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“So the plan is to replace all their jobs with AI”
Five minutes later: “what do you mean, broke people don’t spend as much?”
Five minutes later: “what do you mean, broke people don’t spend as much?”
Gen Z Shoppers Aren’t Spending Like Retailers Need Them To
More than other generations, 20-somethings are tightening their holiday-season budgets because of economic pressures.
www.wsj.com
December 1, 2025 at 5:27 PM
“So the plan is to replace all their jobs with AI”
Five minutes later: “what do you mean, broke people don’t spend as much?”
Five minutes later: “what do you mean, broke people don’t spend as much?”
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I’ve spent a lot of time in the past 18 months really working to, if you will, kill the neoliberal in my head. as someone with my politics, I’ve been surprised by how much there’s still been to excise.
anyway, maybe productivity and efficiency are scams, and redundancy protects human happiness.
anyway, maybe productivity and efficiency are scams, and redundancy protects human happiness.
every neoliberal policy analyst wants to "trim the fat" of society until the lean times come. community level resilience, redundancies, etc are good actually
When power went out across all of Puerto Rico on 16 April, a lot of the lights in the town of Adjuntas stayed on. A combination of experimental microgrids, solar panels, and storage kept power on for many businesses and residents.
spectrum.ieee.org/puerto-rico-...
spectrum.ieee.org/puerto-rico-...
November 30, 2025 at 6:49 PM
I’ve spent a lot of time in the past 18 months really working to, if you will, kill the neoliberal in my head. as someone with my politics, I’ve been surprised by how much there’s still been to excise.
anyway, maybe productivity and efficiency are scams, and redundancy protects human happiness.
anyway, maybe productivity and efficiency are scams, and redundancy protects human happiness.
They are not Okay over there: they are in Indiana. There's a limited number of things you can do about that.
getting a surprising number of comments about how Indiana is just Like That and folks are you okay over there
December 1, 2025 at 9:22 AM
They are not Okay over there: they are in Indiana. There's a limited number of things you can do about that.
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I saw this sign up in my daughter’s school, but these are also pretty good rules for social media
November 30, 2025 at 4:32 PM
I saw this sign up in my daughter’s school, but these are also pretty good rules for social media
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Fancy months can be fun, but they pale in comparison to the primary driver of all fantasy world building: fucked up moons
Not sure how I feel when a book tells me that instead of "12 months" they have "10 arcs," which are each 40 days long, and they all have names like Blossomarc, Flamearc Snowarc,.... I appreciate the world building, but couldnt we have just kept the calendar the same?
November 30, 2025 at 5:50 AM
Fancy months can be fun, but they pale in comparison to the primary driver of all fantasy world building: fucked up moons
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The Boston Globe identified the companies in Massachusetts that employ the most SNAP recipients. A key stat: "In Massachusetts, 74% of working-age recipients of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program are employed, half of them full-time."
Full article: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...
Full article: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...
November 29, 2025 at 3:55 PM
The Boston Globe identified the companies in Massachusetts that employ the most SNAP recipients. A key stat: "In Massachusetts, 74% of working-age recipients of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program are employed, half of them full-time."
Full article: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...
Full article: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...
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is today the day i buy a cake of for the tomb, a tea i haven't tried for a book i haven't read? (yes, i will get there someday, no, don't push me on it, yes, i know you love that series) www.fridaytea.com/products/for...
IX. For the Tomb (2007 vintage)
This blend is inspired by the Locked Tomb Series by Tamsyn Muir. Check out the entire delicious collection here! The Ninth are near-forgotten. Scraps at the end of the line, holding something precious...
www.fridaytea.com
November 29, 2025 at 5:47 PM
is today the day i buy a cake of for the tomb, a tea i haven't tried for a book i haven't read? (yes, i will get there someday, no, don't push me on it, yes, i know you love that series) www.fridaytea.com/products/for...
Said to my wife today: "if you leave me unattended near a Boojum (Ireland's dollar-store Chipotle knockoff), burritos are just going to happen, I can't be held responsible"
November 29, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Said to my wife today: "if you leave me unattended near a Boojum (Ireland's dollar-store Chipotle knockoff), burritos are just going to happen, I can't be held responsible"
Help help the gravitational pull got me
(I actually made it in and out without buying anything)
(I actually made it in and out without buying anything)
November 29, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Help help the gravitational pull got me
(I actually made it in and out without buying anything)
(I actually made it in and out without buying anything)
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Does anyone want a survivorship bias shortbread
November 29, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Does anyone want a survivorship bias shortbread
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What a great headline
November 28, 2025 at 3:49 PM
What a great headline
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oujosama sugar alcohol
October 17, 2025 at 9:39 AM
oujosama sugar alcohol
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“I was just following otters.”
November 28, 2025 at 9:09 PM
“I was just following otters.”
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen
Godspeed You! Black Emperor (twice!)
Purity Ring
The Orb
Kraftwerk
Nine inch Nails
Godspeed You! Black Emperor (twice!)
Purity Ring
The Orb
Kraftwerk
Nine inch Nails
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen
JER / Skatune Network
ちぃたん☆KISS
IDLES
CHVRCHES
BRIGHT PRIMATE
JER / Skatune Network
ちぃたん☆KISS
IDLES
CHVRCHES
BRIGHT PRIMATE
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve seen
OK Go
Ted Leo and the Pharmacists
Thank You Scientist
Tori Amos
Queen Bee
OK Go
Ted Leo and the Pharmacists
Thank You Scientist
Tori Amos
Queen Bee
November 28, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen
Godspeed You! Black Emperor (twice!)
Purity Ring
The Orb
Kraftwerk
Nine inch Nails
Godspeed You! Black Emperor (twice!)
Purity Ring
The Orb
Kraftwerk
Nine inch Nails
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Audience culture is the worst it's ever been, I swear to god. People forgot how to act. I'm at the theater, trying to enjoy my show, which I've paid GOOD MONEY for, and these two old assholes are in the balcony heckling the life out of the poor bear onstage. Not letting him finish a single joke.
November 26, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Audience culture is the worst it's ever been, I swear to god. People forgot how to act. I'm at the theater, trying to enjoy my show, which I've paid GOOD MONEY for, and these two old assholes are in the balcony heckling the life out of the poor bear onstage. Not letting him finish a single joke.
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Remember to thank Rebecda Black today for inventing Fridays, we honor her today on Black Friday
November 28, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Remember to thank Rebecda Black today for inventing Fridays, we honor her today on Black Friday
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fun fact! dirtbag mahjong weighs around 100-200 MB depending on your operating system
if we were to cache the shanten of every possible mahjong hand (~11 bytes per hand), the game would instead weigh around 16 trillion GB 😊
if we were to cache the shanten of every possible mahjong hand (~11 bytes per hand), the game would instead weigh around 16 trillion GB 😊
November 28, 2025 at 3:35 PM
fun fact! dirtbag mahjong weighs around 100-200 MB depending on your operating system
if we were to cache the shanten of every possible mahjong hand (~11 bytes per hand), the game would instead weigh around 16 trillion GB 😊
if we were to cache the shanten of every possible mahjong hand (~11 bytes per hand), the game would instead weigh around 16 trillion GB 😊
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i know WHY this is but that just makes it even more of a kick in the pants lmao
November 28, 2025 at 3:28 AM
i know WHY this is but that just makes it even more of a kick in the pants lmao
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How to handle those vaccine conversations this year...
10 years ago cousin one younger than Me’s wife had medically fragile baby in Oct. cousin one older wife announces at dinner that vaccines are dangerous and they don’t get them. She’s sitting next to new mom who is holding bowl of mashed potatoes. She just turned and dumped them on her head
November 27, 2025 at 2:51 PM
How to handle those vaccine conversations this year...
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With Thanksgiving coming, I'm bringing to Bluesky a service I have been offering for a number of years.
If you have family members who need told to go fuck themselves, but don't want to be the one to do it: CALL ME UP, I ABSOLUTELY WILL.
Don't burn your bridges—call in close air support on them!
If you have family members who need told to go fuck themselves, but don't want to be the one to do it: CALL ME UP, I ABSOLUTELY WILL.
Don't burn your bridges—call in close air support on them!
November 20, 2023 at 6:18 PM
With Thanksgiving coming, I'm bringing to Bluesky a service I have been offering for a number of years.
If you have family members who need told to go fuck themselves, but don't want to be the one to do it: CALL ME UP, I ABSOLUTELY WILL.
Don't burn your bridges—call in close air support on them!
If you have family members who need told to go fuck themselves, but don't want to be the one to do it: CALL ME UP, I ABSOLUTELY WILL.
Don't burn your bridges—call in close air support on them!
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