No one said that he wasn’t.

This video has “it was just a joke, bro” energy, especially since the whole thing was filmed from the start. Likely using Meta Glasses.

Turns out it’s even a judge that was appointed by Trump: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Beaverstock

Link to the press release from the Institute for Justice: https://ij.org/press-release/federal-court-orders-dhs-to-stop-detaining-people-with-valid-identification-and-halts-warrantless-construction-site-raids/

This might depend on where you live? I don’t remember seeing any sort of rental TV services in any area I’ve lived in or any advertisements for such. I’ll be honest, I wasn’t looking for one, but I also haven’t heard of this as a common thing.

Having been to France/Paris a few times, the first few times weren’t too great. However, I went again later on with my wife who was able to explain the proper etiquette and unspoken social rules and the experience was completely different to the point where I loved it.

Many tourists won’t understand those rules, so they may come off as rude. But even a little effort will go a long way. Just a few things I can think of at the moment:

• Always say “Bonjour” when entering any shop, even if no one is visible at first.
• When talking to anyone, don’t start talking in English, first try to get by with whatever French you know (even if it’s terrible).
• For escalators, never block the left side. The right side is for standing, the left side is for those who might be in a hurry and will be walking through.
• On public transit, don’t be loud/bothersome. No talking on the phone. Don’t put your phone on speaker when listening to videos/media. If you have to talk, whisper.

For the Europeans that I’ve met (who have never been to the US) to them, most Americans are rich businessmen/cowboys who love guns.

Since they haven’t travelled, they mostly rely on what they see from the media that they consume.

It’s the norm among the “threadiverse” (reddit-like instances), but this is not a common feature on Twitter-like instances.

You can even hear it in the officer’s voice as he mutters “Wow.” When opening the door to his cruiser.

It’s a long bill, but the details for this ban can be found in Title X almost at the bottom:

https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/6644/text#d10163e18706-intro-1

There’s a consumer rights wiki we can use to help keep track:

https://consumerrights.wiki/w/Reddit

The most recent changes look to be a mobile web blockage and requiring a login for using old.Reddit.

Adding onto this. Just a few highlights from the article:

She said: “I posted a poster for the Tiananmen Square massacre commemoration in Sutton and right after that, that account made deepfake images about me. They’ve been tagging my username since they started it.

Ni said that one of the posts accusing her of animal abuse had correctly written that she had a cat. She said: “I feel like they’re doing some kind of profiling of me … Every time I go out, I feel like I might be followed or watched. And I actually think that might be the case.”

Considering that there are secret Chinese police stations in other countries that target people like her, she likely is correct.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_police_overseas_service_stations

A small snippet from the article includes details for a decent number of the deaths:

Among the 518 dead, 490 were male, 21 were children and 16 were security officers, Othman said, adding that 197 had died from shotgun wounds.

But he explained that the death toll could be higher as some victims had been buried without the authorities being told.

More than 2,000 people were injured, including 120 security officers, he added.

I clicked on a few more, a decent number of the links aren’t really advocating for murder/violence at all.

There was one link I clicked on that did lead to someone advocating for murder (Kokesh), I didn’t recognize who it was and their name wasn’t highlighted as an instance Admin.

Looking at the modlog for that user, they have had a number of comments removed for advocating for murder/violence, so this is probably just a comment that slipped through the cracks.

I’m all for an age cap. It should be dynamic and based on some sort of percentage of the average lifespan of the population in their area.

It would provide a good incentive for them to vote in/pass legislation which would help raise the overall life expectancy of everyone.

Poe’s Law strikes again:
https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Poe’s_law

Adding a /s would help convey that intent a little more. And if you’re going for the “Got ya!” satire effect, you could always hide it in a spoiler.

Just to add a little context to this. The Brave CEO donated $1k to California’s Proposition 8 almost 20 years ago (in 2008). 6 years later he formally apologized for it and stepped down as the CEO of Mozilla.

https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Brendan_Eich
His apology is viewable on his website: https://brendaneich.com/

The worst part is, this did apply to state law enforcement up until the final revision when they decided to change it:

https://legiscan.com/CA/text/SB627/id/3267892

(e)For the purposes of this section, “law enforcement agency” means any agency, department, or other entity of the state or any political subdivision thereof that employs a peace officer as described in Chapter 4.5 (commencing with Section 830) of Title 3 of Part 2 of the Penal Code, and any federal agency that enforces local, state, or federal laws.

(2) “Law enforcement agency” means any of the following:

(A) Any entity of a city, county, or other local agency, that employs a peace officer described in Chapter 4.5 (commencing with Section 830) of Title 3 of Part 2 of the Penal Code.

(B) Any law enforcement agency of another state.

© Any federal law enforcement agency.

https://legiscan.com/CA/text/SB627/2025

As far as cults go, they don’t sound like a “literal cult” when reading about them on Wikipedia:

Ian Johnson argued that applying the ‘cult’ label to Falun Gong effectively “cloaked the government’s crackdown with the legitimacy of the West’s anticult movement”. He wrote that Falun Gong does not satisfy common definitions of a cult: “its members marry outside the group, have outside friends, hold normal jobs, do not live isolated from society, do not believe that the world’s end is imminent and do not give significant amounts of money to the organisation … it does not advocate violence and is at heart an apolitical, inward-oriented discipline, one aimed at cleansing oneself spiritually and improving one’s health.”[74]: 224  David Ownby similarly wrote that “the entire issue of the supposed cultic nature of Falun Gong was a red herring from the beginning, cleverly exploited by the Chinese state to blunt the appeal of Falun Gong”.[63]

If you want to maintain some sort of privacy when voting on any platform in the Fediverse:
Create an alt account, do not make any posts/comments with it, only use it for voting.

Otherwise we would need an instance that generates a bunch of voting accounts. Then, when you vote on something, the instance randomly assigns that vote to one of their voting accounts and sends out that vote information to other instances. Then only the Admins of your home instance would be able to view your voting history.