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Hey, it was just an assumption ("I reckon that..."). I wanted to express my disbelief that the Trump administration will actually go for it and was therefore looking for other motivations.

Of course I don't know the truth, and -believe me- I take that threat seriously. But as the risk with Greenland is much much higher than with Venezuela, I guess they just throw around their bullshit and see what sticks. If there is little resistance, they might even try something. Or they are preparing for a blackmail scenario like "OK fine, we stay out of Greenland, but only if you sign this trade deal".

As someone else said here, there can be multiple motivations. The distraction aspect is also real.

"Greenland should be part of the US": Miller from the White House made a statement about the Trump administration's position in c/europe@feddit.org

[–] matengor@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 months ago

You're right, there can be multiple motivations. It all stays in the vein of "Flooding the zone with shit".

Stephen Miller Asserts U.S. Has Right to Take Greenland in c/politics@lemmy.world

[–] matengor@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Here: https://archive.is/20260106054904/https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/05/us/politics/stephen-miller-greenland-venezuela.html

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Gizmodo editor-in-chief sues Apple, alleging ‘Tetris’ movie on TV+ rips off his book - 9to5Mac (9to5mac.com)

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by matengor@lemmy.ml to c/moviesandtv@lemmy.film

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As reported by Reuters, the lawsuit was filed by Dan Ackerman against Apple, screenwriter Noah Pink, Marv Studios, the Tetris Company, and others. The lawsuit alleges that “Tetris” is “substantially similar in almost all material respects” to his book published in 2016 entitled “The Tetris Effect.”

The lawsuit says:

The movie entitled “Tetris” demonstrated the confiscation of Dan Ackerman’s original work and creation of his book “The Tetris Effect.” Plaintiff Ackerman’s book took a unique approach to writing about the real history of Tetris, as it not only applied the historical record, but also layered his own original research and ingenuity to create a compelling narrative non-fiction book in the style of a Cold War spy thriller. Mr. Ackerman’s literary masterpiece, unlike other articles and writings, dispelled of the emphasis on the actual gameplay and fans, and instead concentrated on the surrounding narrative, action sequences, and adversarial relationship between the players. This was the identical approach Defendants adopted for the Tetris Film, without notable material distinction, but often resonating the exact same feel, tone, approach, and scenes as the book introduced several years prior. As demonstrated herein, it becomes readily apparent that the Tetris film is substantially similar in almost all material respects including specific chapters and pages of said book that were simply adopted from the book to the film, without Plaintiff’s knowledge, authorization, or consent.

Ackerman says that he sent a pre-release copy of “The Tetris Effect” to the Tetris Company in July 2016. CEO Maya Rogers, however, allegedly instructed the company not to “license any of the Tetris intellectual property, such as its name and image, for any motion picture or television project.” (...)

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Is there or will there be anything like multireddits in Lemmy? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 2 years ago by matengor@lemmy.ml to c/lemmy_support@lemmy.ml

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I had my subreddits neatly organized into different categories with several multis. Is there a feature (planned) in Lemmy that can recreate this?

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Desktop notifications in Firefox / Mac not clickable. (lemmy.ml)

submitted 2 years ago by matengor@lemmy.ml to c/lemmy_support@lemmy.ml

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I activated desktop notifications in my settings: Settings > Show Notifications for New Posts.

They appear as a bubble in MacOs, but I can't do anything with them. There is no link that opens.

Can I do something about that?