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Judge Rules IRS Broke The Law ‘Approximately 42,695’ Times By Giving ICE Data
Cool. Now what are we gonna do about it?
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Judge Rules IRS Broke The Law ‘Approximately 42,695’ Times By Giving ICE Data
Cool. Now what are we gonna do about it?
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Palantir posted a manifesto that reads like the ramblings of a comic book villain
So I'm reading basically:
yes draft
yes eugenics
yes war
yes religion
no free anything
no social services
no shaming rich people
no cultural humility
Also, the definition of "peace" in there is suspect
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Why do people call it “woke”?
It's from the 30s, actually.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woke
Implies waking up to the systemic violence and oppression and beginning to do something about it.
Then it began being used as a bad thing because people were understanding systemic harm and those in power did not like it.
Overuse the word, make it mean nothing, remove its power, push the people back into oppression.
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gen z gorillas
something something Gorilla Warfare.
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What plot holes could be adequately explained away with a single shot or line of dialogue?
A little bit more emphasis during Star Wars that Vader wanted the Storm Troopers to aim poorly and let them get away. It would have solved decades of jokes and arguments about Storm Trooper weapon accuracy.
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Time is cruel
This scene was from An Extremely Goofy Movie, released on 2000.
But the point does stand...
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What are they up to now?
There are a lot fewer of them around now than when I was a kid. The trend continues down as we keep doing mass commercial fishing the way we do.
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Why does it feel like protesting isn't as "extreme" as it used to be?
"The revolution will not be televised"
It's a phrase I hear a lot in leftist spaces. Effectively, you have to be aware that publicizing these things is a great way to get them shut down.
The work is being done locally, and quietly. Advertising these events in public spaces like this one will very likely lead to them not getting off the ground due to infiltration or oppression
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Want to Teach in Oklahoma? You May Have to Prove You're Not 'Woke'
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I think that's actually the plan. There's been moves to dismantle public education entirely, and once there is no more public education in Oklahoma, then the private schools can hire whoever they want.
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Well done Office 365
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I could do so much with free gravel, you have no idea.
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NFL player uses pirate streaming site to watch his own team.
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Absolutely this. It speaks a lot that it's easier for a millionaire to pirate the game than to get it legally. Make it easy and cheap and people will use it.
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Why are people censoring "bad" words?
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A lot of it comes from Tiktok culture. YouTube has started doing it too.
Videos that say "kill", "rape", "died", etc are all deprioritized by the algorithm if not demonetized entirely.
People have been editing subtitles to avoid these words, and the behavior spread.
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rule
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Trump Administration Live Updates: White House Changes Course and Will Demolish Entire East Wing
Should just keep going and tear the whole thing down. Don't think we need it anymore.
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come on be honest
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Alright fine I admit it, I want to learn Linux
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If a computer is a car, then Linux(the Kernal) is the chassis. Mint (the distro) is the motor, and Cinnamon (the desktop environment) is the fancy interior.
KDE plasma is a fancy interior that works with tons of different motors.
Cinnamon is designed for mint and works best with it.
DISCLAIMER: All of this is analogy and isn't technically correct in a pedantic sense, but it works well enough for me. I'm sorry if my analogy isn't exactly accurate.
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Annotating the Trump administration's Yemen war plans from their Signal group chat
They talk about this shit like it's a video game. I hate it here.
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A Third Woman Died Under Texas’ Abortion Ban. Doctors Are Avoiding D&Cs and Reaching for Riskier Miscarriage Treatments.
I'm waiting for the first wave of medical professionals who stand up and say "no" to harmful laws. It needs to happen. we need people to refuse unjust law without the lawsuit song and dance. Simply say NO! and help people anyways.
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Some thoughts on Surf, Flipboard's fediverse app
I just went to download it and realized I needed an invite code because the beta is closed.
When I went to sign up for the wait-list, it turns out I'm already on it, since last DECEMBER!
So they either need to let more folks in real quick, or they cannot gain traction by word of mouth.