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Cake day: February 4th, 2026
  • calliope@piefed.blahaj.zonetoPolitics@sh.itjust.works•Who paid for the Super Bowl ICE ad?English
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    2 days ago

    Someone created a group (a nonprofit, a political action committee, or something similar) with basically no public presence except for a bland website and a few tweets. It has launched millions in pro-ICE ads, and, at least so far, no one behind the venture has been willing to talk about it.

    Ideally, in a democracy, we’d know who is spending millions trying to change public opinion on the secret police. But, in the American system, that’s just not how it works.

  • calliope@piefed.blahaj.zonetoPeople Twitter@sh.itjust.works•Advice for new bandsEnglish
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    3 days ago

    I laughed out loud when I finally realized what band was saying this.

    Humorously, the lead singer is named Jim (Adkins), but the band’s name comes from the backing vocalist/guitarist Tom’s brother, also named Jim.

    The band’s name came from a crayon drawing made after an incident between [Tom] Linton’s younger brothers, Jim and Ed Linton, who fought frequently. Jim usually won, but Ed sought revenge by drawing a picture of Jim shoving the Earth into his mouth; Ed captioned the picture “Jimmy eat world”.

  • calliope@piefed.blahaj.zonetoTechnology@lemmy.zip•AI gold rush sees tech firms embracing 72-hour weeksEnglish
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    3 days ago

    I love that there’s always a new crop of suckers.

    We look for people who are like Olympian athletes, with characteristics of, you know, obsession, infinite ambition.

    “It’s people who want to do incredible things and have a lot of fun while doing so,” he says.

    They must be building something really important!

    The website belongs to Rilla, a New York-based tech business which sells AI-based systems that allow employers to monitor sales representatives when they are out and about, interacting with clients.

    🤣 so fucking embarrassing! Are you “disrupting” sales, douchebag? What year is this?

  • calliope@piefed.blahaj.zonetoNew York Times gift articles@sopuli.xyz•Mexican Cartels Overwhelm Police With Ammunition Made for the U.S. MilitaryEnglish
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    5 days ago

    Tangentially related, the military has been “losing” ammunition and weapons for a shockingly long time, and in the 80s Fort Bragg (the largest military base) was remarkably easy to rob.

    In 1986, investigators for the United States Congress and Department of Defense reported growing concern in the U.S. Armed Forces over missing weapons. Hundreds of millions of dollars in military arms, ammunition, and explosives had disappeared.

    A congressional report on Fort Bragg cited a large amount of missing ordnance recovered around the post, including 148 pounds of plastic explosives, 142 pounds of TNT, 1,080 feet of detonating cord, 13 hand grenades, and 35 antipersonnel land mines. Some of the weapons and explosives turned up in private homes.

    From Bring the War Home: The White Power Movement and Paramilitary America.

    And that was just at Fort Bragg, in the 80s when post-Vietnam violent white supremacy was taking shape.

    The Branch Davidians also had a 50 caliber in 1995. No one is sure how they acquired it.

    I have to imagine desperate soldiers might take to selling it instead.