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dxpack
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“Banning non-competes” How’s that report from Presidential Commission on the Supreme Court doing? Does it have enough dust yet, or do we need to send more money so it can sit on a shelf for four more years? That’s the strategy right? Let them roll us, and then campaign on how we just got rolled.
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tweety fish
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The entire genre of dancehall (more or less) came about when a reggae producer repurposed a "rock" beat he accidentally discovered on a casio kid's toy keyboard. People recently discovered the long-anonymous Japanese woman who programmed the beat was in fact a huge reggae fan and scholar.
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dxpack
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Oh well, for a second I thought we might have gotten better footing towards a meaningful discussion. Apparently you just want to argue.
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dxpack
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I did interpret your statement as related to the efficacy of protests. If my interpretation was wrong, then I think my question is: If not the success of a protest, what do you think the benefit would be if the media reported on it “better”?
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dxpack
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Now, you’ll probably just respond with some random new context, and that will be unfortunate. I think this could have been, or maybe still could be, an interesting discussion. But you’ve wanted to turn it into a stupid fight for some reason. That’s too bad.
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dxpack
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In the US, the elected official, particularly Democrats, know they rarely need to do anything beyond lip service towards a protest, and they will be re-elected anyway. In dictatorships, the media is just PR for the dictators - even less of the “underlying” issue.
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dxpack
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One group who cannot actually implement a change to address an issue you are protesting is the media. In the US or anywhere. They could be useful, to increase pressure on the people with the literal power to address the protested issue - but, that has proven ineffective in the US.
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dxpack
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You want to latch onto my use of the word “elected reps” (in the U.S. context), and then say “ah ha! There are none of those in dictatorships!” Are you daft? What’s an elected in the US? A person with power to address the issue of a protest. Do dictatorships have people with power? Hmmm
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dxpack
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You stated it was the underlying issue. I agreed you’re right it *is* an issue - but the *underlying* issue is that electeds have minimal need to care. From there you just went straight to arrogance and stupidity. Why? Who knows.
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dxpack
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But can he stay if all he does is dissent with his full heart?
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dxpack
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If Trump wins you think it’s likely the liberals are going to rebel? That seems wildly optimistic, tbh.
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dxpack
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Respectfully? The context of your post that I responded to was SCOTUS protests and the media. Did you want to discuss something else without accusing me of being wrong because I did not talk about something we weren’t talking about? Maybe say that the instead of being an ass about it. Respectfully.
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dxpack
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It’s easy to blame the media, and they are garbage. But the specific intention of protests is not to get media coverage, it is to get elected representatives to take action. Those same elected representatives are aware of protests. They then do nothing because they know they will be elected anyway.
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dxpack
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Standing up to Trump is the bare minimum. It’s the blatantly obvious right path and only the ignorant or the corrupt would fail to do it. If your colleagues don’t, that doesn’t make you brave and honorable, it makes your colleagues ignorant or corrupt.
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dxpack
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So, the bare minimum is all you need?
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dxpack
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Sure sure, sins of the father and all that. But hard disagree on Liz Cheney being anything other than a piece of garbage.
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dxpack
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If “the company” is one person who can’t make a sustainable business because of a $400 charge to protect the ability of their company to continue to exist - then are they “a company” or a tax evasion method? If “the company” has one non-owner employee tasked with using saws, then regulation is fine.
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dxpack
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“Don’t be such a Jew-hating fascist, genocides are normal!” Amazing argument.
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dxpack
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Also, I appreciate you being clear about what you will do when the President commits genocide. Maybe we’ll have a bit of luck and Trump will prosecute Biden. Probably won’t happen. But if there’s anyone who deserves to rot in prison, it’s the guy you’re going to vote for.
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dxpack
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The post was … Liz Cheney. 🤷♂️ My heart strings were not pulled. When is the last time Trump said something hyperbolic? 30 seconds ago? I’ll be worried about Trump after I get done being worried about the fact that you’re fine with Biden killing 20k kids.
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dxpack
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I … would actually be fine with Liz Cheney being prosecuted. Even if I jump to the wild conclusion that she hasn’t done some heinous shit, the absolute stench of her father might be enough. In any case, what you would do when the President commits genocide is what you are doing right now.
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Jacob Bacharach
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Went fine.
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Dave Hutchinson
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I’m not sure there’s anything you can say about a society that wants to protect kids from Anne Frank’s Diary but won’t protect them from guns.
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dxpack
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Not sure I understand this issue people are having - you’re meaningfully annoyed/aggrieved that the NYT did not print the most obvious statement they could ever make? Why?
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dxpack
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Literally 1/2 the voting public and all Republicans deny that narrative. What are you even talking about.
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dxpack
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Yes and, if there is momentum or mainstream public support, Democrats will tell you they agree but it’s outside the norms and traditions of our great institutions to do something like <anything at all to stop a fascist>
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Erik Nordman
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One of the big unmentioned reasons for the closure is that these pharmacies, including Walgreens, have multi-billion opioid settlements against them. Walgreens is on the hook for $5.5 billion.
www.mlive.com/public-inter...
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dxpack
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I think the anti-choice crowd would say that before the ban, all abortions were infant deaths, and as such the rate has likely decreased.
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dxpack
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If effective altruism is bullshit, surely ineffective altruism must be gold!
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dxpack
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… McCain and Kerry did not have power and wealth, or support violence?
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Andrew Ducker
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Jacob Bacharach
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PAULIE: Not for nothin, T, but there's a big difference between undecided and persuadable. TONY: Yeah like what? CHRIS: No he's right, T. It's in all the literature. TONY: Did I ask you? BOBBY: Thing is, you got your leans left and leans right. TONY [shouting]: Either way it's bend the fuck over!
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dxpack
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As long as the stable geniuses are in charge, I’m certain it will work out well for everyone.
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dxpack
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That’s not fair. Neither Michelle nor George have ever played a single Mario game in their lives.
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dxpack
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I wonder which side is going to win? The one with the SCOTUS judge drawing the battle lines, or the other side who says they can’t do anything because that would break the “norms”?
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Peter
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there are frequent reminders that palestinian lives just don’t count in the west, but an operation that killed 200+ to save 4 hostages being celebrated like it’s a success is a visceral one
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dxpack
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Ok, but do you understand the consequences of reelecting the man that has helped murder 20,000 kids? What message is that sending?
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dxpack
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Even worse: they don’t actually think their nominees suck.
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dxpack
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In the land of sweeping generalizations of international perception of the U.S., my experience (living internationally 1/2 the time), is that they are more shocked at Biden’s support for genocide than they are laughing at Trump’s bribery. Perhaps they have a better moral compass.
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dxpack
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“warned”
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dxpack
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Call it whatever you want.
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dxpack
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None of that is accurate or meaningful without first assuming there is a fundamental reason asylum should be limited. The “mess” you speak of is solely due to that invalid fundamental belief.
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Lora Kolodny
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In Dec. 2023 Tesla CEO Elon Musk ordered Nvidia to divert a shipment of 12,000 of their very much in-demand AI chips which had reserved for the EV maker over to X Corp. and xAI first, leaving Tesla to get a shipment of chips months later. My latest @cnbc www.cnbc.com/2024/06/04/e...
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dxpack
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Wow, that article. I thought the neocons were a dying breed. But I guess the no-war-is-big-enough crowd will always get a fat paycheck to write articles about spreading freedom through mass destruction.
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dxpack
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Every fast food chicken nugget is allowed to have a few molecules of rat shit.
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dxpack
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It’s possible that you are correct and there is just one Model. But that seems unlikely. There are probably many, at various stages of optimization and test, but only 1 that is accessible by a consumer. The main reason they wouldn’t roll back a new racist output is because why would they care to.
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Rudy.
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In 2023, only 0.5% of all VC funding for U.S. startups went to Black founders. The first time it was less than $1B since 2016. It has declined every year since 2021. They'll try to kill programs like this, Black Ambition Prize, Google's Black Founders Fund and then act like Black ppl don't innovate.
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dxpack
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874 quote posts and then I found out there was a thing called a “pussy hat”. Mumble mumble something about waxing philosophical when you are too online.
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Brendel
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Guy who keeps talking about how he has taken the red pill and sees beyond the lies given to the brainwashed masses by powerful shadowy forces: financial fraud isn’t a crime, crime is stealing skittles from Walgreens
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Saeed Jones
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There is no justifying felons being disenfranchised if it’s also okay for felons to run for president.
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