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Spicewalla

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The most interesting thing about me is that I block people with avatars that are animated gifs, that is so damn rude.

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lolgop, to random
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Having one leading American automaker become an almost full-time Nazi propagandist is embarrassing. Having two is just bad writing.

Spicewalla,
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@lolgop

Add in ADL leadership unironically praising musk as the "henry ford of our time" and its like the writers are on acid.

crooksandliars, to random
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Bye Mike, we hardly knew ye!

https://crooksandliars.com/2023/10/bye-bye-mike-sure-gonna-miss-you?utm_source=social&utm_medium=twitter&utm_content=80991

Spicewalla,
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@crooksandliars

Maybe now that he's given up his absurd dream of being president he will stop holding back.

It will probably be just another drop in the bucket, but even a drop is better than nothing.

GottaLaff, to random
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YES.

White House spokesman Andrew Bates responds to the Republican Speaker:

"We absolutely reject the offensive accusation that gun crime is uniquely high in the United States because of Americans' 'hearts.' Gun crime is uniquely high in the United States because congressional Republicans have spent decades choosing the gun industry's lobbyists over the lives of innocent Americans."

Spicewalla,
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@GottaLaff

Maga mike is right, but not the way he thinks. If the hearts of the gop weren't so dedicated to power at any cost, they would not have made gun proliferation central to their identity.

arstechnica, to random
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Fall COVID shot uptake is an “abysmal” 7%; wastewater testing impaired

Meanwhile, a quarter of the country's wastewater testing sites are offline.

https://arstechnica.com/health/2023/10/fall-covid-shot-uptake-is-an-abysmal-7-wastewater-testing-impaired/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

Spicewalla,
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@arstechnica

And no one was surprised. Biden caved to maga and so now neither Rs nor Ds think its important.

georgetakei, to random

In case it wasn’t clear what kind of person the new Speaker Mike Johnson is, here is an OpEd he wrote advising that states should “discriminate” against “homosexual conduct” and suggesting they pass laws around “sexual conduct outside marriage.” He is a Christo-Nationalist zealot. Of “The Handmaid’s Tale” variety.

Spicewalla,
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@georgetakei

This guy is 100% cheating on his wife.

annaleen, to random
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Trust and safety in social media is a public health issue. I'm starting to think that social media workers and companies should take an oath to do no harm, just like many healthcare workers do with the Hippocratic oath.

Spicewalla,
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@annaleen

But who will enforce the oath?

jmcrookston, (edited ) to random
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Has your political party turned into a bunch of Nazis?

Read on for one simple trick to figure out if that's happened that the Nazis don't want you to learn!

Spicewalla,
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@jmcrookston

"centrist"

The press can not help themselves. The man voted (along with every single R in the house) to keep nazis in the military. He sponsored a national abortion ban and he voted against the CHIPs act.

There are no centrist Rs, no moderate Rs, just different factions of extremists with minor policy differences. They are not fighting over policy, they are fighting over which faction should have power. Its like isis vs al-qaeda vs the taliban.

arstechnica, to random
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After ChatGPT disruption, Stack Overflow lays off 28 percent of staff

The popular developer forum is still hunting for a "path to profitability."

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/10/after-chatgpt-disruption-stack-overflow-lays-off-28-percent-of-staff/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

Spicewalla,
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@arstechnica

This has the vibes of that time google bought DejaNews and neutered it. Usenet used to serve the same purpose of being a technical resource. There were other factors involved in making usenet less useful too, but strangling DejaNews was one part of that.

dankennedy_nu, to random
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Trying DuckDuckGo as my default search engine for the first time in a couple of years. For privacy? Not really. So many Google search results are bought and paid for now that it really seems unreliable.

Spicewalla,
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@dankennedy_nu

This article at RollingStone today says that when people search for abortion clinics, google is giving them those evil fake abortion clinics that trick women into waiting until they are past the gestational age to get legal abortions.

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/yelp-fighting-anti-abortion-misinformation-republicans-suing-1234853838/

CultureDesk, (edited ) to languagelearning
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"Address terms" — the words we used to address people — are becoming more inclusive. For @TheConversationUS, linguist Scott F. Kiesling analyzes the different terms that are emerging, their origins ("dude" comes from the "doodle" part of "Yankee Doodle Dandy"), and why we can say gentlemen, but not ladies. Which do you think is the most inclusive address term for a group?

https://flip.it/byg.FG

Spicewalla,
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Y'all.

@CultureDesk @TheConversationUS

kevinrothrock, to random

The vanished headlines from hyperlinks has now rolled out to the web version of 𝕏

Spicewalla,
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@kevinrothrock

Nitter front-ends remain unaffected

https://nitter.mint.lgbt/KevinRothrock/status/1709958233819873283#m

maddad, to random
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Former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson said Wednesday that former President Trump is afraid of being poisoned.

“He does have a very potent fear of being poisoned,” Hutchinson told comedian Jimmy Kimmel
“So he uses and prefers the small Heinz glass ketchup bottles, because he likes to hear his valet or whoever’s serving him his meal, he likes to hear the ‘pop.’”

"If you hear the 'pop' it means the poisoned ketchup wasn't for you..."
Anonymous Contract Killer

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/4239810-trump-terrified-of-being-poisoned-former-aide/

Spicewalla,
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@maddad

That is similar to why he loves mcdonalds. He's said that fast food is "healthy" and "clean." A while back another aide explained that he's worried someone will spit in his food or worse, but if its fastfood the kitchen staff won't know the food is for him and will be less likely to adulterate it.

brianklaas, to random
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The press has succumbed to what I call "the banality of crazy," in which they breathlessly report every minor Biden gaffe, but barely cover Trump calling to execute generals or shoplifters. This numbing effect helps Trump--and warps American politics. My latest: https://www.forkingpaths.co/p/the-case-for-amplifying-trumps-insanity

Spicewalla,
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@brianklaas

"Banality of crazy" is another term for HyperNormalisation.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6156350/

w7voa, to NewJersey
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US Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ) and his wife charged with bribery offenses in connection with their corrupt relationship with three businessmen, according to federal prosecutors.

Spicewalla,
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@w7voa

Surprised he didn't go full cuomo and whinge about being canceled.

mmahaffie, to random
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From the "Dude, are even listening to yourself" department:

In her daily letter this morning, historian includes this astonishing quote from republican Representative Mike Simpson “We always get the blame ... Name one time that we’ve shut the government down and we haven’t got the blame.”

Maybe, and I'm just spit-balling here, DON'T SHUT THE GOVERNMENT DOWN!

https://open.substack.com/pub/heathercoxrichardson/p/september-20-2023

Spicewalla,
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@mmahaffie

Holding themselves blameless for their acts of sabotage is a key element of their ideology.

@JuliusGoat did a great piece interrogating blamelessness last year.

https://armoxon.substack.com/p/sabotage-part-2-the-blameless-people

BlackAzizAnansi, to random
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We are really living in hell. Some weirdo who my gf is friends with and happens to have the hots for her intentionally infected her with covid with the hopes that it would result in them spending more time together. She literally JUST had covid a month ago.

Spicewalla,
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@BlackAzizAnansi

That's stalker logic. Plan for that guy to escalate.

dankennedy_nu, to random
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Texas and Florida were on the verge of flipping Blue. By driving out Blue voters, Republicans might lose a few House seats, but they'll keep their two Senate seats apiece and solidify their power. When critics warn that academics, doctors and other educated professionals will leave, Abbott’s and DeSantis’s reaction is: Good riddance.

Spicewalla,
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@dankennedy_nu

Hawley confessed that it was their strategy.

https://www.kansascity.com/news/politics-government/article262849238.html

coloradosun, to random
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“I simply fell short of my values”: Lauren Boebert issues apology after being removed from “Beetlejuice” performance
https://coloradosun.com/2023/09/15/lauren-boebert-apology-beetlejuice/?utm_content=buffer4d94c&utm_medium=social&utm_source=Mastodon&utm_campaign=buffer

Spicewalla,
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@coloradosun

LOL. She was living her actual values.

brewsterkahle, to random
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aren't

"group think"
and
"collective intelligence"

synonyms? yet...

hum.

how am I getting this wrong?

Spicewalla,
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@brewsterkahle

"maddening crowd"

"wisdom of the crowd"

arstechnica, to random
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Toddler poisoned after eating deadly plant mislabeled as diet supplement

Nine out of 10 Tejocote Root products tested were actually deadly yellow oleander.

https://arstechnica.com/health/2023/09/toddler-poisoned-after-eating-deadly-plant-mislabeled-as-diet-supplement/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

Spicewalla,
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@arstechnica

If Democrats had any courage, they would regulate the supplements industry to stop this sort of thing. There are soooo many scammers in the business and, not coincidentally, the industry is a big source of maga campaign funds. Ds could save lives and help save the country from fascism at the same time.

Dahlialith, to random

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2023/09/mitt-romney-hero-coward-trump.html

Spicewalla,
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@Dahlialith

Yes, they all have their roles to play.

The thing I look for, and almost never find in any of these pieces, is a sense of contrition. It seems that practically no conservative elite has any interest in examining their own part in ushering their party down the path to open fascism. As if they are paragons of virtue, mere passengers on a ship of craven fools; when the reality is there are no passengers, each of them has tended to their duties, keeping the ship running at full speed.

dell, to random
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fuck bill maher

Spicewalla,
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@dell

Evergreen

JamesGleick, (edited ) to random
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Josh Marshall ( @joshtpm) declares the antiabortion movement dead.

“Movements that can’t make positive arguments for their favored positions, even to friendly audiences, cease to be political movements properly understood and become something more like rearguard actions. They seek to use inertia, incumbency and stratagems to hold on to gains and do their best to avoid fights on the open ground of public opinion.”

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/newsletter/vol-2-no-71-the-end-of-the-pro-life-movement

Spicewalla,
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@JamesGleick

Maybe politically, but overturning Roe was the result of decades of violent terrorism. They terrorized 100s of thousands; murdered dozens of people, including a doctor in church; firebombed 100s of building; they even bombed the MFing Olympics. Its the most successful terrorist campaign since the KKK canceled Reconstruction.

People like that don't give up overnight, they will ratchet up the violence if they think their victory is being snatched away from them.

arstechnica, to random
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Judge in US v. Google trial didn’t know if Firefox is a browser or search engine

Google accused DOJ of aiming to force people to use “inferior” search products.

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/09/judge-in-us-v-google-trial-didnt-know-if-firefox-is-a-browser-or-search-engine/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

Spicewalla,
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@arstechnica

They ought to be happy about that then, because google has been getting more inferior by the year.

w7voa, to random
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House Speaker McCarthy expected to make a statement momentarily about proceedings against President Biden. https://www.youtube.com/live/2nkzYcut2SY?feature=shared

Spicewalla,
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@w7voa

Note the rhetorical trick that the so-called 'liberal media' is happy to uncritically amplify: "biden FAMILY."

Maga literally admits they have nothing on the president, so they have adopted the strategy of smearing him by proxy.

The real story is that they are all in on impeachment him despite admitting they have no evidence. But if the press reported that truth, maga would get mad at them, so instead y'all are just stenographers of their lies.

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