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I'm amazed that after decades of nerds fully owning and celebrating their increasingly diverse nerderies, that jerks still exist who don't understand the massive backfire involved in this kind of lame attempted put down. "thanks for the compliment! <BLOCK>"

piracy on the high seas, apparently

Bookies running odds for "There is no AI, it was a BS stunt all along", just another day, nothing to see here

"safer and more effective" from this crowd means "LD50 approaching that of plutonium" (micrograms, people, it's down in the /micrograms/)

that depends on how many nibs you break taking out random assassins who inexplicably drop in from the ceiling

Hell is *seriously* pissed off at the non-stop rush to build enough new, deeper, even more terrible Rings for all these monsters headed their way

Dibs? Are dibs still a thing?

ahh! a lovely green anole. Haven't seen one in decades, since I moved after college

And in case anyone gets IDEAS about the above: these are just motivating examples. Any real implementation would need a LOT of hardening against bad actors. What happens when Facebook fires everyone but the C-suite, and rehires as "contractors"? What about worker vote buying attempts? etc etc

7. Change corporate law to enforce worker direct voting rights equal to 60% of voting weight. Shareholder total voting weight immediately reduced to 40%. Shoot the worker/management divide dead
8. Compulsory profit sharing system

Minority Report: writing hermitage edition

I will now recall that time Carl Sagan wrote about a fictional future pope, an actually good one, which incensed someone so much /they literally nuked him/. I did not appreciate the full depth of that little turn when I first read Contact as a kid.

this amazing essay about her recovery, slowing down, being vulnerable in our work-worship society (+ the healing power of birds)! I can't recommend this enough, especially for those who can't relax/ have productivity guilt. A thoughtful & beautifully written essay
www.late-review.com/p/the-hairsh...