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Cory Doctorow @doctorow Replying to @jonrog1 A pathology of conservativism is that 'things used to be simple.' No, you used to be a kid. Your parents shielded you from life's complexity. Things are complex because you're an adult now. Conservativism is the desire to be a child. 8:01 PM • 2021-08-19 • Twitter for Android

I think Cory Doctorow really put it best

Conservatives think everything in the past was different from what is really was because they are remembering it from the viewpoint of childhood naïveté

To see an entire classroom start to doodle and scribble zines, form little editorial teams, make plans for publication, it's so obvious that sharing stories is how humans connect, and how we understand the world. It's not frivolous.

Listen. ONE of the reasons I rock with Dolly (Capricorn Gang) is because she’s always proven to me that integrity may cause you pain, but it will never be the reason you suffer. Which is not to say that suffering won’t come, but it’ll never be because you abandoned yourself. That’ll keep you going.

I’d pay for him to make python vids

Drought’s pretty bad here at the moment 😩

I can tell they’re being timed because the delivery guy goes 90MPH down my 50ft driveway

Surviving Progress | The Price of Advancement YouTube video by Moconomy - Asia

Feels like “Surviving Progress” (2011) should have been a little more clear that the consequences outlined would be so coming so soon?

youtu.be/qDi7ETKUzps?...

Does anyone really want the pollution of microchip production brought here?

The reverse of a 1986 US half dollar coin. It reads “United States of America” followed by “A Nation of Immigrants.” The image depicted on the coin shows a family with their luggage on the dock of the pier of the Ellis Island immigration center, looking out over the water to New York City. This coin was issued to celebrate the centennial of the dedication of the Statue of Liberty. The obverse of the coin shows Lady Liberty watching over an immigrant ship arriving in front of the rising sun.

A nation of what?!

Screenshot of a Lululemon product page for a 'Textured Double-Knit Cotton Hoodie' priced at $148 USD. Despite 'cotton' in the product name, the materials list shows the body is made of 82% Nylon and 18% Lycra Elastane, with no cotton content listed. The pocket lining contains 86% Recycled Polyester and 14% Elastane.

Is the cotton in the room with us?

🎶 Fri-day night! 🎵

Wheelchairs over windmills 💀

Pretty clear illustration of "you may as well stand up for what you believe in, they're coming for you anyway."

STEWART: “Comedy doesn’t change the world, but it’s a bellwether— we’re the banana peel in the coal mine… authoritarians are the threat to comedy, music, art, thought… progress.”

Nailed it.

ooohhhhhh Project 2025 as in THIS year

I'm appalled by how quickly everything has fallen apart.

The daily violations of our Constitution are one thing. But all the other norms and values that defined our nation turned out to be fragile oral traditions that were easily poisoned by a critical mass of bad actors in service to a demagogue.

Airlines Sell 5 Billion Plane Ticket Records to the Government For Warrantless Searching New documents obtained by 404 Media show how a data broker owned by American Airlines, United, Delta, and many other airlines is selling masses of passenger data to the U.S. government.

New from 404 Media: airlines are selling *5 billion* ticketing records to the government for warrantless searching, per new docs we obtained. ARC is a data broker owned by United, American, Delta, etc. Then sells peoples' travel info to ICE, Secret Service, FBI etc www.404media.co/airlines-sel...

Based on what we know about Facebook’s origins, these glasses exist primarily to help him record and categorize women

Always read the alt text

When a parrot wanted to connect with a distant friend, a touchscreen showed a selection of other birds available online. The parrots learned to activate the screen, designed specially for them, by touching it gently with their tongues rather than pecking aggressively with their beaks. "We had 26 birds involved," said Hirskyj-Douglas. "They would use the system up to three hours a day, with each call lasting up to five minutes." The interactions ranged from preening and playing with toys to loud vocal exchanges. "When we went through the data, we found that most of these parrots had favourite friends," said Hirskyj-Douglas.

Pet parrots which typically live alone (whilst those in the wild live in large flocks) were given the technology to call each other. They would use it for up to three hours a day, and developed favourite friends 💔
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Amazing how those democratic lawmakers who were hunted down in their homes in the middle of the night in Minnesota weren’t a watershed moment of political violence, huh?

Did you know your MacBook has a sensor that knows the exact angle of the screen hinge?

It’s not exposed as a public API, but I figured out a way to read it and make it sound like an old wooden door.

A picture of my AirPods Pro case with a custom emoji engraving

Heck yeah

Now to worry; we’ve got our top people from World Wrestling Entertainment on the case!

Reminds me of that movie Ruthless People. “And then we’re off to Haiti!” “Tahiti!”

Living with an air quality monitor is really eye opening

Theres.... a new artist meme going around where you describe your style in detail with 3 samples and babes if that doesn't sound like training data i dont know what is

Is Donald Trump trying to start a recession?

Ummm……..