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fraying, 9 months ago to random

I have never been so personally called out by a meme in my fucking life.

fraying, 2 months ago to random

Lemme see if I get this:

If I copy your shit as my own, that's plagiarism and it's bad.

But when I copy everyone's shit and run it through a mystery box that rearranges it until it barely makes sense, that's futuristic technology.

And if I take your shit and sell it, that's copyright violation and it's bad.

But when I make a place for people to post their shit and I just sell access to it so the mystery box people can have it, that's a viable business model.

Makes perfect sense.

fraying, 1 year ago to random

My fellow cis Americans, I want you to look at this map. Really look at it. And I want you to imagine what it would feel like if those red states were threatening you and your family. Because, ultimately, they are.

This is what creeping fascism looks like. It will harm ALL OF US. And it will take all of us, together, to fight it.

We don't sacrifice people. We stand with our trans siblings. When their rights are threatened, all our rights are threatened.

https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/may-anti-trans-legislative-risk-map

🏳️‍⚧️

fraying, 4 months ago to random

I don't understand how this data visualization doesn't inspire everyone to stand outside Elon's houses and businesses with a torch and a guillotine.

Or at least vote for someone who will tax the motherfucker.

Image from here: https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/01/american-oligarchy-introduction-essay-russia-ukraine-capitalism/

fraying, 5 months ago to random

If someone posts their Chanukah menorah and you respond with something anti-Israel, that's antisemitism. If you don't understand why, do some reading about how Jews are an ethnicity and Israel is a state with a government that most Jews don't even support.

If you're tempted to argue about this with me, just save yourself the trouble and block me. I don't want bigots following me, anyway.

fraying, 6 months ago to random

Yes, this is the real Cybertruck logo. All I did was turn some of it red.

There are no accidents in branding (or trolling).

fraying, 7 months ago to random

The Andressen manifesto is the gift that keeps giving because it inspires writing like this.

"The techno-optimist tribe gives off the distinct impression of people who have been so ridiculously rich for so long that they’ve just completely lost the plot about how the real world works. To be fair, this is an apt description of most of Silicon Valley."

https://gizmodo.com/marc-andreessen-is-wrong-about-everything-1850934367

fraying, 5 months ago to random

This is how librarians say "fuck you, you racist piece of shit."
https://blogs.library.duke.edu/blog/2023/11/30/why-were-dropping-basecamp/

fraying, 1 month ago to random

Saw someone refer to the Cybertruck as an incEl Camino and, yup, that's what it's called now.

fraying, 5 months ago (edited 5 months ago) to random

People who say they don’t like nazis, but turn around and take money from nazis, and give money to nazis, do in fact like nazis.
#Substack

fraying, 7 months ago to random

Anyone who lists ethics and responsibility as their enemy is telling you exactly who they are.

fraying, 2 months ago to random

The irony of Wordpress, the self-described guardian of the open web, causing anyone who gives a shit to pull down their old Tumblrs and blogs to avoid getting sucked into the AI bullshit machine, is really something.

fraying, 11 months ago to random

I think we should keep sacrificing billionaires to the Titanic until she’s satisfied.

fraying, 8 months ago (edited 8 months ago) to random

The ACLU was wrong when they supported nazis, and the EFF is wrong when they support KF. There are some people you just don't go to bat for, and the mere idea of a "slippery slope" is not more important than actual lives in danger.

fraying, 6 months ago to random

Know your Christian Nationalist dog whistles: the “appeal to heaven” flag is the new confederate flag. It was flown by insurrectionists on January 6. And now it hangs outside of House Speaker Mike Johnson’s office.
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/political-commentary/mike-johnson-christian-nationalist-appeal-to-heaven-flag-1234873851/

fraying, 2 months ago to random

"The Reddit IPO is one of the biggest swindles in corporate history, where millions of unpaid contributors made billions of posts so that CEO Steve Huffman could make $193 million in 2023 while laying off 90 people and effectively pushing third party apps off of the platform by charging exorbitant rates for API access."

https://www.wheresyoured.at/are-we-watching-the-internet-die/

fraying, 6 months ago to random

I can see how Media Matters got under Elon's skin:

"X’s ad targeting tool is apparently a piece of garbage that companies can’t count on to keep their advertisements from appearing alongside Holocaust denial, pro-Hitler content, and other bigotry.... The “root cause of X having antisemitic content next to Ads” is that there’s a ton of pro-Hitler, Holocaust denial, white nationalist, and neo-Nazi content on X for the ads to appear alongside."

https://www.mediamatters.org/elon-musk/its-antisemitism-stupid

fraying, 6 months ago (edited 6 months ago) to random

Elon routinely interacted with and retweeted nazis on Twitter long before he bought it. After, he fired the content safety staff and courted nazis who had been banned and put them back on the site. Earlier this year he started PAYING THEM to keep posting.

It's nice that people are noticing his nazi shit now, but it's a journalistic malpractice that it's taken this long and most omit this history.

This WaPo story is the exception: https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/11/19/antisemiticism-internet-elon-musk-israel-war/

fraying, 11 months ago (edited 11 months ago) to random

"Henceforth, r/Pics will only allow images of John Oliver looking sexy."

Legendary.

https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/14b2a6q/poll_decide_on_the_future_of_rpics/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=ioscss&utm_content=2&utm_term=4

#reddit

fraying, 27 days ago to random

Quite the mind fuck being an American Jew and descendant of Holocaust survivors right now, as nazis and republicans call Jewish protesters “antisemitic.” I don’t blame anyone for being confused by it all. Just know that your Jewish friends have been angry about it for a long time. And remember that anyone claiming to speak for all Jews probably isn’t.

We have long watched as the worst people use us as an excuse to enact their power fantasies. Please don’t believe them when they do.

fraying, 5 months ago to random

Netflix goes back to spending money at the nazi bar. https://www.thewrap.com/netflix-resumes-advertising-x-elon-musk-controversy/

fraying, 6 months ago to random

IBM has suspended ads on Xitter because duh. If you work for Apple, time to ask your boss why you’re supporting nazis.
https://www.mediamatters.org/twitter/musk-endorses-antisemitic-conspiracy-theory-x-has-been-placing-ads-apple-bravo-ibm-oracle

fraying, 8 months ago to random

Congratulations! Your timeline has been blessed by a goat.

This is Hershey. He says you look really great today and not to change a thing.

You should believe him because goats do not lie.

#TimelineBlessing #Goats #YouLookNiceToday

fraying, 4 months ago (edited 4 months ago) to random

If you think I enjoy talking about antisemitism, you’re wrong. I fucking hate it. I do it because I have to because of the direction the world is headed in.

I have friends who came to my wedding that didn’t know I was Jewish. Didn’t know I lost family in the Holocaust. Because I never talked about it.

I changed because the world changed.