Eric Dunn

Suzanne Smalley @suzannesmalley.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 25, 2024 at 16:25 UTC

Leading privacy advocate @nullset.bsky.social says new version of APRA stripping civil rights protections to ward off data discrimination + algorithmic bias "make it nearly impossible for civil society to support the bill." New draft also cuts other data protections
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Eric Dunn @corpkiller.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 25, 2024 at 14:16 UTC

I don't think most "modern" men consider themselves beleaguered by an inarticulable persecutor and interpret all new information as evidence of their "perceived" victimhood. That's like MAGA cult shit. There's a lot of them but they are by no means a majority, and there's nothing modern about it.

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Eric Dunn @corpkiller.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 25, 2024 at 01:27 UTC

… What pressure points does Trump have on Gaza at all?? Pretty much none. Heck there’s even Republican electeds openly calling for Netanyahu to nuke the place. You might not move Biden. You definitely won’t move Trump. Some chance > no chance.

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Eric Dunn @corpkiller.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 25, 2024 at 01:24 UTC

… So the better way to think about it is, of the two possible administrations, which one might Gaza activists be able to force some concessions from? Biden probably doesn’t want a full-on genocide on his legacy, wants Dems to hold the WH in ‘28, Dems have a progressive wing in the party…

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Eric Dunn @corpkiller.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 25, 2024 at 01:21 UTC

You’re thinking in quid pro quo terms: if you vote for me, I will do X, Y, and Z. That’s not the right frame. Biden isn’t going to promise them anything because he’s clearly calculated that he can be for Israel or for Gaza but not both. He’s obviously chosen the former…

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Eric Dunn @corpkiller.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 25, 2024 at 01:09 UTC

Their anger is justified. They should nevertheless vote for Biden because the election still determines the political conditions under which future advocacy for the Palestinian cause will occur, and that’s easily more favorable with Biden than DT. Not to mention literally every other issue.

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Eric Dunn @corpkiller.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 25, 2024 at 00:54 UTC

I wasn’t trying to win anyone over, just pointing out that the U.S. working class has a lot of real problems and Trump being prosecuted is not among them. If people insist on believing the opposite there may be different ways of responding to that, but let’s begin with recognizing it’s nonsense.

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Eric Dunn @corpkiller.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 24, 2024 at 21:18 UTC

What actually keeps them down: exploitative rents, barely or unaffordable higher education and healthcare, wretched consumer protections, inaccessible courts, nutrition misinformation, abusive credit and background scoring, 1,000 (other) manifestations of racism, and a broken political system.

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Eric Dunn @corpkiller.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 24, 2024 at 20:26 UTC

Yeah, that makes sense although I just looked at this map and Ohio actually has a higher percentage of urban population than Michigan. I think another factor could be that southern Ohio is more like Kentucky or West Virginia culturally than other MW states (ditto Indiana).

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Eric Dunn @corpkiller.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 24, 2024 at 19:50 UTC

Seems strange to me that Ohio is so much redder than PA, Michigan, Illinois, or Wisconsin.

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Eric Dunn @corpkiller.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 23, 2024 at 11:43 UTC

I haven’t been to Lansing in 20 years and never really knew it well to begin with. But I did stay at the Minneapolis Graduate last week and found it to be a generally outstanding hotel. The lobby was especially fantastic. Only disappointment was no way to do pull-ups in the fitness center.

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Eric Dunn @corpkiller.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 23, 2024 at 00:36 UTC

Low-level D&D is the best D&D.

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Eric Dunn @corpkiller.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 20, 2024 at 17:03 UTC

I asked a Venezuelan friend, she said basically that “martini sucio” is correct but they never actually say it:

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Eric Dunn @corpkiller.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 20, 2024 at 16:01 UTC

A freshly-cleaned calisthenics park and perfect weather.

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Eric Dunn @corpkiller.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 20, 2024 at 12:15 UTC

Schedule F is the real Third Reich shit.

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Eric Dunn @corpkiller.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 20, 2024 at 00:16 UTC

MAGA: the party of schoolyard bullies

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Eric Dunn @corpkiller.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 18, 2024 at 20:39 UTC

¿Y eso qué es? 😆🤣

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Eric Dunn @corpkiller.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 18, 2024 at 15:38 UTC

Yeah. I mean, I am sure actual wait times have ebbed & flowed and have grown longer over time. But the waits have always been really long. Like, if something ought to take 1 month and used to take 6 months, well that's still a really long wait even if now it takes 12 months. Good luck on the GC!

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Eric Dunn @corpkiller.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 18, 2024 at 15:16 UTC

What part do you not think is true? Before the Department of Homeland Security was created, the old I.N.S. had legendary paperwork delays. I think the ability of progressive lawmakers to address things like processing times is severely limited because of hostile agency staff.

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Eric Dunn @corpkiller.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 18, 2024 at 14:33 UTC

Perhaps, but keep in mind that U.S. immigration paperwork backlogs have existed for decades and no serious effort has ever been made to resolve them. The resulting delays are thus quite clearly intentional.

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Eric Dunn @corpkiller.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 18, 2024 at 09:56 UTC

… Step 5: wait 6 months to 2 years for interview abroad. Step 6: go to interview with no guarantee of approval. Pray you can come home. That is absurd and shameful. Anyone married to a U.S. citizen should be able to adjust status automatically and I don’t see why anyone should be against that.

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Eric Dunn @corpkiller.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 18, 2024 at 09:54 UTC

… Step 2: once family petition approved, apply for immigrant visa with State Dept. Step 3. Apply for unlawful presence waiver with Homeland Sec. 3-5 year wait. Pray for approval. Step 4. Once approved, resubmit all the expired evidence to State Dept. …

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Eric Dunn @corpkiller.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 18, 2024 at 09:51 UTC

Here’s how a former colleague of mine who is an immigration lawyer explained the current process for adjusting status if you entered the USA without inspection and are now married to a U.S. citizen: Step 1: submit family petition to Homeland Security and pray you don’t get picked up. 1-2 yr wait …

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Eric Dunn @corpkiller.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 18, 2024 at 09:45 UTC

I agree but at least with Biden you take the bad with the good, rather than the bad with the even worse.

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Eric Dunn @corpkiller.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 17, 2024 at 16:56 UTC

I mean, it's a social media site. But if you're going to be like that...

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Eric Dunn @corpkiller.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 17, 2024 at 16:53 UTC

I read all the comments and realized I have some opinions! I only have room for two: 1) Jif is not good PB. It is loaded with sugar and chemicals. Good PB should have two ingredients: peanuts & salt. 2) Boxed Mac & Cheese isn't worth it. From scratch is easy, almost as quick, and customizable.

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Eric Dunn @corpkiller.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 17, 2024 at 16:40 UTC

Bounty are good, but the Viva kind that stick to themselves are even better IMO.

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Eric Dunn @corpkiller.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 17, 2024 at 15:05 UTC

Name a song you hate. "Wango Tango" by Ted Nugent. Really, any song by Ted Nugent. Also: other things by Ted Nugent that are not songs. Really, just Ted Nugent in general.

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Eric Dunn @corpkiller.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 16, 2024 at 23:51 UTC

I once caught the same sunfish seven times within like 45 minutes. I gave up for the day and haven’t fished since.

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Eric Dunn @corpkiller.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 16, 2024 at 23:42 UTC

Not to mention his war on public schools and vetoes of bipartisan legislation. Youngkin has followed the MAGA blueprint the whole time, right on down to his dog whistle confederate flag campaign signs. Any suggestion that he’s wanted to be “pragmatic” is just false propaganda.

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Eric Dunn @corpkiller.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 16, 2024 at 08:23 UTC

It’s seriously painful to think where the USA might be now if the Gore and HRC had gotten those votes in 2000 and 2016 compared to where the country is now.

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Eric Dunn @corpkiller.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 15, 2024 at 10:35 UTC

Unfortunately historical facts and reason don’t matter with this SCOTUS. The Second Amendment could say “personal gun ownership shall be strictly prohibited” and the RW6 would still find a way to say the constitution broadly allows it.

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Eric Dunn @corpkiller.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 15, 2024 at 01:33 UTC

My grandmother used to listen to a police scanner. Mercifully she died before the age of Ring doorbells.

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