alice, plz

that sounds kind of cryptic but if you want to solve rubik’s, here’s a guide: https://www.rubiks.com/solution-guides

I read on the infinite / finite game and the author takes their definition in a totally different direction, defining life as the only “infinite game” I think… which I guess is true but I’d break it up more or at least tried to for my purposes of definition

what’s going on right now with romania, didn’t they have an election and this guy and maybe some other politicians rejected it and delayed another round of voting? I was wondering when he would step down if so, not surprising they’d threaten impeachment for him cancelling voting and just lingering as leader “undemocratically” if so

I’m sure this will reduce conflict in the area there…

go on to reddit: they’re all complaining about usaid aid being cancelled

right wing spaces online: displaying all the fraud done with usaid

are leftists unaware of the fraud or is the right lying about the fraud, I guess is the question

“Meh”, hbu

I was gonna do a post on vaccines

Lack of Clarity With Terms

I think some confusion comes in when people use the word “vaccines” when they really mean “all vaccines” or “some vaccines”, or “vaccine theory”

Some Vaccines Harmful

It should be an uncontroversial statement, to claim “some vaccines are harmful”. Some people today consider covid “vaccines” (which are thought to be slightly different than traditional vaccines) to be in this category of the “some vaccines [that] are harmful”. That can be debated, but it does not logically imply that if one believes covid vaccines to be harmful, that they believe all vaccines to be harmful.

Vaccine Theory Versus Vaccines Available

Thus for example also, one might believe “vaccine theory” to be sound, but for “all vaccines” available today to be harmful. This would be like believing food to be healthy (generally accepted), but if there was only a contaminated source of food available to an island, that that island might argue “all [their] food is unhealthy”. Does this mean they are denying that food itself is unhealthy? No, just that all the food they’re getting is unhealthy.

“Vaccines are Harmful”

So when some people are saying this phrase (“all vaccines are harmful”), they might mean either they believe vaccine theory is wrong, that all vaccines available today are harmful, or that some vaccines available today are harmful. There really isn’t a clarity on what is expressed; likewise then the “other side” may argue against positions that they are not taking.

Problem of Verification

Overall one of the big problems with vaccines today is the lack of ability for the average person to confirm the quality of the vaccine being offered to them; many of us do not have access to labs to test things ourselves, hence would be dependent on the opinion of alleged experts to determine if the vaccine is healthy or not, and such people’s opinions can be wrong. This makes vaccines often a kind of unexaminable “black box” to the average person.

Amish as an Example

Fueling such further speculation about vaccines, we have “control” groups like the Amish who have low vaccination rates, and also low autism rates: https://www.insidermonkey.com/blog/10-autism-facts-and-statistics-autism-rates-in-amish-countries-that-dont-vaccinate-and-more-600444/3/

Correlation does not imply causation, however it does prompt questioning.

Conclusion

The discussion on alleged health benefits of vaccines should maintain clarity to work to get to the root of the issues and should be open about limitations. For example, the flu shot prior to covid was thought to be the “weakest” in effectiveness in recent years… and in looking to link to this story, I see a fresh story about how weak the vaccine is for this year’s flu season: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/flu-vaccine-selections-suggest-this-years-shot-may-be-off-the-mark/

To the contrary, the placebo effect of getting vaccinated should also be considered… but, if vaccines were to only offer a strong placebo, then we could substitute placebos for vaccines.

The roles of sanitation (quarantining) shouldn’t be downplayed in preventing the spread of disease, versus the effectiveness of vaccines: https://covidcalltohumanity.org/2022/04/28/study-shows-sanitation-nutrition-better-than-vaccines-at-protecting-children-from-disease/

we had a couple instances before this (yeah, you remember EH), not sure if any others popped up and if there is a network of conservative federated instances

“”“yes”“”

lemmy was created by actual communists I think (the main devs)

it has seemed to attract those further left than reddit (reddit not left enough for them)

the right is probably on more centralized platforms (is currently the mainstream U.S. politics) or maybe something even more decentralized like nostr

so, the right isn’t here as much, the more moderate left on major social platforms like reddit, the woker got attracted to lemmy and such

well so what’s to be made of this?

I think a lot of of people simply want the illegals sent to the country they’re from

however some questions come up like what to do with people the countries refuse, what to do with people who we’re uncertain of where they came from, and what should we do if they just come back?

countries refuse

I thought Trump was basically gonna force 'em to take 'em back, with tariffs or something

uncertain

maybe an agreement with certain countries to take them if it’s a close enough guess where they’re from?

come back

agreements with countries to jail them since it’s their people offending (offloading the cost of detainment / prison to the other countries whose people are committing the crimes, maybe as an incentive for the other countries to deter their citizens from illegally entering other countries)?

I think the idea is there are satellites owned by Jews capable of shooting lasers to start wildfires

they are “Directed Energy Weapons” (DEWs)

as with these things that often initially sound “crazy”, once you break it down into simple specifics it is more just a question of if it’s a thing or not, which may be difficult to prove

Jewish

It’s said that Jews own such lasers if they exist

space

satellites, these exist

lasers

It’s argued such satellites can shoot lasers, which might apparently be a thing

So yeah “Jewish space lasers” could be a thing, but idk if it is

also didn’t expect to see this, although I do remember him promising it

imo ross seemed to be actually guilty… (according to existing laws)

but I saw a rand paul writing arguing the punishment was disproportionate and that sounds sensible to me

finally released the “hostages”

I disagree with things like the Civil Rights Act, which seem to be unConstitutional (against right to peaceably assemble), but I think a lot of racial integration and separation would have naturally occurred if things were allowed to go their own course

Naturally businesses would want to hire more capable minorities and women for example, thus leading to more and more of society “integrating”

But there would still be freedom for people to have their own “separate” niche organizations, like I’ve seen news stories about how some black communities have wanted “black-only” schools (which I think legislation like the Civil Rights Act criminalizes): https://www.dailysignal.com/2023/11/29/progressive-public-high-school-offers-race-segregated-classes/

So prior to the Civil Rights Act there may have been government-forced segregation, the CRA created government-forced integration, and I imagine eventually that will be scrapped and people will end up more freely associating or dissociating

fresh “melania meme” coin dropped as well I hear: Melaniameme.com (from trump’s truth social)

took too long but good if true

patience is key

or maybe some other job or field lol

I feel for you, it was a simple problem and neither of them listened, but sometimes that just happens and you have to patiently wait until one of them gets it

idk what this is but he posted about some other lost case:

“The Radical Democrats have lost another pathetic, unAmerican Witch Hunt. I was given an UNCONDITIONAL DISCHARGE. That result alone proves that, as all Legal Scholars and Experts have said, THERE IS NO CASE, THERE WAS NEVER A CASE, and this whole Scam fully deserves to be DISMISSED.”

As many of the cases fail it does just make the left look biased with political motivations and without a case

article:

After studying more than 4,600 Burmese and reticulated pythons on commercial farms in Vietnam and Thailand, they found the snakes had a more efficient food conversion ratio than salmon, pigs, cows, chicken and crickets. The snakes went long periods without eating but did not lose much of their body mass as a result; they also required very little water. On top of all that, they ate food that would not have been used otherwise, known as waste meat, such as wild-caught rodents and stillborn pigs.

says more in article like that. and yet:

Scientists also say more research needs to be conducted on the nutritional content of snake meat, as well as the broader environmental implications—and potential ripple effects—of commercial python farms.