zbyte64

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[–] zbyte64@awful.systems 12 points 1 month ago

They’ve helpfully characterized “the five principal forces of antiscience “ into alliterative groups: (1) plutocrats and their political action committees, (2) petrostates and their politicians and polluters, (3) fake and venal professionals—physicians and professors, (4) propagandists, especially those with podcasts, and (5) the press. The general tactic is that (1) and (2) hire (3) to generate deceitful and inflammatory talking points, which are then disseminated by all-too-willing members of (4) and (5).

[–] zbyte64@awful.systems 15 points 1 month ago (1 children)

They're so incompetent but also incredibly lucky.

[–] zbyte64@awful.systems 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Because the conservative justices have signaled that precedence doesn't matter if they don't want it to. Maybe other judges need to follow suit to make a point...

[–] zbyte64@awful.systems 6 points 1 month ago

About as much as I love having 9 people appointed for life that can overrule that voting system in case it does actually let the majority win.

[–] zbyte64@awful.systems 2 points 1 month ago

Why expect consistency from the courts starting now or in the future?

[–] zbyte64@awful.systems 11 points 1 month ago

What I like about her campaign is the fundraising spends the money on things that matter to people: mutual aide. Many of us saw recording breaking fundraising followed by a loss and asked, what if we spent that money on things we wouldn't regret? And Kat answered.

[–] zbyte64@awful.systems 6 points 1 month ago

He will condone the bad in order to prevent the worse and in so doing no longer discern that the very thing that he seems to avoid as worse might well be better. This is where the basic material of tragedy is to be found.

  • Dietrich Bonhoeffer, "After Ten Years"
[–] zbyte64@awful.systems 2 points 1 month ago

They ask more of people's ignorance than they do of their virtue.

[–] zbyte64@awful.systems 3 points 1 month ago

The same pressures that made internet search suck applies to AI doing search as well.

[–] zbyte64@awful.systems 6 points 1 month ago

See also: setup a public wifi share box to help your neighbors scale back on subscriptions

[–] zbyte64@awful.systems 14 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

I think this is trans positive, here's why:

Top left: trans women are hot

Top right: hetero person who is confused by being attracted to a hot woman, they will make themselves known unfortunately

Bottom left: explicit support

Bottom right: chad will agree and be supportive when their sis are hurt. (I choose to believe this was the intent because I want to believe in humanity)

[–] zbyte64@awful.systems 4 points 1 month ago

If the means of political power is cynicism then the ends will be fascism.

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