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Pi @therationalpi.bsky.social · 4d

Good on VisualArts, though, for making a compelling enough English language name that it endures among native speakers.

I'd be a complete failure making up Japanese names for products.

Pi @therationalpi.bsky.social · 4d

This absolutely tickles my inner linguist. A very obscure trademark got genericized in another country, far outlasting the use of that trademark by its owner? I'm guessing almost no one realizes this happened.

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Pi @therationalpi.bsky.social · 6d

Goose chasing man meme.
First panel: Voice off frame says "Antifa has been around since Weimar Germany."
Goose says "Who were they fighting?"
Second panel: Goose chases after man shouting "Who was Antifa fighting in Weimar Germany?"

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Pi @therationalpi.bsky.social · 10d

Black AND Lavender Lahore pigeons? Very tempting.

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Pi @therationalpi.bsky.social · 10d

Let me get this straight. The judiciary must not intervene *while* the executive breaks a law, and the president cannot be prosecuted *after* breaking the law?

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Pi @therationalpi.bsky.social · 12d

Because they pine for the good old days when things were even less fair than they are today.

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Pi @therationalpi.bsky.social · 16d

The EA execs got tired of being the most evil people in the room.

Tom Warren @tomwarren.co.uk · 16d

EA has announced it is being acquired and taken private in a $55 billion deal involving Silver Lake, Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, and Affinity Partners, which is founded and led by Jared Kushner www.theverge.com/news/787112/...

$55 billion EA buyout hands Madden over to investors including Saudi Arabia and Jared Kushner

EA will be privately owned once the deal closes.

www.theverge.com

Pi @therationalpi.bsky.social · 23d

Points are points.

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Pi @therationalpi.bsky.social · 23d

I can't bring myself to wish this on another human being.

Pi @therationalpi.bsky.social · 26d

Note: I'm not a lawyer, but this is what I would do if I wanted to be able to sleep at night. Is this the best legal option?

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Pi @therationalpi.bsky.social · 26d

Step 1: Get the letter telling you to do the illegal thing.
Step 2: Show it to a lawyer, and verify the thing is illegal.
Step 3: Don't do the illegal thing, and accept your punishment.
Step 4: Sue the government.

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 28d

Trump: Jimmy Kimmel is next

Trump admin: We will definitely exploit this murder to censor our critics

Carr: ABC must fire Jimmy Kimmel

ABC, minutes later: We have suspended Jimmy Kimmel

Anti-cancel culture crusader: I sure wish this clear business decision didn’t look so much like censorship!

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Pi @therationalpi.bsky.social · 28d

Exactly. Trump's not the "planning" type, but there are people willing to use him that are.

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Pi @therationalpi.bsky.social · Sep 13

Or bougie.

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Pi @therationalpi.bsky.social · Sep 12

Elon Musk:

a man dressed in a hot dog costume with a yellow sausage

Alt: a man dressed in a hot dog costume dropping his arms and saying "Perfect"

media.tenor.com

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Pi @therationalpi.bsky.social · Sep 12

Fake picture. Do better.

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Will Oremus @willoremus.com · Sep 12

live shot of Helldivers PR team

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Pi @therationalpi.bsky.social · Sep 11

Based burger bro

Pi @therationalpi.bsky.social · Sep 9

It's only heartbreaking if there isn't a phase 4.

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Pi @therationalpi.bsky.social · Sep 9

We are brain poisoned, to some extent, into believing that meritocracy exists. So, anyone we recognize with valuable skills must be rich.

That's false. The skills that capitalism values don't match human values. We assign great worth to artists that move us, but the market doesn't.

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