Why is this relevant on HN?
I'm not saying this is uninteresting, but I think it's a good idea to have clarity on what should be relevant on HN and what shouldn't.
I'm not saying this is uninteresting, but I think it's a good idea to have clarity on what should be relevant on HN and what shouldn't.
Aside from this being politically and potentially ethnically/religiously divisive...it is historical. You have Turkey invading Syria to use force against a militia funded/armed/trained by the US. In response the US President took to Twitter to essentially say go in and kill everyone, we have no interest...meanwhile another politician from the same party took to Twitter to tell Turkey not to go into Syria, because, well the US Congress hasn't authorize them to.
Its ridiculous and important, but goes to show while people are dying in armed conflict, for which we are in some ways responsible, our highest political leaders are taking to Twitter.
Though in the past it may not be as private as you might think...the United States Senate has spittoons spread across the Senate Chamber as they are considered a Senate tradition. That tradition consisted of the Senators getting so drunk during sessions they used to throw up in those spittoons as they were deciding the fate of the plebs.
This story probably won't be on the front page for long.
So, run your virus checker, don't open emails from unexpected senders with weird attachments, and please, for the love of god, stop voting in russian spies for public office.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.vice.com/amp/en_uk/article/...
Sometimes dang makes exceptions, and this seems like a good candidate.