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General Brown was abruptly dismissed as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff on February 21, 2025 by President Donald Trump. Trump subsequently announced that Brown would be replaced with John D. Caine, who did not meet the legal prerequisites for the position, and who, according to Trump, had pledged โI love you, sir. I think youโre great, sir. Iโll kill for you, sir.โ, while wearing a MAGA hat.
What the hell is Canada supposed to do if Americans roll up on the borders. What the hell can the Canadian military โ or the American people for that matter โ do if they forced Canada to capitulate or face a nuclear threat? That might be an alarmist what-ifโฆ but is it, really?
On an unrelated note, that thumbnail image looks fairly convincingly like pixel art until you zoom into it. Conversely, the pixel art people are making with comfyUI and LORAs (locally) is insane. I messed around with it and you can generate 2d and 3d game assets of anything you can think of.
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Allowing tech giants to monopolize all of our communications was a mistake that was always going to lead to this. What alternatives do we have? Thereโs grapheneOS, but even that is placing too much trust in Googleโs proprietary aspects of the hardware. I wish non-android linux phones were at a usable state.
Iโm so close to ditching android and smart phones entirely in favour of a dumb Nokia and maybe a mini tablet for when I need the power.