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we live in a sick society that thinks preventing problems is a waste of time and effort and hey, guess why everything sucks now

Just published a new Kairos article, in a different style than the usual: kairos-research.org/illness-trau... It describes my own experience with ME/CFS (a severe chronic illness) and tries to explain the strangely cruel behavior that people often display in response to visible illness.

SKULL OF THOMAS AQUINAS: TAKE A LEFT NOW PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going— SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti— SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE

The descendants of illegal immigrants who built a nation on stolen land are complaining about illegal immigration. You really can’t make this up.

"It's the privileged who talk like this! We need to burn down the system for the oppressed!" What do you think will happen to your disabled allies in the starvation and rubble of a civil war fought with cruise missiles and drones? You think their meds will still be available?

"Given the crimes Epstein was convicted of, I steeled myself before scrolling. Somehow, my internet-addled imagination failed me. This book is a nightmare." www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...

Them: Tell me you've had your heart broken without telling me you've had your heart bro– Me: WHAT WOULD **YOU** KNOW ABOUT THE CRANBERRIES #writingcommunity

Today I wrote about a general tendency to accept atrocious premises, and the need to reject fascism's false choices in order to find expansive and imaginative paths forward. Breaking the premise, embracing the obstacles, pursing everything. www.the-reframe.com/there-is-no-...

this iconic advertising copywriter named Kathy Hepinstall Parks died over the weekend and I wanted to share something from her website I thought Bluesky would like

You’ll never hear me dump on Education, but when post2ndaries are run like (taxpayer subsidized) businesses that offer micro-credentials and hyper-specialized programs with 0 transferable skills in a job market that changes every 5 yrs, then “education” is just job orientation you’re paying to do.

Nothing reminds me I'm in my 30s like a craving for liquorice allsorts.

If you don’t like this country, just leave! If the turn signals in your car stop working, just abandon it! If the toilets stop flushing, just move houses! Never solve problems, always give up.

we can house our fellow Angelenos, or we can have housing that is used to store, accumulate, generate, and launder capital. But we can;t have both.

heyyy, sorry to bother you! your operating system just got in touch with me and said it was having trouble getting hold of you. it said it has an important system update it needs to install, but you aren't responding to its notifications. it sounded pretty worried honestly

"Here it's also useful to make a distinction between property damage (which protesters in the USA in our era have done from time to time) and harming living beings (which is largely something done by law enforcement in these demonstrations)." By @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social

“I’d rather be spoonfed propaganda by a fascist and deal with gas chamber memes in my mentions than get called a useful idiot by someone with pronouns in bio” is one hell of a revealed preference, that’s for certain.

Law 0: A robot must not damage company reputation, or by inaction allow company stock price to fall.

This, and calling it "autonomous" tech is a preemptive abdication of responsibility. When Anduril bombs a hospital it's now a "programming error" they "deeply regret," not the result of human choices buried inside an algorithm.

When the entirety of success criteria is "something" GenAI truly shines. No technology ever before has been capable of producing so much something, so quickly. And the prevailing system allows GenAI users to shove the something downstream without any kind of quality control, consequence-free.

Trump: If you're looking for an American pope, you might consi– Cardinals: not you. CURSE OF RA 𓀀 𓀁 𓀂 𓀃 𓀄 𓀅 𓀆 𓀇 𓀈 𓀉 𓀊 𓀋 𓀌 𓀍 𓀎 𓀏 𓀐 𓀑 𓀒 𓀓 𓀔 𓀕 𓀖 𓀗 𓀘 𓀙 𓀚 𓀛 𓀜 𓀝 𓀞 𓀟 𓀠 𓀡 𓀢 𓀣 𓀤 𓀥 𓀦 𓀧 𓀨 𓀩 𓀪 𓀫 𓀬 𓀭 𓀮 𓀯 𓀰 𓀱 𓀲 𓀳 𓀴 𓀵 𓀶 𓀷 𓀸 𓀹 𓀺 𓀻 𓀼 𓀽 𓀾 𓀿 𓁀 𓁁 𓁂 𓁃 𓁄 𓁅 𓁆 𓁇 𓁈 𓁉 𓁊 𓁋 𓁌 𓁍 𓁎 𓁏 𓁐 𓁑 𓀄 𓀅 𓀆

Eveyone & their brother is using ChatGPT to avoid doing the reading/homework & we’re all going to suffer bc of it.

Watching his berserkery spread, I know it's spreading bc people want to believe in achievable cures, in things like sunlight & grass blade smoothies, in unregulated herbs...things that can be bought cheap or are free, outside the American health insurance system of perpetual resistance and denial.

@chebert18.bsky.social has it right. This queer Albertan owes a BIG thank you to the people of Quebec 🩵❤️ #CanadaVotes

If they're so innocent then how come they're in jail?? Riddle me that Gandhi

Make what is detestable and abhorrent attractive: fewer people will reject the message and fight back. Set up the “shot” to resemble a movie set: fewer people will be able to attach it to real life. Remove the realness: you remove the empathy needed for real people to act on behalf of others.

If Trump is serious (and who really knows), I think there are a few things to keep an eye out for: 1. Creating economic instability in the country to "soften us up" for annexation: tariffs, attacks on debt issuance, limiting correspondent banking relationships (think FATF action) and access to US$

I have a lot of criticisms of some of Carney’s stated policy positions. What I am not going to do is complain without making it clear (in the same post❗️) that the criticism is constructive & I am still supporting him over Poilievre. Leftists, think about it? It’s important. #cdnpoli

Times are tough but I haven't heard a single person pronounce it "expresso" since Aug 2024 and I think that's really beautiful

Good Bones by Maggie Smith

Back of this Uber is filled with evangelical pamphlets and he's got gospel playing so I've turned my Grindr notifications on and up. We'll see who gets a sign first