This is what happens when the right gets enough power to make a change and then has to experience consequences.
Speaking to a union crowd in Philadelphia on Labor Day, President Joe Biden made comparisons between his office and that of former President Trump without actually speaking his name....
Just don’t ask them if the city has “special rules regarding the age of consent”. I have not forgotten how techbros handled that the last time the topic came up and the ammounts of copium huffed afterwards. “Mental maturity is more then enough” was quite the statement from the cryprosphere
A Florida redistricting plan pushed by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis violates the state constitution and is prohibited from being used for any future U.S. congressional elections since it diminishes the ability of Black voters in north Florida to pick a representative of their choice, a state judge ruled Saturday....
“Freedom of Speech, not Freedom of Reach - our enforcement philosophy which means, where appropriate, restricting the reach of Tweets that violate our policies by making the content less discoverable.”...
Raise your hand if you are convinced this will not impact the people who pay for the blue checkmark. Meaning that a lot of Elon Fanbois / Bots / Fascists will be seen with theit shitty takes (since the checkmark pushes your comments up), while voices of reason will be dragged down further.
Twitter is rapidly becomming the new Truth Social and it’s sad to watch.
I have been recently diagnosed as autistic, and now I seem to see autism everywhere in my social circle. My brother, a daughter, at least two friends. . . Either there are a lot of undiagnosed autistic people out there OR I tend to become friends (more comfortable) with fellow autists, OR I am just being silly and am attributing...
I would consider the inverse to seeking them out at first.
You tend to avoid people you don’t “click” with, are draining to be around or don’t accept you. Meaning you sort them out, until you have the people left that you are comfortable around, which are often other NDs.
And then it switches around. You increasingly enjoy their company and THEN you seek them out more and more, while the prospect of spending time with NTs becomes less appealing.
I find it so hard to find anyone compatible. I’m basically slowing down my dating efforts because it just makes me miserable. Are there any success stories out there? Common personality types that pair surprisingly well? Anything?
This might sound very cinicall, but I gave up on dating neurotypicals entirely. The “gap” is just to large for me.
Now I exclusively date other neurodivergent people and this was the best change I made in my life. Not having to constantly explain some “weird stuff” I do or why some thing matter more then others is a reliefe. Not being forced to justify ones own existence to a partner takes a lot of the strain away.
Even better sometimes when we both care about a certain thing others would find strange, it’s a rare moment of understanding we seldomly get to share with neurotypicals, like really nice clothing texture, a pleasent sound, perfectly marching colours, or a random buildings symetrical features. And when we go out together and it just gets to much, wanting to quit and go home is nothing that needs to be explained or justified.
The best part is that the other often also questions very basic parts about themselves, leading to deep and revealing conversations. Since they too often seek out more knowledge about existing in this world, I don’t feel bad for sharing doubts about myselfy because I never fear these things being invalidated.
The most difficult part might actually finding other neurodivergents, but it is worth the effort for me.
Some politicians are so fearful of former President Donald Trump retaking the White House that “they don’t really want to tell the full truth,” West said. “[Biden has] created the best economy that we can get. Is this the best that we can get? You don’t tell that lie to the people just for Biden to win,” West said in...
Cornell West SHOULD know better then doing stunts like this. Because even if the criticism is correct, he is siphoning blue-voters away to a politically useless or damaging position, like the Green-Party.
Which means he weakens the Democrats.
Which in turn means he strengthens the Fascist-GOP.
We can aknowledge the Truth, but always vote and always vote blue. NEVER risk a blue vote for the need to pride yourself on “fighting the corrupt system”.
Emotional validation is never an argument for weakening the only thing holding back Fascism in the US. To much is at stake!
The world’s top chess federation has ruled that transgender women cannot compete in its official events for females until an assessment of gender change is made by its officials.
Old fashioned (www.theatlantic.com)
Unpaywalled Version: archive.ph/n9NWZ...
Florida GOP bucks Ron DeSantis and scraps the loyalty oath opposed by Trump (www.nbcnews.com)
EU regulator slaps TikTok with $368m fine for violating privacy laws (www.aljazeera.com)
Making way for something new (www.telegraph.co.uk)
One of the most influetial conservative polititians speakes up about the state of affairs.
Reaping what you sow (www.rollingstone.com)
Neo-Nazis are increasingly gathering in Florida, while DeSantis fails again to denounce the open fascists in his state....
War Machine Meatball (www.politico.com)
Just a reminder that this guy is a presidential candidate, while not ruling out literal acts of war....
18+ Think of the children (slate.com)
NSFW for: Potentially challanging your narrative and worldview....
Why doesn't the United Kingdom rejoin the European Union?
Admittedly, I don’t know much about Brexit, but from what I have been exposed to, it seems like a decisively economical and political impairment that made travel and business with the rest of Europe more difficult and costly. Since it is so highly criticized as a terrible move, why doesn’t the UK just rejoin the EU?
Actual alternatives to Trump?
Assuming Trump is legally removed from running for president under the 14th Ammendment, who even can fill his shoes?...
"He didn't build a damn thing": Biden drags Trump in Labor Day speech (www.salon.com)
Speaking to a union crowd in Philadelphia on Labor Day, President Joe Biden made comparisons between his office and that of former President Trump without actually speaking his name....
First renderings show new California city that tech billionaires want to build (www.sfchronicle.com)
DeSantis' Florida redistricting map is unconstitutional and must be redrawn, judge says (www.nbcnews.com)
A Florida redistricting plan pushed by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis violates the state constitution and is prohibited from being used for any future U.S. congressional elections since it diminishes the ability of Black voters in north Florida to pick a representative of their choice, a state judge ruled Saturday....
It's real. Twitter Shadowbanning is back. (blog.twitter.com)
“Freedom of Speech, not Freedom of Reach - our enforcement philosophy which means, where appropriate, restricting the reach of Tweets that violate our policies by making the content less discoverable.”...
In your experience, do autistic people “flock”?
I have been recently diagnosed as autistic, and now I seem to see autism everywhere in my social circle. My brother, a daughter, at least two friends. . . Either there are a lot of undiagnosed autistic people out there OR I tend to become friends (more comfortable) with fellow autists, OR I am just being silly and am attributing...
How do y’all deal with dating?
I find it so hard to find anyone compatible. I’m basically slowing down my dating efforts because it just makes me miserable. Are there any success stories out there? Common personality types that pair surprisingly well? Anything?
Sanders hits at Cornel West over criticism of Biden (www.politico.com)
Some politicians are so fearful of former President Donald Trump retaking the White House that “they don’t really want to tell the full truth,” West said. “[Biden has] created the best economy that we can get. Is this the best that we can get? You don’t tell that lie to the people just for Biden to win,” West said in...
Will you vote for Trump in the next election?
Upvote: Yes...
World chess federation bars transgender women from competing in women's events (apnews.com)
The world’s top chess federation has ruled that transgender women cannot compete in its official events for females until an assessment of gender change is made by its officials.
Usefull Graphic (lemmy.world)
Telling other people Im autistic be like (lemmy.world)