curmudgeon extraordinaire says fuck off, fascists
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I’m surprised
As a curmudgeon of some experience I usually expect the worst and am rarely disappointed. But I am surprised that so many Universities have capitulated to the administration with nary a breath of protest. Shakespeare, notably, told us the Bad Guys would go after the lawyers first because the lawyers will stop them. (Sadly, many…
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7.7 is a damn big earthquake
You know what country is unable to assist Myanmar following a devastating 7.7 magnitude earthquake in which the death toll is widely predicted to reach 10,000 people? The United States. The very person who shut down USAID, the organization that would otherwise already have rescue teams on the ground there, has the nerve to say…
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tesla child he’s so sad
Oh no! The Tesla guy is all sad that the car company he took over is sinking fast. Why are people so mean? Maybe because that asshole is on a destructive rampage through the US government and fucking over all of us and, how ironic, especially the people who voted GOP. Fuck off, Tesla Boy.…
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OPSEC for clowns
A few things about the now infamous US attack carried out on the consumer app Signal. First, why the hell is the Daily Show doing a better job reporting on the Administration’s actions than anyone else? Network news is trying to both sides a scandal that has a lot in common with Watergate.
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do not let them take YOU back
Here is a thing I learned some years ago: A board for an organization (that is not explicitly horrible) has a lot to do what with day-to-day business and some degree of future planning. Issues like the effects of racism and sexism on the company and whoever they do business with are always on the…
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there’s a pattern
So on the socials there’s a thread by a person who lead a gov team to sandbox AI to test whether and how AI might be a useful tool. The answer was not yet but we’re still prototyping. Enter DOGE. The entire team is fired. Shortly thereafter DOGE is demonstrating this unfinished not ready for…
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Choose Your Focus
Being a curmudgeon come with its downsides in a country where chaos reigns as democracy whirls toward a terrifying end. The downside is feeling overwhelmed by everything that’s horrific. No one can do it all. Choose your focus and be vocal about that. Make sure your elected officials (while we still have them) hear your…
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Not Even Pretending They’re Not Racist
Of course every decent person knew that GOP’s anti-DEI campaign was just a cover for reinstating Jim Crow. You can feel them getting giddy at the prospect. There’s no other reason for removing all mention of women and POC from government websites except White Nationalism. What a fucking disgrace. Updated to add: I posted this…
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Chuck Schumer can fuck right off
That’s it. That’s the post.
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crashing the economy for our own good
You know what’s a rip off? Deodorant. Like everything else, the amount in the container is shrinking while the cost increases. And the container itself is constructed such that you cannot use all of the product you overpaid for. Oh, well, pretty soon no one except billionaires will be able to afford deodorant anyway. The…