Happy to take the birthrate people seriously the second one of them is like omg, have you seen the black infant mortality death rate? We’re losing out on so many lovely black babies!
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Happy to take the birthrate people seriously the second one of them is like omg, have you seen the black infant mortality death rate? We’re losing out on so many lovely black babies!
Now about six years on, this remains true. Almost no automaker's history is clean by this measure. Nonetheless, as I still consider Lucid Air (though unaffordable to me) a benchmark EV in terms of efficiency/range/performance ratios, I cannot pretend away the company's ties to the Saudi monarchy.
It is related to this, I believe:
They all are doing it. But Benioff stands out for repeatedly declaring his anti-human position. I get strong “1980s d-bag” vibes from him: “The CEO, who co-founded Salesforce in 1999, called the past eight months “the most exciting” of his career, even as the company trimmed thousands of jobs.”
Because time travel. 😉 But seriously: In English, deserving is a vague conceptual area since the word “deserve” is made to fill so many roles. Hilarity ensues. I am vigilant about those usages, so I hear you. Yet by the same logic it can be said that one doesn't even deserve “a chance to build...”
Dancing in the streets, as far as the eye can see. Like Mardi Gras for weeks on end. A jubilant party to end them all. Joyous laughter and hugging amid the public reading of congratulations from heads of state. What a wonderful day it will be.
Dancing in the streets, as far as the eye can see. Like Mardi Gras for weeks on end. A jubilant party to end them all. Joyous laughter and hugging amid the public reading of congratulations from heads of state. What a wonderful day it will be.
We might finally see some change when the families of mass shooting victims inevitably become the voting majority.
😅 That's quite funny. Thank you, Sir.
Rationally and commonsensically, I hear you. But I can report that if you ever meet or work with these people, you will understand intuitively. It's not that their worldview is other than ours, but that their particular mental function yields their worldview. These are some other motherf*ckers.
Those who voted for the regime? In two years they'll be in despair. Medical services and vaccines, infrastructure, jobs, education, privacy, food supply, clean air and water, generational wealth… gutted. Maybe they'll eat their guns then, since no one interested in buying them will have any money.
The town of Newbern had not held mayoral elections since the 1960s, instead allowing mayors to pick their successors. That led to a succession of white mayors in a town where a majority of residents are Black. [The newly elected mayor] Mr. Braxton is Black; his opponent, Mr. Cole, is white.
Who else for a kakistocracy?
😅 That's terrible!
That put the ouch in touché.
“This is a policy choice.” While that is true, first it was a social choice; a societal choice; a civilizational choice. And it remains that foremost. Unless this is changed, the policy will not be changed.
Hey! 😼 No. A cat would have unlocked the front door, shamed the bomber into retrieving the dynamite, then resumed napping. 😸
Beyond any you rated that I ever saw. By far. C'mon: You give 14/10 to dogs that, however lovely, let's face it… like, retrieve a scrunchy from a tub with aplomb. This is beyond. Selfless courage, comprehension, resourcefulness. Ella es una perra del más alto calibre. 25/10 minimum for Manchis!
But wait: Why is a _child_ being interviewed in the immediate aftermath of a shooting they survived?
Those who voted for the regime? In two years they'll be in despair. Medical services and vaccines, infrastructure, jobs, education, privacy, food supply, clean air and water, generational wealth… gutted. Maybe they'll eat their guns then, since no one interested in buying them will have any money.
Intellijel Multigrain: Finally, someone did it all in a single module. Is it sexy like Arbhar? No. Is it clear and usable like Beads? Yes, but with an expanded set of features, both essential and not. Is it able to change speed without changing pitch, like Nebulae V2? Yes, but without crashing. 🙄
My heart, yes. But not theirs, is what I was saying: As they are heartless now, they would be even then.
“…what we need to hear.” You are correct, but it would be sensationalized; commercialized even. It would be propagated as an entertainment. Sci-fi said so in years past. The interwebs do it today. The same basis of callousness and indifference that permits these horrors now would encourage that.
That seems reasonable. Also, however: Maybe it's partly that Target's market cap is 40x that of Cracker Barrel. So maybe Target can withstand the beating for far longer.
Yeah... :)
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It's about identity. They saw themselves in the mascot, so they perceive his removal as them being disappeared. Yes, to your point, it is ironic: The disappearing they care about is symbolic for them, even as it is bodily for others. They wanted recognition, even at the cost of everything burning.
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Fascinating is that the dog's instinct was to prostrate itself upon meeting a kindly person; as if to acknowledge that, lacking other recourse, it would risk what little was left to take refuge in this stranger. How profound and wonderful! Amid utter despair, the dog perceived essential goodness.
My friend and I are into EVs. He's in the biz. I asked him: Why am I seeing so many new Model Ys and 3s? Fascists, or they don't give a fuck? “They don't give one fuck.” Arms dealer types, they take no side and have no ethical guidelines. They just want the best new EV experience for the money.
“…the United States is an abject failure.” Senator Larson, I fixed that for you.
Agreed. Spot on. Also: The paranthetical, offhand “It's pathetic.” 🏆
Monster — “30 years of decay” Me: searches for [3-character nearly unambiguous string signifying a tech specialization] in the listing title Monster: endless listings for construction and contracting project manager positions whose title doesn't contain [my string]
Thinking about regret this morning. In assessing oneself there are two kinds. 1. Remorseful: “I'm sorry and vow not to do it again.” Holds the potential for self-improvement. 2. Self-pitying: “Woulda coulda shoulda. I'm a failure.” Prone to inertia, it is self-defeating.
Black men existing 😊😊 love it
lol eunuchs gotta work too
Thanks and hugs to you. I hear you about creating home, and I'm glad you found that. While I did experience it ever, when living with someone, now that I'm living alone it isn't happening. But no time for tears! So many are in need. It isn't why we do it, but helping others is a path to happiness.
For decades, American experts have flown around the world teaching local activists how to practice democracy. Now it’s time for activists from authoritarian countries to come to American and show Americans how to fight autocrats.
Similarly, my parents taught me only terror, anger, fear and sadness; that no home or happiness was or ever would be. But I survived that, became a vegetarian at 13, and in young adulthood cooked professionally during 7 years. Although I never will know what home is, at least I can cook!
Dig it. Also: John Coltrane forever (65 years on, “Naima” is still the soundtrack).
Thank you and back at you. I say it as one who is pretty detached, but: Awareness, self-esteem, compassion, resolve and action together has always been the strength. True in good times, but especially in bad. “hope” isn't my favorite word since it implies passivity. But I know that it is flexible.
“cliffs notes mode”… Alarming in this is that it wasn't mere contentment, but aspiration (“it became cool”) rather. What you describe seems to be a foundation of [pick a classic dystopian future hegemony], in which people enable their dehumanization by willful surrender of their higher faculties.
I had quite the chance meeting (if there is chance). Same school, people, features of history, etc., but ten years apart in age. Blackness was a central theme, and it was right on time. A brilliant individual. Especially since we met in the country, 70 miles from our home city, this was incredible.
Anyone in a state affected by this should be able to use a paid VPN to obviate it: First connect to a VPN server in an unaffected state or nation, then use Bluesky. This should work with all the usual stationary or mobile connected devices except perhaps a motor vehicle (PC, phone, tablet, etc.)
Recently I used store credit to reacquire Tensor, having sold my first one a while ago. There was a used one in the store. I played it and fell in love with the pedal again. Today I rediscovered Tensor's quirks; but also that it makes just the scariest sounds with bass guitar. A real creep fest.
Anyone in a state affected by this should be able to use a paid VPN to obviate it: First connect to a VPN server in an unaffected state or nation, then use Bluesky. This should work with all the usual stationary or mobile connected devices except perhaps a motor vehicle (PC, phone, tablet, etc.)
"everyone involved in DOGE" As you seem to imply, but here explicitly: Principally Musk.
Note to self: So long as it lasts, you still get to eat (slightly weird but) nice food, drink clean water and sleep in a clean(ish) dry bed every single day. All this, in great freedom and without fear. Don't discount that or take it for granted.
Respect. If I had this lady's optimism, I could rebuild the entire world (as one of freedom, happiness and beauty).
That's funny! 😄
It took me two beats, but I got it. 😅
Africa in the beginning. Africa still. Africa in the end. Elders initiate and guide. Children are loved, confident and happy. Age, body, gender, hair, garb, temperament: All are welcome and together, connected. All are lineage holders. This is sanity. This is humanity. This is civilization.
Even when it's not intentional, it is codified. It is a learned behavior that, also sadly, performs the work of erasure.
I would not believe it if this shit were not happening in America. This IS America. From day one. All of the intentional evil: genocide, enslavement, theft and treachery. It is not a history, but a living legacy; root, trunk, branch and leaf. This is the rotten fruit of that accursed tree.
They’ve tried to erase us for centuries. Didn’t work then, won’t work now. Black history IS American history.
It's about erasure.
Cool, sweet air this morning. Summer is lovely and all, but really: cool and cold weather is where it's at.
I have been involuntarily unemployed for about a year. But just now I declined to be recruited by a Texan firm for a contract with a Missouran company. It wasn't that it underpaid. It's that I would rather risk indigence than aid those creeps in any way. They engendered disaster. They are pariahs.
“they think they're buying 5 gallons of phone or something!” 😅
You are welcome, of course. 😊
Because they got it right in one reference, then wrong in another (both in the same article), yes, they got it wrong. Note the article by The Guardian that this article repackages and links to. (“The newest version of the maglev train is capable of travelling at 600km/h (about 370mph).”)
Thank you and the same to you. I could use it. Most of us could.
*takes only the vegan version, but thinks this is funny*
Africa in the beginning. Africa still. Africa in the end. Elders initiate and guide. Children are loved, confident and happy. Age, body, gender, hair, garb, temperament: All are welcome and together, connected. All are lineage holders. This is sanity. This is humanity. This is civilization.
Either 1. Their actions are so bad that they don't get a chance to say it, since I cut them off, or 2. I give them a chance to recant their actions, wherein if they then say it but can't understand why I then reject their claim, I cut them off. There's little chance of me not cutting them off.
My locals don't have anywhere near that kind of money. I think that nearly no locals do. But good for Goulburn.
If this worsens enough, I will shed my iPhone and get a second Pixel. That approach would retain my redundancy in hardware and network identity, if not in OS functionality. It would be a shame, because iOS is more private and secure than Android. 3/3
I have seen Apple sneaking in translucence and animation in recent WatchOS and iOS versions, flouting the promise they make in Accessibility settings that purport to enable user control of such things. Increasingly Apple cares more about flash and fluff than usability. 2/3
iOS 26 now has my attention. The Liquid Glass UI will kill usability for me (legibility, accessibility). So I won't upgrade iPhone until I am assured that iOS 26 will not enforce Liquid Glass; since only by keeping the old iPhone can I refuse iOS 26 while taking security updates to iOS 18. 1/3
Although I don't study the combustion engine market much anymore, I can report that Ford is doing this with the GT variant of Mustang Mach-E: In model year 2025 for the U.S. market, there is a Performance Upgrade option for $995. 🙄 In fairness, though, this has been done for decades in some form.
Chinese The Three Stooges meets Jackass? Excellent. Joyful. I only wonder whether they were able to time it by hearing the thing swing (a hinge or whatever). Either way, good times!
Hypertension runs on both sides of my ethnically divergent family. I made it past 60 without a diagnosis. No more: I just started a low dose of meds. This atop another daily med that was prescribed recently. Likely a statin will be next, soon. Good thing I was pretty clean and veggie for 50 years.
That's me. I have an appoinment to upgrade my Real ID to an EDL (Enhanced Driver License). 😑
They were "A trans [woman?], up from Texas." I confessed that "I'm pretty good with pronouns, but I struggle with honorifics." They said I was just fine and was lovely. I said they were lovely and they thanked me and I thanked them. Right good will. What a happy meeting. So much humanity. 4/4
Then as we transacted (payment method and payment), they addressed me as "Sir". Reflexively, I countered with "Ma'am". Immediately I paused, looked at them and said with concern, "I'm sorry... Did I get that right?" We proceeded to fall all over each other with assurances and politeness. 3/4
They were very tall and thin, bubbly and friendly, with pale white skin, short dyed hair, glasses, a low profile headdress (cap?) and the bright blue gloves I saw them wave me in with at first. I noticed their distinctive drawl while we exchanged pleasantries as they rang me up and I bagged. 2/4
My trans day, yesterday. My human day, yesterday: To plan, I did a little grocery shopping for my mother en route to visiting her. As I looked for a line for checking out, an employee waved me over to their newly empty register. 1/4
It is not theirs to give, because they extract wealth without consequence, obligation or participation. In other words: socially, culturally and societally they are alien entities who happen to be human in form. Deny them the means to aggregate the wealth in the first place. Problem solved.
“Galston puts it well when he writes: History has no side, and regression to past horrors is always possible.” From this essay:
I thank you.
You can take the human out of the savagery (market, industry, tech), but you can't take the savagery out of the human (base nature, fear, hatred). After a century, a millennium, an aeon… it always will be the same.
Social death leads to financial death, which leads to actual death. Therefore I propose an amendment: The point of this is to erase non white people.
It is not theirs to give, because they extract wealth without consequence, obligation or participation. In other words: socially, culturally and societally they are alien entities who happen to be human in form. Deny them the means to aggregate the wealth in the first place. Problem solved.
The correct title of this piece is “How Short-Term Thinking Is Destroying America”.
Said to those men: “If you think you’re lonely now… wait until tonight, girl.” They asked for it and they are getting it. And it's only starting.
“Doctors, lawyers, business executives and Stanford University professors lived in charming homes under oak, redwood and magnolia trees.” Ever been to Palo Alto? His behavior is vile. But it's hard to feel sorry for these people who helped make and/or profited from the tech boom in such privilege.
We are compelled to do it. It is our howling.
Thanks. Yes, frustratingly, for many years by now, we don't get the wagons in the U.S. :-P
Thank you!
Ah. Thank you.
Interesting to me (I am in the U.S.): 1. Except for SMART, there are no Chinese BEVs in this mix. 2. ID.3, like ID.7, is unavailable in the U.S. 3. Years ago, my Bavarian friend told me that GTI is seen as a good family car in D. Do these numbers mean that ID.3 has the same status now?
They're opting out of humanity, so sure... that, too.
Haha! Tough room.
Rep. Jayapal, Respectfully, "That’s what Americans deserve." Empirically Americans deserve what they have the goodwill, intelligence and sanity to enable. To wit, currently a sufficient majority of them deserve exactly what they (and all of us) are getting now. Knowingly, they caused this to be.
