Z_Zed_Zed

@Z_Zed_Zed@universeodon.com

Michigander currently living in Colorado. Dump-Swing. I filter the word “Twitter.” Stop obsessing over your ex. I block stupid. PFP: T-shirt with “It’s weird being the same age as old people” Header: Southern Appalachian Mountains from east of Asheville

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RickiTarr, to random
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Trad Wife memes are always like a traditionally attractive skinny blonde woman in a white dress, in a field of flowers, holding hands with their immaculate children. The text always says something like, Why are you working a job, instead of doing your true calling? This is Godly Motherhood!

This how I know these are made by people who have never been around children, or possibly even women, and also never had to worry about money.

Z_Zed_Zed,

@RickiTarr Never pictures of disheveled mom cleaning up vomit at 3:00 a.m?

Z_Zed_Zed,

@RickiTarr Crying “MOOOoooooommmmm!”

Z_Zed_Zed,

@RickiTarr Nor pictures of Tradhusband with someone named “Stormy” while mom is cleaning up the 3:00 am vomit.

Z_Zed_Zed, to random

@Teri_Kanefield Tell me this isn’t too good to be true.

https://newsie.social/@servelan/111831300972135066

aral, to random
@aral@mastodon.ar.al avatar

The mental gymnastics skills of folks attempting to justify Mozilla paying their CEO $7 million while asking for donations.

#mozilla

Z_Zed_Zed,

@aral She makes 3.5% of the Google CEO. Opera’s CEO is worth a couple of billion dollars. I could go on (and on and on and on…). It doesn’t take much more than five minutes on the search engine of your choice to realize that she is significantly underpaid compared to people in similar positions.

Z_Zed_Zed,

@prefec2 @aral “For a non profit organisation her income should not be much above that of people developing at Mozilla.”

So non-profit workers’ salaries shouldn’t be competitive with for-profits?
This is a flawed premise in my opinion.

Z_Zed_Zed, to random

I like it.

https://mstdn.social/@coloradosun/111444209283705021

Z_Zed_Zed, to random

I pre-ordered “System Collapse” months ago. It finally arrived today.
Was pleasantly surprised by the ‘autographed copy’ sticker. Even more pleasantly surprised that @marthawells has a worse signature than me.

Martha Well’s signature (?) on an inside page above a wave form made up of 1s and 0s

siblingpastry, to random
@siblingpastry@mastodon.world avatar

Just a random thought in the wind ...

If I publish a book, you don't need my permission to read it, to learn from it and gain knowledge, and ultimately, to gain financial benefit from the professional application of that knowledge.

So if AI uses my book for training data, is that really any different?

Z_Zed_Zed,

@tealeg @siblingpastry How does plagiarism differ from fair use?

Z_Zed_Zed, to random

I do it for the sticker.

StillIRise1963, to random
@StillIRise1963@mastodon.world avatar

If it's legitimate to hate the people of a nation because of who controls it, then Russians are in trouble.

Z_Zed_Zed,

@StillIRise1963 Paraphrasing either Plato or Machiavelli:
Every society gets the government it deserves.

realTuckFrumper, to random
@realTuckFrumper@mastodon.social avatar

Boebert spent campaign cash at Beetlejuice boyfriend’s bar https://www.politico.com/news/2023/10/15/boebert-campaign-cash-beetlejuice-bar-00121606?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Z_Zed_Zed,

@realTuckFrumper To be “Beetlejuice Boyfriend” is my new life goal.

https://www.politico.com/news/2023/10/15/boebert-campaign-cash-beetlejuice-bar-00121606

QasimRashid, (edited ) to random
@QasimRashid@mastodon.social avatar

Wow. Rep Ro Khanna to intro major bill to increase congressional & judicial accountability:
•12 year Congress term limit
•18 year SCOTUS term limit
•Judicial code of ethics
•Ban Congress from trading stocks
•Ban Corporate & PAC donations

Count me in!
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/house/ro-khanna-unveils-blueprint-term-limits-stock-trading-ban

Z_Zed_Zed,

@QasimRashid Term limits are the wrong answer to the wrong question. Everywhere they are in place has seen an increase in power and access for the wealthy. It is nothing but lazy accountability.

Z_Zed_Zed,

@TDCN @Showroom7561 I think you mean blood/alcohol level of .2% - at 2% you would be long dead. And .2% is not driving drunk, that’s driving practically passed out. To be that drunk a 50kg dude would need to have 7 drinks in an hour. That person needs detox, not a car.

https://www.healthline.com/health/alcohol/blood-alcohol-level-chart

tzimmer_history, to random
@tzimmer_history@mastodon.social avatar

Moralizing Nostalgia Leads to Bad History – and Helps the Anti-Democratic Right

David Brooks’ “How America Got Mean” offers an ahistorical tale that obscures rather than illuminates – and provides fertile ground for a politics of reaction.

A thread, based on my new piece: https://thomaszimmer.substack.com/p/moralizing-nostalgia-leads-to-bad

Z_Zed_Zed,

@tzimmer_history tl;dr - David Brooks is a fool.

Which, you know, has been verified by his writings since, like, forever.

emptywheel, to random
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"Poor Mr. Zebley:" Both Xitter's Lawyers and Journalists Responding to Boilerplate Need to re-Read Mueller

https://www.emptywheel.net/2023/08/16/poor-mr-zebley-both-xitters-lawyers-and-journalists-responding-to-boilerplate-need-to-re-read-mueller/

What DOJ asks for using boilerplate warrant requests is not the same as what DOJ is most interested in.

Z_Zed_Zed,

@emptywheel I must admit that this is the first time I’ve seen “Xitter” used. I assume it is pronounced “shitter.”

skykiss, (edited ) to random
@skykiss@sfba.social avatar

Dear Americans

Not a single news outlet aired President Biden's event at the White House just now where he announced over $40 BILLION in investments to expand broadband across America. Thank you, President Biden!

When will President Biden get the coverage & credit he deserves? This is why our media fails all of us.

Z_Zed_Zed,

@skykiss Getting coverage on my local morning news.

bryanhansel, to photography
@bryanhansel@mstdn.social avatar

I posted this double rainbow on my FB photography page and wrote "What a fantastic rainbow for Pride Month. 🌈."

That triggered a loss of followers and a bunch of comments about how the rainbow can only mean one religious thing. A preacher's comment was the worst.

It hard to come up with words about the people that reacted that way.

Z_Zed_Zed,

@bryanhansel “Good Riddance” comes to mind.

CityHoosier, to random
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I have said this before and will say it again: GET RID OF DRAFT LOTTERIES.

Z_Zed_Zed,

@dekkzz76 @CityHoosier Just get rid of drafts. They’re totally immoral.

Z_Zed_Zed,

@dekkzz76 @CityHoosier That’s the contention. But there are ways to do it that are not violations of anti-trust laws or suppress wages.

jeffjarvis, to random
@jeffjarvis@mastodon.social avatar

"The one thing we can say with certainty is that Murdoch would want us to pick over his actions and ask if he was still playing with a full deck of Happy Families cards."
Nixed nuptials, Fox in trouble and 'erratic' behaviour … Is Rupert Murdoch OK? | Marina Hyde https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/apr/28/nuptials-fox-erratic-behaviour-rupert-murdoch-newspapers?CMP=share_btn_tw

Z_Zed_Zed,

@jeffjarvis You gotta love the snark.

jeffjarvis, to random
@jeffjarvis@mastodon.social avatar

Nikki Haley campaigning against "a President Harris" is the new Republican racism.

Z_Zed_Zed,

@jeffjarvis Racism, ageism, and misogyny all rolled into one.

flexghost, to random
@flexghost@mastodon.social avatar

Two Michigan students are suing their school district for not being allowed to wear sweatshirts to class with slogan "Let's Go Brandon"

Should these maga-larvae get to wear a terrorist slogan to class? Is this really under “protected speech?”

Lemme know your thoughts…

Z_Zed_Zed,

@flexghost @max_headroom Students do not leave their constitutional rights at the schoolhouse door. Schools have some limited parental authority (so banning clothing with beer ads is ok), but the school could only ban this item if they can state the intent was to disrupt school. I predict the district loses, and their lawyers should be fired for not advising school leadership better.

maxkennerly, to space
@maxkennerly@mstdn.social avatar

Sorry, but you can't convince me that the test of a reusable rocket system is supposed to involve destroying the launch site—which was reusable on every prior generation of space flight technology—and launching debris thousands of feet away.

is not a serious company, it's a clown show, and it should not have a single dollar in government funding, much less billions.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ViAb3vYIh_8

Z_Zed_Zed,

@michaelgemar @theogrin @maxkennerly No. they just externalize costs so they seem cheaper.

Z_Zed_Zed,

@michaelgemar @theogrin @maxkennerly As mentioned in the article, SpaceX didn’t pay to do many basic safety features. That failure results in costs that others now have to pay. The actual cost to the taxpayer is actually higher, but hidden. Lots of tech based “innovations” are just this. Uber is “cheaper” because they get others to pay costs the traditional taxi companies were paying. TL;DR version - they try to privatize profits while socializing risk.

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