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Shocking. Absolutely shocking, I say. It’s almost like we’ve seen this exact pattern a hundred times before.

Or shot him as well as 2 bystanders and another cop, and then claimed he had a knife, but that it was subsequently stolen.

That seems like a very backwards way to talk about “rights”. They don’t have the right to infringe upon the rights of others, which is the reason they face legal consequences for doing so.

It’d be like me saying “I have the right to kill indiscriminately, and the state has the right to punish me for it,” instead of simply “I don’t have the right to kill indiscriminately.”

Cynical take: Presumably to protect corporations from whistleblowers.

I think what stands out to me is the growing use of legislative power to stop strikes and remove negotiating power from unions. The most recent major example being the then pending rail strike back in 2022.

Sure Trump will be 10x worse, but the Dems really haven’t done enough to address the health and safety of these people, and to protect them from growing corporate exploitation.

Somehow it seemed to actually work

Tell that to East Palestine. Train derailments are on the rise because of lax safety measures, and this was one of the issues that the workers were trying to resolve. Instead Biden had congress force them back to work.

I wonder if that’s because most of its value is predicated on him being able to gain an unfair advantage due to his potential position in office.

If so, then this is probably a more accurate indicator of his chances in the election than any pollsters.

When you surround yourself with sycophants, of course nobody will tell you when you fuck up. People who can’t accept criticism always end up in a bubble of unreality that’ll grow and grow until it pops.

Would you rather take on 30 otter-sized horses, or one horse-sized otter?

I first read this as:

Policeman stole new car from Lansdale Library, drives to police station to ask for drugs back

It did seem a little weird, but still believable.

Yep. The only way to taste wine is to do it blind so you don’t have preconceptions of quality based on the price. Doing this really exposes that there’s not a ton of rhyme or reason to wine pricing. There is a general trend that you get a better wine for more money, but there are so many outliers, especially expensive wines that just aren’t anything special.

I don’t think it’s mere coincidence that an industry devoid of compassion for animals is also devoid of compassion for humans. The issues are certainly distinct, but not entirely unrelated.

That was indeed what I was thinking of. I didn’t realize it was rejected. My bad, and thanks for the letting me know!

Not to mention that their orbits degrades over time so they have to be continually replenished. That comes at a huge cost which is highly subsidized by US tax payers.

The problem is systemic IMO. The whole VC model requires the enshitification cycle to work. Any technology that should reduce human labour and be a net positive for society instead always ends up in the hands of capitalists who’ll use it to extract maximal profit.

Like, on a fundamental level, automating people’s jobs is a good thing. The problem is all the benefits are going to a very small number of people.

Yeah, when I drive other people’s newer cars, the only thing I miss going back to my early 2000s model is the backup camera.

I’ve got a magnetic clip for my phone on the dash, and a 3rd party Bluetooth > FM converter and it makes for a perfect gps and audio solution.

Oh, it’s basically the same as Asshole (or Janitor, as my grandmother called it) but with teams, a definite goal, and a few more valid card combinations. One is obviously a derivative. Now I wonder which came first.

Edit: And to answer my own question:

It is a Westernized version of Chinese climbing card games[5] such as Zheng Shangyou, Tien Len in Vietnam and the Japanese Daifugō.[1]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_(card_game)

It’s always a useless answer because AI is an actor that inherently cannot be trusted, it has no problem lying to you because it literally doesn’t understand the difference between truth and falsehood.

And the same should be applied to reading social media comments as well. Most people are willing to talk out of their ass about subjects they don’t thoroughly understand. That doesn’t mean all social media comments are useless, though. It just means you have to critically evaluate what you read.

Same with LLM’s. They can provide useful information about and overviews of various topics, but it’s important to understand their limitations and especially that they’re prone to hallucinations. They shouldn’t be used as any sort of authority on a subject, but make for a decent starting point.

Exactly. I’d be considerably more concerned if they weren’t planning for these contingencies.

What’s the first? Right wing nationalism? If so, it’s been systematically propped and fostered by the oligarchs to sow division. It wouldn’t be the problem it is without their continued support.