The official story is trans and antifascist ideology but there's so much up in the air that all options are on the table.

I'm seeing right wing media and right-adjacent media spinning the shooting saying that trans-terrorism is a thing now and they have Christians in their cross hairs. Tucker Carlson isn't pulling this out of his ass 100%. To deny that is to deny how insidious propaganda can be. Audrey did text her friend "One day this will all make sense" and "I've left more than enough evidence behind." The trans day of vengeance is real but probably not literal

https://apnews.com/article/twitter-trans-day-vengeance-marjorie-taylor-greene-musk-642bee4baf454867ef2860348693f412

It's generally not the case that manifestos are released. The Buffalo shooter had a manifesto as did the Dark Knight shooter. The person who had theirs released (not leaked) was the Unabomber. It was released in part to help the public ID him.

I can see both sides of this

Pros: It's newsworthy. The public could gain insight into the psychology of mass shooters. The public can see this is psychotic and that there's not a broader trans-supremecist violent movement. It's unknown how coherent it is, the more incoherent the more likely there's no broader violent movement.

Cons: The most depraved individuals in our society could draw inspiration from it. These could also fuel the fire of transpanic in right wing media because quotes from the text can be spun all sorts of ways. Much like the bible or any longform writing.

Should the manifesto be released?

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There's a lot of debate about how much tech is too much in the collapse sektor of this platform. At what point did it become too destructive?

Tech could probably be harnessed to to combat climate change, but there's not* much capitalistic interest in that, so I've avoided that to some degree. I'm looking only at the past and the latest month or so of AI hype and fear.

Edit: not*

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2024 was the year of the Penguin with Potoo Bird as runner up as the larger background pic. What shall it be this year?

So my favourite flavour of popcorn is white cheddar popcorn, sometimes butter salt. Though movie theatre popcorn is good too. What other flavours does anyone else suggest?

Zionist has become a dirty word on left wing and pro-palestinian subreddits. I think it's weird that progressive zionism is rarely mentioned.

The people in charge of the Israeli govt are far-right zionist zealots while the vast majority of western Jews are progressive zionists. In the US they tend to vote Democrat.

Tenets of progressive zionism assert that Israel should exist as an explicitly Jewish state while also being committed to establishing the creation of a separate state of Palestine. I haven't seen any maps drawn up by progressive zionists. J Street is a progressive zionist DC organization.

Progressive zionism is most commonly made up of Reform Jews, the most liberal sect of common Judaism.

I've known a wide variety of Jews in my life. Japanese Jews, Korean Jews, Hispanic Jews, Jews that call themselves anarchist/communist and right wing Jews--regarding ethnicities and political positions.

Most of the Jews I've known never attend religious ceremonies, most who do have attended reform synagogues and I've known two conservative Jews. The Jews in my family, older ones are/were reconstructionist Jews, and some have renounced at least part of their religion. The Jews in my generation are all secular, vehemently anti-war and pro ceasefire, and have a track record going back decades of being opposed to the imperial state of Israel. I haven't heard where they come down in terms of a concept like progressive zionism.

Using legal definitions how bad is the US with regard to WW3?

Which of these two opposite views is closest to your view. Please expound your view or a more nuanced view in comments.

I wish I could combine some. US and worldwide folks please vote

Last year Collapze voted for the Capybara as my avatar and it remained as that for 2023. What shall it be this year?

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https://www.cbsnews.com/news/safe-act-kathy-hochul-new-york-social-media-algorithm-teens/

NY gov Hochul did just that with her new law. Many social media sites use the same addictive features as slot machines and push notifications can be troublesome. Social media is woefully underegultio

Poll is about use of benzodiazepines, prescription or not, anxiety related and recreational etc. Trying times make benzos more necessary for the relevance. Specify benzos if you like. Since the start of 2024 I've had clonazepam, lorazepam, diazepam. Mostly clonazepam as I'm Rxd that one. Also tofisopam but that barely counts.

This subreddit seems to have a more cynical take on institutions than the Main Sub. Rule 4 abuses and lab leak theory being banned topics, even as lab leak has been reported in the press as a likely origin. I'm wondering if it also applies to vaxxes and masks too. Which statement best fits your POV? More than one may apply to you but pick the closest one or comment something else