Child of Prog

I would like to hear that story!

You will be visited by three spirits.

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There is only one path to peace:

Apply devastating sanctions that destroy the war economy of aggressor Russia; impose a total embargo.

Give massive assistance to Ukrainian defenders to secure victory; liberate all occupied land and people.

When I am finally victorious and my ideological enemies thwarted, all who opposed me shall be lined up and dutifully distributed their equitable share of the rights I fought for and they so vigorously opposed, because That Was The Fucking Point

I appreciate that Stranger Things 5 chose to layer in a positive conversation that absolutely could not have happened between two midwestern queer kids in 1987. If we can save Sharon Tate and murder the Nazis, we can give queer Xers the childhood affirmation they didn't receive.

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If this were true then we couldn't criticise a government about literally anything without getting a court judgement first.

I see the PM is being very rattled and very untruthful about the Greens again in the papers.

He couldn’t say this stuff in Parliament because he would be lying to the House - both about what our popular, evidence-based policies are, and about him believing this guff.

Trumpian

The Nobel committee should announce a prize for Ethics In World Football, then not award it for the lack of meritorious candidates.

$20 billion could end homelessness in the US

$40 billion could end hunger globally

Both would still only cost 3/4 of what Meta blew on Mark Zuckerberg’s obviously bad ideas because nobody would tell him they were stupid because he’s worth over $200 billion because he doesn’t pay his share of taxes

You can't polish a turd, but you can roll it in gold lamé glitter and call it the FIFA Peace Prize.

The world’s largest streaming company swallowing one of its biggest competitors is what antitrust laws were designed to prevent. The outcome would eliminate jobs, push down wages, worsen conditions for all entertainment workers, raise prices for consumers, and reduce the volume and diversity of content for all viewers. Industry workers along with the public are already impacted by only a few powerful companies maintaining tight control over what consumers can watch on television, on streaming, and in theaters. This merger must be blocked.

Joint Statement of the Acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery by Netflix.

How much Trump crypto did Putin buy?

This gaff is glorious.

Things are not working on the Internet because Cloudflare is down again and I don't know whether to blame the Russians or vibe coding. Hello 2025.

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Spotify has laid off thousands in recent years, while reportedly paying artists $0.003 per stream.

Spotify profits rose 28% in Q3. Its CEO is worth $9.8 billion. It's making money off ICE recruitment ads.

Don't you think it's time put a wrap on corporate greed and exploitation?

It was a choice in a dialogue more than a line, and it makes zero sense without the context.

[UNDEAD] *Look undead*.

Bluesky Wrapped and it's how many times your own joke was explained to you

I know, it's so silly. "Military-size" could be anything - the militaries of both sides at the front line use massive yokes three metres wide... and also the kind of mavics you can buy at Smyths.

A lady in Portugal told me a line I wrote in Divinity: Original Sin 2 made her laugh so hard she fell off her chair.

Crypto is the mechanism by which we let them launder their destruction of democracy.

I left a bad review of Trustpilot on Trustpilot and apparently Trustpilot have left a comment on my Trustpilot Trustpilot review inviting me to talk to Trustpilot and I don't think they understand that I don't trust Trustpilot.

I read it as "quite big drone that's too expensive for hobbyists".

Proud SocDem right now.

Also I hope I'm wrong but my confidence in the gardaí being able to find out a single thing about this after the fact is very low indeed.

My Spotify wrapped is me trying to work out whether to swap the whole family to Tidal or to Deezer.

This doesn't surprise me. Announcing the imminent visit ahead of time was something the Ukrainians never used to do, but they did with us. Maybe they're trying to flush the Russian ops out or something, but I remember thinking it was risky.

Just another case of the ongoing enshittification in tech.