MHLoppy
@MHLoppy@fedia.io
Currently studying CS and some other stuff. Best known for previously being top 50 (OCE) in LoL, expert RoN modder, and creator of RoN:EE's community patch (CBP).
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- PM issues [Labor senator] Fatima Payman indefinite suspension, with future at Labor unclearwww.sbs.com.au ↗Submitted 1 day ago to australianpolitics@aussie.zone | 8 comments
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- Strongest cold front of 2024 to bring weekend snow, followed by potential record-breaking 'blocking high'www.abc.net.au ↗Submitted 1 day ago to melbourne@aussie.zone | 7 comments
- Comment on 'There was an attempt to brush us away': How six Australian MPs took the cause of Julian Assange to Washington 4 days ago:
Hey, if he's willing to come on board in support of a good cause, I'm willing to have him o7
- Comment on 'There was an attempt to brush us away': How six Australian MPs took the cause of Julian Assange to Washington 4 days ago:
Kinda wild to have that particular group working together for the same thing. Wish we could get some more of that going on 😪
- 'There was an attempt to brush us away': How six Australian MPs took the cause of Julian Assange to Washingtonwww.abc.net.au ↗Submitted 4 days ago to australianpolitics@aussie.zone | 6 comments
- Comment on Real-Time Strategy is incredible and you should play it 5 days ago:
I thought Frozen Synapse's ability to let you simulate your opponent's moves was super cool - surprised I didn't end up seeing it in more strategy games (obviously not so much applicable to the normal real-time stuff though!).
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- Builder collapse victims say nightmares continue under Victorian-run insurance schemewww.abc.net.au ↗Submitted 2 weeks ago to melbourne@aussie.zone | 2 comments
- Comment on Pentagon ran secret anti-vax campaign to incite fear of China vaccines 2 weeks ago:
but even when he was unnamed, the Guardian had piles of hard evidence to back up the 2012 Pentagon stories.
I guess to me, the difference between publishing some documents [1][2] or slides [3] as per your example with The Guardian isn't that different (again, for me) as implicitly saying "the source(s) is/are legit" if whoever's publishing the information has a track record of being trustworthy regarding factuality since I can't necessarily verify the authenticity of that evidence anyway.
- Comment on Pentagon ran secret anti-vax campaign to incite fear of China vaccines 2 weeks ago:
While I can certainly believe the US would do this, the article is very light on evidence: a "senior official" is their source.
The article says "In uncovering the secret U.S. military operation, Reuters interviewed more than two dozen current and former U.S officials, military contractors, social media analysts and academic researchers. Reporters also reviewed Facebook, X and Instagram posts, technical data and documents about a set of fake social media accounts used by the U.S. military. Some were active for more than five years." which seems like it's not just hinging everything on one person. I don't think naming the military / government sources would be reasonable here, so I'm not sure what more burden of proof you're after that they could actually provide.
It also doesn't say whether studies showed the efficacy of the Sinovac vaccine. All reports at the time (which could definitely be the result of propaganda) said it was nowhere near as effective as the big 2 (later 3) western vaccines. Was/is Sinovac comparable to the western vaccines?
Also in the article: "Although the Chinese vaccines were found to be less effective than the American-led shots by Pfizer and Moderna, all were approved by the World Health Organization.", so no, not as effective, but:
- "Social media posts decried the quality of face masks, test kits and the first vaccine that would become available in the Philippines – China’s Sinovac inoculation."
- "“COVID came from China and the VACCINE also came from China, don’t trust China!” one typical tweet from July 2020 read in Tagalog.
- "Another post read: “From China – PPE, Face Mask, Vaccine: FAKE. But the Coronavirus is real.”"
- "Although the Chinese vaccines were still months from release, controversy roiled the Muslim world over whether the vaccines contained pork gelatin and could be considered “haram,” or forbidden under Islamic law. Sinovac has said that the vaccine was “ manufactured free of porcine materials.” Many Islamic religious authorities maintained that even if the vaccines did contain pork gelatin, they were still permissible since the treatments were being used to save human life. The Pentagon campaign sought to intensify fears about injecting a pig derivative."
These quotes I've copied are not simply campaigns of "Sinovac is less effective".
Then they chuck in Osama Bin Laden and the South China sea for some reason. Yes, the CIA stealing blood samples from Polio Vaccine recipients was oafish, but those were real vaccines. There was no propaganda comparison.
In context, what's there about Osama bin Laden feels fair to me. It's saying don't get.. whatever this is (psyops?) and healthcare mixed up because it can damage the latter (i.e., "here's one time where the two weren't separated and it caused healthcare problems as a consequence"). It's not about whether the hepatitis vaccination thing was a propaganda effort or not, or if the vaccines themselves were real or not -- it still lead to worse health outcomes because people became distrustful as a result of it.
The South China Sea part also seems not unreasonable in context. (paraphrased) "there was some existing distrust among Filipinos due to past actions by China, such as <recent action>" seems.. on topic to say in a discussion about public trust?
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- Pharaoh at the NGV is the greatest exhibition of ancient Egyptian art ever seen in Australiatheconversation.com ↗Submitted 2 weeks ago to melbourne@aussie.zone | 3 comments
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- Melbourne shivers through coldest temperature in years as south-east collectively feels the coldwww.abc.net.au ↗Submitted 2 weeks ago to melbourne@aussie.zone | 5 comments
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- Captain's call or press conference slip-up? Dutton's 2030 climate target U-turn surprised even his colleagueswww.abc.net.au ↗Submitted 2 weeks ago to australianpolitics@aussie.zone | 9 comments
- Comment on Nuclear power explained in 12 numbers to help you understand how it fits Australia’s energy needs 2 weeks ago:
You may well be predisposed for politics, congratulations!!
- Nuclear power explained in 12 numbers to help you understand how it fits Australia’s energy needswww.abc.net.au ↗Submitted 2 weeks ago to australianpolitics@aussie.zone | 25 comments
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- Comment on Federal Coalition commits to dumping 2030 climate target as it pursues nuclear power 3 weeks ago:
Slightly more coverage: SBS: Why Peter Dutton's plan to ditch the Paris Agreement is being labelled a 'disaster'
- Federal Coalition commits to dumping 2030 climate target as it pursues nuclear powerwww.abc.net.au ↗Submitted 3 weeks ago to australianpolitics@aussie.zone | 18 comments
- Comment on The Star Fox-style roguelite whose dev refused to use AI voices to cut costs is adding an entire "anti-capitalist revenge" campaign about a cat-girl destroying AI 3 weeks ago:
Probably a quirk of having different software. I'm on Fedia which runs on mbin, as does kbin.run which MBM is on. You're on lemmy, so I guess something was just handled differently for you (and most users!) vs kbin/mbin users.