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And photographic film emulsions are already biased one way or another, because a photograph is a memory, and we don't remember colors accurately:

https://youtu.be/GfhdKyyGU74?is=WNUqPA5-ILDzBVji


The upcoming elections they are in the process of rigging.

Are you talking about Virginia where their constitution requires two legislature votes and an election between changing district maps? A fact everyone knew before attempting a redistricting to eliminate Republicans seats by forcing six districts to run through Fairfax…

Or are you talking about something else?


There’s also all the crime trump and his cronies are trying to distract from that they’re doing by ignoring laws and taking bribes and stuff.

Yeah, but like whatabout…

Wait you’re what abutting me?

What about all the red states who started the gerrymandering?

That’s the real question.

Why are you calling out one but not the other?

Because you’re a partisan hack


> red states who started the gerrymandering

My memory starts more than a year ago.

California, Illinois, and New York, rigged decades earlier than your screen told you to be mad at republicans who in reality are playing catch up on gerrymandering.

But I noticed you’re trying to avoid the actual point.

Virginia illegally pushed a new map against their own state constitution and their Supreme Court shot it down. Cry more about it.

Yes, I’m a partisan hack. Yeah that’s what’s going on here. You read the referendum question they pushed in Virginia and pretend you’re on the correct side of legitimacy.


>California, Illinois, and New York, rigged decades earlier than your screen told you to be mad at republicans who in reality are playing catch up on gerrymandering.

Gerrymandering gave Republicans more seats than they deserved if all votes were equal in 2010 (+9), 2012 (+19), 2014 (+17), 2016 (+21), 2018 (+2), 2020 (+2). The closing of the gap since 2018 is the reason why Republicans restarted gerrymandering and made it their platform.

My memory also starts more than a year ago, but I have clear data to show that gerrymandering over-represented the GOP for more than a decade - on top of the Senate being structurally biased in favor of Republicans.


I am talking about:

- the pardon of anyone involved with Jan 6, both the invasion of the capitol, the fake electors and the truthers that were condemned for lying in court or just plain contempt;

- the promotion of 2020 election deniers to positions of power over the elections in the current administration;

- the promotion of incompetent but loyal people at the head of the DOJ, FBI and DNI, who all refused to answer the question "who won the 2020 election" in a straight manner during hearings;

- the strategy of universal gerrymandering being a capstone of the GOP platform;

- the Supreme Court's recent ruling on VRA, and subsequent action to make sure it is applied ASAP even though the election affected has already begun (which is the exact opposite of how they ruled in the past);

- the constant refusal of Hesgeth to commit to the rule of law;

- the prosecution brought against six lawmakers for daring to remind soldiers they can only follow lawful orders;

- the constant accusations of voter fraud that don't exist;

- the attempt to forbid early voting, impose citizenship obligations

- etc, etc, etc.

https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/2026/02/trump-threat...

https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/save...

Reminder also that Trump never commited to accept the results of the 2024 election before he won. Not a single time.


>I wonder if there’s satellite imagery of this event, or maybe if in the near future we’ll have greater satellite coverage so we can corroborate these claims with imagery.

The more cameras we have (in everyone's pocket, in the streets, in the sky), the less "sightings" we have (of UFO and cryptids).

Tells you something.


Lots of gorgeous images as a result, though:

https://www.gettyimages.com/photos/sun-dogs


I remember being amazed when I saw this as a kid and told everyone I had seen a "rainbow around the sun". I've never seen it again in person. Maybe I've learned not to stare in the direction of the sun. But thank you for teaching me it's called a sundog!

It might just be telling you that people spend so much time staring down at their phones they don't notice anything happening in the sky anymore.

This is the truth. If these "phenomena" where real we wouldn't question it. None of these reports would be necessary. It would just be common knowledge.

It's the modern day equivalent of Big Foot or Nessie and its relevance will wither away with the current generations.


People can and do see unidentified things and take plenty of photos of them.

And still no good photos of the moon from our pocket cameras


> Tells you something.

It would tell you that they are not of this world. The same way as you can't photograph (other) spiritual experiences.


Yeah, that an advanced intelligent entity, like me, is averse to having their photo taken by any old yokel who will post it online for clout.

That’s the correct interpretation, yes?


No the interpretation is that the more we could prove it if real, the less we do

Sailors saw mermaids all the time too, I don't think they're all hiding under a rock since we invented the camera


sailors also reported seeing kraken as well, they were eventually proven right with the giant squid.

Exactly, that's the point : if it's true/right, we are now able to prove it with evidence. If it's not, suddently we don't see it anymore.

They reported seeing a lot of other things as well. Rationalizing that as "they were right about big squids existing" is a bit of a stretch.

It wouldn't have the same appeal if they reported seeing "larger than average size squids we didnt know existed". Every story was embellished in a world without pocket cameras. And the further you go back, the more grand the fiction was. Tales of men splitting the sea and walking on water.

It is all very highly entertaining.


Wait, your argument is that aliens and bigfoot are just camera shy?

He drinks.


>Have you seen how much of a shithole France became due to street criminality and teenagers attacking people ?

Are you a time traveller from 1900?

https://libreo.ch/revues/sjsca/20232/sjsca-29-2023/sans-foi-...

Note that it was a time of widespread caning and death penalty...


Not sure if I agree or disagree with you but that’s a really interesting article actually, so thanks for sharing!

>And as much as Africa seems to be a lawless place, schools are very orderly; bullying by peers is rare, students generally do not exhibit anti-social, rebellious or rude behaviors to teachers or parents.

And then, when they become adults...

Have you never wondered why those "perfectly fine" children become such corrupt adults?


I'm pretty sure the proportion of corrupt people in any country will be pretty similar if the right structures are put to place. I think people give in to corruption when the system favors regardless of the country or continents and as a matter of fact a lot of people in government and places of power in my country were foreign schooled or bred.

You are the patron saint of "I'm doing jack shit except criticizing anyone that moves".

Yeah, and clever Hans is able to understand human speech and do calculations.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clever_Hans


Blahblahblah bullshit

While you invent the terrible menace of the "anti-math woke" (it doesn't exist), the current president and secretary of health - who have actual power of nuisance over all Americans and a large part of the world - are unable to do correct basic percentage calculations and openly boast of it: https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2026/apr/23/robert-f-k...

Meanwhile, yes, gender is a social construct, sex is another thing completely, and both can be changed.


Or the USA.

The fact that both are equally likely tells you all you need to know about the current state of the USA.


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