Nick

Poverty is a policy choice, housing is very important, and society can easily afford to help those in need.

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Anyway I'll be using Twitter less and less, and have removed it from my phone.

I'll miss some of the good stuff but the torrent of unmitigated bullshit isn't worth it.

#ByeByeTwitter

[follow @bencollins on bluesky @oneunderscore__]

Thread of new reporting:

For the last couple of weeks, if you searched "cat" on Twitter, the search box would autocomplete to "cat in a blender."

The video you would see when you clicked through appeared to show a kitten being slaughtered.

How did this happen? I found out.

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This morning I overheard a tiny girl on her way to preschool protest to her dad, "This is absurd!" and that pretty much made my day.

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@scalzi Nope. Not usable without those features.

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@gbosslet It's too busy trying to get sticky molten goop off the roof of its robot mouth.

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@AllisonLCarter Take that, Evansville!

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@VotePulver @JasonSCampbell It's awful, but it's hard to be taken seriously when you criticize those who push that sort of narrative.

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I asked #ChatGPT for an inoffensive version of a Latvian joke, and it came back with this absolute gem:

"How do you keep a Latvian busy for hours? Give them a map of Latvia and ask them to list all the beautiful places to visit."

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Supporters of man who brags about habitually stealing candy from children shocked when he is convicted of stealing candy from child.

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Retvrn

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@JUNIUS_64 How the hell did I end up on fursuit maintenance Twitter?!?

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@VitruviusGrind 60s sports cars?

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@davidleavitt Is there something good at the top?

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@Schultz975 Last time I went in person, I could only sit in my seat for about 15 minutes at a time before having to go cool off. A guy a few rows down collapsed and had to be evacuated by EMS.

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@Truthhurts69693 @unusual_whales @assliken The tweet is literally about *legal* migrants, most of whom enter through ports of entry, legally and openly. Build as many walls as you want, won't affect this issue (which to be clear is a HUGE PROBLEM) one iota.

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I am begging conservatives to learn what "asylum seeker" means.

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@Susiehs @unusual_whales These are asylum seekers; they all entered the country legally.

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@SCMountainDad @unusual_whales Had to look it up... It's just "savings above what people usually save."

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@unusual_whales Note that this is falling like a rock...

https://t.co/xSoyQzkBbZ

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@emyrderfel @indystar Tax breaks, incentives, and abatements are all spending.