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Kind of funny (strange) how all these months later, nobody knows anything whatsoever about the guy who almost shot killed Trump.

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You know what one of the crazies things about the US is?

A cop can pull you over on the side of the road and be like "Please take this breathalyzer test" and you can say "no" because that's your right.

But he can also say "please step out of the car" and if you say "no" then he'll beat your ass and claim you're resisting, because that's not your right.

So the word "please", in US legal parlance, has 2 meanings:
1. Would you please wave your right not to do this?
2. By my authority I am compelling you to do this.

And they won't tell you which one it is, or they may lie about which one it is, and if you do it and you had the right not to then it's assumed you waved that right.

(AFAIK)
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Researchers Caught Hiding AI Prompts in Research Papers To Get Favorable Reviews - Researchers from 14 academic institutions across eight countries embedded hidden p... - science.slashdot.org/story/25/ #ai

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It's interesting that during the 60s/70s, the number of State Department employees at embassies around the world that were also on the CIA payroll nearly outnumbered non-CIA Start Dept employees.

Most Americans don't realize embassies are exchange points for clandestine operations.

https://dailycallernewsfoundation.org/2025/03/19/controlled-american-sources-cia-agents-posing-as-state-department-officials-outnumbered-real-ones-jfk-doc-shows/
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Furthermore, announcing which domains I'm blocking gives other responsible admins a heads-up about problem instances.

I can tell you're new here man. No, it really doesn't. No one really cares. It's an unnecessary signaling and honestly perpetuates a false sense of relevance. You are one tiny instance in a sea of thousands. I've been here for over eight years. That censorship will come back around to you eventually.

But whatever man. You're free to do as you wish. 🍻

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If you have to block people, I'd recommend blocking individuals over entire servers. I've written a post about Fediverse censorship and how it breaks everything:

https://battlepenguin.com/tech/the-broken-fediverse/

also, there's no need to announce you're blocking someone. That's intentionally making a statement no one cares about. Just block and move on.

@djsumdog @nihilvt @hellhammer666 You couldn't play the singleplayer campaign unless you had the N64 Expansion Pak.

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