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Friends from Minneapolis reporting to me that things are at the point where folks are being hidden in other people's houses and we are in the "again" part of "never again" which the "never" was supposed to preclude

All of my political views and policy ideas have basically collapsed to "Punish the Villains" and I mumble it to myself every time I see a news article these days

"get rid of these baby-snatchimg freaks" is so simple and so universally appealing, and our ossified so-called representatives can't even bring themselves to say it

They took a 5yo kid, used him as bait to try to capture the rest of his family, and then shipped him to a concentration camp on the other side of the country alone and in secret.

Right now in Minnesota schools are canceling all field trips indefinitely because it isn’t safe to take students to science museums and water sanitation facilities with agents of the federal government hanging around

Only a few hours after ICE agent Jonathan Ross shot and killed Minneapolis resident and mother Renee Good on January 7, federal immigration enforcement agents descended onto Roosevelt High School property during school dismissal as students were exiting the building. MFE members say that ICE agents tackled and detained a school staff member and union member who was working at the time. The MFE member was since released, according to a union spokesperson. The agents also deployed a chemical irritant against students and staff on school grounds, MFE says. A school official, speaking to MPR News on condition of anonymity, said many students sheltered in a nearby library.

Kind of wild there has been almost no coverage of the fact that the federal government unleashed chemical weapons against literal kids *at school*.

workdaymagazine.org/minneapolis-...

a major american city is being forced to close schools because armed government agents are raiding and pepper spraying and terrorizing children and teachers for social media content

The same editorial board described Seattle’s mayor raising taxes to pay for childcare as a totalitarian power grab

You should be embarrassed to be a member of congress and issuing anything other than impeachment resolutions. You're in the model UN. They should give you legos and a propeller hat

Moll Don't Lie must be

google maps (punching me in the stomach): fastest route is uber

me: but i want to take the subway

google maps (throwing me across the room): 2 buses and a transfer would save 4 minutes

me: i like subway

google maps (kicking me in the head): biking is 45 seconds faster

me: underground choo-choo

Watching NBA is muttering, "He's on that team now?" over and over until you die

r/boston u/Past_Election_5005 • 1d Made a website showing Boston area restaurants offering free/reduced price meals to SNAP recipients I Made This! mysnapmap.com Hoping this could help some people

sharing this incredible resource created by a poster in r/boston: a map of local restaurants offering free or discounted meals to SNAP recipients

link: mysnapmap.com

F. Scott Fitzgerald: In my book I invented Gatsby lifestyle as a cautionary tale

The president: At long last, we have created the Gatsby lifestyle from the classic novel The Great Gatsby

i should be able to click a button at the beginning of a sports season that says “i’m normal” and i don’t get served any ads for crypto or gambling

The ultimate leader in the locker room, on the court and in the community 💪

Thank you for everything, Champ 🏆

Five albums that had the biggest influence on my life, in no particular order

Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream
The Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots
David Bowie - The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust
The Clash - London Calling
The World/Inferno Friendship Society - Red-Eyed Soul

9. If you use Al to write something for you, it is meaningless and we'd all be better off if you had never said anything in the first place. This is the thing: Writing is meaning. The reason we write things is to express some sort of meaning, to pass along important information, to convey a human emotion or sensation. It doesn't matter whether the writing is grammatically correct, or vividly expressed. It matters that it came from you. That is the point of writing. If you ask a Chatbot to write something for you, you are being fundamentally unhuman and foundationally dishonest. I am not going to bend on this one. If it requires an Al bot for you to express something to me, you and I are probably not actually friends.

hell yeah @williamfleitch.bsky.social

King of the Hill, Season 14, Episode 10:

Gretchen got suspended, so we have to extra spread the word about Black Flame's release. I had the chance to read it a few months back and it's such a brutal hard look at cultural trauma, assimilation, self hatred, revenge, and the messiness of history. It will knock your socks off

the argument that AI in the context of art is “just a tool” completely elides the fact that the point of art is to participate in the fucking process of making it

"ChatGPT is great for brainstorming!"

Actually we have a tool for that already! It's called thinking. We use our brain. It's called brainstorming! Clue is in the name.

All the dire implications notwithstanding it is hilarious how evil this technology is. Billions of dollars spent on this greasy lying stupid thing that was literally built to replace people, and everyone that uses it gets weaker, lazier, dumber, and sadder for having done so. Well done all around.

AI is the equivalent of digital lead poisoning

Pack the Court. If we are serious about the defense of these rights, we pack the Court. Simple as that. They pack it back, we pack it again. We do it until we reach consensus on long-term reforms to the judiciary. I don't know what it's going to take for people to get it.

We need to build some real social stigma around being afraid of cities. You don't have to like them or live there, but a politics built this strongly around watching TV and going "ewww" is embarrassing, and people should be embarrassed by it. It's like "fear of werewolves" being your top issue.

JACOB'S LADDER is now available to stream on Shudder. Can't recommend this incredible and what seems like underseen gem. If you like Silent Hill 2, you owe it to yourself to watch the movie that influenced it.

The High Five An ESPN 30 for 30 short directed by Michael Jacobs. On October 2nd, 1977 Dusty Baker hit his 30th homerun of the season. As Baker rounded the bases, an excited…

There's a great 30 for 30 short on this!
vimeo.com/183033618