MinekPo1 [She/Her]

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  • I will just remind yall that an state in the EU has admitted to having access to the Pegasus spyware.

    Pegasus is a program that is used by services combating crime and corruption in many countries…It would be bad if the Polish services did not have this type of tool

    - Jaroslaw Kaczynski, the leader of the ruling Law and Justice party as quoted by the Verge (first article I found)

    He is also quoted as saying that claims that Pegasus had been used against political opponents are “utter nonsense”.

    The Polish controversy was started when the spyware was found on a opposition members phone.

    The Law and Justice party, according to polls (and some Poles), is set to win the largest number of seats in tomorrows election, though they might struggle to form a government.

    We are doomed aren’t we.


  • One could think you’re proposing this [leaving the EU] as an alternate solution. It’s not. And Brexit is the biggest proof.

    This is not a random thing thrown around, though it should be noted that those more involved in this side of “EU bad” usually advocate for remaking the EU, due to the deep systemic issues rather than leaving it. I believe a more mainstream version of this idea is given a stage by Macron (AFAIK he mostly wants to remove the requirement for every country to agree to some things), but moreso from this angle some Pirate Parties (PPP for example) advocate for it.

    Quote from PPP’s programee (translated by yours truly, though I focused on translating it as directly as possible so it might sound a bit weird):

    More democracy for Europe

    We, Pirates, call for a writing of a new EU treaty, which will replace all existing treaties, remove uncertainties and respond to the need of a democratic reform in the EU. This treaty must be accepted by the citizens of the EU via a referendum.

    While this is quite different to “we should leave the EU” it reflects the concerns of those who say that due to policies like this. As far as I know, Brexit was caused more by Brits not liking economic policies of the European Union, though I am not that knowledgeable about UK politics.

    TL;DR: you can say EU bad while still wanting an EU I guess.


  • But if you’re an actual criminal, then there is this solution here that can never be subject to this ruling.

    To be fair, AFAIK criminals often use insecure means of communication already so my guess is that this will result in more criminals not putting in the effort to set up/use an encrypted communication network.

    However this is 1. probably not something any person who made that law knew 2. a bullshit excuse anyway.






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    The same data as a bar graph composed by statistica:

    A bar graph showing deaths and injuries related to the Israel-Palestine conflict. Raw data given below.

    Raw data:

    year Palestine Deaths and Injuries Israel Deaths and Injuries
    08 3202 853
    09 7460 123
    10 1659 185
    11 2260 136
    12 4936 578
    13 4031 157
    14 19860 2796
    15 14813 339
    16 3572 222
    17 8526 174
    18 31558 130
    19 15628 133
    20 2781 61

    beep boop, I’m a human but if you want you can call me a good girl, if you found this useful