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Mike Riverso
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Sci-fi, games, and progressive politics. “De-escalate all conflict that is not with the enemy.” #BlackLivesMatter. #TransLivesMatter. He/him. Toronto.
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Just a few things to make sure anyone following me here knows what I’m about:

Trans rights are human rights.

Climate change is extremely real.

Israel is committing a genocide in Gaza.

Nationalism in all its forms is inherently violent.

So is the modern form of policing.

Trump is a fascist.
I am fuckin’ astounded that anyone at all implicitly trusts LLMs. I guess this is one of those “any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic” thing, but only in that “advanced” means “not knowing how it works” and magic means “must bow in awe”.
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No joke this is a problem IN THE FARM COMMUNITY.

Farmers who grow corn, soy, etc look down on farmers who grow vegetables. Because "It's not real farming, just gardening!"

Then they try "diversifying into veggies" one time & have a breakdown, bc they never imagined farming could be so much work.
People who say this kind of stuff don't understand that even just growing vegetables for yourself can be challenging and takes skill and monetary and time investment (if you have somewhere to do it in the first place).
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I do not think America is coming back from this.

How do you deal with bad actors in positions of extreme power who blatantly flaunt the rule of law?

Doesn't using force to remove them set the dangerous precedent that anyone can use force to stop things they don't agree with?

I don't know.
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I think it’s good and important to spread the word about companies that are doing bad things and offer people alternatives to those companies that aren’t evil. I also think shouting “cancel that!” “Stop using that!” “Why are you still on that!” isn’t a great way to help ease people’s transitions.
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the ballroom will never be built and he’ll just pocket whatever money he collects because he is a grifter first and foremost
Trump raises the price of the ballroom to $350 million

(It changed from $200 million, then $300 million, now $350 million within the course of a few days)
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SNAP benefits expire in one week.
Leavitt: At this moment in time, the ballroom is really the president's main priority.
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New satellite images show the scale of demolition that has occurred on the East Wing of the White House in less than a month.
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We're here. We're queer. We oppose the quartering of soldiers in our homes.
I’ve been thinking about how hard the founding fathers cooked with the Third Amendment.

Imagine being forced to house ICE. I can’t imagine they wash their hands. They’ve never done laundry in their lives. They’d break your stuff if you didn’t cut the crusts off their sandwiches.
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Remember, as SNAP is about to end, the standing rule remains firm:

If you see someone stealing diapers or formula no you didn't.
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Elon Musk couldn’t figure out how to make a pop tart without hurting himself
one thing thats kinda crazy to get your head around is not that the musk and thiel masters of the universe are ungrateful for the vast public infrastructure, public funding of research, and robust systems of laws and rules that made their wealth possible. it's that theyre too dumb to understand it
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check out this absolutely terrifying ancient babylonian lullaby
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Universities across the world seeing this:

"its only wrong 45% of the time!!
Lets buy free licenses for our students, staff and faculty!!
Lets lock into contracts with rapacious predatory AI companies with shitty technofascist politics, sucking up water and jacking up electricity prices!!"
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For years now, I've said our official health policy would eventually look like "The Secret," a book that literally advises everyone to wish away illness and abandon their friends who "don't want to get better."

We're pretty much there.
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ABC News pulled the satellite imagery of the White House comparing Sept. 26 to today.

abcnews.go.com/Politics/new...
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The more I learn about this guy the less he feels like a candidate as much as a social experiment in "how many of your previously stated principles are you willing to instantly ditch if someone promises you better healthcare"
i think it's probably a good sign that lefties are mad at liberals for defending the Platner tat and liberals are mad at lefties for defending the Platner tat. nature is healing
The only rational response to being forced to work in this environment is to have sick LAN parties on company time. Get some Counterstrike running on those screens.
Congrats workers on your new hell zone
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Within a few generations, widespread AI adoption would mean the average person will have all their knowledge about the world filtered through a digital sex puppet controlled by a corporation partnered with the US military.

If that doesn’t scare you, you’re an unserious person.