2 of the 12 people in the chat lost their jobs

more and more convinced of the need for a sort of plastic surgery norm around Gen AI: it’s fine in of itself to use, any use of it where it’s clear to a layman that you used it should face severe ostracism. If you can’t get away with it without me knowing, you aren’t responsible enough to use it

If you think high-fructose corn syrup is worse than sugar, or artificial sweeteners are harmful, or genetically modified foods are bad for you, or organic vegetables are better for you, you're engaging in the same kind of evidence-blindness that RFK Jr. is.

Not at the same scale! But same idea.

I don't understand the critique here. Klein recognizes that the world is not the way he wants it to be. Many of his critics on the left do not.

If you mean that the right isn't persuadable, I agree that many are unreachable. There are enough moderates you can persuade and win elections with though

You have a terminal case of twitter brain

Purple Heart Army veteran self-deports after nearly 50 years in the U.S. Sae Joon Park left for South Korea on Monday. His removal order was the result of drug possession and bail jumping charges from over 15 years ago — offenses that, he said, stemmed from untreated PTSD.

Green-card-holding army vet with a Purple Heart forced to leave US after 50 years due to long-ago drug violation, related to his PTSD.
Stories like this do not make me feel safer. Do you?
www.npr.org/2025/06/24/g...

Presumably he also doesn't castrate his kids without any pain relief

Real men eat soy to reduce animal suffering

You don't have to return; I don't blame you for not wanting to. I am pointing out that there are other reasons a person may spend more time on X than here besides preferring the company of Nazis

The cis ban is dumb and there is still more ideological diversity.

Thoughtful post; I enjoyed it. However, I would say if the only reason you think a center-right pundit would want to spend more time on X than Bluesky is because she enjoys the company of Nazis to progressives, your echo chamber is clouding your thinking.

That hasn't been my experience.

I agree, the bots are bad. Though part of that is X having a much bigger audience.

I don't trust its political stances, but it is useful for providing context I'm unaware of (particularly on non-political posts).

I don't have Nazi friends, I don't follow them, and I rarely run across them on my feed. I get that your experience may be different, though.

I get why people think X is toxic. My experience as someone who mostly lurks and looks at Following is that I can avoid the toxicity and hear from a lot of interesting people with diverse views.

There are a lot of people whose thoughts I value that post here. I'd also like to see Bluesky take market share from X, but network effects + value add of Grok/Community Notes + hostility to alternative viewpoints make that unlikely.

I'd prefer a site without those people, but I don't run across them much (though being cis has a lot to do with that). There are a lot of other axes of diversity that I value and don't find as much here.

The fact that there is a debate indicates that most here are comfortably on the left.

You're better than this kind of strawman. There's more ideological diversity on X than here, and you get to choose who you follow.

Tbf, almonds are more likely to be grown somewhere with water shortages

SecState Rubio claims that no on has died because of USAID cuts and suggested that I had lied in my reporting. So here I show him photos of specific children who have died because of the Trump administration's reckless cancelation of aid: www.nytimes.com/2025/05/31/o...

And ranchers are only growing alfalfa in the desert to save money.

But hydro capacity is limited, so reducing usage allows other users to use hydro capacity instead of more carbon-intensive sources.

Impossible chicken patties and spicy impossible sausage

This chart was made in America by skilled artisans.

It also provides important context for understanding our current tariff situation.

How does soy biodiesel compare to corn ethanol in terms of climate impact and net energy use?

Is there anything they can filibuster that they haven't? Nominations and budget reconciliation are filibuster-proof, as is anything in the House.

What do you think they should do?

Yes, and breeding hens to lay many more eggs than they would naturally has negative welfare consequences.

welfarefootprint.org/research-pro...

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