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Cake day: August 3rd, 2023

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  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reza_Pahlavi,_Crown_Prince_of_Iran

    Investigations by Haaretz and TheMarker reported the existence of an Israeli-linked influence network aimed at shaping Iranian public opinion and promoting Pahlavi as a potential post–Islamic Republic leader. The reports claim the network was operated by a private entity funded by Israeli government resources, used artificial intelligence, and relied on fake online accounts, particularly Persian-language profiles. The network allegedly recruited Persian speakers who reposted content from Reza Pahlavi.[99]

    Whether or not he claims so, he’s pro-US and pro-Israel so they are pushing hard to restore the monarchy. Any support you see for him is likely astroturfed

    Edit: besides, trusting an autocrat who promises to “transition to democracy at some point in the future” is the stupidest thing one can do during a popular uprising




  • It’s honestly such a wild claim. I’m no fan of MLs, but just throwing rape accusations out there without any description of circumstance, let alone evidence, is just absurd.

    As for murderer, he did kill many people, both as a guerrilla and as political leader overseeing executions. The latter is him wielding the power of state violence, which of course should be condemned but is part of a system of violence.

    As for the former, I won’t hold that against him. Rebellions and revolutions will never be without bloodshed











  • but why

    seriously. now you basically don’t have access to a large number of packages. sure, waterfox is a good alternative to firefox. but say you do want to install firefox (or any other package that canonical distributes only as a snap), what do you do?

    I get that it’s possible to run Kubuntu, or even stock Ubuntu, without snap. that’s the beauty of an open OS, you can do whatever you want with it. I just don’t get why you would want to run a distro that is actively pushing a standard on you that you don’t want