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I downvoted because it was a deflection that didn’t address the very real issue presented to you

Ok, let’s walk through the implication.

-Women are oppressed.

-Men are not oppressed.

Who again are you saying is doing the oppressing? You’re blind to the fact that most men are also oppressed, and pretending that men can just go out in society and be safe being vulnerable is willfully ignorant

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Def a guy

We’re talking about Lemmy communities here, having a men’s-only space to discuss men’s issues is totally fine. Also, demeaning men’s-only spaces and placing men in a uniform category as “the oppressor group” is awful for society

Literally nothing is stopping you from creating a community for men with a rule that only men participate. The difference is that in the community you’re thinking about though, women wouldn’t be constantly trying to mess with it. There are hundreds of communities to choose from. We’re not entitled to participate in them all.

That ick ending up all over your counters and your toothbrush flushing with the lid open

You close the lid before you flush, right? …right?

Who do you think should’ve won the Syrian Civil War?

That’s a great way to lose a war. Big brain strategy right here

You wanted him to ally with ISIS instead? There were many factions within Syria that aligned with the US for support to fight Assad and ISIS. The Syrian Democratic Forces are straight-up libertarian socialists. They aligned with the US for support too, now they’re part of the Syrian governing coalition

Some people aren’t mincing their words about it either, calling the deals “circular financing” or even “vendor financing” - where a company invests in or lends to its own customers so they can continue making purchases.

“Yes, the investment loans are unprecedented,” Mr Altman told me on Monday.

But, he added, “it’s also unprecedented for companies to be growing revenue this fast.”

OpenAI’s revenue is growing quickly, but it has never turned a profit.

The city owns and operates AE and has a right to its profits, which go toward funding city services. AE’s rates are in the lower half of rates statewide, and I think you’ll find AE’s general fund transfers pale in comparison to the profits taken by the for-profit electric utilities, which goes to lining the pockets of shareholders and executives. I’m very glad I live in AE’s service area, their service is way better than the for-profit utilities I used around Houston.

Austin Energy doesn’t serve Round Rock…

You must be thinking of another electric utility, my friend.

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Do you have a source on this? Texas Gas Service is absolutely doing this, but Austin Energy’s residential rates are really good compared to other utilities in the state, and really haven’t ticked up much in recent years outside the $5 base rate increase in '23.

As far as uptime, outside the statewide winter storm outage in '21 and the ice storm in '23 that shredded power lines, I don’t think I’ve experienced an outage in 10 years

Thank you for giving the Austin Chronicle credit where it’s due. I’m a donor and love their paper. It’s a free weekly that’s the only print news really left in Austin, and they do great work. Also a great resource to find live shows around town

First proposed in 2005 and subsidized by Venezuela, Telesur was launched under the government of Hugo Chávez, and promoted as “a Latin socialist answer to CNN”. It has been described as a network showcasing the diversity of Latin America and a propaganda outlet for state views under chavismo.

No it’s not besides the point, it’s in direct response to your point. Leaving a house in the middle of the highway is a better outcome for no one

In the US, the government provides compensation, not developers, and they pay fair market value as determined by local appraisal districts.