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A place to share screenshots of Microblog posts, whether from Mastodon, tumblr, ~~Twitter~~ X, KBin, Threads or elsewhere.

Created as an evolution of White People Twitter and other tweet-capture subreddits.

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  1. Your post must be a screen capture of a microblog-type post that includes the UI of the site it came from, preferably also including the avatar and username of the original poster. Including relevant comments made to the original post is encouraged.
  2. Your post, included comments, or your title/comment should include some kind of commentary or remark on the subject of the screen capture. Your title must include at least one word relevant to your post.
  3. You are encouraged to provide a link back to the source of your screen capture in the body of your post.
  4. Current politics and news are allowed, but discouraged. There MUST be some kind of human commentary/reaction included (either by the original poster or you). Just news articles or headlines will be deleted.
  5. Doctored posts/images and AI are allowed, but discouraged. You MUST indicate this in your post (even if you didn't originally know). If a post is found to be fabricated or edited in any way and it is not properly labeled, it will be deleted.
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[–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 43 points 11 months ago (4 children)

It's almost like it could have been easily predicted

[–] spooky2092@lemmy.blahaj.zone 23 points 11 months ago

If only people had been talking about exactly what happened for months leading up to the election, maybe it would have gone differently.......

[–] zarkanian@sh.itjust.works 15 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Yep. As soon as I heard her stance on Israel, I got a sinking feeling. There was such hope and enthusiasm at first, but she just had to pander to AIPAC.

[–] Soulg@sh.itjust.works 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

She also muzzled Walz and started being super corporatist.

[–] zarkanian@sh.itjust.works 4 points 11 months ago

I think the DNC and their consultants did that. I saw an interview with their consultants after the election, and they were all "We have no idea what went wrong", etc. etc. They all think that Trump is some wild anomaly, not that their strategy sucks. Anybody could've told you that people were tired of the status quo, so a status quo candidate would have trouble winning.

[–] branno@lemm.ee 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

The nuanced stance that Israel, an ally, was attacked and had a right to defend itself but that they shouldn’t cause a humanitarian crisis in Gaza?

That she was committed to a two state solution?

That she consistently called for ceasefires all of last year?

Y’all got played if you think Harris was pandering to AIPAC.

[–] zarkanian@sh.itjust.works 3 points 11 months ago

What good is calling for a ceasefire if there's no leverage? Netanyahu ignored Biden's calls for a ceasefire because he knew that Biden would just back down if he ignored it. Harris was the same. You can call for ceasefires until you're blue in the face, but if Netanyahu can just say "Naw", and nothing happens, then what good is it?

[–] Tja@programming.dev 9 points 11 months ago (1 children)

To be honest, my prediction was "parking lot", so the whole "riviera" concept was a surprising development.

The ethnic cleansing was obvious, tho.

[–] makyo@lemmy.world 8 points 11 months ago

My prediction was glass but I guess they’re accomplishing their goals just fine without nukes

[–] Valmond@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

Not by explaining it, because that was tried on and againd to no avail.