Thunderbird4

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[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

So I’ve read.  

They still blew up their launch pad and showered a protected wildlife area with particulate, metal, and concrete debris. 

They then built and operated their water deluge system without obtaining permits.

Typo or no, they’re still taking a fast and loose, “better to ask forgiveness than permission” approach that is a detriment to a protected natural environment. They intend to test the limits of the Texas government’s ability to show disdain for the environment in favor of private enterprise.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 week ago (5 children)

It’s not just blind hate for Elon, they’re genuinely terrible stewards of the environment in south Texas. They constantly lie about their intentions and impact to avoid having to take responsibility for anything. Say what you will about how independently they operate from his input, this is definitely a company culture that he cultivates and promotes.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Eastern District of Texas is extremely favorable to patent trolls. It’s not a coincidence that they filed the suit there.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 weeks ago

I’m really surprised as well. But if you think about where American culture was in the ‘50s and early ‘60s, there was a huge emphasis placed on being “normal.” You can be sure that most boomers were told by their parents or peers at some point to “just be normal” or criticized someone by saying they’re not normal, and there’s still plenty of conservative families raising their kids like that today.

I can only imagine that’s the nerve being touched by the “weird” criticism.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 weeks ago

The guys in the picture are holding movie cameras. I wonder if that film was ever published.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 month ago

We already know what he looks like in a cowboy hat, and that ain’t it.

[–] [email protected] 93 points 1 month ago (2 children)

You’re assuming this child was born in a hospital. A lot of these nutty types will do a home birth either by themselves or with a midwife sympathetic to their ideals. In either case, the kid is born without any official documentation, which majorly screws them over later in life, especially if they later decide to join the civilized world.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

You get sunburns from UV light, not heat alone

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

People always forget about the lurkers. Most people with less-informed, more impressionable views on a given topic aren’t posting and debating, they’re reading and learning (despite the unfortunate exceptions). Seeing some wacko extremist nonsense or voter suppression tactic go unchallenged by a more reasonable argument may be enough to sway a not-yet-fanatic in the wrong direction.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Here’s a rather informal interview with her from just last year.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 month ago

Not surprising. Musk has referred to the entirety of Bellingcat as “a psyop” before.

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