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westonhaus.bsky.social
Westonhaus
@westonhaus.bsky.social
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Navy Veteran, Chemist, Skeptic, Wonk, Epistemophile, Michigan native. I find truth, and try to spread it. It's not always pretty.
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Westonhaus @westonhaus.bsky.social · 7h
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Westonhaus @westonhaus.bsky.social · 1d
Leans in... unless the people being belittled are bigots or bullies.

Not that the pleasure is the point, but roasting someone who absolutely deserves it has a certain karmic ring to it. And schadenfreude is sometimes the only decent takeaway from today's craziness.
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Westonhaus @westonhaus.bsky.social · 1d
Continuing to be held hostage by a system that only cares about oligarchs and corruption.
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Westonhaus @westonhaus.bsky.social · 1d
Those that work forces are the same that burn crosses.

"No step on snek" folks are the same circle of authoritarian dickbags.
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Westonhaus @westonhaus.bsky.social · 1d
"It will only get worse from here" should have been the next sentence, naturally.
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Westonhaus @westonhaus.bsky.social · 2d
In a perfect world that cared about the life of vulnerable people, absolutely.

In a world where a miraculous vaccine was made in months, as well as improvements in care of the disease, and political/economic forces were at play, we got what we could get. Capitalism is a helluva thing.
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Westonhaus @westonhaus.bsky.social · 2d
Such an absolute pillock. What's the chances Thiel tries to take over MAGA when Big Stinky bites it?
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Westonhaus @westonhaus.bsky.social · 2d
Heh... I'm not saying it wasn't warranted during covid. What we didn't know in the first few months was A LOT. But the things we DID find out helped mitigate things later.

Oddly, I think the US accidentally did about as good as we could have. Curve flattened, push to reopen as things developed.
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Westonhaus @westonhaus.bsky.social · 2d
Obviously. Although new ICE agents are unvetted criminals to start, and masks make sure no one can run their faces through white supremacist or other data bases.

This is why all cops should immediately require them to show their faces, get chain of command from them, and get warrant info.
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Westonhaus @westonhaus.bsky.social · 2d
Hey folks... do you want your highly important job back that you currently aren't getting paid for? Cool, cool...
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Westonhaus @westonhaus.bsky.social · 2d
The "intelligentsia" of the right, ladies and gentlemen.

Just a grifter that is possibly realizing that he's going to be the last one in the mass grave. Y'know... a (useful) moron.
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Westonhaus @westonhaus.bsky.social · 2d
Makes one wonder if axolotls shouldn't join the fight...
Maybe a mud puppy or a crested newt?
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Westonhaus @westonhaus.bsky.social · 2d
1. Never "allow" AI to infect systems. Just say NO to CoPilot
2. Use StartPage or DuckDuckGo for search
3. If you use Google, put "-AI" after your search. It should remove the overview
4. Trim liberally when you see gen AI posters pop up. I see AI images infrequently
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Westonhaus @westonhaus.bsky.social · 3d
Also, fear shouldn't be the catalyst for these things. Science should. The covid response WAS scientific... learning as we went. The fear was generally because of misinformation and people making more fear. Or dismissing science. It wasn't humanity's finest moment.
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Westonhaus @westonhaus.bsky.social · 3d
I'm a Michigander. When covid started, Guv Whitmer was very conservative in her shutdown of businesses, using emergency powers to continue them past our GOP congress. That should get you going in the right direction.
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Westonhaus @westonhaus.bsky.social · 3d
Laws are just laws, and changeable. Some are made in times of peace that bind hands in war. Some give freedoms when restriction for the greater good is needed.

There's still ongoing court cases about Covid restrictions. Laws were indeed broken to protect society.
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Westonhaus @westonhaus.bsky.social · 3d
Weird families have 6 y.o.s that write their first book.

I did that at 8, I believe. Totally still weird.
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Westonhaus @westonhaus.bsky.social · 3d
Problem: There are times when emergency powers are very warranted. Pandemic and catastrophe response, actual terrorism, war against the nation... might need to be addressed quickly to preserve life.

Assholes obviously take advantage of this fact.
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Westonhaus @westonhaus.bsky.social · 3d
If you're a fan that didn't follow that specific media, there's no telling when you will learn the news. Unless you're terminally online and stumble across someone chatting about it. The new normal.
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Westonhaus @westonhaus.bsky.social · 3d
The news is released by small media and is never picked up by MSM. So, if you're a direct fan, you may see it from a specific site. If you reshare, friends will know that likely won't reshare (or understand significance), ending the news "word of mouth".
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Westonhaus @westonhaus.bsky.social · 3d
Sure. Our on-line algorithms, even those with otherwise similar tastes, get segmented by the smallest things any more. Big names that die (see Diane Keaton today), have a wide ranging dissemination of the news. Greg Bear, Tom Robbins... have a much smaller and segmented following.
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Westonhaus @westonhaus.bsky.social · 3d
I'd read a number of Bear's books, and DO know David Brin a bit (he is NOT taking this administration well). But yeah... segmentation of a million different geekdoms into everyone's individual media streams is probably not great for general knowledge events.
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Westonhaus @westonhaus.bsky.social · 3d
Amphifa.
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Westonhaus @westonhaus.bsky.social · 3d
Not yet? MTG is just a rank opportunist and enjoys making headlines by taking contrarian positions. We will see if the House ever gets back in session...

Delay, deny, disseminate...
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Westonhaus @westonhaus.bsky.social · 4d
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