a giant of a man strides through the smoking door frame, splinters still scattering through the room trailing wisps of smoke. he holds the flame-wreathed axe menacingly, steely eyes sweep the room with undisguised bloodlust — level 1 rat: ‘i can take this jabroni.’ *squeaks* *attacks*

flying today. flight 1 was delayed long enough that i’d miss my connection. rerouted to flight 2 (AA400), which is currently being delayed. this is normal. this is just how stuff doesn’t normally work anymore. so: tell me one thing in the US that works as intended most of the time.

just spitballing here, but could a (sane) administration federalize the sections of interstate that are for-profit public/private partnerships and just tell the grifters to pound sand? like, make interstates free again?

"disagree and commit" only works when the disagreement and a discussion about it happen _before_ a decision is made. if not, "disagree and commit" is just "shut up and do what you're told" with lipstick on.

this morning‘s random youtubing included the following: “if you’re judging wealth by purchasing power, you’re likely working harder and earning more while getting poorer” — @bennjordan.bsky.social the rest of the video was interesting, but that line in particular hit pretty hard.

‘what do you do for a living?’ jet bridge operator: “i drive a hallway.”

oh: “i was born in the 80’s ffs. it’s a wonder i have any taste at all.”

the gnawing fear that the food you cook is actually terrible but your friends are incredibly kind.

i wish that “weekend at bernie’s” had a different title. if it were “weekend at arthur’s” or something i could make a crack about the cabinet propping up a near dead President Arthur without being sad the DNC and the media sank bernie sanders and gave us our current situation.

because if you allow for mail-in ballots, you don’t have the opportunity for voter intimidation. obviously.

“nothing has hurt the history of architecture as much as the notion that it is a history of architectural _techniques_, instead of a history of architectural _ideas_ — which took their techniques when and where they found them.” — parapheased from ‘the decline of the west’ by oswald spengler

OH: “the people with the money don’t have the balls, the people with the balls don’t have the money.” hearing that hurt me deeply in a necessary way.

NC people, it’s worth showing up for the primary. your choices on the non-fascist side are: - center right big business (Roy Cooper) - no meaningful positions (Colon) - religion-first messaging (Quick) - some old weathy folk and the guy who wants to flip over a table: www.justicewithdues.org

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i can’t unhear the _influencer accent_. the strong upward lilt at the end of a phrase, like they’re asking a question instead of making a statement. it’s most prevalent in gen z influencers, but also can be heard in many millenial content creators.

If “AI” did the thing, organizations would be bragging about the outcomes instead of jawing endlessly about the tools.

every democrat fighting for a seat in next year’s election should include ‘publishing the names and photos of every ICE agent’ in their pitch

felt necessary to share this with otter people

Standplaats Kraków could really use some cash!@standplaatskrk.pl · 12mo ago

This is legit why exec level in a lot of places are obsessed with copilot. It takes their word salad and turns it into a word salad that sounds smarter (but isn't).

Leigh Walton@leighwalton.bsky.social · 12mo ago

Every office has an executive tier whose emails are like: saw on news , , can we replce complianc dept with web 3 and a worker tier whose emails are like: Dear Jim, First of all, I *love* this idea! Unfortunately, I spoke with Legal and identified a few issues with this approach. For starters…

can anyone point me toward a `core.async.flow` example that’s nontrivial? what lit the light bulb for you? #clojure

hey folks: take care of your people. if you’re in a position of influence or leadership, take care of your people. if they look up to you, take care of your people. even if you think maybe they need to have some sense slapped into them from time to time, take care of your people.

can someone please tell me how i can both: - make the world a better place - continue be secure in my ability to eat and sleep under cover given: - not born/already rich chatGPT has been no help

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on a woodworking forum i frequent: “good enough” is the difference between fine woodworking and “it’s fine” woodworking. the same is true for software. shop shelves don’t have the same rules as kitchen cabinets.

the end of SNAP benefits, if prolonged, will risk the existence of independent grocers in rural areas, and the big chains move in. just like smaller farms will be forced to sell to bigger companies because of the tarriffs. and that smaller hospitals will just vanish with the changes to medicare.

now would be a good time to read up on Ferdinand Marcos and the ‘communist threat’ in the Philipines in 1972.

Never forget and never forgive the people who voted for him. They did this to us, and they must be forced to carry the shame for the rest of their miserable lives. We warned them, and they made fun of us. They own this. They own this forever, and I will never let them forget it.

Joy-Ann Reid@joyannreid.bsky.social · last yr.

I'm so embarrassed to be an American right now. Donald Trump is a senile old codger, standing before the United Nations, reading a speech clearly written by an alt right lunatic and a bunch of oil and gas lobbyists. Well done, U.S. voters. You really fucked this one up.

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