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Several conversations today w people in the key executive departments. And while the particulars are hard to pin down my impression is that the Musk take over stuff is considerably worse than is being presented in the press. By this I don’t necessarily things they *done* yet but the level of …

submitted 21 days ago • 593 comments

“A decision to take summer water from local farmers and dump it out of these reservoirs shows a complete lack of understanding of how the system works and sets a very dangerous precedent." sjvwater.org/trumps-emerg...

submitted 22 days ago • 115 comments

Alright, whoever had "24 hours" for how fast one of the J6ers would end up arrested for another crime, please head to the desk to collect your winnings. Uh, please form a line. Wait, did everyone pick the 24 hour or less pool? Uh, we, uh, we may not have enough prizes, please hold.

submitted 31 days ago • 8 comments

It’s D&D Night and the party has wandered into a narrow canyon full of undead. SKULL LORD: Halt! You have trespassed on sacred ground! PALADIN: Oh no! Sacred to who? How do we make amends? GM: …I did not actually see that question coming. PARTY: Um, paladin?!?

submitted 47 days ago • 27 comments

One of my favorite obscure musical facts: Joan Jett is a fantastic cover artist. She fronted for Nirvana when they were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, singing "Smells Like Teen Spirit." They inducted her a year later. 1/3 m.youtube.com/watch?v=y5uH...

submitted 49 days ago • 1 comment

There are a lot of weird statistical trends which become much clearer if you break responses down by political party. (Or sometimes by education or economic class.) Yes, there are real problems with affordability and sexism. But politics is a huge driver of attitudes about _everything._

submitted 50 days ago • 0 comments

Elon Musk is a good example of how terrible people become increasingly radicalized into the far right simply because the far right is a community that accepts cruel, terrible people. It's tempting to say Elon is going "mask off", but I'd wager Elon didn't know who Tommy Robinson was 5 years ago. 1/

submitted 52 days ago • 72 comments

I enjoy reading Julia Serano's work about gender, because she's nuanced and precise in her arguments, without being impenetrably academic. The two links in the quoted post are a good "sampler" of her style. If you like them, you'll probably enjoy her longer work.

submitted 53 days ago • 0 comments

Discworld QOTD, from Hogfather

submitted 59 days ago • 38 comments

John M Ford was a treasure. I still have a T-shirt with his "Verona Total Breakdown (Liebestod)" parody. Since it's Christmas Day, though, and I can't find a copy anywhere in print, let me link to his "Winter Solstice, Camelot Station": thegreenbelt.blogspot.com/2006/12/wint...

submitted 60 days ago • 0 comments

I genuinely don't understand how the US press can be so bad at their jobs. I don't understand how each month they manage to get worse. I don't understand how nobody gets fired for putting up headlines that are such brazen distortions of events that they sound intentionally satirical.

submitted 61 days ago • 6 comments

This is the agency Elon Musk and his billionaire buddies want to kill.

submitted 78 days ago • 35 comments

TPM is an excellent small independent news outlet, with solid reporting. They cover corruption, and do some analysis. And they have always avoided the kind lazy "bothersiderism" that the New York Times just can't kick.

submitted 79 days ago • 1 comment

Yeah, i _really_ do not think we're fully grasping how destructive the rich techbro fascination with drug-shopping has been. Sometimes the "transformation" is that you lose your ability to process conflicting info, which can manifest as supreme self-confidence but then can degrade into...

submitted 79 days ago • 2 comments

When you catch the bot account during the debugging phase.

submitted 80 days ago • 0 comments

That a right-wing lawyer just suggested before the Supreme Court that Americans don't have a right to not conform is... a real mask-off moment in a way I suspect is not going to get enough attention.

submitted 80 days ago • 76 comments

Thoughts on "no win" situations and rigged teaching simulations, through the lens of the original Star Trek.

submitted 81 days ago • 0 comments

The best thing about introducing new players to Kerbal Space Program 1 was very carefully biting your tongue when you knew they didn't pack a parachutte for re-entry. Warning them ahead of time deprived them of half the fun.

submitted 86 days ago • 0 comments

Many similarities to the way the conservative 5th column took over tech despite most tech workers being Dems and how they took over media despite most journalists being liberals.

submitted 86 days ago • 9 comments