It was billed as a festival but really it was Kanye and a few other acts.

I never said it was.

Did I say that?

Journalism provides information and understanding. That’s it’s whole thing. The Information bit tends to be clear - it’s verifiable, you can see if it’s raining as in your example. Understanding is harder - it’s intangible, you infer it or deduce it. Therefore it’s non-objective, unprovable, so an opinion.

And lots of things fall into the second category - An article on what Putin’s actual objectives are in Ukraine. Why his world view became that way. What it feels like to be a Uyghur in China. What it’s like in the inside of the Trump administration. This kind of thing is valuable and it’s only communicated through opinion pieces.

I think people react strongly to it because it is something that can be weaponised and has been. Mixed in or presented as informational news. Or might just be advocating some dogshit idea or rotten agenda. There’s too many examples to mention…

That’s a very good point. And the flag kinda sums up Israel’s strategic conflation of anti Israel with anti Semitism.

I’m guessing from the phrasing of the article that this was the Star of David outside of the flag. Which I think is asking for an accusation of anti Semitism and could have been easily avoided.

Never heard of an opinion piece? Reporting people’s takes on a situation is very much part of journalism along with factual news.

When it’s done well, it can be really powerful and informative.

I’m sure it was anti genocide/ anti Zionism they were going for but they fucked up by using the Star of David. That pretty clearly targets the religion not the country.

Duplicating the data many times over isn’t progress.

The transatlantic alliance has served the interests of its members very well for decades, right up until this administration.

You didn’t read the article did you? It’s really good and not like your description in the slightest.

Are you talking about anyone in particular?

The deputy prime minister was forced to resign just last week. The only higher position than that is PM.

https://removepaywalls.com/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/lush-cosmetics-gaza-stores-closed-protest-b2819385.html

I’m not your personal Google, why don’t you look for yourself.

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/sep/03/lush-closes-all-its-uk-stores-in-protest-over-starvation-in-gaza

Right at the end of the article.

They also closed their uk stores so their staff could attend the 2019 climate rally in the UK. They genuinely seem to be a good corporation.

Yes they are still paying staff.

Close down the tax havens, penalise countries that don’t close down theirs, and charge tax on digital services at the location of sale to prevent every company extracting their profit through Ireland. And this is just from the top of my head.

This article is good, but only considers income tax as a revenue stream for the government. The reality is there are lots of avenues.

Corporation tax has dropped from 40% in 1980 to 19% today.

Great article.

The lengths we go to hand medical cannabis to the pharma industry…

I mean it’s a plant. Throw some seeds in a pot of soil. Done.

There’s a whole section of law that determines when the police are able to take DNA samples or fingerprints, and more laws for how long they can keep that information.

It’s regulated. And bringing face recognition under biometric regulation is a no-brainer.

I’m on a Poco right now. The hardware is great, so once you remove as many invasive built in apps as you can you’ve got yourself a great deal.

Look up how to use adb bridge to remove apps. Most are safe to remove, SOME are not. There are lists online that will tell you which is which for your make and model.

I remember this being announced to a big fan fare… And now it’s being quietly dropped. Shame on them. 1%? They didn’t even try.