With all these reactionaries - Ye, JK Rowling, PragerU, Heritage Foundation, etc - We need to stop cross-posting their hate speech. All that does is risk spreading their views. I don’t know why people who (rightfully) criticized CNN for airing Trump’s full speeches, do the same with personalities who aren’t even running for political power.
All it does it give mentally-ill attention seekers like Ye encouragement.
Please promise to yourself right now that we will not let them be forgiven. We will not let whatever centrist Democrats convince us to “move forward” and “let us heal”. These officers need to be given Nuremberg Trials. If we get control of this government, EVERY one of these ICE agents who raided or abducted even one person, get sent to prison. I hope for life.
I don’t care if they have kids, lovers, parents, friends, grandkids. After these years there will be people dead, permanently traumatized, and permanently disabled.
I was actually looking for this video. To be clear - this was a victim impact statement which the family of the deceased wrote from the perspective of the deceased (possibly with AI) and then used an AI program to animate it. Frankly I agree this is completely disgusting.
Yeah I would also shun someone who turned me into the FBI…
As I age I find myself feeling more and more like the cool step-dad or uncle.
Y’know I hate everything Chromebooks stand for. “You get 'em, kid. Now how about we get some pizza?”
Oh god the “side hustle” hobby culture gets me fuming mad.
we both know it’s the second one :P
My first thought was “yeah Luigi!” but the more I think about this, the more disgusted I feel.
This is a theatrical version of crypto bros making meme coins of mistafuccyou after he killed himself. Except worse. Luigi didn’t ask for it, and he’s being killed by this same system. They better be donating the profits to Mangione’s crowdfunding campaign.
The silver lining in my head is that at least the USA can dissuade other countries from voting conservative. And if Canada/Australia take in US refugees, the progressive parties would get a huge boost in support.
Absolutely Horrible. I was already struggling due to ADHD, but since November I’ve felt completely awful. Some days I feel “I’m in the end of times” and force myself to indulge in games and food, but it never makes me feel better. Other days I run myself into the ground trying to plan some way to fight back. My next “to-do” is getting a pistol, but that’s hard in my state.
The only upside is I have felt less socially anxious about reaching out to new people. Having a real existential crisis does cause those fears of “what if they think I’m annoying” to subside.
Unless something changes, 10 years from now we’ll be hunkered down for Winter recounting the horrors with the Elmo puppet.
I’d like to know why those 2 Republicans voted “no” when every Democrat voted “yes”.
Last I heard UnitedHealthcare was denying claims with an AI – https://arstechnica.com/health/2023/11/ai-with-90-error-rate-forces-elderly-out-of-rehab-nursing-homes-suit-claims/
YouTube has a pretty strong hold because video hosting and streaming is extremely expensive. That’s why most platforms have strict file limits for them. In the pre-Google days of YouTube, most accounts could only upload <15 minute videos, and that limitation is still in place if you have an unverified account.
I don’t see how we’ll get any alternative to YouTube unless it comes from another large corporation, though I’d love to be proven wrong in that.
Using the tools is fine IMO because the moment those tools stop working, people will move their time to Twitch/Instagram/Bluesky/TikTok/etc. 60-120 second ads will push away all, except for iPad toddlers.
Makes me wonder if Google knows this, and is deliberately adding these ridiculous ads, but not patching those tools, so they can keep their user metrics up while pushing the uninformed/indifferent into YouTube Premium subscriptions…
How might registered Democrats and Democrat-aligned Americans support Hogg in this? Is there a good way to get the message across to DNC leadership that we WANT what Hogg is doing? That Hogg’s plan is better for party in every way?
I saw ads before Christmas incentivizing people to refinance car loans and get cash in hand :<
I want to say “that’s a pathetic amount” but given how many ads I saw offering “cash in hand” for people to refinance their car loan right around Christmas… I’m not confident Americans will turn this down.
I hate the state of things, but what drives me crazy is pushing it in people’s faces and still watching them go back to school and work and talk about whatever typical bullshit they’re thinking about.