Mike Jurney

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The dem campaign should just start calling them the Camacho/Rock ticket and result refuse to explain so that every quote requires the press to draw the parallels.

Indulging my middle-aged longing for the days of my youth by being an absolute dick about how much windows sucks.

I know, I know, Crowdstrike is actually responsible for the crashes but as I and every other Linux nerd have been saying non-stop for 30 years: windows sucks

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I'm also not interested in arguing with anyone [including other Leftists] about whether they are "serious" or whether they will carry out their intentions. They ARE serious and they will carry out their intentions. Now what? Let's talk about that.

Mixed signals at Citi Firld

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I maintain that New Mexico is unmatched in regional foods. We don’t have something as specific as “Chicago style pizza” but we add green chile to everything and it works out at least 95% of the time. That consistency can’t be matched 😂

So one of the co-founders of Sticker Mule, which seems to have products people mostly like, used the company email list to identify as a Trump supporter and ask that people be kind to other Trump supporters, who after all are generally good-hearted and compassionate people. They got feedback.

Products | Sticker Mulestickermule.canny.io

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Senate Dems should take one of their assorted gun control bills off the shelf, rename it something like "Trump Assassination Prevention Act," and force Rs to do a talking filibuster to block it

Remember back when so many people complained about tedium and ennui in modern American life? Man, umm, put somma that ennui on me, amirite?

So something to consider is that I've put (I'm not proud, but i kid you not) just short of 1500 hours into Mechwarrior Online and I can count on 1 hand the number of political conversations I remember in all that time. Today two guys with voice changers are how i heard about the shooting, mid-match.

What sucks, and what we know absolutely, is that there's no reliable media to look to right now. We're all just adrift in whatever the disinfo waves bring.

Just learned about the HMRF, a county-operated facility that accepts safely disposes of household hazardous materials like old gasoline and paint cans by appointment, free of charge. We-need-less-government people can suck it, stuff like the HMRF rules.

Listening to The Daily, and I can't get over how much the Democratic campaign right now is basically "Biden: Because Fuck You, That's Why".

When I was in my early 20s I read The Economist most weeks during my commute. I understood them to have a position, politically, but mostly it was a lot of discussion of market mechanics and I learned a lot. Their recent covers are such gross mask-off moments that I'm retroactively embarrassed.

It held

American conservatives are such strange little birds to me. They're *desperate* to be ruled - their SCOTUS just made our presidency effectively immune to law - but only by individuals their personal dignity admires. They won't obey some gunky result of the democratic process, no. Ruled, though? Yes.

To reiterate: "The best way to defeat fascism is not centrism, it’s a strong left."

In France, the left coalition comes in first, Macron second, the far-right third. The best way to defeat fascism is not centrism, it’s a strong left.

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'Sometimes things don't go, after all, from bad to worse' Thinking a lot about this poem today.

An actually great election night countdown with any horse race talking head drama. Very cool.

Live results map of the UK general election 📊 https://ig.ft.com/uk-general-election/2024/results/

Live results map of the UK general electionig.ft.com Full details of every constituency from 10pm BST on July 4

Well that's it, I've had enough, I'm definitely not voting to reelect John Roberts now.

The thing is that we know for certain that the SCOTUS majority has an incredibly strong political preference for Republicans. The idea that they'd give "The President" this kind of power and then for some reason not push to get the president they prefer is beyond naive.

Nine Inch Rolls

Make a band bready Mötley Croüton

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every time I see someone complain about unions I think about how unions were the consensus alternative to the previous system of burning the factory owner alive inside his house

Not making any threats here, just thinking out loud as a historian — do they people brazenly pushing for impunity for the wealthy elites not know what traditionally comes next?

And after Obergefell is the 14th amendment generally. They can't invalidate the amendment per se, but they can absolutely wipe away the entire doctrine of substantive due process. And if they can they will, based on everything they've ever said and done.

Obergefell is in sight.

This is a clean walk through a thicket of dark patterns. From my read it really only puts your objection in writing in a legally discoverable way down the line, but that seems worth it.

again, today's the last day to try to opt out of facebook/instagram's AI bullshit. follow these instructions. If they refuse or something you can keep that email as proof when they inevitably get got for this deborahcopaken.substack.com/p/11-steps-t...

11 steps to keep Meta from stealing your data to train AIdeborahcopaken.substack.com You only have until June 26, 2024 to say no to Meta taking your personal photos and words and using them to train their generative AI. Here are step-by-step directions for opting out.

Show me something beautiful

So I'm trying a few things in my quest to re-orient the way I manage my attention. I put time limits for anything with an infinite feed on my phone, for one. It's definitely keeping me from burning 5 minutes here or 10 minutes there while I ignore the rest of the world. Feels like a good start.

I've been thinking a lot about how to treat attention less like something that I save and spend and more like something that I cultivate and enjoy. I've been locked into the attention economy for my entire life though, and it's just extremely hard to figure out those new and better patterns.

Just an absolutely magnificent hemlock stump in a sunbeam.

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Contender for favorite chart of all time: Predictions vs. Reality for solar energy.

On the one hand knowing when it's the solstice grounds me, and helps me understand the progression of the year; it's a tonic to having been raised on the Hallmark Holiday Calendar. On the other hand, being the only person I know who cares is profoundly lonely. Profoundly.