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Nonviolent ukulele player who codes

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luckytran , to random
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The US government keeps telling us that COVID is fine now because “we have the tools.”

Well, they stopped requiring the reporting of COVID hospitalization data and they have ended programs for free tests, free masks, and now free vaccines.

We absolutely DO NOT have the tools.

hugoestr ,
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@luckytran The new tool is probably ChatGPT saying that everything is fine

luckytran , to random
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It's ridiculous that most Democrats are just watching passively as Republicans are passing mask bans. In states where Democrats hold power, they should absolutely be passing laws that codify and protect people's rights to wear a mask.

hugoestr ,
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@luckytran What? Banning masks? Really? I turn around and this is what they are doing?

breadandcircuses , to random
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The system is working exactly as intended...

Illustration of "DESPERATE PEOPLE MAKE IDEAL WORKERS AND DISTRACTED CITIZENS." Three rows of little cartoon people. First row: "Desperate people" - 6 months no newstart, high student debt, ATSI programs cut, high med fees, 40 job apps a month. Second row "Make ideal workers" - Work for cheap, for pizza, down a mine, far from family, sell us your land if we create jobs on it. Third row, "and distracted citizens" - Climate change? I gotta pay rent! Disability rights? I gotta find a job! Land rights? I need to feed my kids! Refugees? I've got medical bills to pay! Long-term problems? I got short-term problems!
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    hugoestr ,
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    @breadandcircuses Also why real popular movements are seen as a threat. Why the ruling class keeps gravitating towards fascism anytime they can or feel threatened.

    As silly as this is, the great resignation scared them, when in reality we were playing musical chairs

    Ailantd , (edited ) to random
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    Modern cockpit.
    Waiting is the only thing pilots are expected to do.
    Just months of nothing but thinking and contemplation.
    They all become philosophers or serial killers.

    Would you?

    Variations:
    https://artnol.com/artwork/eKd0

    hugoestr ,
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    @Ailantd So beautiful

    parismarx , to random
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    Elon Musk never wanted to build the low-cost car, according to Walter Isaacson. He wanted the design team to focus on the robotaxi, but they eventually convinced him to do both. Now he’s overruled them again.

    If the board really cares about Tesla, they’d use this to oust Musk.

    https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/tesla-scraps-low-cost-car-plans-amid-fierce-chinese-ev-competition-2024-04-05/

    hugoestr ,
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    @parismarx I hope they have enough time. The Chinese EV has the momentum that Tesla lacks

    hugoestr , to random
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    Imagine if all the money and effort going to train LLM was used for developing better solar technology and to create tools that were more energy efficient

    fulanigirl , to blackmastodon group
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    @blackmastodon The second part of the ThoughtExperiement asked you all to assume Trump was a distraction and to indicate what you thought the underlying root complaint is for the MAGAs. I asked Europeans not to reply, because their underlying causes of right wing discontent are different from ours AND because they are more willing to critically look at systems than Americans are. I wanted to hear from the people who live here. 1/7

    hugoestr ,
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    @fulanigirl @blackmastodon Ending abortion rights is their legal step towards resegregation. The hack supreme court will use their own ruling to show how constitutional it is to have lower tiers of citizenship for different groups of people

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