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Threadbane

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classical guitar, chess, golf, duplicate bridge, etymology, semantics, yoga, physics, sociology, anthropology, linguistics, Homeric Greek
Environmentalist Pothead Luddite Polymath
Club of Rome -> Limits To Growth
Keeper of Cats.

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dell, to animals
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my cat’s new thing is bothering me in the morning until i fill up a large glass chalice with the good cold water from the fridge

Threadbane,
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@dell
You seem to be coming along nicely with your studies, Dell, your cat's a good teacher.

stevesilberman, to random
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D̶r̶a̶g̶ q̶u̶e̶e̶n̶s̶ (fixed that for you!) ROMAN CATHOLIC PRIESTS have molested so many children in that the diocese has declared bankruptcy. https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/roman-catholic-diocese-oakland-bankruptcy-18084602.php

Threadbane,
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@stevesilberman
With any luck, they'll be able to auction of the entire bishopric and start collecting taxes on that real estate.

gwfoto, to random

used the threat of violence and then actual violence in an attempt to remain in power — the very definition of a coup. It was the singular unique act of his tenure, truly historic. In 232 years of elections, no other president had done anything remotely close to what Trump did.

Failing to mention Jan. 6 in a story about Trump is akin to writing about Neil Armstrong without mentioning the moon landing or about Jeffrey Dahmer without bringing up cannibalism.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/donald-trump-coup-media_n_64505256e4b039ec4e867f2d

Threadbane,
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@gwfoto
Donald Trump, whose coup attempt in 2021 failed..
Donald Trump, who has been credibly accused of child rape...
Donald Trump, who was found guilty stealing from his own charity...
Donald Trump, who tried to get his mob to murder his VP...0
All good intros to an opinion piece or news report.

Helderweb, (edited ) to random
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https://www.instagram.com/reel/CpQdT9Mguxf/?igshid=NjZiM2M3MzIxNA==

Thank you Representative Raskin. 30 years of still-dead Rush Limbaugh using the word DEMOCRAT as a way to disrespect the Democratic Party. The Republicans know what they are doing...not a mistake.

See what Wikipedia says how the use of the word Democrat is used as a slur

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democrat_Party_(epithet)

The same way he soiled the word LIBERAL. Anybody remember the Liberal FDR and JFK?

Threadbane,
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@Helderweb
Or Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Jefferson, or Dwight Eisenhower?

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    Threadbane,
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    @0x00string
    Or even if there were SOME rules?

    JamesGleick, to random
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    Once again Ted Chiang has it exactly right. The immediate danger from is not that it will become sentient and do whatever it wants. The danger is that it will do what it’s being designed to do: help rich corporations destroy the working class in pursuit of ever-greater profits and thus concentrate wealth in fewer and fewer hands.

    https://www.newyorker.com/science/annals-of-artificial-intelligence/will-ai-become-the-new-mckinsey

    Threadbane,
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    @JamesGleick
    It can also flood the "information space" with utter nonsense, complete with confirming links, making it hard to actually look anything up and find an answer you can trust.

    Montag, (edited ) to random
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    The saga of my new computer is pretty much over. I got a used Dell OptiPlex 7070 with an Intel i7-9700K, 32Gb RAM and a 1TB HDD from work for under $200. That's much better than I was able to find on my own.
    I still need to see whether I can return the motherboard I ordered.

    Thanks @ascott @oh_that_courtney @OpenComputeDesign and @Threadbane for the help.

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    @Montag @ascott @oh_that_courtney @OpenComputeDesign
    Holy MIPS, Montag! Sell it to me for $300 and buy a new one, okay?

    Threadbane,
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    @Montag @ascott @oh_that_courtney @OpenComputeDesign
    I worked for Rockell--Collins in the late 70s, and they made Commodore Pets in the basement. Employees could buy one for, as I recall, $200.

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    @Montag @ascott @oh_that_courtney @OpenComputeDesign
    In 1982 I got the "company discount" on a Columbia system, the first IBM PC clone, decked out with RGB monitor, the full 512K memory, and a 20 MB disk - $1200 bucks! I think a real PC was maybe twice that.
    Being an old man , I can repeat ad nauseum my observation that I have more memory, storage and computing power in my Galaxy A1 than all the computers in Rome and Utica combined when I started work here in 1972. And it was free! 8^)

    Threadbane,
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    @Montag
    That would have been my prime, for sure, but I was a bit jaded at that point, FIGMO from about 1997-2005. Coding had become easy, but I had ZERO interest in management or hard work or being promoted to my level of incompetent. (See one programming language, you've seen them all. Every peripheral is just another data transform. 8^) Coding boils down to grammar and syntax, and keeping the beat. Zen and the Art of Coding to Bach. 8^)

    Threadbane, to random
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    It looks almost as if Keith Olbermann has also been suspended from mastodon! Maybe I'm just misreading it...anybody know if Olbermann is on mastodon anywhere?

    Threadbane,
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    @Helderweb
    Wish he'd show up online in print again. I'm not a podcast kinda guy.

    rbreich, to random
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    Kevin McCarthy and Republicans in the House have proposed deep cuts to:

    -Medicaid
    -Veterans' health care
    -Assistance for families in need

    It's not just bad policy, it's downright cruel.

    Threadbane,
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    @rbreich
    It appears to me that Republican legislators nationwide and in DC have become literally psychopathic. Psychiatrists say that psychopathy is contagious, and it appears that the GOP has gone collectively insane.

    rbreich, to random
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    A history of the top marginal tax rates on the wealthiest Americans:

    1940: 81%
    1950: 84%
    1960: 91%
    1970: 72%
    1980: 70%
    1990: 28%
    2000: 40%
    2010: 35%

    For 50 years, corporate backed politicians in Congress have slashed taxes to line the pockets of their wealthy donors.

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    @rbreich
    It should be pointed out that the US was at the zenith of its economic and military clout when the top rate was at 90%.

    rbreich, to random
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    Exxon just reported record profits for the first quarter of this year, raking in $11.43 billion. The oil giant now has $33 billion cash on hand.

    Say it with me, corporate greed is driving inflation, not workers demanding better wages and benefits.

    Threadbane,
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    @rbreich
    They couldn't have done it without your tax dollars going straight into corporate perks, bonuses and cash on hand.

    eddie1perez, (edited ) to random
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    A healthy democracy does not ban books or attempt to control what people read and think.

    The End.

    RT @TexasTribune
    Texas has banned more books at the local level than any other state in the last year, mostly targeting titles centering on race, racism, abortion and LGBTQ topics. https://www.texastribune.org/2023/04/25/texas-gender-history-textbook-ban/?utm_campaign=trib-social&utm_content=1682428568&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter

    Threadbane,
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    @eddie1perez
    Texas is no more a democracy than Israel.

    Green_Footballs, to random
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    Where the fuck did this weird idea come from that we should welcome Nazis into our midst and “debate” them?!

    What’s wrong with people who think like this? These are NAZIS, goddammit.

    Threadbane,
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    @Green_Footballs
    It's the same mindset that gives us "debates" about global warming.

    Threadbane, to random
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    @lowqualityfacts
    More people need to know this. You perform an invaluable daily service and we are all grateful, especially my cat who hates Hemingway.
    I would like to add that your notes are hand printed, not handwritten. Handwritten notes are what you see in old black and white movies, made before the collapse of public education.

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    This is me playing Isabel, an easy waltz by Tarrega, based on a theme by Alard. The guitar is a 1974 Masuro Kohno . is in my bio, so this is just to prove I'm not lying. Just a hobbyist. I do not pretend to be good enough to be a professional musician.

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