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Just a Raccoon @malevolentmango.bsky.social · 13h

Do something? Has he forgotten he's the president *now*?

Just a Raccoon @malevolentmango.bsky.social · 1d

*That is to say, a social worker would still be compassionate but include personal behavior modification in the scope of the solution

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Just a Raccoon @malevolentmango.bsky.social · 1d

I don't think individual responsibility and macro systemic forces are in conflict here any more than say, homelessness. They are both important and the appropriate lens is based on whether you are dealing with an individual* or population.

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Just a Raccoon @malevolentmango.bsky.social · 1d

Maybe some tools to make it more accessible to animals. Like microphones in the forest so birds can skeet when they tweet

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Just a Raccoon @malevolentmango.bsky.social · 2d

The best thing about MTG is she is a true believer. The worst thing about MTG is that she is a true believer

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Just a Raccoon @malevolentmango.bsky.social · 2d

Idaho?? Sacha Baron Cohen has a sketch detailing EXACTLY how well that's going to fly www.youtube.com/watch?v=St5l...

Tell Me About Your "Dream Mosque" 🤣😅

YouTube video by The Patriotic Christian UK

www.youtube.com

Just a Raccoon @malevolentmango.bsky.social · 2d

I would genuinely be happier if they were, but my worry is that we are only propping up a failed administration for a bigger fall later, but there is no silver lining here.

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Just a Raccoon @malevolentmango.bsky.social · 2d

The milkshake was essentially the same in form and function to those served on Military bases according to experts we interviewed

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Just a Raccoon @malevolentmango.bsky.social · 2d

bugs bunny is in a cartoon with the words of course you realize written below him .

Alt: bugs bunny is in a cartoon with the words "of course you realize this means war" written below him .

media.tenor.com

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Just a Raccoon @malevolentmango.bsky.social · 2d

Sorry not sorry

Coffee flows from Paul Atreides' stillsuit.
Stilgar of the Folgmen sees this and declares that paul is the lisan al-caffeine

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Just a Raccoon @malevolentmango.bsky.social · 3d

I nominate Hegseth for the Hague

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Just a Raccoon @malevolentmango.bsky.social · 4d

Shifting rhetorical focus and all

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Just a Raccoon @malevolentmango.bsky.social · 5d

Chicken Tax 2 Electric Boogaloo

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Just a Raccoon @malevolentmango.bsky.social · 5d

People with ears or eyeballs are reporting that Pete Hegseth is suffering from serious mental problems

Just a Raccoon @malevolentmango.bsky.social · 5d

Also that's still very small on the scale of billions of tons that need to be cut, even though it's obviously greatly exaggerated

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Just a Raccoon @malevolentmango.bsky.social · 6d

If Obama had ever "sort of made a decision", we would still be clowning on it

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Just a Raccoon @malevolentmango.bsky.social · 8d

Oh you think it's ok to put the pizza in the oven? Just swapping out "baby" for pizza doesn't make it ok.

hailey @hailey.at · 8d

an unfortunate irony about this post - and even if you are the staunchest anti-ai critic out there, i think you’d agree - is that some of the most bigoted things are being said to respond to this. copy/pasting phrasing and terminology used by bigots but replacing “dna” with “bits” doesn’t make it ok

⚡️🌙 @dystopiabreaker.xyz · 11d

i’m completely serious when i say that much of the dismissive ai discourse on here fires the bigotry neuron

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Just a Raccoon @malevolentmango.bsky.social · 8d

The website formerly known as twitter...

Just a Raccoon @malevolentmango.bsky.social · 8d

Why do they like ai for medical advice? They are so reflexively wrong about everything even when they *should* be primed to be fearful of new, scary centralized tech