ClockworkCanary

Here’s my hot take: I don’t care if USPS loses a boatload of money every year until the end of time. We need to stop thinking about these things as businesses and start thinking about them as SERVICES. Your tax dollars are an investment in honestly one of the coolest things in our country. I ❤️ USPS

“The money-losing US Postal Service,” says @npr.org , which is one way to describe this vital democratic institution.

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My last quetzal seemed to be popular, so here's his "bad boy" shot. Resplendent Quetzal #birds

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The Harris-Walz Tech Policy Platform… Is Still Badwww.techdirt.com As we head into another Presidential election, one thing has been consistent from the last two such elections as well: the tech policies of both major parties are terrible. The Donald Trump Republi…

I know this week is all about people cheering on Harris/Walz, but I still need to inform you that the Democratic Party's tech policy platform (pro-KOSA, anti-230) is still shit. I mean, the other guy is looking to end democracy, so this is less important, but... www.techdirt.com/2024/08/22/t...

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GOOD.

BREAKING: Disability Rights New York has filed a class action lawsuit against Nassau County. They are seeking a preliminary injunction and a temporary restraining order to stop enforcement of the mask ban in Nassau County. Link to lawsuit: www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/i7664...

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(1/3) To help some non-CS folks understand how this differs from human collusion, you should know that unlike standard collusion, algorithmic collusion does not require premeditation or even cognizant agreement. Let's do a thought experiment: Imagine if you lived in a house with invisible roommates

This case is so much more important than you may realize because algorithmic collusion -- behaviors that arrive at a mutually beneficial outcome from quasi-competitive independent algorithms -- is an emergent feature of basically every place where algorithms are used: auctions, stock markets, etc.

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Christopher R. Rice

welcome to the "radicalized by us healthcare system" group! we were gonna get jackets, but they needed pre-auth so we said nevermind.

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Autistic proverb When the flavour is not worth the texture

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People who can't differentiate between entomology and etymology bug me in ways I can't put into words.

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the thing I would love people to understand is that people are pushing the Harris team and the DNC on Palestine because WE WANT THEM TO WIN. If you watch someone about to step on a rake that they placed in their own lawn and you try to warn them, you are NOT trying to harm them.

The Israeli Gov’t should have had its leash yanked hard & fast by the current administration as soon as reports of widespread Palestinian civilian casualties came in. Netanyahu probably would have been more inclined to negotiate for hostages & peace talks if he didn’t have unlimited US weaponry.

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this convention offloaded all of the symbolic talk and rousing oratory on democratic luminaries to let harris give what is basically a presidential address and show voters that she is ready on day one (as they say)

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I get the critiques that this is cheap talk/lip service, but it’s also a major public statement that activists can use to hold Harris accountable if she is elected (and perhaps even before then to pressure the administration on policy)

A major party US presidential candidate stating that Palestinians have the right to self determination during her acceptance speech is, ummmm, kind of a big deal

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Somehow, in the national divorce, the left got football and family, while the right got grievance-laden identity politics.

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Spending a lot of time on Dobbs overturn and reproductive freedom and I still think this is 100% accurate:

Seems like the Venn diagram between dudes who don't understand why people are upset about Dobbs and dudes who aren't directly responsible for household childcare and budgeting is a whole entire circle.

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Sunny Moraine

I have no real idea what’s going on behind the scenes here, I don’t know for a fact what the dynamics are, but I am willing to bet that we’re STILL in the position of having to wait for some DNC ghouls to just fucking die before we really get some shit done

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John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Actwww.hrc.org The Voting Rights Advancement Act would strengthen voting rights by expanding and strengthening the government's ability to respond to voting discrimination.

The John Lewis Voting Rights Act has been getting a lot of talk throughout this convention. As someone from heavily gerrymandered North Carolina, this is desperately needed and a big reason why enthusiasm for the POTUS ticket is important--we need this enthusiasm for down ballot races.

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Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland speaking. I hope Harris keeps her on.

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The Exonerated Five are speaking. The range of what these men must feel, with the man who openly and publicly tried to kill them going up against a Black woman.

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*cracks knuckles* Let's dig into primetime DNC and poke at these suspicious big emotions.

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when you work with cheaters: share your storieswww.askamanager.org In response to the letter earlier this month about two engaged coworkers where one was cheating with another coworker, someone shared this hilarious

I assume that vast numbers of people manage to have workplace affairs that no one finds out about, none of them are present in this entertaining-as-hell thread. God, people are dumb. Horny and dumb.

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...still learning about John Russell tho. This is DAMN, right? I'm not wrong about the level of DAMN here? Perhaps even DAAAMN ?

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every time you finger-wag at couch-fucking comedy, couch-fucking comedy only grows stronger

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Home | Figures For Congresswww.figuresforcongress.com

Bree (half of Kit Rocha)

I can't vote for him because I live in Terri Sewell's district, but I am cheering so hard for him. If you want to pick up a new seat in Alabama & piss off our legislation who got this new map forced on them, DONATE HERE: www.figuresforcongress.com

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That job you applied for might not exist. Here's what's behind a boom in "ghost jobs."www.cbsnews.com Four in 10 companies admitted to posting fake job listings. Here are the reasons why.

Fascinated by the number of job postings getting made that are later closed without anyone being hired. I knew this was a Thing (having read this article), but I've now actually seen it several times myself, and it's legitimately bizarre. www.cbsnews.com/news/fake-jo...

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IMPORTANT: If you don't have insurance, or your insurance does not fully cover the COVID vaccine, it's a good idea to get your updated COVID vaccine NOW. The CDC Bridge Access Program, which provides COVID vaccines for free, stops at the end of August.

We are finally getting updated COVID vaccines. But the CDC's Bridge Access Program, which provides COVID vaccines for free to people who are underinsured, is ending this month. What is the point of having public health tools if the people who need them most can't access them?

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John Russell from Appalachia is another content creator. "The wealth made from out broken backs and black lungs never did trickle down."

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We can make JD Vance just as persistently infamous in the English language as Elbridge Gerry.

My singular goal is to make "fucked the couch" an idiom that outlives Vance's relevancy.

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David Bowman

That’s the correct plural. It’s repeatedly shocking when they make news. I’d say they’re on a villain group chat, but they don’t even have that much pro-social ability.

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