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Principal @ http://complexsystems.group. I keep people safe on the internet (trying). Looking at the world with an “anarchist squint” 🏳️‍🌈 […] [bridged from https://ioc.exchange/@kevinriggle on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/ ]

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Chicago Transit Authority Rider's Rule #36: Never ever ask the tough looking gentleman wearing El Rukn headgear where he got his "pyramid powered pizza warmer". -- Chicago Reader 3/27/81 —fortune(6)

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Fentanyl is very much like a weapon of mass destruction in the sense that Republicans like to lie about finding it and then use that lie as a justification to do ruinous, destructive things

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Today at 6PM! Show up! Speak out! Bus lanes prioritize the people over the privileged and are a genuine climate solution. NO BUS LANE REMOVAL IN BOSTON

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When I say the magic word to all these people, they will vanish forever. I will then say the magic words to you, and you, too, will vanish -- never to be seen again. -- Kurt Vonnegut Jr., "Between Time and Timbuktu" —fortune(6)

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Mollison's Bureaucracy Hypothesis: If an idea can survive a bureaucratic review and be implemented it wasn't worth doing. —fortune(6)

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Finagle's Creed: Science is true. Don't be misled by facts. —fortune(6)

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poisoned coffee, n.: Grounds for divorce. —fortune(6)

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Marco Rubio just PNGd (expelled) the ambassador from South Africa by tweet, apparently for the offense of being too woke. https://www.reuters.com/world/us-declares-south-africas-ambassador-persona-non-grata-2025-03-14/ Just to be clear, this is the ambassador FROM South Africa, the official […]

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Lactomangulation, n.: Manhandling the "open here" spout on a milk carton so badly that one has to resort to using the "illegal" side. -- Rich Hall, "Sniglets" —fortune(6)

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Program goes to Operating System, tears in eyes, says "my state, it is very bad" Operating System says "is no problem, have good error reporting facility, detailed but concise report, contextual information included. you will submit bug there" Program sobs […] [Original post on hachyderm.io]

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From Illinois Governor Pritzker’s chief of staff, an excellent observation.

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blithwapping: Using anything BUT a hammer to hammer a nail into the wall, such as shoes, lamp bases, doorstops, etc. -- "Sniglets", Rich Hall & Friends —fortune(6)

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Bloom's Seventh Law of Litigation: The judge's jokes are always funny. —fortune(6)

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OH yeah love ending my workday with a surprise National Geographic interview about the Saturn moons that I helped discover by accidentally pointing the CFHT telescope at Saturn. Definitely my most scientifically productive whoopsie ever. 128!!!! New!!! MOONS!! Happy Moon Day! […]

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the work: two weeks of mostly-ineffective head-wall interfacing the diff: +6-2

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Carswell's Corollary: Whenever man comes up with a better mousetrap, nature invariably comes up with a better mouse. —fortune(6)

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enhance, v.: To tamper with an image, usually to its detriment. —fortune(6)

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TIL there are bills in the #Massachusetts senate and house advancing a single-pay health insurance plan https://masscare.org - feels like a good time to call/message your local electeds to show your support! #Healthcare

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hey americans!!! if your workplace suddenly requires you to get rid of "DEI" or "woke" keywords in documentation/webpages/etc., that's an incredible opportunity for malcompliance! don't do it _properly_ , don't adjust the wording around the removals to make sense or delete whole pages, no […]

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Jenkinson's Law: It won't work. —fortune(6)

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I attended a UC Master Gardener class today at the library, and found out that several branches in San Jose have a seed library. You can just ask for the seed library, and they’ll bring out cases of donated seed packets for you to take home free of charge. The library! It’s more than just […]

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A musician, an artist, an architect: the man or woman who is not one of these is not a Christian. -- William Blake —fortune(6)

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Mosher's Law of Software Engineering: Don't worry if it doesn't work right. If everything did, you'd be out of a job. —fortune(6)

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momentum, n.: What you give a person when they are going away. —fortune(6)

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Is anyone keeping juts a list of all the shit trump does? minimal explanation, just a list? I felt like I needed one when I was trying to remind people of how shit the first term was and you just...spin because there's so much. please boost? Seriously wondering if anyone has such a thing.

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