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oldguycrusty

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Old liberal. Closet full of tinfoil hats. #radicalleft #WokeAF
Birdapp escapee
I follow people that demonstrate #compassion #insight #intelligence and may post about #Music #Jazz #RockMusic #Science #Culture #Humor #CivilSociety or anything else that piques my interest.

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shoq, to random
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This election should not be close. The Right has spent 50 yrs pushing a myth of a “liberal media,” when they’ve owned or controlled most presses for decades. We’re paying the price for our negligence in allowing that to happen. How do we fix systemic disorders of this scale?

oldguycrusty,
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@shoq

The myth of 'liberal' media is one of the biggest victories of the fascist right.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/What_Liberal_Media%3F






nileane, to random
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I feel the same way about AI that I did about crypto when it started becoming a thing:

• All of the moral practices that make it possible are fucked beyond repair.

• It’s spawning some of the worst companies, and enriching some of the worst billionaires in the world.

• While there are some genuinely useful, practical applications for it, there are so few of them, and they have had so little positive impact so far, that it doesn’t even seem like it’s going to be worth it anytime soon.

oldguycrusty,
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@skydog @nileane @sigmund

Externalizing cost and risk is the hallmark of capitalism. Taking stuff at one cost (trees, oil, data, land, other peoples money, etc) then selling it for profit, is basically Econ101. The evil part is how egregiously the costs can be avoided, externalized, or as in the case of fossil fuels... delayed for a few generations...

oldguycrusty,
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@skydog @nileane @sigmund

...not to justify it, just thinking aloud about how things seem to work and how it might not be easy to change..

oldguycrusty, to random
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If US democracy persists beyond the 2024 presidential election cycle, congress MUST

should be much larger. The case for 27 seats is rational, but it should certainly be larger than nine.

https://time.com/5338689/supreme-court-packing/

aral, (edited ) to random
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I remember folks in the web community shunning me when I first started speaking out against Big Tech – because I was criticising their friends who worked at Google, Facebook, etc. – saying I was exaggerating things.

I wonder what the same folks think now given what we know about these very same corporations; given a number of them are actively enabling a genocide.

Am I still an alarmist?

(I understand if some of you are too busy working at one or debating the minutiae of CSS syntax to reply.)

oldguycrusty,
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@aral

You are not wrong. You may be an alarmist, but that may be a good thing in this case.

is

and are that use business models to extract your and then resell it to other parasites in an ever expanding of cloaked in the of .

copter_chief, to random
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A few years ago, Obama humiliated Trump at the White House Correspondents Dinner. People laughed AT Trump. He was publicly humiliated. His racist blood was boiling. Tonight, Jimmy Kimmel publicly humiliated Trump at the Oscar’s. The audience cheered when he said it was “past your jail time”. I wish more people would do that. It’s Trump’s weakness.

oldguycrusty,
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@copter_chief

Crippling
of a 3rd grader.

oldguycrusty,
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@RodneyPetersonTalent @copter_chief

Right on

The is a bully.
In bullying is a core principal.

Anytime anyone with a platform takes a moment to point out that the bully is a ridiculous - I think that is a good thing, as trivial and juvenile as it may be.

It is good for when people in high-visibility positions are willing to poke in the ego.

To be clear, was trying to bully Kimmel, but Jimmy wasnt having any.

LeftistLawyer, to random
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An important blog post by @smadin

From the article:
“The surest way to immunize yourself against fascism’s insidious ability to work even well-meaning people around to accepting inhumanity by starting with the people they think are the ickiest, is to steadfastly and immovably refuse to find any people icky; to relentlessly search your heart for any shred of revulsion against your fellow humans, and incinerate it.”

I’m guilty. Not above admitting when I’m wrong, and I believe Scott is right. The most effective form of protest is satire. We must be mindful of the difference between satirising/ridiculing the human, from satirising/riduculing their deeds.

https://smadin.net/2024/02/23/against-revulsion/

oldguycrusty,
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@LeftistLawyer @smadin

Yep. Wow. Good article.

oldguycrusty, to random
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Most liberals see voting as a hiring decision - a mostly rational decision based on credentials, experience, and qualifications. The religious fundamentalist sees it as their duty in the on-going religious war.

Christian conservatives are well-organized, well-financed, diligent, and relentless.

They are also thoroughly conditioned to do as they are told, not ask questions, and fear opinions contrary to those of their leaders. As a result they make decisions based on ideology not reason.

chairgirlhands, to random
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are we just going to keep debating "religion" with blanket statements or are we going to consider that it's useful to distinguish between "religion" when it functions as a personalized coping mechanism versus when it operates as an organized social entity.

are we going to really accept the framing that our two choices are "allow all cults" or "god is an illegal thought crime" or are we going to use these things called brains that we have in our skulls.

oldguycrusty,
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@chairgirlhands

I think humanity will be better served when all 'religion' is treated like we treat astrology, alchemy, or tarot cards; silly diversions, not serious means for making public, civil, or legislative policy.

oldguycrusty,
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@zgilmore @chairgirlhands

Raised in #christianfundamentalism and have spent many many years trying to recognize, understand, repair, and recover from the damage done.

#Religion is really a burden on #CivilSociety and #Justice

Cheers.

oldguycrusty, to random
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How to Spot an Incompetent Leader (From Harvard Business Review - 3/11/2020)

https://getpocket.com/explore/item/how-to-spot-an-incompetent-leader?utm_source=pocket-newtab-en-us

"...The surprising findings here is ...that narcissists are (a) somewhat self-aware of their narcissisms, and (b) rather proud of it. In other words, people who love themselves disproportionately are often proud of their egos and more aware of their delusions than one may think."

jeffjarvis, to random
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Companies flatter themselves to think they have cultures. It's a job. Amusing here: after being told to return to the office, almost half of Grindr employees swiped and left...
Companies’ hard-line stance on returning to the office is backfiring https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/02/02/return-to-office-punishments-remote-hybrid-work/

oldguycrusty,
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@jeffjarvis

Spot on.




is stupid for any sort of

So let me get this straight, global worforce, huge company, my immediate team is composed of people from 4 continents. Instead of working virtually via MS Teams from my home, you want me to commute to a shitty cube - or 'open floor plan' - where I put on a headset and work virtually with that same remote team... right?? Explain why I would do that?

GreenFire, to random
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I'm disappointed to see so many resisters amplifying Nikki Haley. She's maybe even more dangerous than is that orange chump since she would have perhaps a better chance of defeating Biden this fall.

Anyways, be careful is all I'm suggesting. It's better to tout the things that make our side's candidate better than either of them than it is to point out how you prefer one of the other side's candidates over the other one.

oldguycrusty,
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@TonyStark @GreenFire @Doppelganger75

The entire is a jointly owned subsidiary of



and of

TonyStark, to random
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Yes, there are 4 Supreme Court justices who are totally fine with Texas making its own laws that go against federal government border sovereignty and also with drowning migrant kids fleeing horrible conditions.

I kind of doubt my followers need this reminder, but I’m writing it anyway. Presidents nominate Supreme Court justices. These 4 were picked by Republicans.

Divided SCOTUS grants Biden administration request to cut Texas’ razor wire:
https://www.axios.com/2024/01/22/scotus-texas-border-razor-wire

oldguycrusty,
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@TonyStark

joelle, to random
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Would you give your phone’s password to your boss and let them examine your phone for hours without you in the room?

When you install the “MDM” (mobile device management) that your employer likely requires to access work email and other things, YOU ARE DOING EXACTLY THAT and hoping that your employer is trustworthy.

I realize not everyone gets a choice in this, but if you have one, take it. I personally have two phones: a work one and a personal one.

oldguycrusty,
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@joelle

Yes. So much this. The way I see it - if a company/employer wants me to use a phone that they manage - they can provide one.

My phone is just that. Mine.

I have caved to 3rd party authenticator apps that generate a code for 2FA... but thats a bit different.


lauren, to random
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United finds loose bolts on plug doors during 737 Max 9 inspections - https://theaircurrent.com/feed/dispatches/united-finds-loose-bolts-on-plug-doors-during-737-max-9-inspections/

oldguycrusty,
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@lauren

The 1st question that came to me - and I have not heard this asked... why were these door holes "PLUGGED" in the first place? Seems like emergency doors do come in handy from time to time.

Cheers.

RickiTarr, to random
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How many of you just have a random box sitting in the middle of your home, because one of your pets decided it was the best place they've ever sat?

oldguycrusty,
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@RickiTarr

Hehe. More than one box & more than one room. I change them around also..

LadyDragonfly, to random

There's this awkward thing that happens to all musicians at some point. They get good enough that it becomes difficult to play anything at all.

As your skill increases, so do your standards. So everything you play feels mediocre. The weirdest part is that this "mediocre" performance is better than anything you were doing before. You've just moved the goalposts as you improved.

1/

oldguycrusty,
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@LadyDragonfly

Wonderful thread.

Have wasted many joyous hours in numerous forgettable sometimes regrettable musical groups.

Terrible practice disciplines. Impostor syndrome and Dunning Kruger have dominated..

Bookshelves stuffed with method books. Some well worn.

The best thing I have ever read on the topic is "The Practice of Practice" by Jonathan Harnum.

Author describes three states of mind:

  • Unconscious incompentence.
  • Conscious incompetence.
  • Unconscious comptence.
oldguycrusty,
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@LadyDragonfly
For the older musician like myself who continues to enjoy the pursuit -I found many things in this book to be revelatory.

I often recommend this to musicians and especially to parents of young musicians.

This is not a method book. It speaks to the larger issues around psychology and mental aspects of learning.

Really great book.

https://thepracticeofpractice.com/

exador23, to random
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Autoblog: Tesla's goal of producing 250,000 Cybertrucks per year in 2025 is dependent on improving its electrode dry-coating process.

I thought it was dependent on finding 250,000 idiots and suckers.

oldguycrusty,
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@exador23

Even if the is functionally solid - that is one . Are there 250K with the scratch to buy that ugly ?

oldguycrusty,
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@Rjdlandscapes @exador23

Wow. Amazing to me.

ericdano, to random
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Carol of the Bells if it was composed in the Baroque period.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lLV_YK0m-Y

Good stuff!

oldguycrusty,
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@ericdano

Whoa. Very cool. Odd and a bit weird, because we dont see a lot of hurdy gurdys on YT - but very cool.

Thanks for sharing that.



GottaLaff, to random
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OMFG.

Via Anna Bower:

The former President of the United States is selling pieces of the suit he wore for his mugshot in Fulton County, Georgia, where he has been indicted for his alleged attempts to overthrow the results of a democratic election.

oldguycrusty,
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@GottaLaff

Hahahaha - ""




StillIRise1963, to random
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It would be a totally different story if the 81 year old was bad at his job because of his age. In fact, I think his age has been a PLUS in a very complicated time. He's gotten A LOT of things done. I'm not on board with all his choices, but SO FUCKING WHAT. OVERALL, he's done very well. He's a BRIDGE to the future. The future WE HAVE TO CHANGE TOGETHER. So, save the bullshit, juvenile take that someone is only good if they do EVERYTHING YOU think is right in this moment in time.

oldguycrusty,
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@StillIRise1963

Very well said!

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