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silence7@slrpnk.netOPto politics @lemmy.world•Coal Miners With Black Lung Say They Are ‘Cast Aside to Die’ Under Trump5·10 hours agoHad enforced regulations about respirators and dust levels and money for the limited treatment we can do
silence7@slrpnk.netOPto politics @lemmy.world•Coal Miners With Black Lung Say They Are ‘Cast Aside to Die’ Under Trump37·18 hours agoOver the past few years, mine owners cut on safety while Republicans blocked regulatory enforcement funding.
silence7@slrpnk.netOPto politics @lemmy.world•Coal Miners With Black Lung Say They Are ‘Cast Aside to Die’ Under Trump11·18 hours agoIts a lot worse than it was several years back. Mine owners cut safety, Trump stopped the regulatory effort to do something about it, and cut treatment funding.
silence7@slrpnk.netOPto politics @lemmy.world•Trump administration says immigration enforcement threatens higher food prices2·3 days agoYeah, was out canvassing for Yes on 50 in California and that was a common concern among voters. The ICE raids where they sweep people up based on how they look makes people furious
silence7@slrpnk.netOPto Technology@lemmy.world•A.I. Video Generators Are Now So Good You Can No Longer Trust Your EyesEnglish4·3 days agoIf there’s an edit that alters a detail that doesn’t matter to the witness, it probably isn’t important. And that kind of replacement is hard to do at scale without getting caught.
silence7@slrpnk.netOPto Technology@lemmy.world•A.I. Video Generators Are Now So Good You Can No Longer Trust Your EyesEnglish12·3 days agoWhat you end up stuck doing is deciding to trust particular sources. This makes it a lot harder to establish a shared reality
silence7@slrpnk.netOPto World News@lemmy.world•Why China Built 162 Square Miles of Solar Panels on the World’s Highest PlateauEnglish1·4 days agoTibetan Plateau, about 14,000 feet
silence7@slrpnk.netOPto politics @lemmy.world•Live Updates: Trump Threatens to Use a Federal Law to Bypass Courts and Deploy Troops13·7 days agoTrump hopes the soldiers will massacre protesters and start a new Civil War
silence7@slrpnk.netOPto politics @lemmy.world•Trump Sends California Guard Troops to Portland, Ore., Newsom Says | The move follows a judge’s order on Saturday that blocked the Oregon National Guard from deploying there.8·8 days agoThey are, but only up until the point where the President federalises them
silence7@slrpnk.netOPto politics @lemmy.world•Amid Chicago deportation campaign, Trump authorizes 300 National Guard troops over Pritzker's objections2·9 days agoAnd is in fact doing so. But regular army is much better trained to kill rather than arrest
silence7@slrpnk.netOPto politics @lemmy.world•Amid Chicago deportation campaign, Trump authorizes 300 National Guard troops over Pritzker's objections20·9 days agoHe’s using the National Guard because it’s explicitly criminal to use the regular army
silence7@slrpnk.netOPto politics @lemmy.world•Amid Chicago deportation campaign, Trump authorizes 300 National Guard troops over Pritzker's objections18·9 days agoWhat exactly do you call a situation where state militias are using force to prevent armed federal employees dressed in military-style uniforms from attacking the people?
silence7@slrpnk.netOPto politics @lemmy.world•Amid Chicago deportation campaign, Trump authorizes 300 National Guard troops over Pritzker's objections192·9 days agoActually launching a civil war is really really bad. I expect to see it done only after everything else fails
silence7@slrpnk.netOPto politics @lemmy.world•Amid Chicago deportation campaign, Trump authorizes 300 National Guard troops over Pritzker's objections36·9 days agoI will note that there is a huge financial incentive to not do that. Instead, they’re challenging the federal deployments in court, with some success
silence7@slrpnk.netto politics @lemmy.world•The Democrat Counterfeit Resolution: A $1.5 Trillion Ransom Note to Taxpayers1·10 days agoYou can be good and interesting, like this sewer district
silence7@slrpnk.netOPto Technology@lemmy.world•Move Fast and Break Nothing | Waymo’s robotaxis are probably safer than ChatGPT.English11·10 days agoLet’s say it halved. That’s visible light, which at low wattage, is harmless.
If it quadrupled, its still infrared. Also harmless at those wattages
Remember here: youre dealing with something that is less harmful than visible light. So whatever fear you have must be much worse when it comes to things like daylight, indoor lighting, headlights, etc
silence7@slrpnk.netOPto politics @lemmy.world•Treasury Department Has Plans To Mint Dollar Coin Featuring Donald Trump's Likeness5·10 days agoNot even the law books; just the government websites which acknowledge that the law exists.
silence7@slrpnk.netOPto politics @lemmy.world•Treasury Department Has Plans To Mint Dollar Coin Featuring Donald Trump's Likeness6·10 days agoNo. They just took the part about there being a law against coins and bills with the image of a living person off the Treasury website.
An explanation of the legislation on an archived page from the Treasury’s website noted that the act “was caused by an uproar over the actions of the chief of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, Spencer Clark,” who had “placed himself on a five-cent note and had a large quantity of them printed before it was noticed.”
That webpage has been removed from the Treasury’s website.
Ideally should all be left in the ground, but yes, people should not be exposed to this at all