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19 he/they πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆπŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ music/tech/politics nerd

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Mark Zuckerberg Defends Decision To Fly Confederate Flag At Facebook Headquarters MENLO PARK, CAβ€”Claiming that the banner embodied the spirit of the company’s values, Mark Zuckerberg defended his controversial decision Friday to fly a Confederate flag at the Facebook headquarters. ...
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external apps only need notarisation, they don't have to follow the app store's painful content/business practice guidelines. the eu didn't give us easy sideloading because they only cared about breaking up the app store monopoly and letting companies like epic into the market

26.12.2024 22:11 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

We must stop alt-center radicalization that leads to incidents like this. Law enforcement must:
- ban LessWrong
- monitor LinkedIn use
- demand the Atlantic release its subscribers list
- deradicalize people by providing definitive proof murder lowers birth rates

09.12.2024 19:24 β€” πŸ‘ 2031    πŸ” 305    πŸ’¬ 17    πŸ“Œ 6

labour is far more likely to lose votes from leave voters if they held a pro rejoin position vs the other way around, an issue that has mostly left the public's mind would become front and centre again for several years. not something most want to deal with even if they regret brexit.

09.12.2024 14:42 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

it’s certain to stay free to use as long as any mainstream party is in power, but politicians have been talking about β€œβ€β€cutting costs””” by taking on more private contractors (which has been happening for a long time)

05.12.2024 12:13 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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they didn't gaf 😭

04.12.2024 20:26 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

IOWA POLL by Des Moines/Selzer

πŸ”΅ Kamala Harris 47%
πŸ”΄ Donald Trump 44%

29.11.2024 11:16 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

the discover feed kinda sucks at showing current events. if any major news dropped in the last hour (not necessarily politics, e.g. album releases) it's unlikely to show up at the top of my feed. that's my only remaining issue with this site

25.11.2024 21:31 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

insane

25.11.2024 01:45 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

any oomfs down to jan 6th wes streeting’s seat?

22.11.2024 12:38 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

dems nominating newsom is probably the only way to fumble 2028, which is why it will happen

20.11.2024 21:38 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Every time I see someone post this image it goes viral

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harsh but fair. locking up bad pollsters should be the standard

17.11.2024 22:30 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

this app is surprisingly resilient now. it used to go down any time a mild inconvenience occurred on the other site

17.11.2024 21:28 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

the "kamala's for they/them" ads were probably quite effective, unfortunately. not specifically for the bigotry but painting her as obsessed with cultural issues over ordinary people's concerns worked very well according to polls

17.11.2024 20:21 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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12 patriots in vermont wrote in joe biden

17.11.2024 00:35 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

it's time for a brand refresh

17.11.2024 00:07 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Federal Government Made $236 billion β€œImproper Payments” Last Fiscal Year The federal government reported an estimated $236 billion in β€œimproper payments” during the most recently completed fiscal year (FY 2023). Such payments are essentially payment errors that can be the ...

the only useful calculation in this list was already made by the real department for government efficiency!
www.gao.gov/blog/federal...

15.11.2024 12:58 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Getting prepared for RFK at HHS

15.11.2024 00:40 β€” πŸ‘ 1306    πŸ” 155    πŸ’¬ 24    πŸ“Œ 8

i sure hope we can overcome the network effect. the hitler particles on the other app are becoming inescapable

10.09.2024 16:40 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

it’s still really mid </3

01.09.2024 18:18 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

trying this app again after the great brazilian purge on x

31.08.2024 00:09 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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wake up babe, insane new use for ai (generating absurd yet somehow usable qr codes) just dropped

probably one of the few ai-image generation tasks that human artists cannot really do right now

https://www.reddit.com/r/StableDiffusion/comments/141hg9x/controlnet_for_qr_code/

06.06.2023 07:23 β€” πŸ‘ 393    πŸ” 118    πŸ’¬ 20    πŸ“Œ 22

the beatles mount rushmore

🀝
four person rock groups whose
members include a guy named
george and a guy who was killed

01.06.2023 21:22 β€” πŸ‘ 113    πŸ” 32    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 0

sometimes i see it try to change a word after it’s been typed based on what comes after it. always fails miserably

31.05.2023 21:43 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

honoured to be here

31.05.2023 12:12 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

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