- Closing the Dept. of Education
- An anti-vaxx, anti-flouridation nut for HHS
- A traitorous Putin-lover for DNI
- Head of DOD throwing Ret. Gen. Kellogg's work and Ukraine under the bus
- The world's richest man ransacking government with unvetted persons on a plan to commit maximum chaos and destruction
- HN flagging, censoring, and condoning what amounts to fascism rather than promoting rule of law, common sense, and freedom of speech
When ICE starts detaining people who go up against them online (https://theintercept.com/2025/02/11/ice-immigration-social-m...), it won't just be poor brown folks being memory-holed.
Also some countries are denying landing of removal flights because, from what I hear, the current removals contain people with violent criminal records in nations other than America but may well include non-violent people being thrown out for reasons of paperwork simply to make mandated quotas.
This is not to say the other concerns aren't valid.
To be fair, HN kind of has to do this. Y Combinator has close ties with the world's richest man; he is even scheduled to speak at AI Startup School. Otherwise, people like dang and others may be subject to retaliation.
We're just trying to make an internet forum that doesn't suck and doesn't burn itself to a crisp—same as it ever was. I know that's not very hot and exciting, but it's how it is.
Also, politics is supposed to be off-limits here but I sure noticed a change in tolerance for blatantly political posts after the elections. Maybe Dang can give a reason for why it suddenly is acceptable to criticise the sitting government where such posts where hidden with warnings about 'only using HN for political purposes' during the last regime. Is it simply because those posts got flagged while posts like this one get upvoted? If so it shows where the voting system fails in creating an open environment for wide-ranging discussion on topics of interest since it creates an echo chamber where only certain political ideas are tolerated while the rest is greyed out.
I could not be more embarrassed for humanity, and my country.
If anyone would like an escape, please watch the amazing, and incredibly ignored show Pantheon.[0] The main topic covered is uploaded human intelligence. The script tech advisors, animation, and voice actors are excellent. Check it out. Much better than dealing with this folly.
No one is against improving the USofA diet, it's globally infamous for sugary toxicity.
RFK Jr's idea of a good diet, however, includes parasite ridden roadkill. Then there's all his other weird little fringe beliefs.
I don't write this flippantly. You may have some excellent points, but in this environment, I would love to read more than just a broad statement. This website is one of the last places where we might expect such a thing.
