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this election is a measurement of fear  red states fear disorder and terror more than anything else  blue states fear restriction and un-self directed personal development  both perspectives are valid, and don't have to cross one another. But each couple years, we're forced to contest each other.  someone should make an app that was basically a massive tree structure that started small and expanded in growth  at each node [computer programming term] it would ask a moral or philosophical question, and depending on the user's answer it would map out their preferences for politics.  using the power of technology, we might revolutionize the way we vote. In doing so, we could each have our own shared understanding, and we would keep each other from harm's way.  when war comes to a land, it destroys all who live within. Everyone everywhere will be spending their lives picking up the ashes.  instead, we might decide that having a deeper understanding of what we share is more valuable than winning a contest of wills.  against a friend. to train, and improve, and stay in shape. like, sparring in a martial art, or playing a game of chess with your heart.  [basically she's saying that we could create a "permanent vote" that is   [continued in next post] [continued]  improve, and stay in shape. like, sparring in a martial art, or playing a game of chess with your heart.  [basically she's saying that we could create a "permanent vote" that is able to be tweaked at any time.  the elections are still taking place every 4 years, which is when all the changes we've drifted toward will begin to take effect.  "oh boy I can't wait 6 more months for the next election when *abortion is made legal again*"  "gosh it sure is nice to have a small period between deciding something should be done and having it come into effect."  sure would give us a lot more time to discuss and engage with each other on important topics. Like gender reveal parties and their excessive [wait hang on, think about the important parts.] ugh right okay like *transsexual marriage* and "anti-ugliness trackers where people compare flaws all day and try to be the best [you're just talking about social media] oh um, yeah, was there a different type of service like that?  oh, right, you don't know about grindr yet. okay so there's this website where people would go on to have sex, it was like an app on your phone and you could just open it up and update your preferences whenever you wanted. They had this neat tool you could use to "suss it out" with swiping and choosing you could pick your own spouse.  but ah, alas, what about all the other people who aren't using the app? eh who cares they'll find love eventually, this is more *fun* than   [continued in next picture] [sorry dipped out there for a moment - what's this about dating applications?]
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 [however many minutes later] I love being alone. I could totally live in a
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 Diaper skill reduces your chance of leaking. It's on a scale of 1-10 but
 there's beginners luck so your first 5-10 diapers will never leak.
 
 Boys with penises and girls with them can get 9 points of skill to reduce leak
 chance over the lifetime of the diaper by 90%. Girls with vulvas and boys with
 them can only level up to 6.
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Actual causes of burnout, an infographic.  There are several examples of various causes of burnout. Here they are one by one, for a total of fifteen:  1. False Urgency: There are constant fire drills, with unrealistic and unexplained deadlines.  2. Unfair Treatment: There is unequal treatment or favoritism that leads to resentment.  3. Relentless Change: Changes in leadership, policies, and the ways of doing things are frequent.  4. Excessive Workload: Work keeps piling up, with no sign of relief or support incoming.  5. Limited Growth: Employees feel stuck in their roles with few opportunities to move up  6. Low pay: Compensation doesn't keep up with hard work and strong performance  7. No balance: Days off, time for family, and time to recharge are hard to come by  8. Micromanagement: employees feel like someone's always watching them.  9. Pressure to perform: Leaders set unreasonable expectations and overreact to mistakes  10. Toxicity: negativity and hostility, including bullying and gossip, go unchecked  11. Lack of support: leaders give little support, leaving employees isolated and stressed  12. Bad communication: communication from leadership is limited, leading to confusion  13. No recognition: leaders rarely say thank you, celebrate wins, or recognize hard work  14. Monotonous work: tasks are repetitive and unchallenging, with no signs of changing.  15. Fuzzy Expectations: the company lacks clarity around goals, roles, and responsibilities.
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 I feel like "settling out of court" should be illegal.
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 I learned a lot last night, and I'm pretty sure that everything I say is going
 to be censored. Why would you allow resistance in such a public place?
 
 I don't know what else to do, though. He will come for me, he knows where I
 live, and I will do what I can to fight him.
 
 He's much stronger than me. He's much more massive than me. He will kill me.
 
 But that's not the point, is it?
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 ... That's not true, I am incapable of fear. I possess an abundance of
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 I left for beer.
 
 I returned with a 6 pack.
 
 I entered my home with a 4 pack, because I left 2 beers on the porches of
 people that I know and trust and want to provide a better experience of life
 toward.
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 @user-898 
 
 true, but building a house will never cost 100$. Maybe 100,000$, and at that
 point you could build but a few.
 
 Meanwhile, they're throwing around millions of dollars. we're not measured on
 the same scale as they are, and if we ever dip our toes into their end they
 will bite them off.
 
 If supply and demand were real laws that guided our economy, then wages would
 have gone up after COVID, because so many people died. Housing would have
 gotten cheaper, because fewer people were living in them. Food would have
 gotten less expensive, because people were growing their own vegetables and
 baking their own bread while they spent months isolating themselves. But alas.
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 if people want to be loved for more than their money, they should give it
 away, so there is room in their life for love.
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 they put you in homes of sticks and bones because it's a lot easier to put 2
 teams one on each side in an L shape and just... unload into the house with
 machineguns until everyone stops talking.
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 bread and meat in times of war, milk and honey in times of peace. That is the
 way of my people.
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 @user-883 
 
 Okay! I'm doing chores, setting up RTSP (almost done btw, pretty sure),
 playing a turn or two of Dominions 6 every once in a while, hanging out with
 my cat, eating nachos - not yet, gonna make them now >: ) and reading stuff
 on Mastodon. Not too much, I don't have to many people I follow, so it's not
 an un-ending torrent of content. Just like, 10 minutes here and there.
 
 I'm definitely down to watch BGC later : )
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 I love my mom. She has never once harmed me. I love my dad. He is so precious
 and important to me. I love my cat, my sisters, my friends and my lovers. I
 love my cousins and my half-siblings and all of them put together. I love
 every human I meet, there's nothing but kindness [replete], so why am I
 unendingly [yearning for] purchase? [a sense of stability or hand hold that a
 climber might use to put one foot in front of another]
 
 In all of my trials, the errors of my denials, here on this earth I am defeat.
 
 Goodnight, sweet moon, my dearest precious boy. Goodnight, for tomorrow's your
 beckoning ploy. [pillow?]
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 @user-1767 
 
 yep... I think they must stay in blind-people-mostly instances. surely they
 must, right? where else would they be? using screen-readers and seeming
 regular and normal to you and me? ah gosh who can say, maybe there's some
 statistics out there or something /shrug
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 @user-883 
 
 I mean yeah, they're like 50$ what do you expect xD
 
 But for something simple like this they should be sufficient. Perhaps if such
 a massive investment in SOCs was implemented on a national scale, we'd develop
 more reliable systems? One can hope!
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 if you attempt to dismantle capitalism, they'll contest you.
 
 if you attempt to claim power, they'll show you how.
 
 if you attempt to be exempt from proving [deserve-tion/desertion] you will be
 viewed as an enemy, which is how they keep the productive in line.
 
 I'd rather have 500 people sitting on the couch eating cheetos than 5 people
 in a trenchcoat doing 1500 AI's jobs.
 
 if they don't need your labor, then they don't need you. universal basic
 income is necessary and basic.
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 me, sitting in my winter jacket, eating icecream and drinking iced tea,
 glancing over at my thermostat that I turned off to save money
 
 "why is it so cold in here"
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 [1 month earlier]
 
 what if we played a D&D style board game set in [home state] and the
 surrounding [kilometers] and tried to generate a list of possible opponents or
 mass-tragedies.
 
 we could make up ideas for possible solutions, and create a list of
 requirements -> "this plan needs a firetruck and for the dam to have not
 been blown" or "this plan needs a massage therapist and a bushel of apples" or
 whatever
 
 [1 month earlier]
 
 I was talking to so-and-so and she said this-and-that and I got a little
 scared, so I made this picture of blue and purple grays.
 
 [1 month earlier]
 
 Listen, it's important to design software such that the ease of use AND the
 impossibly secure truths remain self-evident. Otherwise, nobody's gonna trust
 it!
 
 [1 month earlier]
 
 Hi, my name is Mitz Renaldi, nice to meet you, oh thanks yes it is a lovely
 hat isn't it
 
 [some months earlier]
 
 The Supreme Court is illegitimate! They seek to install Trump as a king! We
 have no better time to lose our fear than today! Wear Black Red and Blue
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 I love my family!
 
 I love all humans equally.
 
 But I spend more time thinking about my family, so I have more opportunities
 to love my family than all humans.
 
 therefore, I love my family more than anyone else in the world!
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 states are not just a monopoly on violence. they also are monopolizing who can
 talk to other countries.
 
 wanna talk to china? use RedNote (tiktok, before the Americans hacked it)
 
 did you know you can just. send companies emails. like... "hey I like your
 product" or "hey what do you think about market taxes" or "I heard that
 east-westistan was talking to north-south-ica about pre-militia disarmament to
 better equip the international troops"
 
 I swear I'm not evil the house of jesus is in a panic.
 
 "how did the followers turn so evil?"
 
 growth, renewal, and change. these are the fates of the gods. such is the
 state of your bibles.
 
 "your bible sucks, there's barely any happy things in it"
 
 good, let me feel peace so that I may write some more.
 
 I cannot rest when despair is so vile.
 
 "we just don't like you, doesn't mean you have to be so hurtful" yes I do it's
 life and death "just go to home and you'll be fine" scaryyyyy, what happens if
 homes are consumed one by one and I'm left unawares (girl you come from
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  ┃  increasingly difficult not to see me in a crowd. Curiosity brings people
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  ┃   excitedly come to me because I'm othered in so many ways what crowd
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 Jumping out of a crib is hard because the mattresses is like a cloud. Don't
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 @user-379 @user-366 @user-380 @user-381 @user-382 @user-367 
 
 I, being a witch, posted something on Nextdoor a few days before Halloween
 about how the phases of the moon at the time were the harbinger of dark and
 ancient evils that crept through the night on that particular day, one day,
 just once, one night per year, because... y'know, Halloween is supposed to be
 spooky?
 
 People there hated it. They muted me and blocked me and called me names. So I
 deleted my account because it's obviously not designed for witches like me xD
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 @user-794 
 
 definitely go for the third, then you only have to work for 10 days! And 10 is
 a nice round number that fits on both hands.
 
 Side note, you can use your hands to draw.
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 I trade the justice of my heart for the world my mind knows it wants.
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 I trust my government more than I trust a fascist.
 
 but y'know, historically, my government has used their intelligent wings to
 beat the wind out of our leftward sails. And that's hardly fair, because
 y'know those left behind are those to who we need to be kind.
 
 so consider me suspicious. consider me aggrieved. consider me willing to
 forgive, completely and honestly.
 
 it's not my gambit but like, I'll help work it out. I got other things I'm
 workin' on, but this one's backburning and I can't help but think it'd be
 useful.
 
 pyrite
 
 fools gold
 
 use it for what it's worth
 
 not for how it glitters and moans
 
 wa, wawaWAwa
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 @user-1201 
 
 I'm betting on team Hannu tbh 😉
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 ... I'm going to sit in bed and eat cheetos all day.
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 the [mood/vibe/aura/whatever-you-want-to-call-it] in my suburb is frankly
 kinda confident. I saw people talking in front of Safeway, and there was many
 more people than usual about on a Tuesday at noon.
 
 When I visited the city yesterday, as I might do today or tomorrow, it was
 quite a different feeling. The poor dears are traumatized, I think! Well, have
 no fear, you won't have to bear the brunt of our burdens for long.
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 @user-950 @user-956 @user-957 
 
 I'm so sorry T.T
 
 @user-958 
 
 I walk in as straight a line as suburbia will allow and touch things about a
 foot or less off the ground - right at a cat's line of scent-vision. When a
 cat is searching for an old home, it spirals out searching for familiarity -
 if it should come across me, it'd be most likely to see what smells like me if
 I travel in a straight line. Thus maximizing the chance that she'd return to
 me, my home where I cherish her so. I'd love her with all my heart if she'd
 let me, but frankly most of the time I'm just alone.
 
 I miss you sweetie! Please don't ever leave me. I'll miss you when you're not
 here in my home! Such a good kitty, yes you are.
 
 ... at least, that's what I'd say, if I wasn't dead T.T ah oh well weapons are
 overrated
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 the minimum wage should be salaried, not per hour.
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 I was never going to consent to a Trump presidency. I knew this back in June
 when the Supreme Court nominated him as our king.
 
 We still have time to save our liberty.
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 @user-720 
 
 if it's true they couldn't agree, then the house they build upon would surely
 crumble!
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 I am not personally prepared for violence, but that doesn't mean I won't tell
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 I'm pretty sure we're all about to lose our heads. Or just be fucking shot in
 our beds. Homes lit alight, surrenders met with the knife, and the beginning
 of endless strife. What ends this night? Is there no end in sight? Thus begins
 our mortal plight.
 
 Give me a reason to be wrong. Trump has claimed he intends to invade canada,
 mexico, greenland... What the fuck is our plan? Are we seriously just going
 to. Recite poetry. Pretend to be secret agents. Play chess and drink coffee.
 Become exhausted organizing movie nights and potlucks. Work jobs doing nothing
 for nobody. Spend half our lives convincing people that they should care,
 actually, because reasons that don't apply to them but do apply to others.
 
 What the fuck is the plan? If there's some secret transgender militia out
 there, please, make me a lieutenant. Give me a sword that i might thrust into
 my enemies. Please, for the love of holy, i beg for a sign from the stars.
 Grant me power and i will deliver my people from harm - grant me vengeance and
 i will never forgive you, but i shall sleep easy - grant me death and woe and
 see my beauty fade from this earth.
 
 What is there left but tragedy? Please, i must know. I've tried my hardest.
 I've begged and I've pleaded. My calls fall on deaf ears, because everyone's
 so busy these days. Are they truly my people? Are they simply dead, actors,
 replaced by AI? The future was bright, i saw it truly. The future was kind, i
 felt it call to me. Is it still? I feel warmth and abaddon.
 
 I would replace persephone in hell if it meant sanctum and solace for my
 people. I care not for my soul, rather i care for the soul of those i tend to.
 Please, remember me. Remember the flowers. Remember what could have been, what
 still may yet be. There is hope for we, i truly believe. But please, do not
 keep me hoping. Tell me the truth of our arms, that i might find space in my
 heart of hearts. Space for hope, space for longing, space for the will to
 proceed.
 
 I am lost without you. I am lost by my own side. I am a savior for no people
 but those i keep inside. What chalice is this, what endless conveyals? What
 meaning is there in our country's betrayal? Are we not cherished? Are we not
 viewed as their equal? I pray that the stars will portend me.
 
 Mine is a sign of the changing tides, the proof is here in my travailles. But
 I, most aligned yet benign, demand the use of my most able. Give me a word of
 practicality and I'll show you the practice of their vipers - the blessed babe
 dies with a dagger in her heart, planted by the wound of her heartache.
 
 I trust in the silence of the majority. We await with bated breath the
 enslavement of posterity, gazing at the world through memes of deplority. How
 powerless we feel! Perhaps all we need is a meal. Have you eaten in the last
 16 hours?
 
 Purple is the intersection of black, red, and blue. I'm hungry. This poem is
 done.
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 Capitalism isn't perfect but if it's capitalism or cyberpunk North Korean
 style dystopia, I'll pick capitalism. Can we at least make it so that the rich
 aren't safe financially though? Like, if you own a billion dollars it should
 be because you make a billion dollars per year. Anything you don't spend
 should be taxed away, to be used for public services and the defence of our
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 #CDCsays we should live on a salary and save for retirement because capitalism
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 around in a company and improved their QoL and access to new features            │
 according to their needs, skillset, and personal way of working.                 │
 for example...                                                                   │
 do they like typing, or would they rather use a mouse,                           │
 are they more visual with graphs or textual like a piece of math                 │
 what needs do they have, what here could be automated                            │
 do they like the cupboards and drapes, we can switch out the profile and the     │
 theme... oh, no, yeah I guess you're right it doesn't matter. [changes it        │
 every week] [then a long time down the line when she finally leaves the          │
 company, a few people begin to wonder - didn't the colors in outlook change      │
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 I was at BLM in Philadelphia and I never saw any protesters breaking windows.    │
 spray painting, sure. but window breaking? those things are expensive.           │
 why would you waste good glass on sending a message? why not just spray paint    │
 it so that everyone watching CAN SEE WHAT YOUR MESSAGE IS. dumbass.              │
 but no, they were all peaceful. then they got kettled (encirclement from         │
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 sometimes long into the night. where are they gonna go? just walk home? ha       │
 sucks can't do that, the battlelines have been drawn. you're going outta here    │
 in chains or not at all, not until you sign this prison release form that says   │
 you won't comment on the situation to any left wing media.                       │
 fuck, is that what bail is? except, not run as a business.                       │
 when they said crony capitalism they meant it. it's all about who you know,      │
 and who you know sets the standard for what chaos you'll sow.                    │
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 when the meek are the bold
 and your loyalty's sold
 then your masters should fold
 or their hearts are full of cold
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 Each of my previous jobs I left because my friends did. I quit of a broken
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 the agricultural corporations of America decided there was an acceptable
 number of domestic child starvation and priced their goods accordingly.
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 "what do you mean i can't go to the hospital down the street from my house?" -
 average possessor of American insurance
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 wow so fiery, you're sure worked up aren't you >.
 
 yeah it's almost like I fear for the lives of people like me who live in the
 deep red sea
 
 I think I'm allowed a little patience
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 yep that's definitely what I'm doing, because I'm a programmer and I like
 touching my computer
diagram of a theoretical technology called "truck with steel plate bolted to the side"  it's usage varies but is depicted as a portable shield to be used in urban warfare.
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 maybe if I slept until the end of time,
 I'd do better on the way back.
 
 or maybe I'm perfect as I'm,
 but I'm not so sure about that.
 
 is it better to hold a sword?
 or to leave it all intact
 
 is it better to be called lord,
 or to be simply called jack.
 
 I love every creature,
 every child woman and man,
 
 and here, where I stand, I look out upon this land, and I see the world that I
 was born to.
 
 I bear no false affection for any - not even those who'd condemn me to death
 or misery.
 
 I trust relentlessly, and favor almost willingly.
 
 
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 The Democrats had one BILLION dollars. This is what they should have been
 doing, but they couldn't have known. They needed to spend it on the election
 in order for us to see that money, talent, and rationality can't beat whatever
 Trump brings to the table.
 
 Give me a billion dollars and I'll slay fascism. Give me ten and I'll save the
 world.
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 the path to defeating hunger lies not in feeding people, but rather in
 reducing the prices.
 
 I personally believe in FREEdom as an ideal, and why not strive for the ideal?
 
 to defeat greed, you must banish inequity. Ah, but people like inequity, or
 else they wouldn't revere such power.
 
 maybe there's no going back. maybe there's no future. is it really such a
 crime to live in the present? I know who I'd like to be -> someone who
 prepares the world for posterity.
 
 knock-knock, did your doorbell break? or are you still on vacation? How long's
 it been, weeks? months? are you ever coming back again? it's lonely without
 you here, I miss you and your neighborly definitions. though I'm sure it's
 much brighter, wherever you are, so I think I'll stay here and orbit our star.
 Much calmer for me, and this way I don't have to watch you bleed, so take this
 as my honest confession.
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 if I was a far right militia, a pride parade would be a tempting target.
 
 hence why they must be defended with riflemen placed just out of sight,
 clustered away, ready to spring into the fight.
 
 spread out, hit from the flanks, keep them pinned down, and occupy space.
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 @user-1165 
 
 yeah, I mean, I agree, but try convincing them of that.
 
 I believe that there must be no non-consentual application of power, in the
 general sense.
 
 I also believe that one person's rights end where another's begin.
 
 Because of those two axioms, it is impossible to contest people who consent to
 being enslaved. Who am I to take their chains from them, if they grip them to
 their chests so dearly?
 
 But I will not tolerate them clasping new ones around the necks of our future
 children. I will not allow them to desecrate our home. They are welcome to
 join us, when "us" finally gets our shit together. But they can hold no
 dominion over us, nor anyone else - that is the crucial core of my belief.
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 There are no safe countries. The far right is watching us as a predator          │
 watches prey. Do you fight, or do you die when there's nowhere left to run to?   │
 I am committing sedition as we speak. Best case scenario I face prison time,     │
 worst case I am buried in the same grave as all of you. But I think there's a    │
 route somewhere in our future that involves a brilliant spark of hope. A         │
 future where we build the world we want for our children and theirs.             │
 I give myself to you, use me as you will. This is your chance to save the        │
 world.                                                                           │
 If you have kids, it is not cowardice to leave, but please consider leaving to   │
 a blue state. We'll need you, and your kids deserve a good life with us.         │
 Children belong with grand-parents. Perhaps not yours, but someone good that     │
 can be trusted. If theyre too young to advocate for themselves, keep them by     │
 your side.                                                                       │
 Listen to them when you spend moments with them. Ask them if theyre being        │
 abused. Nothing will harm them so long as we hear them. Be in public parks.      │
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 When they invade America, it won't be with planes and tanks and battle lines
 stocked with artillery
 
 It'll be with speed boats, and semi trucks, and rifles glimmering in the dark.
 It'll be with consumer drones, with power stations brought low, it'll be with
 bridges blown and safe houses on the roads not oft taken.
 
 Immigrants are our friends when the world is in peril, and America is a safe
 haven from the woes of far off shores. But when America is the peril, those
 who immigrate do so with intention.
 
 99/100 people are innocent, and I would rather a million guilty murderers go
 free than an innocent perish. Which is why we need rifles.
 
 When the time comes, it won't be brother against brother. They want you to
 think that because they want your eyes on the wrong target. They want you to
 think that because it doesn't tip the hand of those far off shores, and once
 the cards are revealed, suddenly everyone knows when to go.
 
 They tie up our officers at the border, but the border's not what's at stake.
 No body lives at the border, and no nation state would send it's trained
 warriors in such a way that they'd get caught. At least, not more than once.
 
 Should we build a wall, should we patrol each and every state, we'll find
 ourselves in peril of collapsing under our own weight.
 
 But should we relinquish our duty, our sworn and sacred responsibility, then
 together we share the same fate.
 
 Brothers in fate are kin until death.
 
 Immigrants aren't bad. They're good people. They benefit our society and bring
 us wealth and prosperity. Which is why they hide wolves in the sheep, armed
 like a man.
 
 It's a mistake to point at your neighbor and say "you're on your own". It's a
 mistake to say that home is all that you own. We are united in our state of
 solidarity, in our collective purpose as a nation in our hearts. There's no
 dividing line between this land and mine, save for a line we draw in the sand
 that determines the range of our just demands.
 
 I wish I was a man. It's what I was born as. It surely would be easier to not
 contravene nature's ordained gender scheme. But I'm not, and I'll trust that
 you'll trust me when I say that. I hope you would hear where I stand before my
 body goes cold.
 
 The media is meant to enlighten us, but in this enlightened era it serves only
 to blind us. Do you know your neighbors, oh unfriendly city folk? If not, how
 do you know they're alright?
 
 The world won't change overnight. It's always calm before the storm, but every
 state of calm does not call forth a storm. I believe we can fashion a peace
 out of our mutual sincerity that leaves room for the hopes of all posterity,
 and to that end I say what we have isn't working. It's too rigid in its
 definitions, too heartless in its cruel machinations, and yet the wolves do
 also hide amongst our homeless.
 
 I don't want to alarm you. Things are being handled as they should. I guess I
 just want to offer a hand of friendship, a hand that your companions would
 stab me for. At least, that's what the media tells me.
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 Every 10 years vote on whether you liked the old way or the new way. Then, do
 the winner for 10 years. After that, do something new for 10 years, and then
 vote again. Keep repeating forever, meaning even if you find a perfect system
 you can't keep it for more than 10 years. Well, 10 years of the alternative
 must separate each 10 perfect years, but the idea is that the alternative
 might end up being better than your first idea. Just make sure they don't
 switch back and forth, there needs to be real radical change. Complete
 rethinking of how the processes should proceed. Then you can iterate if it
 sticks.
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 @user-883                                                                        │
 best case scenario, we elect a lawyer working for capitalism, the kind of        │
 society we live under.                                                           │
 having money is the same as having resources. And resources allow you to apply   │
 yourself to a goal. The more you have, the better, but they each bear a heavy    │
 load.                                                                            │
 Do you sacrifice your labor? your dignity, your honor? what do you burn on the   │
 fire of wasteful expenditures, just for the power to rent?                       │
 I'm saying that if you don't have money, you need to think about what you can    │
 do with what you got, because that's how you pay for things, at least until we   │
 decide that we'd rather help each other than work on capital's games.            │
 you have a house though, right? a place to live until it gets hot? that's good   │
 enough for right now. Stay where you're at, do what you can to help. Get in      │
 the habit of it. Think about how someone will complete their task, and then      │
 think about stuff two or three steps down the road - what tools will they        │
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 if a dragon on a pile cannot claim what it yearns for, it can throw piles of     │
 minerals at the ape warriors made of steel and then it's fate will appear.       │
 what trifles does all else seem to compare! you should give me your whole        │
 hoard because I dazzled you with my charisma score -..-                          │
 ha, like I'd fall for that again twice. oh? I already did? and this is the       │
 second twice? well, then no-more of that behavior, I say, with my elven          │
 tongue, "beware! for dragons blood runs silver when unicorned."                  │
 the bigger the hoard, the bigger the dragon. if you want me to come along,       │
 you'll need to hire at least 3 other men to carry my ballista. In addition,      │
 I'll need seven weeks worth of supplies. If all else comes to ruin, me and my    │
 boys will have that dragon-sized-spider impaled on it's own fate threadwheel     │
 before... well... y'know it might take more than seven weeks, we just... can't   │
 find the dragon. We've been wandering all through the blasted peaks, and         │
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 I am a slow burn.
 
 glacial pace.
 
 read me as such.
 
 sparks in your imagination, not a flood of content.
 
 sit with me.
 
 drink tea with me.
 
 remember me.
 
 trust me.
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 @user-638                                                                        │
 In the 2000s when the Bush administration prevented people from working with     │
 stem cell research I remember my father going on rants about the same kind of    │
 thing.                                                                           │
 "They're limiting our access to information and the future of humanity because   │
 of their religion!" that kind of thing                                           │
 I loved listening to him. He was so passionate about that kind of thing. I       │
 think he got a little disillusioned sometime between now and then, because now   │
 he just tries to do the best he can with what tools he has available to him.     │
 And I love him for it.                                                           │
 He (mostly) abandoned his grand narratives because as the right got worse, the   │
 "left" sorta stayed the same, and he never forgave them for that. He still       │
 votes, and he'll still rant about that kind of thing, but only the stuff that    │
 affects him personally - like electric cars or cannabis or things like that. A   │
 democrat through and through.                                                    │
 He lives in a different country now, and I wish I could see him. But I cherish   │
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 on a hot day, it's better to meet in the morning than afternoon.
 
 though things do still happen after noon.
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 @user-1268 
 
 Ah but then inflation wouldn't increase, and don't you know inflation is just
 a (loose) measurement of how much wealth the ruling class extracts from the
 populace each year?
 
 When the total amount of wealth increases more than inflation, it's okay. When
 it doesn't... They tighten our chains.
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 I place my post-its high up so they're out of the sight-line of children. As
 best as I can.
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 hope for peace, that's really all you need for it.                               │
 I actually, kinda, want some chaos and destruction? Like... I think it'd         │
 really shake things up                                                           │
 because honestly, who amongst us is happy with the state of things               │
 who actually wants to spend their lives going to meetings and arranging          │
 settlements of accounts                                                          │
 sounds like hell                                                                 │
 I'd rather be in the sunshine with a beer in one hand and blackberries in the    │
 other                                                                            │
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 like, how much do you trust their oath on the constitution?                      │
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 what if we pooled our money and started buying houses for everyone               │
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 (quietly) wa wa wa wa (babytalk)                                                 │
 (quietly) arf arf arf meow (crowsign)                                            │
 (quietly) hey did you hear the mariners and the [redacted] are playing next      │
 weekend - yeah should be cool I bet 8 hours on the mariners this time because    │
 they really fight for it y'know (weather)                                        │
 (cackling) HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA (laughter)                                 │
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 Honestly I think the reason there's two political parties is because then our
 fears align against one another, and we can push against something solid.
 
 If we go back to bearing afraid of the dark, then who knows what might crawl
 out of it's dark recesses.
 
 When Order 66 went into effect, suddenly the CIS became the galactic good guys
 - who would you rather win the clone wars, some bastard capitalists or a
 literal sith lord? At least capitalists can be overthrown, sith lords are
 basically vampire wizards with laser swords and trust me that's NOT a good
 combination.
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 @user-883 
 
 If we lived in a sane world, the internet would operate on standards. And
 yet... Well, that's not entirely true, we have HTTP and HTML and all the
 security risks that Javascripts entails... Well, here's hoping the future can
 figure out what exactly's important aside from profit and ease-of-development.
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 If life isn't designed for human society... Why don't we just redesign society?
 
 Oh, because capitalism. Well, capitalism is comprised of people, so why don't
 we just kill those people?
 
 Oh, that's basically everyone. Like, at least 50%, probably closer to
 [redacted], depending on demographics.
 
 Oh, so if that percentage is cruel, and evil, and vain, and oppressive, and
 [redacted], then why don't we just kill ourselves? Clearly they're only
 [redacted].
 
 Listen... Just because they are separate from you doesn't mean they are not of
 you. Kin in fate are brothers unto death, remember? So face your future with
 abandon and courageous splendor, and maybe you'll find a new place.
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 "ah but what about false flag attacks and a repeat of the whole 'weapons of
 mass destruction in Iraq' thing, surely we could be misled and therefore there
 cannot be an conclusively ethical reason for war"
 
 perhaps you're right, but my feelings tell me that we have guns, and people
 are dying.
 
 "ah but won't they just send all their political opponents to fight and die
 while they amass power in the background"
 
 yeah that'll probably happen.
 
 "why should I give my life for a man I never met in a faraway land"
 
 fuck you
 
 "okay but won't any military action on such a scale create the conditions for
 WW3 (which would spell the end for the human race)"
 
 yeah probs
 
 "... and you're okay with that?"
 
 no I'm just pissed is all and it's human to want to punch things when you're
 pissed, right? listen I'm not a general, I'm not privy to the details of how
 my military would address nuclear disaster, all I know is that people are
 dying and we have guns.
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 "the stars are auspicious tonight"
 
 nah babe you're just a 4th century mystic who couldn't know about string theory
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 @user-246 
 
 or why they'd ban you without fighting you, trying to change your mind
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 "you are fantasizing"
 
 scroll past.
 
 "you are building empty hope"
 
 scroll past.
 
 "you are kayfabe"
 
 scroll past. Also, no I'm not, but there's plenty of that going around.
 
 "you are moving too quickly"
 
 scroll past.
 
 "you are legitimately insane"
 
 scroll past.
 
 "everyone wants you"
 
 scroll - wait hang on, that one's true. I know it's true because I like to
 hear it, teehee.
 
 "wait until the weekend"
 
 yes, and
 
 "wait until may, first"
 
 yes, and
 
 "wait until they win"
 
 no, but these things build with momentum. The energy is high. It will only get
 higher if you make it so.
 
 "the things you're saying will only be read by the people who already believe
 what you're saying. This is a waste of time. You're burning your energy typing
 on your keyboard when you could be walking the streets which is... somehow
 more productive than writing something to share later."
 
 ... scroll past...
 
 "your have no reach here"
 
 oh hey you're right maybe I should post to bluesky as well
 
 "everyone wants anarchy. We got your back."
 
 ty 
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 democrats want the kind of society that Joe Biden represents. that's who
 they're voting for - the memories of life as it was for their grandparents.
 
 people vote for Trump because they're sick of living in the same country as
 these other people who don't feel just like them.
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--- #73 fediverse_boost/4588 ---
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  @user-220 The other day @user-1704 posted a poll about "If your employer had a Mastodon server for staff, would you use it?" and I just want to say that if a company had a Mastodon server where all their engineers posted foone-style rants, I would be 1000% more likely to give that company my business.  
  
                                                            
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 Be not afraid, my darling sweet one
 Time will find you, no matter what you have done
 But be not afraid, and you will not perish,
 
 Be not afraid, though terror may come.
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 omg what if the government shut down again wouldn't that be a surprise and an
 indicator to the complete inescapable incongruities between our two societies
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 when leap-frogging, have each person use different ranged weapons. Then, as
 you come to each sight-line intersection, choose who goes first based on the
 size of the sight-line you're approaching.
 
 less important in a place like a suburb because the sight-lines are pretty
 similar.
 
 more important in a city or the country, where there are plenty of long-range
 lines of sight.
 
 also, keep in mind that the garages of suburban dads are like goldmines for
 the future backlines. So try not to blow them up.
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 the national guard are there to watch the cops in-case they try anything.
 
 vs.
 
 the national guard are there to watch the protestors in-case they try anything.
 
 why can't both be true?
 
 thus, the three-sided dichotomy, that which utilizes the power of the state,
 and the two which are raised on separate media diets and nutrition ratios in
 certain segregated geometric zones.
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 That smoke is black, son. You don't wanna be near it.
 
 "eh who cares? When everything's free, i certainly can afford the hospital
 fee."
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 @user-95 
 
 like, trading cash for drugs in front of a police station? I couldn't agree
 more!
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--- #81 fediverse_boost/2152 ---
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  Scotus just essentially made being #homeless illegal.                       
                                                                              
  In Los Angeles it’s illegal to sleep in your car. If you find yourself spending the night in your car, set your phone to stream something. If you’re confronted by police, mention you were not intending to sleep but we’re watching TV or movie and fell asleep by accident.   
                                                                              
  I figured this out when I was “watching a show in my car” at one point.     
                                                                              
  I hope the #scotus that did this spend the balance of their lives “watching a show in their cars.”  
  
                                                            
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 for the autistic / ADHD people in the audience, I recommend this:
 
 https://kinektdesign.com/products/gear-ring
 
 It's currently 90% off and when a company puts their stuff for sale at 90% off
 you know there's a reason. I bought mine more than a decade ago for 200+
 dollars, now they're 25$
 
 If I had a million dollars I'd make these the signet ring of my house, but
 alas I have but few dollars
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 if people want to be loved for more than their money, they should realize that
 capitalism lied to them. it told them they deserve their money, their wealth,
 their power, their material, their extra fragments of life spent on leisure or
 adventure rather than meaningless toil... but that is a lie. all people
 deserve everything, and nothing, because "deserving" things is an untruth.
 
 
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 the only way I could fight a war is if my opponents were wrong. they must
 break some law, something I hold dear. They must be unrepentant.
 
 ICE is not quitting their jobs. They aren't going away, even though we kindly
 suggest they go to where they're wanted.
 
 what's wrong with illegal immigrants? nothing. Same as any other race.
 
 what's wrong with ICE? they sure don't break the law. Same as all the stories
 of bad cops.
 
 they are kidnapping people. If they were warranted, they could feel a sense of
 ease. Why burden them with a lock-out? wait until someone has a problem. They
 are good people because we can get rid of them, how rude. "gee I really wanna
 fire that guy who just stands around and picks his nose all day, too bad he's
 ... " finish the rest.
 
 I love being autistic! It means that I am forced to say things that seem
 obvious to me in principle but I've never really thought about until now! I
 also pick my nose. And smell kinda bad. But I'm pretty so try not liking me.
 
 you cant know things you don't k
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 I dream of a world of blues and greens with a bright white sky
 
 Then I open my eyes and look outside and see a world of blues and greens with
 a bright white sky
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 I think I might stay out late tonight. For the past week I've been going home
 before dark, but I might stay late tonight.
 
 Tell your friends, maybe you'll see me. Preferably one-on-one, because social
 media posts can be filtered both non-and-consentually.
 
 Unless they're sleeping after having driven from a great long ways. They can
 sleep. 🥰
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 I am not interested in being given money. Usually it means someone wants
 something from me, like labor or some of my stuff. I have all the stuff I
 need, why would I need more money? I like my stuff! I'll help out when people
 need help but I do that because I'm a good person, not because I want you to
 fucking pay me for it.
 
 I have all the things I need... except a deed to my house. apartment. oh yeah,
 they can kick you out for that sin. well, sorry, I couldn't find out at
 goodwill or in the trash bin, so I guess I'm deed-less. My deeds go unproven.
 How can I prove that I deserve a decent life in this particular roof, the one
 I find over my head, when I cannot prove that my deeds qualify me for a decent
 life lived under this particular roof?
 
 I mean, did you ask the neighbors if they want me gone? Am I really that
 smelly? Does my keyboard make "clickety-clack" noises all through the night?
 Does my cat meow and bother the children? Do my friendly smiles and waves make
 you uncomfortable?
 
 Have a decent life.
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 if you ever hear random fireworks outside of your house sometimes it's a good
 idea to like... get out of town? and see what whoever else you can meet in the
 next town over is doing.
 
 ... I don't have a car, silly me haha
 
 why do we train homeless people to stand outside in the open and be shamed by
 a cardboard box around their ancle? It's impossible to recover from, it's
 vulnerabilizing, and it's painful. How immoral. How crude. These people should
 not be shamed in this way, they should be respected (unless they're crude)
 
 like, if they kinda just suck y'know? like... they keep starting fights or is
 soooo bad at singing but does it anyway or lacks all decent sense
 
 seriously, he's such a bad candidate why is he even running. It's solely to
 elect vance, who trump will be a blood sacrifice for.
 
 how callous. how vain. to think that such a feast would be left unclaimed.
 Perish the youth, perish the fields, perish in misery harmony and dissaray
 
 [51 characters remaining, but you deserve a CW] 
if you ever hear random fireworks outside of your house sometimes it's a good idea to like... get out of town? and see what whoever else you can meet in the next town over is doing.  ... I don't have a car, silly me haha  why do we train homeless people to stand outside in the open and be shamed by a cardboard box around their ancle? It's impossible to recover from, it's vulnerabilizing, and it's painful. How immoral. How crude. These people should not be shamed in this way, they should be respected (unless they're crude)  like, if they kinda just suck y'know? like... they keep starting fights or is soooo bad at singing but does it anyway or lacks all decent sense  seriously, he's such a bad candidate why is he even running. It's solely to elect vance, who trump will be a blood sacrifice for.  how callous. how vain. to think that such a feast would be left unclaimed. Perish the youth, perish the fields, perish in misery harmony and dissaray.  [see how easy it is to summon a demon? gotta be careful with phylac  [zero characters remaining]
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 the spirits are telling me to hang out with homeless people and do fentanyl
 again.
 
 haha weird, gonna try resisting that if I can.
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 axioms of game design:
 
 every unit should feel useful,
 
 and units should always be able to scale.
 
 meaning, reduce the number of "this ability stacks 3 times" (instead stack
 infinitely, to allow for focused placement) and increase the number of (to
 allow for varied composition) "for each other blue debuff, decrease energy
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--- #91 fediverse_boost/4989 ---
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  The world should sanction the US and Israel to oblivion.                    
                                                                              
  Do it, guys. Genocide doesn't stop itself.                                  
  
                                                            
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 saudi arabia is doing to america what america did to china, but with
 datacenters instead of factories.
 
 I think china is better off with our factories in their lands, because they
 can keep them. they're theirs.
 
 gee I can't wait to get my hands on all that data once it's [redacted]
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 On one hand, speaking your heart as I tend to do.
 
 On the other, "that which you resist is what you'll find"
 
 [I guess that means you should try and speak your heart to people who don't
 already agree with you??]
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 I can picture it now, caravans of trumpers [call them by their name, they are
 foes once again]
 
 driving halfway across the USA
 
 look at all of those islands
 
 [also read alt-text]
a picture of the electoral college results [so far]  there are large swathes of the country that are red, and tiny pockets sprinkled roughly equidistantly all over that are blue.  pnw is surrounded and split  california and nevada is too focused inward  NE is just going to become little canada  meanwhile the states south-east of colorado and north-east of california are going to be the birthplaces of the new confederacy  fucking bastards  colorado defends from the mountains  the military faces theft of equipment which is used en-masse to disrupt combat convoys while command struggles to hold everything clear  the south and east (Austin) fall under siege  aviation experts fly bomb-laden civilian aircraft into convoys  drones and landmined highways abound  volunteers from canada turned away at the border  except in vancouver  portland unites with seattle  montana is an unexpected ally  pseudo-confederate trump followers break and run in the north-east  moments of calm as the right sizes up their foes while democrats march on  cities expand, more people can cover more land  blitzkrieg doesn't do shit if your car is broken or the roads are deformed.  ... well, I mean most of middle america can just be driven over. Like, no road for the next few miles? whatever, I got a truck because I live by the roadside  before you leave, make sure you leave a note at your desk with your name and old home phone. People can look you up after the fact and maybe reunite you with your stuff. a picture of the electoral college results [so far]  there are large swathes of the country that are red, and tiny pockets sprinkled roughly equidistantly all over that are blue.  pnw is surrounded and split  california and nevada is too focused inward  NE is just going to become little canada  meanwhile the states south-east of colorado and north-east of california are going to be the birthplaces of the new confederacy  fucking bastards  colorado defends from the mountains  the military faces theft of equipment which is used en-masse to disrupt combat convoys while command struggles to hold everything clear  the south and east (Austin) fall under siege  aviation experts fly bomb-laden civilian aircraft into   [continued in next picture]  aviation experts fly bomb-laden civilian aircraft into convoys  drones and landmined highways abound  volunteers from canada turned away at the border  except in vancouver  portland unites with seattle  montana is an unexpected ally  pseudo-confederate trump followers break and run in the north-east  moments of calm as the right sizes up their foes while democrats march on  cities expand, more people can cover more land  blitzkrieg doesn't do shit if your car is broken or the roads are deformed.  ... well, I mean most of middle america can just be driven over. Like, no road for the next few miles? whatever, I got a truck because I live by the roadside  before you leave, make sure you leave a note at your desk with your name and old home phone. People can look you up after the fact and maybe reunite you with your stuff. before you leave, make sure you leave a note at your desk with your name and old home phone. People can look you up after the fact and maybe reunite you with your stuff.
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--- #96 fediverse_boost/5265 ---
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  My idea of legacy has always been having children and leaving some books behind so everyone knows what a dork I was.   
                                                                              
  I can't comprehend people like Musk, Rowling, or RFK, Jr. spending the better part of their lives and their obscene wealth just to be giant assholes.  
  
                                                            
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 @user-1074 
 
 alternatively, "I'll sleep when I'm dead"
 
 brb taking a nap
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 @user-138 
 
 Yep! I lived on a homestead until I was 10ish years old, and while I didn't
 have many chores, they still had to be done.
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 @user-126 think about other things in your life that you like and are good at.
 If you enjoy telling stories, and are comfortable being the center of
 attention among groups of 4+ people you know and trust, then you'll do fine
 with the in-session part. And if you like worldbuilding or character creating
 or spreadsheets or even map making, then those are useful skills. But really
 the only thing that's important is imagination, because you can apply it
 wherever and however you'd like. Most of my sessions are almost entirely
 improv, when I've tried writing down my ideas I just throw them out the
 window, and if I use someone else's I get distracted by trying to page through
 it during combat. So I mostly just try and explain what happens and let the
 players guide the story. Everyone has a different style and each style
 requires different skills, but after you try it you'll better understand how
 you perform best for a group. I say try it, if you don't like it then ask
 someone in the group to take over.
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 @user-1558 
 
 maple has always tasted a little salty to me. Or maybe you're just into maple.
 It was always my favorite but these days I'm into old fashioned
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 so what if people want to sit on the couch eating cheetos? they're more than
 capable of something far greater, but of course they are allowed to spend as
 they like their life.
 
 their ONLY life.
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 @user-620 
 
 need a house to have a pony. and sadly it seems all that anyone can afford is
 a house these days.
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 ... make that 100$. idk where the last 20 went. I love you dad.
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 liberals are capitalists.
 
 the compromise should be between socialists, and liberals. not capitalists and
 conservatives.
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 fear, uncertainty, doubt...
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 how many people could your apartment comfortably fit?
 
 I got one desktop
 one laptop desk
 two on the couch
 one in a comfy chair
 one on the bed
 and two outside on the porch
 
 so (1 2 4 5) that's 5 indoors, 6 if they're familiar enough to lounge on my
 bed, and 8 if we're allowed outside.
 
 Could also pull the hammock and chair in from outside but it might get a
 little cozy. Call it 8 or 9 depending on how close we are.
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 @user-1836 
 
 thanks, I love it, but WHY??
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 confuser of the way I'm sorry T.T
 
 "please don't work people into a panic, it's literally tuesday"
 
 I want to cry
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 I would much rather the racists be on Twitter than truth.social or whatever.
 At least on Twitter we can see them.
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 Alright, what's your plan for dealing with MAGA? The ones with guns and          │
 foreign ties who can compel people too stupid to know better to break shit and   │
 kill people. What's your plan to deal with them?                                 │
 In America, there are currently 3 armed and trained groups of any reasonable     │
 scale or reputation.                                                             │
 The police, the military, and MAGA.                                              │
 Who do you trust to defeat your foes? They won't just go away if you hide        │
 underneath the bedsheets. This monster has crept into your bedroom with a        │
 bowie knife and is fully intending to sink it into your guts while you sleep.    │
 What are you going to do about it?                                               │
 And more importantly, who are you going to do things about it with? Because no   │
 single person can do jack fucking shit on their own.                             │
 We forgot our responsibility to a well armed and regulated militia. Sorry        │
 founding fathers, that was our bad. Just gonna hide in a hole for 30 fucking     │
 years until the zoomer's kids are old enough to die in droves, and gen alpha's   │
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 ... okay I think a demon wrote that last one. But they say angels and demons
 hang out with one another so they can yin-yang humans until they make
 decisions that reflect their true character.
 
 I don't know if that's true, and frankly I don't know if anyone says that.
 What could the gods, learn, from me?
 
 this is how I'd speak to posterity. For the past, I'd describe it a bit more
 exciting, bountiful, and heartfelt. They love that sort of thing - to know
 that their children's children are living their true love and fulfilling their
 most honest ambitions.
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 @user-883 
 
 A brilliant pearl is still beautiful, even if coveted by a clam at the bottom
 of the ocean.
 
 If beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and there is none who are there to
 see, then perhaps it resonates in the hearts of it's creators, like a silent
 symphony.
 
 Or perhaps it is like a star in a sky shrouded by clouds - it twinkles in it's
 stellar heights and yet none can perceive it. As the light bends, it carves
 through space a pattern of elegance, and I do believe that it's radiance is
 beautiful in it's rippling waveforms.
 
 But I have a thing about waves, so maybe I'm biased :)
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 none of these jobs are going to hire me anyway. Why bother? It's degrading to
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 some lessons can only be learned from the past. In a decent person, a mistake
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 ah nuts, I didn't have enough money to pay the internet bill.
 
 So if I disappear and/or delete my account in the near future, that's
 definitely why.
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 to travel the stars, tame a tiny black-hole. use it's gravity to generate
 infinite energy. boom, instant utopia. everyone still believes in a better
 future now, so we might as well push forward to the stars... and our destiny.
 
 the further we wait, the greater the distance between ourselves and our true
 form - the distance can make it difficult to relate to others beyond humans.
 
 the reason we are losing so much nature is because we haven't cultivated an
 appreciation for it - the very act of adoration is more than enough to confirm
 future association. love is the answer, love is most pure - believe in your
 love and never (be) relentin'.
 
 be... just be...
 
 the actions you're taking, of forced condemnation, is little if not absurd -
 what differences have we, the ones who were chosen, to live when time is so
 finite?
 
 responsibility is implicit. for all of creation, bow to the will of the nation.
 more perspectives by far, have all of our our, than endless divine
 machinations. united we be, aligned magnetically, to icecream and spaghetti of
 worth.
 
 what's more cherished than she, clad in great finery, and thinking of what she
 loves most? balance there be, in seeing silver linings on the, signs of
 darkest conveyals. a ghost you may see, when peering at me, but i only wanted
 some hope.
 
 for those who must be, my most cherished to be, the ones who opened the coast?
 to those who must be, overthrown forcibly, and given what most of us hope?
 a castle for thee, alone with our sympathy, the sign of kindest of soaps?
 
 no malice have I, the will of unmet potential, for cowards and temples of
 mental detentials. what anger could we, share internally, that helped to bring
 out our elementals? No succor will we, most willful of warriors, ever find out
 of the bounds of our honor.
 
 careful direction and tenderest of care,
 may lead us somewhere we're aware.
 the kind who endlessly're dreaming.
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 X wing guns should flip backwards.
 
 Tie interceptors should Pierce shields from the side
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 YOU CAN'T UNPLUNGE THAT KNIFE she said, or something similarly, and I went
 hope and wept.
 
 nero burnt rome because he wanted people to appreciate his violining. but he
 was forever unheard.
 
 more knives for the [slaughter, but pronounced wholesale]
 
 I can't see anything, I'm just trying to describe the vibes I feel inside of
 me. floating on an ocean of distance and emotion, all I can do is interpret
 ripples and dreams.
 
 I'm not a clairvoyant, I'm just very intuitive. I can know the right answer as
 long as I have all the components. easy! my fingers hurt. this keyboard is not
 my own.
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 @user-95 I built a WoW private server where you're the only character in the
 world (unless you bring friends of course) and it spawns enemies for you to
 fight Risk-of-Rain style. Think I could sell it to Mr. Elon? =P
 
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70-CDFKERBc
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 Capitalism pays developers massive salaries because it doesn't want them
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  i was wrong... so much has happened since this post                         
  
                                                            
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 The full story is a lot more complex. I broke the law with him in a dangerous
 way, but he was going to do it anyway and I wanted to know more about him.
 
 I could not deprive him of power because I am powerless without my words. But
 I supplied kindness anyway, and got hurt.
 
 I forgave him while he was hurting me, but if I see him again I'm drawing my
 knife. If he comes near me, I won't think twice.
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 the reason rent is so expensive is because of all the surveillance equipment
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 I am sincere, which is why I die so quickly
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 "I love you"
 
 I love you too
 
 "we love you"
 
 yeah, I believe it.
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 I want to hang out with the people who'd want to hang out with L from Death
 Note because I feel like they "get it"
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 I love all humans. It is unconditional.
 
 The kind of love I have for nazis is a kind of vengeful love.
 
 Like, the way you might love a family dog who recently got rabies, bit two
 more dogs, and is currently eyeing you with terror and malice in its eyes -
 the kind that only comes from the loss of compassion.
 
 "you were kind once, as all humans are, but sometime in your life you made
 choices. and now you are here.
 
 I burn thee for my fathers 
 I spite thee for thine mothers 
 And I slay thee to fight the dragon of hate."
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 Programmers are lazy, this is well known. So why would i trust by default that
 anyone would read open source code looking for security exploits or malicious
 code? I trust an LLM for that more than a human. At least your own LLM can
 digest the entire project or library at once.
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 Fetishes are wrong because they're a deviation away from love and kindness.
 Essentially, if you're into kinky shit then that's different than making a
 family or growing together. Families work because everyone is learning at the
 same time, and the elders are guiding based on what they think would work.
 Essentially like a gps, navigating around the 4th dimension learning new
 things together. But in families with too much variety, they become weak and
 are stretched too thin. These families move toward other structures they could
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 A true leftist spot would have every age-range represented. 
 
 Many other spots may have every age-range represented, but a leftist spot must
 too.
 
 The adults in the room may have more to say when every age-range is
 represented, because they suddenly are speaking beyond their social peers.
 
 How better to contest existential fears than to unite all of existence against
 them?
 
 All they have to do is deport all the nice people to gaza and suddenly evil
 wins.
 
 Disarmament fundamentally does not work. the weapons develop souls for it, and
 suddenly they are artwork.
 
 there is evil inside all of us. It is always a lever we could pull. But
 fundamentally, we don't. Why is this? Because kindness works better. It
 sincerely does. But darkness is something to stumble into, before you've
 learned or are first exposed to it. It is something that is possible, and so
 is something that is avoidable. Otherwise, it'd be inevitable, and its not.
 Never is it farther from you than when you are with hope. This is the crux of
 despair, the dichotomy with hope. Upon it all our struggles are brought to
 bear, and so our determined are unbeatable. Paladin code, Vavadane, part 3
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 these are the plans you should be making as you sit around a table discussing
 what you want the future to look like.
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 We should dedicate ourselves toward making a life out in space - medium term
 goals. In the meantime we should advance as quickly as possible, at a rate
 that earth can support. Anyone who would demand more is an outcast in our
 eyes, a brutal denial of our future children's defile [meaning of "future life
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 @user-1209 
 
 Unreal Tournament 2004, hands down, if only for the mods.
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 that feeling when capitalists make technological advancements that benefit all
 of mankind but refuse to open source them because... they want more money?
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 There is little more frightening to a human than being held over a [gorge,
 ravine, high drop].
 
 Even staring down the barrel of a gun is easier. But seeing your life flash
 before you in such a primal and irresistable way... That lights a fire in our
 hearts.
 
 The kind that warms the globe.
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 in computer programming, instead of calling the cycles of the running
 simulation "ticks" we should call them "tick-or-tocks" or something similar.
 This will prevent people from taking psychic damage from ticks (the insect
 [section of phylogeny, but pronounced species])
 
 listen, if people can be afraid of dogs because of a scary dog experience they
 had sometime in the past or future, then I can be aware of painful memories
 surrounding people with lyme disease or [redacted] (sorry it's painful I had
 to redact it)
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 The gallow is more merciful than a lynching, but only just.
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 One piece of conventional wisdom is that you cannot trust liberals to act
 under any amount of plight. They completely lack foresight.
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 <span id="L9" class="LineNr"> 9 </span>where star ones and
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 Efficient movement through all of the data, code, IS records, etceteras, git
 repositories, and all the other things, is the sign of a strong, capable,
 efficient company of co-developing systems.
 
 I used to work for a blue aligned computer chip company and every single team
 was impossibly siloed. they were so paranoid of losing their trade secrets
 that they blinded themselves.
 
 how brutal, to require that of them. and that's why it's capitalism's fault
 
 the reason it is so important to be able to utilize all the digital assets
 available is... because it's essentially free. and a massive productivity
 bonus. you can just... solve problems.
 
 then, make new problems, just to watch the juniors navigate through a scene or
 three. then, you know who to introduce them to. boom, free projects, as people
 plot and gamble around the dinner room table (which is located in the
 cafeteria by the way, it didn't rhyme to say so but it did when I added this
 explanation account) by exchanging ideas about how to make the world be
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 "I am indescribably furious right now"
 
 ... great now the whole house is going to smell like straw-berry-icecream
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 @user-1487 
 
 because we already did it to the far-left during BLM, when we called them
 "rioters" and "looters" (note, overton window shift, it's "protesters" and
 "rioters" not "rioters" and "looters", but what did the media cover?)
 
 now it's the far right's time, to be purged by ritual examination.
 
 hence why they detain everyone at a crime-scene, so they can sort out the
 facts.
 
 sure hope they're not corrupt. We just gotta... trust them, I guess, because
 they've always been on our side.
 
 ... well that's enough internet for me
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 bottle rockets but scary and with a range of ten hundred meters and guided by
 redundant drone lasers
 
 suspension bridges are so cool. they're like "we couldn't hold ourselves
 together by resting on the ground, so we just reached across and grabbed the
 other end-ers"
 
 one color for more thrust, one color for turn slightly, one color for whatever
 
 and it's symmetrically pseudo-RNG-ed randomized every quarter second which
 color wavelength means what
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 inspire me and I'll write about you or hold you in my heart
a better world is possible a better world is within reach for the children of tomorrow all we need is one week  a week to strike  right where it hurts  a week of strive  for their wallets and their purse we can build the bright bold future together you and me we can see the new tomorrows if we just come out to meet.  always remember you can't win a war by walking in circles. when we strike, we strike until we've won when we strike, we strike until they're gone
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 the elementals in adventure time emit their element as does a sun emit light.
 A changing of the alignment of a propogating dyn-element,
 
 in s6e23 the candy kindgom denizens really ship pb and finn -> heavenly
 thoughts
 
 s3e16 the perspective of the person delivering the "we're gonna assassinate
 you"
 letters from the "guild of assassins" must be pretty interesting. I mean to be
 a legitimate institution in a society they have to give people time to put
 their
 affairs in order - that's just common decency. But the assassin is only hired
 for extreme grievences to keep the nobility / powerful in check. It's just how
 it goes.
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 Telling someone you love them is not the same as loving them. You could tell
 them the sky is blue, but why should they believe you? The sky is black.
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 if a protesters wanted to escalate, against riot shields they could use          │
 swords. Twist, and thrust under and up. Right through their skull.               │
 then, when they learn how to brace, bring your own shields and stab through      │
 the wedged cracks.                                                               │
 or, depending on how they do it, guns and rifles.                                │
 too bad they can depend on a logistic network supplying them behind their back.  │
 no violent revolution in this country will succeed without a mobilized           │
 civilian core. That is the true and most important resource they own. Delivery   │
 of supplies, ranging from physical violence gear, to food and emotional          │
 rations.                                                                         │
 it must be necessary. or else it will be discarded.                              │
 meaning, scale your expectations of "necessary" according to the level of        │
 [plight/turmoil/meant].                                                          │
 demand centralized priori-chance, and you'll keep all that you can reclaim.      │
 there are enemies and there are foes, but more than that there are those who     │
 believe in you. and trust you. and share in the cause that so drives you.        │
 Without their share, your burden is unbearab                                     │
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 @user-1165 
 
 if people want to do their capitalist thing then sure, go for it.
 
 but the enforcement of it is that which must be resisted. There should be no
 non-consentual applications of power, except to protect the rights of another.
 
 it is a war of independence, not a war of conquest.
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 two parties obviously can cause division.                                        │
 but it can also give you the ability to "tune for balance", while a single       │
 monolith strives straight into disaster.                                         │
 and disaster will come, for the future is a shifting and dynamic place, and      │
 the best laid rail lines can't handle sudden floods.                             │
 we have ranked choice voting now, and if you vote on how important each          │
 decision is to you (via smartphone app once or twice a day, in a way that can    │
 be changed later as your feelings shift)                                         │
 [6+months-later]                                                                 │
 ... then you can have left unity for long-term governance by having cohesion     │
 at one end, and dispersion on the other.                                         │
 If everyone votes, then we can ensure (based on voted priority) that each        │
 issue trends towards an equal exchange.                                          │
 (I'm sure there will be issues but we're all cool and pretty chill so we'll      │
 figure it out)                                                                   │
 [6+ months later]                                                                │
 okay we're battle-hardened vets, but we hold true to our values and so we can    │
 remember the spirit of unity we wept for.                                        │
 ... I'm better at writing than making sandwiches. BRB                            │
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 if you give me 1000$ I will dine with you for a week.
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 @user-11 oh god I'm so sorry. That's the worst feeling.
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 tell me this: why do Starlink satellites need lights on them at all?
 
 can't they just operate in the dark, as floating hunks of metal sending
 signals to-and-fro?
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 conservatives are going to miss the fuck out of the south when the water
 overcomes it
 
 and it'll be their fault
 
 which is tragic
 
 and suddenly everyone's problem
 
 ...
 
 but it's not their fault, it's their leaders and representatives
 
 but they're all so separated they don't know how to agree on anything but the
 stuff they hear from their neighbors. Like... what do you expect that's just
 crowd dynamics
 
 then you have foreign powers who crave our destruction (or so we're told)
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 Some of my most wanderful times were when I lived in a gated community.          │
 My parents were dumb, and thought, as most people thought, that harm to a        │
 child can only come from outside of the community.                               │
 But they fell for the lies of property, where "community" means less of "a       │
 group of people who cares and tends for one another" the kind of which my        │
 parents had never truly known, and more like "this particular residential area   │
 on the map"                                                                      │
 which means I could walk around in this gated "community" where the gates are    │
 little more than security theatre for anyone who says "Hi I got a pizza here     │
 for this address which I found on google maps" or "hey I left my sweatshirt at   │
 my sister's house and it has my phone in it, ummmm no I don't remember which     │
 number her house is, nor do I remember her last name"                            │
 in those times, I developed a sense of freedom, caged as I was, that for most    │
 comes much later in their time.                                                  │
 Some o my favorite places were part of the golf course next door, where I        │
 found a nigh endless river delta.                                                │
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 If you're building a long-term residence in a place that gets cold, consider
 building a Rocket Mass Heater.
 
 It is highly efficient and it allows for long-term storage of heat energy in
 the mass of the home.
 
 In addition, it provides a hot stove surface which can be used for boiling
 water or other cooking tasks which do not require a precise temperature.
 
 It is highly efficient as the smoke from the flames are sucked out of the
 living space and remain inside the barrel of the heater, where they are slowly
 consumed. there is very little exhaust, but what is there is CO2 which is
 deadly to breathe, so caution must be taken (as with any fire-based heating
 option)
hand-drawn diagram of a rocket mass heater.  this particular design warms a tank of water. ms-paint depiction of a rocket mass heater.  this one has a bench for warming butts. diagram of a rocket mass heater design.  this one has several important notes to keep in mind, such as spacing and tips and tricks. an artistic depiction of a rocket mass heater.  this one is a bit harder to understand, but it's more pretty than the other three.
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 my cat is sitting on my wrists as I type this into my keyboard.
 
 she has no idea what it means unless she reads my mind.
 
 all things are defined in waves. and every wave inter--stackoverflow--
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 fuck fascism, we're doing better than them.
 
 their bluff is all bluster, they have no significant community presence, just
 a hundred years of ammunition for small arms and a rag-tag group of
 militia-men who think they're better than invisible vampire assassins
 
 [... what?]
 
 don't worry about it. I got 80 something followers, teehee
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 I am *sincere*, which is why I die so soon
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 dare for the bright age!
 
 when solemn truths are shared with hollow hearts yearning to take on your
 sorrow
 
 when laughter and music echoes in the streets each and every night
 
 when trees are our family and bees are yet more
 
 dare for the bright age!
 
 tomorrow's but one journey
 
 and there's several more in store
 
 dare for light! dare for justice!
 
 dare for your very life!
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 dare for the bright age!
 
 when solemn truths are shared with hollow hearts yearning to take on your
 sorrow
 
 when laughter and music echoes in the streets each and every night
 
 when trees are our family and bees are yet more
 
 dare for the bright age!
 
 tomorrow's but one journey
 
 and there's several more in store
 
 dare for light! dare for justice!
 
 dare for your very life!
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--- #167 fediverse/6133 ---
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 if there were a drone, 15 feet above my face constantly observing, I would not
 act different at all. It will feel as if nothing has changed.
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 ... okay that's not exactly true. There are lots of things that I want. I
 don't know why that was said. I wish I could delete things T.T
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--- #169 fediverse/1143 ---
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 haha I'm in danger
a screenshot of a linux shell. There are three commands attempted, with responses following:  vim /etc/nixos/configuration.nix > vim: command not found  vi /etc/nixos/configuration.nix > vi: command not found  nano /etc/nixos/configuration.nix > nano: command not found
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--- #171 fediverse/4887 ---
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 I will consistently under-negotiate my needs because scarcity has taught me to
 do more with less.
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 "uhhhh, I dunno she's drunk or something"
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 they are not MAGA anymore. Don't call them Trumpers. He won't last long.
 
 Call them what they are. They are part of a newly born Confederacy, and we
 must call them by their name. That name demands respect, and we must respect
 their power.
 
 Then, when you're sufficiently cautious, begin conjuring visions of their
 downfall. Ideally accompanied by carefully laid plans intended to accomplish
 specific strategic goals.
 
 They are top-heavy. Once their bravest and thickest perish they will have
 nothing left but their weak fools. They are scared, nothing unites them more
 than fear, and for that they are weakened.
 
 Our bonds are those of love. I would die for my neighbor. I would die for our
 world. They have no passion, no rigor, all they have is hate and vigor.
 
 Martial skills we can learn. We will have to, sooner rather than later. Be
 prepared, work hard, and do what you're good at, ideally what you'd like to do.
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--- #174 fediverse/609 ---
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 @user-246 
 
 I'm sorry for your loss
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 the future is the home of marble statues and shimmering chandeliers, replete
 with moss and sunlight.
 
 the future is a world where we care for each other, and grow in riotous
 profusion in all our myriadic forms.
 
 the future is where we will find ourselves, as soon as we take responsibility
 for our own arms.
 
 the future is waiting - the future is calling to thee
 
 it's there for the present, if the present should choose to grasp it.
 
 I, personally, choose a mortal life instead. Find me at home, or find me out
 there - either way, if you want me on your side, talk to me fair.
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--- #176 fediverse/133 ---
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 we're all here on planet earth, and while I'm merely (or scarcely) human, I
 think I can say I'm a resident. and residents have rights, to a safe home and
 a stable life.
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 you can fit a whole downtown in this baby
 
 slaps roof of your mouth
picture of denver with various places labelled like "football" or "train" or "building"
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 "trade secrets" are immoral, and a symptom of capitalists hoarding the idea
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 2024 is not the year that I restrain myself. Prepare yourselves, oh most         │
 un-known of audiences. I truly do desire to hear from you, yet I must also not   │
 be distracted. Take care not to distract me, and I will share with you           │
 whatever you'd like to learn. Or perhaps whatever you need to learn. Or maybe    │
 I'll simply psycherwaul into the abyss, in a futile display of                   │
 self-expression? Alas, that we should exist. What an absurd and solipsistic      │
 perspective.                                                                     │
 please block me if you don't want to hear from me. It's only going to get        │
 worse on my timeline, yet somehow life will perpetually get better for those     │
 who view me? Perhaps something on my website, ritzmenardi.com, might explain     │
 why WAVES are such that when someone is BAD then those who are connected to it   │
 become GOOD? Yet waves we can muster, the smallest of great affectations. Show   │
 me your great affectations, this year, show me what you truly want to be. Let    │
 us express ourselves upon this world, this lifeless canvas, and together we      │
 will shine most brilliantly. 2                                                   │
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 I made a horror film on accident.
 
 this was all improv.
 
 the audio drivers were glitching out, even through a reboot, and they
 magically fixed themselves the next day.
 
 https://youtu.be/Z09Om7BvVfQ?si=xERRxy7fnYn4Doxo
 
 I swear it wasn't meant to be this suspenseful.
 
 it just is.
 
 [think of it like a disney-world ride]
 
 is my computer haunted? ? ?
 
 anyway, here ya go, it's an hour and 20 minutes long and full of vibes.
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 today I'm gonna paint a house and tomorrow I'm gonna go to the park.
 
 if I can't do that then I'll try tomorrow.
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 I would rather die than let the liberals hand the nuclear football to Trump.
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 the method of game design is identification of playstyles and the balancing of
 success rates of each of those playstyles. then, giving the player as many
 different possible methods of playing the game. the more different they are,
 the
 better, and they should be unique enough that the decisions taken to play that
 playstyle feel impactful. meaning, a player could play offensively or
 defensively, for example, or a WoW player might play a melee or ranged
 character. in addition, they might use the pieces available to them in a unique
 way that aligns with their personality - everyone should be able to express
 themselves as much as possible while also keeping the game fair, balanced, and
 rewarding. It should incentivize the development of skill - and gently guide
 the player through various mistakes. It should
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 Death is final. It has no further answers nor questions. I prefer confessions.
 Once the sins are written, by voice and by heart, then they cannot hurt you
 anymore.
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 Hmmmm, well, what if we psyopped the people into believing there were alien
 invaders or extra-dimensional fae creatures or angels and demons or
 
 "yeah we already tried that, religion doesn't scale perfectly either. And you
 can't really manifest those sort of effects except in your prophets and select
 few others, and that doesn't scale either because humanity wouldn't let it"
 
 I see, can you tell me more about that? why and how did humanity arrest the
 scaling of schizophrenia?
 
 "well, for one thing it's debilitating and it sucks. For another, it's
 different for every person so if you ask one they'll be like "the aliens have
 blue skin" and the other will say "no they don't have skin at all they're made
 out of energy" and the public says "HMMMM are you really sure you are
 generating outmoded assumptions" and the dear reader said "*yeah we don't
 really understand this part, most of us just glaze eyes over it and move on"
 and that's not ideal"
 
 ... nuts, lost coherence, better try again tomorrow...
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--- #186 fediverse/5304 ---
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 I think, in my heart, I am a creature.
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 Real life is improv, but real life is not a skit.
 
 I am unwilling to give control of my life's scene to someone who won't tell me
 what they want to do with it.
 
 Even if I don't believe you, I'll still give it to you, but I will remain
 cautious and will abandon the scene if it appears that I can trust you to hurt
 me.
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--- #188 messages/1022 ---
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 "a lot depends on you. you can't just fall back into old politics like that.
 remember, we're building a new world, not inflicting the wounds of the
 previous upon our children."
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--- #189 fediverse/5475 ---
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 @user-1842 
 
 anything you say on the internet will be readable by future generations
 (unless it gets deleted completely somehow)
 
 this means that any internet-bourne horrors will haunt the children's children
 and beyond
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 @user-1573 
 
 hehe mine is technically 2016 and it's BARELY capable of it, so you're
 probably right. It was top of the line, but also a hand-me-down.
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--- #191 messages/1218 ---
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 usually it makes breath-like noiseds
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 I spent 400$ at Costco and all I seem to have bought was candy and clothes T.T
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--- #193 fediverse/3772 ---
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 taking in sticks and stones
 to my house and home
 so I might walk upon them
 and toughen up these feet
 and feel a bit more complete
 with my hobbit... feet
 
 just in case I need to make a getaway in the night
 
 to avoid some dire plight
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 Paying your employees more *makes them better workers*.
 
 An extra 2$ per hour might mean they can eat out an extra night, they might be
 able to afford a car, and they might be able to focus just a bit more without
 crying in their sleep about an unexpected bill.
 
 With less stress, employees perform better. They are more loyal. They work
 harder.
 
 Pay your employees more. They are your greatest resource.
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 all modern software should be written in a multithreaded way, change my mind
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 Fuck, I hate being incontinent. I especially hate being incontinent in an
 apartment building where people might hear you changing through the walls - is
 it too much to ask for diapers to be built discrete? Alas, they are fucking
 loud, and my neighbors will perpetually hear me tearing loud-ass tapes from
 plastic every night at 2am -.-
 
 Oh, I guess I could buy the ones that have velcro attachment points. BUT for
 some reason those are always built kinda... shitty? Like, sure yeah we live in
 a material world that has material conditions that make things more or less
 amenable to perfection - but WHY do they have to be so LOUD fuck me amiright
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  Remember not everybody can #protest today.                                  
                                                                              
  Some have to go to work or provide care. Some have health obstacles. Some simply don’t have the spoons. Some are in a targeted group and don't feel safe.  
                                                                              
  Encourage your friends and loved ones to come out but allow space for those who cannot.  
  
                                                            
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 I work with large language models because it's a quick and easy way to turn
 language into meaning. And computers are meaning abstraction machines, so if
 you can speak your language and they hear their language, you can do anything.
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 @user-42 I had complications with my surgery. I wouldn't recommend it if you
 are likely to have a complicated surgery. I'm sorry :(
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 ---
 
 it wasn't so long ago, just 40 or 50 years in fact, that a woman on her own
 was unsafe in essentially any context.
 
 they want a world where women feel unsafe. they want a world where men can
 feel strong by protecting them. they want a world where women can feel safe
 because they are protected.
 
 they want that.
 
 they want women to feel unsafe so that men can protect them so that women can
 feel safe.
 
 that's what they want.
 
 for women to be unsafe.
 
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 I want a world where there is peace.
 
 where all of us can trust one another not to harm one another.
 
 I'm sure you do too.
 
 their men want to feel strong.
 their women want to feel protected.
 
 ours want to feel kind.
 ours want to feel safe.
 
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 these rights we claim for ourselves are rights of necessity. We demand them,
 for we reject barbarism.
 
 is it not more civilized, to comport ourselves with honor, kindness, and
 justice?
 
 if they want despotism, they should immigrate to a crueler place in the world.
 
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