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From Pill Mills to Prop Bets: Prediction Markets and Mobile Sports Betting Apps Are Fueling America’s Next Addiction Crisis Against the gamblification of the world.

I see no reason not to look at the online gambling and prediction market craze as a new opioids crisis.

It will wreak havoc on lower-income Americans and leave a trail of destruction and despair in its wake.

The companies are just Purdue Pharma 2.0

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You should have to go to Vegas, a reservation casino, or another specific venue to gamble.

That friction matters. And, honestly, the social element matters.

Today, we have people spiraling out into crisis at 3 am in their beds. They’re on the edge of bankruptcy and suicide. On their phones.

I firmly hold that if you're gonna gamble, you should HAVE to do it in person. Some shitty bookie's place in the back of a restaurant, or a casino parlor. Be there in-person. Realize what kind of money you're forking over. Accept that you are a degenerate (derogatory).

Urge your reps to ban Surveillance Pricing and boycott any business that uses it. If it’s allowed to take root, you will be robbed for the rest of your lives.

I will reserve judgment on this until after we see if he embarks on a career in MAGA media as a result of it, in which case I will assume he did it on purpose for just that intended effect and I have no sympathy for anyone looking to cash in on the fascist welfare train.

So that's what Doug Hutchison is up to these days

From Cyberlibertarianism: Weev’s Dangerous “Wisdom” There may be no clearer example of the passage between cyberlibertarianism and cyberfascism than the one embodied in the person of Andrew Auernheimer, who styles his name as weev. A self-identified hacker who prided himself on berating others for their lack of skill, often focusing on minorities and women, weev had long been active in hacker, cryptography, and far-right social media sites like 4chan, especially the “unofficial 4chan wiki” (Read 2011) called Encyclopedia Dramatica (Schwarz 2008). Auernheimer is a lifelong white nationalist, neo-Nazi, and anti-Black racist (Southern Poverty Law Center n.d.) who has frequently associated with many of the most virulent figures, platforms, and publications associated with the far right. He used his influence with digital advocates to direct abuse toward those he disliked.

The late David Golumbia saw weev (real name: Andrew Auernheimer) as a linchpin in Silicon Valley's turn toward fascism. He spends nearly a whole chapter on weev in "Cyberlibertarianism: The Right Wing Politics of Digital Technology."

...weev was bankrolled by thiel

i am just. out of fucking words.

"I never want to see a child ever run away from our own government ever again" Notes on changing brains. And Brians.

Part of my theory of change is to share the words white men need to hear, spoken by white men. This is because creating defections is crucial to stopping authoritarianism and democratic backsliding. This is because almost everyone else is already off the Trump train.

U.S. Deports Nine Migrants in Secret, Ignoring Legal Protections

last month the US secretly deported nine asylum seekers to cameroon where they’ve been trapped at a local government-owned compound until they agree to return to their home countries where they face persecution and death. none have history of violence.

Global CSAM production takes a significant temporary downturn

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Not Anthropic the company, the anthropic principle. Strangely, Pete Hegseth does not believe in a universe tuned to support life, but rather that life adapted to the current universe.

We don't make very much money but the bigger problem is the unpredictably irregular way it comes in. You try your best to save for the lean times when you're flush but then, like, some asshole shuts the government down and half your clients are out of work.

We have had many weeks where selling plasma made the difference between having gas in the car that day or not. One of the nice parts is you walk out with the money immediately, it doesn't take three days for a check to clear.

Hey ol' Congressman Capitulate "Cappy" Middle is a good soldier dammit

Epstein from Hell:

What do we call someone who cannot change their minds and will not change the subject?

Evergreen, time to block and mute again

I love this website

Given the current trend of Trump's popularity, I think there's far more than a 0% chance the 2028 Republican candidate is not JD Vance or another close Trump ally. It's quite likely we get someone with a less extreme public image running on "a kinder, gentler America". Do not be deceived!

Like space exploration or not, we are going to need a better, lower cost launch solution for all these solar execution flights

Epinephrine nasal spray seems like a huge boon to people with bad allergic reactions, and also a thing that will become one of our most abused drugs

I still admire anyone putting their bodies on the line. But some things need actual political instincts and she doesn't seem to have them.

Alright, I don’t actually think being a carpetbagger is that big of a deal but it is unbelievably gross to compare criticism of carpetbagging to attacks on undocumented immigrants

This is the behavior of a human pathological liar

a werewolf in front of a house wearing a ‘BE MINE’ heart and holding a sign that reads ‘THE ONLY THING MORE POWERFUL THAN HATE IS LOVE’ above a photo of bad bunny

a neighbor set up this werewolf for halloween and instead of taking it down they just update it with seasonal outfit changes. now it’s dressed for valentine’s day and holding a sign with a picture of bad bunny and his super bowl slogan. i love him.

I didn't think of it first but I would love it if they did NBA Jam "he's on fire!" flaming auras when whoever has the ball has hit consecutive shots