https://archive.ph/yA5E9

Problem is that Lemmy/Fediverse simply doesn’t have the established depth and breadth of information that reddit does yet, and reddit does have it because it sort of killed the internet forums that would have existed foe those subjects.

That’s the problem OP is asking you to help solve.

Wales tells 404 Media that her husband, Pelkey’s brother-in-law, recoiled when she told him about the idea.

Edited to remove utterly extraneous information that added absolutely nothing of value or clarity to the sentence. This is her husband, the victim was her brother. We already know her husband is the victims brother -in-law. That’s how that works.

You were the one that brought passengers into the conversation.

A brutal message to Westerners who are [Elon Musk, the only person] whining about Chinese dominance in electric cars, claiming it’s ‘‘unfair’’

Cost of doing business.

unless I am confusing it with another petition thing?

Yes. Obama had a petition thing directly on the Whitehouse website, and he would respond to those that got enough signatures. Trump obviously deleted it.

My general opinion of change.org is that it’s just a placebo for people to feel like they’re doing something productive when they should be calling their relevant political representatives, instead.

However, since the IA appears to have started this petition themselves, I agree with the other commenter that…

if the IA want these signatures, perhaps they need them.

In times like these, it’s hard not to wonder if this wasn’t the act of someone on the inside following the Simple Sabotage Field Manual.

More people should read it (it’s short) for inspiration on what skills they already possess (or can easily learn in advance) to fight fascism when the opportunity presents itself

Edit to add excerpt.

Where destruction is involved, the weapons of the citizen-saboteur are salt, nails, candles, pebbles, thread, or any other materials he might normally be expected to possess as a householder or as a worker in his particular occupation. His arsenal is the kitchen shelf, the trash pile, his own usual kit of tools and supplies. The targets of his sabotage are usually objects to which he has normal and inconspicuous access in everyday life.

A second type of simple sabotage requires no destructive tools whatsoever and produces physical damage, if any, by highly indirect means. It is based on universal opportunities to make faulty decisions, to adopt a noncooperative attitude, and to induce others to follow suit. Making a faulty decision may be simply a matter of placing tools in one spot instead of another. A non-cooperative attitude may involve nothing more than creating an unpleasant situation among one’s fellow workers, engaging in bickerings, or displaying surliness and stupidity.

Now what is more interesting is that comments per post varies by instance, lemmy.world for example has an engagement of 9.5 c/p and lemmy.ml has 4.8 c/p

I don’t understand what this is supposed to mean. The commenter’s account, or the community they posted to is on .world/.ml? Because those aren’t necessarily the same.

Has anyone checked if she’s an AI? That’s the kind of thing an AI would screw up.

Whenever the topic comes up with leadership, I try to explain it in financial terms.

Tech debt is just like financial debt. There are times when its appropriate and necessary to take on some debt. But debt accumulates interest charges. If we just keep building up more debt without ever paying it down, it’ll eventually bankrupt the company.

The engineering team doesn’t always know when the finance team is accumulating debt or paying it back, but we trust that they are doing so appropriately.

You don’t always know when the engineering team is accumulating or paying off debt, but you need to trust that when we say we need time to to pay down tech debt, we’re serious. We’ll all be out of a job if we don’t.

They don’t usually like to hear it, but when put in those terms, they don’t have an argument against it. I’m sure if we could provide a statement showing we had $478,562.78 in tech debt at 4.75%, they’d be more understanding about paying it down.

Thank you for your service.

Asked to verify my identity with a code to my phone - standard

No, absolutely not standard. This is where red flags should go up. If your bank texts you a code when you log in, then that’s what the scammers are doing (trying to log in as you, triggering the website to send you the code to confirm that it’s you logging in (except it’s not you, it’s them), and then getting you to tell them the code so they can finish logging into your account.

What, you expect journalists to use the correct words to unambiguously convey a concept?

Nitpick: GPS satellites are not in geosynchronous orbit and are at about 12,540 miles up.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_Positioning_System

Doesn’t really negate your point, though. That’s still a lot further away than a ground based system would be.

Yup, hadn’t thought of that. Sigh.

This smells a bit like an orphan crushing machine. Is this just a private company offloading moderation duties onto already overworked public school teachers?

Just the same, smashing cars probably won’t endear the generally-docile public to the cause. I would say most people (i.e. the support force necessary for widespread change) don’t want to be associated with violence.

Which is why we should be considering the real possibility that these are false flag attacks. Want to turn the general populace against peaceful protesters? Engineer false flag attacks that make the protesters appear violent. Now you can arrest peaceful protesters and the general populace will turn and look the other way.

There have also been an uptick in incidents of arson, vandalism, and violence against Tesla showrooms that, while unrelated to the protests, have led to Musk and President Donald Trump labeling them “domestic terrorism."

It’s perfectly reasonable to think that at least some of these could be false flag opperations orchestrated by the Trump administration to give them cover to arrest innocent people and eventually declare martial law. The more that possibility is part of the mainstream conversation, the more wind it takes out of their sails towards accomplishing those goals.

There are lots of Tesla protests going on every weekend. See https://actionnetwork.org/event_campaigns/teslatakedown to find one near you.

Also see https://www.mobilize.us/indivisible/ for even more (not necessarily Tesla specific) protests going on all over the place all the time.

Participate in what you can.