The Southernerd
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"Holy heck, I am training a zoomer kid to use a computer at work and it's exactly like training a boomer."
"There is exactly one generation that can rotate a pdf and there will never be another. The knowledge dies with us."
Yeah, not far off.
"There is exactly one generation that can rotate a pdf and there will never be another. The knowledge dies with us."
Yeah, not far off.
November 25, 2025 at 7:37 PM
"Holy heck, I am training a zoomer kid to use a computer at work and it's exactly like training a boomer."
"There is exactly one generation that can rotate a pdf and there will never be another. The knowledge dies with us."
Yeah, not far off.
"There is exactly one generation that can rotate a pdf and there will never be another. The knowledge dies with us."
Yeah, not far off.
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Their scathing critique of cloth napkins really made me think about my life choices.
November 25, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Their scathing critique of cloth napkins really made me think about my life choices.
1. Costco at 12:15 the Monday before thanksgiving. Every thing I needed was in stock, every register open. Checkout time: 11 min.
2. Target at 12:40. One item out of stock, one without enough qty. Checkout time: 2 min.
Customers accept inconvenience when they know a retailer makes an effort.
2. Target at 12:40. One item out of stock, one without enough qty. Checkout time: 2 min.
Customers accept inconvenience when they know a retailer makes an effort.
November 24, 2025 at 6:25 PM
1. Costco at 12:15 the Monday before thanksgiving. Every thing I needed was in stock, every register open. Checkout time: 11 min.
2. Target at 12:40. One item out of stock, one without enough qty. Checkout time: 2 min.
Customers accept inconvenience when they know a retailer makes an effort.
2. Target at 12:40. One item out of stock, one without enough qty. Checkout time: 2 min.
Customers accept inconvenience when they know a retailer makes an effort.
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The irony of course is that Black Americans are probably far more likely to be descended from people who lived in North America before 1776 than white Americans are.
November 22, 2025 at 11:26 PM
The irony of course is that Black Americans are probably far more likely to be descended from people who lived in North America before 1776 than white Americans are.
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Missed a good German Christmas market 🥹 Philly's Christmas market is also German, but yeah the contrast
Aachen is beautiful. 😍
Aachen is beautiful. 😍
November 21, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Missed a good German Christmas market 🥹 Philly's Christmas market is also German, but yeah the contrast
Aachen is beautiful. 😍
Aachen is beautiful. 😍
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Please remember, while flying a swastika is no longer hate speech, implying that somebody flying a swastika is a Nazi, still is.
November 21, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Please remember, while flying a swastika is no longer hate speech, implying that somebody flying a swastika is a Nazi, still is.
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Extreme wealth allows people to live in such a way that they only ever have to interact with others who cater to them.
That kind of king-of-my-castle existence breeds a sense of entitlement that quickly turns to hostility when wealthy people face even the slightest of pushback.
That kind of king-of-my-castle existence breeds a sense of entitlement that quickly turns to hostility when wealthy people face even the slightest of pushback.
"When an off-camera female reporter... began to ask if there was anything 'incriminating' in the Epstein emails, Trump pointed a finger in her face. 'Quiet. Quiet, Piggy,' he said menacingly."
Tell me again how it's women who are ruining the workplace?
people.com/donald-trump...
Tell me again how it's women who are ruining the workplace?
people.com/donald-trump...
Donald Trump Snaps at Female Reporter Who Asks About Epstein Files: 'Quiet Piggy'
Donald Trump Says 'Quiet Piggy' to Female Reporter Asking About Epstein Files
people.com
November 18, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Extreme wealth allows people to live in such a way that they only ever have to interact with others who cater to them.
That kind of king-of-my-castle existence breeds a sense of entitlement that quickly turns to hostility when wealthy people face even the slightest of pushback.
That kind of king-of-my-castle existence breeds a sense of entitlement that quickly turns to hostility when wealthy people face even the slightest of pushback.
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Posting ghost jobs should be illegal. If companies do this to harvest consumer data or create the appearance that they are “always hiring” to appease investors, how is this just not fraud? Is there a meaningful legislative remedy for this?
November 15, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Posting ghost jobs should be illegal. If companies do this to harvest consumer data or create the appearance that they are “always hiring” to appease investors, how is this just not fraud? Is there a meaningful legislative remedy for this?
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Always great to see my friend and fellow historian Scott Hancock reminding Gettysburg residents during its annual Remembrance Day Parade that Confederates "fought for slavery." 🗃️
November 15, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Always great to see my friend and fellow historian Scott Hancock reminding Gettysburg residents during its annual Remembrance Day Parade that Confederates "fought for slavery." 🗃️
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These two are not unrelated. 🤬
People showing up for these events are complicit, plain and simple, in the ongoing damage.
Including many of my former corporate employers.
Fossil fuel policies are advanced on the largest international climate talk. cop-out continues.
#COP30 #climatepolicies #NDCs
People showing up for these events are complicit, plain and simple, in the ongoing damage.
Including many of my former corporate employers.
Fossil fuel policies are advanced on the largest international climate talk. cop-out continues.
#COP30 #climatepolicies #NDCs
November 14, 2025 at 10:39 AM
These two are not unrelated. 🤬
People showing up for these events are complicit, plain and simple, in the ongoing damage.
Including many of my former corporate employers.
Fossil fuel policies are advanced on the largest international climate talk. cop-out continues.
#COP30 #climatepolicies #NDCs
People showing up for these events are complicit, plain and simple, in the ongoing damage.
Including many of my former corporate employers.
Fossil fuel policies are advanced on the largest international climate talk. cop-out continues.
#COP30 #climatepolicies #NDCs
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ENDING A FILIBUSTER TO SAVE THE FILIBUSTER IS THE DUMBEST ASS SHIT I'VE EVER HEARD!!!!
November 13, 2025 at 6:41 PM
ENDING A FILIBUSTER TO SAVE THE FILIBUSTER IS THE DUMBEST ASS SHIT I'VE EVER HEARD!!!!
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“Hungary, it seems, has mastered the art of discouragement. From the moment a young woman graduates, the system is ready: no support, no respect, and no clear pathways. Just a long, lonely job hunt, followed by underpaid, undervalued work – if she’s lucky enough to get hired at all.”
Blueprint to an Early Burnout: Hungary’s Guide to Ending Women’s Careers Before They Begin - Lazy Women
*Editorial note: All names have been changed in order to protect the interviewees’ privacy. Working for an organization that promotes young women’s employment comes with a certain bias: I genuinely be...
lazywomen.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:38 PM
“Hungary, it seems, has mastered the art of discouragement. From the moment a young woman graduates, the system is ready: no support, no respect, and no clear pathways. Just a long, lonely job hunt, followed by underpaid, undervalued work – if she’s lucky enough to get hired at all.”
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"The number of births in Hungary dropped to a record last year, raising questions about the demographic impact of Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s lavish family subsidy program."
Also: these programs bankrupt the country.
www.yahoo.com/news/hungary...
Also: these programs bankrupt the country.
www.yahoo.com/news/hungary...
Hungary Births Drop to Record in Blow to Orban’s Family Policies
(Bloomberg) -- The number of births in Hungary dropped to a record last year, raising questions about the demographic impact of Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s lavish family subsidy program.Most Read fr...
www.yahoo.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:38 PM
"The number of births in Hungary dropped to a record last year, raising questions about the demographic impact of Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s lavish family subsidy program."
Also: these programs bankrupt the country.
www.yahoo.com/news/hungary...
Also: these programs bankrupt the country.
www.yahoo.com/news/hungary...
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You just summed up Hungary under Orbán.
By 2024, despite "Hungary is family-friendly" billboard campaigns, more kids were born to Hungarian parents abroad than within its borders.
Ofc, "the main purpose in a woman's life is kids, now with tax breaks.🙄
hungarianobserver.substack.com/p/in-orbans-...
By 2024, despite "Hungary is family-friendly" billboard campaigns, more kids were born to Hungarian parents abroad than within its borders.
Ofc, "the main purpose in a woman's life is kids, now with tax breaks.🙄
hungarianobserver.substack.com/p/in-orbans-...
In Orbán’s Fight for Families, Women’s Rights are Collateral Damage
Independent organisations warn of the erosion of women’s rights and the worsening of their treatment as a consequence of the government's narrative about families.
hungarianobserver.substack.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:38 PM
You just summed up Hungary under Orbán.
By 2024, despite "Hungary is family-friendly" billboard campaigns, more kids were born to Hungarian parents abroad than within its borders.
Ofc, "the main purpose in a woman's life is kids, now with tax breaks.🙄
hungarianobserver.substack.com/p/in-orbans-...
By 2024, despite "Hungary is family-friendly" billboard campaigns, more kids were born to Hungarian parents abroad than within its borders.
Ofc, "the main purpose in a woman's life is kids, now with tax breaks.🙄
hungarianobserver.substack.com/p/in-orbans-...
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Piper among the fallen, Saint-Symphorien Cemetery near Mons, Belgium. It contains the first and last British fallen in WWI.
Every year the British army sends a lone piper to play for them...on the 11th hour, of the 11th day of the 11th month
photo my own, I lived not far from this place for a time
Every year the British army sends a lone piper to play for them...on the 11th hour, of the 11th day of the 11th month
photo my own, I lived not far from this place for a time
November 11, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Piper among the fallen, Saint-Symphorien Cemetery near Mons, Belgium. It contains the first and last British fallen in WWI.
Every year the British army sends a lone piper to play for them...on the 11th hour, of the 11th day of the 11th month
photo my own, I lived not far from this place for a time
Every year the British army sends a lone piper to play for them...on the 11th hour, of the 11th day of the 11th month
photo my own, I lived not far from this place for a time
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Ah yes, the thing to revitalize your downtown is to fill it with masked and armed man who routinely pepper spray random people. Everyone loves that.
Call in the troops to solve the commercial real estate crisis in our swanky downtown cores
You can’t make this shit up, folks
You can’t make this shit up, folks
November 11, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Ah yes, the thing to revitalize your downtown is to fill it with masked and armed man who routinely pepper spray random people. Everyone loves that.
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ICE <German accent >: “You valked into H&M yet purchased nothing.”
Customer: “I was just browsing.”
ICE: “So you admit you ver spying on zee clothing.”
Cust : ‘I was just killing time.”
ICE: “So also vanting to sabotage productivity in retail industry.”
Cust.: “No, I…”
ICE: “Papers please.”
Customer: “I was just browsing.”
ICE: “So you admit you ver spying on zee clothing.”
Cust : ‘I was just killing time.”
ICE: “So also vanting to sabotage productivity in retail industry.”
Cust.: “No, I…”
ICE: “Papers please.”
November 11, 2025 at 3:47 PM
ICE <German accent >: “You valked into H&M yet purchased nothing.”
Customer: “I was just browsing.”
ICE: “So you admit you ver spying on zee clothing.”
Cust : ‘I was just killing time.”
ICE: “So also vanting to sabotage productivity in retail industry.”
Cust.: “No, I…”
ICE: “Papers please.”
Customer: “I was just browsing.”
ICE: “So you admit you ver spying on zee clothing.”
Cust : ‘I was just killing time.”
ICE: “So also vanting to sabotage productivity in retail industry.”
Cust.: “No, I…”
ICE: “Papers please.”
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3 years ago Elon enabled the funniest day in Twitter history.
November 10, 2025 at 8:05 PM
3 years ago Elon enabled the funniest day in Twitter history.
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Dictator Rococco, but Orbán much prefers Biedermeier in the "new type of post-neoliberal regime, merging authoritarianism, racist & patriarchal nationalism, clientelism, & partial neoliberalization. Elements are all fundamentally linked," & deplete cultural taste, just as this tacky golden overload.
November 8, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Dictator Rococco, but Orbán much prefers Biedermeier in the "new type of post-neoliberal regime, merging authoritarianism, racist & patriarchal nationalism, clientelism, & partial neoliberalization. Elements are all fundamentally linked," & deplete cultural taste, just as this tacky golden overload.
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it doesn’t get any clearer that america’s betrothal to fossil fuels is about letting energy companies pick our pockets to prop up their obsolete industry
Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
Australia has so much solar that it's offering everyone free electricity
Australia's extensive solar power penetration makes so much energy that the government wants to offer free electricity at peak hours.
electrek.co
November 6, 2025 at 1:19 PM
it doesn’t get any clearer that america’s betrothal to fossil fuels is about letting energy companies pick our pockets to prop up their obsolete industry
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Also, please don't talk to your friends; let this app source it.
These tools are developed by antisocial or socially hindered people, who would rather stalk you than talk to you.
It's not creepy at all that every use case they develop a solution for is either an admission or a confession.
These tools are developed by antisocial or socially hindered people, who would rather stalk you than talk to you.
It's not creepy at all that every use case they develop a solution for is either an admission or a confession.
November 6, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Also, please don't talk to your friends; let this app source it.
These tools are developed by antisocial or socially hindered people, who would rather stalk you than talk to you.
It's not creepy at all that every use case they develop a solution for is either an admission or a confession.
These tools are developed by antisocial or socially hindered people, who would rather stalk you than talk to you.
It's not creepy at all that every use case they develop a solution for is either an admission or a confession.
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THIS IS SO GOOD
November 6, 2025 at 4:42 AM
THIS IS SO GOOD
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I love that Mamdani is what the right claimed Obama was: A Muslim socialist born in Africa. The right practically manifested Mamdani into existence.
November 5, 2025 at 2:25 PM
I love that Mamdani is what the right claimed Obama was: A Muslim socialist born in Africa. The right practically manifested Mamdani into existence.