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Posted in: Can Japanese government make AI-generated Ghibli images illegal? See in context

Ghibli style is famous, but it must also be based on or influenced by some earlier style(s). Which it's associated with Ghibli, it's hard to believe the style is "unique".

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Posted in: 'Star Wars' fans wave lightsabers as upcoming film gets announced in Japan See in context

The animated series are also very good. Better than all of the recent movies.

The third trilogy, was a bit better, but still left a lot to be desired. Did like Rogue One and the Mandalorian series though.

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Posted in: 'Star Wars' fans wave lightsabers as upcoming film gets announced in Japan See in context

Great. Apparently many others disagree though.

Personally I thought the first 3 movies during the 1970s-80s were more than enough.

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Posted in: Trump says Ukraine-Russia talks 'coming to a head' and 'no one is playing' him in push to end war See in context

Wow, Trump is pulling out the big guns. He's going to do some serious... name calling... at whoever is in the way of peace.

"We’re just going to say you’re foolish. You are fools, you horrible people,” Trump said. “And we’re going to just take a pass.

Pretty serious threat...

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Posted in: Judge finds cause to hold Trump administration in criminal contempt for violating deportation order See in context

Unfortunately, Trump will just pardon everyone.

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Posted in: Trump says he wants to imprison U.S. citizens in El Salvador. That's likely illegal See in context

Careful Trump, this might become your retirement home!

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Posted in: Japan rice prices hit new high despite gov't countermeasures See in context

They fell by half in two years? Don't think so. This is market manipulation.

Farmers and rice production simply falling too fast, time for Japan to 'give up the goat' and lower import tariffs

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Posted in: Japan rice prices hit new high despite gov't countermeasures See in context

Lack of competition will do this.

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Posted in: Trump 'fully fit' to serve as commander in chief, his doctor says after recent physical See in context

Wow, it's world news?

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Posted in: Experts warn 'AI-written' paper is latest spin on climate change denial See in context

This "research" is published on a shady website (https://scienceofclimatechange.org/grok-3-beta-et-al-a-critical-reassessment-of-the-anthropogenic-co%E2%82%82-global-warming-hypothesis/), not in a scientific journal. It's a joke.

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Posted in: U.S. forges ahead with 104% tariffs on China; says it is willing to talk to other countries See in context

High tariffs on China is about the only good Trump policy. I have a feeling many democrats also secretly support it.

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Posted in: Russia, accused of stalling, wants answers before truce with Ukraine See in context

This is just delusional. Even the Moscow regime doesn't deny invading Ukraine.

The Donbas region, after being constantly attacked by the Kyiv regime, voted to join Russia. Russia did not invade.

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Posted in: Russia, accused of stalling, wants answers before truce with Ukraine See in context

How could we forget something that didn't happen? This is a fairly tail put out by the Moscow regime, after they invaded another country to"denazify" it (lol). Let's not forget that.

Let’s not forget this terrible conflict was initiated by the US big industrial military complex, the same apparatus who is not allowing now the Trump administration to put an end to it, blaming Putin for all the wrongdoing. As we all know the greed of profiting with the weapons industry in Wall Street is higher than any sense of compassion for Ukrainian lives lost.

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Posted in: Think twice before bailing out of stock market, financial advisers say See in context

Long term the market goes only one direction. It's pretty easy to make money in stocks over 10+ years if you don't overtrade.

Buying and selling shares is gambling. You win some, you lose some. Those who win are either lucky or they have friends in high places.

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Posted in: U.S. starts collecting Trump's new 10% tariff See in context

Trump seems to be getting into trouble now that there's nobody blocking his "great" ideas. I wonder who he can blame now.

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Posted in: Trump orders plan to dismantle Education Department See in context

It seems only funding mechanisms will change, not the learning content. So it'll make poor Americans poorer, but not dumber (hopefully).

Currently, much of the agency’s work revolves around managing money — both its extensive student loan portfolio and a range of aid programs for colleges and school districts, like school meals and support for homeless students. The agency also is key in overseeing civil rights enforcement.

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Posted in: Scientists say Trump cuts threaten climate research, public safety See in context

There's a little truth to this, but a lot false.

Yes, some scientists exaggerate their findings or even fabricate results (often using public funding) to get their work accepted by high profile journals. But many of them later get caught and called out by other scientists who can't replicate the results. On the other hand, IPCC reports and especially COP decisions are overly conservative because they need to be approved by all governments.

Climate scientists and the organisations that employ them are not exactly innocent when it comes to manipulating data and models to influence public policy through fearmongering. Blatant examples include the Climategate emails, Mann's hockey stick, Al Gore's propaganda flick, and the annual COP talkfests attended by scientists and activists alike that release the latest predictions of doom based on flawed models using data collected around heat islands to exaggerate natural changes.

And they're doing it on the public dollar for the most part. If they really want the money for their research, perhaps they can appeal to foundations and the like?

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Posted in: Sea levels rise by 'unexpected' amount in 2024: NASA See in context

Is reporting on data collection scare mongering? If you're scared of scientists, maybe...

NASA scare mongering due to DOGE?! Correlation yes, causation, maybe...

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Posted in: Putin suggests U.S. ceasefire idea for Ukraine needs serious reworking See in context

You posted the same debunked story the last several days. Move on please.

A bit more contest here about the White House involvement in this conflict and how we got to the present day.

Let’s not forget what former US Assistant Secretary of State for European Victoria Nuland said about the United States investing $5 billion in more than 20 years in Ukraine via the CIA, USAID and the National Endowment for Democracy after the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. Money was allocated for “fair elections, to fight corruption and to develop the energy sector”. In 2014, Washington overthrew the legally elected president of Ukraine, Viktor Yanukovych and installed a puppet government that had been selected by the neoconservatives in the White House. 

https://www.zeit.de/politik/ausland/2015-05/ukraine-usa-maidan-finance/seite-2

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Posted in: Putin suggests U.S. ceasefire idea for Ukraine needs serious reworking See in context

Time to respond or look weak, Trump.

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Posted in: Cautious Russia weighs Ukraine ceasefire plan as U.S. tries to seal a deal See in context

This is very short term thinking. Hopefully Trump is not this naive. Although he does a lot of stupid things, sometimes he blisters and blunders his way into a good position. I'm willing to give him a chance this time.

If this hypothesis is somehow true (not convinced) as long as it helps the US in the end and we can get back what we lost or rather taken without our approval, it’s a good thing.

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Posted in: Cautious Russia weighs Ukraine ceasefire plan as U.S. tries to seal a deal See in context

Ok, Putin is wearing green clothes, and everyone is supposed to see he means business. No one outside Russia believes these fictional reports though.

During the meeting at the command post with Putin in attendance dressed in field green, mentioned in the article, Valery Vasilyevich said they'd taken 430 prisoners in a little over 24 hours.

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Posted in: Cautious Russia weighs Ukraine ceasefire plan as U.S. tries to seal a deal See in context

I don't know if they want to test Trump's patience. Ukrainian withdrawal from Russia would probably be one of the ceasefire terms anyways, so it seems this is not so meaningful.

Putin isn't going to make a deal at this time.

Despite the denials, Russia is advancing at a faster daily pace in Kursk than Ukraine did when it took the area.

So he will drag his response out until he has fully retaken Kursk and most likely a buffer zone inside Ukraine's Sumy region.

Despite the western media doing its best to ignore or downplay the Russian offensive, Russia has advanced not only in Kursk but taken the border area inside the Sumy region on the west side of the Kursk invasion zone and it is likely the plan is to take more territory along the border as a buffer zone.

Until then and with the momentum Russia has going in Kursk, there is zero chance of a ceasefire at this time.

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Posted in: Ukraine ready to accept ceasefire proposal; U.S. to resume military aid, intelligence sharing See in context

That's their Christmas wish list. I think the alleged war criminal in charge will hear many voices from within Russia that are eager for a deal. Whether he listens to or stifles these voices is the question.

I believe Russia has already given their terms for the ceasefire? Once Ukrainian Troops leave Kherson, Luhansk, Donetsk, and Zaporizhzhia and announce that they will not join NATO the ceasefire can strat immediately.

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Posted in: Ukraine ready to accept ceasefire proposal; U.S. to resume military aid, intelligence sharing See in context

So what? Now you're saying Russia is the one who doesn't want a ceasefire. The alleged war criminal Putin is now the sole barrier to stopping the fighting immediately.

Zelensky said in a place called the oval office, which is in the WH, just 10 days ago, that he DID NOT want a ceasefire. He said this to the assembled cameras of the world press pack. This was one of the things that precipitated the acrimonious exchange with Trump, which surely one doesn't need reminding about. Rewatch it.

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Posted in: Ukraine ready to accept ceasefire proposal; U.S. to resume military aid, intelligence sharing See in context

Now the world (or at least Republicans) will be reminded that the alleged war criminal in charge of the Moscow regime is the one standing in the way of peace. How they forgot is a bit hard to understand.

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Posted in: Joint custody critics alarmed after Japanese woman killed in Hungary See in context

They should change the title from "Joint custody critics alarmed..." to "Joint custody critics delighted...". They're spinning this tragic case to push their own agenda.

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Posted in: Ex-Philippine President Duterte arrested for crimes against humanity See in context

You have to respect him a little bit. He committed terrible crimes, but for something he believed in, and it seems he's willingly paying the price for it.

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Posted in: Kennedy and influencers bash seed oils, baffling nutrition scientists See in context

I think they are safe to use when I cook, but not safe if you eat too much of them as part of a bad diet. Basically the same as other oils. Shocking, right?

You haven't demonstrated any intelligence so far. But here's your chance: tell us what you think about seed oils?

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Posted in: Kennedy and influencers bash seed oils, baffling nutrition scientists See in context

To be fair, there is not really such thing as "scientific consensus" on anything, if you take that term to mean that literally everyone agrees. There are always a few, umm "interesting personalities", in every field who disagree with the majority based on some disproven theory they just can't let go of.

But usually someone with an elementary school education can also figure out that if a huge majority of scientists (or any experts in general) have the same position on something, they're probably right about it...

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