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@mattblaze Absolutely bonkers that Trump gets Secret Service protection and they don’t.

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@mattblaze Absolutely bonkers that Trump gets Secret Service protection and they don’t.

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“Haha, can you believe ancient people did human sacrifices because village elders told them that was necessary to make a good harvest? What ignorant fools.

Anyway, we’re gonna need you to start coming into the office and stop masking. Our financial analysts say that’ll make the stock go up. Yeah, you might get sick or die, but the economy is more important.”

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“Haha, can you believe ancient people did human sacrifices because village elders told them that was necessary to make a good harvest? What ignorant fools.

Anyway, we’re gonna need you to start coming into the office and stop masking. Our financial analysts say that’ll make the stock go up. Yeah, you might get sick or die, but the economy is more important.”

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“Can you write this code for me?”

“Sure, I’m at my computer. I’ll have it for you in an hour.”

“Oh, no, we need you to drive 45 minutes to a building we own and write it there.”

“You’ll give me an office in your building?”

“Of course not. You have to sit at a desk in a big room with a bunch of other people talking around you.”

“So I just get a desk?”

“You wish. You have to take turns sharing the desk with other people.”

“…”

“So when can we have that code?”

“…”

“Damn, all these people working from home is sure hurting productivity.”

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“Can you write this code for me?”

“Sure, I’m at my computer. I’ll have it for you in an hour.”

“Oh, no, we need you to drive 45 minutes to a building we own and write it there.”

“You’ll give me an office in your building?”

“Of course not. You have to sit at a desk in a big room with a bunch of other people talking around you.”

“So I just get a desk?”

“You wish. You have to take turns sharing the desk with other people.”

“…”

“So when can we have that code?”

“…”

“Damn, all these people working from home is sure hurting productivity.”

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I’m “opposed to capitalism” the way someone drowning in the ocean is “opposed to water”.

Maybe if we had some concept of “public good” in areas like healthcare or transportation, that wasn’t subject to the whims of capital, then I wouldn’t blame capitalism for everything that’s broken.

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I’m “opposed to capitalism” the way someone drowning in the ocean is “opposed to water”.

Maybe if we had some concept of “public good” in areas like healthcare or transportation, that wasn’t subject to the whims of capital, then I wouldn’t blame capitalism for everything that’s broken.

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@vga256

It’s got everything…
✅ buttons that are cleary indentifiable as buttons
✅ scrollbars that are visible
✅ toolbars that don’t slide off the screen and hide constantly
✅ overlapping windows

how do i get back to that utopia?

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@vga256

It’s got everything…
✅ buttons that are cleary indentifiable as buttons
✅ scrollbars that are visible
✅ toolbars that don’t slide off the screen and hide constantly
✅ overlapping windows

how do i get back to that utopia?

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“Can we have healthcare?”
“No”

“Can we continue covid mitigation?”
“No”

“Can you address climate change?”
“No”

“Can you reform the courts so we get reproductive rights back?”
“No”

“Can we get high speed rail?”
“No”

“Well, what _is_ the government gonna do for us?”
“Now Ken Paxton gets to decide which websites you can visit.”

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“Can we have healthcare?”
“No”

“Can we continue covid mitigation?”
“No”

“Can you address climate change?”
“No”

“Can you reform the courts so we get reproductive rights back?”
“No”

“Can we get high speed rail?”
“No”

“Well, what _is_ the government gonna do for us?”
“Now Ken Paxton gets to decide which websites you can visit.”

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Disappointing that Oppenheimer isn’t going to inspire kids to study physics the way Breaking Bad inspired a generation to learn chemistry.

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Disappointing that Oppenheimer isn’t going to inspire kids to study physics the way Breaking Bad inspired a generation to learn chemistry.

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Can anyone explain to me why England seems to have like 5 different major political parties who all have the same platform? Like, why don’t the Brits who oppose austerity, want to join the EU, and support trans rights have a political party?

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Can anyone explain to me why England seems to have like 5 different major political parties who all have the same platform? Like, why don’t the Brits who oppose austerity, want to join the EU, and support trans rights have a political party?

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@arstechnica I’m still mad at them for ruining Skitch when they bought it ten years ago. Good riddance.

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@arstechnica I’m still mad at them for ruining Skitch when they bought it ten years ago. Good riddance.

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@GossiTheDog So you could send a toot to get root and steal some loot? But if you patch and reboot, it’ll be moot?

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@GossiTheDog So you could send a toot to get root and steal some loot? But if you patch and reboot, it’ll be moot?

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@austinkocher oh yeah, and it’s embarrassing to drive a tesla now, even though i bought it befoee Musk made it so obvious what a nozzle he is

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@austinkocher oh yeah, and it’s embarrassing to drive a tesla now, even though i bought it befoee Musk made it so obvious what a nozzle he is

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@austinkocher the best things are i never have to visit a gas station, i don’t need oil changes, and i rarely need new brake pads

the worst things are that i still need to put air in my tires occasionally, and have to take supercharger breaks when driving long trips (which i don’t actually mind, but some people would)

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@austinkocher the best things are i never have to visit a gas station, i don’t need oil changes, and i rarely need new brake pads

the worst things are that i still need to put air in my tires occasionally, and have to take supercharger breaks when driving long trips (which i don’t actually mind, but some people would)

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Here are some of my “extreme” far left radical beliefs:

* we should have single payer healthcare like the rest of the developed world
* we should have functional public transit like the rest of the world
* immigrants are people
* trans people deserve the same dignity and respect as everyone else
* politicians shouldn’t make medical decisions contrary to the wishes of patients and doctors, especially in cases where there is a consensus on evidence-based best practices
* powerful people should be held accountable for breaking the law
* police should be subject to laws and oversight

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Here are some of my “extreme” far left radical beliefs:

* we should have single payer healthcare like the rest of the developed world
* we should have functional public transit like the rest of the world
* immigrants are people
* trans people deserve the same dignity and respect as everyone else
* politicians shouldn’t make medical decisions contrary to the wishes of patients and doctors, especially in cases where there is a consensus on evidence-based best practices
* powerful people should be held accountable for breaking the law
* police should be subject to laws and oversight

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I appreciate all the reporters trying to fact check the anti-trans propaganda being published by the New York Times and the Atlantic. I really do.

But I don’t think any amount of fact-checking will address the real, underlying problem, which is that the NYT and Atlantic desperately want to publish any anti-trans propaganda they can, regardless of whether it’s true.

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I appreciate all the reporters trying to fact check the anti-trans propaganda being published by the New York Times and the Atlantic. I really do.

But I don’t think any amount of fact-checking will address the real, underlying problem, which is that the NYT and Atlantic desperately want to publish any anti-trans propaganda they can, regardless of whether it’s true.

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Whenever I see a dumbass opinion published in The Atlantic, it makes me glad I live by The Pacific.

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Whenever I see a dumbass opinion published in The Atlantic, it makes me glad I live by The Pacific.

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Sometimes I see people posting about how an AI chatbot was “gaslighting” or “lying” or even just “wrong”, and I wonder if those same people would fly into an apoplectic rage if anyone ever gave them a Magic 8 Ball.

When you talk to a chatbot, you’re not talking to a person. You’re talking to a ball of duct tape and fancy math that’s been fed a steady diet of subreddit comments.

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Sometimes I see people posting about how an AI chatbot was “gaslighting” or “lying” or even just “wrong”, and I wonder if those same people would fly into an apoplectic rage if anyone ever gave them a Magic 8 Ball.

When you talk to a chatbot, you’re not talking to a person. You’re talking to a ball of duct tape and fancy math that’s been fed a steady diet of subreddit comments.

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“Musk destroying Twitter is extremely serious and not funny at all because every level of our municipal government uses solely Twitter for propagating critical information during emergencies.”

My dude. The fact that America doesn’t have functional governance at any level doesn’t detract from the humor of a billionaire sticking his entire $44b shoe in his mouth and chewing on it while dril dunks on him repeatedly.

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“Musk destroying Twitter is extremely serious and not funny at all because every level of our municipal government uses solely Twitter for propagating critical information during emergencies.”

My dude. The fact that America doesn’t have functional governance at any level doesn’t detract from the humor of a billionaire sticking his entire $44b shoe in his mouth and chewing on it while dril dunks on him repeatedly.

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“I don’t like men.”

“Well, you’ve just never had one prepared by a good chef.”

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“I don’t like men.”

“Well, you’ve just never had one prepared by a good chef.”

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“Why don’t people trust the media anymore?” cried Managing Editor Toad, as he hired another nepo baby trust fund ivy league legacy admission Opinion writer to bloviate about how Real Americans hate marginalized groups.

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“Why don’t people trust the media anymore?” cried Managing Editor Toad, as he hired another nepo baby trust fund ivy league legacy admission Opinion writer to bloviate about how Real Americans hate marginalized groups.

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Wish I lived in a civilized country where I could take a couple of months off of work without losing my healthcare.

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Wish I lived in a civilized country where I could take a couple of months off of work without losing my healthcare.