THREAD: So many reporters reaching out (and I'm grateful for this) about "crime rates” and how "some people are saying" it's because of "bail reform" or "discovery reform" or "progressive prosecutors.” How do I respond? "Don't write the story. Don't spread the lie." More:
establishment democrats and republicans weren’t fearful he’d fail and ruin nyc. they were worried he’d succeed and represent the threat of a good alternative
People keep saying we’re in Idiocracy but President Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Herbert Camacho at his core wanted what was best for his people and when evidence presented itself he listened to experts to solve the problem. By all accounts a better leader than this.
I saw a post on Reddit that said that “The underlying purpose of AI is to allow wealth to access skill while removing from the skilled the ability to access wealth.” And I don’t think I’ve ever seen AI described so incisively.
“Dear migrants, before I say any other word to you, I want to bow before your dignity.
“You are not numbers or case files.
“You are people — with a family and a home left behind, with dreams that no one has the right to scorn.” — Pope Leo XIV
An article on data centers making people sick with symptoms such as headaches, insomnia, nausea, and anxiety.
Folks report noise levels approaching 100dB, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The rural data centers powered by natural gas are the worst, with a jet-engine sound.
https://t.co/Ai3fP36bio
Inspired by 82-0, I built a game that combines bball knowledge about historical players and their impact metrics, skill via lifeline buttons you can use to draft a better team, and additional bonuses for picking more balanced lineups.
There's a leaderboard for the best teams. You have to score above 90th percentile to get 6 rings. Let me know what you think!
The whole 82-0 phenomenon reinforces that whole bit about how the only thing a bunch of dudes need in order to have a good time is to sit around announcing the names of a bunch of old athletes.
Not one comment is about how "this movie glorifies stealing" like the rightwingers said when coming after I Love Boosters
Its cuz there's been yrs of hysteria built around shoplifting, framed around black & brown folks as a way 2 scapegoat them capitalism's necessitated poverty