Drex
Drex
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#Elixir "engineer" at @cargosense Skeets and views my own Amateur Science, Technology and Society Scholar
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After all the fake hand wringing about how Obama denigrated our beloved cheesecake factory it's very funny for Trump to imply CF looks like shit unlike his stuff
Trump is BIG MAD about Obama saying the White House now looks like Saddam opened a Cheesecake Factory: "He's not a smart guy. He's not smart at all ... for you to say it's a Cheesecake Factory, that just shows why you were a lousy president"
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Liberal democracy remains a towering achievement of humanity and it is worth fighting for.
The long-serving strongman leader of Serbia, Aleksandar Vucic, has conceded defeat in an election that pitted him and his right-wing party against a diverse student-led opposition movement that spent two years protesting his government.
*Paging through the constitution* Well, well, well, this looks like a straightforward case of misunderstanding. Going to correct this one with a simple citation.
Rally speaker: "Mike Rogers is an American. Abdul has a birth certificate. The birth certificate says he's a citizen of America. You know what? a birth certificate doesn't make you an American."
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A pretty wild thing to admit and well in line with Yglesias' long time view that it's always wrong to pursue goals you desire if they are out of line with polls. If public opinion doesn't support you, your best move is to pretend you don't want it. Pretty wild.
A helpfully clear exchange here Hasan: "So your argument is that [Minnesota ICE protesters] should stay at home because immigration is a salient issue for Donald Trump. Opposing ICE is only going to help Trump. Wait until we win the election in 2028." Yglesias: "Yes that is what I would have said"
I think the Putin-inspired move to flood the zone with fake news about your competition is the most corrosive innovation of the trump decade. You don't need to be reasonable if your supporters think your opponents are even more unreasonable and also liars so you can ignore their denials!
“I think there’s been fraud that’s been uncovered, not just what has been in the news.” Incredible.
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we should all be pissed off at this btw. if not because sex work is legitimate work and should be treated with respect, then because you should be concerned at attempts to gentrify online spaces as pretext to court investors and force out minorities so those spaces can become part of a portfolio.
When it comes to making ethical professional choices people often claim that if they don't do it someone else will. Legitimate medical practitioners have boycotted death penalty work for years and you can see the effects here. If enough people won't do evil work it won't happen.
The state of Tennessee tortured Christa Pike in their failed attempt to execute her, per new details from her lawyer. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Replying to @cameroncorduroy.bsky.social
www.liberalcurrents.com/the-interrac... Oh I read theory
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It's not surprising that they would reify the pupitification of a character whose story is supposed to be about escaping the horrible grip of control. A classic capitalistic reterritorialiazion which is both normal and should remind you of what kind of Creatures run The Brands
I really wished for not this actually, I dont think the s.a. victim whose bodily autonomy was stripped should be used like a slasher franchise villain and controlled by players, but then again thats all of fortnite, meaningless signs with nothing signified. Pure decontextualisation slop.
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Laika Studios made an amazing new stop-motion movie called Wildwood that was 16 years in the making! In the age of AI slop, it is incredible to see this real art made by human hands❤️ Please support it by going to the cinema when you're interested! Behind the scenes: youtu.be/gZy36NLObaU?...
‘Wildwood’ director Travis Knight on AI: “A pencil is a tool. A paintbrush is a tool. A 3D printer is a tool. A digital capture is a tool. AI is not a tool. AI can go fuck itself.”
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Extremely funny implication that he's been telling them to stonewall the legitimate claims up til now. Like I've been telling them to fuck you over but if we win I'll stop lol
Trump on Camp Lejeune water contamination claims: "If we win the House and Senate, I am directing the Department of Justice to settle all remaining legitimate claims as soon as possible ... if we don't win, there's no money."
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In Philadelphia this robot would already be dead
OMG. Robot sighting in the wild! It has big cartoon eyes and a name tag declaring itself "Dax." The QR code goes to a website describing a pilot project between a SF Bay area city and a company to test pedestrian accessibility & right-of-way. Hard to believe this is more efficient that a human? 😵💫