What is this mind virus that insists that the left must constantly engage with the right, but never the other way around? Seems like the right has been doing pretty well just telling the left to fuck off, while the left is told to debate Nazis like it's fucking Jubilee or something.

Maybe half of one if I really push myself. So many other things competing for my attention on the daily.

And even if you bought this premise, you can't use AI without stealing someone else's work. Just because you can prompt a computer to generate a painting or a story for you, doesn't make it yours. But being a billionaire is predicated on theft from people who do things, so that tracks.

The same cohort of people who refused to put a piece of cloth on their face to save lives now expects us to carry our sensitive documents everywhere or else be kidnapped and disappeared by the state. But sure, big gubment is bad!

Yeah, I hate those arguments. I value theaters and recently signed up for AMC's A-List, but I have never believed the theatrical experience is sacrosanct. Not for me. If I could stream everything there is to see, I probably wouldn't leave the house, whether or not that makes me a "bad" cinephile.

Such pointless cruelty. "Wasteful"? It's a font. Going out of their way to fuck over people with disabilities. I can't comprehend people whose minds work this way

I always feel two kindsa ways about events like these. First, this is awful and shouldn't have happened 😢🤬 Second, well there's another ridiculously talented and experienced writer to share a job market with, and if they're firing people like that, is anyone going to hire someone like me? 😔