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violentlycar @violentlycar.bsky.social · 1h

the national guard is not doing this

violentlycar @violentlycar.bsky.social · 1h

try having kids whose lives would be wrecked if you got thrown in jail for desertion. this is what the right-wing is leveraging to be able to get away with this shit

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violentlycar @violentlycar.bsky.social · 1h

blue jays have an awful bullpen so it's only a matter of time before the wheels fall off

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violentlycar @violentlycar.bsky.social · 2h

I think people have broadly lost faith in government's ability to fix problems and improve lives. And if you don't believe that the government does good, why would you really care if democracy is under attack? To get people to care again, government needs to start being productive again.

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violentlycar @violentlycar.bsky.social · 15h

this reminds me of that time Trump endorsed "ERIC" for Missouri senator

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violentlycar @violentlycar.bsky.social · 22h

50+ years later and still we struggle to prove Thompson wrong

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violentlycar @violentlycar.bsky.social · 22h

Jeez, that's real rough. Glad the surgery went well and I'm wishing you the best in rehab.

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violentlycar @violentlycar.bsky.social · 22h

What happened to your ankle that required this surgery, if you don't mind me asking?

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violentlycar @violentlycar.bsky.social · 23h

lol, this guy gave an interview back in April. honestly, go live your best life man

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violentlycar @violentlycar.bsky.social · 23h

I really want to know his thought process

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violentlycar @violentlycar.bsky.social · 1d

insane that he decided to do this at all, but especially insane that he decided to do it on camera

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violentlycar @violentlycar.bsky.social · 1d

A country that desperately cries out for proportional representation

violentlycar @violentlycar.bsky.social · 1d

oh, the fee is for business customers. oops

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violentlycar @violentlycar.bsky.social · 1d

(yes, this costs money)

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violentlycar @violentlycar.bsky.social · 1d

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violentlycar @violentlycar.bsky.social · 1d

lol, which card

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violentlycar @violentlycar.bsky.social · 2d

my mother's gotten into watching this dreck and it makes me uncomfortable

violentlycar @violentlycar.bsky.social · 2d

whenever I think of Philadelphia, I think of hitchBOT, a Canadian hitchhiking robot that successfully hitchhiked across three countries, then after trying to hitchhike from Boston to San Francisco, was "stripped, dismembered, and decapitated" when it got to Philadelphia

violentlycar @violentlycar.bsky.social · 3d

but how does that lead you to believe that bottoms are usually doms

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violentlycar @violentlycar.bsky.social · 3d

I want a stack trace of how he wound up at this conclusion because I am sure it's deeply fascinating

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violentlycar @violentlycar.bsky.social · 3d

Well, it's only strong emergence if they're starting from a physicalist position, but most of these people are, so

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violentlycar @violentlycar.bsky.social · 3d

I agree with that given that I'm an idealist, but that's not what they're talking about. They're talking about AI "achieving" consciousness, that is to say, that it isn't conscious, and then, once it hits some arbitrary "complexity," it becomes conscious. That is strong emergence and it's nonsense.

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violentlycar @violentlycar.bsky.social · 3d

lol, it would be pretty hard of them to provide proof of something that's basically supernatural

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violentlycar @violentlycar.bsky.social · 3d

Wait, the guy suggesting that strong emergence is a thing was accusing you of magical thinking?

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violentlycar @violentlycar.bsky.social · 4d

"im not owned! im not owned!!", i continue to insist as my body slowly dissipates and returns to the lifestream

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