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This dog moves the security camera so he can eat food on the table unseen. And the cat puts it back. Original post
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This hit home. I worked for local gov. for 32 years and this is exactly how it works. "You're not an approved vendor, denied". "You want to be an approved vendor, here's an application that will take a long time to complete and *maybe* you will get a tiny contract". Total lock-in for the known.
The procurement officer who picks IBM and gets a mediocre outcome keeps their job. The one who picks the startup and gets a better outcome looks like a fool if it fails. Itβs a pseudo-market. And once you see it, youβll see it everywhere. www.selfonomics.com/p/on-pseudo...
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Protest music survives because democracy needs memory. When artists compare modern politics to authoritarian patterns of the past, it reflects growing public fear about concentrated wealth, attacks on journalists, personality cults and erosion of democratic norms.
When I was in school overpopulation was a "real" problem that needed to be addressed. We will run out of food and housing!!! Now it's the reverse. Empty apartments and no one to sell stuff to.
What the fuck are these weirdos even talking about? If "underpopulation" is something about which you are genuinely concerned (suspect it's a fig leaf for Great Replacement Theory 99% of the time) you truly need to touch grass.
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I love the concept, I hate that Bezos is behind it. It's a cheap truck meant to be customized with the stereo of your choice, paint (or wrap) of your choice, all features are modular and upgradable with 3rd party parts. Want power windows, add them, don't care then don't add them. Great idea.
In its attempt to build an electric truck that most people could afford, Slate left a lot on the cutting room floor. A two-seater electric pickup with no paint, no radio, no power windows, not even a dang cell connection β who is this for? Read more from @andyjayhawk.bsky.social:
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