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Friendly reminder as we get closer to the launch of the ModRetro M64. ModRetro is owned by Palmer Lucky, a self described “Radical Zionist” who fundraises for Donald Trump.

Palmer Lucky also has another company, called Anduril Industries, that manufactures and sells AI powered weapons and surveillance systems. ModRetro even sells Anduril branded gameboys that were made from the same metal that they use to manufacture attack drones.

Don’t buy this thing. A 200 dollar Nintendo 64 clone is not worth your soul.

pirateprincessjess

The reason I’m bringing this up now is because there seems to be a new marketing push happening for this device. It’s all over my feed on TT and IG right now.

They seem to be pushing the fact that there are new Nintendo64 games being made for the M64. This is very misleading because any game that runs on the M64 will run on a real Nintendo 64.

There’s also been new games coming out for the Nintendo 64 for years. ModRetro didn’t make this happen. They’re just publishing a few games. The Nintendo 64 Homebrew scene has been thriving on its own.

hxneyfarm

Happy pride month specifically to folks on the asexual and aromantic spectrum who oftentimes feel isolated and left out of the conversation. You belong here as much as the rest of us and I hope that you are all loved in a way that is comforting to you.

what-even-is-thiss

“Why do Americans not simply overthrow their government?”

Well have you ever tried to overthrow the American government? Why aren’t you doing it if it’s so easy, wise guy?

Also given the state of the country right now the people who do take over after the smoke clears are uncomfortably likely to be fascists anyways.

what-even-is-thiss

The people in this country right now that are willing and crazy enough to attempt an overthrow of the US government already tried and failed, if you’ve somehow blocked January 6, 2021 from your memory. Somebody died during their attempt, actually.

spackotutto

Who the fuck says simply? Nobody is surprised that it's hard but from Europe it looks like Americans are doing next to nothing to end their fascist government.

No organising. No waves of new party members. No violence against ICE. There hasn't even been any repression and you still won't even fight back. I can understand the reason people don't want to put themselves in these situations. I don't understand why someone would make a post defending inaction. To me you sound like a German in 1933: "Yes the NSDAP is bad but let's not do anything against them because it might be dangerous to us".

Did you really think that would sound like a good argument?

what-even-is-thiss

People are organizing to protect their neighbors from ICE all the time and protesting both small and large things constantly. A lot of people and local governments are suing the current administration and almost 90% end up winning their lawsuits. Investigative journalists continue to do their work despite threats from the feds. We are doing stuff constantly. You just haven’t heard about it because it’s hard daily work that doesn’t make for fun and flashy international headlines.

aro-pancake

But we don't hear about it.

I think that's the whole point of what @spackotutto was saying.

I'm in Brazil, and I only learn about the bigger actions because I have friends from the US, but I also hear a lot about how they're scared of the whole situation (revolution rarely comes without bloodshed), and I still didn't know about half the stuff you mentioned up here.

It's a matter of what gets to us outside the US rather than "simply"

what-even-is-thiss

Within the US if you pay attention you notice a constant stream of lawsuits and protests and investigations. Right now we’re preparing for the congressional midterm elections and some gubernatorial elections which could be huge. If we can manage to flip both the senate and House of Representatives to being majority Democrat they can block a lot of the more harmful things this administration is attempting.

These aren’t the sorts of stories that make it to international news but they’re happening constantly. New progressive candidates, voting districts being rewritten, lawsuits blocking harmful actions, investigations exposing the corruption, people delivering groceries for their immigrant neighbors.

These are all things that are happening constantly but they’re also kind of local news.

So know that we’re getting shit done.

We’re not fighting the US military though.

handsaniti

“Why am I not hearing about the things that I’m not bothering to research?” - Europeans and Canadians for some reason

getangrystayangryusa

@spackotutto

The two upper pictures are from Minneapolis, MN. Bottom left is San Francisco, CA; bottom right is New York, NY. These are anti-ICE protests. Here's an article from The Irish Times reporting on some of what's going on, with specific focus on Minnesota. Also on the topic of organizing, the people of Chicago have organized aganist ICE through neighborhood watches and whistle signals. Here's an article from Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung, a German political education institution, focusing on Chicago's efforts. Other cities have been following their example.

As for "no waves of new party members," Mississippi flipped a few seats recently. Florida. Texas. They aren't the only ones but it's midnight here and I'm crawling into bed. If you're actually interested in doing literally any digging at all, you'll find more information along these lines in other states. We're working on it.

As for "no violence against ICE," their agents are scared to show their faces. There's a reason they wear masks. Going after them while they're in uniform and armed is basically suicide, but the ones whose names have been leaked are looking over their shoulders whenever they step outside. From CBS News, "The Department of Homeland Security announced last fall that its officers have experienced a 1,000% increase in assaults, and a sniper attack on the Dallas ICE field office in September was believed to be motivated by anti-ICE views."

"You guys still aren't fighting back" several of us have been killed fighting back.

Even if none of this were true, making a post about why we haven't gone for the big one (tried to overthrow our federal government) isn't 'making a post defending inaction.' Those are two different things. I'm really not sure where you got the idea that the only action worth anything at all is if we all throw ourselves against the meat grinder of the US military-- that's the implication of your statement, so I can only assume that's your belief-- but I heartily fucking disagree.

bannertanks

ghosthierophant

sunshinemoonrx

HUH?

Most cop thing I've ever read. what the fuck are you talking about. The posts you're looking for might be on this website but we won't show them to you???

sunshinemoonrx

I'm sure all my settings are set to "yes show me mature content no don't filter anything" what are you TALKING ABOUT

sunshinemoonrx

the posts are ON THE WEBSITE. I can't search dirty words?? am I five??? is this club penguin??? when I get you

convelocity

Fangs out for another ride around the sun

Grab prints here or here

beniial

werechicken-deactivated20241121

The first three are literal genetically enhanced space warriors and the last one is just some twitchy nerd who got lucky

Besides Samus would cream them all

purplepokili

your mind

tlgtw

Isaac's first good day

rabbitkinglune777

better a nigga than a fascist!

amanitaphalloides

I worry a little bit that people who refuse to learn about ai as a part of their anti ai position are going to be extremely unprepared to understand what’s actually scary about it and already have their digital literacy at risk tbh

amanitaphalloides

not that I am some genius in this regard but if you follow ai developments even slightly you might change the things you are most worried about. do people know the extent to which ai is already eating itself and how meaningless this is making swaths of the internet. do people know that there are plenty of random mid-sized companies today buying their employees’ likenesses to create digital clones and using these to make hundreds of videos. I am so much more worried about labor and surveillance and abuse than people becoming lazy about writing emails. and idk man I sort of like and respect people who are willfully ignorant about it as a way of minimizing its force in their lives and I am in some ways jealous but also when I see posts that basically still boil down to “chatgpt will never fool me” I am like 😭😭😭 for one thing not the only thing to be concerned about, for another thing I am really sorry but I don’t think you’re right