@Acyn who was it who said that the fact that 80% of the worlds silicon is Taiwan-made is the most critical threat to the economic order? Im not sinophobic but if (when) China takes Taiwan by force, or more likely thru soft-power, we're gonna wish we trained miners to make chips.
@The_POLKAROO@dpheneghan1@EricsRambles lol you ain’t wrong but i do believe i saw in one of the victim’s post that the citibiker was 19 when the accident happened
@CollinRugg imagine having the potential opportunity to actually help the unhoused and choosing to victim blame and dehumanize your fellow man. absolutely fatherless behavior.
“Lately, I’ve been thinking about smoking. All the time,” writes author Xochitl Gonzalez. “With each passing day of this absolutely deranged year, my desire to contemplate how to make sense of it all while puffing on a cigarette grows.”
Part of this smoking thing is a yearning for the past, admits Gonzalez. Not in an effort to recapture her youth, but to recapture an approach to time and life.
“I can’t personally slow down technology or fix media or the demands of capitalism or any of the other existential things that have crept into our lives,” she writes. “But maybe what I can do is stop what I’m doing, ask somebody to come outside, and take five minutes to slow down with me while I engage in the very dangerous act of holding a flaming stick to my face. This could be my rebellion.”
Read Gonzalez’s full essay: https://t.co/c7c3jw5r1x
@WhiteHouse@TrueAnonPod “i really think it’s very dangerous.” wowwwwwww such an eloquent insight!!! is this man the president or poet laureate! this isn’t just good, it’s double plus good! i really think so!
@SenRandPaul "militarily top secret ballroom" has the same ring to it as "tactical emergency diaper rash cream" or "airplane-grade titanium next generational chastity cock cage"
@buckeyews@60Minutes@NorahODonnell tbf, 60 Minutes didn't choose to become a mouthpiece for this asshole, skydance bought paramount. it's a damn shame what weiss and ellison are doing to CBS news, but there are many great journalists still at 60 trying to survive without selling out.