@JoeChip it is we who have much more to lose, our livelihoods and our lives. they have so much cushion to protect them before all of that.
a strange irony these times are revealing is there's no group weaker, more conformist, ultimately more pathetic, than the "rich and powerful".
they suborn the institutions then prove themselves right about the low quality of the institutions.
i don’t want to be a writer. it’s just there are things i want to say.
all of my castles are dust.
single-payer will fix it.
republicans are the party of grift. democrats are the party of a nice sinecure.
“numbers do not adequately capture the sense of intensifying lawlessness that seems to have pervaded the health care system.” #MoeTkacik https://prospect.org/health/2024-12-13-final-boss-of-our-medical-misery/ ht @ddayen
we live in the worst timeline there's literally a person called Siri becoming a subject of public concern. Siri it turns out is anti-vax. https://mastodon.social/@GottaLaff/113645998843318398
they’ll want us all to cheer a “great economy” while it kills us with impunity.
but check out those GDP numbers! https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/trump-transition-recommends-scrapping-car-crash-reporting-requirement-opposed-by-2024-12-13/ ht @keubiko
the new york times is just vogue for mids.
move fast and break other people.
i'm so glad this community will have more political influence and less regulation, in order to innovate even more aggressively. https://www.cnbc.com/2024/11/22/synapse-bankruptcy-thousands-of-americans-see-their-savings-vanish.html via @ernie
if you look at an ad on facebook or instagram, you are participating in a donation to Trump’s inauguration.
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sometimes i find myself saying “thank you” to claude.ai then i wonder whether my politeness is burning down the rainforest.
dystopia is not salutary.
@John but rents whose recipients would not have them displaced.
crypto begins as, its entire architecture is shaped and constrained in order to be, a form of money or commodity independent of states. it is an experimental alternative to state coordination of finance and even contracts.
now it’s surging, solely as a function of expected endorsement of the state.