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J.D. Vance shouldn't open his mouth about Apple if he doesn't have a clue
@Xed , we’re not disagreeing, at all.My point about MTG and Loomer was that we’re not susceptible to falling for their insane bullshit because of the comparative perspective from actual sane sources.The fact that this election could even be a close call — and I am completely dumbfounded how it could possibly be — shows that a terrifying number of people do NOT access a variety of sources with a variety of perspectives.
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EU hits back at Apple withholding Apple Intelligence from the region
Nice theory there, but Apple has confirmed that localised language models will be available for Germany, Italy, and Portugal in 2025.charlesn said:The good news is that Apple has at least (and finally) called Vestager's bluff with regard to Apple Intelligence and iPhone Mirroring: neither one will be available on EU iPhones. Apple rightly believes that Vestager will try to force some sort of DMA bullshit on these features that would result in serious compromises of security and privacy. So, rather than comply with this ongoing tech blackmail, it has left Vestager without these two particular hostages to take. Of course, Vestager reacted with predictable utter hypocrisy by whining and complaining about a decision she brought on herself. I really hope this is a path forward for Apple and other companies dealing with this EU insanity--simply withhold your latest and greatest new features from the EU market rather than turning over your IP at the point of a regulatory gun.
https://www.theverge.com/2024/9/18/24247839/apple-intelligence-language-support-german-italian
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J.D. Vance shouldn't open his mouth about Apple if he doesn't have a clue
RobJenk said:
You slammed JDW with "no one even implied we should view all news sources as being equal" but you later said "no site is 100% off limits for me". After I read that, I remembered what JDW said about North Korean news sources. I think that's a strong source of pro dictator propaganda too. Stuff like that really should be off limits for any smart person, except maybe for people who just want a good laugh at how crazy it is.
Media literacy really needs to be part of basic school education. I never realised how lucky I was to have a major block on the subject in global studies in seventh grade.
It's not about not exposing yourself to particular sources; it's about knowing exactly where those sources are coming from and how they work, and using the whole variety to get an idea of what's going on.I watch speeches and snippets from Marjorie Taylor Greene or Laura Loomer, and am in NO danger of becoming batshit crazy or full-on Nazi because of it, because the perspective of those sources is clear. I can read or watch Fox News without worrying about going off the deep right end, because it's clear where they stand and what they're doing. I can also watch Maddow or Colbert without assuming that they're "reporting" — they're editorialising, broadcasting opinion I can agree or disagree with, or just be amused by.Knowing the slant of reporting inherent to a source, and then using various sources, allows you to get a fuller picture of any subject by reading between the lines.
Where it gets deeply, deeply dangerous is on social media, especially TikTok, whose entire structure is built around quick snippets completely devoid of context, but also YouTube shorts and Instagram stories, memes, etc. Something that just scrolls by without ANY context of who created it, original source, news story or study to back it up — not even a note on which office curated it (unless you break the flow and go look for it): that deliberately eliminates all the basic tenets of media literacy and teaches people (and kids) to work exactly like you suggest.
Interestingly, at least in Europe and in the United States, it is the extreme right who are BY FAR the most effective at utilising these new media in such a way.As you can clearly see from the fact that there are grown adults in this very thread who have fallen for the Haitians/cats hoax.
And their obliviousness to context and history is such that they don't even hear the alarm bells clanging like hell at the parallels to the "Jews eat babies" stories of the 18th and 19th centuries… might just be the results of home schooling, I guess.
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J.D. Vance shouldn't open his mouth about Apple if he doesn't have a clue
Democracy, by definition, is government by the people, who select individuals from among peers to govern.tiredskills said:
Not especially. No more than any other system, save actual anarchy.(As such, of course, making it prerequisite for any candidate to have access to hundreds of millions of dollars is a perversion of the system and, at heart, not democratic.)
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Trump vs. Harris: How to watch the September 10 Presidential debate online
You’re the one repeating a proven lie.9secondkox2 said:
It’s called … the real world. Unfortunately. If you’d exit your echo chamber once in a while, you’d learn some things about the world. But I get it. The fairly tale really is better.Xed said:
You are the poster child for "you can fool some of the people all of the time." I actually feel sorry for you. It's sad to think these weak ass cons and lies control your life so completely.9secondkox2 said:
While it did seem crazy and desperate folks tried to use that to cast a villainous hue upon the messenger, it has proven to be TRUE. All over the news. It is difficult to be wrong but when you are, it’s time to simply own it. Just like those who pretended Hilary Clinton didn’t receive advance debate question notice of from cnn. For the record, I thought Kamala Harris did a good job of posing, using facial expressions, promising free money to everyone, and making stuff up. So she won the style portion. And Donald J Trump did a good job of honestly answering the uesyions, despite arguments from moderators (who refused to argue with his opponent), and poking massive holes in Harris’ flip-flop facade. He won the substance portion.AppleZulu said:
While on the surface, the pet-eating story seems comically like a b@tsh*t crazy, delusional old-man rant, there is a reason this particular falsehood was trafficked earlier by neo-Nazis. This is a proverbial racist dog-whistle, trying to paint a scary picture about Haitian migrants running rampant through lily-white suburbs. As with many of Trump's weird rants, often when they seem so bizarre, it's because he's not actually talking to you. He's talking to his base, which is primed to pick up on meanings you're not even thinking about. While you hear a crazy rant, they hear the Great White Hope (behind a layer of orange bronzer) who will save them from those people.ilarynx said:After the debate, the question on everyone's minds isWHO WILL SAVE US FROM THE STORMING HARDS OF CAT EATERS??!!?!1??
