A puzzle:
Imagine you begin a journey in Seattle WA, facing exactly due east. Then start traveling forward, in a straight line along the Earth's surface.
@davidmweissman The Founders wrote the Constitution; not the Apostles. They added the Bill of Rights; not the Ten Commandments. Their intent was Freedom of Religion. It was not Control by Religion. They created a Democracy; not a Theocracy. Christianity is not a political party.
--@ResisterSis20
There are cities that build lots of housing and where housing is cheap (green).
There are cities that build little housing and are expensive (purple).
There is no city in America that builds lots of housing and is also expensive. That giant red box is completely empty.
Question: Let’s say a person named Ashley has a mental health issue that is totally under control, but, then, due to rising rents, she falls behind on rent and, as a result, becomes homeless. Do you think Ashley’s mental health issue would (a) get better or (b) get worse?
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Tom Lehrer has put all his songs online (including lyrics & sheet music), and given away all rights to them. The site will only be up for a limited time. This is a very niche tweet that will make a small segment of people very happy. https://t.co/sowetybPhT
One would think that if our societys economy was entirely shouldered by a single class of worker then maybe we would let those workers have at minimum basic benefits like being able to take a few days off work. They are asking for basic humanity. Soon they won’t be asking nicely.
After self-hosting my email for twenty-three years I have thrown in the towel 😩
Email is now an oligopoly, a service gatekept by a few big companies which does not follow the principles of net neutrality.
Hey @github that you're charging for copilot when it's trained off code that's been written for free by folks who've worked hard to help build your company's ecosystem is an extremely bad look.
Signed: a former lead maintainer of the 3rd most downloaded Ruby package of all time.
I don't know! I think when there are recognized experts on eugenics and genocide saying "actually, yes, this is genocidal rhetoric and what is happening to trans people is consistent with genocide"
MAYBE IT'S OKAY TO USE THE ACTUAL TERM!