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Peak civilisation

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When the world was extra ridiculous over the past decade I would always tell my friends/family "the Mayans were right, the real world ended in 2012, and we have been living in a fucked up facsimile of it ever since purely for the amusement of the Mayan gods. They want to see how much they can turn up the "ridiculousness" dial on the simulation until the planet quite literally explodes

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The Hollywood Studios Still Aren’t Serious About Ending the Writers’ Strike

I gotta say between the writers strike and switching to lemmy and mastodon, my mental health has been a lot better. I didn't realize how much watching clips of late night talk shows was giving me a "doom scrolling" effect. I'm also getting to catch up on a huge backlog of TV shows and movies I've been meaning to see. I definitely empathize with all the creatives losing their livelihood, but Im ok with this strike lasting until the execs start feeling some of the same pain.

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Trump's mug shot

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To me it seems like the trump team had them retake te photo several times. It's off center, it's a non standard angle, and they're letting him make a face unseen in most mug shots.

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At least 5 people have been cured of HIV. Is the AIDS pandemic ending?

We have tests, we have treatment, we have cultural awareness and more common preventative sex practices in at risk individuals, we have huge public health apparatus domestically and internationally to trace and track cases, we have drugs that keep HIV from turning into AIDS, we have drugs to "prep before you have sex" to prevent transmission. I think using the word AIDS and pandemic in the same sentence is a bit alarmist at this point. However I also think to say it's "cured" is also a step too far. It is a deadly communicable disease that we have made exponential strides in managing over the last 3 decades