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Random link from the archives: " Why Is Measles Back? - The Atlantic" https://web.archive.org/web/20190709135807/https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2019/08/measles-as-metaphor/592756/ originally retrieved Tue Jul 9 13:58:07 EDT 2019
Robey ☠️
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"AI is going to solve so many medical and scientific--"
no it won't. there's no money in it.
"but cancer--"
nope!
how do I know? we could completely solve poverty right now for around 10% of elon musk's net worth. but we don't! because there's no money in it. and that's that. end of story.
So far I’ve been yelled at by strangers this evening for:
- the existence of provisional ballots, and trying to explain ballot curing
- the fact that US ballots are longer and more complex than they are in other countries (I didn’t design this, I swear!)
- making a silly joke about DC’s national mall not being a shopping center.
I’m honestly not sure why any of these things are so upsetting, or why they think I’m to blame for them (except for the silly joke, that actually WAS me).
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@sun @amerika
I encapsulate this with two related axioms.
"dissent is custodian of consent"
"might is custodian of rights"
That's quite different from saying "might is right". "custodian" is meant to indicate a role of guardianship, care and nuture. Rights are derived from the mutual willingness to take "no" for an answer. Might is necessary in order to safeguard one's rights. If that willingness is no longer mutual, then violence is the only remaining recourse. An obvious example of this would be the 1st and 2nd amendments to the US constitution. The 1st allows you to express dissent without reprisal. The 2nd allows you to back it up when others (particularly the government) try to abrogate that or any other natural right.
I encapsulate this with two related axioms.
"dissent is custodian of consent"
"might is custodian of rights"
That's quite different from saying "might is right". "custodian" is meant to indicate a role of guardianship, care and nuture. Rights are derived from the mutual willingness to take "no" for an answer. Might is necessary in order to safeguard one's rights. If that willingness is no longer mutual, then violence is the only remaining recourse. An obvious example of this would be the 1st and 2nd amendments to the US constitution. The 1st allows you to express dissent without reprisal. The 2nd allows you to back it up when others (particularly the government) try to abrogate that or any other natural right.
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@amerika @sun @toiletpaper >nietzsche was right
>plato was right
Nietzche proved Plato was wrong. He also proved that reading philosophy is for faggots. Thats why he called it the gay science.
>plato was right
Nietzche proved Plato was wrong. He also proved that reading philosophy is for faggots. Thats why he called it the gay science.
This time Subcommander T'Pol makes first contact with a race of sentient insects however takes a wrong turn at Albuquerque
don't take miebo if you're allergic to miebo
19:52 on Thursday November 5th, over the South Pacific Ocean
I did not know they made holiday versions of that
@senanthic ok I laughed.
@toiletpaper @amerika there is no exception to the rule of nature that to keep peace without violence you have to still be capable of incredible violence.
@sun @amerika
I encapsulate this with two related axioms.
"dissent is custodian of consent"
"might is custodian of rights"
That's quite different from saying "might is right". "custodian" is meant to indicate a role of guardianship, care and nuture. Rights are derived from the mutual willingness to take "no" for an answer. Might is necessary in order to safeguard one's rights. If that willingness is no longer mutual, then violence is the only remaining recourse. An obvious example of this would be the 1st and 2nd amendments to the US constitution. The 1st allows you to express dissent without reprisal. The 2nd allows you to back it up when others (particularly the government) try to abrogate that or any other natural right.
I encapsulate this with two related axioms.
"dissent is custodian of consent"
"might is custodian of rights"
That's quite different from saying "might is right". "custodian" is meant to indicate a role of guardianship, care and nuture. Rights are derived from the mutual willingness to take "no" for an answer. Might is necessary in order to safeguard one's rights. If that willingness is no longer mutual, then violence is the only remaining recourse. An obvious example of this would be the 1st and 2nd amendments to the US constitution. The 1st allows you to express dissent without reprisal. The 2nd allows you to back it up when others (particularly the government) try to abrogate that or any other natural right.
Chad :mstdn:
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I did not know they made holiday versions of that
Another winner of a headline. Of course it is from Le Monde, not a legacy U.S. newspaper. https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2026/11/07/stephen-miller-reactionary-ideologue-and-white-supremacist-promoted-head-of-trump-administration_6774220_4.html
@heidilifeldman @genecowan Page 1 of French newspaper Libération.
Im resisting buying this.
Pt 210 data terminal. Never heard of it.
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@tomjennings but it has an ACOUSTIC COUPLER! Someone MUST adopt it! 
I've long been a John Martyn fan and have several of his albums. His guitar playing broke new ground.
https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/why-john-martyn-was-an-underrated-guitar-genius
Much in the same way that his tunings were selected for fullness and warmth, to make up for the lack of other instrumentation, Martyn’s slap-and-pop technique adds rhythm and bite. In a sense, his right thumb was his drummer.'
@amerika @sun @toiletpaper >nietzsche was right
>plato was right
Nietzche proved Plato was wrong. He also proved that reading philosophy is for faggots. Thats why he called it the gay science.
>plato was right
Nietzche proved Plato was wrong. He also proved that reading philosophy is for faggots. Thats why he called it the gay science.
Weekly fiction drops, serial chapters, and more--my Patreon is open.
I have been a critic of Schumer.
But I cannot figure out how people who are political junkies think that you celebrate the biggest Dem wave since Watergate by firing the top two Dem leaders in the House and Senate.
It. Just. Does. Not. Work. Like. That.
@radiofreetom.bsky.social @normornstein.bsky.social
I don't understand why they get credit for this.
