>Real reform is going to feel dangerous to the resistance liberals
>because they profit from many of the structures that are harming the
>precariat.
alternately: if you're threatening to take someone's life's savings away in the name of your revolution, yes you will get resistance. that doesn't mean people love the status quo, it means they don't see your ideals as being worth giving up everything they've worked for.
the 'precariat' aren't the main characters in this story. there isn't a main character. we're all in it together. so we can work together, or we can work at odds with each other.
>At some point we have to acknowledge that the world is not >divided into good men and monster men
>Rather, the world we live in seems to plant a seed in the minds of
>men, that when watered with enough power, opportunity or anonymity
>this seed so very, very often blooms into rape.
so i'm a rapist who is just awaiting my opportunity. pre-crime has my address and has cops stationed around the corner. great.
put that on the pile of shit i need to worry about.
it gives SciAm negative (aka left) scores for articles such as
"2024 Is Officially The Hottest Year On Record"
"The Ethics Of Sending Humans To Mars"
"Hawaii Has Permafrost And Scientists Are Racing To Study It Before It's Gone"
They noted that before Trump, no president had ever used the statute in question “to impose any tariffs, let alone tariffs of this magnitude and scope.”
To justify the “extraordinary” tariff powers, Trump must “point to clear congressional authorization,” the court wrote. “He cannot.”
The Department of Homeland Security data undercuts a central, load-bearing mythdeployed by right-wing media and the Trump administration to justify its nationwide crackdown on immigrant communities — namely, claims that ICE and Border Patrol are going after the “worst of the worst.” In fact, nearly 40% of people in ICE custody have no violation other than a civil immigration infraction.
>wondering what is wrong with the US that allows these elite
>rapists and sex pests to continue on without being held accountable.
lacking any criminal charges... https://apnews.com/article/jeffrey-epstein-client-list-sex-trafficking-049c96080a2ca2c12c84ac506437e50b
... that leaves shame as the only way to make anyone step down from anything. and people like Musk, Trump, Gates, etc.. are all rich enough to not have to care about what other people think, and rich enough to scare media owners away.
Trump's also insulated by the fact that the only way to hold a President accountable (other than shame) is via the (very stupid) impeachment process.
On “As it all falls down around our ears: An open thread”
>The billionaires aren’t in it with you.
no doubt.
but nous said "resistance liberals 401(k)’s". the implication there isn't billionaires, it's people with retirement savings.
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>Real reform is going to feel dangerous to the resistance liberals
>because they profit from many of the structures that are harming the
>precariat.
alternately: if you're threatening to take someone's life's savings away in the name of your revolution, yes you will get resistance. that doesn't mean people love the status quo, it means they don't see your ideals as being worth giving up everything they've worked for.
the 'precariat' aren't the main characters in this story. there isn't a main character. we're all in it together. so we can work together, or we can work at odds with each other.
On “Perpwalk Imperial”
>At some point we have to acknowledge that the world is not
>divided into good men and monster men
>Rather, the world we live in seems to plant a seed in the minds of
>men, that when watered with enough power, opportunity or anonymity
>this seed so very, very often blooms into rape.
so i'm a rapist who is just awaiting my opportunity. pre-crime has my address and has cops stationed around the corner. great.
put that on the pile of shit i need to worry about.
On “Open Thread”
i like that poem
On “Perpwalk Imperial”
>It’s like he aspires to be Cassandra because that relieves him of the responsibility of actually being a change-maker.
a common affliction.
On “Open Thread”
intrigued by the idea of someone rating magazines for left/right bias, i found:
https://adfontesmedia.com/scientific-american-bias-and-reliability/
it gives SciAm negative (aka left) scores for articles such as
"2024 Is Officially The Hottest Year On Record"
"The Ethics Of Sending Humans To Mars"
"Hawaii Has Permafrost And Scientists Are Racing To Study It Before It's Gone"
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now Stinky says he's going to do a 10% global tariff.
because he's a moron.
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SCOTUS knocks down Stinky's tariffs ?
there is some justice in the world ?
this is a freaky Friday.
On “Take your’n and beat his’n”
makes me miss the over-confident paternalism of the PNAC days. sure, it was gross, but at least we had friends.
On “Open Thread”
re: the AI agents publishing hit pieces story.
Ars Technica got burned. that story was apparently full of fake, AI-generated quotes that were attributed to real people. Ars has retracted it.
https://arstechnica.com/staff/2026/02/editors-note-retraction-of-article-containing-fabricated-quotations/?comments-page=1#comments
we're doomed.
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>an agent found your phone number and decided to give you a ring
let them try.
not in my contacts => straight to voicemail, silently
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LLM agents can also launch smear campaigns against you if you don't let them contribute code to open source projects.
what a wonderful use of technology!
On “What fresh hell is this?”
AI video is going to destroy civilization.
i'm 80% serious about that.
On “Unsure on the definition of ‘torn’”
loved this phrase:
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environmental regulations?
Republicans are on it !
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GA tried making it actually illegal to hire illegals, and it was a disaster.
looking the other way might be the only way to keep construction and ag sectors afloat.
On “Separated by a common language”
>What I don’t understand is why more people aren’t put off by the sheer
>chaos and conflict that a tRump presidency brings.
they don't hear about it as chaos. they hear about it as "Trump does another wonderful thing, stupid Democrats freak out as usual".
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>We need to make support of pathetic patriarchies a cause for ridicule.
'support for pathetic patriarchy' describes the fundamental mindset of a very large group of Americans. sadly.
and i think it's the kind of thing that only time can diminish.
i really can't see how anyone is going to get my older relatives, for example, to buy a new narrative.
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>wondering what is wrong with the US that allows these elite
>rapists and sex pests to continue on without being held accountable.
lacking any criminal charges... https://apnews.com/article/jeffrey-epstein-client-list-sex-trafficking-049c96080a2ca2c12c84ac506437e50b
... that leaves shame as the only way to make anyone step down from anything. and people like Musk, Trump, Gates, etc.. are all rich enough to not have to care about what other people think, and rich enough to scare media owners away.
Trump's also insulated by the fact that the only way to hold a President accountable (other than shame) is via the (very stupid) impeachment process.
On “Bingeing on schadenfreude”
You are dead
cody rudland<████████>
to <jeeproject@yahoo.com>
Aug 13, 2019 6:48 AM
Lol good riddance
On “It is never “Simple as that””
FWIW. i like spicy russell. his presence confirms the severity of the situation.
but, breaks are always good, too.
On “Moral insanity”
remember when the first amendment meant the government couldn't punish you for criticizing it?
good times
On “But tell me what you really mean”
Thanks all.
LJ, absolutely no worries. Sorry about the threadjack.
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it does
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i wish my wife was a mouse.
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