I hate when people say, “Change takes time.” Then why were Flock cameras and data centers rolled out so quickly? It feels like change only happens fast when it benefits the wealthy or expands the surveillance state.
RIP to Annie Dillard, whose work frequently left me unable to speak sensibly for several minutes after reading it. This essay, This Is The Life, was my entry point to her work
@DavidRBellamy THANK YOU. This is what I've been saying. The real world is always more complicated than the tech bros think it is, so they're constantly overestimating their own tech
Before I retired in 2024, the “worst case scenario” in the Pentagon for the Middle East was both Straits being closed. It was not even imaginable except in PowerPoint briefs and War College gaming scenarios.
Under Pete Hegseth, it has become a reality in less than six months.
@liminal_warmth@antiviral_mktng I think because our relationships with our phones are pretty frictionless. Other tools (car brakes, rotary phones, pants) are way more problematic. Teeth.
@depressionlesss@HorrorGorl How is this growing up? Growing up is providing care for and admitting your interdependence with animals AND humans. Not sure why it should be regressing to only having unequal relationships with dependent beings (pets).
If Bernie's 5% annual wealth tax on billionaires had been enacted in 2012, Elon Musk would be worth less than $365 billion instead of the $1.2 trillion that he's worth today.
Elon would still be the wealthiest man alive & every family in America would have universal childcare.
@PunkyBrewstuh The vast majority of people don't catch it more than once or twice a year. So why mask if you're only a few months out from your last infection, or just got boosted?