It’s startling how fast disinformation organically spreads. I saw disinformation being spread on Lemmy, presumably by actual people, within a day or so of the push to oust Hakeem Jeffries.

It’s funny how gullible people of all stripes often have the same ultimate fallback when faced with information that challenges their worldview: it’s due to a government psyop/troll farm/et cetera.

After doing a little digging, it seems to be an unsubstantiated rumor being spread via social media, but I asked op if they have any legitimate sources.

Edit: the claim is pure shite, there is no pay per signature scheme here.

Did you know that people who post these polls get paid per signature on Change.org? It’s an engagement grift.

According to change.org, they get paid 95% of donations made to that specific campaign. Do you have any reputable, non-social media sources that substantiates this “per signature” claim? I gave it an admittedly cursory search and couldn’t find anything that wasn’t an unsubstantiated social media post.

Contact your representatives directly and tell them what you think. Stop believing that social media websites have your best interests in mind.

100% agree. Even if change.org is largely benign, it’s the type of media that serves to alleviate frustration without driving any actual change: a great recipe for maintaining the status quo.

JFC, your lack of self awareness in this thread is stunning. I’m guessing “didn’t read the whole thing” is a common practice for you, be it news articles or commentary.

A hot sauce bottle with a neck dispenser would be just gorgeous.

It’s a by product of getting the truck neutered.

Chuck Schumer was less than thrilled about her race.

Double entendre? Regardless, the world is less than thrilled about Chuck Schumer… except for Israel. They love him.

While I agree with your points completely, keep in mind the results of primaries are not legally binding in the United States. Political parties are legally considered private organizations with the right to determine their own nominating rules.

Voters need to show political parties there will be consequences if they rig their game. The simple act of voting shows someone likely give enough fucks to notice and do something should that happen.

They’ll absolutely try to sway a primary, as they have before, but they won’t have the bollocks to completely deny the will of their constituents so long as those same constituents care enough to tear them down should they try.

Failing to engage in the democratic process in the smallest way possible, simply voting, is a clear way to signal that you’ll do nothing if they tried.

100% agree. If you have a problem and can’t be arsed to do the bare fucking minimum about it, then STFU.

Same for the models X and S. The S was actually a decent car. Sucks to own one now.

I see you follow American politics!

Sweeping change? Nah, best we can do is roll back a few more recent Republican policies whilst throwing the trans community under the bus.

I’m excited for you to start Expedition 33. I recently finished it and loved it.

I just bought an LG TV, rooted it, and disabled all the spyware. It went from one of the worst TVs for privacy to amongst the best.

Prose so beautiful it brought a tear to my eye.

You’re correct. Their primary shareholder is The Proton Foundation, which operates as a non-profit, but the company itself, Proton AG, is for profit.

I paid 75€ for a Pi 5 8GB and thought that was ridiculous. Now they’re 2.5x more expensive. 2026 can get fucked right in the arse.

I’m older (50s) and was given these in school as a kid. They were more common in the 1960-1970s but dwindled in popularity after.