Brewbirds Of Happiness

‘Cybertruck Man’ a cartoon in defiance of Musk #political #cartoonist #cybertruck #elon #musk #democracy #tiananmen

On the decline of third spaces: "No money means you can’t afford opportunities to socialise. No socialising means you aren’t exposed to opportunities that lead to networking, business, or support." It's a vicious cycle the wealthy are immune to.

truly a wild time to be alive when the cryptography world is split between those worried about quantum computers and those whose private key is “4”

Imagine...

the idea of a mindless planet-consuming automaton has been around for 200 years and it's called "a corporation" and if we want to really understand AI we should first understand what makes corporations so problematic

Then there's the guy who named it the roof of the mouth instead of the ceiling. He clearly wasn't using the attic of his mouth at all.

Back in 1999 everyone was excited about the new millennium but it’s safe to say it’s already a write-off. Time to give up and wait for the next one!

You don't start life in the USA with a "neutral opinion" of cops or soldiers, you start with "these guys are heroes fighting for freedom and protecting your family" and forming any other opinion must start with rejecting that learned position (which is a lot harder than forming a fresh opinion).

whether these changes ultimately benefit us or have a destructive effect will in large part be determined by the decisions of the humans in control of this new technology

Well, I mean, there *is* bread but it's like 3x as much as it was a few years ago and if you try to put lettuce on it you'll get diarrhea And the circuses exist, but they make it pretty clear you're agreeing to a license that just permits viewership in accordance with an EULA, not a real ticket

Plants are kind of odd when you think about it. What's your survival strategy? Oh, I'm going to stand perfectly still, largely defencelessly, growing very slowly, for years. Does that work? Yeah it works incredibly well thanks

This is an important image - I'm having trouble finding the words to explain why though

Seeking truth, the wise find instead it's profound absence

Could be worse.. could be the worst

you'll never be the richest man in the world because you have a soul. you're not willing to step on a friend's neck to give yourself another half inch of height. you're not willing to view your children as backup organs should yours fail.

whenever someone tells you that it's simply impossible for police to be charged with misconduct or criminal charges, you can tell they're wrong because some cops do get charged regularly — when they are whistleblowers or reformers prosecutors are actually extremely eager to help drum them out!

Always remember that failure is a choice.

You couldn't make Blazing Saddles today. But I could

They should release something healthy into the atmosphere

The United States is turning into a kind of reverse Omelas: everyone is miserable except for a single child, Donald Trump, who inexplicably must be kept happy.

RIP to the haters, but I would simply walk out of the Hotel California. It would be easy for me.

This is a prime example of why right-wing populism slides so easily into antisemitism. You need a populist framing of "the people" versus "the elites," but you can't frame the elites in strictly economic terms, or else you end up with leftism. Hence you need another way to define "elites."

when they said all men are created equal they was talkin 'bout fuckin

Not true. In their list of grievances, the Founding Fathers complained that King George III was blocking colonial laws that would promote immigration and make it easier for foreign settlers to become citizens.

Imagine helping defeat the Nazis and being too ignorant to understand the lessons of WW2 about national arrogance, dictator worship, and warmongering. Apparently the inhumane horrors of WW2 were not enough for some people to get the memo. Imagine being that dense.

that seems a tad unfair

o, brother, where blart thou

i always keep a spreadsheet open. doesn't matter what i'm doing. an easy, infinite two dimensional way to store data. i feel like a cave painter in 30,000 BCE. they'll find my data one day and wonder about all of us. that's why i keep it organized. im making you look good to the future

It seems somewhat bad that the richest man in the world can use his money to bankrupt individuals or organizations -- including officials who are tasked with holding him accountable -- that accurately point out that his actions plausibly facilitated the deaths of millions.

I asked Norman Rockwell's granddaughter, Daisy Rockwell, about this use of her grandfather's work. She writes: "It goes without saying that they have completely misunderstood the meaning of the painting, which is tolerance for others and peaceful coexistence."

you probably shouldn't throw glass in a stone house either