worst sign of societal decline is in my adult life I’ve gone from ‘this liberal institution will help you’ to ‘this liberal institution will not help you but you should try anyway’ to ‘do not even bother’ about so many things. today’s the first time it’s been a hospital
I had a transmasc roommate who had a basically inevitable heritable risk of breast cancer, and because he wanted it, doctors would not give him the double mastectomy requested that would ordinarily be completely paid for as preventative care by his insurance. He got breast cancer
sometimes have to remind myself I can't save the world. but I can give a suffering old street cat their first soft bed and churu, I can give them a kiss on their gross head, tell them they're loved and important. I think maybe for that one cat, that *is* saving the world
Watched an episode of Broad City last night. Everyone who says culture hasn’t changed in the last ten years should be forced to watch the entire series.
just found out i’ve been paying for 2 health insurances for 10 months and neither of them are covering anything bc of the existence of the other one…
and now i’m in collections over medical bills….
happy 250 america!
As someone who always used to be excited for new tech, I am not interested anymore. Everything has gotten so greedy, addictive, expensive and exclusive. They don't solve problems, they create them, and then try to sell you the solution. We're in literal technology hell.
The critical thing to understand about this air conditioning debate is that fossil fuel companies should be held accountable for destroying the planet.
I am sorry but we are in a climate crisis and data centers continue to poison communities filled with marginalized people. You SHOULD be ashamed and embarrassed to be using ai
This is not talked about enough and it’s an unfortunately incredibly predatory industry. It cost me $850 to get my dad’s ashes back for a basic cremation. They handed me him in a cardboard box & then tried to upsell me a $200 urn with the American flag on it while I was in tears.
The Google Docs AI assistant bug covering the text of what am I writing is such an obvious violation of both the Google ethos and every known UI principle that it, on its own, makes me think the AI bubble is about to pop.
i refuse to believe that fare evasion is an expensive enough problem to warrant four fully armed police officers spending their day waiting behind the turnstile. fire them and you'll more than make back what this station could possibly lose in fare evasion
@rinasnights There is only one way to stop them and that’s to go back to honouring the Old Gods . If we start sacrificing a billionaire on every full moon the climate will go back to normal
i hate how the current conversation around heatwaves is planting trees for shade and getting aircon rather than how are we gonna stop the temperatures from increasing even further
YOU GUYS ARE COPS!!!!! The surveillance state has become too much. You all monitor and record everyone too much! Stop being a fucking cop! ACAB for your ass too!
With the "dox yourself to turn on your computer, console or anything that connects to the Internet," laws the US government wants to implement before 2028 I think we'll start seeing a bigger demand for physical media and consoles that just work without Internet out of the box.