thallamabond

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[–] thallamabond 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Ok good stuff. Screenshots are unnecessary, but if you were any good at scrolling up, you would have known who you were responding to. Screenshot for reference

[–] thallamabond 2 points 1 day ago (3 children)

I'm responding to this

You need to learn to read usernames. I've made no claims

[–] thallamabond 4 points 1 day ago (5 children)

You asked for evidence of legal immigrants being deported. I gave you evidence of AMERICAN CITIZENS being deported.

You: Moved the goalposts.

[–] thallamabond 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (7 children)

Physically removed Americans from the United States

A number of Americans have been placed in immigration detention centers to be deported but were later released.[15][16] Up to one percent of all those detained in immigration detention centers are nationals of the United States according to research by Jacqueline Stevens, a professor of political science at Northwestern University.[21]

The following is an incomplete list of Americans who have actually experienced deportation from the United States:

Pedro Guzman, born in the State of California, was forcefully removed to Mexico in 2007 but returned several months later by crossing the Mexico–United States border. He was finally compensated in 2010 by receiving $350,000 from the government.[22] Mark Daniel Lyttle, born in the State of North Carolina, was forcefully removed to Mexico but later returned to the United States from Guatemala and filed a damages lawsuit in federal court,[13] which he ultimately won.[2] Andres Robles Gonzalez derived U.S. citizenship through his U.S. citizen father before being forcefully removed to Mexico. He was returned to the United States and filed a damages lawsuit in federal court, which he ultimately won.[3][23] Roberto Dominquez was born in Lawrence, Massachusetts. He was deported to the Dominican Republic. The government is unconvinced in this case as it claims that there are two people by the same name, both born during the same month and year. According to the government, both children were born to parents with the same addresses, and that one child was born in Santo Domingo, the capital of the Dominican Republic.[24] Esteban Tiznado-Reyna was born in Mexico to a father who had an Arizona birth certificate, which was found unreliable in an immigration court.[25] Tiznado was found not guilty of illegal reentry into the United States in 2008, but ICE still deported him despite the verdict. Documents were uncovered that the USCIS withheld in the 1980s, showing his proof of citizenship.[24]

https://immigrationimpact.com/2021/07/30/ice-deport-us-citizens/

and this

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

I want to point out that this list is INCOMPLETE and you should go to the bottom of the Wikipedia page you will see numerous articles depicting the stories of the people above.

[–] thallamabond 22 points 1 day ago (1 children)

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-40427357

He's always been a loser, this is from 2017 when it was reported his resorts were full of fake magazine covers.

[–] thallamabond 19 points 3 days ago

There are also the courts

https://www.scotusblog.com/2024/06/supreme-court-strikes-down-chevron-curtailing-power-of-federal-agencies/

This decisions stated agencies like fcc cannot make their own rules, they have to be written in law.

The agency musk is in charge of only has a mandate to make our government websites work.

We should be hearing about new lawsuits every hour.

[–] thallamabond 8 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Maybe it's a good idea to audit the people we're going to put in charge of THE WORLDS LARGEST MILITARY!

[–] thallamabond 18 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (6 children)

"I think there's plenty of people that aren't happy about that, and I think that is part of the nature of putting together a coalition," Ocasio-Cortez, who clashed with Cheney when they were both in the House, said.

"I don't love it, but that doesn't mean that we aren't on the same team, and we aren't on the same page when it comes to who is unequivocally the better candidate in order to win the presidential election."

https://www.newsweek.com/aoc-liz-cheney-harris-campaign-trump-1976031

[–] thallamabond 6 points 5 days ago

Please put "By ChatGPT" first next time so I don't waste my time reading slop.

[–] thallamabond 24 points 5 days ago

Kills around 3/1000 in the US, BUT

Measles is a leading cause of vaccine-preventable childhood mortality.

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

 

Well I haven't been on Facebook in about a decade, it's nice to know I'm a cyber security threat.

 

 

This is temporary until the main map site updates. It looks really good.

 

The issue here is threefold, broadly speaking. Firstly, the artist contracted to produce the pertinent loading screens was the same person who drew the iconic Bob loading screen over a decade ago. The Indie Stone enjoyed their new output well enough without spotting that it sat in stark contrast with the dark and gloomy vibe of the game. Secondly, The Indie Stone has also spent a non-insignificant amount of money and time setting up these loading screens with dedicated animated effects and other fancy tidbits. Those, too, are now gone. Finally, the dialogue over the nature of this art was taking over the main subreddit, when the focus should’ve squarely been on the actual content of Build 42’s update.

 

https://archive.is/VRyJb

Archived link (thank you @gAlienLifeform)

 

TL:DR

$45 'stable' release, comes with same unfulfilled promises from 8+ years ago.

I really enjoyed this game, I have over 1000 hours on steam and have no idea how much I played on ps4. Hell, the reason I built my pc was to play this game (and custom cod zombies). That being said, I would not pay $45 for the current 'stable' release, probably worth it under $10.

My main beef is $45. Thats how much you charge for a finished game, but this is far from finished. Their own roadmap includes crossplay, weather upgrades, a wardrobe, NPC's, and bandits. This roadmap is 18 months long, if they can deliver all of their promises the game will be 12 years old then. (They will not)

NPC's and bandits are especially interesting to me, because I bought this game for pc in 2017, not too long after reading this blog post

https://joelhuenink.tumblr.com/post/144526427828/bandits-weve-got-the-heavy-bandit-armor-done-and

This is just about how every alpha has gone since then, big youtube and twich promotions, lots of promises, and then, a small, incrimental update.

Last, but not least, the current game kind of sucks. The hitboxes are better than when they first updated the UNITY engine after a16, but still shit. There is a spot in the zombie's shoulder that if you hit them with an arrow, the game chokes for a couple of frames then they do a cool spin. Each and every poi has invisible barriers (and has since a16) which cause agro, so walk in room, back out, slowly hit with (object). Skill progression is tied behind xp based points, reading rng magazines, and there is a perk that increases your loot, but there are other perks to increase the specific magazine loot.

Really didn't play much since a17, but I've played a few hours of each alpha since. This 1.0 is no different, but I cannot get over that price.

 

SAG-AFTRA has gone on strike for many reasons, but one that stands out to me is an effort to make digital copies of extras and maintain the rights to use them in perpetuity. There are many implications of this, from people losing an opportunity to work, to Ethical implications ex:your likeness is used in a movie/tv show/commercial you would not want to be involved in.

I wanted to take a look at some of the past examples of entertainers likeness' being used posthumously.

Fred Astaire Vaccuum Commercial

Bob Ross Paints the Mountain Dew

Tupac Coachella Performance

Prince Posthumous Album

Whitney Houston Hologram Tour

Anthony Bourdain Voicover

Amy Winehouse Hologram Tour

Paul Walker Furous 7

Peter Cushing Rogue 1

Carrie Fisher Rogue 1 Turns out this is incorrect, Fisher passed after filming of Rogue 1. It was Rise of the Skywalker

There are definitly more examples out there, if you know of any, post them here.

On a personal note, I find this all to be deeply unethical without specific permission granted by the entertainer.

Some souces:

Actors are digitally preserving themselves to continue their careers beyond the grave

Dead celebrities are being digitally resurrected — and the ethics are murky

 

WYSK: There funded by dark money PACS, but some good reporting has brought out these names: David Koch, Peter Thiel, Reid Hoffman, Mark Cuban, Harlan Crow, and Michael Bloomberg. Some of there members are most famous for stopping big bills. Joe Leiberman, for example, single handedly stopped the single payer portion of the ACA. Senators Joe Manchin and Kyrsen Simena kept the John Lewis voting rights act from passing, and famously kept the senate from repealing the filibuster.

 

Had a good god run going, went to go change up some wands and this happened. I don't even know how many copies of things were made, 4-6 fps in this area made it unplayable.

I really like having a fresh start though, god runs get stale after a couple of days.

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