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mhanson101

@mhanson101@union.place

He/Him

Unable to escape the oscillation between a disdainful disconnect due to the awfulness in the world, and an engaged optimism that it can be better.

Currently marooned in Texas.

My current amusement is enteracting with sarcastic posts as if i don't understand them to be sarcastic. I also enjoy explaining bad jokes. (You see because the black box is what is recovered, so if the entire plane was...)

Back in my day CO2 levels were below 370ppm.

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futurebird, to random
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Trump claims it's not such a big deal if he lied on financial statements because he paid all the loans back. The banks made their money. Everyone is happy.

Even to me, it seemed like a fair point.

But, on ABC expert witness McCarty, says this isn't true. The more risky a loan? The higher the interest rate. Trump scored very low rates pretending to be richer. The banks would have made $168 million more had he not lied.

We should all be so lucky to pay the interest rates of the rich, right?

mhanson101,
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@futurebird anyone who says, "it's actually OK that i lied because things worked out", is 1. Hiding their actual motivation for lying and hoping you won't pursue that and will instead of focus on the completion of the thing that you no longer need to worry about and 2. Believes themselves to be beyond reproach from the moral and social obligations to which they will hold you accountable should it benefit them to do so

jd, to random
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Haiku

An eye for an eye
A massive mound of molars
For a single tooth

mhanson101,
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@jd Do children have all their molars yet?

Daojoan, to random
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Asking questions is never inherently a bad thing. But, it becomes destructive when it's simply done for the sake of argument, rather than for searching for truth.

IE - we have more than enough devil’s advocates. Our quota is full.

mhanson101,
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@Daojoan yeah, it's a very cowardly way of disagreeing.

0x00string, to random

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    mhanson101,
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    @0x00string I'm with you if we can draw and quarter first. Would make the process easier to handle I think.

    mhanson101,
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    @0x00string you don't like new coke do you?

    mhanson101,
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    @0x00string new sprite will blow your socks off

    cosmicallyf, to random

    Breathe while the air's still free.

    mhanson101,
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    @cosmicallyf polluter to filtration profiteer pipeline

    jeffjarvis, to random
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    The willful credulity of American journalism's coverage of christian, white-supremacist nationalism as 'faith and family' is abrogation of responsibility...
    House Speaker Mike Johnson’s Louisiana hometown guided by faith and family https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/10/29/mike-johnson-louisiana-hometown-house-speaker/

    mhanson101,
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    @jeffjarvis I tend to think it's more along the lines of dereliction of duty. There seems to be a willfullness to it. I can't believe that intelligent people are that oblivious.

    Free_Press, to news
    @Free_Press@mstdn.social avatar

    TRUMP CRIME FAMILY

    Ivanka Trump Will Struggle To Withstand 'Rigors' of Examination:

    Ivanka may be the only member of the Trump Crime Family who isn't skilled at lying and trumpspeak.

    https://www.newsweek.com/ivanka-trump-testify-new-york-civil-fraud-trial-1838870

    mhanson101,
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    @Free_Press is it that she's not skilled, or that years of abuse have subconsciously deteriorated her will to uphold the image?

    raph, to Israel
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    Thousands of Jews are currently occupying NYC's Grand Central Station to demand a ceasefire. We need this in every city!!!

    Photo of grand central station with thousands of people dressed in black and signs demanding that Palestinians should be free
    Photo of grand central station with thousands of people dressed in black and signs demanding that Palestinians should be free
    Photo of grand central station with thousands of people dressed in black and signs demanding that Palestinians should be free

    mhanson101,
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    @escarpment @raph the behavior of the people you hate because of bad decisions and evil acts shouldn't be the basis for your own behavior

    GrimmReality, to random
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    My sister and I, who agree on little, have arrived at a consensus that macaroni and cheese is overrated and pretty meh. Sorry to those this might affect.

    mhanson101,
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    @GrimmReality make it about bacon and we'll really see your bravery

    pluralistic, to random
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    When the giant gun store in your neighborhood celebrates Halloween with a -themed window

    mhanson101,
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    @pluralistic I wonder how many times this dude jerked off to the idea of murdering random people

    dgar, to random
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    mhanson101,
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    @dgar xenophobic plastic bags, what's next?

    Free_Press, to news
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    Was Trump responsible for their deaths and/or disappearance?

    Russian sources disappeared after Trump declassified ex-spy’s evidence, UK court told

    Former MI6 officer’s witness statement criticises ‘reckless’ publication of testimony about ex-president’s Russia links

    https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/oct/17/russian-sources-disappeared-after-trump-declassified-ex-spys-evidence-uk-court-told

    mhanson101,
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    @Free_Press "Any inference or allegation that Mr Steele makes about my relationship with my daughter is untrue and disgraceful.” Released by Trump in a witness statement prior to any inferences or allegations about his relationship with his daughter.

    GottaLaff, to random
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    We know.

    Via Kyle Griffin:

    The cities with the highest firearm homicide rates are clustered in the South, generally in red states with less restrictive gun laws, according to the CAP Action Fund.

    The findings refute GOP narratives that progressive policies stoke crime in cities.
    https://www.axios.com/2023/10/16/america-gun-deaths-crime-south

    mhanson101,
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    @GottaLaff the very clear east/west divide is interesting

    StillIRise1963, to random
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    Rich people are under the mistaken impression that they have valuable thoughts.

    mhanson101,
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    @StillIRise1963 my biggest gripe with history... I'd really like to know what actual people did and lived like, how they navigated life amongst a small group of sociopathic assholes setting up the foundations of the structures we have now, not how the sociopaths spent their stolen money.

    mhanson101,
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    @StillIRise1963 completely agree. The democratization of record keeping is a minor bright spot.

    The fetishization of wealth and the wealthy constantly colors the behaviors of us poors though, not to mention the whitewashing of cultures all around the world.

    We've got a lot of work to do...

    mhanson101,
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    @aolgrandpa @StillIRise1963 yeah, it's very upsetting since all the assholes of today become tomorrow's "historical figures". It really takes the blinders of on what kind of dick heads these people really were, and how much more easily they got away with horrible shit

    malwaretech, (edited ) to random

    I think this might actually be the first time in my life I've been more horrified by some of the left than the right. The Ukraine war came close-ish, with some factions of the left siding with Russia due to distrust of the US (which, fair enough), and then tankies apparently being confused as to whether Russia is still socialist or not. But all of that was balanced out by the right trying to undermine Ukraine funding in favor of the most stupid shit ever.

    But this week a lot of leftists who support Palestine somehow stumbled past the point and went straight for glorifying one of the most horrific massacres in recent history, openly supporting Hamas, and even straight up calling for the elimination of Israel. I always thought the right had a monopoly on overt racism and unjust violence, but apparently if you substitute in words like "decolonization" you can get some of the left to go full Nazi too.

    mhanson101,
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    @malwaretech I think it really reflects how incompletely we distinguish between political groups. Left/ right is insufficient but anything more than a binary spectrum and it becomes difficult to quickly "us vs them"

    malwaretech, to random

    Would love to get in touch with whoever at Realtor is giving out $2m homes for $6.8k/month. That would barely even cover the mortgage payments on a $1m home with 20% down. Are they running some kind of buy one get one free deal?

    mhanson101,
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    @malwaretech no details on down payment

    arstechnica, to random
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    EU warns Musk of penalties if X doesn’t stop Israel/Hamas disinformation

    "Your platform is being used to disseminate illegal content and disinformation."

    https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/10/eu-warns-musk-of-penalties-if-x-doesnt-stop-israel-hamas-disinformation/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

    mhanson101,
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    @arstechnica if you get continual warning of non compliance, but no penalties, that means there are no penalties and compliance is optional.

    ned, (edited ) to accessibility
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    Why is this not a thing always?

    "Japanese brewers include braille on their beer cans to prevent the blind from mistaking alcohol for soft drinks."

    mhanson101,
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    @ned Japan seems much more invested in making things accessible for the blind. They invented guide tubes for acupuncture needles in order to promote acupuncture as a career for the blind as well.

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    mhanson101,
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    @marcelias New Mexico really is doing some good things in response to all the assaults on democracy. I continue to be pleasantly surprised.

    parismarx, to tech
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    After spreading “white genocide” myths and demonizing migrants, there’s no denying it: Elon Musk is a racist.

    But he’s been pushing racist ideas in a less overt way for years. He dismissed racist abuse in his factories or pushed eugenic ideas about population levels. We need to reckon with why so may were unwilling to call it out sooner.

    https://www.disconnect.blog/p/elon-musk-is-a-racist

    mhanson101,
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    @vanbrunt @parismarx I honestly can't tell if this is sarcasm or not

    mhanson101,
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    @vanbrunt @parismarx nope to sarcasm or to not?

    I feel edgelord and Musk fandom vibes but I'm having to do quite a bit of work to sort out what you're actually saying.

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